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Gus Irham had just walked out of his room when someone called out to him then turned towards the source of the sound. It looked as if three girls were walking over and one of them was Ning Alia. Actually, Gus Irham had seen, but deliberately accelerated his steps to avoid the security manager Mbak.
The two samtis who were walking with Ning Alia took a break after saying a greeting while nodding at Gusus and leaving the two behind.
"I'm Ning, what's calling?" gus asked Irham after both his sorcery was far away.
"I want to ask you the same question, Gus. Who's the woman in the house with?" There was a jealous tone from the question of the girl wearing white and purple batik gloves.
Gus Irham did not have time to introduce his wife to his students including Ning Alia, not unwilling, but had not had time because he was busy teaching and also some days he was always asked his brother to accompany him to visit his friends. Actually it could have been his brother accompanied by Miftah, but Miftah had to take care of the pond as well so inevitably Gus Irham according.
Gus Irham took a slow breath. He had expected this would definitely happen sooner or later Ning Alia would definitely ask this.
"She ...," Gus Irham paused her speech, looking at Ning Alia's facial expression for a moment before continuing her sentence. "He's my wife."
There was a shock that Gus Irham caught from the sweet girl's face in front, a kind of disbelief.
"Wife? Is njengan married?"
Either only the feelings of Gus Irham or it is true. Ning Alia was like disappointed with that just now.
"Yes, I'm married."
"When? Then how am I, Gus?" There was a speck of clear liquid in both of Ning Alia's eyes. His heart was broken and his hope had been in vain all along.
For four years they had been secretly in love with no one to know and Ning Alia hoped that she would one day be Gus Irham's life partner.
"I'm sorry I couldn't keep my word to you."
Escape the tears that he had been holding back, his chest suddenly felt tight, his heart ached like there were thousands of needles embedded there. The shadow of building a sweet household with the idol is now completely extinct.
Ning Alia felt Gus Irham was lying to her, playing with her feelings, even though she had planned her future with Gus Irham later.
"Well, can you hurt me? Betray me? Playing with my feelings?"
Gus Irham just kept his head down, but he couldn't do anything. The marriage that Alira and her father had done. At first he wanted to talk to his brother about his intention to propose to Ning Alia, but his brother first talked about his marriage to Alira. As a dutiful child of course Gus Irham can not oppose his brother's decision let alone himself is the only man his brother so inevitably he must want.
Several santri sons and daughters passed by, they were astonished to see Ning Alia who was crying in front of Gus Irham. What that handsome Gus did to Ning alia.
Some of his students began to pay attention to them even Gus Irham heard one of them start gossiping.
"That's Ning Alia why cry huh?"
"I don't know either. Maybe cut offin' the same Gus Irham time."
"You don't hear it he said at Nyai's house there are women?"
"Maybe?"
"No! I heard the hell he said it was Gus Irham's wife."
Although their distance is quite far, but the chatter of the two students who just passed by was still Gus Irham heard clearly.
Gus Irham took a deep breath. It was his fault not to directly introduce Alira once she arrived at the lodge. Gus Irham thought later that Alira was used to living in the boarding area.
"Ning, once again I'm sorry. All of this was on my and my will ...," Gus Irham's sentence came to a halt as Ning Alia cut it off.
"Kan njenengan can reject it and say he will propose to me, Gus!"
Talking is young, but practicing it is difficult. Only then did Gus Irham open his mouth to speak, but his voice seemed to be stuck in the throat and would not come out. Finally Gus Irham had no choice but to accept.
"It's not that easy, Ning. I also think of the feeling of ummi."
"Then you don't think about how I feel, Gus?"
There was a flash of anger and disappointment on that usually calm face. Gus Irham to the point of not daring to linger stared at Ning Alia.
"It's not so, Ning. Me ... I ...."
"Gus!"
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