
"No. Not likely. That's impossible." cried Megan with a reddened face restraining emotions. He could not accept being defeated by a village girl like Hanindita.
Berryl's eyes glanced sharply at Megan, and Abelano and Ivanka and the Vano and Vino twins.
"What is impossible?" ask Berryl coldly.
"She .. She's just a maid in this house. You're looking for Handoko's daughter and I'm the Handoko family's only daughter." Megan lied with sharp eyes. No matter how much pain Hanindita felt when she heard those words.
Abelano and Ivanka frowned.
"Is that so, Mr Handoko?" abelano asked with eyes asking for an explanation.
"I-yes, sir. She ... She's just a maid here. Maybe the son of the master wrongly guessed because it was I who raised Dita since childhood." Now Handoko is lying. He would not admit his own daughter.
Hanindita shock's. How could his own father not acknowledge himself as his daughter? Is he not valuable to them? Or ... indeed she is not her father's daughter because of that she hates him so much?
"Yes right sir, ma'am, Dita it's just a maid in this house. But since we've been taking care of her since childhood so people often think of her as our daughter. We never deny it either." Lidya also chimed in. "Son Berryl, you better reconsider your decision. It's nothing, he's just a helper even his education is only limited to Junior High, of course he is not worth it with nak Berryl who is a young master of a big businessman like your family." Lidya continued to persuade and influence Berryl and his family not to choose Hanindita to be part of that family.
Ivanka looked down at Hanindita who was looking down deeply. He also confirmed Lidya's words that a girl like Hanindita is not worthy of her child. But he couldn't influence it either.
"Ryl, are you serious about your wishes? You heard for yourself that the girl was just a maid in this house. Anyway, he ... "
"I stick to my decision, mom. I just want her to be my wife, not another." Berryl made Handoko, Lidya, Megan, and Morgan gulp roughly.
Vano and Vino also glared at the sincerity of his best friend. They also became curious, what a great girl that could make this stubborn guy insist want to marry her.
"You can't marry her, sir" said a man who spoke up.
Berryl stared intently at the figure. From the looks of it, Berryl could see that figure was not a good person. So what did that person want to say to prevent her from marrying Hanindita.
"Why? What's the reason I can't marry him?" the aura in the room is getting hotter. Some neighbors and their village elders, including the head of RT, can only be silent on the spot while listening.
"She .. She's not a good girl. You know, he even teases me a lot about doing the no-no. You're an honorable man, it's just not appropriate for you to marry a cheap woman like her" Morgan said without mercy. Hanindita grimaced as she squeezed the end of the shirt she was wearing. Why is this family so happy he thought. What was his fault and sin in this family until they could vilify himself in the presence of such a crowd.
Hanindita's tears are dripping. His heart is like a crumple. Not enough suffering all this time for the sake of pleasing them even he was willing to do everything just for the sake of a word care, but not. No one cares about him. His grief, his pain, his suffering. So what should he do now?
Berryl raised Hanindita's chin so that she could see clearly into Hanindita's netra. He could see, in it there was sadness, suffering, fragility, pain, and emptiness, could such a girl be able to do such a thing?
"Is that true?" asked Berryl while staring right at his net.
Hanindita shook her head firmly with tears in her eyes.
"No." she squeaked with quivering lips.
"You heard it yourself, he said no. So the whiz is making it up." insisted Berryl with his sharp eyes.
"Ryl, what my brother said is true. Girls don't know themselves that's what lies. In fact, the other day he teased my lover and asked her to break off our relationship. What is that if not a seductive girl?" Megan still won't give up. He was defeated by Hanindita. Why does every guy he likes always end up liking Hanindita? He did not understand, what advantages Hanindita than himself to the extent that all men like him?
"I only believe what I deserve to believe and I believe what he says." - Berryl.
Then Berryl's gaze turned to Abelano who was still looking at him with a puzzling look. After seeing his father just put the shoulder of the sign of resignation on his wish, he looked back at Hanindita.
"What's your name?" berryl asked gently to make Megan really inflamed.
"Ha-Hanindita." she answered nervously.
"That's all?" continued again.
Hanindita simply nodded with her head bowed.
"Do you want to marry me?" berryl asked to the point to make Hanindita suddenly lift her head.
"But .. but I just ... "
"I don't care. All I want is to make you my wife, how? You want?" berryl asked and then he grabbed Hanindita's hand that felt so cold and squeezed it slowly. The channeling of warmth and confidence in Hanindita to be willing to accept the proposal.
"You're serious?"
"I'm always serious about my actions because I really want to marry you. Quickly give me certainty!" Highlight Berryl's eyes are so sharp but look serious in it.
Hanindita looked thoughtful as she closed her eyes. He ignored the people who were looking at him with sharp eyes, especially his family who he believed must be looking at him as if he wanted to swallow him alive.
"I-yes, I'm willing." that's Hanindita's answer at last.
He was sure his family would be furious with him. He will accept all of that. He knows, he doesn't know Berryl at all even he doesn't know how his next life will be. Will he be happy after marriage or will he suffer more. But after hearing the words of his own family who did not recognize him as part of them, made his sense of disappointment that had grown in the heart increasingly ingrained. Let him be selfish this time, he is nobody in the family. He handed over the pen of destiny to his almighty life, hopefully in the future he will achieve happiness that he never got.
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