The Tragedy of the Night

Part 48's

This afternoon the sun was drowning. Although the day will soon be dark, but did not make the group of journalists give up to wait for the CEO of the company Wijaya Altas out. They are boisterous in front of the company, even they are willing to heat up and wait long to get information that for them is very valuable.

While in the company precisely on the twenty floor, where the floor is the CEO's room. Arsen stood in front of a transparent glass watching the reporters tirelessly chasing him everywhere. Arsen took a deep breath and then he threw away the cigarette butts in his hand in every direction, then moved from there. Arsen sat on the sofa with a straight look at Dive.

Dive who saw Arsen far from the good word was lazy screeching. He's watching his fucking best friend. How Dive isn't upset with Arsen, he almost committed suicide when he found out Arsen was Alex, and the worse that made Dive even more sure to die was when he heard the news that Arsen had died. And now? Ah he felt very upset to the man in front of him now, could-can he who is a genius detective fooled by this damn man who is staring at him.

"Why are you staring at me like that. I should have looked at you so full, so you're with me. Lying to me, it's a good thing I haven't killed myself yet" Dive said, acting bitterly as if he was angry.

On the other hand Arsen rolled both his eyes lazily hearing Dive's words which he considered very much better. He crossed his chest while watching his best friend who looks still upset with him.

Quite a long moment of silence in the room. Suddenly the frown on Arsen's forehead was imprinted when he sensed something strange with this room, like something was lacking. For a long time the man thought of guessing what made him feel stuck. A few moments later Arsen found the answer. Nisha. Where the woman was, he had not met the woman for long because he was always preoccupied with taking care of Alinta's corruption case, so he made her give up all her work to Dive, and requires that he not meet with Nisa, even though Arsen misses the woman very much.

"Dive why Nisa doesn't exist. Where's the girl?" Arsen asked as he glanced at Nisa's desk which looked empty, "wasn't she supposed to be working now? But why was the woman not seen from this morning." Arsen's eyes were poring around the room.

Dive who was initially late with an annoyed attitude pretended to immediately awaken and turned to Arsen. la was silent when the question flowed from the mouth of his best friend. His tongue seemed hard to move when he wanted to launch a sentence to answer the question.

The room was hot even though the AC was turned on. Dive moved uneasily, because he did not know what to answer with about Nisa who had not been in work for a week without news. His heart was agitated over whether Arsen would be okay as he delivered the news.

Seeing the awkward movement accompanied by discomfort Dive can not be separated from Arsen's eyes. Arsen could read that something was going on in the man's eyes. But he let it go, let the man himself tell him.

"Anu... Nisa has not been in for a week, "the spontaneous and short answer was able to make the listener almost jump from his place.

Arsen who was sipping his coffee immediately choked and looked at Dive's eyes with questions. Hearing that Nisa had not been in work for a week managed to make Arsen's chest rumble to feel something uncomfortable, he was afraid that if anything happened to the woman. Especially in the middle of a susana that is playing like this. There could be irresponsible parties who take advantage of the situation and Nisa who is being overwritten with skewed issues.

In the midst of his worries to Nisa, suddenly the feeling of worry becomes more and more when he just remembered with Gabriel. His kid. Arsen began to feel what he called a panic attack.

"Do you know why Nisa didn't go to Dive?"

"No. I don't know. Maybe he has some important business. Why are you looking for him?"

"Ah no. It's okay."

All of Arsen's heart convinced him that nothing had happened. Little by little his fear of Nisa and Gabriel began to erode. Arsen stood up and walked towards Nisa's desk. He saw the table where the woman spent her days in the office flat. The man's eyes were unintentionally focused on a dictionary.

Arsen reached for the Japanese dictionary he gave to Nisa the other day for the woman to study. He looked at the dictionary softly, not knowing what the cause was. Even though today is the schedule of the woman depositing the results of learning Japanese.

After observing the book, Arsen placed it back on the table. Next the man took a flat object that was inside his pants pocket. The sound of clockwork adorning the silent room, Arsen put his phone in the ear. One second later Arsen's lazy voice heard when he got his phone call to Nisa could not be contacted, he called Nisa back and continuously repeated, and all the results were Nihil, Nihil, none of his phone calls were answered.

"You find out why Nisa hasn't been in for a week Dive. I need you to give me the news as soon as possible."

Lazily Arsen nodded. He had just gotten his free time to rest after taking care of the man's company which was unbelievably draining.

"good. When do I start working?"

"From now on. But I first asked you to arrange my interview with the reporters below. I guess I have to explain everything so there's no untrue news."

"I also feel like you should clarify this matter."

"I'm asking you for the next hour you've prepared everything for me to hold the press, if you need to invite more journalists than those below."

"Every boss," said Dive with respect, but after that he was amused to see Arsen's pouting face as he said the man was called the boss.

"Stop saying that. I don't like your call to me, you just call me by name. I think it can reduce awkwardness."

"alright. Arsenic. Is it clear?"

Arsen did not respond to Dive's remarks just now. He went out of the room. After Arsen had left, Dive was pensive in the room for a long time, she was upset with her thoughts before she left the CEO's office.

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A boisterous voice greeted Arsen's arrival upon entering the room where he was performing confers. Arsen walked formally as if he was showing his aura of leadership to the audience that had gathered in the room. Cameras everywhere were installed to record all of Arsen's explanations later.

The man pulled the chair as a place to sit and explained the problem of the video circulating in the community. All cameras and views are centered on the problem owner. Arsen looked at the reporters before he spoke.

