
"You?" Airin and Edward at the same time. Their eyes met at once. Edward had a big smile, but not Airin. The woman immediately frowned.
Where did his grandfather get to know this man named Edward? The other thing he thought about was, was it possible that the grandfather would match him with Edward? Airin rubbed his face rough. Again he emphasized to his heart that he was still not ready to open his heart to a man, let alone to marry him.
"You know each other?" asked the grandfather to look at the grandson's face as well as the man in turn.
"Yes, Cake. It just so happens that I do know this grandfather's grandson, but I really did not expect that he was the granddaughter that grandfather meant," replied Edward while Airin was still struggling with his mind.
"What did Edward say?" grandfather asked, but the grandson did not respond to the question at all. It looks like Airin is completely dissolved in his long daydream now.
"Watery?!" Grandfather was forced to raise his voice making Airin instantly feel jolted of course.
"Huh? Yes, cake. What did Grandpa say?"
"God, I'm daydreaming again. You why? Grandpa nanya, is what Edward said true?"
"What did he say?" Airin asked back, she really did not hear what the man named Edward said.
"Oh my God, Airin. What's wrong with you? Yes, it doesn't need to be discussed. You guys talk first. Today's Grandpa's favorite soap opera schedule, call grandpa when dinner is ready, okay?" Pamit the grandfather.
"Where are you going? Grandpa didn't he tell me to come here? Ko I'm in stay?" airin protests, but ignored by the grandfather of course.
Silence was instantly created. Both Airin and Edward felt nervous all of a sudden.
"Are you disturbed by my arrival?" ask Edward.
"Huh? Eu ... Not at all. I was just wondering, where did you know Grandpa?"
"Don't you know, I've known my grandfather for a long time? Actually, I was offered to be paired with his grandson and I refused at that time. If I had known that the woman I had been betrothed to was you, I might have accepted the match at that time. Now he offers it again."
"Offer what?"
"Just sit down first, when chatting while standing like that? What are you not pegel for?"
Airin smiled a little. He sat in a different chair than this man.
"Tell me the truth, did Grandpa ask you to be my husband?" tanya Airin was curious.
"Rubber."
"Continue?"
"Keep what?"
"Did you accept grandfather's offer?"
Airin snorted in annoyance.
"Why? You don't want to marry me?" ask Edward again, looking fixed on Airin's face now.
"Do you want to marry a woman you don't love?"
"Who said I don't love you?"
"Huh?"
"Honestly, I have been in love with you since we met in Bali at that time. I pray to God that if you are my soul mate, God will bring us together again. It seems like we are indeed a match, it is evident that you are in front of me right now."
"Unfortunately I don't believe in the sweet mouth of men" replied Airin turning his face away.
"I get. You have been hurt by your ex-husband. I know very well what it feels like to be betrayed, but Rin, not all men are the same. Do not equate me with your ex-husband because we are different in any way. You know, why did Grandpa ask me to marry you?"
Airin shook his head faintly.
"Because he believed in me. Because we've known each other for a long time and Grandpa knows who I am. You don't know our closeness because you live apart."
Airin was silent. He did not know what to say to this man of his grandfather's choice. He was confused, how can he refuse this match. Honestly, Airin Saraswati still feels traumatized by the failure of her marriage with a man named Arjuna.
"Rin? Why are you quiet?" tanya Edward moved the seat to the same seat as Airin now.
"I don't know what to say? I-"Airin looked down sad, she was unable to just continue her words.
Again and again, it is hard to believe the sweet words that come out of a man's lips. Her divorce with Arjuna leaves her traumatized. He incised such a deep wound that his pain alone was still felt until now.
"Airin, I will not force you to marry me, but I will still wait and help you to treat that wound in your heart. I will wait patiently, and I will not give up until you can truly open your heart to me."
Airin was still silent. What Edward had just said still only sounded like a dreadful seduction to him. Men are like this, always being sweet when he is taking a woman's heart. However, his attitude will change when the man has got what he wants.
Is Edward that kind of guy? It was hard to guess because he was not too close to this man. However, he remembered the sentence once spoken by Edward that is, 'humans created in pairs'. Was Edward the real soul mate sent by God?
I don't know, no one knows for sure about the divine secret. Clearly, Airin still harbored his trauma. The sweet words that came out of Edward's lips he could not believe them all.
"I need time to think, Ed. I also don't know how long it will take me to treat this trauma. Honestly, I'm not ready yet. However, that does not mean not ready to undergo a marriage and open the heart to men. As you told me back then that, humans were created most in pairs, I'll try to believe that."
SERIATE
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