
Antonio's two eyes condensed because of the feeling of happiness and haru coming together. Soon there will be tears from a haughty man like Antonio. The man who was over half a century old was looking at the princess with a happy expression mixed with shame.
How not, the child who has been ostracized by him for refusing to marry and is busy with the business he started from below.
According to Antonio, there is no point in a woman succeeding in business but failing in domestic affairs.
Without warning or any sign Antonio pulled Adeline into his warm embrace. The figure of a tough woman who had been underestimated, but never once wanted to avenge the pain that he had inflicted.
Adelin certainly surprised, for the first time in a span of ten years, Adeline get a warm embrace from the figure of his beloved father. They enjoy beautiful moments that they have not done for a long time.
"Lord, can you just stop for a second. I miss so much papa's warm embrace," Adeline's inner self, who was comfortable with the hug she had been waiting for so long.
At first their relationship was very close. Adeline is also the proud son of her father. However, everything changes when Adeline rejects the proposal of one of the father's important clients.
Ten years ago when Adeline was twenty-five years old. There was a businessman who was an important client Antonio who happened to attend a dinner at the residence of Antonio Abraham.
"So this is Mr Antonio's proud daughter who is often talked about by some of your business partners, sir?" asked a well-dressed young man who was sitting next to the owner of the house.
Antonio stopped his dinner for a moment and looked at the young man. "Yes, Sir. He is Adeline Griselda, the eldest son of our pride." The man turned to look at his daughter. "Elin, introduce, he's an important client papa in the company. Mr Alexander!"
Adeline who sat opposite the man introduced by the father just slightly nodded her head and smiled thinly.
"She is beautiful and graceful, just like the girl who had been my dream," the young man looked at the face of the clingy woman.
After the dinner on that day, Adeline, who was close to closing her eyes in the room, was suddenly startled by the sound of knocking on the door.
The sweet girl whose face was so beautiful even though she had not been hit by thick makeup was waking up from her position.
"Who, well, are these nights coming to my room? This must have been Zico and Ella trying to prank me" Adeline guessed as she got out of bed.
Adeline walked in with shaky steps towards the door. Several times he yawned when drowsiness attacked. The two eyes that had felt sticky to each other were forced to open wide.
"You guys did, anyway! Gang–," Adeline's words came to a halt as the door opened and revealed the father's sturdy body. "Papa," the screech was shocked.
"Are you going to bed, Elin? Sorry, papa interrupted your break. Then go ahead" said the father, who was about to turn around.
"Ah, it's okay, Pah. Just come in," said Adeline who felt bad.
Hearing Adeline allow him to enter, Antonio finally enters his eldest daughter's room. A very nice and comfortable room. Although the mansion had several servants in it, Adeline never allowed a single servant to enter and touch all her belongings.
"You're so diligent, honey. The man who can get you must have gotten good luck from the gods because he can melt the heart of a tough woman like this one's papa child," said Antonio as his gaze went around.
The father turned his head when he heard his daughter's answer. His hands stretched out and pinched the nose pinched the princess. "If 25 were young, then Zico and Ella would be babies?" tanyanya joking.
The drowsiness that had mastered it disappeared just like that due to the jokes of the father. Adeline's room was full of jokes and laughter from the father and son who loved each other. However, the happy atmosphere suddenly became tense after the father discussed the matter of arranged marriage.
"But why, Pa? Elin was too young to build a household. Besides Elin also just started a business from scratch, if Elin married, it would definitely be a stumbling block to success, right?"
"You're a girl, Elin. No need to think about the most important effort is to have a partner who is established and can guarantee your happiness!"
Adeline shook her head quickly. His father's thinking was very old. In modern times like this it is still based on old principles.
"That means papa wants Elin to marry a rich man? Not with a man who loved and was loved by Elin. So, Pa?" ask her in a slightly high tone.
"Papa just wants the best for you, Elin. The only suitable man to be your companion is Mr. Alexander" replied the father firmly.
Adeline's two eyes were perfectly rounded when she heard the name of the person she was about to be betrothed to. "Isn't he papa's business partner?" asked Adeline to look deeply at the father.
"Really! The man you introduced to you, "he replied briefly.
Adeline nodded in disbelief. "Don't you know his track record, Pa? She's a female player."
"If you get your rights, that's good enough, Elin. There is no need to think about his past," replied the father without burden.
"Adeline is not! Elin still wanted to stand at Elin's own feet. Not being a living doll for a guy like that!" reject Adeline firmly.
"Elin! How dare you refuse papa's word?" snapped at the angry father.
"Sorry, Pa. Better papa get out of Elin's room" Adeline's pinta while turning her body.
The beautiful woman tried to hide her eyes that had turned into a water dam that would soon break from its place.
"You chose to be a dissident rather than a proud son of papa, Elin. Alright, from this moment on papa will no longer interfere in your affairs!" he said leaving the princess who had rejected the matchmaking he arranged for her.
"Sorry Elin, Pa. But Elin had someone Elin was still fighting for," Adeline muttered roughly the tears that were seeping out.
"Well! Tumben once papa and Kak Elin hugged like this. Where is the wind?" satirize a man standing right in the doorway.
The insinuation draws Adeline's consciousness from the shadows of the past when the beginning of the problems between her and her father. The hug between the child and the father was released. Both of them put on awkward expressions. The utter insinuation of Zico enough to make them realize that their relationship has been very bad.
"Sorry Elin, Pah. It turned out that Elin's choice had brought me to ruin," Adeline smiled wryly as she recalled the betrayal committed by Ricardo, the lover who now became her own sister-in-law.