Doctor Alby Pujaan Hati
Bickering

Devi lowered her head deeply not daring to turn her head towards Ishwari or Alby. Seeing Ishwari's puffy eyes made Devi feel guilty for making Ishwari worry.

In contrast to Ishwari and Alby, Abhimanyu gives off his calm demeanor but Devi can feel an aura of anger radiating towards him.

Devi admitted she was wrong so it was only natural that everyone wanted to scold her. But now Devi is reluctant to issue a single word because he is not likely to say if he went to the city to ask for Gara's explanation and met with Raden.

"Asep was fired," said Alby who made Devi straight up his head looking at Alby.

"Om Alby don't fire Asep! Asep is not wrong!"

"How do we know Asep was wrong or not if you were so silent, just reluctant to make a sound" Alby replied, leaving Devi speechless.

"Sep, I won't fire you if you're telling me the truth. Where the hell have you been?" alby asked Asep.

Asep was silent. His eyes looked fearfully at Devi because he had promised not to say anything to Alby.

"Non how is this?" whisper Asep to Devi.

"Silent Sep. Don't say anything" replied Devi.

Alby crossed his chest looking at the two in turn.

"No one wants to talk? Well from now on Asep doesn't work here anymore" Alby said as he watched the two just keep quiet.

"Den don't fire me" Asep told Alby.

"I asked Asep to drive me to the city" Devi said in the end.

"The town? What do you need to go there?" tanya Alby walked over towards Devi.

Devi silent. What could have made Alby believe?

"I asked, why are you going into town?" alby was impatient.

"Just meet Arin and Gara" Devi replied which of course she would not say if she also met Raden. It could be Alby's big temper if he found out.

"Certainly Sep?" alby asked Asep with a straight look at Devi.

"Be.really den," Asep replied stammered.

"I'll call Arin and Gara to ask what the truth is like," said Alby who made Devi immediately offended.

"Om I was actually telling the truth and that was also confirmed by Asep. Why would Alby still want to contact Arin and Gara?"

"That's because I don't trust you. You could have deliberately conspired with Asep to hide the real facts and worked together to make up the story" Alby said.

Devi looked at Alby with a look of disbelief. How could Alby say that to her?

"All right, I'll tell you the truth! First I didn't lie about me going to town to see Arin and Gara. I was right to meet them, if Alby doesn't believe please contact them, I won't ban Alby anymore. Second in addition to meeting Arin and Gara I also met with brother Raden," explained Devi staring at Alby angrily.

"Raden?! Why did you meet him?!! Didn't you know Raden had bad intentions for you?!! You want to kill yourself?!!!" alby's wrath as soon as he hears Devi meeting Raden.

"Alby!!!" abhimanyu snapped as soon as Alby had spoken too late. "What are you talking about?!! Already, you go to your room there!"

"A suicide? Why I killed myself, I'm not a PTSD sufferer who has suicidal urges at times," said Devi who makes Ishwari and Abhimanyu surprised not least Alby himself who is confused why Devi even revealed his own secret.

"Dev what are you talking about?" reprimand Ishwari while gently hitting Devi's arm.

"True aunt, I don't suffer from PTSD. Auntie knows why Alby doesn't trust me now? It's because I lied that I had PTSD. Om Alby said he knew the truth from Gara, that's why I asked Asep to drive me to the city to see Gara. I went to Gara because I wanted to ask him directly why he revealed my secret to Alby but it turns out that Gara did not expose it to Alby. Om Alby was just fishing for the truth from me using Gara. I-"

"Enough!!!" snapped Alby asked Devi to stop.

This is not what Alby meant. Alby only feels angry once Devi says she went to town to meet Raden. Does Devi still not understand how dangerous Raden is? Does Devi also not know how to worry about her once she finds Devi is not home? The worry that strangled Alby's neck was what made him this angry at Devi. And Alby's PTSD doesn't support his confession at all in front of his parents. What if they turn out to hate Devi? Alby didn't want that to happen.

"Why om? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to know who I am? I'm a liar! A man like me would talk until his mouth froths, no one would believe me. Then I just call Arin and ask him if I'm going to town to see him." Devi immediately reached into his phone and contacted Arin, but not until Devi's call was connected, Alby had already seized Devi's phone.

"Give me my phone!!! Isn't this what Alby wants?!"

Devi's chest rumbled in anger. Both of his eyes were watery and his face was red. Alby's baseless accusations against him really enraged him. Why would he go to Raden to kill himself? Didn't Alby say it would be better if Devi was back with Raden than with him?

