
Seeing the emergence of Darren and Karen makes Oma Belle's happiness doubled. The owner of Belleria's real name immediately rushed to them. Meanwhile, Chalvin and Nadya immediately looked up at the couple. Reflexively, Nadya immediately turned her back to Karen and Darren. In fact, he put his hand on the side of one of his ears to cover the face so that Karen did not look.
"Oma thought you guys arrived in Indo that afternoon. I didn't know this morning was here. How can you not say? Who picked you up at the airport?" ask Oma Belle after hugging Karen.
"Mommy and my papi, Oma. They're taking us home. Keep going, we immediately sorted out the things to move here," replied Karen.
Compared to the upside with Oma Belle, Nadya was actually seen in the fog with the sudden presence of Karen. Yes, he did know his best friend was coming home today. However, he did not expect them to be directly met.
"Oh, what, huh? Karen and Mr. Darren can be here. Can be caught dong us," whispered Nadya full of worry.
"Yes, no papa. It's not impossible to say we're dating them." Unlike Nadya who was afraid of seeing Karen, Chalvin was confused with the statement of Oma Belle who said she wanted to propose Nadya to her parents directly. A black cloud seemed to be on top of his head.
Seeing that Chalvin was there, Darren rebuked him. "Chalvin, Sunday's tumben stay at Oma's house?" tanyanya. His gaze was diverted to the figure of the girl next to Chalvin.
"Do you not see, Chalvin came to bring his candidate to be introduced ma Oma. Nadya, yuk, here! A cousin of Chalvin and his wife." Oma Belle called Nadya.
As Oma mentioned the name, Karen spontaneously turned her head towards the girl in white dress who was still turning her back to them. In the next instant, his eyes widened instantly just as Nadya turned around with her head lowered.
"Nadya?" call Karen with startled intonation.
"Good morning, sir!" Nadya greeted Darren with a stiff face, then greeted Karen, "Hello, Kar!"
Chalvin immediately embraced Nadya while saying, "Hi, Karen, you must be shocked, yes, your best friend is here with me. We're both dating."
Not only was Karen aghast, Darren was also stunned. Because, he knows very well what Chalvin tastes like. The man was always on an adventure with a high-class adult woman. So, his taste is definitely not the level of his students.
"Well, you know Chalvin's candidate?" ask Oma Belle bengong.
"She's my student, a close friend of Karen's," Darren said.
Oma Belle's smile grew even more perfect. "It's not that hard to adapt to this family, is it, Nadya boy? Moreover, you are the same Karen turned out to be friends!"
So happy, Oma Belle to ask the waiter to prepare a special dinner. Meanwhile, Karen immediately took a standing position next to Nadya and then pulled her slowly to get a little away from Chalvin who was talking to Darren.
"Are you really sure Chalvin's relationship is established?" asked Karen who was still putting on a shocked face.
Nadya glanced at Chalvin, then nodded without any further explanation.
"I know you have a crush on him. Not that I don't agree, but you have to make sure that Chalvin's brother had a relationship with another girl, right? I'm afraid you're getting gaslighting¹ again. Moreover, Chalvin's age is quite far from you. Don't fall twice into the same hole!" Karen certainly still remembers when she accidentally caught Chalvin kissing with his secretary. He is worried, Chalvin is no more different from the former Nadya who previously dated him just for pleasure.
Nadya immediately took Karen's hands. "Kar, don't worry! I'm not gonna be that stupid anymore."
"At least I'll talk directly to him. Watch out for him until he hurts you" said Karen.
Nadya again glanced at Chalvin with a weak look.
Suppose that he and I were a real couple, but where is possible ....
Meanwhile, Darren asks the seriousness of Chalvin who is dating his students.
"You're really serious about dating Karen's friend? People's children don't play, loh!" Darren.
Chalvin laughed lightly. "Lu himself is the same Karen why bring a lot of cake to move here."
"Yes, we want to move here for a while."
Chalvin's surprised. "Seriously? Oma also asked me to move here."
Chalvin just shook his head towards Karen. Wouldn't if he also lived there, his feelings for Karen would grow?
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Chalvin, Oma Belle and Nadya set off for the party. In the car, Chalvin again raised the discourse of a proposal that some time ago triggered Oma Belle.
"Oma, Oma seriously want to see Nadya's parents?" ask Chalvin while driving.
"Yes!"
"But, Oma, we don't have a marriage plan yet."
"You don't have a marriage plan yet, why a courtship?"
"Yes, Oma doesn't know young people."
"Are you young?" tanya Oma.
Chalvin. "Yes, it's still Oma! I am the age of her in the eyes of many women! We haven't had a month of dating."
"Sir Chalvin's right, Oma. I'm still in college and we don't know each other much." Nadya, who had been sitting quietly beside Chalvin, now spoke.
"Listen, Oma. Nadya is not ready!" Chalvin connected while looking back for a moment, where Oma was sitting at this moment.
"Gapain long-time dating? Many negatives! Full of temptations and risks that could destroy your future. Especially now the dating style is getting more terrible. Ancient people if dating is just letters, if you meet also hump-ngumpet so that no one sees, even someone dating in the cemetery."
"Yes, because there is no capital for hotel rental times," muttered Chalvin in a barely whispering voice.
"The present time, dating is even spiced up. There's no shame!" added Oma Belle with a distinctive nyerocos style. "For women, you're mostly just a tester for men. If you've been dating for a long time, oma is worried that the girl who escapes you will be invited to the wrong path with her!" Oma pointed at Chalvin with bulging eyes.
Chalvin stared at Oma through the rear-view mirror of the car with his lips raised upwards.
"Let's see Karen and Darren are married. But look now, they already love each other. It's hard to be shared."
"Ta–tbut .. I am not ready for young marriage, Oma." said Nadya stammered. Of course he was also afraid that their lies would be exposed.
"Quiet down! If you're his wife, you don't have to bother taking care of him. Because of all Oma's children and grandchildren, Oma was educated to become an independent man. No one taught Oma like other parents who make his son can not master the basic things in life such as cleaning, and cleaning the house. Finally married, they act like kings who like to play orders here and there. His wife was a waiter. Let the spoon that is a meter away just ask to be taken by the wife. Everything is packed with wives like children. Doesn't want to help each other with housework because she thinks it's not her job. Chalvin will not be that kind of husband. Oma's grandchildren are all independent men." Oma Belle promoted Chalvin vigorously.
Chalvin and Nadya glanced at each other with sour expressions imprinted on each other's faces. What other tricks do they have to do?
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footnotes
Gaslighting is a form of manipulation in relationships, sometimes referred to as emotional abuse because people who do gaslighting often create false narratives. For example, gini, for example our partner cheating and KDRT, then we want to vent emotions and frustration, but our partner even make a narrative as if 2 he cheated and kdrt because we were wrong. "if you don't like this, surely I wouldn't" that's one example of someone who likes gaslighting. With all the manipulative words make us even justify his statement, and blame ourselves for the actions of his partner.