Unknown Love's

Viona's Request

"Yes, why Angga?", there was a voice of Mr. Wijaya welcoming a phone call from his son.

"Bah, Angga wants to return to Bandung as soon as possible. If you allow it, the day after Angga returned there, yes", answered Erlangga directly.

Mr. Wijaya was silent for a moment, thinking about his son's sudden request.

"Is there a problem?", asked Mr. Wijaya inquiring.

"No, pah. Angga just wants to get home to Kinara soon".

"Hmm..ok, the person who will replace you there, is ready?".

"People entrust the office here to Soni, pah".

"Oh...Soni, your personal assistant? is he fully trustworthy?".

"Yes pah. Angga sure, Soni can professionally take care of our company here until later Angga and Kinara are really ready to move to Surabaya".

"Well, if you're sure of your personal assistant. Take care of your return soon, papa will follow, yes".

"Yes pah, thank you", Erlangga ended his conversation with his father.

Since the virtual meeting a few days ago with the main director of Ganindra Group, Erlangga's feelings have been disturbed. He was worried about Farhan's sudden presence.

"I have to go home quickly, make sure my wife never meets her best friend again" Erlangga murmured.

He again struggled with a pile of files that he had to learn immediately and he finished before his return.

"Son, please come to my room now", Erlangga ordered by phone.

Before long, someone knocked on the door of his study and the person he was waiting for arrived.

"Sit, Son".

"Thank you, sir".

"Look Son, the day after tomorrow, I have to go back to Bandung. I have discussed this with my father and the decision is that you replace my position here until later my wife and I are ready to move here, how?", Erlangga explained without further ado.

Soni was surprised to hear the boss's explanation.

"But, sir, are you sure that Mr and Mr Wijaya will entrust this company to me? I don't feel like I deserve that" replied Soni.

Erlangga smiled faintly, "Almost one year you've been my assistant and I can see your dedication and hard work, Son. My dad and I both believe in you, yeah".

Soni fell silent, her mind raging at the request of her superior.

"Have, don't think much. Accept and do this job well. Oh yes please prepare also my return the day after tomorrow", Pinta Erlangga again.

"Alright sir, if that has been the decision of the father and Mr. Wijaya. I will try to do well for this company. I'm sorry sir to take care of the needs of the father's return", said Soni before leaving the boss's office. Erlangga answered him with a smile and a nod of his head.

'Wait for me to go home, baby', Erlangga's inner self while staring at Kinara's photo on her phone screen.

**

Kinara had just finished teaching and was preparing to go home when someone came up to her.

"Hi...Can I ask for your time for a moment?", the voice surprised Kinara.

"Eh, Viona. What was? sure, I'm done with my job".

Kinara and Viona walked together, towards a city park not far from the school where Kinara taught.

"Hallo ma'am teacher.", said Alya as she watched Kinara and Viona go hand in hand.

"Hallo, Alya hasn't come home yet?", said Kinara.

Alya shook her head, "Said mama, mama wants to play first with the teacher. So Alya is still here", she replied innocently, cursing a smile on Kinara's lips.

It only took them ten minutes to reach the city park. Viona invites Kinara and Alya to sit on a park bench not far from the play ground. The atmosphere of the park seems quiet during the day. There were only a few people walking around the park.

"Darling, you play there first. Mama wants to talk to the teacher here" Viona asked her little daughter.

"Be careful, baby. Don't play the danger" Viona messages shortly before Alya makes a small run towards the play ground area.

Kinara sat watching the proximity of Viona and Alya.

"Alya is a sweet child, yes", praise Kinara sincerely.

"Yes, she's so sweet" Viona replied.

"Oh yeah, what's important you want to say?", Kinara started looking at Viona seriously.

Viona seemed to take a deep breath, "I want to talk about us".

Kinara frowned, trying to understand the meaning of Viona's statement.

"We?", asked Kinara in surprise.

Viona nodded her head, "I'm sorry before if this might make you sad and sick. But I can't keep it covered up from you" Viona said.

Kinara was still silent.

"I know you're a good woman. I'm sure you'll understand what I mean by talking about this. This.this about...Erlangga", Viona's voice sounded doubtful.

"What about Mas Erlangga? what's wrong with her?", Kinara investigated.

"I'm sure you still remember the incident at the mall when in Surabaya. It was accidentally Alya met you and Mas Erlangga. He spontaneously called your husband, father, didn't he?", Viona tried to recall the events of the past.

Kinara nodded her head, "Yes, I was surprised by that. Are you and Alya.", Kinara did not continue her words, there was doubt in her heart.

"Yes. Alya is Mas Erlangga's son and I, I am his ex-wife" Viona replied quickly. He could no longer hold back his feelings.

Kinara nodded, hoping that what she heard was not that.

"I'm sorry I just said it now. The woman you saw the first time you came to your husband's apartment, that was me. Alya was there too, but she was playing on the balcony. I'm sorry, Kinara", Viona's eyes started to tear up.

Kinara fell silent, many times he swallowed his saliva. There was a sense of annoyance, anger, sadness and disappointment mixed within him.

"I'm really sorry. I. I just want Alya to be happy, just like most other kids", continued Viona again. Her tears are now shed.

Kinara stared inside the woman in front of him. She understood how Viona felt, but her other heart could not accept it.

"Then what do you want?", asked Kinara directly.

Viona wiped her tears, looking at Kinara deeply.

"I. I. I want to go back to Mas Erlangga", replied Viona hesitated.

Kinara's eyes were round, he couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"I'm sorry, Kinara. But really, I still love Erlangga and I want Alya to be happy, to grow up with a whole family".

Viona's words made Kinara's heart feel sore Her eyes turned hot and clear feathers began to pool in her fertilizer.

"You...why should this be?", Kinara tried to hold back her tears.

"I'm sorry. I can't keep all this from you anymore. I know you'll get hurt, but I'm the same. All these years I kept my heart to Erlangga, even though I had been thrown away by her, raising Alya alone, through all the hard times without her presence by my side. But I still love her, I love.", Viona again cried bitterly.

Kinara sat. He doesn't know what happened to his heart. He was still trying to digest his encounter with Viona. The shadow of her friendship with her husband appears in Kinara's memory. It all then broke out due to Viona's current confession.

"Then what do you want? you know, Mas Erlangga is my husband. My heart aches to hear all your words", Kinara's voice sounds quivering yet filled with emphasis.

Viona looked at Kinara deeper and deeper, "Yes, I know your position and my current position. I understand the wounds in your heart, I have the same wounds. But please, understand, I just want Alya to be happy, that's all".

"Happy? you mean?", asked Kinara again.

"Give your husband back to me or let me go back with him", without hesitation Viona answered the question.

Kinara felt her heart being invaded by thousands of arrows that tore through her feelings. He could no longer hold back his tears. Viona's request seemed to be a bomb that destroyed everything.

'Why should this be?', the little inner heart of Kinara was irrigating her relentless crying.