HATE Before LOVE
The arrival of Zehra and the story of the past.

Yanuar receives a phone call and rushes him out, receiving the call on the terrace. Without realizing it, Adit's sharp ears who were playing games in the living room heard every word of his father. Fifteen minutes passed with a dumbfounded Adit hearing the plan Yanuar was talking about with someone on the phone call.

"Okay, okay, we'll meet the day after tomorrow" Yanuar said, ending his phone call.

Before his father entered, Adit had already darted from the living room to Elif's room. Inside there, Zehra who was still accompanying Elif, was quite shocked by Adit who entered very suddenly.

"Wine! Lothawat! Lusty!" adit said in a panic, but in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" asked Zehra worried. But Elif still curled up no matter what.

"I just had to hear you talking to someone, I don't know who, maybe a friend."

"Then?"

"Both the point is that the father and his friend want to match Kak Elif with their widowed friend!"

"What?!" Screeched Mother.

"Shhh! Don't be noisy, Mom. I'll listen to you."

Only then did Elif move from her snuggle. He stared at his mother and sister. "Why don't you love me, Mom? Wh why? What's wrong?"

"Oh, Elif." Zehra immediately pulled Elif's body, hugging her tightly. Adit hugged his brother's body.

"I'll protect Brother!" adit.

***

Early in the morning, Zehra came out of the house. Not to the restaurant, but to the MD Group Building. With reckless capital he entered the skyscraper with a step that is a little inferior to see how the people there dress very formally and neatly.

"Sorry, where do you want to go?" ask one of the security staff who detained Zehra's move in the middle of the lobby.

"I'm sorry, sir, I want to meet with Nak.eh, Mr. Ardan." replied Zehra.

The security staff saw Zehra's modest appearance and sanctioned that Zehra was a client of her CEO. The security staff did not want to be cheated again as when a few days ago a man claimed to be a client from Ardan Mahesa Demir turned out to even make a scene in the middle of the lobby.

"I'm sorry, but have you made an appointment with Mr. Ardan?"

"Be..not yet sir." replied Zehra. "Can't I meet Mr. Ardan if I haven't made an appointment?"

"Yes Mom, sorry. Just make an appointment first, after that you can meet him."

"But how? I don't even have his phone number."

The security staff frowned.

"So how do you know Mr. Ardan is here?"

"Oh, I'm Elif's mother, Elif used to work here"

"Miss Elif?!" The security staff was also surprised. "Sorry Mom, forgive me. I didn't know that Mom was Miss Elif's mother."

"Elif?" The voice of someone made the security staff and Zehra turned to the direction of the voice.

"Good morning Mr. Gavin." who's the security staff.

"Morning. What's the matter?" ask Gavin.

"Look, sir, this lady is Miss Elif's mother, and wants to see Mr. Ardan."

Gavin was also surprised by the existence of Zehra there after the incident four days ago horrendous one building. The news of the end of Elif and Ardan's relationship became a very warm gossip news among the staff.

"Good morning, Auntie. I'm Gavin, Elif's friend." Gavin crucified Zehra's hand very politely.

"Oh, uh, yes. I know."

"Aunty knows who I am?"

Zehra nodded. "Mona and Yura who told Auntie to um, might be able to ask Nak Gavin and Nak Ardan for help."

"Solicit please?" Gavin frowned. "Is Elif..."

Zehra nodded quickly.

"Good Aunt." Gavin responded very quickly.

"Has Mr Ardan come?" ask Gavin to the security staff.

"Already sir, with Mr. Teddy earlier."

"Why don't you go straight between him and Mr. Ardan!" Tegur Gavin's.

"I'm sorry, sir. I'm sorry Madam."

"Ti-it's okay." said Zehra quite awkwardly called 'Mistress' just because it is known as the mother of Elif. Is Elif so well known in a building this big?

Ah, Zehra's mother just doesn't know, Elif, Ardan and Gavin's relationship story has gone viral enough there.

Not waiting for long, Gavin and Zehra immediately headed for Ardan's study. Sonya said that Ardan was meeting with a client from Japan in his room. But Gavin says the business he brings is more important than his current client Ardan.

Gavin knocked on the door for a while, without waiting for a reply, he pushed open the door and found Ardan, who was already wearing a cold expression with a sharp look at anyone who interrupted their meeting that morning.

"Morning," said Gavin very casually cutting off his big boss's business talk.

"Have you been working with me?" asked Ardan coldly.

"I'm not alone, there are guests who come and can't be delayed." replied Gavin.

"Don't you see we're meeting-"

"Mother Zehra?"

"Sorry to interrupt, son. But you can wait for me"

"No, no, um, I mean, five minutes. Five minutes, I'll finish this meeting. How's it?"

"All right."

Gavin smiled too. He knows how his best friend is.

***

Nearly half an hour passed by how Zehra recounted Elif's condition and how her husband secretly planned to marry Elif to someone more deserving of being her father. Do not be asked how furious Ardan heard what Zehra said. The woman told me while not being able to hold back her tears.

