Marry The Heir
A child's request

This morning the breakfast was filled with surprise. Kinar came to bring breakfast porridge which became Arini's favorite. It seems like porridge is starting to become their breakfast menu. The aroma of the porridge is fragrant, the texture is not too diluted as well as the topping is a lot, it invites taste. Arini is always greedy when eating with porridge bought by Kinar near the house.

Another surprising thing is the presence of a girl who entered Kean's house. He stood behind Kinar and seemed hesitant to enter. Whether this is a pleasant surprise or not the obvious, the atmosphere of the house begins to turn tense.

“Good morning mistress. Today young lady, come.” Kinar was doubtful. He looked at Arini and Shafira alternately.

“August aunt.” He said as he stepped parallel to Kinar. He tried to show his sweetest smile when faced with Arini.

No one responded. Everyone was stunned by each other's shock. The warm atmosphere of the room turned tense after Shafira's arrival. He looked at Kean and Arini alternately. The expressionless face of the two made Shafira start to feel wrong for coming to this house.

He sighed deeply while clenching his hands and trying to hold on. There is a feeling that tries to keep him. It's his good intention to come find Arini, then he can't turn around. She turned to Disa who was in the kitchen and gave her a faint smile. It makes it seem like it has gained new strength.

“What can fira join?” ask her doubtfully.

“Hem.” That's Arini's response. He still did not expect that this little boy would dare to come to see him and talk to him.

Shafira tried to calm down, she approached Arini and sat down on one of the dining table chairs. He tried to smile as Arini and Kean looked at him.

Sitting with hesitation and a still flogging feeling was really uncomfortable for Shafira. But he already intends to face this phase. He does not want to avoid being a coward or ignorant like he knows nothing.

“Sorry that the presence of fira makes the atmosphere here so uncomfortable.” Shafira begins her sentence with a smile that she makes as sweet as possible. But still could not hide his gloom.

“Tadi mornings, fira laki bu kinar out of the house. He said he wanted to buy porridge that deket house. Fira thinks what's wrong if fira come and have breakfast with aunt and brother. At home fira breakfast by yourself.” Shafira swallowed her saliva violently as her throat began to choke.

His heart was still very leaping feeling the cold gaze of Arini and Kean. His brain felt stuck thinking about what else he had to say.

“Tante don't mind fira joining?” he looked at Arini with sadness. The brown bead looks dim as if it is collecting tears in the corner of its eye.

Arini looked to breathe. He tried to smile even though the curvature of his lips was only faint. “No problem. Kinar, prepare breakfast. It's too late.” Later decrees.

“Ba-good mistress.”

Disa brought him some bowls and Kinar began to arrange their breakfast. His hands look shaky. He knew the situation was very uncomfortable. The thing he was afraid of was something bad happening to his great mistress.

They started breakfast feeling awkward. Stirring the porridge not because it still feels hot but think of the talk material so that the atmosphere melts.

“Nak, later mamah want to go to gallery aunt nita sama dia. You followed ya, we had lunch there.” Arini found the talk first. He also wanted to end the same awkwardness.

“Iya mah's. This morning kean nemuin client outside, later kean nyulus mamah.” Kean agrees with the mother's efforts to keep the atmosphere comfortable. While Shafira was still playing the porridge before her with an erratic feeling.

“Kata aunty nita, the Foundation she manages wants a charity. Mamah was also invited to come but mamah is still not sure whether to join them or not. Mom is not very confident.” I then.

Kean grabbed Arini's hand on the table and held it. “If mamah does not feel comfortable, mamah can say the same aunt nita. Kean sure aunt nita ngerti.” Patting the back of Arini's hand to calm her down.

Shafira who was looking at the scene before him, smiled wryly. There was true news from the servants that Kean loved his mother very much. From the way he spoke and the look in his eyes and of course Kean's treatment of the Woman beside him.

Shafira smiled. There was envy that suddenly entered his heart. In this condition they can strengthen each other inversely with he who is always alone without someone who he hopes to say that everything will be fine. A thread of tears trickled down by itself, it felt very sad.

“What's the porridge not good miss?” Kinar is aware of Shafira's behavior, who only plays her breakfast.

Shafira just shook her head while wiping her tears.

“Tante, can fira talk?” he looked up at Arini who looked surprised.

“Never prohibit.” Coldest.

Shafira moved from her place, pushed back the chair she was in and did the unexpected. He bowed his knees in front of Arini.

“Hey, what are you doing?” not only Arini was shocked, but the whole house.

Shafira simply bowed down, without daring to raise her face. He feels too embarrassed.

“Fira would like to apologize aunt.” He said with a slightly trembling voice.

