Marrying the Killer of my Girlfriend
THE PAINFUL TRUTH

Day : Aldebaran

No. There must be something wrong.

I still grimace while sitting in this library room.

Knowing all these facts....

Eighteen years I have hoped...

Waiting to fulfill my love with my only love.

I'm so blind...

How can I just know now?

That it wasn't Selena who wrote this letter?

How could it not be him who drew the figure of the king and queen in this letter?

I've been convinced this is what Selena's heart is all about!

Who forged me for many years became this strong Aldebaran!

Yet apparently...

I was wrong?

Didn't Selena write this letter from the bottom of her heart?

Then who?

I still shake my head.

I feel stupid.

Feeling shy.

Feeling meaningless.

Selena never even considered me that high in her heart!

This is all just my imagination..

My hallucinations are only because I want him to repay my entire race.

But look at what I'm receiving right now..

Only the truth hurts.

Really sick.

Like I've felt the pain of my entire life, and my death is coming soon.

Why does loving get this sick?

"Ale, are you okay?"

Selena interrupted my thoughts. Next to me, he looked worried.

Of course he's worried. He would definitely never have expected to see the pitiful side of an Aldebaran like this.

Without hearing my reply, he tried to pull my hand off the ground and raise me to the sofa near the piano.

Meanwhile, I still couldn't hide my shaken feelings.

Moluccan feeling. The feeling of not wanting to be pitied for the stupidity of my blindness of unrequited love.

"Ale..." Selena came back to talk to me.

We are now sitting on a velvet sofa in this cold library room. Sitting side by side, but unable to see each other's faces even though we are this close.

Then, I felt her warm hands go down behind my body.

He patted my shoulder, sympathizing with me who had fallen so deeply.

"I'm so proud of you.."

Selena says it with a very emotional emphasis.

"I heard everyone talking about you. I read all about you. You're so great" Selena continued. Still talking with eyes forward, not looking at me.

Selena..

"You finished school three years earlier than you should have. You are a doctoral candidate from a prestigious university in the world..." Selena paused for a moment to take a breath, before continuing her praise to me.

"You are the leader of Tel-X in Europe. All at once, your riding hobby has made you in the national team squad for this year's Olympics. Aren't you really cool?" Selena tried to strengthen my heart.

Of course Selena. I think everything I've achieved will make you turn to me..

"I hear you're being chased by women all over the world. Ale, all men would want to be you!"

It doesn't mean anything to Selena...

"And of all the things you do, the most exciting thing for me is. You've always been a very good brother to Josh Rainer..."

Degs..

I didn't expect Selena's conversation to boil down to that topic.

"I heard it all. How Josh used to hate you so much. But you're always by his side, trust him, love him. There's no tomorrow to make him happy.." selena's voice now sounded vibrating.

I can only look at him.

"I'm so grateful to you for treating Josh Rainer so well and keeping him up to this day. You really matter to us Ale. We're important in my life.you're important in Josh's life.."

Selena's face is wet with tears.

Flick, Selena.

I can't see my loved ones crying in front of me like this.

A sigh of tears.

I'm sick to see you so sad.

"Therefore I beg you for our sake. Ale is strong, reliable, liked by everyone... Ale, my biggest brother... "

Selena wiped her tears slowly

He then looked at me deeply.

His hand felt down my cheek, giving me the spirit in his eyes.

He expects me to continue being me.

Even though my soul has been torn apart because of false hope.

He still has faith in me.

Forward.

Throw away all that shame and self-pity like this.

Back to finding my way...

"I'm not sure if I can do it. I.." I'm really losing myself right now.

"Ale. And if you now feel you want to get off the face of this earth, remember my story. You will definitely find a reason to strengthen your life.."

Selena is holding my hand tight.

"You know, I won't find anyone who can replace you." I said it with a laugh.

Selena smiled at the diculum.

"Sometimes, we have to lick our own saliva to feel in love again. Who knows your soulmate's already a granny? Or just born?"

We laughed after we cried together.

A sister's hug to her brother after eighteen years of separation.

How could I forget all that? Those are the only memories that I have every day on my mind.

But now I have to bury him.

For Selena. For Josh Rainer.

This feeling should be finished today. This sense of hope cannot grow any more than this.

"But today I even got your discord piano chanted.."Selena is back to joking.

"I'm sorry, I'm not the music genius who wins the world opera stage" I said, referring to Josh Rainer.

