His Purpose
2. Married to Sister-in-law

A few minutes earlier, Maria was still lowered, pensive with tears streaming down as her ears caught the voice of Uncle Liem and the father conversing outside the room. Maria is not so heard, her mind is confused with the feeling of death.

Without realizing it someone entered from the connecting door behind him. His steps were so slow that they were almost inaudible. A moment later a voice called out his name.

"Marya?" call that guy.

Maria jerks. Slowly his head lifted, then turned his head and found a middle-aged man standing there. He approached, then crouched down to equal his height with Mary resting on the floor.

"Papa Abhi ..."

Abhimanyu Wiranata's. He is the father of Gabriel, as well as his future father-in-law who may soon become a former candidate-in-law.

"Son." Abhimanyu touched Mary's shoulder. Embrace and take her into a hug.

The man was trying to channel strength and warmth at the same time. Mary was silent with a blank look. His head rested on the chest of the field that felt almost equal to that of the father.

"On behalf of Gabriel, Papa wants to apologize. Indirectly Papa also contributed to this problem. Papa failed to educate Gabriel until he became this kind of irresponsible bastard. Papa is really sorry," whispered Abhimanyu over his head.

Mary looked at the window. The sky seemed to express his sadness. The gray morning bears witness to the destruction of hopes and dreams. His heart was snatched, squeezed and thrown into a gaping pit of wounds.

Mouth's tight. He doesn't know how to respond. His feelings crumbled dimly. Trying hard is useless. In fact, this situation did hurt him a lot.

"Papa's sorry, son." Abhimanyu repeatedly apologized with a guilty look.

"Papa deeply regrets what happened. Papa also did not understand what Gabriel was thinking until it could be that long."

"Papa promised to rebuke and punish him if he returned. Just so you know, son. You are a prospective daughter-in-law. But for Papa you are also Papa's daughter who needs to take care of Papa. Papa loves you, want it then or now. Whether you become Papa's son-in-law or not, Papa still loves you."

"So Papa hopes you don't hate Papa for the problems that are happening right now. Papa really apologizes as much as you. This shame is really smearing Papa in front of you and your Papa. Papa's sorry." There was a line of shakes that the man was trying to hold.

Maria tried to swallow. He shook his head in return for Abhimanyu's embrace. "It's not Papa's fault. The one who should be apologizing isn't Papa, but Gabriel."

"Gabriel ..." Maria could not continue her words. The choked sound indicates that one word in the form of the name is very difficult to throw.

His heart was so tight that it felt very difficult to breathe normally.

"It has. Don't say anything else. Papa understands your feelings. Our family is guilty."

In that novelty, he faintly again heard the voice of the father from outside. The silent atmosphere made his conversation sound quite clear.

Mary was silent in Abhimanyu's arms. It seemed that the man was also listening to Rayan and Liem's debate behind the door.

"To put it simply, if the marriage of Miss and Young Master is cancelled, it is not just an impact on the company's shares, the company said, your enemies will also move more aggressively because they think this is the right gap to aim for your negligence."

"Mr ...."

"Arsena Group, the largest supplier of our company suddenly wants to cut cooperation."

Maria jerks. What did Uncle Liem mean? Why can marriage problems spread to the company?

Maria was stunned for a moment. It had only been a few seconds of turbidity, but his father's company was already threatened like this. What should Maria do.

Gabriel not only puts chaos in his heart, but also his parents' business. Is it wrong for Mary to hate Gabriel a little now?

Mary does love Gabriel, but she can't see her father destroyed. The company built in such a way with the man's sweat and effort from a young age, immediately had to go bankrupt just because of the failure of Maria's marriage.

This can't be allowed.

Maria doesn't know if marriage can indeed have an impact on business. He and Gabriel married out of their own wishes. It is not a marriage aimed at uniting forces.

"Not only clients, your Papa is also threatened to lose all vendors in the company."

"But you don't have to worry, Papa as much as possible will help if he has trouble. Maybe it can't be a hundred percent, but at least Papa can help until things stabilize."

Maria. He knew what stable Abhimanyu meant. Stable in question is that the company is no longer delinquent in debt but difficult to attract income. It's the same as being on the edge of a horn. Slowly destroyed.

"Mr ..." Maria looked up at her in-laws.

