The Estuary of Desire Baruna
Eps. #84 Willing to Accept
Diaz smilingly looked at Ardila's doubtful face. Slowly he grabbed the two hands of the girl before him and held them tightly.
"Dila, I know what you're thinking. You must be afraid when there are unpleasant responses about our relationship, right?" Gently, Diaz lifted all the flickering fingers and kissed the back of Ardila's hand affectionately.
"I love you, Dila. I don't care what people out there say. Because this relationship is about us, not them" Diaz said, smiling sweetly, trying to allay Ardila's doubts.
"Now say that you love me too" concluded Diaz, hoping that Ardila would accept all of her expressions.
Ardila froze and lowered her face. Diaz's sweet treatment makes her misbehave, she doesn't know how to respond to everything Diaz tells her. However, the rumble within his chest was as if cheering, exclaiming and telling him to answer according to his heart.
"I love you too, Diaz." The honest words were written from his lips.
"Thank you, Dila. I'm so glad you can trust me again. And I promise you, I'll never waste your trust." A happy smile spread across Diaz's face.
"But, how are we going to say all this to Papa Arkha and Mama Pearl? Will they agree with our relationship?" Ardila again showed doubt on her face.
"Om Arkha and Aunt Pearl are not people who have a narrow mind. I'm pretty sure, they'll definitely happily accept our relationship."
Ardila nodded her head. Like everything Diaz said, he convinced her of his heart. He knew that the two people who were considered his parents during this time, were indeed very open-minded people. Of course Arkha and Pearl, will not prevent him to determine anything, especially in terms of choosing his future life companion.
"If you agree, even tonight I can talk about all this with them, Dila. I'll tell you that I'm very serious about living with you." Diaz reconnected her sentence and Ardila replied with a smile without saying anything else.
"Not now, Diaz. I want to surprise everyone at home. We better wait for the right moment, after Baruna and Flo are back from their honeymoon," Ardila declined for an interesting reason.
Now it was Diaz's turn to respond by simply nodding her head.
Both are smiling. Soon, Diaz and Ardila leave the restaurant to return home.
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The next morning at the Waradana House.
Time has shown at seven in the morning. However, Ardila was still busy changing clothes in her room.
"Ouch.the color of this shirt is too tacky. Not suitable for work." Ardila grumbling. There were a lot of clothes that he took out of his closet. However, none of them felt fit for her to wear that day.
That day was the first day Diaz would start managing Rivaldy's Company and as Arkha had requested before, it was Ardila who would help him.
That morning, Diaz plans to take Ardila with him to start arranging their new office. Therefore, Ardila wanted to look beautiful in front of the man of his heart, on his first day of work.
"Aaah, this one is also not good, it seems very relaxed." Ardila snorted, he felt that he was still not fit to wear the umpteenth clothes he tried.
Ardila re-opened her closet and chose some clothes and skirts for her to try to match again. However, everything was still not in accordance with his wishes.
Ardila smiled as she found a black mini dress patterned with white polka-dot, tucked between some of her old clothes.
Ardila rushed to replace the clothes she had previously worn with the dress. "This shirt is still good. I'll just wear this one," he muttered with a big smile.
Ardila continued to look at her reflection in front of the mirror. Suddenly, the smile on his lips turned sullen. "The press is too open, it's suitable for a walk not for work," his mouth was still not satisfied with his appearance that morning.
Geck... Geck... Geck...
"Dila... Are you ready, honey? Diaz has arrived. Come on down, we'll have breakfast together!"
The knock of the door sounded along with the sound of a Pearl, calling out to him.
"Diaz is here?!" Ardila. "Why did he come so early?" sad to say, because it felt that time was still too early.
"Yes! Wait, Ma! I change clothes first" said Ardila returned the call Pearl, while tidying the clothes that were still scattered on her bed.
"Tumben clock like this you're still changing clothes, honey?!" Pearls are curious because Ardila does not usually dress up for so long. He opened the door and went into his daughter's room.
Pearl's eyes widened to see Ardila's room was very messy and her clothes were also seen scattered on her bed and dresser.
Pearls shaking. "Hey...What's going on here, Dila?" hernia.
"I'm picky clothes, Ma. Today was my first day at Rivaldy's Company. I'm confused which dress to wear." Ardila blushed, but kept telling her mother honestly.
Pearl smiled as she approached the girl. "This shirt is great. You are very suitable to wear it. Because you are very beautiful, whatever clothes you wear, everything looks attractive," said Pearl, while tidying up the dress worn by Ardila at that time.
"But isn't it too open, Ma?" Ardila shook her head and looked back at her reflection in the mirror.
The pearl only smiled faintly and rushed to open Ardila's wardrobe. The pearl then took a cardigan there and handed it to Ardila. "Use this as an outer, dear! With this cardigan, your appearance will look more formal," he suggested.
"I tried, Ma." Ardila hurriedly grabbed the cardigan from Pearl's hand and put it on. Ardila smiled widely, the cardigan that has the same color with the dress it looks harmonious when worn.
"I finally found the right dress! Thank you very much, Ma. Mama is always right to choose an outfit for me," said Ardila happily, while praising Pearl.
"Yes, let's quickly finish the dressing! Papa's waiting for us at the dinner table, "peari asked. He rushed out of his daughter's room and left Ardila towards the dining room.
"Good, Ma!" sahut Ardila, immediately put on a pair of shoes and followed Pearl to the dining room where Arkha and Diaz were waiting for him there.
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