HAPPIER
CHAPTER 44

💥There is good news from Bery...😘

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I stood tense when I found Rio in the office lobby. Not wanting to face the man again, I was about to turn towards the toilet to avoid him but my hand was firmly gripped by Sky.

"Meet him!" Said Sky holding me back.

"But.me.."

"Solve your affairs. I'll wait for you." Sky reassured me.

"Breigh..." Rio immediately ran over a small coming closer to us.

"I want to talk." He looked at me intensely.

I turned my gaze to Sky asking him to hope that he would not allow it but he nodded his head with a shady look.

"All right, let's just talk in my room." My words then immediately stepped away without waiting for the approval from Rio.

"Please sit down, Rio sir." My words to Rio allowed himself to sit on the sofa inside my work room.

I chose to sit on the single sofa and followed by Rio who took a sitting position opposite me.

"How are you, Ber." Asked with a different look of face 180° from last met him. There are no more strokes of pride and arrogance there.

"Alhamdulillah, fine. Straight away. I don't have much time so please tell me what you want to say." I chose to look at the window instead of looking at his face.

"I want to apologize!" He looked at me inside.

"It's forgiven." My word.

"Ber, I'm really apologizing to you." He said to light his hair. "I want us to go back to what we used to be. Vivian explained everything, didn't she? I didn't mean to leave you at the time but my father's good name and title were at stake if I stayed. The Aldi family pressured us, and the only way back then was to go as far as possible." Said explained.

Vivian has explained everything, starting from the chronology of the incident to the reasons that triggered the incident in detail and thoroughly. Merely, I was already numb even after knowing the truth.

Rio shouldn't have just left me with hurtful words from her back then. I certainly have forgiven him, did I never hate him after what he did. It's just that, to be back with him feels like a real silliness to me. How could I possibly want to live with a cowardly man who is incapable of fighting for me when the world rejects me?

"I'm sorry, I forgive you, but that doesn't mean I want to be with you. I have a life of my own as well as yours." I refused her offer.

Rio looked down, shaking his head. I don't know what he's thinking. But I feel being strict with him is a must.

Rio sighed rudely then looked at me, "think again, I'll come back here again offering the same thing."

"Don't bother, sir. It'll just be worth it. Isn't my father engaged? I don't want to be called an actor, so I hope this is our last meeting." Sarkas.

"Wah.wah.wah I was very impressed with the attitude of the father. But sorry, that doesn't change anything. After all, my father was just a black past to me, there was no way I would take him back to brighten my future." I paused for a while, trying to take a long breath to fill the respiratory cavity and then exhaled slowly.

"If there is nothing else to say, the exit is still the same as the door you passed." Reminded me.

"All right, I'm sorry. See you soon, honey!" His words then moved out of my room.

I scratched my forehead because I felt nauseous hearing his call to me. The call that used to make me always float and feel so loved by him. I feel disgusted myself why I used to be fascinated with men like him.

Recalling Vivian's explanation the other day, my tears welled up.

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"You were framed at that time. I was forced to get involved because I was threatened by Aldi. He will rape me if I don't want to help him destroy Rio. Aldi is vengeful for Rio for ruining the life of his sister who was also in the Capital with Rio at that time. While Rio was not willing to take responsibility. Finally Aldi devised the plan and involved me in it."

Vivian's tears flowed in both corners of her eyes. I just chose to be silent about the words he said. So the brain of the incident was Aldi, I just couldn't figure out why he would do it. I never felt like I was interfering with his life.

"But you should know one thing, nothing happened between you and Rio back then. I took off your clothes myself and Aldi undressed Rio. You two were too drunk by then, I think you've passed out." Its effects.

"Alhamdulillah...Allaahu Akbar's." Instantly the compliments echoed in my heart and head. I closed my eyes and tried to calm my breath. I want to feel prostrate to earth to express my gratitude at this time. It feels relieved, moved, happy, sad, happy and various other mixed feelings.

"Rio didn't want to be irresponsible with you back then, but he was threatened by his father. Rio could not resist his father's wishes so he chose to leave you. His father's position was threatened at the time because Aldi's family threatened to open up to the public about Rio's relationship with Aldi's sister who had been pregnant but Rio and Aldi's sister aborted him."

"Once again I'm sorry, well, Ber. So sorry! I've been looking for your news for a long time, but you seem to disappear into the earth. I'm sorry, I've always been haunted by guilt towards you and Rio. My life hasn't calmed down since that incident."

"Since Rio's return from the Aussie, he was elected Regent in our area, we met several times and I have apologized to him. He is also very sorry and very eager to meet you." Another imbibing.

My tears kept dripping, there was a tightness squeezing in. Although I am happy to know the truth, there is still a feeling of tightness that I cannot just erase.

"You know, Vi. 10 years I've been living with guilt and anxiety. I kept punishing myself by closing the door on my heart to re-establish a relationship with any man. I always looked at any man who approached me as a jerk all over. Not only that, my parents dumped me and didn't care about me at all. In fact, it has been 2 weeks more married, I still fear and feel disgusted to myself because I feel unworthy to be his wife. The feeling of being haunted as a second-hand thing scared me of doing my duty as a wife." I took a rough breath, lashing out at my chest which instantly came back claustrophobic in light of all the fear that had imprisoned my heart all along.

"Let's know, I don't know if I should be grateful or angry now. But at least now I know that I am still holy, all this time my fear is my purity, I am afraid my husband questions it, I am afraid my husband feels disgusted every time he wants to touch me, because I myself feel disgusted with myself."

"Sorry. Once again I apologize for the suffering you have been through, I bear witness that Rio did not touch you at all at that time, Ber. By Allah, I was there until we were finally raided by the citizens."

Vivian then approached and took me into her arms. I cried a mouthful, no matter the tears and water in my heart soaked Vivian's sleeves.

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