Picking Up the Past

What Jealous?

In a luxury hotel, in the central city of the country's government, an event is in the public spotlight, various journalists from various media, both print and electronic media, both tv and online media, are in the spotlight, present there witnessed an engagement event wrapped in luxury and grandeur.

The engagement of Anjani and Arnes is in the spotlight, especially business people in this country, including big businessmen abroad who put their shares in the Adinata group and also Hardi corp.

Anjani looks beautiful with her white dress, the dress with low cleavage featuring her beautiful white skin, Her beautiful face with various flower decorations carried in her hair, and her beautiful face, featuring the beautiful figure of Anjani who makes anyone male who sees him will fall for him, he decorated like a queen that night.

While Arnes appeared in elegant style, black suit with a white shirt and bow tie in red, featuring a cool impression with a white face that looks handsome. They appear like a dream couple to everyone who saw them that night.

Their engagement is carried out in a dress of luxury and splendor, a splendor that may only exist occasionally in the country.2 major companies are arranging their associations for the future.

Stocks of the hardi corp and Adinata group will rise sharply for the next few weeks. The support for Aliando will also grow. Aliando's status as a candidate for Besan Hardi will add to the trust of the shareholders to him.

The engagement event was witnessed by the Arnes and Anjani extended family, the event was also witnessed by the company's top Adinata group and Hardi corp, respectively, there were some hateful faces among the higher-ups of the Adinata group present.

While the happy face is clearly implied by the Hardi corp officials, for them, the engagement will add to the public trust and especially the Hardi corp shareholders in Anjani who is being prepared as Hardi's successor.

A much different feeling was felt by Anjani who tried to smile behind the bitter fate of life, as well as Hardi's worry-filled feeling if everything they planned did not go well, the trust Anjani hoped to gain will never be gained at all.

Anjani's eyes tried to guerrilla see the guests, his school friends used to be seen gathered at one of the tables, one of them was waving their hands at Anjani, Anjani, and Anjani returned the wave of the hand.

His eyes returned to look for someone, he also invited his best friend Mila, but the veiled woman did not show herself. And also the figure of Arya that he felt as Indra, the presence of the face and eyes that he hoped to be able to give him spirit amid the weight of the burden of feeling he felt, he said, but the two men were not visible at all. The figure of Vanessa he just knew and his attitude that was also friendly to him was also not seen that night.

‘why don't you guys come?, have you never considered me as your best friend?, do you guys not want to be friends with me at all?, I need you, you guys who make me strong like this, you guys who make me strong like this, please come, give me strength again like the time on the hill, like yesterday when I was in your apartment’ the inner sadness that is hidden from the sweet smile that he always shows to many people.

Ari who came to fulfill the invitation given to the company 3A Friend sat at the very end of the table, he looked at Anjani's face that looked insincere with his smile, he said, ‘what's right Anjani is just a toy tool in this engagement’ her inner mind is full of thought.

While on the other hand he saw the face of Arnes who looked happy holding the hand of Anjani, his fiancee. The man's face seemed to be happy without any burden, there was a relief implied from Arnes's face that was also smiling to the guests.

On the other hand, Ari saw the faces of Aliando and Hardi, ‘2 enemies detected’ his inner smile cynically.

‘I should be proud if those 2 people managed I destroyed his inner’ again.

Meanwhile, at a different table far enough away from Ari, Ari sees Irman and Rika who are full of smiles at Arnes and Anjani, Irman's cynical gaze is highlighted there, if Arnes managed to rise to become CEO, then Arnes, it would be very profitable for him, his friend could help him provide financial assistance easily or give him capital to start a new company if Ardian brought Cipta Rakarsa to Malaysia.

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Mila sat in the living room looking at the television in front of her, her eyes flat on the television news reporting the engagement of Anjani and Arnes, while Vanessa sitting next to her took a rough breath looking at it all. “kakak is eager to come to accompany Anjani, he looks a little depressed facing this engagement” muttered Vanessa quietly.

“I am also a sister, but Arya forbade me to go there,” Mila said.

“do you still have the same feeling he Mil?” ask Vanessa full of questions.

“no brother, Arya has replaced him in my heart, I want to go there for Anjani, and show bang Arnes that I chose Arya instead of her”, Mila replied. He then stood up and went to the balcony, where Arya was sitting looking towards the north sea of Jakarta.

While Vanessa changed her television channel, “kayaknya at home I have to buy tv too, same rehab dikit, let there is a family room like this” muttered Anjani considering the residence of Rakarsa that feels always quiet for him. Loneliness has been slightly cured since the presence of Arya in the house.

Mila brought a glass of warm tea to the balcony, where she saw Arya who was looking far away to see the blue sea in the darkness. Mila then put the warm tea on a small table there.

“deserve you choose this apartment, surely because the sea is”, said Mila who made Arya aware of her daydream. Arya took a deep breath and looked towards Mila who was approaching her.

“have you seen the news?” asked Arya flatly. “udah, you will not go there, otherwise it is possible now the man will realize that I chose you, if I choose you, all he knows is that I am not related to him because I was forced by you Arya, not because he knows that I have chosen you for my life.

Arya smiled faintly at Mila's words. “are you jealous to see her with Anjani?” asked Arya flatly. Mila's chest immediately felt tight, her heart ached hearing it all, her husband still did not believe in her.

“how bad I am in your eyes Arya, until you do not believe in the slightest if I have chosen you” said Mila slowly, he looked towards the sea, he looked at the sea, hiding her eyes that began to glaze over.

“he told me how affectionate and romantic he used to be to you Mil, I can't even be that affectionate and romantic to you, I never gave you flowers, I never did, I never take you out to dinner together in a romantic atmosphere, he says you guys used to reciprocate words of love whereas I, I never even said I love you Mil, I never even said I love you Mil, how bad I was as your husband, even you felt that when you were with him first, but with me, there were no such things, no such things, there are only tears of your eyes” said Arya who recalled the story of Arnes, her eyes look far away to see the dark sea.

“arya,,” muttered Mila slowly.

“I don't know how to treat you as a Mil woman, treat you like a queen like she did before, I'm just a fool who never knew a Mil woman, I don't know what you feel like to me which is actually” continued Arya again.

Mila's tears dripped she could not bear, really she never expected more from Arya, she just wanted Arya to trust him, love him and love him with all her heart.