To Mutia

Kidnapped

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"I still find it hard to believe you can get permission from Yudha that easily. I thought it'd take you over half an hour to talk to your future husband, but it turns out that in fifteen minutes we've been sitting in this restaurant."

Without stopping her activity that was flipping through the beef on the grill, Mutia glanced at Ghifar while smiling. The man seemed happy to play with Joseph on his lap.

"Yes, I'm grateful my future husband is not a possessive man.lucky me." he said in a jovial tone, making Ghifar snort.

"Are you insinuating me?"

Given the time when they were lovers, Ghifar was quite possessive of Mutia. Wherever and with whom Mutia went, the girl had to tell him or they would fight because Ghifar thought Mutia betrayed him. That is why when they undergo long distance relatioship, they very often fight because of trivial things, but even so, Ghifar never wanted their relationship to end.

How else, Ghifar is difficult to fall in love, so when he feels it, Ghifar will take care of it wholeheartedly, even tend to be too excessive.

"Ah." Mutia closed her mouth with a dramatic glance, as her eyes widened. "Aren't you offended?"

"Basic!" smiling anxiously, Ghifar reached out his hand to pinch the strong right cheek of Mutia, a habit that never changes whenever Ghifar feels anxious, he said, it made the twenty-three-year-old woman grimace and cut her lips.

Ghifar's crisp laughter melodious as he looked at the face-bending Mutia, annoyed.

"Mut?"

Because she was chewing food, Mutia only responded to Ghifar's call with a slow murmur.

"I'm glad we finally get back to sitting face to face like this, talking to each other and throwing crisp jokes." Ghifar stared fixedly, as his lips extended a smile.

Stopping his meal, Mutia's black bead showed a guilty look. "Sorry, brother, I should have told you from the beginning instead of avoiding you."

"No, Mutia. I understand your attitude. You did it all to keep my feelings." Gently Ghifar patted twice the top of Mutia's head, making the woman before him smile again. "I'm just thanking you. If you say it first, I will definitely not be as wise as some time ago when I found out the truth, considering that I was not yet able to control my emotions enough."

Mutia sighed softly. "Ahh.. now it feels so relieved. I no longer need to keep my distance from my brother and we can remember the past without any pain."

Ghifar returned Mutia's smile, despite the fact that Ghifar now felt his heart slashed. Injured, but not bleeding. It is true that he will try to consider Mutia as nothing more than his sister, but that does not mean he can kill the feeling of love easily.

If loving Mutia only takes a few months, to stop loving Mutia he can not even afford even a matter of years passed.

"Oh yes. By the way, how much is your wedding preparation?"

Behold, is not Ghifar a foolish and intelligent man at the same time? He was so foolish as to have asked what would have hurt him and so clever as to hide his feelings, acting like he was fine.

"Well 60%, brother. Now I'm the same Mas Yudha again looking for the building for the reception. Affordable Nyari, pretty hard." Mutia grinned wide, revealing her white teeth.

"Build?"

Mutia nodded.

"I have a friend who's spelling at a multi-purpose building rental. If you want, I can help them. And the price issue, I'll ask them to give you a special price. How's it?"

"Really, sis?"

"Yes, dong. What the hell, what's not for my sister." couldn't help but pinch, Ghifar pinched Mutia's cheek again, luring the ringing out of the mother-of-one's lips.

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"Are you sure this building?" for a moment Yudha glanced at Mutia who was sitting next to her, before looking back at the white mixed-use building that was in front of them. "Don't you say all the packages were expensive?"

Yudha is not unable to rent the building or even the more expensive building, but Mutia who does not agree to spend a lot of money to rent the building. Mutia reasoned, rather than the money to pay for the expensive building, better the money was set aside for the orphanage. More blessings, he said. But now, they were in front of the fourth building that Mutia had rejected a few weeks ago.

"Yes because Ghifar's sister has asked for a special price for us." looked at Yudha with a smile, Mutia took the man out of the car. Mutia momentarily opened the incoming message on her phone, before turning to Yudha who was already standing next to her.

"Sir Ghifar said his friend was waiting for us inside."

Yudha nodded, then they stepped side by side up a few steps of the stairs, until finally they arrived inside the building and were immediately greeted by the friendly smile of a tall and sturdy man wearing a gray suit.

"Mutia," the man exclaimed cheerfully and grabbed Mutia's hand to shake. "It's nice to see you again. How are you?"

The man's words made Mutia frown. At first glance he looked at Yudha who was looking at him with raised eyebrows and the spotlight asked; do you know him? Yang Mutia responded by raising her shoulders.

Seeing Yudha and Mutia who looked confused, the man chuckled in amusement as he let go of his hand with Mutia and turned to shake Yudha's hand for a moment.

"I am one of Ghifar's best friends. Yes, although Ghifar had many friends, but only the two of us could stand to be friends with an emotional man like Ghifar." the man gave a clue, but Mutia only frowned. "You may have forgotten. We have not met for a long time. If it's not wrong, our last meeting together took Ghifar to flight school" he added.

Mutia's eyes widened as she managed to recall the figure of the cheerful and silly character man she had known all those years ago. "Sister... Zhafran, right?" he said, with a little doubt.

