Only Raised Children
77. Reasons to London ll

"Hello, who is this?"

"Hello?"

The first and second sentences that Zara spoke were not immediately answered by Zaki because he was very speechless and still could not believe if the woman he liked answered his call. But in the third sentence that Zara said by threatening to close the call, then Zaki opened his voice.

"Em, hello Zara."

"Who is this?" ask Zara later.

*It's Zaki. Can I meet you?" ask Zaki.

"Sorry, what's the need?" ask Zara without further ado.

"Em, not papa. I just want to get to know you, can I?"

"I'm sorry I have a boyfriend. It's not that I don't want to know you, it's just that I want to honor my boyfriend by not getting to know another guy."

After saying that sentence, Zara immediately closed her call. Making Zaki speechless because of the woman's words. Zara doesn't want to meet other men because she wants to respect Thomas as her boyfriend?

On the one hand Zaki was amazed by the sentence because he thought Zara was a loyal woman, but on the other hand he looked sad and upset because the special man Zara meant was not him, except for someone else.

Due to a dilemma with a short chat with Zara, a few days after that Zaki tried to approach Zara while on campus. She approached Zara when her friends were not there next to her. Just like when Zata was in the library, then she would pretend to read the book there and sit next to him.

Zara, who did not know Zaki, was only ordinary when the man sat next to her. But when he was stretching his body, Zaki was caught staring at him. At first Zara ignored him because she thought Zaki had only briefly seen him, but when several times saw Zaki glancing at her, she was very close to him, Zara began to look uncomfortable with the man's gaze and made him forced to leave because he was uncomfortable.

Almost every day Zaki always approached Zara in the library. Zara never responded to the man's presence and always left if they sat close together. 

One day, Zaki began to dare to rebuke Zara because she was about to leave him for the umpteenth time. 

"Where are you going?" ask Zaki.

Zara was confused by Zaki's question. He points to himself and when Zaki agrees, he answers the man's question.

"Back to class" Zara replied briefly.

Zaki smiled, loading Zara felt strange and uneasy with her smile.

Then Zara immediately left Zaki without saying goodbye because she felt she did not know the man.

Feeling that Zaki had been stalking him all this time, Zara had not come to the library as usual since then. Now he spends more time studying in class or in the park with some friends who accompany him. He really looks uncomfortable with the presence of Zaki who always follows him and steals a look at him.

When Zara is forced to go back to the library, Zaki approaches her again and asks her to speak. This time the man looked more active than usual. The uncomfortable Zara simply silenced the man and said her last words, if she wanted to focus on learning and didn't want anyone to misunderstand the man who approached her.

"Please don't come near me again. I don't want people to misunderstand our closeness. You know for yourself that I already have a boyfriend" Zara said. 

"I just want to be friends. Don't you want to be friends with me just because you have a boyfriend?" said Zaki. 

"Sorry" said Zara briefly.

Without any intention of further chatting to Zaki, he immediately left the library and decided to bring home the books that were there. His regular activities reading books in the library are now no longer fun since Zaki's presence makes him feel uncomfortable.

A few days without seeing Zara in the library, Zaki finally returned to contact Zara's mobile number at the time she usually used to send him text messages, namely, eight at night.

At that time his call was ignored by Zara 3 times, but in the fourth prince Zara immediately answered his call so as to make Zaki very happy. But her pleasure did not last long as she heard a sentence that deeply hurt her heart from the woman's mouth.

"I ask you for help, don't come near me again. Thomas and I are getting married, please don't ruin our relationship."

It's like being struck by lightning hearing the fact that the woman he likes all this time will soon marry his girlfriend. Since that night Zaki looks a lot dreamy because he really felt disappointed if what he expected could not reach, even before starting. Zaki looks desperate and tries to crush Zara, but his great love for her makes it difficult for Zaki to forget her.

When Santi held a birthday party at his residence, Zaki decided to come to his brother's house. He who usually never want to follow family activities is now forced to go just to see the figure of Zara. Maybe with him seeing the woman will make his heart calm even though his heart will again hurt when he saw the woman with her future husband, Thomas. Throughout the event, Zaki only sees Zara from a distance. A part of her heart was happy when she saw the beautiful face of the woman, but a part of her was sick and disappointed when she saw Zara smiling happily with the other man on the other end. 