"I confirm that I have no relationship with Alinta now and the reason we broke the engagement rope is not because there is a third person, but Alinta who has the heart to betray my trust. And the news that says that Alinta has corrupted my company is true, and it is this that led me to immediately break off our fiancee and imprison her.  So for those of you who think I did not get married to Alinta because of the hijab woman in the video is wrong.

Then for the violent scenes that I did to Alinta, I apologize profusely especially to the Alinta family. If I can be honest I want to say that I was at that moment completely overwhelmed with anger. And lastly I said if I in that case had apologized to the concerned."

When hearing Arsen's affirmation, it is enough to make some journalists feel satisfied. However, there is no denying that there is nothing to accept about Arsen having been blatantly violent in public.

"Why aren't you in jail? You should also be in prison for clearly committing violence to Mr. Alinta. It's called unfair" one of the reporters protested.

Arsen who heard the reporter's words just smiled a little. He just sat down casually when he saw the commotion when the reporter asked like that. Many people agreed on the remarks of the female journalist.

"For that I don't know why the judge didn't talk about it. Both from Alinta's own family, they didn't report the case to the police."

"He forgave you. But why don't you forgive Alinta?"

"I have forgiven the woman's actions which have obviously harmed many people. But not by dropping his demands. He has to answer for everything."

"Who are the women and children in the video? Is that boy really your son?"

Arsen took a breath when the question he had feared was first questioned to him. But the fear was felt when he could not find a proper word to explain the matter.

The reporters and important people who were present there whispered when they heard Arsen's explanation about the hijab woman that made many people curious about her figure for an Arsen.  Their faces explained enough that they were shocked to hear a world-renowned CEO with his firmness and coldness had gotten married. Moreover, many women who dream of men like Arsen who become their male type.

"Can Mr Alex show proof that you're married?"

Originally the room was filled with the sound of the camera now suddenly became silent. They stared at Arsen waiting for the man to provide evidence for them to believe that Nisa was Arsen's true wife.

Another with Dive, the man immediately turned pale, he looked at Arsen who looked relaxed even though he was in this state.

"How do you give evidence to them. You didn't really marry her, did you?" Whisper Dive.

"No. I never married her. I'm just lying, there's no way I'm telling the truth, right?"

"Then with proof of how?"

Arsen ignored Dive's words. He took something that had been prepared if later he got a request like this.

"This is my marriage license with Nisa."

Whats? Dive is shocked to death, so this is what Arsen meant by telling her to make a fake marriage certificate. Why is he so stupid about this. It's certain that Arsen wanted to dismiss the news in this way.

"This is proof. Before I close this activity I want to say if my real name is Arsen Wijaya Altas. Not Alex Wijaya Altas. Thank you to all of you who came to this show."

Arsen breathed a sigh of relief as he had delivered everything. The man looked at Dive who was smiling faintly at him.

"After this you do your job of looking for Nisa. Don't let Nisa get caught with the media crew, if that happens then it'll be dangerous for us."

"Good."

Arsen closed the show. He walked out of the room, with some control to avoid the reporters who still wanted to interview him.

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Arsen who had just entered his apartment was immediately presented with something that he was currently avoiding. The man turned a lazy eyeball as Ariana closed her access to the room.

"Why is my mom here."

"Because mom knows you're not going home today." Ariana gave her cell phone to her son. "What do you mean you're married to that woman?"

"Because that's the only way to stop the news. There's no way I'd say if I had raped her."

"Then what if you were found out you weren't married. What would you say to them?" Ariana looked at Arsen in disappointment, "you disappointed me so much today with you."

Arsen sighed as his eyeballs caught a tear on Ariana's face.

"Why are you crying. If you're crying out of fear that I'll be found out that I'm not married to Nisa, I'm asking you to lay off those tears because I'm going to marry Nisa officially in the eyes of god and country."

Ariana was shocked to hear Arsen's words. He looked disapprovingly at the only boy.

"What do you mean. No. gabe. I don't agree that you're married to her, she's not the daughter-in-law I wanted. If you want to get married, I can find a beautiful woman in this country for you."

"I don't need it. I just want to marry him. Ica-ku my childhood friend. Do you know if Nisa is very similar to Ica? Why don't you like Nisa," asked Arsen as he looked at his mother with a look asking for an explanation.

"Because I know she's not Ica" replied Ariana.

"Why can you conclude like that? It's definitely not if Nisa's personality is very similar to Ica."

Ariana moved away from Arsen, she sat on the sofa with a blank look.

"I've previously apologized to you for hiding the fact that you were Arsen. And as for why I disagree you married Nisa because that woman is uncertain of her origin and whether she was really Desi's son the victim of the massacre by her father Sarga. Ia Ica has been murdered by Sarga's mother because she was accused of killing her husband-----"

"And until now his body has not been found." Cela Arsen quickly cut her mother's story. "And most likely Nisa is Ica. Isn't it ma? I'm still getting married to Nisa."

Ariana looked at Arsen worriedly, her tears flowing. He did not want to convey this news.

"I wish it was like that too. But how can you marry Nisa if she has disappeared for a week" Ariana explained with great difficulty keeping her hoarse tone.

"What do you mean. Nisa's missing?" Arsen sat down on a nearby sofa chair, "so this is the reason why Nisa has been out of work for a week. Where do you know that?"

"I know from his neighbor who reported at the police station this morning with Gabriel."

"Where's gabriel?" Tanya Arsen panicked. He could feel his son was sad. Arsen could not imagine the child's face being filled with tears. He can't.

"At home, playing with Cilla. I asked him to stay with me first."

Ariana was silent as she watched her son who had gone and ran leaving her in this room alone.

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Tbc

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