Married Because of Debt (Should Separate)
Cannot Forgive

The hospital canteen...

"Mother Nurlia is in the hospital, I helped prepare the operating room myself. I was very surprised to find out you weren't with Nurlia" Alika told Antoni.

"I thought you'd be with Nurlia. Turns out I was wrong. You don't deserve to be called a man." he added.

"Wait, Ibu Nurlia to be hospitalized until surgery?" asked Fahmi in a surprised tone.

"I doubt you didn't know that Nurlia's mother had a terminal illness?"

"I...." Fahmi bentung must answer what, because he really did not want to know about the Nurlia family, after they were married.

"I guessed you didn't know this," Alika smiled smirkly looking at Fahmi's facial expression.

"Alika, don't blame me because I don't know about what happened to the Nurlia family. Because...."

"Because you are still hoping and dreaming that you will be able to re-establish our relationship that has ended?" it was Alika who immediately cut off the conversation from Fahmi.

"Iwild..."

"Enough, Fahmi. Don't you feel sorry for the woman who's already your wife?"

"Me?"

"Don't you feel sorry for a wife who is supposed to earn an inner living from her husband?"

"Not to speak more intimately. Your attitude that yesterday was very hurtful to a wife" added Alika who increasingly makes Fahmi feel guilty.

"I know if you want the perfect wedding. Marriage and marriage are the dreams of everyone. No wonder someone chooses to get to know their partner first before they continue the relationship to the marriage stage."

"If you know I want that, why would you choose to step down when I marry someone I don't love. Have we not promised that we will fight for this relationship to the level we want. That is marriage," Fahmi tries to convince Alika if their relationship can still be repaired.

"No, Fahmi. You have to get used to destiny. Where we are not together and begin to get used to the presence of Nurlia who is your wife."

"I can't, Alika."

"Why?"

"Since you are the woman I love so much, how can I love another woman besides you?" this time Fahmi said it with teary eyes.

"Try to see Nurlia, like when you see me. I'm sure that feeling will come with time. Especially when you start to be sincere and try."

"Do you no longer love me, Alika?"

"Why are you talking like that?" ask Alika.

"Look at me, you seem to be giving me up for another woman."

"Fahmi, love is not binding. I still love you even though you won't be mine."

Fahmi was speechless, he no longer had a word.

"I have to go back. My break is over." Alika got up from her seat and started walking away from Fahmi.

Alika decided to pursue her profession as a doctor who had stopped for several months.

Alika walked past a woman who was standing behind her, a woman who was none other than Nurlia.

It seems like the mother-in-law deliberately asked Nurlia to look for Fahmi. It was as if the in-law wanted Nurlia to know that Fahmi already had another woman in his heart.

"Hopefully after this, Nurlia will demand a divorce from Fahmi. As a mother, of course I can't bear to see my son have to suffer from parting with his lover." Lirih Fahmi's mother after previously she saw Fahmi and Alika meet.

"Nurlia, are you here?" said a man who surprised Nurlia.

"Sister Andre?" Nurlia smiled at her older brother.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm looking for Fahmi. But it doesn't seem like he's here."

"Yes, let's go back to Mom's room. Who knows if you're dead." Andre was holding Nurlia's hand, while Nurlia was still looking towards Fahmi who was sitting down while bowing his head.

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Fahmi tries to find Nurlia's whereabouts. After being told Andre, the brother-in-law. Fahmi immediately went to the musholla hospital.

Fahmi sees Nurlia praying while shedding tears. Suddenly Fahmi felt something tight in his heart.

"What feeling is this?" lirih Fahmi's.

For the past few days, Nurlia had always avoided him. Even Nurlia did not want to go home when Fahmi took her home.

Fahmi decides to go into the men's bathroom, if the usual way doesn't get her to talk and apologizes to Nurlia. Fahmi will try to talk to Nurlia here, in the musholla where Nurlia always prays for the recovery of the mother.

Nurlia, who had just finished praying and was about to open her door, was of course surprised to see Fahmi pray for the first time.

Yeah, at least that's what Nurlia had in mind. The first time I saw Fahmi performing prayers.

"Assalamualaikum, Nurlia."

Nurlia's footsteps came to a halt when she heard Fahmi say his greetings and say his name.

"Walaikumsalam, mas." lirih Nurlia.

"Where are you going? soon enter the prayer time. Don't you want to stay here? wait for prayer time, and..." Fahmi paused his words for a while before continuing back on.

"Sholat with me?"

Deg !!

Although feeling indescribable, Nurlia and Fahmi prayed together for the first time.

With doubt Fahmi turned back, slowly but surely, Fahmi stuck out his hand and who would have guessed if Nurlia welcomed the helping hand and kissed him.

Exactly like the moment when they had just been declared officially a married couple.

"I'm sorry, Nurlia. I knew I shouldn't have left you and not listened to your calls back then."

"No problem. I'm used to it anyway." Nurlia smiled at Fahmi.

A sweet, yet painful smile for Fahmi.

How could that be? I don't know. Only Fahmy knows.

Alika who happened to be going to pray, smiled as she saw Nurlia and Fahmi talking.

"Alhamdulillah, hopefully after this Fahmi will really be able to open his heart and accept Nurlia as his wife."

Alika decides to enter through a different side of the musholla. He did not want Nurlia to know of his whereabouts, remembering all this while seeing Alika's presence. Nurlia always dodged, as if knowing what was going on between Fahmi and Alika.

"Nurlia, where are you going? aren't we done talking?" fahmi asked when she saw Nurlia fold her face.

"It's not that I don't like it when we talk too much. Even the mas itself said if it doesn't want to see my face for too long? so I just..."

Nurlia stopped her speech as Fahmi suddenly hugged her.

"I'm sorry, Nurlia. I know I have sinned a lot against you. Allow me to fix it."

Nurlia let go of Fahmi's embrace and slightly wiped away the tears that fell down her cheeks.

"If this apology is because of what's happening now. Sorry, I can't forgive. I can't accept an apology just because my mother is in critical condition now" Nurlia said before leaving Fahmi.

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