Picking Up the Past

Seeking sincerity

Arnes was sitting in his car while looking at the school gate Mila, since yesterday he hit Mila, but could not enter at all, he also repeatedly called Mila, he also called her, but the number could not be reached, ‘do you want to leave me Mil?, do you think I will release you before getting what I want from you? don't mess with me, I've been nice to you all this time, but now you're even like this Arnes' inner’ clasped tightly onto her car's steering wheel in annoyance.

Ten minutes of her car parked there, but Mila had not yet been seen coming out of the school gate, Arnes took a deep breath and pulled out her cell phone, He then opens his social media and searches for Mila's social media account, but the account he can't find, Arya has completely blocked all things related to Arnes on Mila's phone. ‘So he wants to mess with me’ Inner Arnes again with annoyance.

Arnes then turned his thoughts to the figure of Anjani who was betrothed to him. And he immediately searched Anjani's social media on the app while waiting for Mila to leave school. He typed Anjani Lestyia Hardi's name in the search field and the appearance of an account with a similar name that had a blue tick in the top column.

“you seem quite famous, what else is your status single son om Hardi, surely everyone knows you” muttered Arnes while looking at photos Anjani. He saw some photos of Anjani while in America that made him smile cynically.

“you tease Anjani once, ever studied and worked in America, it looks like I'm lucky to have been betrothed to you, and you are the key for me to be the CEO replacing my father later” muttered Arnes again who was still engrossed in paying attention to Anjani's photos again, and his dirty mind kept working looking at all the photos of Anjani. “your body just makes me curious, same with my curiosity on Mila”'s inner Arnes body again.

After being satisfied to see the photo of Anjani, Arnes then hung up his phone and looked back at the school gate of Mila, and he could see Mila standing there talking to Syifa.

Arnes then got out of his car and walked towards Mila. He smiled sinisterly looking at the 2 people who were talking.

Syifa looked at Arnes who was walking towards her and Mila with a pias face, Mila who was astonished by Syifa's face change was confused, “why kak?” asked Mila, but Syifa had not had time to answer him, Mila heard a male voice calling her, “Mila”.

Hearing that voice, Mila also pias like Syifa, she turned her body at the source of the sound, and rightly guessed, Arnes now stood nearby.

“bang, bang Arnes” he said nervously, His eyes were round in fear, his breath felt stuck to the throat, his heart worked faster pumping blood all over his body, his lips paled behind his veil, his body felt trembling, his heart worked faster pumping blood all over his body, just yesterday Arya asked him not to connect and meet again with Arnes, but now the man is right standing in front of her.

“Hai Mil, are you done with it?” arnes asked casually, while Syifa looked at Arnes with disgust recalling Abel's story at the hospital.

“su, bang already, brother how can you be here?" asked Mila who was still nervous to Arnes.

“I want to invite you to eat at my father's mall, all I have to check the mall's report later, there's something I want to say to you Mil” with Arnes in a familiar tone to Mila, he smiled at Mila to invite the girl.

“sorry bang, but soon Brother Vanessa will come to pick me” Mila replied trying to dodge, even though it knows Arnes will definitely force her. ‘ya God, protect me, protect me, I don't want to betray Arya anymore, I don't want to hurt her anymoreMila's inner’ is scared.

“you just chat aja brother Vanessa if you go home the same I” said Arnes again who still looks hopefully in the eyes of Mila.

“sorry bang, I really can't” Mila replied still trying to refuse, but Arnes who heard that was immediately angered by Mila's words, he did not like if Mila refused him, but he did not like it, what's been a few weeks Mila always refused to meet him.

“why?, because of your husband?, he forbade you to meet me, he also blocked my number, you've been refusing to see me for weeks, and now I'm picking you up, too, and you still reject me” said Arnes who was really upset with Mila, actually she wanted to talk well with Mila by inviting Mila to eat and talk with a casual talk, but Mila's rejection immediately made him angry and the annoyance that he had long saved immediately came off.

Arnes momentarily took a rough breath hearing it all, ‘so Irman had talked everything over to Mila, what in also said about my desire to sleep with Mila?’ his mind was completely upset by the circumstances.

“Mil, we must fight for our love together, you must make that person divorce you, and I will too, after I get married and become CEO, I will divorce that woman, she said, isn't it our struggle after keeping this love for so many years” said Arnes again, while Syifa narrowed her eyes hearing it all, her heart completely disgusted at the sweet greeting of Arnes who tried to persuade Mila.

While Mila begins to feel her pent-up love wants to come to the surface, her heart justifies Arnes' remarks, she and Arnes have been keeping their love for years, and now that love is being tested with the presence of Arya and also other women that Arnes must marry to achieve Arnes' goal of becoming the CEO of the Adinata group.

“why should you marry another woman first bang?, why don't you choose me directly?, is marrying me you can't be the CEO?, aren't you the heir of that company?” ask Mila repeatedly looking for the sincerity of Arnes' love.

“I have to keep my father Mil's honor, I have to marry a woman who can make me CEO in the company, many things about the company that you don't understand, even though my father is the CEO now, still I will not be that easy to inherit my father's position, but believe me Mil, my feelings can not be lied to, you are still the main in my heart” said Arnes emotionally to convince Mila.

Mila then raised her head and she could see the sincerity in Arnes' eyes over what she heard. ‘Yes God, why is this all making me worry, even though I have decided to choose Arya and fix everything.’ Inner Mila.

Suddenly, Mila's hand is pulled by Vanessa who just came, Vanessa immediately got out of her car and immediately approached Mila when she saw Mila talking to Arnes.

“ayo came home Mil,” said Vanessa firmly while pulling Mila's hand, Arnes then glanced sharply at Vanessa, while Syifa just silently watched it all, Arnes, he did not know what to do because he felt he did not have any right to interfere in Mila's personal problems.

Mila just kept quiet, she held back the pull of Vanessa that made Vanessa not believe what Mila did, “Mil,” muttered Vanessa in a tone of disbelief.

“bang, how big is your love for me?, I heard a lot of bad things about you” asked Mila who still wants to find sincerity in Arnes' heart.

‘Geez, Mila was completely consumed by the words of this jerk's inner’ Syifa who did not expect. Sometimes that's how a woman is, when logic says wrong, but if the heart has played its part, the wrong will be right, and Mila has been consumed by her feelings for Arnes, so that his bad thoughts about Arnes become wrong and his feelings of love are right.

“do you doubt me?, do you listen more to the words of others?, while you have known me for years, what my loyalty when you were married could not prove how much I love you?” asked Arnes again that increasingly makes the feelings of love Mila to him more awake, the eyes of Mila teary, he can not lie to his feelings, the love is still there and still very big.

“Mila,,,” said Vanessa angrily, but Mila was still silent, resisting Vanessa's pull.

Arnes smiles winning seeing it all, he knows, what he says will succeed in making Mila believe him.

Arnes' hand then moved to reach Mila's hand that was not in Vanessa's grasp, Vanessa and Syifa growled angrily at the sight, but Mila just kept quiet and let Arnes's hand come closer to her hand to touch her white hand.

But Arnes's hand had not touched Mila's hand, there was another man's hand that brushed off Arnes's hand. Mila, Vanessa, Syifa, and Also Arnes were immediately shocked by the presence of the man.