My Son Is My Strength
Azzam is Not Your Child!

"Is Azzam my son?" Bian pretended to ask, partly an introduction to his next conversation.

"Not." Replied Arini firmly, staring intently at Bian.

"Take it honestly." Bian refuted with a word full of emphasis, then turned to look intently at Arini.

Arini who was stared at like that, did not tremble in the slightest of fear. In fact, he smiled cynically with the level of behavior of a Bian Andi Pratama.

"Java!!!" Bian began to lose control, forgetting his immense guilt towards this woman in front of him. "Please answer honestly." Said Bian asking for help, while keeping his voice trying to calm down. Though in his heart, he strongly refused to emphatically let out that 'please' remark. Bian lowered his ego on an Arini who in his life stamp was a village woman, an ordinary woman, a woman who was nothing to a Bian Andi Pratama.

Arini again smiled cynically before replying, "No! Azzam is not your son but my son! Only my son!!!" Arini's words were full of emphasis in every word that came out of her mouth.

"Don't lie! I know Azzam is my son." Bian denied.

"Don't lie!" Arini repeated Bian's speech. "Didn't I say from the beginning that I'm going to answer 'Depend'. That means being able to answer ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH or vice versa, NOT ACCORDING TO THE TRUTH. But here I answer your question in accordance with the truth, that Azzam Alvaro is not your son!"

"Cumbersome.I can't believe it! And I'm not a fool who can't recognize who Azzam's face is!"

"Haha...." Arini now laughed mockingly, no longer smiling cynically like before. Bian looked at her sharply and flatly, implied a strange gaze aimed at Arini who was still laughing even now twisted.

"What's so funny." Inner Bian popped his eyes which were still staring at Arini's strange behavior.

"Haha.... Ouuft, my stomach hurts." Arini still laughed. Then a moment later he suddenly stopped from laughing, making a few minutes of silence in the room.

Arini stared at the figure of Bian who was still faithful sitting in his chair. "You can't believe it!!! That's your business." Said Arini cute with a mocking tone. "And you're not a fool!!! Yes, I know that, even I admit that you are a very smart person, because the biggest and most famous companies like Pratama Group cannot be led by fools. Didn't we?" said Arini again showed his cynical smile. Bian looked at her flatly, soaking up the emotions that almost peaked in the crown.

"Maybe I need to say repeatedly, that you are not a fool!!! NOT A FOOL!!! And so clever of you, you can know the old man of Azzam just by looking at his face. But--" said Arini hanging, seeing the response from Bian. It seemed that Bian's face was starting to turn red, soaking all the emotions as hard as he was preparing to let out.

"But, it seems like I need to remind myself of that past incident." Arini said, still seeing the response from Bian. There was no longer any anger on her face, but being replaced with an expression that Arini could not even shoot her was very difficult.

Arini actually very much avoids himself to tell and recall the fateful incident.

Even if he can accept it, or make peace with the past. Think of it as God's destiny, which has been chastised for him. Think of it as a test to test how determined his heart is in undergoing the test, so that it determines how much faith he has in his creator.

"You told me to take the 500 million, so that I would assume the unfortunate event never happened, in order to keep something from happening later. You said if something happened to me, then you wouldn't want to take responsibility. You told me never to mess with your life later. And you told me not to forget to shut up about the accident." Said Arini in a landslide, making Bian silent silent silent silence.

"And what am I doing? Or what did you ask? All I do. I assume that incident never happened. I'm not holding you accountable. I'm not ruining your life. And I kept my mouth shut about the accident. All I do as you ask! No less and no more." Arini again said, making Bian more silent silent, even his breathing was almost inaudible to Arini.

"So, because everything you asked me to do is already done. I'd just like to ask you something, something that's not how much of what you're asking for, something that's just a handful of what you're asking for and just something of the amount that you're asking for. I'm asking you not to disturb my life as well as my family, let alone Azzam MY SON!!!" Arini asked for a reply to what he had done. "And as an adult, as the leader of the company Pratama Group, some people are not stupid, or as smart people. If you can fulfill one such request." Arini said then out of the meeting room, without getting any response from Bian.

Bian flinched, hearing the sound of the door being closed by Arini, though Arini closed the door slowly. However, his voice sounded jarring in Bian's ear which was only accompanied by the silence.

"Aaaakh...." Shouted Bian frustratedly, grabbing his hair firmly. When Arini realized there was no more in the room.

Arini came out the door, and neither Rio nor Hana the secretary was waiting for her at the door.

Arini walked over, ignoring the absence of the two humans. Both his soul and body were already very tired, so did not want to supplement him with useless things. He continued to walk towards his room, hoping that there he could rest for a while to relieve some of the fatigue that afflicted him.

Rio and Hana came out of the elevator side by side, and were only separated by a few inches. It seems they just had lunch together outside the company.

Hana sees Arini walking towards her room. He told Rio to return to work, and Rio agreed. He must also return to his Master, who may still be in the meeting room.

"Sir, are you okay." Call Rio seeing the chaotic appearance of his Master. She still has her hair frustrated.

"Sudan, Sir. Don't you feel pain?" rio asked worriedly seeing his Master hurt himself.

Bian was silent, not caring about what was said or done by Rio who was trying to calm him down.

His mind was now very upset, feeling powerless by the words Arini had just said, but it was not all Arini's words that made him feel that way. The words of Arini who asked him not to disturb him were what made Bian like that. Bian could not accept it because he wanted to always meet with Azzam, and of course he wanted to apologize to Arini the woman he had hurt. Bian was also deeply slapped by his own words in the past.

“Tuan.” Calling Rio again made Bian stop hurting himself, he got up, walked out of the room and out of Arini's company.

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