Trapped in Taste
Chapter 18 - Answers to anxiety

"Tell me son!" Khaliza held Ryan's hand gently.

"If you don't agree, there's still time not to!" said Ryan.

"What's that?"

"Ryan is getting married to Mah!"

"God, is it true, Son!"

Reflek Khaliza rose from her seat immediately made a prostration of gratitude and then smiled back to hug her son. The news is very happy Khaliza, but it makes Ryan more confused and anxious, the man looks increasingly tense.

"Finally one by one Mama's prayer was granted, Mama would like you to get married at the age of 25 even though you always say you want to get married at the age of 35 like your Papa, honestly Mama is quite afraid of your words that means your chances of adultery and not having offspring will continue to be open."

"But Mah!"

"On one condition you should introduce her to Mama before you get married!" pinta Khaliza's.

Ryan rubbed his face even more confused to explain to his mother.

"Mom, listen to Ryan's explanation first, this is not the usual marriage in general, or a true love marriage like Mama and Papa used to be!" said Ryan.

"meaning?"

"Ryan promised, wouldn't do it if Mama didn't agree?" revealed the young man with a tone of emphasis, Khaliza instantly fell silent.

"Well, this woman is Frans' ex-lover, her name is Adinda Aira. They fornicate and the woman is pregnant, their love affair besides being forbidden is also veiled, nobody knows.

Mama knows if Frans already has a future wife from his parents, Nia Devira daughter om Aditama Lukman, their mining company has also collaborated with Woong. Now that Adinda is pregnant, Frans is getting married.

Frans is afraid that his disgrace will be discovered and become an obstacle to his marriage to Nia. Well, here Ryan becomes a victim, a victim to cover up Frans's disgrace, Frans promised to revive the GMC company if Ryan was willing to marry Adinda and admitted that her pregnancy was the result of making Ryan or called a one-year contract marriage.

Frans has made a major allocation of funds for the GMC resurgence, his files are being arranged by the X-Tren finance team as well as lawyers, notaries, police. Once Ryan is officially married to Adinda, he will have to hand over the file!" Ryan did not dare look at his mother.

Khaliza was silent, listening to every utterance of her son. The mood was quiet.

"I don't know Mah, what other trials of life I'm going to face, it's so hard, honestly I don't want to marry that woman, I don't like her, I hate everything about her, I hate everything about her, she's far from the criteria of the wife I dreamed of, half of which is none too!" answer Ryan.

Khaliza tightly embraced her son's shoulder.

"Did you agree to it?"

Ryan nodded.

"If you've agreed to it, Mama will follow your decision!"

"Mama, are you sure?" ryan raised his head to look at her.

"Ryan, not everything you think is bad at first, the end result will be bad, we won't know what's going on for even a second.

For example, it never occurred to Mama tonight that you came home to hold Mama while giving up this diamond box, at all Mama never thought about it, but God has power, God has power, Mama is also desperate for the hope of Mama who wants you to get married at the age of 25 years, this is a great desire Mama did not convey to You, but God again has power. Even though your marriage is this kind of thing, the point is that you're married to a real woman, not some strange creature or other."

"But Mah!"

That night Ryan was shocked, he did not expect if his mother's response looked relaxed even happy to hear the news of his marriage with Adinda.

"Is this not the fault of Mah, covering up the disgrace of man?" ask Ryan.

"There's nothing wrong while your intentions are right!"

"But Ryan couldn't get to him, Ryan didn't like it, How would Lim respond if he found out, how much Ryan thought about it and was afraid to go through it all."

"Nobody knows the story of our lives for a second, resigned, leave it all to God, because he is the owner of the heart and the story of this life!"

Ryan looked at his mother.

"Didn't you really want to revive the GMC company, God has granted, while Mama wants you to get married at the age of 25, God also granted, all your prayers have been answered. Why should you marry a pregnant woman as a result of her adulterous relationship, perhaps Mama thinks, your repentance is not straight and complete, so God gives you another test, so that your repentance is more straight to Him.

Mama understands, leaving bad things is not as easy as turning the palm of the hand, it still needs a process, because you are too young, still unstable in contrast to your Papa whose level of thinking is much more mature and stable."

Ryan fell silent and listened to every word he said from his mother.

"More introspection Ryan! Verily, Allah loves his repentant servant, for it is a hard struggle for a man to return to his Lord, not easy."

Ryan immediately dropped himself on Khaliza's lap.

"Thank you Mah, Ryan can't do anything without Mom!"

Khaliza stroked her son's hair very gently and affectionately. As Khaliza always stroked Ryan's hair from infancy to adolescence even to this day he remains consistent to do that simple thing, he said, both lips continue to recite the prayers and letters of the Qur'an so that the son is always protected, becomes a righteous child, and remains on the straight path.

"Don't be afraid, son! Arungi this life with your prostration, then you will be able to face the harshness of the storm in the deepest ocean though!" whispered softly Khaliza and looked Ryan nodded.

The heartfelt touch puts Ryan to sleep, a touch of a mother figure that makes Ryan have to go back to his mother, still choose his mother, even though his life with the Woong family is much happier.

***

That night Adinda began to clean up her clothes, she intended after resigning from the X-Tren, she had to get out of the luxury rented house Frans gave.

While unpacking the contents of the closet, Adinda found the rest of the album photos of Frans with her. The woman looked at Frans' handsome smile, their laughter, and their jokes. In a deep cry, Adinda went to the kitchen and burned one by one the photo, a sign that she no longer wanted to remember the playboy.

Love is sick enough to make him sick.

After burning down the photos of her togetherness with Frans, Adinda soon opened her phone to find out about the identity of Ryan who will be her future husband, who will be her husband, Adinda remembered by saying Nabila that Ryan had appeared in Singapore. There is a fear of Adinda whether Ryan is more terrible than Frans.

Adinda did not find the identity of Ryan, a closed identity and can not be traced by users of public accounts, Adinda continued to search until finally he opened an Instagram named Ryan Alaska. Adinda hesitated to open it but she was curious and could not wait to see a collection of photos of Ryan.

But what happened?? How surprised Adinda when the contents of the photo album there only contain Meme a smiling frog.

"Lt!" angry Adinda put her phone on the table, she is quite tired of looking for Ryan's identity in the Maya world.

***

At the same location, Frans was seen making hot flings with Nia Devira, although not yet legally a husband and wife but the relationship is quite free. Nia's sexy body and flirtatious behavior (Nyosor abis) tempt Frans to that night, Frans becomes Nia's entire possession.