HATE Before LOVE
The Morning Event.

This morning Elif felt a fever and his body was so limp. He already knew it would be like this his body's reaction if he thought about heavy things and could not talk about them, could not vaporize them and could not also ignore them. He's gonna get sick.

Suddenly the door was knocked, or rather digedor and Adit's voice was heard calling. With a heavy heart Elif got up from the bed, dragging her feet to open the door of her locked room.

"Why are you home? Why not school? You truant?" elif asked weakly as soon as he saw Adit in front of him still in his nightgown.

"I'm on class break, brother. But it's not important, there's something more important now!" Adit looks worried.

"There's ap-" yet Elif finished his sentence, there was a broken bell.

"What's that?!" Elif surprised.

"That's what I want to say, since the morning my father and mother fought again. Worse. About Brother!"

"I why?"

"Dad see the news on tivi, one of the news stations showing the famous model's wedding event held last night, and there's an older brother there with a handsome man interviewed."

Elif shut her mouth. He knew this would happen.

"Why don't you just go to work now?" Hold Adit Elif's body when her brother was about to move.

"I'm allowed to be late. I'm not feeling well. Anyway I have to explain something to mom and dad right now."

Elif and Adit immediately headed for the kitchen, where shards of glass or plates were scattered on the floor.

"Well here comes the guest star!" Syndir Yanuar was very cynical. "Explain now what are you doing at a top model wedding with a man and you're his future wife? Explain it!"

"Explain the truth, son." Pinta Zehra was softer, unlike Yanuar who always exploded when talking to Elif.

"I was there because my boss knew him."

"Who's your boss? Who's the guy with you? I've guessed your job is not just as an ordinary secretary, right? You must be a businessman's mistress to the point that you can be there! And that guy must be the guy you're flirting with!"

"Mas enough! Why do you always think ill of Elif?!" Zehra raised her voice.

"I don't think bad! Your favorite son is a hypocrite. He pretended to be so sad that he quit college, in fact he also liked money, he pretended to work hard on the grounds of my surgery and medical expenses, in fact he only became a mistress of rich men!"

"Dad! Why is Dad so mean in the mouth?" Adit yells.

"You shut up Adit, you're just like him, defiant! Because you're too kind to her you're being influenced by her."

Elif's head was so heavy, his body temperature was getting hotter, but as strong as Elif's strength remained standing on both feet.

"Why, for example, would I be a mistress of a rich man? If it can help you get surgery and treatment, I will! If indeed by becoming a mistress I can help this family, I will! Then I can get whatever I want, I will!" Elif shouted with the rest of his strength. He could not bear to be constantly badly thought of by his father. No matter how good he is, no matter how hard he tries. No matter how much he sacrifices, I will continue to dislike him no more loving him.

Elif was so tired with all the father's attitude, this might be the time he evaporated his emotions.

"YOU-AAKKHHH!" yanuar suddenly squeezed his chest, right in the position where the heart was in there. His body that was about to stand up instantly fell down.

"DAD!"

***

The atmosphere of the office was suddenly excited, rumors scattered in every corner. Voices whispering talking and guessing are heard making a difference. They would instantly fall silent, closing their lips tightly as Ardan passed by followed by Teddy.

"Tell me Elif isn't really your future wife?" Gavin approached, asking without opening.

"Why really? You jealous?"

"Not that, I know you never intended to be in a relationship. Don't you play Elif."

"Do I look like a playboy?" Ardan raised one eye eyebrow.

"Ardan, please, Elif is not a woman you can make a tool just so your mama doesn't keep matching you."

Ardan chuckles. "Don't worry about my business, Gav. Just take care of your LDR relationship with your lover."

Ting!

The elevator door opened, and Ardan entered, followed by Teddy who nodded respectfully for a moment towards Gavin.

"Ted, find out how close Gavin and Elif's relationship is."

Sonya stood up as soon as she saw Ardan and Teddy coming, her facial expression very clearly written questions about Ardan and Elif's relationship. But his voice got stuck in his throat as Teddy's eyes stared intently at Sonya, hinting not to ask anything at the moment.

Ardan walked into the room followed by Teddy. "Why Elif until this hour Elif is still not up to the office? What's he gonna permit you?"

"Lack of feeling good, sir. He said he'd be late."

"He must have avoided me."

Teddy did not comment.

"Contact him again, tell him to come right away, if you need to pick him up now" Ardan's phone rang in his pocket. He took it out and saw Elif's name on his phone screen. Ardan's index finger raised, giving Teddy the code to hold his assistant back from acting.

"Why haven't you arrived at the office? Are you avoiding me? Or are you tired of working?"

Teddy. Noticing the change in facial expression of his superior. A sudden grin appeared on his face. And a triumphant expression was engraved there.

"All right, I'll be right there." Ardan reinserted his phone. He stood up with a wide grin on his face.

"Send Sonya to cancel all meetings today. Because we'll be in the hospital long."

"Who's sick, sir?"

"My fictitious father-in-law's candidate. Ahaha!"

"Did Elif accept the deal you offered?"

"That's right! Her father dropped her this morning and had to undergo surgery as soon as possible. Let's go Ted, don't keep my future wife waiting. Ahaha!"

On the way, Ardan looked so happy. A smile spread on his face. Teddy was confused as to what made him so happy.

His phone rang again, the call coming in now from his mother. Calls since the early morning that he deliberately did not pick up after 47 times.

"Yes, Ma."

//Jeez Ardan! Do you want to make your Mama and Papa hang?! Why not answer your mama's call from the morning? Teddy also followed by not picking up your phone call! You must have told him!// Mama immediately repaid nagging.

"Sorry Pa, I was so busy this morning."

What's busy? Busy back and forth asked if Elif was seriously ill or not. Didn't he?

//What did the entertainment news mean this morning? Who's the woman you brought on Marsha's show? Is she really your future wife? Why don't Mom and Dad know? Why don't you introduce us? You bad boy!//

"Patience, Ma, patience, no emotions. Quick wrinkles later. Honey, Mama's bought an expensive anti-wrinkle serum."

//Do not switch the conversation, explain the news. Is that true?//

"I'll explain tomorrow, Ma. Now I'm gonna have a meeting, okay. Tomorrow I'll explain at once I introduce to the mother of my future wife."

//Heh! So true! The news is true? That girl's Mama's daughter-in-law's future?//

"Bye Ma!" Ardan disconnected his phone while giggling amusedly.

Teddy really doesn't understand now with the changes that happened to his boss. In addition to his expertise in work, all the attitudes of Ardan that Teddy knows have changed. The boss was easier to laugh, more relaxed, but also easy to mess around.

***

The look of Elif was already far from graceful. Like two different humans to the girl that Ardan introduced as his future wife. Elif's eyes are now so swollen, her face is tangled, her hair what else. He only wore a velvet T-shirt clad in a simple knit cardigan, sports pants, and flip-flops to complete his appearance.

He stood up straight from the waiting chair as soon as he heard the sound of footsteps that he thought was Ardan and it turned out to be true. The man came with Teddy who followed him from behind. For the first time during Elif's work, Elif's eyes were so sparkling to see Ardan, he was so grateful for the man's presence.

"Can you guess how Mama's reaction was to see that messy-looking girl was my future wife, Ted?" Said Ardan in a low voice before he got too close to Elif.

"Is he your future husband, brother?" Adit approached Elif who was standing.

"D-yes."

"Which one?"

"The road ahead."

"That's really pretty, brother.