Home For My Heart
Bitter satiation

"Father and Mother, please stand let us welcome the happy, big family Mr. Bramantyo Aditomo and Mother accompanied by their only son Harvey Aditomo."

Maura's smile grew loose, he heaved a sigh of relief hearing the familiar name in the ear called by the host. At least he didn't enter the building wrong.

From a distance he could see Harvey's parents walking side by side and occasionally waving at the invitations they passed.

"Welcome also Mr. Maryono and his beautiful mother and daughter. Well, it's hard to imagine how strong and big the company would be if their sons and daughters were to get married later."

Maura frowned hearing the foreign name the host mentioned. He extended his neck trying to surpass his sight which blocked the shoulders higher than his.

Behind Harvey and his parents, another couple joined hands. Behind the couple, a beautiful girl with shoulder-length hair smiled blush.

'Who are they? Why wear matching clothes with Harvey's family? Are they Harvey's family? But why did the host say about the wedding? Did I not hear wrong?'

Thousands of questions rained down on Maura's head. Various frightening conjectures appeared, but his heart refused. But once the couple took the stage with their daughter and stood on equal footing with Harvey's family, Maura grew increasingly restless.

Greetings and thanks delivered by Papa Harvey continued with the cutting of birthday cake towering high. All the faces on the stage smiled widely, only Harvey looked depressed. His eyeballs wildly swept out among the invitations.

As soon as the two's gaze met, Harvey raised his eyes and then lowered his head instantly. The phone in Maura's bag shook, he picked up the flat object in his bag without taking his eyes off the man standing on the stage.

'Why did you come? Go home, I beg you.' A short message from Harvey.

A message that indirectly drove him away, but added made him even more curious. What the hell is going on?

The contents of his head as if screaming ordered him to run from there, but his legs and eyes were fixated not to leave. Maura didn't miss a single little thing that happened on stage.

The girl on Harvey's side repeatedly tried to have interaction with his girlfriend, but Harvey kept his head down with both hands in his pants pocket.

"On this special night, there is another happy news. In addition to the anniversary of the wedding of Mr. Bramantyo and Mother, tonight we all witnessed the union of two mega-works companies in the field of mining. PT. Aditama and PT. Maryoga becomes PT. Marditama who will plan ahead will be led by his children."

Applause and musical echo accompanied the news delivered by the host. The two families on the stage shook hands with each other.

'The merger of two large companies.' Maura smiled faintly, 'But why is Harvey so unhappy like his parents? Why did he ask me to leave here?'

"And tonight also, in addition to the two mega companies that unite, we will all be important witnesses of how two people are prospective leaders of PT. Marditama will tie their engagement promise."

'Infoction?'

The blood on Maura's body seemed to stop flowing. Everything seemed to be moving slowly around him. The sound of applause echoing in his ears sounded increasingly distant and faint.

"Harvey, I as Reva's parents ask you to maintain this relationship until you get married later." Harvey nodded faintly.

"There are two words Mas Harvey wanted to say to Mba Reva?" The host thrust a loudspeaker into Harvey's face. Not giving the man a chance to refuse let alone avoid.

"Re-reva will you accept me to be your husband?" Harvey's hand squeezed the ring in his hand.

"I want to, Harvey." Reva extended her palm. Applause was heard again from the invitees when Maura's lover, pinning the engagement ring on another woman's ring finger.

Maura's mouth opened wide in disbelief at what she saw. He was still sitting in his place waiting for the sentence from the host that this was a drama or a joke.

But the look on the faces of the two families who rejoiced and hugged each other on stage, broke his hopes. The girl called Reva smiled happily as she twirled the ring Harvey had just placed on her finger. While the man who was still his lover status, still kept his head down as if evading from Maura's sight.

'Look at me, Harvey, please look at me here!' Maura screamed in her heart.

As if the message in his heart was conveyed, Harvey glanced towards Maura who was in the corner of the room. He wished Harvey off the stage and apologized and said all this he had designed just to surprise him. That the woman Harvey should have applied for was her.

From the stage, Harvey could see the look of disappointed and sad eyes in Maura's eyes. Wanted him to shout from the stage, 'get out of here! I told you you didn't have to come here!'

If it wasn't for her Papa asking her to invite Maura, she wouldn't have let her lover know about tonight's event.

"Now or not, Harvey. It's much better he knows himself and then disappears from your life."

"But I'm still in love, Pa. It's too soon, please give me some time. I'll ask Maura for understanding." Harvey rubbed his face rough.

His father pressured him to invite Maura on the night of his engagement to Reva, because that was how his son's lover knew that Harvey was no longer his. That way his son did not have to bother to break their relationship.

"Too risky, Harvey. What if Reva and her parents know you have a boyfriend?"

"I have a boyfriend, Dad! Papa also knows and blesses our relationship. Why didn't Papa ask my opinion first before offering me such merchandise?" Harvey evaporated his emotions.

"Well, we've agreed on this, Harvey." Papa looked at him tired, "If you'd rather Papa go to jail and your college break up before graduation, just do what you want. Papa wasn't sure your lover was either and his family still wanted to accept you after you fell into poverty and had inmate parents." Papa took off his glasses and stood up and left him alone in the study.

After a long time of weighing up the situation, Harvey sent Maura a message. She hoped that her lover would still be angry at her for ignoring her these few days and not accepting her invitation. Until the night of the event, he still wished Maura had not come and seen her standing on the other woman's side.

But his hope was dashed when he saw eyes that always shone if he saw it was among hundreds of pairs of eyes under the stage. But now the eyes also glisten to see it, but not because of love but tears that pool.

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