Replacement Liver Driver

Chapters 1. Praba Death

"Pradha, can you go home now? Your sister was found dead under unnatural circumstances."

The sentence Pradha had just heard, instantly made her petrified. The woman's mind was empty for a moment. His brain suddenly froze. He was still trying to digest what his father had just said.

"What do you mean by Father?" Pradha again asked the father to make sure that his hearing was still functioning properly.

"Go home, son. Praba died" Artha said in a trembling voice.

"Mother, don't joke. Not possible!" pradha shouts hysterically.

Abi, who was sitting next to Pradha, turned his head. He frowned. Especially when the beautiful woman began to shed tears.

"Mr pick you up now, will you?"

Pradha no longer heard his father's words. His fingers trembled until the phone he had originally held, now fell on the sand. Her chest feels so tight. His beloved sister reportedly died in unnatural conditions. Which brother's heart isn't broken?

"Pradha, are you still there?" The vegetables still sounded Arta's voice.

Abi and other friends who attended the reunion event immediately approached Pradha who was sitting on the beach while crying as he pleased. Pradha recounts that her sister died while stammering. Finally he was driven home by Reya (his best friend) and also Abi.

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After the Ngaben ceremony was held, Pradha, Laksmi, and Artha gathered in the family room. They look still mourning. The deep sadness they clearly still felt. However, Pradha's grief is mixed with anger at her father's ridiculous request.

"Pradha, you must replace Praba to marry Abipraya."

"I mean Father?" Pradha.

"Sir, stop. Forget about the marriage," said Laksmi among the rest of the tears.

The day before, Artha had indeed revealed such intentions to Laksmi. However, he was rejected by his wife. The woman disagreed with the husband's crazy idea. He did not expect that Artha actually expressed the desire of his heart just a few hours after the funeral of Praba.

"Father does not want to be doomed to seven degrees if it is to cancel the marriage!" artha.

"Sir, this is modern times! You still believe in that unfounded superstition?" pradha protests with a chest of fireworks full of anger.

"Unfounded? There's a lot of evidence! You remember Aunt Artika? His mother refused the proposal! And until the third generation after that, one of the women in her lineage will be a widow! If not, then it will be a spinster!"

"What a big thought Dad!" Pradha got out of the chair and went into her room.

Laksmi soon followed the princess. He wanted to calm his first daughter. Laksmi slowly opened the door of the room and approached Pradha who was now lying on her stomach on the bed.

"Pradha, forgive me. Let's talk all over with a cold head."

"Freak dad, Mom! May ask Pradha to replace Praba! After all I don't know the man who will be my partner! I don't want to, Mom!"

Laksmi was wide-eyed when she heard Pradha's confession. "Don't you know him? He's your schoolmate."

"Praba never told me who would be her husband. She even kept her husband's name a secret. She said, I'd be surprised to find out who her future husband is."

"Abipraya, your old high school friend. Still remember?"

"Why that shitty guy, Mom?"

"He's Praba's future husband."

What Praba said happened. Pradha was surprised not to play. He did not expect if his sister-in-law's candidate was Abi, the girl's arch-enemy when High School. Now he must face the fact that they must marry, because of the father's colossal thinking.

Pradha is not married to Abi. His decision to oppose his father grew stronger. Pradha immediately took Abi's number in the Whatsapp group, and invited the man to meet to talk about the marriage.

The clock shows at 16:00 when Pradha enters a cafe around Sanur Beach. Acoustic music greeted Pradha's hearing, as soon as he stepped into the vintage room.

From a distance, he saw Abi sitting on the terrace of the cafe overlooking the beach. Pradha let out a rough breath and started to approach the real handsome man.

"Long time? Sorry, it's a little jammed." Pradha pulled the chair in front of her and landed her buttocks on it.

"New aja. What is the need to meet a lowly man like me?"

Abi smiles wryly remembering Pradha's insults to him after learning of his current job. Pradha insulted Abi for ending up with a job as a Tour Guide, even though she had very good grades at school.

Abi's gaze refocused on Pradha who was now looking at him intensely and looked very serious. “To be honest I just found out that you are my sister-in-law. Damn you asked me to be your substitute bride."

"You mean?"

"Father asked me to replace Praba married you."

"Oh," Abi replied briefly then sipped the coffee that was in front of him.

"Oh? That's all you said?" Pradha was wide-eyed by the astounding response from Abi.

Pradha did not expect that Abi would be very relaxed, when he heard the news brought by him. The woman folded her arms in front of her chest, squinting her eyes.

"Are we not supposed to reject this marriage?"

"you reckon? I was afraid to disappoint my mother. Unfortunately, he was devastated by the loss of his son-in-law. I have been waiting for my wedding for a long time. So, I don't think dad's idea is bad either."

"So, you're going to approve this marriage without any love being the foundation?" Pradha's eyes are perfectly rounded.

"Yes" Abi replied briefly but confidently. The man stared at Pradha without any hesitation in it.

"Crazy! I don't think about the way men think!" Pradha kicked off the table in front of him, so they are now the center of attention of the entire cafe.

"Calm down. We are now the center of attention."

Pradha instantly circulated the gaze to the entire side of the cafe. Eventually Pradha suppressed her anger, then sat back down on the chair. The woman stared intently at Abi with her arms folded in front of her chest.

"I also had to agree that this marriage would continue. After this, it's up to you to do what. Obviously, we can't cancel this wedding."

Pradha looked at Abi with anger. The woman's jaw is getting hard. His fingers clenched tightly under the table. He did not expect that this man before him was resisting his desire to oppose their marriage.

"In addition to not wanting to disappoint my mother, I think Mr. Artha would be very angry if his wishes were not fulfilled. Don't you know better how your father behaves than anyone?"

Pradha. What Abi said is true. His father was one of the most stupid and stupid people in the world. The selfishness of the father exceeds the threshold of normal human reasonableness in general.

Pradha was forced to follow his father's will. Pradha got up from the chair, then walked out of the cafe without saying goodbye to Abi. He stepped annoyedly towards his car.

"Look, I'll make you regret having followed your wishes!" gerutu Pradha then got into the car and slammed the door rudely.