My soul mate Father My best friend
Give Time

"No. That's not what I meant. Why do you misunderstand this. You listen to me talk until it's over, then you can respond" Alex said trying to explain what he meant.

"I don't mean like that, Anita. Try to understand, I really love you" continued Alex repeatedly expressed his love for Anita.

But the stubborn Anita uses it to add an excuse so she can reject Alex's proposal.

"Already sir. Why are you forcing me. At least give me some time to think about it first. It's all too soon for me to understand" Anita said, asking for time.

"All right, if that's what you want. So much better. I'll give you time. And you're free to give an answer whenever you're ready to tell me" Alex relented, thinking it's better he did to give Anita time.

As long as Anita is not going anywhere and not with anyone. Anita is still his legal wife, although she has not been able to publish it.

But as long as it's not realized, Alex will still try to make Anita fall in love and say to herself that she also feels the same way with him.

Then the dinner was over, although without satisfactory results for Alex. But at least he was a little relieved to have expressed his heart to Anita.

But Alex will not give up, he will keep trying so that Anita can tell the truth with her own feelings. She still felt sure, that Anita actually loved him too.

They are seen already in the car, but it seems Anita is reluctant to make a sound. Unlike Alex who is still secretly stealing glances at Anita.

Alex tries to guess what actually makes Anita reluctant to tell her her true feelings. While driving Alex occasionally looked towards Anita. But Anita still pretends to be quiet and does not want to say anything or look at him.

Then the car arrived in front of Alex's yard. But accidentally Anita saw there is a Rio motorbike parked in the garage of the house yard.

And without Alex realizing it, Anita's face suddenly felt nervous again and began to wonder inwardly.

"that's not Rio's bike. Is he in the house?" anita asked in her heart while looking at her from inside the car.

"Switch. Is he gonna stay in this house?" anita suddenly felt worried.

Alex immediately took her out of the car.

"Anita... Are you going to stay in the car like that?" alex said as he slightly raised his tone and asked Anita after he got out of the car, but still saw Anita who was pecking beside his seat earlier.

"Ah. yea. Sorry sir" said Anita apologized after waking up from her daydream and immediately got out of the car.

Then Alex began to step foot into his house.

But Anita who felt doubtful, and did not want to meet with Rio just kept silent next to where he had just come out of the car.

"Why are you quiet again, let's go in" Alex said when he saw Anita was still silent and did not move her legs immediately.

"Sorry sir. It is better, sir, I think there are guests inside. It's not good if we look both way like this. It will be a question" Anita told me.

"Guests?. Nights like this. How do you know?" alex said and asked Anita, not seeing any motorcycles belonging to his nephew.

"I. that's sir. Don't you have a bike like that?" anita answered and turned around to ask.

"Motor?... That must be Rio's bike. That kid's a habit of coming and going never telling me. Just like a jelangkung" said Alex and slightly scrunched his forehead when he heard there was a motorbike in the parking lot of his yard.

"Yes, then. You go in through the back, it's late and it looks like it's going to rain too, come in quickly" Alex told Anita.

Not wanting to see Anita cold even though the night was actually a little cold but it did not look like it would rain.

Moreover, Alex did not want to until Rio saw Anita in a state of clothing that still looks beautiful and seductive like this.

She knew for sure, Rio was a playboy and would definitely also tease Anita if she saw him in plain sight.

Moreover, Rio did not know yet, that Anita had actually also become his aunt.

Then Anita obeyed Alex's words and immediately went into the house first, no matter entering from behind and hiding from others.

Meanwhile Alex, who is still monitoring Anita's departure from his view, still stands for a moment, making sure Anita has entered his house.

Then he immediately followed in after seeing Anita no longer visible from his sight.

Then Alex slowly walked into the house after Mbo Inah opened the door for him and saw him Rio was lying on the living room sofa. It seems like Rio overslept and looks disheveled with an unclear sleeping position.

Head down and both feet up no matter where he is.

Alex who saw the behavior of his bangs like that just bobbing his head and began to ask Mbo Inah about the arrival of his ponaknya.

"Basal ponakan do not know themselves" said Alex in front of Mbo Inah, when he saw the behavior of his gun while shaking his head.

"When has he been here, Mbo?" alex asked Mbo Inah with a face that was still staring towards Rio's collapsed sleeping position.

