Love Me Please, Mas Duda
03 - Forced to Get Married

A month has passed. Dea is still languishing behind bars and acting like any other prisoner. Dea accepted her fate. But even so, Dea remains adamant if he is not the actual perpetrator. It is hard to believe for people who do not see it directly, because indeed all the evidence points to him.

That day, Dea was on her way along with the other female prisoners when a rutan officer called her name.

"Sister Midea Lestari! Come with me!"

Dea simply followed the officer's steps without asking much.

"Congratulations, from today you are released from here."

"Eh? Wh-what?!" Dea did not believe what she heard.

"The victim's family has already paid bail for your freedom. Please get your things done and get out of here."

Dea's eyes glazed over. "This is serious, Mom? So, I'm released?"

"really. Please!"

With a haru feeling that enveloped his heart, Dea walked out of the place with a tremendous amount of gratitude.

"Good day, Miss Dea. I'm Roni. I'm assistant to Mr. Shady Hutama. Please Miss come with me." A young man stood firm and respected Dea.

"Ah yes. But where should I go?" Dea still did not understand the situation that had just happened.

"Please come in, Miss. I'm in charge of picking you up." Roni opened the car door and let Dea in.

Dea does not feel suspicious at all because she knows very well that Shady Hutama is the man who has imprisoned her. And now that man has released her.

"alright. I should at least thank him." Dea got into the luxury car that picked her up.

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After driving for 45 minutes, Dea arrived at a large and luxurious house owned by the Hutama family. His mouth opened to see the beauty of the house in front of him.

"Please come in, Miss. Mr. Shady is waiting." Roni broke the Dea reverie.

Dea nodded then stepped in. Dea noticed there were some people sitting on the living room sofa.

It looks like Shady is signing a dossier that Dea doesn't know what it is.

"Congratulations, Mr. Shady. With this you are officially married to Miss Midea Lestari." A man in a neat suit shook hands with Shady.

"W-what? Married married?" Dea looked up to hear the man's statement.

After that the people who had filled the living room area had now passed away. While Dea was still standing in his place.

"Why are you just standing there? Come inside! From now on you'll be staying here." Shady approaches Dea.

Dea who finally realized now looked at Shady.

"What's really going on, sir? Why did the man say that I and you..." Dea couldn't continue the sentence.

"Really! We're married, Miss Midea Lestari. But, this marriage is not like marriage in general. I will make a marriage contract that you have to sign. And you have to remember your position here is to be Naura's nanny instead of my wife. The wife's status is just to tie you up so you can't escape from here."

Dea's legs feel limp. His body staggered backwards. He does not believe that after getting out of prison, he will be re-imprisoned in a marriage arranged by Shady.

Dea's tears escaped just soaking her pale face. "If you're just looking for a nanny for your daughter, why would you have to painstakingly marry me?" Dea's voice sounded trembling but as much as possible he would look tough.

"I have my own reasons for doing this. And you! You are the one who has made Naura lose her mother. So you have to take responsibility for what you did!"

"No! I'm not the culprit! I didn't kill anyone!" firmly Dea with a glint of sharp eyes stared at Shady.

Naura's crying voice echoed in the mansion. Hearing the sound of the baby's cries made Dea moved to find the source of the sound.

Dea really likes kids. Because he has three younger siblings with age close together. Dea was the one who took care of her three sisters while her parents were busy looking for money.

"God! Sweetheart! Why crying?" Dea immediately held the tiny one-month-old baby. Dea cradles baby Naura with a beautiful lullaby nina bobo.

In front of the bedroom door, Shady and her mother can only look at each other when Dea manages to stop Naura's crying. Nilam smiled at Dea who looked very fond of Naura.

"It looks like you did the right thing, Bang. Naura has found a surrogate mother of her own choice." Nilam slapped Shady's shoulder. "Mom's sure that girl wasn't the culprit."

Nilam's words upset Shady. Somehow he did not accept if Naura immediately accepted Dea's presence. Shady decides to leave Naura's room.

Nilam approached Dea who had lured Naura.

"The dea? Your name is Dea, right?" Sapa Nilam's.

"Yes, Madam." Dea lowered her face.

"I'm Nilam, Shady's mother. Sorry for my son's attitude." Nilam invited Dea to sit on the edge of the bed.

Dea just nodded.

"How can you make Naura shut up and not cry anymore? I'm sure Naura would like you." Nilam held both hands of Dea.

"Thank you, Madam. I'm only experienced in nurturing my three sisters."

"Don't call me madam. Just call me Mom."

"But, Mistress..."

"You're Shady's wife. So you're my daughter too."

Dea's eyes glazed over. Either she has to be happy or sad about getting a good mother-in-law like Nilam, but gets a cold husband like Shady.

"What Mistress..." Dea hesitated to continue her sentence.

"Mom believes you're not the real culprit. I'm going to persuade Shady to investigate the case and hide the news of your release from prison. I'll be on your side."

Dea immediately embraced Nilam and cried in the arms of her mother-in-law. Dea poured out all her sorrow on Nilam. During this one month, it felt hard for Dea to undergo all the punishment from what she did not do.

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Exhausted from crying, Dea finally fell asleep in Naura's room hugging the little boy. Shady, who had just returned from the office, was quite surprised by the scene in front of him.

Naura was sound asleep in the Dea. The tiny baby seems to have found a surrogate mother who makes it comfortable.

Shady undoes his intention to go inside Naura's room and chooses to head for her room.

"You've seen it for yourself, haven't you? Dea is the right surrogate mother for Naura. And I'm asking you to be able to investigate this case more thoroughly. I'm sure Dea wasn't the culprit."

Shady breathed. "But all the evidence points to him, ma'am."

"Mom's sure there's something big behind the accident, Bang. You have to find the truth." Pinta Nilam's.

"The car that hit Nola is listed on behalf of Shezi Kalendra. I know if we have been in business with the Kalendra family for a long time. I just don't want things getting complicated because we doubt Shezi's testimony."

Nilam still did not understand the thoughts of his son. "If you want to find Nola's killer, then you should put your business aside and put your family's business first."

Nilam leaves Shady after saying all the things that made his son lose. Shady walked into his room and felt a hollow atmosphere there.

"Nola... Ii'm sorry... I'm sorry I had to do this..."