RAMADAN IN RAYYA'S HEART

Opening Your Heart to Others

That night Rayya took Michelle to Trevi in Fontana. Although actually Rayya himself tired after attending the painting exhibition, but he did not show his fatigue in front of Jovanka and Michelle.

" You know what, Rayya? When I tossed the coin I was hoping for what?" michelle asked in a snigger. Michele's jovial figure reminds her of her cousin Azkia.

" What are you expecting?" rayya asked as he walked away from the fountain.

" Hope to have an Italian boyfriend, dong!" Michelle chuckled making Rayya shake her head at Michelle's behavior.

" Rayya, are you right that Simone's not dating?" ask Michelle back.

" Yes, I'm just friends with him" Rayya said. " Do you really like Simone?" Now Rayya who asked Michelle back because when she met with Simone this afternoon, Michelle was seen some eyesore.

" Hmmm, don't you like it, huh?" Michelle was thinking. " If you like him, I can't possibly follow him, right?"

" I like him as a friend, nothing more" Rayya denied Michelle's accusations.

" Have you got a boyfriend or not?" Michelle curious.

" I know, not yet."

" He's a good guy, huh?"

" Simone is a nice and very nice person. You know what, Michelle? My dad rarely lets me be friends with men but with Simone, Daddy gives permission. It means he's a very trustworthy person." Rayya then turned to look at Michelle. " If you're going out with Simone, I'm sure Brother Willy will agree."

" Seriously?" Michelle seemed enthusiastic in responding to Rayya's words and Rayya nodded her head quickly.

" In that case, you help me so I can get near Simone, Rayya." asked Michelle to beg.

" Of course I'll help you, Michelle. But don't be a mistake, you know! Simone doesn't like the coquettish woman."

" Okay, sip! Thanks, Rayya. I hope you will also be able to get your true love later."

Rayya was silent at Michelle's words. He doesn't know who his true love will be. Because until now the name of Ramadan still dominates even though he tried to get rid of that one name in his heart.

***

Meanwhile at a fashion show featuring several models from one of the agencies in Paris, Ramadhan is currently on the scene.

The presence of a man who was with Kayla made her uncomfortable. The man was always with Kayla, and Kayla herself seemed so close to the bule-looking man.

Ramadhan kept staring fixedly at the man and Kayla. Is that the man Kayla meant as her boyfriend? Whoever that man is makes Ramadan uncomfortable to be there.

While the presence of Ramadan certainly makes Farah's heart happy. Even while on the catwalk the beautiful woman always threw a smile towards Ramadan

" Mad Rama, thank you for coming to my fashion show." Farah approached Ramadhan as the fashion show ended.

Ramadhan nodded his head in response to Farah's words.

" Oh yeah, Mas. Come to dinner tonight with my friends, huh?" Farah invites Ramadhan to attend dinner together with her model colleagues.

" Sorry I can't, Farah. Tomorrow I have to go back to Jakarta." Ramadhan rejected Farah's invitation.

" Come, Mas. Mumpung Mas is in Milan." Farah immediately put her hand on Ramadhan's arm trying to persuade the man.

" Farah, I'm tired. Please you understand! You asked me to come, I did. I have to rest because tomorrow I'm going to travel all the way to Jakarta." Ramadhan spoke a bit firmly making Farah's face frown.

" I have to go back to the hotel. Ariston ..." Ramadan immediately said goodbye to Farah.

" Neurova ..." Farah replied excitedly. Especially when Ramadan walks away from him.

" I should be able to get you, Mas," Farah determined inwardly.

***

Jakarta, two days later ...

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Anindita stopped her activity by tidying up the houseplants as the phone in her pocket rang and quickly the middle-aged woman took her phone.

" Assalamuailkum, Mother Ida." Anindita said as she received an incoming call from the owner of her subscription cake shop.

" Waalaikumsalam, Miss Ricky. Here's her cake order tomorrow at what time, huh?" ask Bu Ida from inside Anindita's phone.

" Before Dzuhur, ma'am."

" Oh yeah, by eleven I'll be there, Miss Ricky."

" Thank you, Miss Ida."

" Oh yeah, if Bu Ricky's biggest son is the same model, huh, Mom?" Suddenly Mother Ida asked about Ramadan to Anindita.

