
"Oh, okay. I'm disappointed to hear that" sighed Julius.
Alex's eyes immediately rounded as soon as he heard the words of the man who kept glancing at his future wife, Hani. She dislikes the man's warm look at Hani which she thinks is the only one who has the right to do so. Who was this strange man to the point of daring to look at Hani with such a loving gaze. If it wasn't because he was Hani's friend, Alex would have finished off the man by now.
"What do you mean?" alex asked, taking a few steps forward, until the distance from Julius was very close. His eyes looked at the man sharply as if he was looking at his enemy who was already right in front of his eyes.
Julius smiled slanted and then glanced at Hani who was staring from the edge of his eyes, "I'm disappointed if Hani has.." he hung a speech that made Alex even more furious.
"What's it?" ketus Alex makes a presumptuous ready to finish off the man if until the uncomfortable words about Hani out of the man's lips, then surely Julius will not be okay later.
"I'm disappointed he's getting married" exclaimed Julius then burst into laughter followed by Hani who suddenly laughed as well. "When I wanted to see Hani single longer so she didn't get married before me" he added, laughing.
Alex looked at Julius and Hani confused. He did not understand what was happening but seeing the laughter of the two people did not also disappear he finally realized that he had just been played by the future wife and the strange man just now.
"I didn't think your future husband was so serious, Han. You saw it as if he wanted to hit me" Julius said in a mocking tone.
Hani walked over to Alex and rubbed the man's wide back, "Don't bother, Alex. Julius was a joke."
The man could only smile wryly realizing that he was very easily affected by something related to Hani. Is it possible because he loved the woman so much that he had no one to talk about Hani other than her. Though he should have known there was no way that the slightly gentle man could have such a special relationship as he had imagined before. Obviously Hani's favorite type of guy is a guy like him, Alex.
"It's a good thing you're joking because you know I'm not going to let go of the guy who dares to tease my wife in front of my eyes" Alex said casually but creepily, a sign he was warning Julius, no, but warn everyone not to tease Hani as that person will not be able to live a quiet life if dealing with him.
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After choosing the dress that Hani will wear on their wedding day as well as the suit that Alex will use, they choose to go to dinner at a restaurant on the side of the road that they happen to pass.
"It seems you're very happy, honey. What's up?" alex asked while scooping some of his food on Hani's plate.
Indeed, since then Hani continued to smile at Alex without causing the man to be confused.
"I didn't expect you to be so jealous, Alex," Hani said.
"I'm not jealous. I'm just making sure that mine isn't being treated at will by others" Alex responded in self-defense.
Alex let out a long sigh and looked at Hani fixedly, "I don't like the word jealousy, dear. As your future husband, I have every right to behave that way so people know their limits."
"Yes, yes, Alex. Why are you being so serious," Hani pursed his lips, "but thank you for acting like that. I like it."
Alex's face was heated hearing Hani's praise. Perhaps the effect because Hani rarely praised him so that such a sentence alone managed to make him blush in shame.
"Can I be selfish, honey?"
Hani knitted her brows, "About?"
"I'd be selfish if you had to keep your distance from any man. It's not that I don't believe you, but I'm quite as jealous as you say I am, because I'm afraid I'm going to finish off anyone who's around you but me. I want to be the only man in your life" said Alex gently as he played Hani's leggings.
"You should calm down Alex because other than you, there are only 3 men in my life. My father, my brother, and Aldo my best friend. Only you and I are the best. Don't worry about something that obviously won't happen Alex. You know I'm pretty hard to get along with" Hani chuckled.
They were silent for a moment until Hani spoke again to make Alex focus back on him. "Compared to me you're worried about makes more sense if I'm the one who's worried about you, Alex. You're handsome, well-established materially and at work, and everything in you is the dream figure of every woman. You're also surrounded by beautiful women from any part of the world, in comparison, they're much better than me. When you worry about me with a narrow circle, I should worry about you with a circle that I don't even know how wide. You could see a great woman later and fall in love with her or you'd get tired of me and just leave me. Not that I don't trust you, but it could happen, Alex. Because we don't know what will happen in the future. Feelings may change over time because everything is bound to change, just like us," Hani paused her remark for a moment, "Are you sure you're going to marry me, Alex? Marriage is not something that can be easily ended like when dating. Getting married over time in the long run. So I wonder if there will be no more regrets Alex."
Alex was stunned to hear Hani's words so deep and serious. She can feel the doubt and fear of the future. Alex can not judge because himself sometimes doubts himself whether he can make Hani happy in his life when he has not been able to make himself happy. But he felt Hani was the source of his happiness so he had to also make the woman happy.
"I'm sure, honey. If I'm not sure, then what do you think I've been doing all this time? If not for us, then what have I been fighting for? The answer is just to be with you and to be with you, Han. That's enough, I don't need anything else" Alex said seriously, "there's only doubt, Han, but don't make that doubt rule over you because all we fear is poison to our relationship."
Hani nodded small. The tip of his lips was bitten slowly, still hesitating. Before long she opened her lips again, "Then can I be selfish too, Alex?"
"Sure!" alex replied enthusiastically.
"I want to be selfish hoping you don't have anything to do with Chelsa anymore."
Alex smiled slightly, "Surely, dear."
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