OLEANDER'S OBSESSION
The Taboo Thing

...“Papa was young, and you grew up in America. It is not taboo to live with a woman who has not been a wife.” – Ravi Ravindra...

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That afternoon, the Merci Rain-driving car stopped in the lobby of the luxurious and magnificent four-story house where the Ravindra family breed. He got out of the car and walked into the house with heavy steps.

Thinking about the long repetition that would come out of the mouth of his biological father alone had made him dizzy. Especially listening directly to the repetition. Huh! It really made his head want to break right then and there.

“Rain!” mr. Ravi's loud voice echoed as Rain set foot into the living room.

In the middle of the living room there was Anya who was crying as she pleased. He sat next to Hana's mother, Rain's stepmother. On the sofa that was sat by Ibu Hana and Anya, seen Mr. Ravi who was sitting arrogantly while crossing his legs.

“Where have you been?!” snapped Mr. Ravi with bulging eyes holding back anger.

Rain was just silent unmoved, he walked up to the three people who were sitting gathered in the living room. Then, Rain sat on the sofa that was not far from the sofa that was sat by the three people.

“Who is that cheap girl?!” snapped Mr. Ravi. “Remember! Your marriage and Anya is less than two months away!”

“Think of the dignity of this great family if you circulate the scandal of your affair with a girl who is not clear of her origin!”

Rain stared intently at Anya who was busy holding onto the tissue while wiping away the fake tears. The woman grinned satisfied unbeknownst to Mr. Ravi and Ms. Hana, but she showed her grin to Rain. It was as if giving a warning signal that this was only the beginning of the threat he had been told before.

“You're deaf?!” snapped Mr. Ravi rough. His teeth trembled in anger because Rain had not changed everything he had said.

“Darling, do not get emotional,” persuade Ms. Hana to calm down while moving to the side of Mr. Ravi. The middle-aged woman embraced Mr. Ravi's arm while massaging the middle-aged man's shoulder.

“I don't understand what Papa's talking about. Which girl? I've never been close to any girl!” elak Rain's. He tried to cover up his Oleander presence. Don't let this old man in front of him know about Joey before his plan is reached.

“M-sorry, it looks like I saw Mas Rain wrongly with another girl, Pa. Maybe at that time Mas Rain only asked for a moment, after it left,” bela Anya. He was trying to become a hero at a time where Rain became the material of the anger of the middle-aged man.

“Hah! This kid really makes me dizzy!” Mr. Ravi massaged his temple while sighing violently. The middle-aged man's chest was seen going up and down as he tried to dampen the emotions that had exploded for a moment.

Long enough the room was silent without a word being said because each was being swept away in each other's minds while muffling anger.

“Starting tomorrow, Anya will follow you to the apartment that you often occupy since returning to Indonesia,”, said Mr. Ravi clearly.

The middle-aged man had always taken a careless decision without thinking of the other party's approval. After all, how can a father let his son live in a household with a woman who has not been in his legal status?

“Start living together because soon you will be married,”.

“Pak Shailendra does not mind?!” ask Rain coldly. He tried to use the name to refuse the order to stay with the woman he hated.

“Papa has discussed this with him. It's okay because two months is not a long time for you to get married,” replied Mr. Ravi flatly.

“Pa! Cook Papa told me to stay with a woman who is not yet my wife?!” protest Rain does not like.

"I'm a normal guy!" continued.

It's not a problem he doesn't like to live with a woman who has not been his wife, because he has done that for a long time with Joey the girl he loves. Only, now he was told to live in a room with the woman who did not know herself.

“No need for hypocrites Rain. Papa was young, and you grew up in America. It is not taboo to live with a woman who has not been a wife,” said Mr. Ravi without the slightest bit of guilt.

“Ck! That's why Papa cheated and turned away from Mama. Because of the taboo thing that Papa considers ordinary,” muttered Rain annoyed.

Rain was suddenly made to remember his mother who was cheated and hurt by his biological father because of the throne and the woman who is now Lady Ravindra, the second wife of Ravi Ravindra. He clenched both his hands holding back the anger that wanted to explode right then and there because he remembered how vicious the middle-aged man was to let his biological mother die so horribly.

“Bolder boy!” Mr. Ravi got up from his seat and rushed to slap Rain's cheek very strongly.

His aged body trembled violently as he was reminded of the bitter memories he had so desperately forgotten. The only child left behind by his beloved wife is now turned into a child who is resisting and disobedient, whereas long after his mother died, the child never denied every order he gave. Then why today did he suddenly go against the order he gave?

Rain got up from his seat while holding his hot cheek from the slap that his biological father threw. Highlight his reddened eyes held back the anger from earlier, now looking tense with trembling lips.

“Alright! I'll do what Papa wants. But, give me the position of CEO, only this cheap woman can set foot into my residence!” said Rain was no less straightforward with the voice of the middle-aged man who was in front of him at this moment.

“Since I never denied every command Papa gave, then now? My life partner also why Papa who set?!” continued.

Rain hurried away and climbed the stairs not far from the living room. Then he went into his room and threw the door down very strongly.

Shortly after entering the room, Rain threw his body onto the bed while closing his eyes. His chest rose and fell as a result of explosive emotions.

“Haaa.. I miss Oleander-ku.”

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