Mr. Dev (CEO of Seoul)
Forced to obey

"Darling you've come." Valerie greeted Dev with a warm smile on her red lips. Hugging the child's stiff body briefly while peeping his left and right cheeks.

"Where is Papa?" asked Dev expressionlessly.

"Ehm, your father is in the living room with Mr. Alden. Let's go inside, your father and future father-in-law have been waiting for you since." Valerie held Dev's arm and led him into the living room, the smile on her lips still broadening, hoping that Dev's anniversary and engagement would go smoothly and unhindered tonight according to her plan.

"Honeyy." Seeing Dev's presence in the middle of them, Alena immediately got up from her seat and ran small towards Dev and went into his lover's arms.

"Why so long? I've been waiting for you since. What about my appearance tonight? Do I look very pretty?" her tan tidied her hair and the long white dress that was on her clothes.

"Why do you look like this? You attended my parents' wedding anniversary, not their engagement!" exclaimed Dev shrunk his voice.

Alena smiled, "Ah, don't you know honey." Swiping the chest of Dev's field wrapped in a black suit, but the man immediately caught Alena's hand and grabbed her firmly.

"How dare you touch me like this!!"

"Babyy, can you speak softly to me just once? We're in front of my parents and your parents who are soon to be besan."

"What do you mean?" Both Dev's eyebrows sharpened.

"Did Mami Valerie not tell you at all? Ah, it doesn't seem like your face looks this confused." Without feeling reluctant, Alena rubbed Dev's face gently, showing off her lentic nails that had been given a mint-colored nail polish, Dev's favorite color.

"What's? Say now!"

"Devaku, can you speak softly to me. Soon we'll be a married couple, so treat me well."

"Whatchu mean? I will never marry you!!" Hearing Dev's words made Alena's chest feel tight but as much as possible she could hold and keep a smile on her lips. Must be extra patient in facing Dev who has a cold and heartless attitude.

"Honeyy, all that's bound to happen. You will marry me after this night has passed. Deva, tonight's our engagement night, and after we're engaged we're getting married. Doesn't Mami?" Alena slightly raised her voice in her last sentence until the lovers became the center of attention of Mama Valerie and others.

"Yeah dear." With a big smile, Mama Valeria moved from her seat, approaching Alena and Dev who were standing quite far from the sofa.

"Mommy, why didn't Mami tell me earlier?!" ketus Dev, did not accept his engagement event so suddenly even without his knowledge.

"Deva darling. Mami just wanted you and Alena to get engaged on Mami's and Papa's anniversary, we wanted this as a gift from you."

"I can't Ma!" reject Dev while shaking his head.

"Deva!!" Mr. Dhito got up from his seat, staring intently at Dev who had just expressed his rejection.

"I can't Pa!" Dev shifted his gaze, looking at his Papa with a glare. "I still need time to accept another woman in my life."

"Deva!! When to come?! It's been 7 years, but you haven't forgotten that village woman?! Don't embarrass Mama and Papa with this silliness of yours. Mama doesn't want to know you're getting engaged to Alena tonight!" exclaimed Valerie, feeling bored with Dev's attitude that always rejects Alena's presence in her life just because she still loves her ex-lover.

"But Ma---."

"Ta-tante, don't force Deva anymore" Alenaa said, pretending to defend Dev to draw sympathy from the man.

"Yes, lady Valerie. Looks like Deva still needs time to accept Alena." Mr. Alden chimed in as he stepped towards Alena who began to cry bitterly.

"No, Mr. Alden. This engagement will happen. Soon our guests and relatives will be there to witness the engagement of our children" Mr. Dhito said, the middle-aged man's face already looked flushed with restraining anger mixed with shame.

"Ma-."

"Devs. Let's talk in the room." Valerie forcibly pulls Dev's hand and takes him inside her room.

*

"Maa. I don't love Alenaa, I can never love her Maa." Deva looked at her mother who had just locked the door.

"Why? Can't you forget Diandra? When are you going to, son? Is 7 years not enough for you to forget? Don't you remember her betrayal of you? He slept with another man in your apartment! Did you forget about that?"

