Picking Up the Past

Guarding the Heart

“Say my best friend's mother, this natural beauty is a creation of God that is infinite in value, and she wants to be the top of the beauty of God's creation” said Anjani smiled, he then turned towards Arya who was standing next to him, while Arya swallowed her saliva hearing that, he then turned to Anjani and their eyes met there.

“you are the same as my best friend's mother, being part of the beauty of God's creation created in this world, with your beautiful and unique design, that, you become the top of the beauty of God's creation” said Anjani meaningfully while looking in Arya's eyes, and he really felt there was Indra there.

“what do you ask me?, I want to be your best friend, because you are so similar to my best friend, for that I asked for your mobile number so that I can contact as your best friend” said Anjani with his own tone.

Arya looked back at Anjani and swallowed her saliva, their eyes met again because Anjani was still looking in the direction of Arya from earlier, Arya's heart was beating fast, her chest was tight with fear, the fear came back, the trauma was clearly still inside him, still evident in his memory, his mother was shot with a gun with two shots, he said, it is still clear in his memory that the breath of the mother was beheaded to die in his embrace.

“I am not your best friend” replied Arya spontaneously rejecting Anjani's sentence.

Anjani is still staring in Arya's eyes, there is a disappointment that he feels hearing Arya's words, He just wants to be friends with Arya, returning the long lost Indra into his life.

“why? what's wrong if we're friends?” he said with a disappointed tone.

“i am married, I have to keep my wife feeling, she definitely does not like if I have a girl friend, she must be jealous” said Arya held the turmoil in her heart.

There is a sense of wanting to repeat the friendship period again in Arya's heart, but he is still aware of the situation, the situation now has changed from the past, and the situation has changed, he could no longer have that friendship with Anjani, not only because Anjani was on his enemy's side, but there was also Mila's heart to guard.

No matter how much it hurt her heart when Mila betrayed her, no matter how much love faded, for her keeping Mila's feelings was a worship she had to do while Mila was his wife.

Arya's words further add to the disappointment in Anjani's heart, somehow the pain arises when Arya says she is married. Anjani takes her eyes off Arya, she tries to control her feelings, she must not feel hurt about it.

“i won't snatch you from your wife, I just want to make friends with you, and of course also with your wife if she wants” said Anjani still trying to fight the feeling in her heart that somehow feels so painful and disappointed.

‘i just knew him, I've only met him twice with this, but why does it hurt so much to hear he is married, is it because I assume he is Indra?’ his inner.

“I don't want to hurt my wife in the least, she would be disappointed in me if I had a girl friend” said Arya again.

“I lost my best friend when we were 6 years old, I never again found a friend as good and sincere as him, I met many people, made friends and befriended men and women, I never saw any more, and until now only he that I feel the most sincere to me, I did not find another” Anjani said with his flat tone, he tried as hard as possible to withstand the turmoil in his heart.

“maybe you're right Arya, I was too hoping to get a friend like her again, I just feel you like her, I see your eyes the same as her eyes, radiating sincerity and kindness to your heart as good as his heart, we have only met 2 times with this, but from every word of yours I can feel how good you are” said Anjani who then stopped for a moment, he smiled bitterly to continue his sentence.

“you are even a perfect man who takes good care of your wife, you do not want to hurt your wife just a little, so you refuse to just be friends with me” continued Anjani again.

Arya was just silent to hear it all, there was a feeling of unbearable heart to see his friend, although Anjani did not cry and showed his sadness, but from the sentence Anjani he could feel what his friend felt like.

“may I ask for your mobile number?, I want to send the concept of the theme I want for my second hotel” said Anjani diverted the conversation, he did not want to dissolve again in that situation.

“just tell Rita, it's much more effective for our working relationship” replied Arya flatly, she then returned to her work chair.

Anjani closed his eyes listening to Arya's rejection, ‘even gave his phone number alone in not wanting, what until he kept his wife's feelings,’

“do you not want to just be friends with me?” ask Anjani while following Arya's steps.

“We are just Anjani's business partner, don't want more than that, even if it's just a friend I'll just let you down later, please,” replied Arya who now re-opens the documents she left earlier.

“it's up to you Arya, but for me you are my friend now,” said Anjani again with annoyance at the stubbornness of Arya, he then walked out of Arya's room with a sense of disappointment.

‘sorry Anjani, I have to protect myself from you, knowing you more than this will put my position in danger, and also I will not let another woman into my life, quite my wife is a woman who became my friend and my best friend’ Inner Arya took a rough breath, she then continued her delayed work.

'ahhh shit' muttered Arya while closing the document again.

'the Anjani family holds a large stake in the father's company, if the matchmaking is just wrong info from Ari's man, Anjani will be very able to help me return to the company of Father, O God,, I have no idea,, why everything should be this complicated anyway, Arya's inner self rubbed her face violently.

While Anjani was driving her car back to her office, she was holding the steering wheel with a feeling of annoyance, ‘ I was there to get angry at her, why did I get carried away with that feeling?, gosh,,, did I miss Indra too much, until I was carried away feeling for Arya earlier, I just want to get a friend like Indra first, my life is empty at this time, I feel so empty, I just want to have a life friend like Indra’