Mutia laughed softly. "Sister is still the same as in my memory. Funny and a little bit annoying." he said honestly, making Zhafran flickering lips, but also laugh.

"You are also still as short as I can remember, even now shorter. If you used to be as tall as my neck, now it's only as tall as my chest. Mutia, did your growth stop at tenth grade SMK?" his mockery while laughing.

Mutia snorted, choosing not to respond to Zhafran's taunts. "Oh yes, brother. Meet, this is my future husband. Her name was Yudha." along with that Mutia touched a glimpse of the man's arm beside her. "And, Mas Yudha, this is Brother Zhafran. Brother Ghi's best friend from high school."

Yudha gave a small smile to Zhafran as a greeting, which was responded similarly by the neatly-tuned man in front of her.

"Given the past, I thought you guys would end up together. Many used to say you were a good couple. Because besides your similar faces, the other reason people think you're getting married in the future is because of Ghifar who loves you so much. But it turns out that now you're actually here to rent a building, with another man who has the status of your future husband."

Mutia stared at Yudha for a moment and found that the man was completely unaffected by Zhafran's words. Yudha still kept a friendly smile, being indifferent, making Mutia feel relieved. She did not understand why Zhafran had suddenly discussed her past and Ghifar's, but she was with her future husband.

Smiling awkwardly, Mutia answered wisely. "As humans we can only plan, while God determines everything. Me and Brother Ghi are not paired as a couple, but as brothers."

Zhafran. "Unfortunately, a man as good as Ghifar, yes even though he is a bit possessive, should feel disappointment for the second time. It used to be because you were married to Haikal, now you will marry another man again. He had some hope of getting you back, after finding out that you and Haikal were..."

"Sorry, brother. Can we talk about building leases now? You see, I and Mas Yudha also had to go back to work." cut Mutia in a hurry, afraid that Zhafran would finish his words.

And it made Zhafran look at him with suspicious squeaking eyes.

"All right" he answered. "You want to see the package? I give you a 15% cut for whichever package you choose." along with that Zhafran thrusts a catalyst at Mutia.

In fact, Ghifar will pay 15. I didn't know Ghifar was actually stupid or stupid. Already knowing Mutia would marry another man, he actually willingly helped the rental fee of the building. Either I have to laugh or feel sorry for Ghifar. Zhafran.

While Mutia and Yudha were watching the catalyst, the sound of the phone ringing broke their focus. Mutia immediately grabbed her handbag, then pulled out a loud-sounding phone.

"From Kavira." tell Mutia to Yudha. "I answered the phone first yes, Mas." said Mutia, then slightly away after getting a nod from Yudha.

"Why, Vir?" tanya Mutia after saying hello.

"Where are you, Mut?" kavira's voice across the phone rang out.

"Seeing the building where the reception is. Why?"

"Bring Yusuf?"

"No. Joseph was at home. Why, anyway, Vir? Don't make me curious, deh."

"What's? You didn't bring Joseph? Chaghfirullah, Mutia. Home, now!"

"But why, Vir? What's going on?"

"So I accidentally fell asleep and looked at Joseph. Someone take Joseph, Mutia. I don't know who, because his position is behind me. But looking from his posture, that guy's a man."

"A-are you serious, Vir?" Mutia begins to contract Kavira's panic.

"I can't possibly make something this important a joke, Mutia. You should go home now. I don't feel good."

After saying she was going home soon, Mutia ended the call and rushed over to Yudha. Frantically and also worried Mutia told what Kavira said. But unlike Mutia, Yudha responded to the panic of his future wife with a smile and rubbed the top of Mutia's head slowly.

"Silence, Mutia. It was just Kavira's dream."

"Mas doesn't know. Vira has a privilege. What is in your dreams often happens. Let's go home, Mas."

"But the building hasn't been a deal. We also have Zhafran waiting." Yudha glanced at Zhafran who had been silently observing.

Mutia doesn't care about anything. Now all he wanted was to return home immediately given Yudha who since a week ago he lived with Joseph and Mbah Sriti.

"Mutia, you need to calm down."

But Mutia did not listen to Yudha at all. The woman asked to go home with tears.

Holding Mutia's shoulders, Yudha forced the woman to nail her attention. "You calm down first. I'll call Mbah to make sure Yusuf's condition, okay?"

With a heavy heart Mutia nodded her head.

Yudha heaved a sigh of relief when she managed to make Mutia a little calm, then she pulled out her phone to contact Mbah Sriti. But not yet he made a call, Mutia's phone rang again, attracting his attention.

"Change the phone." muttered Mutia, who Yudha could still hear, then immediately answered the call. "W-What's up, mbah?"

If before Mutia was panicked and worried, now she felt so scared and lost her soul. What Mbah Sriti said successfully made Mutia tremble, her face pale and her body lost balance, until almost fell if Yudha did not swiftly hold it.

"What's wrong?" Yudha asked after Mutia kept the phone away from her ear.

Looking up, Mutia looked at Yudha with teary eyes. "Yu-Yusuf, sir. Joseph was kidnapped." a second later Mutia's cries broke.