Marriage With (Out) Love
Chapter 20 - Thank You and Goodbye

Zayan really doesn't know if Elnara's coming home to his parents. Yesterday he had to be stuck with another employee who wanted to celebrate his birthday.

Earlier this morning when he came home, Zayan thought Elnara was still sleeping so decided not to wake the girl.

Not wanting the matter to continue and end in chaos, Zayan decides to go to Elnara's parents' house to explain what really happened.

"Download all my schedules today and don't bother me with work!" zayan commanded Micah who sat in front of his table with a sad face.

Zayan did not have much time to ask what had happened to the woman. There are more important things for him to take care of.

"Where are you going?" micah asked when she realized Zayan was leaving.

"There are important matters that I have to take care of, you reset the schedule of the day. Remember don't bother me for today!" Zayan was ready to leave when Micah spoke again.

"You want to see El? How important was he until you were willing to cancel today's schedule?" Micah asked angrily.

Zayan turned around and looked cynically at Micah, "if you forget, she's my wife so of course she matters!"

Micah was getting angrier at Zayan's words, even the man had already left him just like that. Once again Micah felt Zayan was getting further and it was because of Elnara's presence.

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Arriving at the house of his father-in-law, Zayan gets a cruel expulsion by Genta. The man viciously closed the door to Zayan and ignored the son-in-law who kept calling Elnara's name.

"Elnara, I know you heard my voice. Please come out, you misunderstand me. Let me explain what happened!" Zayan kept shouting ignoring the concerned gazes of the worker at his home-in-law.

While Elnara who heard the noise immediately came out of the room. How surprised the girl was when she heard Zayan's screaming voice calling her name.

"Would you like to see him?" the question came from Almira who was sitting relaxed in the guest house.

"Mommy? That really is Mas Zayan?" asked Elnara who looked incredulous at Zayan's voice.

"Yes, why? You're devastated and you intend to meet him?" Almira again asked calmly, the woman seemed to be enjoying the sound of Zayan shouting out there.

"No, Mi ... It's just a surprise that Mas Zayan is coming." Elnara replied hesitantly, she was still confused as to the reason Zayan came and shouted like that.

"Then enter the room, you better rest. Let your husband outside, he should feel as frustrated as you already feel."

Elnara nodded obediently, the girl immediately returned to the room although her heart still hoped to hear Zayan shout her name.

"El!" almira's call stopped Elnara's footsteps who were now standing on the first steps.

"Yes, Mi?" Elnara looked back at Almira who was now walking towards her.

"Mommy doesn't know what happened to your marriage. All this time Mami thought everything was fine, but it turned out that Mami was wrong. I'm sorry that Mami knew this too late, some of you should know how you're doing."

"Mami's not wrong, El's wrong for covering up all this from Mami. Sorry El, should be open with Mami. Now everything's a mess and El doesn't know what to do."

Almira took off her embrace and gently wiped away Elnara's still flowing tears drenching the pale cheeks.

"El, Mami said this as a form of concern and protection of Mami against Mami's daughter. Remember son, something forced will not end well. If it only gives a wound, it is better to let go. Maybe this is best for El, failure in the household is not a shame. Don't think of anything other than your heart, think of your heart lest it continue to be wounded until it can't be healed."

Elnara knew all the words of Almira were the right thing. During this time he forced Zayan to keep their marriage going, but Elnara forgot that their marriage was tasteless and only gave wounds to the two of them.

"Mommy, El has made up his mind. Can El talk about this with Mas Zayan?" Almira smiled warmly before nodding, allowing Elnara to meet Zayan.

After getting permission, Elnara immediately opened the door and found Zayan now looking at her full of relief. Elnara tried to keep smiling even though just staring at Zayan was able to make her heart hurt again.

"Thank God you open the door, I want to explain about last night-" Zayan's words were cut off when Elnara quickly interjected.

"Mas, there's something El wants to talk about. Can El talk first?" Elnara spoke carefully, they had to talk about this with cold heads so that there would be no grudges.

"Alright," Zayan eventually lets Elnara speak first.

"Before, El would like to say thank you for the thirty days that Mas gave. El is happy to feel like Mas's wife, sorry Mas has made time wasted. Last night was the last night of the agreement and Mas made a choice, so El wanted to say thank you and goodbye to Mas. El let go of Mas sincerely, Mas will not feel tormented by this marriage."

Elnara said all that while holding back her cries. Like any attitude Zayan so far will never make Elnara able to hate the man. Elnara foolishly still loves Zayan despite knowing his love claps one hand.

"Elnara, listen to all that's just-" Zayan's words were cut back when Elnara chose to turn around and enter the house.

Elnara ran towards her room with tears coming back down her cheeks. No he cared about the screams of Zayan who kept calling his name and asking to hear all the explanations of the man.

Zayan will follow Elnara's steps which unfortunately failed when Okta appeared on the doorstep. The man who was Zayan's best friend violently pushed Zayan's body back a few steps.

"Gue's been lost, don't ever hurt El or you'll lose him. I've given you a chance and you foolishly threw away the opportunity you had." Okta said firmly while closing the door of the house from the outside so that Zayan did not have access to the entrance.

"Okta, listen, this is just a misunderstanding. Let me explain this all the same Elnara, she should know what happened." Said Zayan calmly and still forced to enter the house.

"The opportunity you've got is up, so you better get going now!"

"You can't kick me out like this!"

"Can, I obviously can because I'm El's brother and I don't accept you sickiin adek me!"

"Okta, I-"

"Lo said you'd let El go when he asked for it himself, right? Now he's the one who let go of lo and that means you have to let go of him too!"

To Be Continue ~~>>