" Radhan do you mean by Mother?" ask Anindita. He thought that the previous gossip had only been asked by Mother Ida now.

" Yes, Mama Rama."

" Oh, that's just gossip, Miss Ida. It just so happens that the company Rama works for uses the woman as a model for an apartment in Bali." Anindita explained about the rumors that circulated some time ago.

" Oh, is that it, Mom? You see, the news I just read says they're both traveling to Italy."

Anindita widened her eyes to listen to Ida's words about Ramadan and Farah on vacation in Italy.

" Rama's on assignment to Italy from the office, ma'am." Anindita dismissed Mother Ida's assumption about Ramadan and Farah who had a holiday together.

" Oh so ...."

" Yes, Mom."

" Oh yeah, I just want to ask when the cake will be delivered, Miss Ricky. Ariston ...."

" Neurova ..." Anindita hastily ended her phone call because she was curious about the rumors surrounding Ramadan and Farah that Bu Ida mentioned earlier.

" Ta, Thalita ...!" Anindita accidentally calls her daughter to find out what rumors are circulating around her son.

" Yes, Ma. What's up?" After a while Thalita came out of her room and approached Anindita.

" Thalita, what are the rumors about your Mas?" ask Anindita curious.

" What gossip, Ma?" Thalita asked back.

" So who has a cake shop subscription Mama told you, he said there was gossip Mas you same model was a vacation to Italy."

" huh? Did Rama take Farah on vacation to Italy? Thalita can't go there, it turns out they're dating apparently." Thallita commented.

" Hush, Mas you have a duty there," Anindita argued.

" Tasks while on vacation, holidays while courting," Thalita chuckled.

" Hurry up to find the news!" Anindita who was impatient to know what news was circulating immediately asked Thalita to immediately look for the news.

Thalita then searched for news about her brother. After several gossip accounts were explored finally met the news referred to by Ibu Ida.

" RSP, one of the young executives of PT. Angkasa Raya Group and famous model Farah Rose are both interested in being in an event fashion week held in the city of Milan, Italy. Sunday afternoon local time. In the event it looks young Executive was attending a fashion show followed by the model. Previously they both dismissed the assumption that they had a special relationship some time ago. Are they now also going to dispute the closeness of their relationship after being found out to be in the same place simultaneously?"

News from the gossip account was accompanied by two photos. One photo during Ramadan and Farah chatted after the event where Farah appeared to wrap her hand on Ramadan's arm. And one more photo was of them walking as they were looking for a restaurant in the gallery. Two photos in two different places that eventually led to gossip between the two of them.

***

Anindita knocked on the door of Ramadhan's room before opening the door to her son's room.

" You haven't rested yet, Rama?" anindita asked as her son was seen lying with his hands folded behind his head.

" You haven't told Mama about your experience in Italy, Rama." Anindita won not want to directly say about Farah and the gossip.

" There's a nice place, Ma. Lots of beautiful places too" said Ramadan.

" Have you had no trouble communicating there with that architect?"

" No, Ma. It just so happened that he had a nephew who mastered the Indonesian language so Rama had no trouble communicating there.

" Thank God, then."

" Oh yes, Ma. Do you know who Rama met there?"

Anindita scrunched her forehead, she guessed that Ramadan would tell her about Farah.

" Who is it?" Anindita pretends not to know.

" Raya "

Anindita gasped at the name called by Ramadan instead of the person she had expected.

" Rayyah? Rayya's her son ...."

" Of Gavin."

" Oh yeah, Mama had heard from Aunt Rara that Rayya was studying abroad. But Mama doesn't remember where Rayya went to college. Turns out he went to college in Milan, huh?" Anindita is surprised to hear that Ramadhan has met Rayya.

" Not in Milan but in Rome, Ma" said Ramadan.

" Then you met Rayya in Rome?"

" Rama met Rayya in Milan. At Kayla's painting show."

Anindita's face, which had seemed happy when Ramadan told her about Rayya, now turned serious when Ramadan offended Kayla.

" You met Kayla?"

" Yes, Ma. Om Dirga's gonna have Rama meet Om Edo."

Silent

For a moment they were silent to each other.

" Oh yeah, did you say you met Rayya at the painting show? How's he doing? Is she still shy?" tanya Anindita tried to divert attention from the discussion about Kayla.