"Didn't om Alby tell me myself if I better go back to brother Raden?! Then what's wrong with me going to meet him? I know that Alby was worried about me, afraid that Raden would do me harm, but Raden's brother has changed. Raden's brother won't hurt me!"

"Dev," scolded Ishwari trying to calm Devi who was now covered in tears but his sharp eyes on Alby did not soften in the slightest.

"Om Alby is always mad at me if I don't obey Alby, right? Then why do I obey Alby, Alby is angry with me?!! What does Alby want?!!"

Seeing Alby and Devi who were still in a dispute made Abhimanyu immediately intervene. He asks his wife to immediately take Devi away from Alby.

Ishwari immediately embraces Devi's shoulder and invites her to go to her room leaving Alby and Abhimanyu in the living room. Asep who understood the atmosphere immediately resigned himself before he got into even worse trouble.

"But Alby can't fire Asep!!!" devi shouted holding Ishwari who wanted to take her away.

After that without a fight, Devi left.

"Why are you? Why is that angry with Devi? And what are your words?!" admonish Abhimanyu once Devi is gone.

Alby silently flinched listening to Abhimanyu's reprimand.

"Sit here" said Abhimanyu.

Alby rubbed his face rough and obeyed his father's request.

"You've always warned me not to speak rudely or talk about death to Devi, so why do you even talk about suicide to Devi?"

"Dad didn't hear Devi'd confess if she didn't have PTSD? He's already admitted to lying, yeah" defended Alby.

"Then?"

"Huh?"

"Now I'm asking you. Do you know who Devi suffers from PTSD from? Did Devi tell you directly?" ask Abhimanyu.

Alby was silent for a moment. Devi never told her she had PTSD and that made Alby shake his head in response.

"You're assuming Devi has PTSD after consulting Raka right?"

Alby nodded his head.

"Then it's your own fault not Devi's. You think Devi has PTSD without even doing further tests to confirm it."

"But Devi admitted that she was pretending to have PTSD."

"Then do you believe? You're a doctor and I can't believe a doctor like you can't tell who a real PTSD sufferer is and who's lying."

"What do you mean, dad?" alby was confused.

"Devi is a PTSD sufferer" Abhimanyu said, to Alby's surprise.

"What?"

"You remember the day that Devi and Dad went to the police station to testify?" ask Abhimanyu who is possessed by Alby.

Alby remembered. How not, that day also his father was angry with him because of the deal.

"Devi was scared to death once someone accidentally bumped into him even dad had to ask one of the police officers to accompany him while dad saved Ganendra. Besides isn't it in every Devi nightmare that you always accompany her? When you didn't realize it?"

Alby's speechless. What his father said was right. Alby remembers how scared Devi was once he woke up from his nightmares and of course Alby saw no lies in them. But there was something stuck in his heart.

"But why would Devi bother to say that she pretends to have PTSD when she is suffering from PTSD?" alby asked subconsciously while Devi had told him the real reason.

"Of course it's because Devi's a layman unlike us. He doesn't know if he's suffering from PTSD and again, the only thing he thinks about is getting you. Devi was afraid that you would not care about her anymore once you dated Laudya. Devi must have searched the internet for all the possibilities of what can happen after experiencing an attack and one of them is PTSD. And the possible option for him to do is to pretend that he has PTSD, because that way he can get your full attention" Abhimanyu explained, to Alby's surprise.

"Dad you know Devi likes me?" alby asked looking at his father with a surprised look.

"Yesterday I overheard your quarrel with Devi and I also heard that you'd rather have Devi back with Raden."

Alby breathed slowly.

"You speak like that to Devi but you are also angry as soon as Devi obeys your words" Abhimanyu said.

"Alby did it because he wanted Devi to stop liking Alby. I know Alby has to marry Laudya no matter what. Before Devi gets hurt any further wouldn't it be better for Alby to stop here?"

Abhimanyu sighed softly while looking at the son while smiling.

"Honestly, I also like you better with Devi, but I must be forced to support your relationship with Laudya so that Laudya really feels accepted and does not report bad things to her father that result in the hospital owned by father. Even in front of your own mother I also kept pretending to support Laudya and not to approve Devi."

"I'm sorry, yeah" regretted Alby.

"What would you forgive? It's all been happening. We're thinking of a way to end this deal without involving my father's hospital. But before that make sure you feel."

"I mean dad?"

"You care and worry about Devi not because she looks like Icha, right? And you're protecting her not as a form of compensation to Icha, are you?"

The deg!

Alby was speechless and could not say anything to deny his father.

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