The Goodness of a Marriage
Chapter 24. Bereft

Hearing the sentence that had just been said by the mother, Alfan immediately got off the bed and stepped quickly out of the room. The woman who just a few days ago officially became his wife, he did not even ignore, and only he passed by just like that in the doorway of his bedroom. The goal is the Dad's office. No one could do anything further, other than the powerful man.

Without knocking on the door as usual, Aryan immediately pushed open the door of his father's study. Coinciding with that, Anggi, his sister-in-law was also discussing somehow about what in the room the most respected man in the house was.

"You've really lost your sanity because of that woman whose origins aren't clear!" Frustrated Pak Ganedra when he saw his son who directly barged in without permission.

"Pa, please don't separate me from Kia." Lirih Aryan pleaded.

"It's not us who want to separate you, but it's the woman who insists on separating from you." Ganedra was upset, especially seeing his son as if he lost half his life just because of a woman like Adzkia.

"lik! Kia couldn't have done that. We love each other, Pa. I love her so much, so does Kia." Aryan.

"Give it to her." Ganedra's orders to his son-in-law.

Anggi looked at the file he had just placed on the table, then grabbed the file back and handed it to Aryan.

"Open, that's a notice from the court. Today, Kia filed for divorce." Anggi said as he held out a brown envelope towards his sister-in-law.

Aryan was still silent. Staring alternately, the faces of his sister-in-law and also his father. They really don't understand how broken she is right now, because Kia went somewhere.

"liks. It had been more than a week I looked for him in a corner of Jakarta, however, I did not find his whereabouts at all. You guys must've arranged all this, right?" Aryan said with a trembling voice.

"Leave it, Anggi. Put the file back, and get out of this room." Pinta Ganedra on his son-in-law.

Anggi put the object back into place, and stepped out of his father-in-law's room.

"Son Anggi." Hold Aryan in the arm of her sister-in-law.

"Take him off!" Ganedra was so upset that an important file neatly arranged on his desk floated in his son's face. "So men don't have pride, make a family!" Her reading was upset however, Aryan was not affected at all. He was sure that his brother-in-law knew something, and he had to find out where his wife was.

"Sorry Aryan." Anggi let go of his sister-in-law's grasp, then immediately stepped out of the room.

Aryan could only stare at Anggi's departure without being able to do anything about it.

"Sign the file, and it'll all be done quickly. Start a new life with Rika." Ganedra's Order.

Aryan turned to look at the father. A gaze full of pleading, so that his father would not continue the plan that would make him lose half his soul.

"How could Papa do this to me. What's my fault, Pa? I've been trying to be a dutiful kid, though sometimes your requests hurt Kia." Aryan pleaded.

"Your fault is already marrying a woman who is not equal to us." Answer the middle-aged man indifferently. He even resumed his work without caring for his son who was begging to be able to meet the woman he loved.

"Sign that, and get out of this room. Come back to the office tomorrow, there's a lot of work to do. Don't ruin Papa's reputation with your problems." Ganedra said firmly.

"alright. But let me meet Kia. After that, I'll follow all your wishes." Aryan.

"Sign that, and get out of this room!" Ganedra threw the envelope with the logo of the religious court into his son's body.

Aryan stared at the brown paper with nanar, then left the room without doing what Papa had just told him to do.

Ganedra did not care about Aryan's attitude. Just glanced at his son's back at a glance, then resumed his work. Like it or not, his son's divorce will be granted by the court. There was nothing to worry about the divorce.

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Outside the room, Rika sat quietly on the sofa that was there. After Aryan came out of the room, she immediately stood up and stepped closer towards her husband, although his presence would definitely not be considered by the man.

"You're okay, right?" Her question grabbed Aryan's arm, however, directly on the edge by the man.

Regardless of Rika's whereabouts, Aryan further sped up the pace to return to her room.

"Aryan, I'm your wife." Rika said slowly. "Can you open your heart a little for me?" He said again, however, Aryan did not care at all about that pitiful sentence, and went straight up the stairs to his bedroom.

"What do you want to do with Kia's stuff?" Aryan asked annoyed when he saw his first wife's personal belongings had been put in a large cardboard box.

"This will be your room and Rika's, and these items will be stored where they should be." Answer Dian's Mother.

"Ma, don't be like this. Kia will definitely come take her stuff. During that time, please let her things remain here. I'll prepare another room for Rika." Pinta Aryan pleaded. Only this room could he use in memory of his wife, and he did not want Kia's imprint in this room to be replaced with another woman.

"Alright, but you have to promise not to sleep here alone. You should sleep in the room you're going to prepare for Rika." Firmly Dian's Mother.

Aryan was silent. Really, he didn't know anything was going to be like this. She thought she could convince Kia that her second marriage was a political one with no ties, and that she would remain the only woman to fill the space in her heart.

"If you don't want to, Mama's gonna take care of this." Dian's mother resumed her work.

"Yes, Ma. Fine, fine. Leave this room, I'll just take care of Kia's stuff and come back down." Aryan.

Dian's mother smiled, and immediately left her son's bedroom. No problem, the room on the top floor is not the only room that can be used. Even the room that Aryan and Kia occupied was a fairly small room.

"Don't wait a long time, Mama wait downstairs." Remembrance.

Aryan did not reply, however, Dian knew that her son would definitely come down and obey all his orders.