Ramadhan pulled one end of his lips in light of Rayya's figure he met in Milan yesterday.

" If you look at her now, you won't believe it."

" What's the matter?" ask Anindita curious.

" It looks so different now, Ma. But it still looks pretty, anyway."

" Different how does that mean? He's still in the hijab, right?"

" Yet, Ma. But it's more fashionable and looks more confident when interacting with many people."

" Really?"

" Yes right, Ma."

" Ah, it's a pity that you canceled your matchmaking plans. Mama is happy to have a daughter-in-law like Rayya." Anindita still seems to regret the decision of Ramadhan and Rayya who canceled the matchmaking plan.

" Ma, that's it. Don't talk about it anymore." Ramadhan is reluctant to discuss his matchmaking issues with Rayya.

" Oh yeah, were you there to meet Farah? Or are you guys planning on going there?" anindita began to ask about her initial goal of meeting Ramadan.

" Do you know where Rama met Farah?" Ramadhan was shocked when his mother asked him about Farah.

" There's the latest gossip between you and Farah." Anindita told Ramadhan what she had heard from Mother Ida and what Thalita had read this afternoon from a gossip account.

" Rama and Farah accidentally met there, Ma. Farah turns out to be Kayla's friend, and Kayla invites Farah to her exhibition of paintings. Then Farah invited Rama to come to Farah's fashion show. It wasn't planned before, Ma. It was just a coincidence." Ramadhan explained that his meeting with Farah was not planned by him.

" Rama, you are an adult. You deserve to choose a woman as your companion. If Kayla does not respond to your feelings, try to find another woman who is in your heart and can also be close to your family. But if you can ask, you better find an ordinary woman but she has a good heart. Because to be honest, Mama doesn't fit you close to Farah." Anindita expressed her opinion. He indirectly banned Ramadan from having a serious relationship with his daughter.

" Ma, Rama and Farah have nothing to do!" tepis Ramadan.

" Will you continue to expect Kayla's love? While Kayla herself does not respond to your feelings?" ask Anindita curious.

Ramadan takes a rough breath.

" I don't know, Ma. Yesterday there Rama met with Kayla's boyfriend" Ramadhan said in a sad tone.

" Rama, I think you should be able to open your heart to other women, who can also love you." Anindita advises Ramadan.

" It's hard, Ma."

" No hard word, Rama. Ye know? Mama used to be so determined not to want to marry your Papa because Mama felt love only for Papa Arya. But over time, with the sincerity of your Papa's heart, the longer Mama's more aware of your Papa's great love for Mama, until finally Mama can also return your Papa's love." Anindita tells a little story of her love with her husband now.

" Mama's story with Papa is different, Ma. Mama can accept and open her heart to Papa because Papa Arya is no more." Ramadhan insisted that what he experienced was not the same as his parents' story.

" The point remains the same, Rama. Open our hearts to those who love us sincerely."

" But who can love Rama sincerely, Ma? Almost all the women who approached Rama were more looking at the physical and economic status of our family. Try if we have nothing, not necessarily they - they want to be close to Rama," said Ramadhan argued

" That's why you seek a woman like your Mama, Rama!"

Ramadhan and Anindita were shocked when they found Ricky already standing leaning on the door of Ramadan's room with his hands folded in his chest.

" Sir ...."

Anindita and Ramadhan greeted at the same time.

" Papa agrees with what your Mama said, you must open your heart to the woman who truly loves sincerely." Ricky then stepped in to join his son and his wife.

" If you want later Papa find Papa's friend's child for you to make your wife, Rama." Ricky then gave a suggestion.

" Does Papa intend to match Rama again? Come, Pa! It's modern times, it's not the season for parents to match their children." Ramadhan quickly rejected a plan from his Papa that would match his return.

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Sorry, because yesterday was busy with work and a little ga good body so can not up🙏

Oh yeah, yesterday there were those who did not feel like a visual match with Michelle who said was too mature. Actually she's 18 years old, it's just her make up just possible. She's really cute. Deva Cassel is the son of Italian artist Monica Bellucci

For Visual Rayya was cute, calm and simple-looking people, so I used the visuals Zahra Zubaidah, a young Indonesian painter. If there is no match with the Visual that I display it is only based on the imagination in my brain and I think it matches the character of each². So readers freely imagining ya😁

Happy re-show, happy-tu