The Unexpected Love Journey
Ch 23's. Choose One (3)
“Ha... Ah..”
Enthusiasm and a beaming smile on Andre's face was immediately lost when he saw that it was not Yunita but Ranty's aunt; one of his mother's friends who was quite close to their family.
“Loh, why is your face pouting? Do you think who's coming?” seduced by her mother who was sitting on the sofa with an ignorant smile on her face.
“Not funny times mom,” he said rather ketus because annoyed.
Andre, who had been fiery while descending the stairs, now felt tired and finally chose to sit on the sofa for a while. And also, because it was used from the beginning about ‘good manner’ applied by his parents. He felt it would be very rude if he immediately left without chatting goods for a few minutes.
“Why? Who do you think came? What's your boyfriend's name again?”
Said Aunt Ranty who followed her. It's no surprise that Aunt Ranty found out about Yunita. Because, the friendship between his mother and Aunt Ranty is so close, between the two of them there are almost no secrets; except the secrets of the client or company of course.
“Yunita,”
“Well, the. Great also your son yes, can get a beautiful continue. So how? What is the candidate for young mistress later?”
“WHAT!?”
His Tantenya question just now made Andre a little surprised to the point that he almost got up from his chair. Seeing the response of his mother who was calmly sipping her tea and just smiling afterwards, the suspicion Andre felt was increasing.
“Can be. But it all depends on the two of them. We as parents are watching. They're not kids any more times,”
His mother's answer somehow did not make him calm, even less worried. Because, if her mother really accepts Yunita kindly. There is still one more hurdle, Big Family Father and Mother.
...***...
At first, Andre's father's extended family never cared about their family. However, everything changed when Andre's father succeeded in pioneering his company about 15 years ago. ‘Money will show the real face of someone’, the figure of speech is very precise with what their family experienced.
Their two extended families, who were initially unconcerned, turned 180 degrees. His father, who was not initially considered, has since become a success, was invited to every formal non-formal maunpun event, or their close family event.
And this is where the negative side of being a respected person begins to feel, ‘ is not free in expressing the feeling’, precisely when his father who refused to attend several events with the frills of ‘family’ event. Wh why? Because like people who do not know their problems, even pretentious to comment on his father and their small family. ‘Child Durhaka’, ‘Family do not know duntung’, ‘Two’ face clar and many more other blasphemies that are very painful.
All that, added in the grim with their father's family, especially his grandfather— who finally very much Andre hates— who joined in condemning his own son. Opposed, his father Andre eventually relented and chose to pretend to be nice.
Now, Andre, who became the company's future successor, has to face all of that. Starting from an attitude that must be extra in care, a brilliant academic history, far from negative news, and, His father and mother tried to do all that secretly—because all this time he was quite free—so that the bitter turmoil in the past did not recur.
And it is undeniable that Yunita was looked at one eye by her grandfather. He only realized that when the last 2 months, his grandfather always introduced girls suddenly, when there was Yunita or not.
...***...
“Duh, this is the result if you watch too much drama china,” complained Andre while slightly shaking his head, “This is not the era nurbaya times Ma, Tan. There is still a rich forced matchmaking,” he added.
“Who said no. A lot of kok, just average on the fiancee used to graduate from High School, finished it finished the new college married. That,”
What the tantenya said was actually not a foreign thing anymore for Andre. He himself had heard of this, but especially for his fiancee after graduating from High School, he never saw it in person. But if married after college or towards the end, he has seen many examples.
“Ah you know, the important thing is I do not want if there is a compulsion. Let everything go normally, better. And mom and dad have also promised not to interfere in all my affairs until the end of High School, right?”
The atmosphere became silent for a moment. Andre was now subconsciously standing tall, resting on both of his legs. Instantly, the pain that had not been felt, immediately felt pain. It felt like his dried wound was reopened.
“It looks like your son is already drunk kepayang same name Yunita is yes?”
Aunty Ranty's question was greeted with a small smile on her mother Andre's face, “Makanya, faster is indeed better. Yes right?” his mother said Andre accompanied by a mysterious smile to Aunt Ranty.
