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"Lake in!" tell Arka, while staying focused on the laptop screen in front of him.
The sound of the door being opened and closed again by someone does not also make Arka take his eyes off the laptop screen. However, from the scent of masculine perfume caught by her nose, she knew who was coming. Who else is he if not Pandu.
"Why did you tell me to come to your office? is it a matter of me agreeing to be betrothed to Adel?" ask Pandu without further ado and on target.
Arka did not immediately reply, she sighed first, closed her laptop and moved to Pandu, who was already sitting on the sofa.
"It turns out you guessed it. Now explain, what's the reason you agreed to be betrothed to my sister?" said Arka in a cold tone.
"Because I don't think there's any harm in marrying your sister. Do you mind?" Pandu is no less cold.
"Guide, I wouldn't mind, if you really love my sister, but the truth is you don't love her right? in your heart is the name of another woman, and that woman is Tiara. I know that you love Tiara very much and now you're having trouble with her, do you want to make my sister your outlet?" arka's voice began to rise.
"But love can grow over time, and I will strive for it. I think it is not too difficult to love your sister, the important thing is that there is affection first, love can follow later," said Pandu, not provoked at all with a high voice Arka.
"The thing is you received this matchmaking all of a sudden, Pan and that's when your heart was upset and hot to see Tiara together with another man last night. You don't know exactly who that man is. Don't regret the decision you made!" arka's voice tone had started to normal.
"Why? are you afraid I'll hurt your sister? take it easy, I won't treat her like you treated Ruby just yet," Pandu was still relaxed, but tucked into innuendo at her speech.
"Guide, don't bring me and Ruby's problems with your match with Adel, they're two different things,"
"Yes, I know different but there's a similarity, where we both have other women's names on our minds. But, once again I emphasize, I will not treat your sister later like you did. I don't want your sister to accept the karma you've created and it's through me,"
"Guide!" snapped Arka, with a hunting breath and clenched hands.
"Why? you wanna get mad? be angry! i persilakan! but the match will still go," Pandu's challenge was not daunted at all by the anger shown by Arka.
Arka took a deep breath, threw it back, and she did it over and over again, to temper her emotions.
"Pan, I know that you won't physically hurt my sister, but just so you know, I'm sure that Adelia's mind will hurt if you find out you're receiving an arranged marriage because of a broken heart. From the way you talk right now I'm pretty sure you're in a fit of rage. The calmness that you showed was simply camouflage to cover up the breaking of your heart and it was actually a form of your despair, which was feeling pain from Tiara. I can feel it, Pan," Arka's voice sounded weak.
Pandu dumbstruck did not refute Arka's remarks.
"I only have one sister, Pan and as Big Brother I would never willing my sister to be used as an outlet. I think you would do the same, if you had a sister. I will definitely be the most failed Big Brother in this world, if I can't protect my own sister," Arka continued back in the same tone of voice.
"Love isn't enough, Pan. There must be love that completes it. Women are complicated and they are very sensitive when it comes to feelings. You show your affection even though, with the sensitivity of the feelings they have, they'll know that there's no love in it," Arka is silent for a moment to take a pause at once to breathe air to refill the lung cavity with air.
" This happened to Adel. The affection you give will actually backfire for Adelia later. She will feel not to be a wife but just a sister, like my relationship with her and it will really hurt, Pan," Arka said back wisely.
"Don't I tell you that I'm going to learn to love Adel?"
"Yes, you did say it, but I doubted it, because I knew you from childhood. I doubt you could love Adel. Wh why? because if you can, you've loved him for a long time, considering we started together. From that time on, you could never love her, right?" said Arka, telak.
"That's two different things, Ka. I used to think of her as my own sister, and I never had any effort to learn to love her. Now, I'm gonna start studying,"
"So you're still determined to continue this matchmaking?" tanya Arka made sure and Pandu nodded, assuring.
"Sir, try to think again! I know that Adelia will feel pain if you change your decision, but she will be sicker later if she knows the truth, so you think about it again, because I know you're a hard man to fall in love with. And I know when you love a woman, it's hard for you to forget that woman. You can fall in love with Tiara, I'm sure because she's very special to you," Arka again gives her best friend time to change her mind
Pandu did not give a response. The man was silent for quite a while, thinking about Arka's words.
"Ka, I know that I was wrong too quickly to make a decision when my heart was hot, but I've already decided. I've made Adelia sad because I refused an arranged marriage, and now I don't want to let her down again. So, I decided to try to bury my love for Tiara, even though I knew it must be difficult" Pandu said straightforwardly.
"All right, I hold your word! I've given you a chance to think once more, but you stick to your decision. Now Hani is the one you need to remember, do not ever hurt my sister, because when you hurt her, not only did she feel pain, but there was me as her brother. I don't care, even if you're my best friend, I'll still give you the calculation, if you hurt him!" arka firmly.
Without them noticing from behind the door, there was an ear that heard all their talk. And that person was none other than Adelia herself.
Adelia's face was immediately grim and moved to hear her brother's words. The woman, who initially wanted to ask her brother something, decided to leave.
"Kak Pandu apparently loves Kak Tiara. He accepted the match because of a broken heart. What should I do, God? do I have to back off or continue this match?" Adelia monologues, her mind is now at war between going forward or retreating.
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Meanwhile Arka and Pandu who were still in the room, dissolved in silence for quite a long time. The silence was broken when Arka's phone rang.
Arka walked to her desk and grabbed her phone. A smile immediately rose as soon as he saw who the person who was contacting him was. Who else could make her smile, if not Ruby the wife.
Tbc