Second Woman

Karmas

Rafa is still living his days as CEO of a large company owned by his parents. In addition, he also still runs his cafe business which is now growing and has many branches in various cities.

The name Rafa Mahendra is not only known as the CEO of the successor company to his parents, his name is now quite calculated in the business world because of his expertise in leading the company and managing his cafe business simultaneously.

Rafa actually lives her life better after her divorce from Maya. No matter how Maya tries to approach her, she will not give Maya a chance to return to her life.

Not because he feels vengeful or angry at Maya, but because he wants his bad past to really end without a shadow haunting him.

His decision to move Bagas to Singapore was part of his plan so that Bagas could take Maya away from him, but it turns out that Maya refused Bagas' invitation and chose to stay with all the insults and swearing that Maya did not stop hearing.

But whatever happens with Maya, Rafa won't care. For him Maya is just a stranger who just stopped by in his nightmares and he will not let those nightmares happen in the real life he is living.

In his heart he invariably called out the name of Tiara, commenting on all his togetherness with Tiara before his eyes closed every night.

Years of not even meeting and not communicating in fact does not make Rafa forget about Tiara just like that.

The arrival of Tiara in his life is not just a stop for a while, but the arrival of Tiara has sown the seeds of love that is now growing eternally in his heart.

Unlike the Son who will allow any choice of Tiara as long as Tiara is happy, Rafa will instead try to approach Tiara and get it no matter what he has to do.

Tiara is the first love of her life, she feels her happiness is only with Tiara.

Rafa has already felt his pain when he lost Tiara and he promises himself to bring Tiara back in his life, make her happy and shower her with all the love he has.

For now he just needed to be patient, waiting for the right time for him to get back near Tiara. He will look forward to the fruits of his patience all this time and he is sure that a happy day for him will come someday.

About the Son, he would not hinder the Son if indeed the Son was still trying to approach the Tiara.

Especially when Rafa knows what big things the two sons have done for his family. Now for him the Son is not only a friend but also part of the family and the guardian angel of his family.

Rafa believes in the love he has, no matter how hard the Son tries and no matter how far Tiara goes, the love in his heart will still be able to draw Tiara back to him.

That's what keeps him from worrying about anything when Tiara is away from him and when he finds out if Putra is approaching the girl he loves.

Rafa believes his sincerity will bring back the love that is now far away from him. He believes his heart is home to the love he and Tiara have.

Just like his parents, Rafa can only maintain his friendship with the Son, maintaining their good relationship as a thank you for the great things that the Son's parents have done in the past.

**

That day Rafa had just finished jogging in the park which was not far from his home.

As Rafa was walking towards his car, a woman holding a child hit him.

"Sorry Mom" said Rafa, helping someone who fell in front of him.

Even though it was actually someone who hit him Rafa still apologized and helped him stand up.

But Rafa was so surprised when he recognized who the woman in front of him was.

"Sir Gita!"

"Rapans....."

"Hey stop him, you thief!" shouted a man who was running towards Gita.

"Rafa please help me, take me away from here, I beg you!" gita pleads with Rafa.

"What's up, brother? is it true that Gita stole?" asked Rafa who was hesitant to take Gita away.

"I had to Rafa, please help me this time!"

Rafa shook his head slowly while tightly grasping Gita's hand.

"Thank you for holding her, this woman is a thief, I'll take her to the police station right now!" said the man who is now in front of Rafa.

"What did he steal?" rafa asked the man.

"He said he was going to sell me his laptop but after he received the money he took away his laptop when I was off guard" the man explained.

"Is that true, brother?" rafa asks Gita but Gita is silent with her head down.

Rafa sighed and then brought his gaze to the man before him.

"How much money did he take away?" rafa asked the man.

"8 million, I gave him 8 million to buy his laptop, but he took the laptop away after he received the money" the man replied.

"Wait a minute, I'll return the money" Rafa said.

"So Gita wait here and don't go anywhere!" rafa said to Gita and ran away.

After a while, Rafapun returned and gave the man 8 million.

"It's the money he's taken, the problem's over and you can go!" rafa said to the man chasing Gita.

The man counted the money Rafa gave and walked away after he made sure the money he received was in accordance with the money he gave to Gita.

After the man left, Gitapun was about to walk away but Rafa quickly held Gita's hand.

"Rafa doesn't want to interfere with Gita's problem, but it looks like we should talk!" said Rafa.

They finally sat on a bench near the park. Gita explained that she had divorced Bima because Bima was always rude, not only to the Gita but also to Laras, even to her own biological children.

Gita also explained that she and her mother had sold the house they occupied, due to increasingly difficult economic circumstances they are forced to live in small boarding houses and work without making enough money for their needs every day.

"It is not easy to find a job with my situation like this Rafa, Mama who works as a domestic assistant can not take care of my son, Rafa, so I have to take care of it myself and for sure I can't work with my son" Gita said at the end of the story.

Rafa is only silent to hear all the stories of Gita, he did not expect if the bad thing happened to Gita.

