
The place of the engagement event now looks lonely because the invited guests have left the event venue. Only four families are still holding the event.
"I don't want to linger, I want to get married soon" said Pandu, who was greeted by laughter from people who were in the place.
"You're impatient, aren't you? as long as you know, you better enjoy your youth in a moment, because the woman is very difficult to understand, for example your mama," Prasetyo said while laughing loosely.
But his last laugh only lasted for a moment, because the next second the laughter instantly turned into a groan of pain due to the pinching of Nirmala, his wife.
"What an? you mean you're sorry you're in a hurry to marry me?" Nirmala stared intently at her husband. "Remember, if you were to take me away from my engagement, because you are not willing .. hmpph," Nirma stopped talking because her mouth had been gagged by Prasetyo's hand.
"Don't unload my stupidity first!" prasetyo said with a red face.
All who were in that place laughed again to see the face of Prasetyo.
"Whatever it is I'm ready! because I'm used to seeing you two arguing over that, baby again. You know, if that happens, I can only wait for a plane that can take me to Mars. So, if later I marry Tiara, I will repay all my genesis during this time," said Pandu after his laughter subsided. Tiara's face turned red instantly.
Again the sound of laughter echoed across the place, except for Adelia who only laughed a little. The look on Adelia's face, it certainly did not go unnoticed by Bima.
"Then, I also want to marry Adel as soon as possible," chirped Bima who made a mood of laughter, turned silent instantly. Only Adijaya smiled meaningfully.
"Would you invite my sister to get married quickly? your engagement alone I still do not fully agree, especially until marriage,"specik Arka looked at Bima with a very cold gaze.
Bima did not feel offended at all by the rejection from Arka. The man just smiled sweetly in response.
"I'm sorry if it makes you feel unhappy. If you can figure out why you rejected me?" bima asked, with a smirk smile that adorned her lips.
Arka. She felt that it was impossible for her to say that she was afraid that the man would marry her sister in order to make it easier to get close to Ruby again. And what she was more worried about, Bima did not love her sister at all. The man really did not want his sister to live with a man she did not love at all. He was afraid that the man was treating his sister cruelly, torturing her inner sister like he used to be with Ruby.
"Why are you quiet?" Bima scrunched her forehead. "Oh, you don't have to explain, because without you even explaining I already know the answer. You take it easy, I'm not who you think I am. I'm not that subtle. I really sincerely want to marry your sister, without a certain purpose as you think," continued Bima again, still smiling.
Arka budged, feeling attacked by Bima. "Can you be trusted?" Arch eyebrows are very sharp.
"You can hold my word! I'm not as cruel as you think," said Bima, while slipping satire behind his words.
"Already, already! Papa doesn't mind at all, your mama does, does she, Ma?". Adijaya opened his voice while looking at Rosa the wife who looked confused.
"I-iya, Mama doesn't mind," concluded Rosa who finally agreed, because she understood the meaning of her husband's gaze, who asked her to approve his words.
"How, Adel? you agree too, right?" Bima looked at Adelia who was also actually very confused.
"Haish, why did it have to go like this anyway? not in agreement, if it happens that Kak Tiara asks to see us get married first? this, Kak Tiara did not ask at all, but why did Kak Bima even say she wanted to get married too? what the hell is his reason? or maybe she'll come up to Ruby's sister again by marrying me?" inner Adelia who turns out to have the same suspicions as the sister.
"Adel, why don't you answer? The bima nanya tuh, Nak! you want to get married soon?" Adijaya re-opens the sound.
Adelia opened her mouth, about to answer unwillingly. But he immediately swallowed his words again as soon as he saw Tiara's gaze which implied suspicion to him.
"Yeah, of course I want to!" adelia said, finally.
Bima sighed with a single blow. The man hopes that hopefully the decision he makes is the right one. If not for Adijaya's request earlier, there was no way he would have taken a decision that had rushed like this.
The Flash back On
Bima did not expect that Adijaya, Adelia's father followed her from behind.
"Bima," Bima gasped in shock, as she felt her shoulder being patted by someone all of a sudden.
Bima suddenly looked back, and was increasingly surprised to see the figure of Adijaya who smiled at him.
"Bye-yes,Om! what's up?" bima asked with a puzzled expression.
"Can we talk for a second?"
"Of course you can, Om? what's up?" Bima.
"We stay away from this place for a while. Because I don't want anyone to hear what I want to talk about," Adijaya, went first and was followed by Bima who looked still confused.
"We'll just talk here. There's no one here!" it turns out that Adijaya brought Bima to the swimming pool area which happened to be no one else there.
"Please sit!" adijaya continued while landing his body sitting on a chair.
"What's up, Om? is there something very important?" Bima really could not help her curiosity anymore.
"Look, Bima Boy. Om know, if you and Adelia are just playing a show. But, somehow Om wants that your engagement is real and if you can both really get married,"
Bima's eyes suddenly enlarged, gasping in shock at the words that had just been thrown from the mouth of his father Adelia. She was completely confused as to why the man had asked her to actually marry his daughter.
"Om, why can Om talk like that? we just got to know. Why can Om trust me completely?"
"Om, just rely on what Om feels. Sorry, if Om is presumptuous. Actually after you and Adelia came to us and conveyed the good intentions of the two of you, Om immediately felt interested in your personality. You feel that you are a responsible man. After that, Om investigates your background. It turns out Om's guess, right. You are indeed a responsible man and a man who appreciates his name as a woman. Om really wants Adelia to marry a responsible man like you. Om does not want him to fall on the wrong man, Nak," said Adijaya at length without pause.
"But, Om ... Om knows for himself that Adelia doesn't love me at all, neither do I. How can we get married without love?" Bima, trying to ask Adijaya to rethink her despair.
Adijaya did not answer. The middle-aged man, sighed and stood up from where he was sitting. Then stand back to Bima.
"I know that. If I say, you can learn to love after marriage, that reason has often been heard and the reason you might think is stale and too cliche. But, again I have to say the same reason," Adijaya stopped for a moment and still stood back to Bima.
"I have only one daughter, and she has been disappointed many times with love. As a father, I'm just worried about my own daughter, not to blame? I don't want to later, her heart still keeps thinking about Pandu, and forgets to seek her own happiness. I feel like my age is getting older. And the only thing I was afraid of, I left before seeing my daughter in the hands of the right person, who could replace me to protect her. I know, she's still an older brother, but she can't always be with Adelia. He has a wife and children to look after and protect. Somehow I felt that you were the right person to replace me to guard and protect Adelia," continued Adijaya, wiping the clear liquid that turned out presumptuously, out of her eyes.
Bima was stunned to hear Adijaya's speech. He did not think that the famous wise and tough man, showing a fragile side in front of him.
After taking a deep breath and exhaling it back into the air, Adijaya turned around and looked towards Bima.
"You don't have to answer it now, you can consider it first. But, one thing, Om does not want to force you, you can make the best decision you think. Let's go first!" Adijaya patted Bima gently on the shoulder, then left, leaving Bima still in place.
After being silent and thinking about the words, her father Adelia, Bima stood up from where she was sitting and stepped her feet, towards the venue. By the time she arrived, her eyes caught the dreamy figure of Adelia staring at Pandu and Tiara.
"Maybe I have to fulfill Om Adi's request. She was also not bad to be made a wife, "inner Bima who then decided to approach Adelia.
Tbc