Only Raised Children
50. Deliberately Avoiding

The next night, Alfian paid a visit to his sister's residence. He was about to ask Alina the reason for not telling him about their vacation plans. She needs to know that because here she is in charge of everything that her sister does. Don't let their parents blame her for something happening to Alina and she doesn't know it.

Arriving at the apartment, Alina invites her brother to dinner together. And without any intention of retreating for fear of forgetting, Alfian immediately asked his sister about her vacation planning.

"Al, said Rena yesterday, next week you want a vacation?"

Alina was quite surprised to hear the question from her brother. Alina instantly stopped the movement of her chewing mouth, then she looked towards Alfian with a scared face.

"Em, sorry, Bang, Alina forgot to tell Brother," Alina replied as she lowered her head. At once he felt guilty for no longer asking his brother for permission to go on vacation with Rico and two other friends.

Alfian let out his breath. "You've only gone four?" ask Alfian again.

"Yes, Bang. Em, can Alina go?" ask Alina later. Although he had agreed to Rico's invitation, but now he had to ask permission again to his brother.

Alfian put his cutlery on the plate. He stared at Alina with a face that looked like he was advising.

"Abang will never forbid you to leave, Al. But please yes, if you want to go, tell Brother first. Here is your brother in charge of you. If something happens to you there and you don't know, how? Not only will mom and dad blame you, but they will also be very sad and you will feel very guilty."

Alina could only keep quiet with the occasional apology coming out of her mouth. He had not intended to hide this from his brother, but he had completely forgotten.

"Yes, next time don't repeat. Let's continue eating again" Alfian said later. He could not bear to see his sister bowed down feeling guilty like that.

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The Renaldi residence…

That night Irfan was entertaining old friends and coworkers by doing dinner together at his home. The man named Darius Antonio took the princess to his dinner because only Calista had him at this time, while his wife had left him with another man when Calista was ten.

Yes, Darius is the father of Calista. Rico's ex-girlfriend, whom he often meets at the office. Cooperation between their companies makes Rico inevitably have to meet with Calista at a certain moment.

Knowing that Calista is going to visit his house, Rico is forced to lie to his parents. He said that he already had an appointment with Andi and could not be delayed. Fortunately, Irfan and Santi believed his words and they immediately allowed Rico to leave.

Calista who did not see Rico then ventured to ask Irfan and Santi.

"Uncle, Auntie, where's Rico? Why isn't she at dinner?"

"Rico has an appointment with his friend Cal" replied Santi.

Calista nodded her head understandingly. He did not ask anymore or continue the conversation about Rico because he was afraid that the two Rico parents would think about him. They both know that he and Rico have a relationship and Calista doesn't want them to think she still has feelings for Rico by discussing the man further.

Although the man is currently known as the son of the Renaldi family, but all that is only a temporary status for him. The absence of blood ties makes Calista confident that Rico will not get a penny of property from his adoptive parents. Had Rico been Irfan Renaldi's son, Calista wouldn't have wasted the man.

For quite a long time the dinner took place with a long chat and laughter between Darius and Irfan. Now Darius said goodbye to go home to his friend.

When Irfan and his wife drove the two guests forward, at the same time a car driven by Rico entered their yard. Rico who saw if his parents' guests were just about to go home, immediately clicked his tongue. Though he deliberately avoided this dinner event so as not to meet with his ex-girlfriend, but why the universe still bring him together. He should have come back half an hour later, he thought. But since it was impossible to stay in the car until the guest left, Rico just got out of his car.

The moment the man got out of the car, Calista looked at him with a difficult to interpret gaze. Between being interested in his good looks and also being annoyed at his status, all of them become one in Calista's heart. Until Rico arrives in front of them, Calista still does not take his eyes off of Rico. Makes Rico feel uncomfortable being stared at by the woman very intensely.

"Home home, Bang?" ask Relax to the son.

"Already, Ma. Good night, Uncle," said Rico to Darius.

Rico invites Darius to shake hands, but Darius replies with a brief hug.

"Why don't you have dinner together, Co?" ask Darius. Although he already knew the answer, but he only tried to be friendly by making small talk.

"Sorry, Uncle, Rico has an appointment with Andi."

"Next time we ate together, Co. You and Alina were never close. Uncle wants you guys back as close as you used to be" Darius said later.

Irfan and Santi who heard Darius' words could only look at each other with faces that looked completely wrong. For Calista, he did not respond to his father's words because his focus was still on Rico's handsome face.

While Rico himself, he felt uncomfortable with the words of Darius. But he tried to be calm by agreeing with the words of the middle-aged man because he did not want to make the atmosphere awkward. Moreover, Darius does not know if he currently has a girlfriend. Maybe after he managed to propose to Alina later, he had to invite Alina to participate in several meetings so that people including Darius knew if he already had a lover.

After that Rico's eyes were fixed on Calista. Not wanting to embarrass his family by ignoring the woman, Rico was forced to reprimand Calista with a short smile. A smile that is really very short and actually looks flat on the look of his eyes.

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