I Don'T Want To Be Cinderella #1
59. Mahesa's daughter-in-law

“Darling, who are you coming here for? Supri is going to Pacet, right? Do I need to ask the hotel driver to pick you up? Or did I pick you up?”

I just sighed hearing Caraka's line of questions. I just got out of the apartment and was waiting for the elevator.

“No need, I have already made an agreement with Ivan, Mr. Wiradi and the others.”

“Who? Elvans? What's with him? Can't! I picked you up.”

“I-van! Not El-van ... I-van, who will replace me later.”

“Oooh. Yes already, we met here.”

“OK!"

“You're wearing a shirt that's from me, right?”

“Iya.”

“Ring worn? Watch out not to forget!”

I stared at the ring on my ring finger which made it look even sweeter. “Iya, this is already in use.”

“Good! Yes already, be careful, Honey, see you.”

“Ya .. assalamualaikum”

I ended the call after hearing him answer the greeting.

Ting!

The elevator door opened, I entered the quiet elevator. I saw my reflection on the elevator wall. Wearing a white robe, and pashmina that I made hijab the result of practice after seeing the tutorial on youtube. With a simple makeup though not as beautiful as yesterday, but I am quite satisfied with how I look today.

“Waaah, sopo iki? The mother of Kirina? Ayune.” (Who is this? Is Kirana? Lovely).

“Hahaha.” I laughed at Ivan's words, who was surprised to see my appearance. Ivan himself wore long-sleeved batik just like Mr. Wiradi.

“Bu Kirana? Ayune .. sample pangling me.”

I just smiled hearing the words of the store children as I entered the E-World area.

“Aready? Where's Mr Ade?”

“Again to server room first a minute.”

I nodded in understanding. Currently it is Sunday, office hour children are on holiday so that there are in the office only children IT and store. The free atmosphere is felt in the office, seen from IT children who wear t-shirts with casual and hardcore songs heard from one of their computers. Surya son IT who is on duty today does love hardcore songs that for some people, including me even make migraines.

“Wiiih, sopo iki?”

“Hahaha.”

I laughed when I heard Mr. Ade coming out of the server room looking at me in disbelief.

“Others are already on the road, we are on the road now.”

We also went out of the office to the parking lot, using Pak Wiradi's car we headed to the hotel. Before long we reached the hotel and went straight to the Danaraja ballroom, the largest ballroom in the hotel. Several officers who served as receptionists checked our invitation cards before finally letting us in.

The atmosphere inside was already crowded with invited guests present, the tables were almost completely filled by invited guests as well as orphans who looked cheerful with smiles on their faces. Dressed in white Muslim uniforms, they sat neatly in the reserved seats.

“Bu Na!” Aileen and Yuli smiled widely while walking towards me. “Bu Na, so beautiful!”

“You too.”

Aileen today looks beautiful with a white robe like Yuli as a committee uniform and a pashmina draped over her shoulder.

“Hehehe ... oh, yes! Na Ma'am same Pak Wiradi sat him at table no 9. Sitting in the same mix the others let him know. Mr. Ade equals Mas Ivan at table 10 yes.”

I nodded in understanding, then walked following Aileen towards table no 9, I saw that some people had been sitting there, to my surprise was Elvan sitting at the same table as me.

I smile as a form of politeness.

“I deliberately make Bu Na semeja with Mr. Elvan, it's a college friend so let's not be awkward table.”

Hadeuh! Aileen did not know that it made the atmosphere even more awkward. Elvan then introduced me and Mr. Wiradi to three other people who were representatives of SUHO and MHG food and beverage.

“Kiki!” I stared to the side where Anto was standing with a big smile. He was wearing white cocoa like the rest of the committee.

“Waaah, very pretty! Pangling I see it .. if wearing a gini hijab looks really as a prospective wife Solehah.”

"Ffftt!"

I clicked towards Mr. Wiradi who snorted holding back laughter hearing Anto's words, as well as the others, except Elvan who was now staring at Anto full of probing.