"Not long, sir. Just a few minutes ago" Mbo Inah replied to his master.

"Oh yes, sir. Where's Anita?" asked Mbo Inah worried not to see Anita enter with her master.

"Thank God then. Mbo relieved to hear it" said Mbo Inah felt calm.

"Do you want me to wake up the Rio den?" continued Mbo Inah asked after seeing her master continue to look towards Rio.

"No need to Mbo. Let me do it. Mbo, get some rest!" said Alex and told Mbo Inah to return to his place.

"Good sir. Then excuse me first" said Mbo Inah to his master, then immediately leave from before his master.

Then after Mbo Inah left from Alex's presence, he immediately approached his father and tried to wake him up.

"Hey.you're up. Basic insolent slap. What are you doing here?" yell at Alex and keep waking up Rio who never moves like a dead man.

"Hey woke up" cried Alex who did not see the reaction of the pound.

Alex becomes suspicious and begins to smell the alcohol from the breath.

"Basic drunk. How dare you come to my house after drinking like this" angry Alex while covering his nose who began to feel the smell of alcohol from the body of the pound.

"Rio wake. Quickly move into the room" Alex annoyed at his once difficult-to-wake bang while finally dragging Rio's ears hard.

"Aw, aw, aw.... Sick" whining Rio who began to wake up from his sleep while still looking stoned and began to realize the presence of his uncle.

"Eh... About Alex... Since when has Om been back?" rio said even grinning and began to mince words to his uncle.

"No need to make small talk. You want me to throw it out or quickly move into your room right now" cried Alex still upset at Rio, but did not have the heart to also throw his bangs in a drunken situation like that. Fear of something happening in the middle of the road.

"Yes, it's ready. I'm going to the room" Rio said half-consciously while suddenly saluting his uncle.

Then Rio started walking towards the usual room in his place while he was staying at his uncle's house.

But because he was still half conscious, he staggered and was instead about to climb up the stairs towards the upper room. Alex, who was still monitoring his weapon, stopped him immediately.

"Ee...e..eh Where are you going?" alex asked annoyed.

"You go to Om's room" Rio chirped with his unconsciousness.

"Yes, but your room is downstairs" Alex said, rushing to choose to lead the gun.

She was scared too, her mischievous voice even went into Anita's room which was also not far from the room that Rio used to occupy in her house.

Then Alex immediately brought Rio into the room and laid him on the bed.

Then he immediately went out and closed the door of Rio's room tightly. Then he remembered the position of Anita's room which was quite close to his uncle's room.

Alex is afraid that his drunken girlfriend will suddenly come out and unwittingly enter Anita's room without her knowledge.

Then immediately Alex went to the door of Anita's room to check and try to open the door to make sure that Anita's room was locked from the inside.

Then several times Alex tried to open the door, and it turns out Anita had locked it from the inside. And Alex was calm and then he went back to his own room to rest.

Meanwhile, Anita who was trying to unzip her dress suddenly stopped her movement.

He heard the door of his room trying to be opened from the outside and momentarily made him look up to convince his hearing that the door was really trying to be opened by someone.

After Anita no longer heard a sound from behind her bedroom door, she slowly stepped her foot and ventured to check who was actually trying to open the doorknob.

The door was opened by him but he felt astonished and confused, at his sight there was no one outside the door of his room. Then Anita closed the door to her room again and immediately locked it tightly.

Then Anita returned to unzip her dress and replaced it with a nightgown. But before that, he cleaned his body first and then he just rested and slept on his own mattress.

Although with mixed feelings after that she listened to the expression of Alex's love for her.

But she still feels wrong for him to express his love feelings too or keep trying to harbor his own feelings for Alex. To keep the feelings of his best friend.

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Thank you to all the readers who have read my novel to date.

And sorry for those of you who feel disappointed because this story is too convoluted, but here I just try to show the process of the love story Alex and Anita so as not to look in love too soon and instant. Especially considering the character I took tells of a widower who fell in love with his own daughter's best friend.

Everything needs a process guys, and please don't take it too seriously. This is just a fictional story and it may not be what you expect.

If this story makes you feel disappointed, please you can make this story is finished and skipped.

But I am very grateful to you who have stopped by my novel and are trying to be patient waiting for the continuation of this story.

Thank you Reader 😇😇