Stuck in Secret Marriage

30. Sympathized

“If so, marry me. Then, your debt will turn into my responsibility as your husband.”

My ears are getting hotter. It's as if the embers touched my ears. My head turned in a stiff motion. My mouth is still open, open. How can this guy keep teasing me?

“I'm serious,” added the man, as if to hear the doubt in my heart.

“My power is much.”

“How much? Ten million? Fifty million? Two hundred million?” The man said the whole nominal so lightly.

“Five hundred million,” I clarify.

I thought that man would be silent because the choice was heavy. Or at least, the man would be surprised and screech, “What are you doing with that much money? Did you eat one cardboard micin per day?”— as I told my father before he died. However, the man's calm remained unshaken. Again, he raised his smile. “Good. I'll pay it off later tonight,” she said, as if the mother who heard her son had just been served at the store next door.

My forehead wrinkled. “You're not a sane person, are you? Or are you a fraud?” Anyone would make the same accusation as me.

The man pulled something out of his pocket. Then he handed me a card. “That's my business card. You can browse about me today, but our wedding will be tomorrow.”

I am not interested in his words regarding marriage, but in the restaurant Million Stars written in the business card. I know it is one of the best restaurants in Indonesia. And now, I was in front of the owner—

Am I dreaming?

“If you are right, why did you marry me? Until I bother to pay off my debt?” I brought up the silliest thing in this conversation.

“You asked too many questions, yes?” The man laughed softly. “Now, let me ask. You agree to marry me or agree I yell if there's a pickpocket here?”

“What the fuck? You threatening me?” i'm squealing. How could he corner me after putting on his angel face?

“I told you, I asked you.”

I snort in annoyance. Whatever the explanation, the point is that he cornered me. I had no choice but to accept that lightning proposal. The second, however, is not really an option. That guy must know that I wouldn't choose him.

“But, as you said, I can trace the truth about you today. So, I want you to take me to the restaurant Million Stars, and come with me to go in there.” I gave it a condition.

The man laughed softly again. Then nod. “Good.”

After a long silence and overshadowing this debate, the luxurious black car I had moved. The man started driving his car. The mellow music swirled, ruling the space between us.

A female voice chants her song in Chinese. I don't understand the meaning. However, the song managed to get me carried away. Moreover, the man tuned it repeatedly. He didn't look bored one bit. Enjoy it with a sparkling view. After I looked carefully, this man had a white face with rather small eyes. He enjoyed this foreign language song. Kuduga, the blood of the Chinese is flowing in his body.

The man actually took me to a three-story restaurant that I had seen only in pictures. He proved his true position. Makes me regret being stuck in her life. Now, I have to prepare myself for our marriage tomorrow.

After the restaurant, the man took me to his house. Actually, this is not a residential area. However, the situation around here is so quiet. Calm and comfortable for people who always go home to work in a state of fatigue.

I stood amazed to see the house standing in front of me. The house is blue, simple, and not so big. It is like a regular house. Does not reflect the high position of this man. He's not playing me, is he?

“What are you doing? Come log in!” the man's cry broke my daydream. But I don't want to lift my steps anymore.

“What are you taking me to your house for? We can meet tomorrow. Anyway, what's the guarantee that you won't do anything to me?”

The man raised his smile. I wonder if he has always been like that?

“Doing nothing like what? What was it like I suddenly thought?”

The man started teasing me, even before our wedding took place. It's annoying. I turned my body to leave. However, the man managed to block my hand.

“I just don't want if you run away so aja.”

I'm turning. The man did not let out his voice like an angry man. He looked at me fixedly with eyeballs that reflected concern. To be honest, his gaze had touched my heart. However, I immediately brushed it off. Then entering the house followed his steps.

I looked at the whole room. Nor is it big. There are only beds and cabinets like a boarding room.

Before I sat myself on the bed, the man was already standing in the middle of the door.

“After this shower. Excuse me. For now, I can only lend you my clothes. Your goods will be delivered tomorrow morning.”

I'm nodding. Before I stepped my foot, the man had already crossed the line of the door. He put a pile of clothes in his arms onto the bed.

“Sit.”

I also sit. Just follow it.

The man crouched down in front of me after putting down a large P3K box. He pulled out the scissors from there.

“What do you want to do?” many fear. Suddenly, the shadow of a murder film appeared in my head.

The man is still smiling. Trying to calm my anxiety. “I only intend to clean your wound. Your feet will sting when splashed with water, before your wounds are bandaged. I hope you won't misunderstand me.”

“Ba-okay.” I gave him the green light.

The man moved his scissors to tear off my gym pants. Pretty much. He ripped it to above the knee. I'm a little embarrassed. But how else? What the man said is true. After all, I won't be able to take care of my injuries alone.

The man began to clean my wounds with an antiseptic-dipped cotton pad. He takes good care of my wounds, like a doctor.

I turned my eyes the other way. Spend this full time of awkwardness with the residence.

“Udah.”

Now, my leg has been bandaged.

“Are we really getting married tomorrow?” I asked when the man was busy fixing his P3K box.

The man raised his face. Then blinked his eyes. “Again, I've repaid all your debts.”

The man pulled the phone out of his pocket and thrust it at me. His phone screen displays a message room with a statement of debt repayment. While the sender number is the same as the number that has always bothered me all this time.

“My power is a lot, you know. How can you pay it all off?” My eyebrows are closely attracted. I want to shout this man's madness.

“Because I have money and I want to marry you.”

“What exactly attracted you to me? I am poor and can make you ashamed. I'm not a good person. I'm burglar. I can hurt you anytime. And I can't act like a wife. I can't even cook food other than instant noodles.” Here I benefit. But I am the one who objected.

“Poverty does not make a person stupid. I'm not afraid that you're trying to harm me someday. What you do is your decision, while keeping what is mine is my responsibility. For cooking, you just calm down, you will not starve during your stay here. I went through my youth in the food business. So, I'm smart enough to cook just fried rice.” The man responded to my entire objection with his composure. He wakes up and lifts his P3K box. “Lagian, I've never been interested in you.”

Is that an explanation? In fact, I don't even understand the meaning of the sentence.

“Mas Rendy ...”

The man stopped his new foot from stepping once, after hearing me say his name.

“Did you like me since the first time your sight fell on me?”

It's insane! But I really asked him.

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