Forced Marriage With Duda
Asking for custody

With mixed feelings, Ria decided to visit Arsa's residence. When the door opened, Laura could not cover up her annoyance. He felt jealous to see Ria present there, questioning Ria's reason for appearing in the middle of their supposedly stable lives.

Laura tried to hold back her emotions, but her gaze was filled with disbelief. Ria sighed and tried to explain her good intentions, "Laura, I didn't mean to interfere with your life. I just want to see Josh and have a better relationship with him." Laura remained silent, but jealousy and discomfort continued to settle in her heart.

Ria sat in front of Laura and Arsa with a tense face. At the right moment, he revealed what had been in his heart all along. "I want to ask for custody of Josh, Arsa," he said in a soft but firm tone. Laura looked at him with a mixture of surprise and unease.

Arsa was surprised, but she tried to stay calm. "Ria, this is so sudden. Why do you want to ask Josh for custody now?" asked Arsa attentively.

Ria took a deep breath before replying, "I feel Josh is a part of me that I can't just let go of. I want to be involved in our son's life and give my love to him." Laura looked at Ria's honest feelings, but her heart felt heavy with thoughts of what would happen to the family they had built all along.

Arsa looked at Ria firmly, rejecting her request outright. "No, Ria. I'm not gonna let you go with Josh. All this time I have cared for and given love to our children. I'm the one who fought to form this family, and I won't let you come and go at will. Josh is our son, and I'll protect him with everything I have."

Ria looks surprised by Arsa's firm decision. He tried to defend himself, "Arsa, I want to right my wrongs, I want to build a good relationship with Josh."

However, Arsa was unshakable. "You've missed your chance, Ria. You just left these kids. I give them love and attention. Now, I am in charge and will protect them. Josh will stay with me."

Ria is upset and disappointed, but she realizes that she has lost her right to ask for custody of Josh after leaving them for so long. With a heavy heart, Ria leaves Arsa's residence, realizing that she must accept the consequences of her past choices.

Laura looked at the incident with a lazy look that was hard to hide. His heart was filled with feelings of jealousy and dissatisfaction. How could Ria just come after leaving the children and ruin the peace that had been formed all along? Laura was furious to see Arsa face Ria with courage and determination. He wanted to speak, venting all his frustration, but the laziness and fatigue that came his way made him choose to remain silent.

Arsa stared intently at Ria, eyes filled with decisiveness and decision. "Ria, I'm asking you to get out of here. The children have found their lives with me, and I will protect them. You can't just come and mess things up" he said in an authoritative voice.

However, Ria looked at Arsa with a hard and defiant face. "I am their mother, Arsa. I have the right to be here and take care of them" he replied loudly.

Arsa did not back down. He let go of all the uncertainty and doubt that had ever existed in him. "Yes, you are their mother, but what have you been doing all this time? You left them without any news and just left. You have no right to come back and try to take away their rights now."

Ria looked at Arsa with a gaze full of anger. "I deserve my children back. I've changed, Arsa, and I want to right the wrongs of the past."

However, Arsa remained firm on her stance. "Ria, the decision is final. The children are under my care now, and I will protect them with everything I have. You have to take it and go."

Ria felt pinched, yet she was not ready to give up so easily. "I'm not leaving without the kids. I'm gonna fight this."

Arsa looked at Ria with a decision-filled expression. "Then get ready, because I'll protect them. I will do whatever is necessary for the children's happiness."

In a tense silence, the two sides stared at each other with a tension that was hard to explain. Their battle is not over yet, and this story will still continue.