
"Aska, there's Carly outside."
Nirmala knocked on Aska's room door. His hands carry a glass of milk, Aska complained that her stomach was uncomfortable all day. Nirmala believes the stomach acid must be recurrent given Aska's appetite continues to decline.
The door to Aska's room is open. "Sorry, can Aunt tell him to leave. Aska doesn't want to see him again."
Nirmala paused for a moment before nodding in agreement. "Nih," he said as he offered the glass he was carrying. "You finished the milk. Mama goes down first" Nirmala said before returning to the living room where Agus and Carly were sitting.
"Well, where's Aska Ma?" agus exclaimed as soon as he saw his wife coming down from the second floor alone.
Nirmala pulled a smile at Carly before sitting next to her husband. "Sorry son Carly, Aska is not healthy" said Nirmala as an excuse.
"Aunty's sick sister?"
"Yes, the stomach acid is so it's better we let him rest first."
Carly was immediately worried. He knows how Aska's medical history is. He had to be hospitalized for his high stomach acid.
"Carly go up, look at Aska's condition."
"Eh, don't want Carly," Nirmala held on quickly before Carly got up from the couch. "Aska is asleep, baby if she wakes up" Nirmala added.
Carly smiled wryly. He was sure this was only Aska's reason for avoiding him. This is the third day Aska refused to meet with various reasons. Carly was determined, tomorrow she should be able to meet Aska at any cost.
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Carly gave a long sigh. Some days he goes through the day thinking hard. Even if he tried, Carly could not just accept Aska's decision to cancel the wedding and even break the engagement.
Two years is a long time for Carly, his struggle to get Aska's attention can not be considered easy. Aska the stubborn independent type of woman. He does not want to be supported by anyone, both financially and ideologically. Romantic things like flowers or chocolate will not attract the attention of Aska.
Carly first saw Aska in a seminar held by the university. They invited alumni who incidentally considered as talented and successful architecture. As a young professor, Carly participated in the seminar. Provide motivation for young architectural candidates who are still studying. Descending from the podium, Carly passed by Aska who rose to fill her position. His eyes were sharp and calm as if drugging Carly, his body suddenly stiff. His steps lost their direction. Half-trained he returned to his seat.
Twenty minutes is a blink of an eye. Carly was not satisfied, she wanted to see for longer, the face suddenly became a shaft and managed to pull Carly with such a strong magnetic field force. Relying on some connections, Carly was finally able to meet directly with Aska. During the alumni banquet night, Carly managed to stand in front of the face that made her fall in love at first sight.
"Professor Carly, introduce. Askia Sahara, the best graduate of the class of 2010," Professor Darwin who had known about Carly's intentions was present in the middle of his group immediately introduced Aska.
Carly quickly extended her hand. Wait a long time before getting a reply in the form of a short sweep in his hand. There was no greeting or short talk from him. Everything goes fast and flat.
"Just understand Carly, Aska's attitude has been like that for a long time" comforted Professor Darwin to encourage Carly.
Several times Carly tried the classic way, as she always does when approaching women. Carly sends a bouquet of chocolates to Aska's office, and Carly sends a random message to Aska's cell phone number, which she gets from Professor Darwin. But Aska did not budge, it seems that the woman could clearly read Carly's direction and purpose.
Not wanting to give up, Carly searched for information about Aska from various sources until one fact made her heart cheer happily. Aska is the only daughter of Agus Brawijaya - Papa's business partner.
The relationship between the two is fairly close until several times Carly found Papa and Agus spent their time on the golf course to talk about business or just chatting.
Seeing good opportunities, Carly boldly asks her Papa to be a liaison for her to enter into the Aska family. If it is difficult to enter from one door, Carly will look for another door, the Aska family.
Carly departs back to Indonesia, her Papa accidentally arranges a meeting with Papa Aska, introduces Carly and flatters her son sky-high to attract Papa Aska's interest. It was inherited that the idea of matching the daughters of two friends with the same hobby emerged.
At first Aska resists forcefully, once her Papa insists, Aska loosens her resistance and lets Carly roam around her. Although often cold, Aska finally no longer avoid Carly, she began to accept Carly as a fiancee.
When the relationship between the two began to run well, Carly only knew the figure of Bima who recognized Aska as a friend. In the relationship of Carly and Aska there is always the name of Bima who became a thorn. Stabbing Carly's heart until it bleeds. Anything related to Bima becomes a priority for Aska.
When Carly launched a protest, not an apology or just asking for understanding, Aska preferred to ignore it as if Carly's position is not important and can be replaced by anyone, anytime.
Seeing a sign that Aska has not completely loved her, Carly begins to be haunted by fear when suddenly Aska turns to leave her. Therefore, Carly tried to survive, lowering the tension until the atmosphere became more conducive. But not necessarily Carly sat quietly to receive Aska's treatment.
As before, Carly played in a more subtle way. He immediately met Bima, asking the understanding of the man to stay away from Aska so that their engagement relationship could improve again.
Although capturing the reluctant look but Carly knows, Bima will do anything in the name of Aska's happiness. And Carly again manages to monopolize Aska for herself.
Hearing the news Bima died became a certain happiness for Carly. Although his human side is also defending sungkawa but can not be denied Carly felt relieved. According to him with the departure of Bima, there will be no more feelings of anxiety that have haunted him every day. But what happened was the opposite. Aska returned to Indonesia without a word or even news for days. Carly felt neglected but tried to be patient given the sad atmosphere that Aska still felt.
But upon hearing the news of the birds blowing fiercely among the alumni, Carly's blood immediately boiled. The reason Aska did not return to Singapore was because he rejected the fact that Bima was dead.
That day Carly flew back to Indonesia to drag Aska home. But reality slapped him back. Carly had to see Aska with the other men. Carly got out of control and let the emotions that spoke out to issue a sentence that she regretted until now.
Once aware of her mistake, Carly feels her position is threatened so she immediately goes to Aska's house to take refuge behind Papa Aska. The way he had been relying on to control Aska.
I don't know why this time it feels different. Aska no longer heard anything her family said. His heart hardened, the only thing that became his attention was only Bima. Carly was afraid, this time Aska would really get out of her hands.
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