GIRL IN RED
CHAPTERS 199. HONESTLY
Arimbi remained silent because he knew the Emir would never believe him, and if it wasn't for his personal experience, he wouldn't believe it either. While it was true that he had read such a novel for the past few years, he knew that it was all fiction. There is no way one can go back in time and start their life all over again.
Nevertheless, Arimbi has been given that second chance to do so. “Didn't I go into a coma after cutting my wrist as a matchmaking refusal? During the coma I had a long and strange nightmare. In that dream I was still the daughter of the Rafaldi Family.
Since the Emir does not believe in someone who returns to the past after death, Arimbi can only retell his story in the form of a nightmare. “After I returned to the Rafaldi Family, I was not close to them because I was raised by the Darmawan Family until I was twenty-two years old. And during that time I thought of myself as the daughter of the House of Darmawan as well as they.”
“After learning that I was actually the daughter of the Rafaldi Family, because both of my parents felt guilty for making a mistake until I switched, they have since treated me well and given me whatever I want. To be honest I'm not greedy, because the only thing I want to ask of them is to allow me to love Reza and marry her.”
“Like you and everyone in this city know that I've fallen in love with her at first sight.” Arimbi told the story as if it were the life story of someone else. Although the Emir knows everything that happened after Arimbi became part of the Rafaldi family because he told people to investigate but he still listened to him calmly.
“In that dream, I also cut my wrist to reject your proposal and then I went on a hunger strike to force my parents to approve my marriage to Reza. Shortly after, we met and as his fiancee I went with him to social events and I got drunk. When I woke up, I realized I was in a hotel room.”
“At that time I saw Reza who had just come out of the bathroom and blood all over the bed. She hugged me straight away and told me that it was natural to happen because we were engaged and it went ahead of schedule.”
Speaking about the events of that night, Arimbi still could not remember what happened after he was drunk. Not to mention the reason why his chastity was instead taken by Dion Harimurti instead.
He suspected that Reza had given it to Dion Harimurti as a guarantee or whatever he did not know at all.
Based on that, Reza should know who the baby's real father is but when Amanda tells the truth about her pregnancy, she says that they don't know who the father of the baby is. And just accuse the baby of being an illegitimate child.
At this moment, the Emir tightened his grip on the magazine he was holding and tried to suppress his jealousy from tearing the magazine in his hand into pieces.
The Emir is still angry even though Arimbi says that it is only a dream and he knows that Arimbi is still a virgin because he is the one who took away the sanctity of his wife.
“After that I got pregnant and had a fancy wedding party with Reza, but after the wedding she never made physical contact with me and always said that she thought about my womb.”
“We slept separately as a couple. Even then I still thought how wise he was to think about my content. Huh! I was really naive back then.” Arimbi's tone turned into a tone of hatred.
“After marriage she asked me to stay home to raise my baby. Actually he just put me under house arrest.”
“He always goes to work early in the morning and comes home late at night. In fact, often he did not go home at all and often worked out of town for days or even weeks. I always thought it was because he was busy with work but who would have thought--”
For every pain and regret she remembers, her hatred for Reza and Amanda deepens. The Emir turned to face him for a moment. Then he held Arimbi's hand and said in a soft and deep voice, “Stop if you don't want to talk about it. I know the reason now.”
Arimbi looked into the eyes of the man who was still so deep and unfathomable that he could not read his mind. “Emir.”
The Emir's slender fingers pressed against his lips, his voice very deep, soft and melodious warmed his heart. “No need to say anything more. Arimbi.”
Although he did not finish his words, the Emir could guess what happened after that, Reza and Amanda must have betrayed Arimbi and that was why he changed his mind after waking up. Arimbi not only stops falling in love with Reza, but she becomes resentful of Amanda.
And the figure of the baby she mentioned in her sleep was probably the baby she was born with in her dream. Perhaps the dream was so real that it made the woman think of it as a prophecy.
“Now that I know the reason, I will not misunderstand or question you again about it.” Emir put his hand on Arimbi's face and another hand stroked his hair.
“It's late now. Do you want to sleep or do you want something else?” ask Emir.
“Emir darling, do you believe me?” tanya Arimbi blinked her eyes.
The Emir smiled, his smile was always dazzling. Every time Arimbi saw her smile, he felt like taking her to bed and stripped her naked and slept with her. Uhhhh! I also lusted! Her thought.
“I believe.” replied Emir. “Sometimes dreams can be annoying but there are times when the dream foretells what will happen.” The Emir felt it himself. He kept dreaming the same thing over and over again. “Arimbi, I'm glad you got a nightmare that gave me the chance to marry you.”
Arimbi grabbed the big hand that caressed his face. The Emir is the eldest son of a wealthy and honorable family. “I'm also happy Emir. I never regretted marrying you. You helped me several times in my dreams when I needed help. I'm really grateful to you for the warmth and help you gave me.”
The Emir lost his words for a moment. Then he replied, “No wonder you said that you married me to pay me because you thank me.”
Arimbi did marry her with selfish motives, but they had never met each other before they were married.
If it wasn't for Grandma Serkan sending someone to the Rafaldi Family to ask Arimbi to marry her, their lives would never have intersected and they wouldn't have any feelings for each other.