The Journey of Jinan

Chapters. 23

"Yes, it was the flower I sent it to you. And you deliberately threw the flower in the trash box" replied Ardo.

"Why did you send me roses?" ask Jinan.

"Don't I tell you that I love you. I want to marry you, Jinan. The rose is one of my expressions of love for you."

Jinan raised his eyebrows, he looked astonished at the man's reply.

"So you think a rose is a symbol of a person's love for the person he loves?"

Ardo nodded his head. "Wouldn't every woman feel loved when a man gives her a red rose?"

Jinan gaped at Ardo's words. Where did this man get such a statement? Where there is also a symbol of love is only a rose, Jinan thought.

Just as Jinan was about to reply to Ardo's words, suddenly the sound of baby Ay's crying in his private room sounded in Jinan's ears.

"Alright Mr. Ardo, it seems that our unimportant conversation is over. Sorry, I have to calm my son down immediately."

Jinan stood up to leave Ardo, but the woman's steps stopped when Ardo called her name.

"I'll keep seeing you until you accept me, Jinan. I will prove my seriousness to you" said Ardo with his serious face.

"Semoga berhasil," sahut Jinan. Kemudian ia pergi dari sana menuju ruangan pribadinya.

Ardo breathed heavily. "What's wrong with my good intentions? Why does he always ignore my proposal?" muttered Ardo slowly.

Trivine ... Trivine ...

The phone in Ardo's pants pocket rang, a sign of an incoming call.

"Papa" Ardo muttered as he saw his father's name on his phone screen.

Clik.

"Hello, Pa."

"Assalamu'alaikum," said a middle-aged man across the street.

Ardo sighed while rolling his eyeballs lazily. "Wa'alaikumsalam."

"It's your habit."

"Sorry Pa, I forgot," said Ardo lazily.

"You always forget to say hello. You're a Muslim, Ardo. And saying that greeting is very important."

"Yes yes, I know, Pa. Papa why call me?" tanya Ardo switched the conversation.

"When are you going home? It's been over a month since you stepped back when you came home. Aren't you interested in this business?" said Ardo's father was upset with his youngest son.

"I'll go home after getting the woman I'm after" replied Ardo.

"Stop playing around, Ardo. You have an older sister, what if your sister is being played by a guy like you?"

"What does Papa mean? I'm not playing around, Pa. I am struggling to win the heart of a woman who will be my wife."

"Papa wouldn't agree if you married a woman who wasn't right, Ar."

"Just relax, you're gonna love this woman. Never mind, I'm on business right now, I close first. Assalamu'alaikum."

Ardo decides on his call before his father answers his greetings from him.

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In Jinan's private room at his restaurant. After giving ASI to a starving baby Ayla, she and Ria are currently making a video call with Ria's parents. Although almost every day they call, but the reaction of both parents Ria is always enthusiastic when seeing the adorable baby Ayla.

"Yes, if there's time we get there, baby. Now Mami still has to accompany Papi you take care of the new branch of her office out of town, so it's still busy."

Jinan and Ria just agreed to Sila's words. The Germans are not close. It would take more time for them to come here. It was impossible if they had only been here for two or three days.

After finishing with his call, Jinan left baby Ay to Ria. He himself went to the bathroom to urinate.

Five minutes later, Jinan returned to his private home. He frowned as he looked at Ria who was looking at him suspiciously.

"Why, Ri?" ask Jinan.

"Why not install an alarm for ngingetin send photos to Romi mas?" ria asked for an answer.

"Alarms?" jinan Gumam quietly. "God, I forgot I had to send a baby Ayla photo to Romi" Jinan said later.

When he wanted to take his phone on the sofa, Ria even grabbed the phone first.

"So don't answer my question first. Why would you set an alarm just to remind you to send a photo of baby Ayla to Romi? Is it that important? Do you still expect Romi will return to you by making baby Ayla a bridge to your relationship?" said Ria accused with all her prejudices.

"Jeez, Ria. What the hell are you? The older sister just sent Ayla's photo to her father alone, nothing more. After all, Brother has promised to tell mas Romi about the development of his son. Romi deserves to know, Ri. He's Ayla's real father."

"He was Ayla's real father, sister. But he had no right to get this kind of routine news regarding the development of the older brother's child. He's been having an affair, it doesn't deserve him to get all this. Brother may do good, but please don't be stupid," said Ria with emotion.

He did not think, why Jinan reached the bike to the man who had betrayed him. He should have thrown away Romi's name in his life. Not even getting closer in this way.

"Ri, why are you being such an emotion? Brother has no intention other than to tell Ayla to his father. That's all."

"Whether or not that is, I don't like it, brother. That brother I've considered like my own real brother. So I do not want if Brother to do things that will harm Brother. I don't want that."

Jinan smiled bitterly. He sat his body on the sofa beside Ria, then he embraced Ria's body affectionately.

"thank you. Brother knows you love Big Brother," said Jinan while hugging the body tightly.

Then Jinan pulled her body so that she could face each other with Ria. "But you also have to understand the position of Big Brother, Ri. Brother was left by both parents when Brother was fourteen years old. At that time Brother was devastated by losing the best figure in Big Brother's life. I feel lonely, Ri. Brother Brother left Brother alone. Although there is aunt Linda, the figure of parents can never be replaced." Jinan paused his sentence for a moment.

"What about Ayla, Ri? Since she was still in the stomach, Ayla had already lost one of her parents. Even when he was born, he still never felt that figure. You imagine, how sad Ayla would be if she couldn't feel a father's affection forever? The presence of you and me as a mother will not be enough for a child, Ri. Ayla will still need a father figure in her life."

Jinan's tears finally flooded as well as she said her heart to Ria. She no longer wants to be in touch with her ex-husband's family. But her kid? How would his son know his biological father if he kept them away? When Ayla has gone to school, Ayla will definitely wonder about her father's whereabouts when she sees her friends being picked up by their father.

Although he remarried and Ayla had a father, the figure of a real father would still be needed. Moreover, Ayla is a woman, she will definitely need her guardian if she wants to get married later. And Jinan won't introduce her son when Ayla is an adult. Biarla they get to know from now on, even though their meeting is only through a mobile phone.

"But Romi has chosen another woman, sister. He probably already has a child with that woman. I'm afraid Ayla will be ignored by her own father" said Ria, who could not hold back her tears.

Jinan rubbed her tears that soaked her cheeks, even though those tears still flowed without stopping.

"Let it be God's business, Ri. Whatever happens later, I hope that Romi will not disappoint Ayla," said Jinan heavily. Actually it's pretty scared if one day Ayla won't get a confession from her real father. But how else? Better he regretted trying, than regretting never trying.

Ria hugged Jinan tightly. Why do trials like this always come to good people like Jinan?

"May Brother soon get a much better man than Romi. I won't let Brother get hurt for the umpteenth time. I love Brother," Inner Ria haru.

After a long period of teasing, Jinan and Ria now wiped her wet face with tissue. 

"More." Ria thrust out Jinan's phone that she had taken earlier. He has no right to control Jinan's privacy rights. But the regret of Jinan as his older sister makes Ria not willing if Jinan had to return to the br3ngsek man.

Jinan smiled and received the phone. Immediately he faced baby Ay who was lying on the sofa behind his back.

"Ududu, Mama's son is sheltered huh? Sorry, Mom, son." Jinan kissed Ayla's stocky cheeks with affection, then he took a picture of baby Ayla and immediately sent the photo to Romi via whatsapp message with the mobile number he had used to send a photo of baby Ayla one month ago. Do not forget the short message he pinned after sending the photo.

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