What Gita and her mother have done to Tiara is indeed very evil, but seeing the state of Gita and her mother like that makes Rafa sad.

"If Tiara knew what was happening to me right now she would definitely laugh at me" Gita said.

"But Tiara is not like that brother," replied Rafa.

"You're right, he's a good kid and sometimes too kind and naive" Gita said with a bland smile.

"Does Gita still hate her?" rafa asked who was returned with a headband by Gita.

"I didn't have enough time to hate him, all I'm thinking about now is how to survive for my son" Gita said.

"How is Tiara now and how are you related to her?" gita asked.

"Very long to tell but for sure Tiara is now overseas, she just finished her S2 in America last year and works at a branch of the company that is there, one by one Tiara's dreams were achieved thanks to her hard work" Rafa explained.

"He is very hardworking, he is always firm with his stance, I am happy to hear that he can live his life well" said Gita.

"But how are you two related? why didn't you tell me?" gita asked.

"It's too complicated to explain, my brother, for sure we are both trying to forget each other's bad past, Rafa is trying to start a new sheet better" replied Rafa.

"I haven't seen him in years and haven't heard from him, it's only natural that I don't know anything about what's going on with you guys" Gita said.

"Then what about Bima? did he not give up his responsibilities as the father of this child?" rafa asked while bringing his gaze to the little boy who was in Gita's arms.

"Since we officially divorced she doesn't care about me at all, especially with her son, I don't even know where she is now, because the last time I heard his parents' company was in trouble then they moved out of the island," Gita explained.

Rafa only fell silent at Gita's explanation. Everything he heard that morning really surprised him, about the state of Gita and her mother and about Gita's marriage to Bima.

Rafa now believes more and more in karma that must come in the right place.

"Where does Gita live? Rafa's gonna take Gita's sister home!"

Rafa and Gita then get into the car, Rafa drives his car towards where Gita lives according to the instructions Gita gives.

"If Kak Gita wants Kak Gita can come to the cafe Rafa which is not far from here, sister Gita can work there," rafa said to Gita when they had just arrived in front of Gita's house.

"But what about my son? Mama can't possibly take care of her because she's busy with her job!"

"Sak Gita can take him, Rafa will tell other employees to give a leeway to Kak Gita so that Kak Gita can still take care of Gita's children while working," replied Rafa.

"really? you're not pranking me, are you?"

"There's no benefit Rafa does that, if Gita's brother will not Gita can come to the cafe that is near the city stadium whenever Kak Gita is reluctant."

"Thank you very much Rafa, I will definitely come there," said Gita excitedly.

Rafa just nodded his head slowly with a smile.

After Gita gets out of his car, Rafapun drives his car home.

Along the way Rafa is still thinking about what happened to Gita and her mother. He does not understand how Tiara responds if Tiara knows about what happened to her stepfamily.

But he was sure Tiara would be quite sad to see the state of his stepfamily at that time.

**

Elsewhere, Tiara had just walked out of her director's room. He returned to his desk with a blank look like he was thinking of something heavy for him to decide.

"What should I do now?" inner Tiara asked inwardly.

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Tiara's phone rang, a message came in from the Son.

"There's gonna be a festival at the park tonight, do you want to come with me?"

Tiara smiled faintly and replied to him with an emoticon confirming the invitation of the Son.

Tiara then took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, as if throwing away all the burden of thought in her head.

"Alright Tiara don't think too much about it, just live what you think is good" Tiara said.

After Tiara finished her work, she immediately cleaned up her desk and left her room.

Time passed, the clock had already shown at 07:00 pm when Tiara had just left her house with the Son.

The pounding music and song that shook the night made Tiara release a slight burden on her head. After almost 2 hours Tiara and Putra stood up to enjoy the music festival, they decided to get out of the crowd.

Tiara then explained to Putra about the decision he would make, whether he would remain there or if he would return to Indonesia.

"Are you sure of Tiara's decision?" ask the Son to make sure.

"Tiara is sure, Tiara has thought about it carefully" replied Tiara.

"Well then, may it be the best for you" said Putra.

**

A month had passed, Rafa had just returned from out of town. As usual that morning Rafa left for the office excitedly.

Arriving at the office he was immediately greeted by his personal assistant.

"Good morning sir, did Mr. Rafa check the file I sent to Mr. Rafa the other day?"

"File about this morning's meeting?" asked Rafa who only answered a nod of the head by his personal assistant.

"I haven't read it yet, isn't it just the resumes of the employees who occupy their new positions?" rafa answered and asked

"Yes sir is right and they will attend this morning's meeting and introduce themselves as new leaders in each division" replied Rafa's personal assistant.

Rafa just nodded his head and went into his room.

At exactly 08.00 am Rafa walked into the meeting room and sat in a chair at the end of the row.

The morning meeting was not to discuss the crucial things that happened in the company, but only to introduce employees who occupy their new positions in the company who would certainly work directly under Rafa.

When Rafa was watching one by one the employees lined up before him, Rafa was so shocked when he saw the beautiful girl sitting not far from his place.

Rafa even blinked his eyes several times to confirm his vision.