What hole is the hole? I want to disappear right now! O Allah, why should I be met with tempe kriuk at an event like this?!

But fortunately Anto soon returned to her nature when the atmosphere suddenly boomed when three people entered the room. Who else if not the King, the Queen Mother, also the Prince who makes my eyes immediately round staring at him. How was I not surprised to see Caraka wearing a white cocoa shirt with the same tendril motif as me. Instantly I closed my mouth while trying to hold back a laugh realizing that he had prepared a couple shirt for us.

He also greeted several people who were local officials and invited guests including orphans, his left hand rubbing their head with a smile that made me smile.

Inadvertently my eyes sat with Aileen who was gaping while pointing at Caraka, making me smile while nodding which made Aileen cover her mouth with a palm, making me smile, his body slightly jumped up and then whispered something to Yuli who was beside him, Yuli was now looking at me with round eyes and gaping mouth made me want to laugh at the reaction of the two.

Big Boss, Queen Mother and Caraka are now sitting at a special table joined by some VVIP guests, and finally the pickaxe begins. Starting with the opening of the Mahesa group representative represented by the GM of the hotel that hosted this time, this time, continued prayer reading by community leaders then events filled by the appearance of children from Yayasan Yatim Surabaya who chanted sholawat, sholawat, then the tausiah of the famous ustad that often appeared on TV shows, and finally the core event that is compensation for orphans, and the symbolic handover of assistance by Big Boss and Caraka to several Foundations, and local government to be channeled to the needy.

After that Big Boss was asked to speak on the podium. Starting with a general welcome, thanks to several parties including all Mahesa group employees who have worked hard, until finally …

“Some of those who are here especially friends who work at hotel M may already know my eldest son, who is commonly called Mahesa Continent or some know him as Caraka Mahesa. God willing he will replace me, of course with the help of his sister ... Candras. For colleagues in retail must be very familiar with Candra. Sorry today Candra can not attend because there are needs that cannot be left in Jakarta.”

Rudi Mahesa looked around the room, none of which escaped his sight until everyone felt that he was the one being spoken to by the King.

“But this time Candra has represented herself and MHG Retail to her future sister-in-law.”

The deg! My heart stopped beating for a moment, before finally going crazy when I saw Caraka looking at me with a slanted smile.

“... insyaallah will be our daughter-in-law asap.”

“Aamiin.”

Aamiin's word echoed in the ballroom. Everyone looks curious about the figure of Mahesa's future daughter-in-law who is not on the VVIP table.

“Ah, it seems like all are curious about the figure of prospective daughter-in-law Mahesa.”

“Iya ..” boisterous words mixed with laughter re-echoed making the King smile widely.

“Some people have known him well these last two months, he came to work as well ..Even the hardest worker lately until finally managed to make a new breakthrough and load a Haryanto praised him yesterday.”

Wiradi looked at me with round eyes, making me only smile. So did Elvan who seemed to have suspected me, but I did not care how he responded.

“No! He we didn't bring here to spy on you.” Everyone laughed at Big Boss' words. “But he was brought here really because of his ability and trying to make the conditions here better. And finally he succeeded, E-World for the first time hit the target.”

“Wow, Miss Na!” the sound of Ivan's exclamation, Mr. Ade, Yudi, Aileen and the others while clapping made everyone who did not know me again curious to find the figure of Mahesa's daughter-in-law.

“Bu Na?” Big Boss is looking at me. “What is your call here?” The whole room is now staring at me.

Aah, if it's like this I inevitably end up nodding in response that made the people of E-World clap even some whistling, making me laugh while closing my face in shame.

“Iya .. she is Kirana Az Zahra, the candidate for Mahesa.”

Big Boss introduced me officially which made me shyly stand up and slightly bow as an introductory greeting to everyone present. The sound of clapping again rumbled to fill the ballroom.

I can't believe I'm in this position right now, feeling accepted and acknowledged by everyone. There were no condescending looks or cynical gazes, all smiling and looking at me kindly.

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