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After Kayla's departure, there are now only Rayhan and Clara. The two of them fell silent to each other, noticing the surging water ripples from the wind.
"Why is Han here?" Clara's voice sounded vibrating, the girl occasionally tucked her hair behind her ears due to the wind.
"Haaahhh" Rayhan let out a long sigh, no intention to answer Clara's question.
"Mistress Han?" Urged on Clara, making Rayhan even more upset. The man confronts Clara.
"Lo said it was all horrifying, right?" Rayhan asked indifferently, glanced at a glance then threw away his face.
Clara stepped forward, holding Rayhan's hand in front of her chest. Then hold her tight.
"Three more days of our engagement Han, let's get some fitting," Clara tried to be gentle and smiled sweetly.
Rayhan snorted, then released Clara's hand.
"Claras.." Rayhan's voice sounded soft, then a long silence like he was weighing will say something.
Clara still smiled as she looked at Rayhan confidently. Perhaps in her heart, the girl thought Rayhan would obey her will.
"I'm sorry before.." This time it was Rayhan who grasped both hands of the girl. Clara smiled even wider, her eyes twinkling waiting for what Rayhan said.
"Sorry, but it looks like I can't continue our engagement. I don't pantes for Lo Clara." The girl pulled her hand from Rayhan's grasp, took a few steps back then covered her mouth with both hands in surprise at Rayhan's words.
Clara shook her head, her tears had already fallen without being held back. "No Han, no!" Clara took a few more steps.
His hand moved to grab Rayhan's arm, "Please don't cancel Han's engagement. I don't want to!" His words were soft, his hand had now hit Rayhan's chest.
Rayhan held onto both of Clara's shoulders, shaking her slowly.
"Claras.. Please understand, I'm not a good man. You're too perfect, and you know I'm a drunk guy. I don't have a home, whereas lo? Your parents are successful, well, I don't want them to be ashamed of having a daughter-in-law like me Clara."
"No Han, no! I want to accept you for who you are, I know you are a drunk and I have no problem with that. We can get drunk together, please Han.." Clara's sobs became more and more, the girl covered her face with her palms. And then sat in a greening grove.
"Claras.. You're a good girl, beautiful, smart and I'm sure there are plenty of other guys out there who are much more perfect for you. Don't waste your tears and feelings on my rich guy, it's Clara's house."
"No Han! I don't want to. The engagement will still be carried out, although not three more days but can not cancel Han. And I just want you, I don't want anyone else!"
"Claras.."
"Han enough, I don't want to hear your words anymore. Whatever happens, we'll be engaged. You don't think Han, our parents are prominent figures, what the public says if our engagement is canceled." Lirih Clara, voiced on her sobs.
Rayhan sat down, then smiled broadly. Her hands moved wiping away the remaining tears on Clara's face.
Sweetie! What a sweet smile the man had, Clara was astonished to see it. Only, this time was not the right time to enjoy Rayhan's rare smile.
"Claras.. Please understand, I'm not as good as you think. I don't have a bright future, you're too perfect for men who don't have a front. I hope one day you meet a guy who can make you happy." Rayhan said softly, his smile back in sight.
"ENOUGH!! It's all because of him, right?!" Asked Clara sarcas, Rayhan frowned confusedly.
"Because of Kayla, that hypocritical veiled chick, right?" Clara asked in an angry tone, there was no sobbing even though tears were still wetting her cheeks. This time Rayhan smiled again, maybe honestly it would be better. Indeed that was one of the reasons, and Rayhan did not want to lie.
Rayhan sighed deeply, his eyes unsheathed within Clara's bead.
"He was one of the many reasons for this decision."
"It's not fair Han, you want to fight for him but why don't you give me the same opportunity?!" Shouted Clara full of anger, it was true that she was indeed angry. Not just Clara, maybe any girl would feel the same way. When the man we love, fights for another love and does not give us a chance to do the same struggle.
"Sorry Clara, I can only pray all the best for you." Rayhan left after smiling sweetly, and patted the smooth top of Clara's head.
The girl could only cry and stare at Rayhan's back which was about to disappear at the crossroads.
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The man with a plain black short-sleeved shirt and navy shirt that had been draped over his shoulder casually walked into the house.
After closing the door and walking a few steps, Rayhan was stunned when a loud bang hit his head. Rayhan sat down on the floor, feeling dizzy and angry for a moment.
