Picking Up the Past

Even If I Have to Lie

Ari enters Arya's room without knocking on the door. Something that always makes Arya upset, because everyone who enters her room does not knock on the door at all. “lo habit ya,” said Arya with annoyance.

“gue have heard you want to leave tomorrow, how many days you will go?” ari said without caring about Arya's words.

“weekly, all the work later I handle through Rita, and also I need a car lo” said Arya casually, he is still busy tidying up his desk and sorting out the documents he will bring.

“lo is absolutely sure of lo's wife, until lo ngebelain take her away so as not to know this all” asked Ari with a serious tone.

“like you said yesterday, I will take my wife out of town first, while you take care of the house, I just ask for the house, others not Ri, but you, do not let the house be confiscated by the bank and at the auction, that's just Ri” said Arya who now sees Ari sharply.

“although you take him away, sooner or later he will also know right,”

“no will if you do not unload to them if you are the mastermind behind the destruction of the family company, you take care of the house, let me explain to my wife's family later” Arya told Ari.

“So you want to make up stories on them?” ask Ari full of questions.

“truss I have to how Ri?, if I'm honest, not only my wife Ri, my in-laws and my grandfather's wife will also be mad big on me, too, I do not want my household destroyed because of this problem, if lying to them is the best way, then I will sell” Arya said earnestly to Ari.

“gue wonder samo lo, she's obviously betrayed lo, but still you want to be with her, you see what of her, her veil?, her hijab?, or what?, you see what of her?,” asked Ari full of emphasis.

“we have problems with his brother Ri, not him, you do not have the right to say like that with my wife, he has changed, he has chosen me” said Arya who tried to hold back her anger at her best friend.

Ari took a deep breath to hear Arya's words. “lo has made a promise not to interfere with my plans about the company, so I will not interfere with your household problems, nih car keys, so I will not interfere with my business,” said Ari by putting his car keys on Arya's desk, Arya then took out the key of his motorbike and threw it to Ari. Ari then came out with a calm face bringing the sincerity of her heart to Arya.

‘even if I lie for all this, I must be ready to bear his sin, I do not want to feel the pain of losing Mila’

*

In other parts of the world, Rahman, who has been flying for a week to meet shareholders, is sitting in a workroom, he looks at his phone to read some messages from Haris and also Reny's doctor who informs him about Arya's sample that will be checked soon, but it still has to wait for time because Reny's doctor must examine the sample at the right time, so that no one else in the hospital knows the sample. Rahman smiled cynically reading the message.

Rahman then saw a message from Mr. Abdul that made him understand that maybe he would not be able to breathe free air ahead of a shareholder meeting currently planned by the board of commissioners. Rahman took a deep breath. ‘I have contacted Rena, I think she is the right person to replace your position’ that was the message from Mr. Abdul to Rahman.

A woman entered the room with a look in Rahman's face, Rahman returned the woman's gaze while smiling faintly. “You really made me wait long” Rahman said flatly.

“I have to take care of some documents requested by the board of commissioners, did something happen in the office?” asked the woman in a relaxed tone, she then sat on the sofa in front of Rahman, the woman then sipped her tea which began to cool because she had long left.

Rahman momentarily took a deep breath, “did Abdul not tell you?” asked Rahman in a flat tone.

“you will replace my position Rena, we must immediately return everyone - people who are still loyal to Mr. Gibran to the company, currently only me and Haris are the directors of the company, he said, while others have been transferred by Aliando to subsidiaries in the region and also abroad, like you now,” Rahman said to the woman named Rena.

“seems like a lot of things I missed while I was away, including the news of Arjun's secretary that I was late to receive. Did Mr Abdul, Mr Ilham and also Mr Budi also intervene for this?” ask Rena with her flat tone.

“they are the owners of strategy in this game, and we are pawns that are played, after I return later, maybe I will be thrown out by Aliando, for that Mr. Abdul asked you back, for that, one pawn is missing, then another pawn must replace its position so that the role of the missing pawn to attack does not go away” explained Rahman to Rena.

“It looks like the problem there is quite heavy, so the advisors of Mr. Gibran first have to intervene again,” said Rena casually.

“task Haris quite heavy Rena, you have to go back to back up, she will have trouble if only herself” said Rahman while leaning his back to the sofa backrest, which is not easy, he then closed his eyes for a moment to relieve his fatigue.

Rena took a rough breath, realizing that she and her husband were deliberately placed by Aliando abroad because Aliando had been suspicious of her from the beginning. Rena then looked at Rahman's face, she had known her comrade for more than half her age, unknowingly teary eyes looking at Rahman, ‘would you also end up like secretary Arjun Rahman?, she said?,’ inner.

*

Since morning, the residence has started to act, Arya, Mila and Vanessa together clean the house before leaving, Vanessa cleans her favorite place in the kitchen and Arya and Mila together in the living room. A pair of husband and wife does not stop each other from releasing jokes when working to fill their atmosphere.

When Mila was cleaning the glass cabinet in the living room, suddenly her husband kissed her forehead, a kiss that made Mila upset instantly. “you've kissed my forehead how many times since?, you know, you've kissed me?, are you not satisfied with last night?, I am tired of drying my wet forehead because your lips are Arya” said Mila with annoyance.

Arya smiled at Mila saying she then looked at her wife with her flirtatious gaze, “do you want to continue that last night?” goda.

“Arya, we want to leave, do not mess around again” said Mila with annoyance.

Arya then approached and again kissed his wife's forehead the song, “keningmu sweet” said Arya briefly.

Mila then stood with a ruffled waist, she put on an angry face at Arya. “Aryaa” said Mila with an angry tone, Arya did not care about the face and angry tone of his wife, he remembered the figure of his father who always hugged and kissed his mother's forehead, when his mother was angry. Arya did the same thing, he approached and hugged his angry wife. Mila tries to fight back by pushing Arya's body, but her strength loses far from the man's power.

“it looks like I'm afraid of my father's attitude, my father likes to kiss my mother's forehead, and he will hug and kiss my mother's forehead if my mother is angry” said Arya, he then returned to kiss his wife's forehead.

"Aryaa, already, later we are really late to leave” complained Mila to Arya.

“iya, yaa” said Arya then released Mila and resumed her work.

Mila then smiled at Arya who returned to work, for some reason the sense of pleasure just suddenly penetrated into her heart, she then continued her work to clean the glass cabinet with her own smiles because of her husband's behavior.