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Indhira seemed to freeze as she felt Bagas' sturdy hand clench and hug her tightly. He wanted to resist, yet he felt as if there was a force blocking him from revolting, as if he did not have the strength to shake off the hand of Bagas who was holding him tightly. Even until Azkia's briefcase in her hand came off and fell to the floor.

Indhira seemed to be thrown into the past, when she was still in a gray white uniform. When she was Bagas' lover. The man always stole the chance to hug her like this. And Bagas' hug still feels as warm as it used to be.

Indhira's eyeballs instantly condensed. Although desperately he tried to forget the figure of Bagas, but from the deepest heart, he still harbored a sense of longing for his former lover. Not only longing, love also seems to still stay in the recesses of his heart.

" I've been looking for you all this time. Where have you been all this time, Ra?" Bagas stroked Indhira's long hair, as if to show that she loved Indhira very much. Bagas seemed to not care if at this time it was not only him and Indhira who were in the room.

" Acst ...! Did you forget that you're in someone's house right now?" Azkia's voice that began with a thud seemed to awaken two people who were releasing a longing piled between the two of them.

Indhira and Bagas were equally aware. Indhira even directly pushed Bagas body to release a hug from his body.

" I-I'm sorry, Mom, sir." Indhira immediately bowed with a reddened face because she felt embarrassed when she realized she was currently in her boss's place. Especially with the words of Azkia who had insinuated Bagas.

" I'm sorry, Sir, Mom. Sorry if I acted presumptuously." Bagas also conveyed his apologies to Raffasya and Azkia because he was too emotional, unable to hold back his feelings.

" I think you two should talk. You have to finish something you may not have talked about yet. If you feel uncomfortable talking in our house, you can choose another place to talk. Solve your problems completely so that nothing else gets stuck." Raffasya gave Bagas and Indhira a chance to discuss. Raffasya also realized, it would be difficult for Bagas especially Indhira if he had to speak privately at his home, so he let them if he wanted to find another place to talk.

" Inhira's gonna have to work, Pa!" Azkia protested against her husband.

" I have to work, sir!" At the same time, Indhira also refused to be told to talk to Bagas at work.

" This time, let him finish his business, Ma." Raffasya rubbed Azkia's back, making Azkia frown because she thought her husband was too defensive of Bagas.

" You can go, and bring Indhira back here if you've done your business." For some reason, Raffasya seemed so easy to trust Bagas. As if realizing that Bagas would not act evil to Indhira.

" Good, Mr. Raffasya. I promise I will bring Indhira back here after I talk to Indhira." Bagas promised not to violate the conditions proposed by Raffasya.

" Pa, why let him take Indhira away, anyway!?" Azkia still looks sewot with her husband's decision.

" Mama take it easy." Raffasya put his hand on Azkia's shoulder.

Indhira was confused. Actually he didn't want to go with Bagas. But Raffasya's speech was like an order for him that he had to follow.

" Ra, we're talking outside." Bagas invited Indhira to speak elsewhere.

Indhira stared at Azkia's face which looked frowning. There was a bad taste to his boss. It's the second day he's been working, but he's been making trouble. He did not know if he could still work back with Azkia tomorrow.

Indhira then turned to look at Raffasya. His boss at La Grande Caffe nodded his head as if to let him go with Bagas.

" Come, Ra!" bagas said with his hand holding Indhira, but this time Indhira quickly brushed off Bagas hand that touched his hand. He did not want the two bosses to think badly of him.

" I'm sorry, Mom." Indhira first expressed his apology to Azkia who immediately turned her face away.

" I'm sorry, sir, Mom. Ariston ..." After that he said goodbye, either he did not know where to be taken by Bagas.

" Neurova ..." Sahut Raffasya followed by Azkia with a ketus tone.

" Mr. Raffasya, Mr. Azkia, thank you for believing in me. I promise I won't hurt Indhira." Bagas vowed that he would not do anything that would hurt Indhira during his departure with Indhira later.

" Just try if you dare to hurt Indhira again! You've been hurting Indhira more than enough all this time!" Hearing Bagas' words, Azkia immediately rebuked the man.