"stuck? Didn't that village woman admit it herself?! Forget him son, until when are you gonna be like this? Isn't Alena prettier than that village lady? Alena deserves you very much Deva." said Valerie with breathless breath, overwhelmed with the stubbornness of her youngest child.

Deva fell silent, her eyes looking teary. Her memory of the events of 7 years ago fills her head again, an incident in which she witnesses her lover having sex with another man in her apartment. Ah really stifling chest if you remember it, but somehow Dev still loves Diandra even though the woman has betrayed him. The betrayal that instantly changed Dev's life. The man who was originally very friendly and loving, was now a cold and heartless man.

"I will try to forget Diandra, but I will still not be able to accept Alena in my heart and life. Maa, I've been trying so hard to accept Alena's presence for 5 years, but still I can't."

"Try Dev again, mommy will give you a year, you can definitely love Alena." Madame Valerie's voice softened, her hand moved gently rubbed Dev's shoulder. "Bet engaged to Alena, start accepting her presence and learn to love her. Mami will tell Alena to stay and make a career in this city so she will always be close to you. Mami please accept Alena son, her family has contributed a lot to our family. Don't humiliate Papa and Mami with this kind of rejection."

"If only to pay for services, we can replace the services of Mr. Alden's family with something else, not in this way Ma!"

"Son." Valerie spilled her tears hoping that by doing so Dev's heart could melt.

"It's okay if you humiliate Mami and Papa in the presence of Mr. Alden and Ms. Helena, but please don't embarrass us in the presence of your invited guests and your papa co-workers. Accept this engagement son." said Miss Valerie clenched her hands together on her chest while staring at Dev with tears flowing.

"Huh." Dev exhaled his breath violently into the air, rubbing his face riled up. I couldn't bear to see her mother pleading like this.

"Alright, I accept this engagement. But after that, Mami has no right to rule my life anymore. Let my relationship with Alena flow on its own, I don't want any interference from Mami in the slightest!" he said full of pressure.

"Yeah son, after this Mami will not organize and interfere with your relationship. But you have to promise Mami to treat Alena well." Dev did not reply, the man rubbed the corner of his eye and walked out of the room with long steps. His mind was suddenly filled with Agya, the woman he had married and had legitimately become his wife.

*

An hour later, Deva and Alena's engagement is underway. Attended by about two hundred invited guests and was held behind closed doors at Dev's request.

The engagement event with the outdoor theme was impressed simple but so elegant. The cheerful faces of the guests who filled the garden behind the residence of Mr. Andhito, not least Alena. Truly he still felt like a dream, after so long after sacrificing so many things finally Dev could be his whole, no other woman bothered him anymore. A 7-year wait that yielded such sweet results.

"Are we getting married after this?" Alena leaned her head on Dev's shoulder hugged his arm tightly, watching the ring that was coiled on the man's ring finger. Also the smile on his lips that never faded since the start of the engagement. But in contrast to Dev, the man only had a cold face, not even a smile on his lips.

Likewise with the man who was currently standing in the corner of the park watching and looking at his young master with his flat face, the man who was none other than secretary Kim. From that moment he continued to shake his head, still not stepping in to Dev accept the request of Miss Valerie.

"If only Miss Valerie knew all the rottenness of Miss Alena, surely Miss Valerie would not have forced Mr. Dev to do all this. Maybe he'll even kick Miss Alena out of her life or Mr. Dev's life." Inner secretary Kim. It was hard to believe everything that happened that night.

"What's wrong?" The sound that came from the earphones attached to his ears made Secretary Kim step away from the park.

"Sir Kim, someone sent a bird package with the severed head again to Miss Agya."

"Did anyone visit Miss Agya's house before the package was delivered?"

"Yes, there was a master about 2 hours ago."

"Who?"

"A man who has brown hair with a height of about 175 cm. Looks like that guy is very with Miss Agya."

"Ahh that damn guy again. Get the package out of Miss Agya's apartment immediately."

"Good sir."

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