Home For My Heart
Negotiating

Maura barely fell asleep just waiting for a message from Kendra. Just like Harvey's engagement time, he was also waiting for the man's explanation, but tonight felt even more agonizing.

Maura not only waited, she cried almost all night, as a result she woke up with puffy eyes. Tomorrow morning he hopefully leaves for college and wants to see Kendra soon.

Unfortunately time and time are not on his side. He didn't find Kendra anywhere. The large campus grounds, he had been courting for almost half a day, but the tall brown-eyed shady youth figure seemed to vanish without a trace.

Kendra is not a good student. He does not like the stale and student society activities that he thinks waste time. His life was only work in order to be free from the restraints of the man he called Papa.

He wanted to show his Papa if he could be independent without the help of funds from his Papa. Not much conversation and getting along, making the presence or absence of Kendra in the campus environment does not make his friends feel lost. So when Maura asked Kendra where she was, they just answered with a headband or even did not care.

Maura sat leaning against a tree on the grass. He rubbed his sweaty forehead tired of walking around looking for Kendra. He checked his phone a few times, but nothing changed from the last message.

"Hi, old darling you're not here, miss ya. Want to watch it now?" Without raising his head, he already knew who the owner of the brown shoes was standing before him.

Maura looked up and stood up and turned to Harvey. The man's hand pulled his arm until his body returned to face his former lover.

"You looking for him? Are you interested in him? Or just run away from heartache with me?"

Maura flicked her arm, but Harvey's hand clutched her wrist tightly, "Detach, Harvey. It's none of your business, we've got nothing to do."

"Who we are has nothing to do with. I never broke off our relationship, you're still my future wife."

"Your fiancee's word!" Maura jerked her hand harder and harder until Harvey's grip came off.

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Harvey's headache confronts his once innocent and submissive girl turns into a rebel and dares to oppose her. He still did not want to let Maura go. He plans to marry Reva first, then Maura he marries as well. Even if he was forced to marry Reva and release Maura, at least her lover did not belong to his half-brother. He will never be willing.

Harvey went to his father's office, trying to make another offer.

"Pa, is there no way other than me to marry Reva?"

"In front of Papa and his parents, Reva says you've slept together a lot. How else do you want!" His father stared at his son.

Harvey gasped, not expecting Reva to open the shame on their parents. The woman was completely unwilling to let go as well.

"You use your brain before you do anything! Because of your actions, your marriage will be accelerated!"

Harvey nodded on his chair. He did not expect his arrival to his Papa's office to negotiate, instead getting shocking news like this.

"But I haven't finished college."

"Forgot your college, your medical degree won't be of any use to our company."

Harvey hit the table in front of him furiously, "It's all because of Papa! Why isn't that bastard that Papa sacrificed for this company!"

"I never recognized him as a brother. Now what's my fate with Maura, Pa? I still love her. Papa knows, because of this matchmaking the dear child Papa took Maura from me!" Harvey stood up from his seat and pointed his index finger as if Kendra were in front of him.

"If you can hold back your lust, your relationship with your boyfriend can still be maintained. Now what can Papa say to Om Maryono, while his daughter you've slept with many times!" Mr. Bramantyo looked furious at his son's behavior.

"Well, I'll marry Reva, but I'm asking Papa for something."

Mr. Bramantyo squinted his eyes waiting for further sentences from his son who this afternoon looks messy.

"Kind Kendra away from this city. Papa wants to take him anywhere, whatever! Just so he can't get close to my Mauraku anymore."

Mr. Bramantyo snorted at Harvey's pleas that seemed selfish and childish.

"What else do you expect from that girl? How could he wait for something uncertain?"

"That's my business, Papa's job is just to take Papa's favorite son away and I'll save the company."

Restless to turn toward Mr. Bramantyo, the man of the early age of 60 years frowned deeply. True what Harvey said, he was more affectionate and attentive to Kendra even though they never lived under the same roof, because his second child was born from the womb of the woman he loved most. Kendra comes on the basis of love, not just lust.

But facing Kendra is not as easy as it seems, the second son harbors a sense of dislike for her since long ago. No matter how much he paid attention to gifts and wealth, Kendra remained cold with him.

"Later Papa try," said Mr. Bramantyo finally.

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Returning home from delivering goods as a courier, Kendra found her Papa sitting on the porch with her Mama.

"Ken, greetings first," said his mother when she was about to enter the house just like that.

He only briefly kissed his already wrinkled Papa's hand.

"It's late, Ma. It's not good to see people, women sitting alone with men last night" Kendra quipped.

"Papa came here to talk to you, Ken."

Kendra ignored the man's words, she would still enter the house, but her mother's request stopped her steps.

"Sit down, Ken. Be polite, this is your father."

Kendra exhaled loudly and turned and sat opposite her Papa.

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