The Love Story of Five CEOs

All of that is not free

Arend got out of his car, and immediately walked in with both hands stuffed into his pants pocket, and stopped in front of Alena's house. For some reason, the sense of empathy due to the unfortunate fate that the parents threw away, suddenly turned into affection for the baby. PT

Arend knocked on the door slowly, and waited for Alena to open the door for him.

"Eh, you're coming again, sir?" greet Alena as she looked at Arend who was standing in front of the door.

"Yes, how's Ivan doing?" arend asked with focused eyes staring at the sleeping baby Ivan in Alena's arms.

"When I got home from the hospital the other day, he's getting better, sir. She was cheerful again like before" said Alena with a smile on her lips.

"Oh, thank goodness! can I come in?"

"Oh, of course I can. Please come in, Sir! sorry the place is like this!"

Arend did not answer at all. He just kept going in, and immediately landed his body sitting on a plastic chair that just happened to number two.

Alena can be seen biting her lips, feeling awkward, confused between wanting to catch up with Arend sitting on the other chair, or just standing where she is standing now.

"Why are you just standing there? aren't you tired?" arend's chirp that made Alena squealed in shock

"Eh .. em .. I ...."

"Do you feel awkward sitting here? no need to be awkward, you just sit here!"

"Well, why does he know what I'm thinking? can he read minds?" alena whispered to herself.

"Hey why are you still there?!" arend's voice grew slightly higher, resuscitating Alena from her daydream.

"Eh, I-I'm sorry, sir!" I put Ivan to the room first, excuse me! alena said as she swung her foot stepping into the room.

10 Minutes later, Alena came back from the kitchen with a tray with a cup of coffee on top.

"Please drink, sir. Sorry this is all there is." said Alena, putting the glass filled with coffee on the table.

"Thank you! Do you like to drink coffee, or is this for your girlfriend when she comes to visit?" arend's brows rose upwards, probing.

"I don't have a lover, sir. I occasionally drink coffee to resist sleepiness. Because in addition to working at the cloth store that day, I also sometimes make wet cakes at night, and the morning I put in the stalls." replied Alena, honestly.

"Oh, like that!". Arend nodded his head, understanding.

"Sir, I'm very grateful for your help all this time. I don't know anymore if there's no you. Tomorrow I'll come to your mama's boutique. Hopefully I can work well later there." said Alena sincerely.

"Hmm, how many more times do you want to say thank you? I'm tired of hearing that."

"But it's appropriate, isn't it, sir? I no longer know how to repay kindness, sir."

"Ok, now I want to tell you that it's not really free. You have to pay for it."

Alena's mouth opened slightly to hear the man in front of her.

"But sir, the amount of money I have to pay is huge. Where can I get that kind of money? I even just wanted to go to the boutique of his mother Mr." said Alena softly with a sad face.

"Who said you had to pay with money?" arend said, ambiguous.

"Ja-so with what sir?"

Arend did not answer. He looks like he is thinking, is willing to say what he wants or not. Then the man took a deep breath and exhaled quite long and heavy.

"If I tell you how to reply, do you want to do what I want to repay you?" ask Arend, ambiguous.

"Hmm, of course I would, sir while not crossing the line. You told me to be your maid without getting paid as well I would. What matters is not being his maid all day."

"I have no shortage, maid. And I can pay someone to clean up my apartment."

"You must marry me!"

Alena's eyes were wide open at the request of the man who is the son of the number one richest man in Indonesia.

"Me-married? w-why should I get married? Is there no other way, sir?"

"No! that's the only way." said Arend firmly.

"But what is the reason, sir? I'm sure it's not because you love me, is it?" asked Alena, who did not want to rashly accept Arend's request.

"Of course, not because I love you."

Arend's answer made Alena more confused and a little upset.

"So why are you asking me to marry you? do you think marriage is a game? I'm sorry, sir, if it's like this, I don't want to marry you." Alena refused firmly

"Are you hoping, I'm asking you to marry me, because I love you?"

"Bu-not like that. I want to get married for a very good reason. That's it," said Alena.

"All right, I'll tell you why. But you have to promise me that this doesn't leak to my parents, and the others."

"Okay, I promise!" alena was firm.

Then Arend told what happened all this time, which he gave up Calista, the woman he loved to his brother. Because she knows that Calista loves her brother and vice versa. She also told me what she had heard from Kama, about Arick being ready to make Calista a full-fledged wife when she was married.

"So just because of that? are you willing to do something like this?"

"Yes! I hope you can keep your mouth shut. You take it easy, as long as we're husband and wife, we won't stay at my parents' house. So we're not going to sleep in the same room" Arend said.

"What would happen if I refused your request?"

"That means you have to pay for the money I've spent, right now."

"What, you're crazy!" alena, forget the manners she showed all this time.

"Thank you!" said Arend does not care about the swearing of Alena.

"Hey, I haven't agreed to it yet, how can you say thank you? you're really not sane."

"Because I know that you have no other way but to accept my request" Arend said, smiling and staring at Alena.

"Oh yeah? I guess your parents wouldn't approve of us getting married, because I'm a widow with one child. There's no way a famous family would want to have a daughter-in-law like me. So, you better rethink and find another woman." Alena grinned, feeling she found a way to make Arend rethink.

"You are not a widow, and the child is not your child. I already know everything about you from Bude Sarni."

Alena who had felt successful, made Arend think again, immediately curling her lips down.

"Alena, I know that you haven't taken care of Ivan's birth certificate either, because to take care of that, you have to have a marriage certificate. Or if you are not married, you have to take care of a valid adoption letter first and can take care of the birth certificate. So I'm offering you, with you marrying me, I'll help you take care of the adoption papers so that she can legally be your son. And one more thing, I'm offering you, if I'm going to give you, a cake shop and a restaurant, because I know that you want to have those two ventures. Hows it?

Alena was stunned, she was a thousand languages, thinking of Arend's offer.

"All right, I'm ready! not for the restaurant and the cake shop, but for the completeness of Ivan's baby letters. If you divorce me later, let's just say I made my bond status that had not been true to be true" concluded Alena with a smile.

Tbc

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