
Of course Rafael did not agree with the allegations from the lawyer and his best friend. Especially after seeing for yourself about Alesha in the hospital last night.
"Don't try to instigate me with those negative thoughts of yours. It is precisely I who should know myself because it is more troublesome Alesha." Rafael now rests his chin on his hands, recalling what he saw last night.
"What's troubling? Her job is to pretend to be your wife, but she'll ride a life on you." Rudy now narrowed his eyes, completely astonished by Rafael's thought path.
"It looks like you've seen too many dramas on TV." Rafael retorts him lazily.
"Hey, Mr. Rafael. Have you really forgotten who I am? I'm a lawyer. My case has not failed. I've had experience seeing all sorts of stories."
"I think you're too inexperienced to know anything about the world." Rudy now landed his body on the sofa located in front of Rafael's desk
The man raised his foot on his lap, his head resting on the back of the sofa.
"Stop your bullshit! I'm not a child anymore to worry about and most importantly, I don't think Alesha is the person you think she is."
Rafael averted his gaze, feeling it was futile to argue with this one man. His words were always filled with absurd preconceptions.
Rudy shook his head. "Rafael, are you serious? Only known that woman for two days, have you believed her? Is your brain affected by it?"
"Don't be so knowy. You don't know how he is now. It's getting complicated." Rafael is now again holding his pulsating temple.
"Well, I'm asking now. What happened to make your morning mess like this?" Rudy now moved his body. He has been asking questions since, but the answer is only his guesses.
"My mom told me to get married in a hurry."
Rudy rounded his mouth in disbelief. So this is the problem? "Then what's the problem? You've signed the marriage contract, Alesha has agreed, you just have to go through with it, right? What else is the problem?"
Raphael exhaled heavily.
"The problem …."
Rafael recalls knowing Alesha's secret in the hospital last night. This was his main problem, but the man chose to go back to silence his mouth. Realizing that it is a secret.
Rafael eventually fell silent, not continuing his words.
Rudy who saw her was getting irritated. "Rafael, why are you so weird?"
The man was furious instead of playing to see the plenary attitude of this friend. In fact, obviously yesterday he had just asked her to make a contract marriage agreement for him, but now, when her mother told her to get married quickly, it was frustrating on its own.
Rudy was convinced that the problem was not with the immediate circumstances, but with Rafael himself.
"Why? Are you thinking about your ex-wife again?" Rudy asked suspiciously. The man knew the answer.
This time, Rafael exhaled a rough breath. "Why does everyone say that today."
But he cannot deny. Rafael is still thinking about his ex-wife. She was not ready to marry again because of him.
But the thing is, Alesha is now more urgent than the reason.
***
Continuing to be unsettled by his mother's insistence, Rafael now thinks of questioning Alesha himself. He went back and forth to check all his contacts, looking for Alesha's name. When he found the contact, the man without hesitation pressed the call button and waited for an answer from across.
"Hello." The answer is heard from across. Hearing from her voice, it seemed that Alesha's emotions were no longer as bad as last night.
Alesha laughed a little. "Wah .. I'm amazed that you want to hear my opinion."
That woman sounded normal as ever. Sounds light, but sarcastic. Sounds crisp, but sharp. A cynical sweet joke, as if it was already attached to him.
Rafael thought for a moment, it flashed through his brain to tell Alesha that he knew of her mother's condition, but heard Alesha's voice that seemed to be in good emotion right now.
He broke his intention. The man was unable to imagine how angry Alesha would be if he knew he was secretly following her and his intention to discuss with a cold head would end up in vain later.
Rafael eventually decides to pretend not to know.
"Please answer me seriously this time."
Rafael interrupted the crunchy twitch that flashed across. "If I ask you again about your decision this time, what would you like to do? I'm asking you to answer the truth." Rafael said with serious intonation.
"Why are you questioning my decision instead of convincing your own? That was your wedding. That's your problem. Why should I think of such a heavy thing?"
"Mr Rafael, I've been dizzy thinking about the collection of bags, let alone the ones I have to buy at home. Please understand." Alesha replied crisply.
Rafael breathed. "You can joke, yeah."
However, that answer sounded so pitiful in Rafael's ears. He did not think, how this woman easily joked about his own life. Alesha's puzzling reply impliedly voiced her confusion as well. The woman also had no definite answer.
"Then, what is your own decision?" The woman asked him back.
"I don't know." That simple answer just came out of the master's mouth.
Then it sounded chatter after Rafael voiced the skeptical answer.
"Are you really unable to be firm and always full of doubts like this? God, I'm lucky I'm your partner. I warned you this once. Make a clear decision so I don't have to worry about panicking anymore." Alesha now spoke firmly.
If I may say so, Alesha is really upset with Rafael.
First because the man framed her in that ridiculous agreement. Then, trouble him with an impromptu plan. Then, Alesha even had to be infuriated by the uncertain nature of it.
However, Alesha knew enough to help the man.
For now, though, he is experiencing his own difficulties. Whether everything would end up like what, Alesha could only hope for a speck of luck to side with her.
"Have you been busy lately?" Rafael asked pleasantries.
"I'm always busy." Alesha answered without hesitation. "I'm so busy because the whole world is looking for me. If you still want to avoid that marriage, it's not a problem for me either."
Rafael smiled slightly. Maybe this is the answer he wants to hear. He wanted to hear that someone was on his side. He wanted to hear that there was a purpose with him.
At least, he felt a little more relieved.
"However, the main problem is stopping it, right?"
The question sentence from across managed to make Rafael tremble. Right enough. That is a big question that Rafael should be responsible for and accountable for.
To be continued...