Bagas was silent, he realized that he had made Indhira's life suffer. Perhaps the harshest punishment is still lacking to punish his guilt on Indhira.

" You better get going!" Raffasya told Bagas to leave his house immediately so as not to continue to hear the scolding from Azkia.

" good, Sir! Excuse me ..." Bagas said goodbye to Raffasya. " Come, Ra!" Bagas again asked Indhira to follow him.

" Iiihh, why did Papa give Bagas permission to leave, anyway!?" Azkia stomped her one leg because she felt her husband was too weak to face Bagas who she thought was the culprit of Indhira's suffering all along.

" They need to solve their problems immediately, Ma. In order not to drag on. If we forbid Bagas to meet Indhira, he'll keep waiting outside until we let him in to find Indhira." Raffasya again explained to Azkia so that Azkia would understand the position of the two people.

" But they can talk here, Pa! Why talk outside, anyway!? If Bagas escapes Indhira how?" Azkia was worried about Indhira.

" Papa's sure nothing will happen, Ma. They need a comfortable place to talk anyway." Raffasya gave his wife understanding.

" Is this place uncomfortable?"

" This is the most comfortable place for us and our children. But not necessarily comfortable for others. If Papa were Bagas too, Papa would find somewhere else to talk instead of somewhere else." Raffasya rubbed Azkia's arm which was still in his arms.

" Mama's leaving now? Papa's the one who brought Mama. Later when you come home from the boutique Papa will pick up Mama." Raffasya intends to accompany his wife to the boutique.

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" Is Bagas not awake yet, Mbok Nah?" adibrata asked as he, his wife and daughter enjoyed breakfast together.

" I'm sorry, Mister. Den Bagas last night did not go home" said Mbok Nah.

" Bagas didn't come home? Where'd he go?" Adibrata was surprised to hear Bagas didn't come home last night. During his return to Jakarta, Bagas chose to stay at his parents' house. Not staying in an apartment or buying a house on your own like other young executives. Bagas chose to stay at his Papa's house because he wanted to accompany his sister, Kartika.

Bagas realized that his parents were too busy with their respective activities, so he was afraid that his youngest brother who had just turned fifteen years old would be trapped in the wrong relationship like he was in the past. She did not want Kartika to meet a man like her when she was young.

" I don't know, Sir." Mbok Nah immediately bowed. Of course he was afraid that Adibrata would get angry when he found out Bagas did not come home last night.

" Call her HP, Pa. It's not usual for Bagas not to go home, is it?" Angel, Adibrata's wife, advises her husband to contact her son.

" Kak Bagas always come home, unlike Papa and Mama" said Kartika.

Kartika's speech made both parents look at each other.

" Kartika, speak politely to the old man!" Adibrata reprimanded his daughter who was considered rude to him and his wife.

Adibrata then grunted roughly. He did not know where his eldest son was currently.

" Where is the boy? Since last night Papa dialed his number and it's not active!" Adibrata got up from her seat and walked towards her room to try to contact Bagas again.

" Kartika, Mama's not coming home because Mama has an event." Angel defends herself against the insinuations Kartika addressed to her and her husband earlier.

Kartika melengos as if she could accept the reason given by Mama. Because he knows if the event referred by his mother is not an important emergency for his family. But, personal matters concerning the prestige of his mother as one of the socialites who had the status as the wife of a famous and wealthy businessman.

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" What's up, Ra?" bagas asked as the two of them were on their way in the car looking for a nice place to talk.

" Alhamdulillah well .." sahut Indhira slowly. Honestly his heart was currently pounding. Maybe because this is the first time she met her ex-boyfriend.

" Where have you been all this time, Ra?" tanya Bagas returned because Indhira responded well to the question.

However, for the question this time, Indhira chose to remain silent not to answer Bagas' question.

" I've been looking for you all along, Ra." Bagas seemed to want Indhira to know if all this time he had not forgotten Indhira just like that.

Indhira remained silent. He was confused as to what to respond. His encounter with Bagas today was completely beyond his expectations and left him shocked.

" I'm sorry, because what I did made you quit school, Ra."

For the words of Bagas this time Indhira breathed a long breath, until it sounded in Bagas' ear. Maybe Bagas did not feel in the position of Indhira when it was all depressed.

