For A Husband Who Doesn't Love Me
41. Two Bridegroom

Arya looked dreamy on the balcony of her room. He looked frustrated because a cigarette was sandwiched between his middle and index fingers, but he never smoked. The look is so tangled. As soon as his phone rang, he seemed to be in no mood to pick it up.

Breaking the door of his room made him surprised while looking quickly at the door.

"Say you want to marry me, then why are you still here? Why don't you take the phone from me?"

The long rant from Kirana was not heard in his ears. He was only stunned to see the arrival of Kirana who he thought was just an illusion.

"Aryans... Aryans... Aryaa..." Kirana shook Arya's shoulder while shouting her name.

Arya jerks. "Ki-Kiran?"

"Why? You think I'm a ghost? Why are you looking at me like that?" Kirana sat in front of Arya, then snatched the cigarette in her hand. Kirana put out the cigarette fire inside the ashtray on the small table beside them.

"Why did you get to my house? Aren't you getting married tonight?" Arya asked in amazement.

"Then you don't want to see it?" Reply Kirana with ketus.

"What's? Watching marriage? I just rejected you, then how could I possibly be a guest for the wedding of the woman who rejected me? I have my pride..." Arya said reasoned.

"Then you will say it tonight..." Cetus Kirana surprised Arya.

"You mean?"

"Didn't you want to marry me? Come on, get ready..." Kirana orders with a challenging face.

Arya smiled wryly. "Wait away... I thought you were angry..."

"I don't worry... I've told my close brother, uncle is also my aunt... They're coming to our wedding tonight..." Kirana was so convincing.

"I haven't prepared anything yet..." Arya's protest is still in her disbelief.

"There is no need to prepare anything, the important thing is that you are ready to marry me..." Deny Kirana.

"I'm ready..." Arya answered quickly.

"But one is loaded for you..." Kirana looked at Arya full of probing.

"What's It?"

"Jawab honestly, what's the reason you're asking me to get married?" Kirana's question seemed to be expecting a good answer from Arya.

"If I say for Maira and Hidayat's sake, will you reconsider?" Arya looked at Kirana hesitantly.

"But why should it be for them?" Kirana's face turned sad.

"Lies if I say the love of the past is still great for you, Kiran... But honestly, after I found out how you fought all this time, guilt interfered with the comfort of my life..." Aryan.

Kirana looks clumsy, making Arya a dilemma.

"But you have to believe, that love will be strong after the wedding, if we start with good intentions..." Arya quickly connects to convince Kirana.

"I hope so too, because honestly my feelings at this time are still for Hidayat..." Kirana.

Arya. There was a strange feeling in his heart when he heard Kirana's confession. Could he be jealous?

"I think so, it's not wrong for you to propose to me because of Maira..." Kirana said again while leaning her body on the back of the chair.

"I was confused, why did Maira so badly want your marriage to her own husband?" Aryan.

"Because I'm too weird, so she doesn't want her husband to sin because of me... Just like my mother..." Kirana gave a heavy sigh, and so did Arya, she seemed sympathetic to Kirana's words that suddenly told her about her mother.

"Almarhumah my mother let father remarry with his mother Ayu because mother does not want father embarrassed. Almost every time Ayu's mother terrorizes our family, holding her responsible for her pregnancy. He confessed that he had impregnated her, but she had been pregnant with another man before, the man who called her at the time..."

Arya does not know what to do, but certainly she feels very guilty for never understanding Kirana all this time.

"You..."

"I just found out from my aunt... Hearing I was about to marry a married man, she became disappointed... My aunt said I'd be like my stepmother who had ruined another woman's happiness... Accused of being the owner of an antagonistic character only my heart is hot, especially if until someone calls me an actor..." Kirana looked filled with regret.

"Dear it... I'll be there soon... I need to tell my mom as well as the only family I have other than my mom... My mom was too busy. If he doesn't come, don't be disappointed... I haven't been close to her all this time either, so I've been happy to get to know Ms. Zainab and her mother Maira..." Arya said as she looked at Kirana with a very sincere face.

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Hidayat gulped his own saliva roughly. He was so nervous to see Kirana had come in a white dress sprinkled with full Sequin. His heart is beating fast. His hands felt cold. He clasped Maira's hand so tightly, as if hinting at her refusal.

Maira held back her tears so as not to fall in a happy night for Kirana. She returned the hand of Hidayat to strengthen her husband

"Finally the bride-to-be came too..." Said an invited guest.

"Thank you, Mai, you've helped me a lot..." Kirana came to Maira and hugged her.

Maira only smiled heavily, while the Hidayat family stared at Kirana so sharply.

"Oh, yes, meet my Aunt and Uncle, Mai..." Kirana said as she pointed at a woman and middle-aged man beside her.

Maira smiled and extended her hand. "I'm Maira, Auntie..."

"Can we start this marriage?" Ask the father of the pengulu to them. Suddenly everything became tense.

"Already, Sir..." Sahutan heard from the entrance of the mosque. Arya and her entourage have been standing there with a face full of joy.

"Mang Arya...?" Hidayat was dumbfounded looking at Arya who was walking towards him.

"Done it, Yat... Brother managed to get back the love of brother who was lost..." Said Arya while holding both shoulders Hidayat. "Thank you for telling Brother that night, so you dared to propose to Kirana..."

"Y-so?" Hidayat stared fixedly at Arya's face as if in disbelief.

"Sana, change your clothes... Brother doesn't want two brides tonight..." Tell Arya to push Hidayat's shoulder.

"What is Arya mean?" Maira's question seemed confused by the atmosphere between her husband and Arya.

"Kirana is Brother's fiancee, Mai... Just because of a misunderstanding, we kept our distance without any decision. But when Abang wants to return, it turns out Kirana opens wide opportunities for Brother..." Aryan explained it to Maira.

Maira was still confused, she turned her head slowly towards Kirana who was smiling at her.

Kirana nodded. "I may want to marry a man who doesn't love me, but I won't marry a man I don't love, Mai..."

"I mean Brother, Kiran...?" Maira's question was still in her incomprehension.

"Yes, right now our feelings may still be pausing, but who knows tomorrow we will fall in love again... Because it's not hard for me to fall in love with Arya Irawan..." Kirana replied while looking at Arya who was smiling and looking at her.

"Sister Kiran..." Maira seemed to be at a loss for words. Her tears melted, but for the first time she was able to smile happily again.

"Among the two options, I prefer to accept Arya who would commit to me, rather than me having to hurt the feelings of other women... I'm sorry I've been a prick in your household, Mai..." Kirana admitted her mistake. There was a drop of clear water flowing between his eyes.

Maira nodded, then hugged Kirana so tightly.

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