I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU
98. The pent-up anger
"What would you say if I said marry my son Bram?" ask Evrad.
"UHUUKKK,,,!!!!!"
Ariel failed to swallow the drink she had just gulped, nearly spitting out her mouth and ended up choking.
"A-A-What,,,????" ariel asked widened her eyes while covering her mouth with a handkerchief.
"Why are you so surprised, Ariel? Didn't you love her? Just like she loves you?"
"You never come home again because of my attitude, do you? I'll apologize for that" Evrad smiled.
"And now you are here, far from your beloved. Don't you miss him?" tanyakanya.
'I only wanted to hit him once. He said this kind of nonsense as if I would be touched once he finished saying it. After all his treatment, he said silly things with the face of such a rhinoceros, ' he said in his heart.
"Whatever you want for the wedding I'll fulfill it, and you won't have to think about anything related to the wedding. Because considering you don't have parents" Evrad said.
'So Bram was here without his knowledge? That means Jessi didn't tell him that Bram was here either, what did she mean?' inner Ariel
Ariel clenched her hands, hearing the man's words in front of her really ignited the emotions inside her that she had long been quieting.
The emotions in the man in front of her, the emotions in the parents who had thrown her away, the emotions in the betrayal of her own best friend, although to this second in her heart, Ariel still did not believe in the betrayal.
Still, his sense of sadness was not a lie. And now the two people in front of him seemed to give him an affirmation that what he felt was real.
"What's your answer, Ariel? Isn't that what you wanted after being in a relationship with my son?" ask Evrad.
"Sister,,,,!!!"
Before Ariel could open her voice to the tablewab, the sound from the door first interrupted her.
"Sister, I'm sorry, I'm interrupting, but there's something important, and you have to see it for yourself" Ken spoke with a gasp.
"Truly disrespectful," hardened Evrad with his heavy voice then directed his gaze at Ken with a sharp look.
"I'm-I'm sorry," said Ken.
"Did your parents not teach you ethics, young man? How dare you interrupt the talk of someone older than you here" said Evrad.
"M-M-I'm sorry, s-I'm panicking," replied Ken lowering his head.
"Sorry Mr. Evrad, it seems that my break time has ended, and please forgive him. His attitude is not because he was educated well or not, it's just that it's time for me to go back to work" Ariel sidelines calmly.
"I didn't even get any education from my parents, and you know that. So, you don't have to blame his parents" he added.
"That means he's your friend?" ask Evrad. "Why call you brother?" coined.
"I don't mind how he calls me, and how he behaves to me. As long as I feel comfortable with it," Ariel replied without answering fully.
"I know clearly you don't have a sister" Evrad said. "So I'm sure she's not your sister" he added.
"I'm just a person under Ariel's guidance in playing music" replied Ken politely representing Ariel to reply.
"Practicing music?" reset Evrad.
"You mean, you're a music teacher?" evrad asked raising his voice in an unwilling tone.
"You'd rather train at a top music academy than train at a small studio like this,"
"What do you think you want to train in a place like this, when your name can get bigger just by playing the piano in a famous musical?" evrad thought.
'I'm sick of talking about things like this, and now I know why this old man is being so nice to me. He just wants to make me a stepping stone to make his name, ' Ariel's inner self.
'Has it been all this time, something like this that Bram has always faced? How much pressure did he feel all this time? How can he survive?' inner Ariel.
Ariel got up from her seat, her heart balking at what Evrad said to her. All the struggle he did was himself to feel it. How much he fell into the hole and got up with his own feet only he knew.
Directing his gaze at Evrad who was still looking at him haughtily, Ariel smiled.
"It's a pity Mr. Evrad, I will only do what makes my heart comfortable, and I'm sorry to say I disagree with you" Ariel said calmly.
"I don't want popularity, even thinking about dreaming about it doesn't" he added.
"really? Are you right to say such a thing? Or is it just a pretext?" granddaughter Evrad.
Evrad's smile turned cold, his gaze becoming sharper. Even so, Ariel remained standing straight beside Ken as if protecting him.
"Is this boy your escape? Is he richer than me?" evrad smiled cynically.
Ken growled in annoyance as he clenched his hands before speaking up, unable to accept with all the urgency Evrad had said to Ariel..
The enraged calliamat of Ken is cut off when Ariel grabs Ken's hand to stop him.
"Take your tone, Ken!" said Arie slowly.
"Woww, I'm impressed. You're so tame with this young lady, "welcome Evrad scoffed with a discordant laugh.
"Sister,,,"
"Sister,,,"
From the back entrance came two different voices calling out to Ariel. It made Evrad distract him.
"Truly, it seems that you are surrounded by people who have no ethics, it is only fitting that now you even dare to reply to my words," furious Evrad looked towards the person who had just arrived.
Gina and Oliver approach Ariel in the same manner as Ken came.
"Sir, something is ruining the Cello, Violin and Contrabas that are in our training room" Oliver said in a panic.
"In the training room coach Gerry also happened the same thing. So they're accusing each other of who did it" Gina's dream was no less frantic.
"We asked Ken to call brother, because they listened more to Ariel than coach Gerry. But Ken didn't come back soon, so we caught up while coach Gerry tried to calm them down" Gina explained.
"I'll be right up. Go back first and tell Gerry not to let anyone touch his instrument" Ariel said.
"Well," replied Gina and Oliver.
They hurried away after bowing in apology to Evrad and Jesica.
"Include you, Ken. Go, I believe you can calm them down, Gina and Oliver will have a hard time calming them down" Ariel said.
"Okay" Ken replied obediently.
Ken bowed apologizing to Evrad and Jesica, then passed away. Ariel again set her eyes on Evrad who looked stunned for a moment, but again put on his flat face.
"I'll give you the answer, Mr. Evrad. With all my humility, I apologize, I declined your offer. About the reason, you can ask your son directly," said Ariel in a calm voice.
Ariel slightly bent her body, then smiled.
"Thank you for the offer you gave me. I'm sorry to resign, goodbye," said Ariel.
Ariel turned around and stepped away leaving Evrad who was still sitting in his place with Jesica.
"See you later, Ariel" said Evrad, smiling.
Ariel's steps stopped immediately, then turned around quickly and looked at Evrad who was smiling at him. A smile that he doesn't know what it means. Ariel ignores him and continues to move out of the place, leaving Evrad and Jesica behind.
"I want to get more and more" said Evrad smiling with satisfaction.
"I have to get it at any cost" he said again.
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#In the Hospital.
Joel is seen exiting the hospital and walking to his car. Pulling the steering lever, he began to run his car with one goal in mind. The studio.
After work, Joel checks the phone and gets a reply to a message from Ariel. But that made him unable to resist seeing Ariel directly.
[[Something happened, but I don't want you to know. Please don't call me or see me in the next few days.! @Ariel ]]
Joel re-opened his phone to confirm once again the message. But the number of times he checked, it was indeed a message from Ariel.
"It is better to ask directly what he means to say this" Joel murmured.
Upon arrival at the studio, Joel directed his feet to the room where Ariel usually trains, but when he opened the door, his eyes caught the figure of Bram sitting next to Ariel.
Joel was stunned for a while before closing the door again, undoing his intention to open the door wide.
Instead of seeing Ariel to ask what happened, Joel turned around and left. Letting his heart be filled with question marks without getting an answer.
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To be Continued