Selena laughs.

"He loves you. You know that.." Selena said while loosening her arms to me.

"It took me many years to believe that I wanted so much to be his friend.I always loved him, never considered him my rival and I didn't want to lose him. thankfully he saw my efforts.." I said to Selena.

Selena listened to me while opening her mouth. But he closed again.

Like there was something he wanted to say, but he refused to throw it.

"What's wrong?" manya curious.

"I don't know if I can tell you this.. Josh. wants to give all of Tel-X's power to you" he said quickly.

I'm still processing this information slowly.

"Then we intend to go and live happily with our own dreams" Selena said.

Not likely.

Dad tried hard to make Josh Rainer the sole heir to power.

Grandma only recognizes Josh Rainer as the sole successor of the Gurnawijaya conglomerate.

I was just a pawn between them.

Why would Josh want to do the opposite?

Doesn't he know this would betray my father's trust?

"Everyone will oppose it, believe me," that's all that can come out of my mouth.

Selena nodded.

"Yes, with all these tempests. The management of the Board of Directors who finally knew that Celine was embezzling money on your behalf.I think Josh Rainer's plan will be difficult to materialize." Selena said clearly.

I was amazed to hear it.

"The management of the board already know about Celine's cunning actions? How come?"

Is not this problem only guarded for the internal family? How could the directors know?

"Let's know, I'm new and will be a potential member of your family. But believe me I'm learning to read all the complexities of the Gurnawijaya family, including why the directors know this personal matter.."

I still don't think it out.

Then my mind boils down to a hypothesis.

"Could it be...your wedding plans are being hounded because of this matter? Because I can't perform in front of the directors and Josh still has to pretend to be sick? So you're gonna replace her?"

I looked at Selena with a guilty feeling.

Selena nodded while smiling wryly.

"You can imagine being me? Ale, my life can't be normal anymore after setting foot on Gurnawijaya's property.. I was taken advantage of by your very opportunist grandmother" said Selena cynically.

Oh Selena's..

Maybe you didn't realize it...

That you've actually been included in the plan that Josh Rainer prepared..

To solve all the problems he started..

So that you do not know the truth..

My throat's choked. Want to warn him, but I can't possibly unlock Josh Rainer's secret in front of the person who matters most to him..

It had to be Josh Rainer who explained all these issues to Selena.. I wasn't.

"Ale, there's one thing that bothers me.." Selena is now turning serious.

He looked at me deeply.

"Please say it honestly. Why would Josh still want to pretend to be sick? Though she could have been performing normally and proclaimed to the world that Becca and Celine almost killed us."

Oh naw.

I really can't tell Selena the truth.

That Josh Rainer had hit his fiancee.

And that's why she had to keep quiet, until Becca made a confession that the accident was done by the bad woman.

"He said he was investigating a case that may have involved your father's death. Is it possible that your father was also killed by Becca or Celine?" Selena's still fiery questioning me.

I was still speechless, trying to put together the right words for me to say to Selena.

I took a breath, then answered.

"If you'd just questioned Josh Rainer's strategy, do you think he would have told me his motives?"

Selena heard me.

He looked me in the eye with serious eyes. He seemed to be considering whether I was telling the truth.

I then continued again.

"Josh has always loved strategy, and he prefers that no one knows his plan. If you doubt him, why don't you ask him directly?"

Selena snorted at me.

His face changed again.

That serious face had evaporated. What now looks like is a worried face.

"I have a guess..," he told me.

Selena seemed to take a deep breath before she continued.

"I have a guess, Josh Rainer was the one who wanted our marriage to speed up. Josh Rainer was the one who wanted me to be the controller of the company, while he was still disabled. I have a guess this is all the plan, not grandma. And the thing is, I don't know what the motive is."

Booms.

I stared at this half-dead woman I loved with unblinking eyes.

That woman who was very nice to my sister.

Equally smart, equally smart to analyze everything.

Josh Rainer really got a partner who is the same level as himself.

Selena, you've chosen Josh Rainer. I hope you can accept all the consequences..

Including how he arranged everything to be in line with his expectations.

"Selena, I don't have the answer. But all I can assure you is that my sister loves you so much and wants to live in peace with you."

I hope these words can soften it.

However, in front of my eyes, Selena looked dissatisfied. I realized that a little misguided could make Josh Rainer's plan fall apart.

Especially in front of the highly alert Selena.