"Mother also does not know anymore how to make Mother's husband can love Elif like his own son..."

"Wait, you mean Auntie?" Gavin scrunched his forehead.

Zehra became nervous. A sentence that what we say 'flop' just escapes from his lips. He did not realize that his emotions had made him unknowingly release the tightness he had been keeping.

Unlike Gavin who was confused by Zehra's statement of lethargy. Ardan and Teddy just look not confused what else to be surprised.

"Am I the only one confused by Aunt Zehra's statement?" gavin asked as he looked at Ardan and Teddy.

Actually Zehra was also surprised to see Ardan who was not surprised or asked for an explanation.

"Actually, I already know the background of Elif and Mr. Yanuar" Ardan said.

"What-what?" Now even Zehra was surprised.

"What do you mean?" Gavin asked.

"Can you keep a secret?" ask Ardan to Gavin.

"God! How long have you known me?"

"All right." Ardan sighed. He then asked Teddy to take an envelope out of his safe and give it to Zehra.

Zehra opened it and read it. Not waiting for long, the woman looked increasingly nervous and misbehaved in front of Ardan.

"Pak Yanuar is not the real father of Elif. That's right, isn't it, Mom?" ardan.

"What?" Gavin widened his eyes in shock.

Zehra nodded, though nervous and scared.

"Mother please, Son Ardan, Son Gavin, don't get me wrong about your arrival here. I'm not here to make a profit or anything. Elif is not Yanuar's flesh and blood, but Elif is my flesh. For years I tried to get Yanuar to accept Elif as his son, but he always hated Elif, even though Elif always loved him. Mother was very sad and sick whenever Yanuar was being rude to her. But Mom can't do anything. But this time, Yanuar had gone too far. I don't think you can stay still anymore, I can't let your child's future be ruined because of Yanuar's hatred for her..."

"Aware?" Ardan asked.

"Against the mother's family." replied Zehra. Tears are back. Teddy returned to the tissue box.

***

*Twenty years ago*

Zehra's heart was so broken and sick. He had just heard the news that the man who fathered Elif had left, Elif had just turned eleven months old, but Zehra's family suddenly forced him to marry a man. Not just matchmaking, but forcing him without giving any choice. For this reason, Zehra's family owed a debt to the family of the man she was to marry, named Yanuar.

Of course they don't love each other. Yanuar himself also had a lover at that time, they were forced to break up because the marriage of Yanuar and Zehra was held very suddenly.

Yanuar had never liked Elif, the tiny baby could not touch Yanuar's hard heart at all. He didn't even care when Elif was sick. He never accompanied Zehra to the hospital if Elif was sick or treated, he even grumbled because it instead made him have to pay for other people's children. He never even included the name Elif in the family card list, until Yanuar issued a statement that if Zehra had not been able to give him offspring, then do not expect Yanuar will be able to accept Elif as his son.

A few years later, Adit was born. And Yanuar kept his promise, accepting Elif as a part of his family, but it turned out that it was just a name on the family card list. Yanuar's attitude did not change at all.

Zehra took the initiative to open a business selling food, saving for Elif's school fees, because as she feared, Yanuar was completely unwilling to finance the needs and needs of the Elif school. That guy doesn't care at all. Zehra's hard work and her sincerity bore fruit, she could send Elif without a cent of Yanuar's money. It even turned out that Elif grew up to be a smart and accomplished child. He often received scholarship support.

But it turned out that even Elif's achievements did not touch Yanuar at all. He still considers Elif is a pestle in his household. That was why Yanuar had always been trying to dispose of Elif by matchmaking him with others. But he also still wants Elif to marry a rich man so that he can still benefit.

During this time Elif was always patient, he always relented. He still loved Yanuar as his father. While Zehra's heart was sick, broken and sore. He could not tell the truth who Elif's real father was, because actually Elif was born out of wedlock. Elif's biological father asked Zehra to abort her womb, but Zehra refused. She decided to give birth to Elif. Although the man who impregnated Zehra ran away and was not responsible.

When did Zehra have to see Elif sacrifice?

*Return to the present*

The three men in the room could not understand how strong a woman's heart was. At once furious with the two men who had taken away Zehra's chastity without taking responsibility, and who had treated Elif with great heartlessness.

Teddy pushed back the tissue box, this time Zehra had more of it.

"I'm sorry, I'm venting at length and crying like this in front of you."

"It's okay, Auntie. Consider us Auntie children as well, Auntie can express what Auntie can not express to others" said Gavin very sincerely.

"Thank you, son" said Zehra. "You good young men. I'm lucky Elif has good people around her."

"Well, then how can we save Elif from that match?" tanya Gavin saw Ardan. "Can't you just marry Elif?"

"Of course you can! If need be, I could take the ruler right now to the Elif house. But, it wasn't that easy, even though Mr. Yanuar wasn't Elif's real father, but he was the head of the family there."

"Therefore, Son Ardan, Nak Gavin, Mother came to ask for your help to save Elif. I have a plan."

"Plan?" ask Ardan and Gavin simultaneously.

Zehra nodded.

"What's that?"