Bagas finally stopped his car on the side of the road under a tall tree towering and looking shady.

" I also never came to school after that incident, Ra. I went on to study by home schooling and when I graduated high school I was sent straight to America to study there." Bagas began to tell how his life after the viral video case was revealed.

" As long as I'm in America, I still told Benny to look for you, Ra. But, Benny never managed to find you. I also visited Rissa's house after she finished college two years ago. But Rissa's parents said they didn't know anything about you."

Indhira knew when Bagas came to Rissa's house, to make himself have to hostel so as not to be found by Bagas.

" I'm really confused, don't know where else to look for you, Ra." Bagas explained that he was really frustrated not to find Indhira.

Indhira only heard what Bagas said without intending to answer him. His lips are locked. Unable to say a word.

" Till finally some time ago, I passed by at your Papa Mama's funeral. I remember you always going there to pray and complain. From there I got information if it turns out you are still in Jakarta from the tomb guard. From him too I got your cell phone number, Ra."

Indhira was wide-eyed when Bagas said he got his mobile number from the tomb guard. Indhira did leave his phone number to the tomb guards as he took care of the repair of the graves of his two masters.

" I've called you. I only heard your voice, but I spoke because I was afraid that you would disappear again. Maybe you remember some time ago someone called you but didn't say anything, right?" Bagas chuckled considering what he did a few days ago.

Bagas' speech this time successfully made Indhira turn his gaze towards the man with a look of disbelief.

" So you called me that time?" tanyanya.

Bagas was happy that Indhira finally responded back to his words. At least Indhira was not as silent as before.

" Yes." Yeah." Still with a small laugh Bagas nodded his head.

Indhira snorted as she turned her face to realize the messiness of Bagas who did not say anything while calling her.

Bagas smiled looking at the face grinning Indhira. He really misses everything that is in Indhira. His laughter, his crying, his anger, his regret also sometimes works. And this time he got one of those Indhira attitudes that he missed.

" Two days ago when I had lunch at a typical Sundanese restaurant, I saw you with a woman walking outside the restaurant to get in the car. I chased outside, but the car that took you disappeared like lightning.

Indhira was back when Bagas said he saw himself in a Sundanese restaurant. Instantly Indhira remembered that at that time he also felt if there was someone who called his name. He thinks it's not real. It turned out that his hearing was not wrong, because at that time Bagas did shout to call his name.

" It's a good thing I called the restaurant to get the cctv footage. From there I got the license plate number of the woman who was with you and I told people to find out who owned the car, until I finally reached Mr. Raffasya's house." Bagas finished his short story on Indhira for eight years apart from Indhira.

" Ra, I'm sorry for my mistake. I am so sorry that I have made your life so full of suffering. I don't know how to make amends for you, Ra. I feel useless, unable to help you through every problem you face," said Bagas regretfully.

Indhira's eyeballs instantly condensed. It is very painful to remember his suffering when he had to fight a storm in his life so far. Not long after the tears fell on her cheeks.

" I promised to make amends to you first, Ra. I swear to make you happy. I imagined being able to live with you alone, achieving happiness like when I was together. But, I think I'm late ..." Bagas said the last sentence with sadness. Imagining Indhira getting married makes her heart feel broken.

Indhira turned to Bagas when a late sentence was said from Bagas' mouth. Indhira thought that Bagas now had a companion, so the man regretted not being able to knit back the desire to be with him.

" I should be happy to see you happy, Ra. Even if it makes my heart hurt. But at least you have achieved your happiness. May your chosen man give you happiness that I cannot give you" said Bagas.

Indhira frowned hearing Bagas speak. He did not understand the meaning of Bagas' words to him at all. Especially when Bagas reached out to her as if he wanted to shake hands.

" Congratulations on your wedding plans, Ra. You deserve to live happily. I'm really jealous of the guy who got your love, Ra."

Indhira's eyeballs are perfectly rounded again, he is completely confused by the words of Bagas who mentions if he is going to get married.

" I'm getting married? Who am I married to? How could Bagas think that I would marry? Who said I'd get married?" Various questions full of confusion suddenly burst into Indhira's mind.

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