“Apologies for what? Sit on top.” Typal Arini who was feeling uncomfortable.

Shafira shook her head with a circle of tears that came back to drip and then he rubbed violently. “Fira apologizes if because of the presence of fira and mamih in the aunt family, it has made everything fall apart. Fira apologizes aunt.” He sobbed. Really regret what happened.

Last night, when Liana suddenly came to her room, Shafira finally got all the explanations she wanted. About how the family he lived in, how the mistake Liana made and of course Liana's impasse to solve this problem.

Arini who saw Shafira sobbing could not say anything. He did not expect this young girl to have her own intentions for coming to this house.

Seeing the restless shafira, he recalled the time Liana came to his room and did the same.

“I'm sorry mba, for all my mistakes.” he said beginning the sentence.

Arini knows who Liana is. A smart woman from a modest family who works professionally with her husband. Since Liana first came and introduced herself as Sigit's secretary, Arini already liked the girl.

Her calm bearing, her well-ordered manner of speaking, her open mind and her cheerfulness make Liana feel like she has friends.

The marriage relationship between Arini and Sigit is not in the landasi strong feelings between husband and wife as many people experience. Liana's presence at that time, has helped her a lot. From Liana he knew Sigit's habits while in the office. What he likes and doesn't like. What drinks always accompany her husband when thinking seriously, to other personal things that even he as his wife does not know.

But as time went on, Liana's professional demeanor began to erode. Liana no longer treated Sigit as her superior but as a male. The amount of time they spend together starts to create feelings they shouldn't. They often go out of town for work reasons. Meet client invitations when there is an event. And of course, Liana was the one accompanying him.

Arini's presence is only complementary if Sigit is a successful businessman with a happy family and has a smart son. But in fact it's not. All just an image that her husband wants to build.

Arini's departure due to an accident a few years ago, as if a momentum for Liana to strengthen her feelings. They are both female and Arini can feel Liana's attention starting to turn subjective on her husband.

“Mas sigit is the ideal husband type and mba arini is lucky to have a husband like mas sigit.” Liana said at the time.

From her sentence, Arini caught the admiration that Liana had tucked into her husband. He no longer told me much about what Sigit did in the office. And as time went on, Liana never contacted him again. Their communication was completely cut off.

Until a few years later he only found out that Sigit was married to Liana.

In her pain, Arini really felt in the banishment. Liana who he strongly believes in in fact can not be held in his words. As much as possible he hid everything from Kean. He doesn't want Kean to hate his father more. Until finally Kean saw for himself what happened in the house that he had left for decades.

“I know, I was wrong mba. I shouldn't have such feelings for mas sigit. But I can't help it. I can't get away from the man I love.” Liana sneered in front of Arini.

After a long time, he finally expressed his feelings for Sigit.

“After mba arini left, things got messier. Gisit married me just for feeling guilty. She never had any feelings for me like Arini thought. Never been mba.” Liana's crying was breaking. The feelings he had harbored for years he finally revealed.

In the end, he and Liana were at the same feeling. Never loved Sigit and only as a complement to Sigit's life that seems perfect.

“I never blame you for having feelings for mas sigit. But, you are a smart woman, an independent woman. You should know, loving my husband cannot be an excuse for you to betray my trust.”

“You're a liana woman. You can feel how I feel, right? Then why are you holding on? Why do you even continue your feelings and force to have mas sigit?”

It was already halfway Sigit's feelings for him. Sigit who began to pay attention to him, a little care and Arini felt his efforts were not in vain. But then it all ended because of the accident. Either Sigit expects his recovery until he provides a very expensive treatment in the country of people or just want to keep Arini because basically Sigit's attention is only limited to a sense of responsibility. Clearly, his feelings for Sigit never changed.

Hearing Arini's question, Liana simply bowed not daring to answer a word. Like Shafira who was currently only sobbing before him.

“Your mother is guilty. He betrayed my trust. But I never felt that you were the beginning of this problem.”

“No child has a duty to bear the faults of his parents. Including you.”

“Build.” Tandas Arini later.

Instead of moving, Shafira even more sobbing. He is increasingly embarrassed and does not dare to face Arini.

Arini gestured for Kinar to help Shafira wake up and immediately Kinar approached her young lady.

“Mari ms.” Take Shafira up. Shafira brushed her hand.

“If I am not the beginning of this matter, can aunty arini return to that house?”

“The house was supposed to be home for aunt and brother. I felt like a thief, taking something that wasn't supposed to be mine. I beg aunt, go home.” Shafira looked at Arini nanar. He said his words with great earnestness. He felt he had to put everything back in its original position.

Arini just smiled thinly. Many reasons led him to have to consider the request of the girl before him.

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