"Is there any way to prevent that mess? Maria doesn't want Papa Rayan to be in trouble because of this."

Abhimanyu. His eyes were fixed on Maria.

"There," he answered slowly.

"What?"

"You're married to Papa's eldest son."

And here he is now, standing on the altar with Gibran. Wiranata's eldest son who was originally his sister-in-law's candidate.

For a moment their eyes looked. Honestly, this was the first time Maria looked directly at Gabriel's older sister after a long time just hearing her name.

And Mary was struck by the eagle's sharp eyes. His pupils panned flat without expression.

Oh, my God, why so creepy.

"And today, I, as the servant of the Lord, present to all the brethren. They are no longer two people separated. But they are official, it is legal to be husband and wife. Mr and Mrs Gibran Wiranata. For the glory of God, let us applaud ten times more than that. For their happiness in the name of Jesus. Aamiin ... Aamin ..."

Thundering applause filled the spacious hall where the event took place. They just finished blessing and exchanging rings.

"Brother and sister of the bride. Please look at the face of his partner. And this is my beloved wife, my beloved husband. Give the most intimate kiss!"

The call was followed by the cheers of the guests.

Mary's heart is slipping. Should it be like this? They don't love each other. Just know no. Meet new now too. Do I have to kiss?

Maria gulped. He flinched as Gibran suddenly eroded the distance. The man's hand was clutching his waist. His face approached. Their noses almost touched. Of course Maria is getting overwhelmed. Especially when the man tilted his face about to kiss her.

Whahuh? Kiss? God, this is crazy!

Maria's reflexes closed her eyes. God, though not Gabriel, at least he had an above average face. All right, it's just a kiss. It was easy for Maria to do it.

However, until a few seconds passed there was nothing he felt. Instead of a kiss, he felt a gasp of breath coming down his cheek.

Maria frowned. Applause meets hearing. He opened his eyes. Gibran is away. That guy didn't kiss her?

Maria only felt the tip of her nose sticking to the surface of her skin.

Maria flashes. With a slight daze he turned to face the invited guest. Standing next to Gibran with an awkward and confused smile.

Everyone thought they were kissing, even the priest who married them smiled with satisfaction. How did Gibran do it?

He looked at Gibran. Her expressionless face made Maria stutter, especially when they accidentally met their eyes.

Mary throttled little to get rid of nervousness. The man reached out his hand.

Maria flashes. "W-What?"

Gibran did not answer. Hey, is that guy mute?

In the end, Mary accepted Gibran's hand. It is not as bad as humiliating a man who has indirectly saved his family from embarrassment and bankruptcy.

Alright. It seems like Maria should be nice to the man. But he is a victim.

Apparently Gibran invited him to greet the guests. It turns out this is how to get along with a stiff man. His face was flat, only commenting on a thin smile in return.

People in droves congratulated. During that time Maria had to try hard to carve a smile even though her eyes wanted to cry.

He still regrets this incident. This was not the marriage she had hoped for.

Why is Gabriel so bad? Maria is also insensitive to the man's recent changes.

He should have realized, Gabriel started to change a few weeks ago. I don't know why, but Maria felt that man became more often daydreaming and unfocused.

Several times Gabriel also acted nervous in front of him, as if he was hiding something from him.

What are you hiding, El?

What makes you so happy to leave your happy day behind?

Or are you never happy when you are with me?

Maria found that thought. Be ill. His heart was like being pierced by thousands of needles.

Almost her tears were dripping as a slow pull she felt in her hand. Maria looks up. His reflexes followed Gibran's steps, which led him to draw closer to their parents.

Maria looked at Papa Abhi who was smiling, but her eyes were a little sad. Maybe he still regrets his son.

Then Maria looked at Rayan. The father could not hide his objections. Indeed, since Maria said she agreed to change the bride-to-be, the man immediately strongly opposed her statement.

But Maria has decided. He was willing to put his heart aside for Rayan.

"Papa had been caring for Maria since childhood. Protecting Mary from all harm. Thanks to Papa, Mary never lacked affection even though there was no Mama. Now allow Mary to protect Papa from destruction" she said, leading Rayan Adibrata Tjandra, a stubborn man with a heartless face, to tear.

Papa is worth that to me.