"Soundless boy!" A scream was heard from behind. No need to ask, you must have memorized the perpetrator, right?
Rayhan chuckled, he understood his sitting. It must have been her breakup engagement with Clara that made her papa back in wrath.
"Stupid you!" Again, the sound of that shout was heard making Sonya and Roland run towards the source of the sound.
"What's the reward?" Roland asked while helping his sister stand up. Roland glanced at Wijaya, in his right hand there was a wood that was believed to be a tool used to hit Rayhan earlier.
"What else?! You ask with your stupid, selfless sister that!" His yells were irritated, his neck veins bulging, looking terrible. Sonya approached her husband, and rubbing his shoulders gave her calmness.
"Sorry, Ray.."
"Don't call me papa, man kepar4t! Don't know in your profit. This is your reply to those of us who raised you from childhood?! Is this all you can do?!" Wijaya Kesuma took off his wife's embrace, throwing the wood in his hand. Then attacked Rayhan brutally. Fist in the stomach, in the face several times he lay. A hard slap hit the corner of the left face, shortly after the right part as well. The kick in the stomach also Rayhan got from his papa. Not yet satisfied, Wijaya Kesuma pulled Rayhan's hair and banged the head of her youngest son's padlock several times.
Rayhan quiet! Just shut up without a fight, not fight she can't do. But the man who was attacking her was a papa who was so dear to her. A papa who during his life made a role model, papa whose affection Rayhan always craved.
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Rayhan was crushed in the floor, with fresh blood pouring from the corners of his lips and nose. And also wide wounds on his left side, Sonya ran to hold her youngest child. While Roland pulled his papa who was ready to attack again.
"Papa enough, enough!" Shouted Roland full of anger, he had been patient enough all this time to see the treatment of Wijaya Kesuma who was so cruel to his sister.
"Rayhan papa's son, why would you make him so pa?!" Roland asked still clutching his papa's arm firmly.
"He's not a papa's son, papa's only you're Roland. He's not a papa kid at all!"
Rayhan glanced weakly from behind the mother's embrace, the blood that splattered on the floor was enough to be proof of how cruel his rampage Wijaya Kesuma some time ago.
"Your engagement and Clara is only three days away, then what do you mean decide Clara hah?! You want to embarrass this family? Gil4 you are Rayhan, really do not have ak4l!!"
"Rayhan doesn't love Clara pa, Rayhan has another girl!" The voice sounded jarring, not Rayhan's. Except for her sister's voice.
Yeah, Roland did it. She knows very well how her sister's heart is, and she also knows how great the feelings Rayhan has for her former fiancee.
It is true that Roland once loved Kayla, he was tempted to compete with Rayhan to get Kayla's heart. But then Roland realized, the two people loved each other. And how cruel if Roland was the one who became the barrier to the feelings of two lovebirds.
"Who? Who is that girl, what does she have to think of loving our family? What's he got, huh?!" Wijaya Kesuma asked arrogantly, he thought that the girl Rayhan loved was not a special girl with abundant wealth like Clara.
"Is there only money in my mind? Is everything we have now still lacking to support papa's needs? Why are you so crazy about money and money?" Sonya's voice was full of anger, the middle-aged woman was crying while wiping the blood that filled Rayhan's face.
"Who in the world would appreciate your existence without money? What can you have without money? And what can make you happy if there's no money." Said the middle-aged man casually.
For a Wijaya Kesuma, money and office are everything. Money is the purpose of life and office is the determinant of honor.
"Astagfirullah papa's. Money is not everything, why is papa so blinded with money. We don't just need money and jobs, we need love." Shrill Roland with teary eyes. Inexhaustible with the motto of life owned by his father. Money, department, wealth are all pleasures.
Wijaya Kesuma screeched cynically, his two hands crossed in front of his chest.
"Don't you hypocrites, what can you do without money? Without the money and office you have, you're all nobody to this day." His words were full of arrogance and raised his head proudly.
"Three more days, the engagement will take place. I don't care what happens, this engagement can't be broken. Even without legs you should still come!" The middle-aged man's gaze drew sharply at Rayhan.
"The engagement may be void if you die or the world is on the verge of destruction. Beyond those two reasons, there is no reason to cancel this engagement. You hear that, kep4rat boy?!"
Wijaya Kesuma stepped away, leaving Roland standing withstanding emotions and tears that drenched his cheeks. Sonya who was crying sobbed while holding her child. And Rayhan who was drooping was helpless.
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