Red Yarn Per-Hut

Chapter 42

"Will you marry me?." Said the man in a loud voice who deliberately wore a mic and was so confident he knelt before Etha while thrusting a red velvet box containing a diamond ring inside.

Etha was shocked to hear the man's words, as was the case with Alfhat and his two brothers as well as the show's MC and several audiences.

"Will you marry me?." Back the man repeated his words and seemed ready to accept all the answers thrown by the hijab woman.

Etha who hugged the three flower bouquets was only able to smile clumsyly and speechless. He seemed to be cornered by the man's words.

"Let's get answered, Miss Etha. Answer.answer!" said the MC of the show with so enthusiasm and began to gemes see them.

While backstage Kayla and her friends look enthusiastic looking at the monitor screen that displays the atmosphere of the event outside. Where his boss is being proposed by a man who almost every day becomes the topic of their conversation.

"Say yes, say yes, Miss Etha. Iih the handsome gentleman widower. I salute his efforts." Kayla started to stir herself up while cheering happily.

"We all support you, Miss." Titin also followed along and looked so enthusiastic while embracing Kayla's shoulders.

"Yes right, we all support you." The employees seemed compact to voice his support for the handsome widower.

While Alfhat occupying his chair seemed to clench his hands with hardened jaws, his two eyes were emitting glints of anger, his chest was already rumbling inside there, as if it would be vaporized at the people around him and blow the place apart. Even he got up straight from his seat.

Sontak Jessi who saw him immediately reprimanded him.

"Where are you going?" ask Jessi.

Just as Alfhat was about to open his voice to answer his question, he suddenly heard the voice of someone he knew so well begin to echo in the room.

Alfhat's reflex instantly shifted his gaze onto the stage. Where he was able to clearly see the old woman had already opened her voice.

"I really appreciate your efforts, Mr. Adnan. You are a good man and love your daughter so much. But, big apologies, I can't accept your proposal." she said unpleasantly with a downcast look. Etha did not dare to raise his face, as he again broke the feeling of the man even blatantly rejecting him in front of everyone.

The action was as if humiliating the one-child widower in front of the audience. As soon as the audience regretted his words, so did his employees who strongly supported him along with the handsome widower, but the decision was in the hands of his boss.

While the look on Alfhat's face slowly changed, like a chameleon changing color. A thin grin was instantly created at the corner of his lips hearing the answer from Etha. With his haughty style, he again occupied his seat.

"Please tell me your reason, Miss Etha. Why did you reject my proposal!" said Mr. Adnan with his flat face and back to stand upright. The man looked calm with no burden at all.

"I'm married and I already have a husband. So once again I'm sorry, because all this time I kept my marriage a secret." Etha said lightly.

It would be foolish for Alfhat to be angry with him for having dismantled his marriage. Rather he continued to crush the feelings of the man who was trying to get close to him. Because it keeps the marriage a secret, gradually everything will be revealed as well and the problem will get worse, he thought.

From his words, making Alfhat smile thinly, his emotions that had exploded immediately began to melt when he heard the words of Etha, because she was recognized as her husband. Though all this time he always asked Etha to keep her marriage a secret, but for now he can understand her.

While Dilan and Kendrick were surprised instead of playing, they looked at each other and then looked back at the stage where her sister was standing there.

"I can't believe Etha's sister is married. We need to ask for an explanation from him. How could he keep his marriage a secret from his own family, it deserves his behavior is very strange lately" said Dilan as he rose from his seat.

"Wait, now is not the time to ask for an explanation from him. Don't ruin things, maybe Etha's sister is very concerned about the privacy of her marriage" Kendrick said.

"What do you mean stop me?" ask Dilan.

"We can talk about it together backstage. If Etha doesn't want to open his voice and doesn't want to be honest, we can investigate this matter in secret and who is the figure of the man who married her" Kendrick replied.

"Emmm..I think your words have a point bro." said Dilan while looking at the situation around him and slowly back sitting in his place.

Mr. Adnan was only able to remain silent after hearing the reason from Etha. A disappointment clearly flashed on his face. He could not say anything, inevitably he had to accept all the decisions of the woman with a spacious chest.

The show's MCs who were still standing on stage were only able to remain silent and did not dare to interfere with their affairs.

Suddenly Bilqis ran up the stage to his father. Mr. Adnan moved quickly to pick up his daughter and then carried her.

"It's okay dad, Bilqis is proud of dad. Because dad is so great and cool. Bilqis no longer wants to ask father to marry a beautiful aunt. Maafin Bilqis yes father." said Bilqis while stroking his father's cheek as if he knew what his father was going through. Especially when he saw his father's face look glum.

"You are my beloved and also my happiness. You're not wrong, baby. I love you so much" said Mr. Adnan smiling, making Bilqis smile and kissing his father's cheeks. Afterwards, Bilqis hugged her father tightly, making Mr. Adnan smile with teary eyes.

The audience who saw the familiarity of the father and son was only able to smile and be moved. They compactly clapped their hands to accompany the step of the father with his daughter down from the stage.

Backstage, Etha became the center of attention of her employees. Kayla stepped closer towards her boss. The single woman still can't believe that her boss is married and she needs an explanation from her boss.

"Thank you to everyone, everyone who has participated, both working in front of the screen and behind the scenes. You've all been working hard." said Etha smiling who began to open her voice.

Kayla smiled and did not ask her boss for an explanation. He can talk about it next time.

"Congratulations to you, Miss. We are all proud of you" Kayla said enthusiastically and hugged him.

"I said the same thing, Miss." - timpal Titin hugged them.

All of her employees seemed happy and embraced together as a sign of success over tonight's fashion show.

Etha was only able to smile happily at the enthusiasm of his employees and did not forget to raise his thumb.

"I'm so proud of you. Thank you for your hard work" Etha told her employees.

"For Miss Deborah, congratulations on your success, which is so amazing to have trained the children of the orphanage, to be able to bring out their talents." Do not forget Etha gave a speech to a person who was quite meritorious in the fashion show.

Miss Deborah was only able to smile at him, then say goodbye to having important business.

Then Etha went back to her models.

"For the models, you will all be our fashion brand ambassadors" Etha smiled.

"Thank you Miss Etha." the girls of the compact orphanage thanked her and were so happy to be entrusted to be the brand ambassador of her products.

"Together, children" said Etha smiling, who still thought they were children.

"Oh yes, about the dinner for our celebration of success. You are free to choose the place you want to visit. Regarding the payment, it has become my responsibility. Just tell Kayla, let Kayla set it up. And I'm so sorry, I can't come with you guys" Etha explained.

"It's okay, Miss Etha. Leave everything to me. We are all very understanding of the current state of Miss." Kayla said with a teasing smile. Kayla began to believe that her boss was already a wife, so that her wiggle room could not be as free as before.

"Well, if it's like that. I'm going home, assalamualaikum."

"Getishalight." Kayla and the others compactly answered her greetings.

Etha smiled then stepped towards the exit, unexpectedly Dilan and Kendrick were waiting for him out there. With Etha forced to change course, he did not want to be interrogated by the two of them.

Etha decided to go out the back door. However, suddenly someone instantly pulled his hand and dragged his body into the car.

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