Forced Marriage Alea
PPA 22# Sister-in-law

"Wait," Sambar Sandra quickly ran over to Alea.

Alea who had already opened the doorknob, stopped her movements. "Yes, what's wrong?" Alea turned her head to face Sandra who was already standing behind her.

"You're Mas Ravka's wife?" Again Sandra immediately raised the question without bothering to mince words.

"Yes, I'm Mas Ravka's wife," For some reason this time Alea could confidently admit her status to this sister-in-law. After all, his sister-in-law will soon know his new status, so he felt no need to cover it up.

"You're so young, at least as different as I am. Did you graduate school anyway?"

"Don't be so polite, Dek. After all, the person you are dealing with is Mas Ravka's wife. Show a little respect" Hardik Tiara.

"Well Brother Ara see himself, when Mas Ravka married a rich man he did? No pantes really with Mas Ravka," Sandra clucked resentfully feeling not accept the ordinary-looking woman who got her proud older brother.

"Emang why? Since when do you have the right to judge someone as worthy or inappropriate?" Tiara reminded her sister. However, a question he could not take from his heart. Why did her older brother choose a woman who looked much younger than himself to be made a wife.

"Ga nothing, I can understand Sandra's worries. But I am certainly old enough to get married. And answering Sandra's question, yes, I've graduated from school,"

"Sorry Brother Alea, Sandra is already disrespectful and makes Brother uncomfortable," Tiara said dismissing the curiosity of the female figure in front of him.

"It's nothing, I can understand. I don't think you should call me brother. It seems like my age is even younger than yours" Alea told Tiara.

"Well you are my sister's wife anyway, so even if you're younger I should still call you big sister," Tiara's words instantly made Alea's heart grow happy. I finally felt someone accept his presence. The look in the girl's eyes radiated happiness, sending warmth through the gaze to her husband's sister.

"Sir, you go down first. I want to talk to Brother Alea first" Tiara exclaimed to Sandra.

"Ish, why not just be Sis," Sandra said reluctant to follow her brother's will.

"Here you go, Mama make dinner. I'll be followed, later,"

"Jaudah. I went down first, "It was heavy, but Sandra finally obeyed her brother's orders.

"I don't want to teach anything bad to Sandra. So I hope Brother Alea does the same, too" Tiara said, making Alea link her eyebrows together.

"Not to be confused, I just want to say that I'm old enough to understand that something's wrong with your marriage to Mas ravka" Tiara said right into Alea's heart. Making blood seem to stagnate flowed into his face and made Alea pias face.

"I don't care who you are or where you come from. As long as you can make Mas Ravka happy I will support your existence here. But if your presence only burdens Mas Ravka, then I will be the first to make you leave this house" Tiara Lemudian passed by, leaving Alea with her pias face after hearing Tiara's words.

Lost hope that had arisen in his heart had the support of one of the members of the Dinata family. Although sick, Alea felt grateful because she no longer shed tears of bad treatment after her marriage. His heart seemed to have begun to be able to compromise with the situation that continuously cornered him.

Alea rushed into the room and prepared herself for events that could possibly have been worse hitting her inner self.

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Alea sat down at the end of the table, watching how the Ravka family were clinging to each other and joking. However, of the many things Alea could notice during the dinner, her eyes were only fixed on Sherly's neck. Where a necklace stuck there with graceful and luxurious. The necklace that yesterday had filled his mind space.

The direction of Ravka's gaze sitting next to her also did not escape Alea's attention. Her husband still often steals glances at women who laugh full of happiness with adoring eyes. Sherly deserves to be happy in the midst of a family that warmly welcomes her presence. He seems to be marginalized. Both he and Ravka just enjoy dinner in silence.

"Alright, Grandpa seems to have to go back to the room and rest. You guys just continue eating" said Grandpa Bayu after spending dinner.

"Mom should prepare the medicine that Grandpa should take before resting" Dilla told her husband. He also got out of the chair and left the dining table.

Likewise with her husband who immediately followed in his footsteps leaving the dining table. Followed by Tiara and Sandra who also gave reasons to leave the dining table.

"Alex, you should also take your wife to rest. Aren't you going on your honeymoon tomorrow to Spain? Don't waste your time with insignificant people here" Erika said with emphasis on each word. The middle-aged woman glanced at the unmoved Ravka with her provocation.

Since Erika's presence in this house, the woman had always been looking for a loophole to provoke her late husband's niece. He could not cover up the envy of his in-laws' preferential treatment of Ravka that his only son did not get.

"Mama's right, Come on baby we're back in the room," Alex reached out to Sherly who was greeted with joy by the woman. Alex then wrapped his hands around his wife's waist, revealing his ownership of the beautiful girl.

"Ohhhh...." Dengus Ravka was annoyed at the attitude Alex showed. "really childish. You don't have to be that cheerful, I'm not interested in taking it away from you" Maki Ravka was upset.

"You're not interested in taking it from me, but I've noticed you keep glancing at my wife" said Alex, who was still able to catch the curse that Ravka made.

"I'm sorry Alex, but I don't think Alex needs to worry. After this I will make sure my husband will only look at me," Alea tried to defend Ravka when she realized that Ravka was silent and unable to reply to Alex's words.

"You better make sure that what you say is really done" Alex snorted as he left Alea and Ravka unaware next to her, and Sherly resisted the annoyance of Alea's words.