Zaki's heart really hurt when he saw Thomas propose to Zara in front of a lot of people. He did not expect if the happy moment was done Thomas at his brother's birthday event. Because it was not able to stand the painful sight, Zaki finally said goodbye to his parents to go home early. He reasoned that he was not feeling well and wanted to rest immediately. 

Just as Zaki was about to leave, he accidentally bumped into a waiter who was carrying a tray of drinks with several glasses filled on it. The sound of the broken glass made the eyes of the people there look towards him. Zara who saw Zaki's presence there was very surprised, she thought Zaki was stalking her all the way here, but when she found out that Zaki was Santi's brother, the shock turned out to be deeper.

Things are still going normally for Zara and Thomas. But as the young couple's marriage progresses, Zaki begins to lose control. Every day he would follow Zara wherever she went, no matter if Thomas knew of her actions because he could not bear to see Zara happy with another man. He doesn't even care if he has to damage the woman's household in order to realize his desire to make Zara his lover.

On the day that Thomas found out that he was always stalking Zara, the man immediately approached Zaki because he did not accept the man's behavior. Twice warned by Thomas, it did not deter Zaki and the man continued to follow his wife. So for the umpteenth time, Thomas lost his temper and was forced to beat him up.

"I appreciate you because I know that you're Santi's brother, my foster sister. But this time you've gone too far, you stalked a woman who was my wife and I don't accept your behavior" Thomas said after his first blow.

Zaki who did not accept being hit by the man then returned his blow and at that time there was also a fight between the two men.

Ever since Thomas found out that Zaki liked his wife and followed her wherever she went, Thomas decided to take her wherever she went. Rntah to work, to his parents' house, even just want to go to the nearest minimarket he always does that so that Zaki does not do more than that.

In Zara's first pregnancy, Zaki returned to salt because he could not accept if Zara contained a baby from another man. His obsession with Zara makes him lose his mind, he keeps trying to get close to Zara but Thomas is always the vanguard to protect his wife.

Until their son was born and was 1 year old, Thomas and Zara were with their beautiful daughter in a park. At that time Thomas was buying a drink not far from his wife and child.

Zaki who did not want to miss the opportunity that he would never get after this also directly approached Zara and her daughter. Zara looks afraid of the arrival of Zaki, making her hands tremble with her daughter in her arms.

At that time Zaki was very late because he was trying to hold the hand of Zara who was holding Aura. Zara did not dare to shout because she felt that Zaki would not dare to mess with her in a public place and she also did not want to invite a commotion there, but it turned out that she was wrong. Zaki had already completely lost his mind, the man forcefully grasped one of his hands which made him lose control holding Aura. Zaki dragged Zara's hand to take her away and at that moment Zara slenderly shouted because she was already so scared.

Thomas, who heard the screams of his wife, turned his head and was immediately shocked when he saw Zaki pulling his wife to the highway.

"Zara," he shouted loudly.

Seeing Thomas running towards them, Zaki also pulled harder than Zara so that he did not realize if a man who was carrying a motorbike with recklessness hit the body of Zara left who was holding Aura at the time.  In the blink of an eye, Aura detached from Zara's sling that made everyone in the park scream when they saw a 1-year-old baby bouncing on a sharp pebble.

Zaki who realized that then released his hand from Zara. Although he did not like to see the baby, he was just as surprised as the people there when he saw the baby fall and produce so much blood on his head. Zaki who was very frightened by the circumstances chose to leave the location with trembling hands. He drove his car out of the park, which made people shout at him.

Thomas and Zahra, who focus only on their fallen child, are not concerned about Zaki's departure. They look frightened when they see the condition of his daughter who looks bloodied and unconscious. Their hearts were pounding, afraid that something bad might happen to their daughter.

One of the people in the park called the police, but Thomas, who heard that, forbade him.

"Don't call the police, let me look for him later" he said with red eyes.

Unable to do anything about it, the people in the garden could only see Thomas leaving with Zarah with raging feelings.