Marriage, Love Later
How I was sold

The house is deserted after Kiara's father is treated. Kelvin goes to school, while Kiara goes straight to the hospital after teaching.

Despite being told to rest at home by Kiara, Renita still always thinks of her husband. He shopped, then immediately cooked as soon as he got home.

Within an hour three dishes were served. Then, he served it in a large food chain.

"Kiara must not have had lunch," he murmured, smiling happily as he made him his favorite meal. However, then the look on his face turned grim, pensive, and sighed. "Pity him. His papa's thoughts continued. I'm worried if he gets sick later."

Before that happened, he had to rush back to the hospital. However, just about to go through the exit, some big-bodied and sangar-faced men entered his house.

A fat man, who was the top of the thug, approached Renita with a smile. Renita's trembling legs stepped back, terrified.

"Where is Mrs Rahardi going?" asked the man, then glanced at the food chain held by Renita. "Oh, food! It smells good."

Spontaneous Renita hid the bushel backwards. "What do you want? My husband is not home" she said.

"Yes, I know. We've got a lot of ears, so it's easy to figure out that litter," the man's chimpanzee, his laughter echoed later. "But we don't care if Rahardi is here or not. You must pay the debt!"

The man snatched Renita's arm violently, so that the branch he was holding slipped off. The bushel fell on the floor, it was a mess. Renita looked at him bitterly.

The man approached her, then sighed at Renita's chin so that she would look at him. "Madam, while I'm still being kind, you'd better give us the money right now" she said in a raucous voice that made Renita tremble. Then, he flung his chin tightly.

But where's the money from? Currently Renita does not hold much money. He was confused, not knowing what to do. The resignation that made him choose to kneel before the man while cupping his hands together.

"Sir, I beg you. Give us some time. Right now, I don't have a penny to...."

"Stale reason!" the man snorted. "Okay, then. Kids, tear this house apart! Find any valuables we can take!"

Hearing that, Renita nodded. He can't allow this. At the expense of self-esteem, Renita grabs the man's leg and hugs him pleading.

"Sir, please don't tear my house apart. I promise, I'll pay off all his debts soon."

The man was fed up of swallowing all the pleas from a debtor like him. No matter if she was a woman or not, she could bear it to them. In fact, he did not hesitate to kick Renita to the ground and in pain.

The state of the house was so messy, some porcelain and items made of glass broke. The rentier leader laughed happily without caring about Renata who was crying resignedly under his feet.

"That's enough!" he shouted at his men, after being satisfied to see the state of the house that resembled a ship breaking.

His men regrouped behind the leader empty-handed. He and the man looked at Renata with a cruel smile.

"House is big, but there are no valuables. Huh, suck! Yuk, let's just go! But ..." The man bowed slightly towards Renita who was bowing, and then he said again. "We'll be back here tomorrow. So, we don't want to know, the money has to be there tomorrow. Otherwise, we will do something worse than this. Understand!"

In a state of shock and fear, Renita nodded slowly. The answer was quite satisfactory, the man then told his men to leave this place.

Tears were held back, Renita spilled after the thugs left. A servant who saw the event came out of his hiding place, and approached the great mistress. He crouched down beside her, embracing her while stroking her shoulders.

"I have to how? Why is this family going through such a huge ordeal?" her crying.

"Patience, ma'am, there must be a way out" said the maid, who was also grieved.

Way out. All he thought about was the offer from a handsome man who had come to his house several times back then. She heard all the conversations between her husband and the man, because she was accompanying her husband.

The man was willing to release all his debts, but on a condition.

However, that condition....

Renita is shaky. His hands clenched, his crying stopped as he was deep in thought. Then, slowly he lifted his head and wiped his tears. He has made a solid decision.

She moved, rushing to her husband's office. Arriving there, near the work desk, rummaging through the contents of a drawer. She remembered that her husband had put it there.

Without wasting time, Renita grabbed the phone, pressed the same number button as the phone number listed on the card.

Whether this was luck, the phone responded pretty quickly. However, the one who raised him was his secretary.

"Hello, I'm Renita Rahardi" he said straight away, as soon as his phone was picked up. "Can I speak to Mr Shawn Wiryatama?"

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After being contacted, a man named Shawn and his secretary came to Rahardi's residence as requested.

The house has been cleaned and cleaned. They were greeted by a servant. Then, the two men were brought to Renita, who was waiting in the living room.

The two men arrived in front of him. They greeted, but Renata just shook her head and returned the greeting in a flat tone.

"So, have you changed your mind?" shawn asked, his cynical smile growing.

Renata did not reply, but then said, "Go ahead, I want to sign the agreement immediately."

"You sure you want to hand Kiara over to me? Mr. Freddy yesterday already balked at that condition."

The woman fell silent, wavering again. It was a tough decision, but he had to do it for his family.

"Yes, I'm sure." Renita nodded steadily.

Shawn smiled with satisfaction. Then, he asked his secretary to release a file, which was then given to Renita.

"Please read it first," the bespectacled man suggested as he swiped a pen next to the file.

Unnecessary. Renita signed the file without wasting time. After completing the signature, the file was given back to Shawn's secretary.

As a sign of agreement, Shawn reached out to Renita, and the woman shook her hand.

"I'll transfer the money."

"But, please don't take Kiara just yet. Let Kiara be here until her father's condition improves."

"No problem," Shawn replied casually as he smiled wryly.

And that's what happened. Shawn told me from the beginning about the deal. Kiara was shocked to hear all the stories. Apparently, his stepmother sold it.

Why is he that kind of?

"Cannot be. Mama .. she..," Kiara said, her eyes glazed over.

Shawn knew it would be like this. The story of Kiara's closeness to her stepmother had already been heard. Kiara would have a hard time believing it.

"I'm not forcing you to believe it" he said. "I told you everything. Are you satisfied now?"

Kiara did not hear the man's words, her brain was filled with Shawn's story and tried to refute him despite sometimes believing the story.

Right now, what Kiara needed was solitude. Shawn chose to leave this place without bothering him, leaving him devastated and crying.[]