The Beloved of the Heir

64. Peace with the past

"El ... Lo, it's really okay, right? Your relationship is with Rangga, all right?" ernata asked, as the two of them were enjoying lunch in the cafeteria.

"Gue ... I, same dia—"

"Hi, Ay!" Rangga immediately put a tray of rice on the table and then he sat next to Israel.

Grael only smiled floatingly as Rangga still called out to him like he used to, in contrast to Ernata he saw something strange in their relationship.

"Wooi .. gaping Irfan Come back!" Irfan immediately sat in front of Israel, as well as Anjas.

"Ahh .. rambunctious prick!" chirps Ernata.

"Ah, El ... lo neck, why?" ask Anjas innocently.

"Abkkhh ... Anjas! You broke my heart!" just now Irfan wants to put the rice in the spoon into the mouth, then put it back on the plate.

"Oh, this ... it's tuh—"

"Ay .. don't explain to them, I'm sure they'll understand!" Rangga tries to protect Israel's identity by tidying up the collar of Israel's uniform, as if it were his doing.

"Well, wow, wow .. right, anjriet Lo all ... don't think about my feelings! Even though I'm sincere El made Lo! But I'm still jealous, uh .. sue Lo, ngga!" irfan's annoyance is biting the beef steak with emotion.

Ernata and Anjas just laughed with Irfan's childlike attitude, Anjas told his best friend to be patient and immediately move on from Israel. Anjas' speech made Rangga feel slapped, because actually Israel is not his anymore but belongs to his half-brother.

"Why? Lo, why?" Ernata saw a round of tears coming out of the corner of Rangga's eyes.

Rangga erased quickly, he laughed over his feelings, that everything was just a skit to cover up Erlangga's marriage so as not to be uncovered before Erlangga himself announced after Israel graduated from school, even so, Rangga actually enjoyed it as his lie girlfriend.

"He's sad because his marriage is down, isn't it?" timpal Irfan spontaneously focused on eating without looking at his friends.

"Damn, Lo!" maki Rangga was laughing.

The five of them laughed and stayed warm even though there was no Veby near them, which was what Veby grew increasingly resentful of Israel.

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The school bell went off earlier than usual, because the first day of school was still not stable in starting subjects. Grael wants to tell her husband that today he will be home early, but since he does not yet have a cell phone, he can only come home with Rangga.

"Well, may I ask you a question?" Grael started to open his voice when the two of them were already in the car.

"I'm sleepy, I'll ask you later!" Rangga put on headphones and closed his eyes.

"Get, I'm serious!" Grael opened the headphones on Rangga's ear.

Rangga opened his eyes and caught the hand of Israel while looking at him sharply, he deliberately did not want to talk to Israel to avoid himself who was afraid of losing control when he was always near his female idol.

"Why are you lying to them?" asked Grael who returned Rangga's eyes.

"Yes, about us! Our relationship! I don't want to keep lying to them, let alone Veby. I'm afraid he misunderstood!" Grael wanted to take off his hand but Rangga gripped him firmly.

"So you're happy that we actually split up? Huh yeah?" Rangga looked into Israel's eyes in disappointment.

Even a rough breath of Israel let out, she was silent for a moment not knowing what to say to answer Rangga's question. His heart did not want to part with Rangga, but fate had already determined their respective paths.

"Why, not answer? Is this all right, when we were dating, you already liked it, right? The same, Brother Erlangga? So you're just pinning the blame on me, for our relationship to end? Aye right?" Rangga still clasped his hands firmly with the intonation of such a cold voice.

Grael's heart beat when he heard Rangga's words, how could the man who was his first love speak like that and accuse him so easily?

"Why silence? Answer!" rangga.

"If you think like that to me, whatever!" snapped Grael who let out his tears because he was annoyed with Rangga's words, so he bit the hand tightly so that Rangga would let go of his grip.

Unlike what Israel had imagined, Rangga was holding back the bite while looking at him with a clear water circle coming out of the corner of his eye.

"Please!" pinta Israel is getting sadder, because she herself does not want the process to happen. His heart really loves Rangga because the man who became the first love of Israel, because until anytime it will be difficult to release his first love, let alone release it for his own best friend.

Rangga let Israel bite him at will, if it makes him relieved to let out all the regrets that are in the heart, how much love Rangga towards such a perfect woman like Israel, he said, his heart was still not willing to let go even though his tongue said it had mengikhlaskan the woman with her half-sister.

"Clearly to me, why can you accept marriage with him? Without my permission! Have you ever imagined how I feel? When I was patient waiting for you to want to meet me, but in fact .. You even received his proposal!" Rangga.

"Why, do I have permission for you? Have you ever imagined how I felt when you kissed Veby? Did you ask permission first, before kissing my own best friend? Huh!" cecar Grael who turned the question to Rangga, after removing his teeth while crying.

Everything Israel said was true, but not entirely wrong, Rangga tried to explain to Israel in great detail why he could kiss Veby, he was also honest that when he kissed Veby, Rangga could only imagine that the person he kissed was Israel.

But anyway. Grael has chosen Erlangga to be her husband, and her relationship with Rangga is over. Israel apologized to Rangga about everything that had happened, because it made Rangga disappointed, had accepted Erlangga's proposal.

"Here it is, Ngga .. Whatever it is, it will not reverse everything that has passed, I want us both to make peace with the past and accept each other's path. I don't want to be your enemy, learn to love Veby, I know she loves ka— so much"

"El .. stop! I don't want to hear it!" pinta Rangga, because adia is so fed up with Veby.

"But I don't want to be a stranger to you!" isak Grael with a stroke

"OK! I accept your decision, but please! Don't force me to love anyone but you! Let it be my business!" snapped Rangga who did not want to hear or know the name Veby, for Rangga woman it is the cause of all the fairy tales that Rangga wants to wake up smashed into pieces.

"Ok, another one .. I don't want to lie to Ernata, if for others I don't care," Israel wiped her tears.

"Yes ..satisfied!" rangga.

"Why so bad, anyway? Kan, can't take a snatch!" Israel cried in front of Rangga.

Rangga took a deep breath and then he exhaled violently. "Yes, you crybaby sister-in-law!"

To be continued...