THE FORTUNATES

GET MARRIED

    About fifteen minutes Beatrice waited for Kendrick on the Shuttle Bus in front of the Botanical Garden, as she checked her HP anxiously. Beatrice began to prejudge even he had thought that the invitation to meet was just a joke. At first glance Beatrice saw the elastic bandage hook on her leg shifted, she squatted fixing the link. Arrived – arrived a white SUV stopped at the edge of the Shuttle Bus, the innocent woman's HP rang and Kendrick who called.

“ Your miss where? I've reached“ Kendrick said as Beatrice picked up the phone.  Then

Beatrice moved from her original position, then faced the car that had just stopped.

“ Go up Miss, sorry I can't go down “ she continued before Beatrice said anything. Beatrice slowly pulls the car's door handle, then drops herself in the seat next to Kendrick who is controlling the steering wheel. As usual Kendrick wore a mask and sunglasses, with a plain black t-shirt combined with jeans and a blue white sneaker. Then he held out a mask that he was wearing and was still wrapped in plastic towards Beatrice.

“ Wear Miss “ she said without looking at Beatrice. Then Beatrice grabbed the object that Kendrick was pointing at and put it on. The two of them did not talk much, Beatrice turned her face to the side of the Jedela pretending – pura enjoy the scenery outside to cover her nervousness. While the sound of Kendrick singing a song that was playing in the car while flicking – flick his finger on the wheel, like no problem with the existence of Beatrice there.

    After driving for a while Kendrick parked his car in front of a cafe that looks only for upper class. After descending he walked towards the entrance, and a servant approached them.

“ VIP 08 “ Kendrick said to the waiter.

    Kendrick had made a reservation before, so the waiter directly guided them to a room numbered eight. The room is covered with opaque glazed doors, as well as floors lined with burgundy carpets, some paintings and ornaments hanging on concrete walls. In the middle of the room there is a round brown table with four sofas around it. Right on the table hanging a dim yellowish luminous crystal lamp adds to the luxurious impression of this room. Then Kendrick asked the waiter for a menu book, without asking Beatrice he ordered two servings of wagyu tenderloin steak, a serving of scallop baked cheese, two servings of pumpkin soup, and two portions of pumpkin soup,  two servings of peach cake and two lime squash.

“ Sorry Miss I ordered the food that I think is the best in this place, as well as sorry to bring Miss into the closed room “ Kendrick said after the waiter left their room.

“ Has Miss's leg improved? “ continues, and Beatrice nods.

“ Ah no problem Master I can eat anything, and of course Master brought me to this place because there is an important thing that will be delivered “ Beatrice squeezes her hands that have begun to get wet sweating. This holiday is true – is far from what he expected, a lot of very unexpected things happened.

“ Miss, I honestly have high expectations on Miss. I really hope Miss can help me escape the problems I am facing right now. “ He began to open the topic, and Beatrice focused on listening to him.

“ Miss know my news this morning? “ continued. Beatrice simply nodded as she looked into Kendrick's eyes in response that she knew the news this morning about her scandal.

“ I was too lazy to explain to the world that the news is not true Miss. I just needed action to stop that fake news “ Kendrick looked at Beatrice expectantly.

“ By way? “ Beatrice voiced.

“ Miss, please excuse me for being too presumptuous but answer my question honestly because Miss's answer will determine my way. Does the lady have a husband? Fiancee or Girlfriend? “ said. Beatrice snorted at Kendrick's question, as if feeling a bit uneasy about her status, because there was no correlation with the problems Kendrick was facing at this time.

    Then there was the sound of a bell in their room, and Kendrick let in. It turned out that the waitress delivered the ordered food, arranged it on the table then withdrew from the room. Then Kendrick took off his mask and glasses, and Beatrice followed him.

“ Miss, if I see Miss does not wear ring sweet dijari Miss is likely Miss is not married or engaged. But boyfriend? “ Kendrick again. Beatrice is now staring at Kendrick sharply, as if – feels that Kendrick is breaking too far into her privacy, Beatrice just silently does not give any answer.

 “OK, please eat Miss “ Kendrick said later after a few moments of meeting with Beatrice.

    Then Beatrice scooped up the pumpkin soup in front of her, smoke billowing from the bowl of soup with a thick texture, when the first spoonful of fragrant aroma wafted out by Beatrice's nose.

“ Miss, if Miss doesn't have a boyfriend yet what if you marry me ? “ says Kendrick arrives – arrives.

    Beatrice coughed – coughing and she dropped the spoon in her hand, then looked at Kendrick closely. He felt very distrustful with Kendrick's words just now, it crossed his mind Kendrick was not sane even suffering from abnormalities. They did not know each other at all, only yesterday they met and even then the meeting was not intentional with various long dramas. Then now followed by a marriage invitation drama, Beatrice does know a little about Kendrick Leandro from cyberspace because he is an artist, and of course he is adored by many women out there. But Kendrick did not know Beatrice and arrived – to invite her to marry.

