
"When we can't trust others completely."
"I have no reason not to believe in Elana. I know how he is. We've been friends since childhood."
"His own family can be deceiving, let alone an outsider!"
Dika looked at Aris full of probing. "Why do I feel like you purposely spoke like this to defend him?"
Aris exhaled a rough breath. It seems very difficult to face the stubbornness of Dika.
"I'm not defending Rani. I just don't want you to make the wrong decision."
“Don't mention his name, Ris! You know now I'm sitting in a wheelchair and can't do anything just because of him!”
“So you regret having sacrificed this much for him?” asked Aris defiantly. “Try thinking if the situation is reversed. For example, you cannot save Rani and she ends up being the one who is wretched. Aren't you going to regret it?”
A question that managed to make Dika mute. Aris then moved forward and patted his shoulder.
“Already, don't think about it anymore! You can be stressed and it can affect your health.” Aris tried to quell the man's anger. “Better now just focus to undergo physiotherapy. I'm sure you can walk normally back like you used to.”
Out there, Rani felt a great vibration that suddenly bent her entire body until it felt stiff. His brain tried to dissect every word that Dika and Aris spoke, and form a conclusion in his mind.
“When is Daniel?”
Either Rani must be happy or sad, not knowing to hate or welcome happily. One thing Rani knew, the man inside now looked full of anger.
What has he sacrificed for me?
Rani leaned her back behind the pillar. The clear crystal that had been stuck in his eyeball melted on his cheek.
"I don't care about her," that flat answer made Aris shake her head in frustration.
"However, she's still your wife."
"Only setting!" Dika's words made Aris sigh in frustration.
"Then let me call."
The voice of Aris that is still heard from where Rani stands now makes her daydream. He looked behind the curtains. It looks like Dika has started to calm down. While Aris took out the phone from her jacket pocket.
Rani quickly wiped her tears. It could be bad if Aris or Dika found it there. Maybe Dika will curse him.
Not wanting that to happen, Rani immediately went to the door very carefully so as not to be discovered.
...........
Rani sits in a long chair facing the beach. Looking at the waves chasing each other. A breeze blew his long, ragged hair.
His gaze was empty, there was only a clear liquid inundating his eyeballs. His hands were raised occasionally to wipe away tears.
Will his heart be strong enough after all the bad things he's been through?
Failing to get married, and then abandoned by her mother for good, an indecent video drags her to the brink of collapse, and now he must be faced with the fact that the man he has married is none other than the prince of his dreams, who unfortunately is now ambitious to destroy him.
“But why does he hate me? Isn't he the one who sent someone and told you to just cancel the wedding? I should have been the one who was angry.”
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