PAST VIDEO SCANDALS
Self-seeking

Bagas looked at Evelyn's sad face. She knew Evelyn felt very disappointed at her decision. And this happened due to his less assertive attitude to refuse his engagement to Evelyn, because he felt frustrated not to find where Indhira was. But, if she continues this engagement, she believes that it will make Evelyn even more disappointed, because she cannot give the love that Evelyn hoped for.

" I'm sorry, Evelyn" Bagas said breaking the silence between the two of them.

" I hope time stops here, Bagas. There is no tomorrow, no day after tomorrow and other days so that we can stay together like this" Evelyn said.

Bagas breathed in slowly. He felt more guilty hearing Evelyn's words.

" I'm sorry, Evelyn. All this because of my fault, "sorry Bagas.

" No, Bagas! I was wrong about this too. I shouldn't have forced our engagement to happen. I should have realized there was no place in your heart for another woman besides Indhira." Evelyn mende legitimate.

Evelyn did not want to completely blame Bagas. With Bagas' reunion with Indhira, the less chance he has of maintaining his engagement with Bagas. Bagas' love for Indhira is eternal. It is impossible to fade even though Bagas was faced with hundreds of beautiful women even

" I hope you can find a much better man than me, Evelyn. Such a big man loves you, not a weak and cut man like me. You deserve your happiness with the man you love and love, Evelyn." Bagas realized, he was indeed inappropriate for a good woman like Evelyn.

" But it's you I want, Bagas. You're the one who can make me fall for a man" Evelyn said.

" I'm sorry, Evelyn. Because I cannot fulfill your wish. Indhira needs me more. Until now he still feels traumatized in a relationship with a man, for fear that no man will accept it because of the past that we have done before. I feel I have to take responsibility for the suffering I've done to him."

" I'm sure, without me, you'd be able to get another guy. But Indhira, she will be forever plagued by the scandals of our past until she is not confident in being in a relationship with another man, because she is traumatized and afraid of rejection." Bagas explained the conditions experienced by Indhira so far, including the matter of the incident when Indhira received bad treatment from high school friends some time ago, until Indhira was accused of being a comfort woman.

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At about six o'clock in the evening, Evelyn and Bagas arrived at Nathael's mansion. Bagas' arrival at the mansion owned by the retail businessman was warmly welcomed by the family of Nathael. Of course because they consider Bagas as a prospective member of their family. They do not know if Bagas' real purpose in coming to see them is to end his betrothal to their daughter.

" How's your Mama's Papa doing, Bagas?" nathael asked when Bagas was in trouble.

" My Mama's dad is good, Om." said Bagas.

" Mama you said you didn't know about your planned arrival here before. Though your mama said you wanted to come visit here too." Merry, Evelyn's Mommy was called in advance by Angel about Bagas's departure to New York.

" Because I'm not here long, Auntie. Tomorrow I will return to Jakarta." Bagas reasoned why he did not tell his mother about his planned departure to New York from the beginning. Of course she didn't want her mother to complicate her plans to end her engagement to Evelyn.

" Why come home so soon, Bagas? Why not vacation here for a few days? Evelyn will definitely be glad you're here." Merry lamented Bagas' very short visit in New York.

Bagas glanced at Evelyn who immediately lowered his head and slowly breathed out.

" I'm sorry, Auntie, Om. Actually I came here because there's something I want to tell Om and Aunt." Slowly Bagas began to say his goal was to meet with Nathael's family.

" What do you want to tell us, Bagas? It looks serious. Do you want to speed up your marriage?" Nathael's question made Bagas swallow his saliva.

Evelyn's parents seemed very excited to say about the wedding plans. What if they found out if she was coming because she wanted to end her relationship with Evelyn? Unimaginable, how disappointed their hearts were.

" I'm ready to accept whatever Om and Aunt's attitude is about this thing I want to convey. " Bagas tried to find the right sentence for him to convey his point.

" What's up, Bagas? Why are you talking like that, son?" Nathael looked at Bagas and Evelyn alternately. He began to sense that something was amiss between Bagas and Evelyn. Moreover, only realized by him, since it looked gloomy, not as cheerful as usual if Bagas came to visit the mansion where he lived.

" Maybe Om and Aunt never knew if there was a shameful event that I had done when I was in High School until finally Papa sent me to college here. I'm sure Papa definitely doesn't dare to tell the disgrace I once made that tarnishes the good name of the family." Bagas had to tell about the scandal he had done before, so that Nathael could understand the decision he had taken.

" hey? What aib, Bagas? Your father never told Om anything." Nathael was slightly disturbed by the word Aib said by Bagas.

Bagas took a deep breath, he should be ready to accept whatever reaction from Nathael if he told me the real problem.

" When I was in High School, I did things I shouldn't have done with my boyfriend. I had a husband-and-wife relationship with my lover and it was recorded cctv and spread in the community, Om, Aunt."

A shocked expression was immediately visible from the faces of Nathael and Merry. He did not expect that Bagas who had been seen indifferent to women dared to do things that were not appropriate for High School children.

" Yes, God ..." Merry even closed her mouth so did not expect it.

" Papa immediately acted so that the video scandal was no longer circulating in the public. At that time Papa blamed my lover for assuming he was the one who had influenced me to dare to do the sinful thing. Obviously I was wrong. Papa also pressured the foundation and the school to get my girlfriend out of school, while I still enrolled to be a student there and continued school."

" Since then I can no longer meet my lover. Until I finally heard the news he was sold by his family, as a result of the video scandal." Although Bagas did not experience the suffering experienced by Indhira, but he could feel the weight of the burden borne by Indhira at that time.

" Last I heard the information he managed to escape from the evil plans of his family. However, after that I do not know where he is? For years I tried to find him, but the results were always nil. That's what caused me to shut myself off from other women, Om. Until finally I want to accept my engagement plan with Evelyn at Papa's insistence." Bagas tried to brave himself to sit with Nathael who looked at him with sharp eyes. Bagas could feel disappointment from the look in Nathael's eyes.

" A while ago, I met my girlfriend, Om. I once promised to take responsibility and marry her if we met again."

" What do you mean, you want to cancel your engagement to Evelyn, Bagas!?" A cold question was asked by Nathael. It seemed like he could guess where the direction of Bagas' words was headed.

" I'm sorry if my decision has upset Om and Auntie." Bagas conveyed his regret.

" But that is your past! Right now you have an engagement with Evelyn, Bagas! You can't just be selfish!" Nathael looks angry with Bagas' plan to end Bagas' engagement with Evelyn.

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