“ Are you drunk?” a little upset Beatrice answered Kendrick's offer to get married.

“ Sorry Miss, I don't think so. Precisely because I think Miss is a good person so I ventured to ask for help Miss. We're gonna make a deal for the wedding I'm planning, like a marriage agreement. I don't know anyone who is sincere near me Miss. As I tried to search, what I thought of was Miss, remembering how Miss's sincerity helped Rachel yesterday. Then how did Miss respond to the incident that Miss experienced with Clovis at the airport “, she replied at length.

“ Wedding contract ?” beatrice and Kendirck asked. Beatrice just kept quiet, then saw Kendrick wearing her mask again and she pressed the ‘ call ‘ button to call the waiter. He asked for a spoon

soup, to replace the fallen Beatrice spoon, it didn't take a long time for a waiter to come in carrying a spoon. After the waiter left, Kendrick took off the mask again.

“ Miss, you do not need to answer it at this time. But I really hope, Miss is willing to help me, but if Miss refuses please forget our meeting and talks today. “ said Kendrick resigned.

    They also spent their food without talking much, only occasionally they looked at each other. Beatrice did not imagine how she would marry someone she did not know personally. Someone who is a longing for millions of women out there, and instead marry her an ordinary woman – just this, then will not she get a lot of blasphemy?  But if he does not stop the news of the scandal, will it be good – is fine for the sale of Basanta Clothing & Fashion products?

“ Will Mister be good – only if married to a person whom Mister does not know? The one you don't love? Even someone as ordinary as me ? “ said Beatrice arrived – arrived break the silence. Beatrice glanced at Kendrick, who was still silent, and then raised his drink closer to her.

“ Basically a married person is to find a life friend, and at least from getting married I can get friends like Miss and Miss get friends like me. I'm also an ordinary human Miss, the proof is that I'm sitting here begging Miss to help me. I also do not want the company that makes me as a brand ambassador to suffer losses because of the sloping news about me. “ Kendrick explained. Beatrice looked up in Kendrick and she saw her twinkle in the eye, beautiful brown eyes full of hope.

“ So is Mr gay? “ Ask Beatrice to the point, and the man who is often called Ken was sharing his smile on Beatrice.

“ Of course not Miss, I just want to escape from this crazy news. I am a normal man, I also want to marry a woman. But unfortunately I don't have a girlfriend yet and Miss said that Miss is one of my fans, so I think it's better for me to marry my fans because I know fans will never leave me and use me “ Kendrick said with a pushy look, there was a wound in her heart. While Beatrice is only stunned to hear Kendrick's answer, she doesn't yet have the shadow of getting married even at her age. Let alone to get married, to have a boyfriend has not crossed the mind of Beatrice even though there was a man who expressed his feelings for Beatrice before. A moment later, Beatrice finds Kendrick looking at her.

“ Alright Sir, let's get married “ finally Beatrice agrees. As crazy as Kendrick seems to be, Beatrice made a big decision that would probably change her future without careful consideration. The big decision he took without thinking long, a big decision that he never knew the path he was going to take. Beatrice just wants to help Kendrick and try to avoid losses for the company that has given her life for the past seven years.

“ Thank you Beatrice “ Kendrick said in relief and she called the name Beatrice lightly.

“ Because we are getting married so let's call each other names “ Kendrick said.

“ Terms absolute, I do not want to be exposed in public, especially for both my parents and my sister. “ stressed Beatrice.

“ Okay, I'll think about it. When will you return to your city? “ Kendrick start talking casually.

“ Tomorrow, flight at three in the afternoon, how ? “

“ Beatrice, regarding marriage by this agreement only me and you know. I ask both of us to close everything with a meeting, later tonight I will introduce you to my parents as my future wife and we discuss our agreement before you return to your city. “ continued Kendrick again.

    Soon Kendrick wanted to clear up her problems until she introduced Beatrice to her parents.

“ Your parents? This fast ? “ Beatrice protest.

“ Yes, because with this scandal made my parents doubt, so it's the right time to take you to them. “ Kendrick said.

    They then strategize and make up stories about the beginning of the meeting and until finally dating. The entire plot is perfectly assembled by Kendrick so that when the Kendrick family meets with Beatrice there will be no suspicion. Kendrick also slowly explained about her parents, as well as Hera's older sister who was none other than Rachel's mother, they exchanged stories.

    After they finished talking, they left the cafe and Kendrick drove Beatrice home to the hotel. He will return later in the afternoon, discuss their marriage agreement and will bring Beatrice home to meet her parents.

    Beatrice felt for a moment that she had made the wrong decision and she felt too rash. Arrived – comes the feeling of fear if one day his lie with Kendrick was uncovered to roar his whole heart.