(Ding dong.. their house bell rings.)
“Lo ngundang guests again huh?” aunt Ranty asked Andre's mother.
“Hm, his opinion Andre has come out. How about we ask Yunita directly now?” his mother Andre said as she placed her tea glass on the table in front of the three of them. The smile on his face looks a little wider at the moment, “Mbak, please dong,”.
As for Andre, he could only fall silent in his chair, his painful legs making him unable to do much. His mind told him to stand up and welcome the guest at the door. However, his painful legs refused to follow his will.
His heart beat faster as their maid approached the door. There was a sense of excitement, but there was also a feeling of nervousness arising within him. He felt that the conversation about the engagement that ends also the marriage, too soon if you want to talk about it now.
Yes, although actually it can not be denied that the active brain has been traveling to imagine how his life and Yunita as ‘husband wife’ in the future.
Hearing the sound of the front door being opened, Andre confusedly wanted to welcome Yunita like how. Moreover, this was the first time Yunita had come to her house, so a positive impression was a must. However, once again, his legs made him unable to do much, and was forced to just sit still on the sofa.
“Siang Aunt, sorry late. Because it was jammed earlier,”
Greet Yunita with a soft voice. Yunita also looks beautiful today behind her modest appearance; wearing only a shirt covered in a brown sweeter and blue jeans. What makes it look a little wow might be the branded bag it holds. When the eyes of the two of them glanced at a glance, Yunita and Andre just threw each other a smile.
“Nothing. In maklumi lah if jakarta jammed. Come sit down,” said his mother Andre.
Yunita looked a bit timid as she walked over and sat down beside Andre. While his mother Andre and Aunt Ranty, looked at the two lovebirds in front of them with an anxious look, especially Aunt Ranty who really likes gossip about people's relationships.
“Mom.”
“How about you two getting engaged after high school?”
The atmosphere became quiet for a while. Neither Yunita nor Andre, they both speak only a thousand languages. Andre thinks his mother is too over the limit this time. It doesn't matter if he talks about things like this when they're in 3rd grade High School and nearing graduation. However, right now, they are only 1st grade High School and have only been dating for a few months.
“According to me..”.
Andre, who had been unanimous to oppose the conversation, was cut off by Yunita who began to answer his mother's questions.
“... It would be very detrimental to me as a woman," Yunita smiled for a while, her hand grasping Andre's hand at this time, "It is not mean to be brash, but I do not want our relationship to be too forced. I know that Andre is a pretty important person in this family, and I might be a burden so Auntie wants us both to get married quickly so that people will be quiet.
But I don't think people will stop gossiping. Especially at this time, I am trying to debut as an artist. Chances are, it will burden me later because of the ‘ betrotan’ designation. I want people to know me and pay attention to me not because of the ‘ betrothed title Andre’ or ‘prosy’ and so on. I want people to know me because of my accomplishments, my own abilities. So..”
“Ok, enough,” Her mother Andre interrupted Yunita who was talking then silent for a moment; like thinking of something, “Then, when she was 21 years old? How?”
Andre and Yunita exchanged glances, as if the two of them were communicating telepathically. Andre preferred to leave all the decisions to Yunita. Because, after hearing Yunita's statement just now, he became aware that it was Yunit who would bear more heavy burden later.
After a few minutes of silence and thought, Yunita then agreed with the advice of her mother Andre. Andre, in his heart, was very happy, but he chose to hide it and just smiled instead.
...***...
Leaving Yunita and Aunt Ranty in the living room alone, Andre followed his mother into his father's private office. It seemed, Her mother wanted to talk about something quite important, to the point that they had to talk in a separate room.
“Indeed why the hell, mama thinks so far away?” andre asked after closing the door behind him.
“Do you need to explain about your father's family situation? And all sorts of enemies in a blanket over there here and there?”
Andre could not dispute his mother's words. Because he also knew very well what his mother meant, especially about the enemy in the blanket around them.
“Ah. How about you take an Acceleration class when offered later?” his mother again.
