Possessive Love
Operating Room

"I'm sorry, we can't tell you who it is" Hadi's doctor replied.

"Why is that, Doc?" ask Rendy who was also astonished.

Doctor Hadi sighed slowly. "The man asked us to keep it a secret. I'm sorry, though" the doctor explained.

Pucuk loved ulam also arrived. Yes, when they were in need of a kidney donor for Richard, suddenly there was someone willingly willing to do that, wasn't that the luck of his name?

As it is known that Renata can do that too. However, if there was someone else who was kind enough to take his place as a donor, wouldn't that be better? No need for anyone to worry about Richard's disappointment, because his dear brother had donated a kidney to him.

"Alright, it doesn't seem like we can wait any longer, we have to take the patient to the operating room immediately" Hadi told reporters.

"So, please, do your best for my son!" felix pleaded.

"Berdo'a course, we will try to do the best we can" replied Dr. Hadi.

Before long, the three nurses immediately removed Richard from the ICU room, at the doctor's order, and took Richard to the operating room.

They were seen following the bed of the patient pushed by the nurse. They walked in a bit of a hurry to catch up. However, not with Aretha who seems to have difficulty stepping their legs because they still wear the bride kebaya.

The girl seemed to be in the last row. Because of his slow steps so that he was at the very back, exactly about a meter from David who had walked in front of him first.

After a few steps, suddenly the sound of falling objects suddenly made David look back. And sure enough, Aretha fell. The girl seemed to have been sitting on the floor.

"Haish, how sloppy!" grouse David.

Quickly, the man immediately ran over to Aretha.

"Are you okay?" david asked as he squatted his body, balancing with Aretha's body.

A moment later Aretha looked up. "I'm not careless, look at my clothes! I have trouble walking!" aretha was annoyed as she nodded her face.

In fact, his worry had already made the girl not feel embarrassed by the costume she was wearing back then.

At first glance, David published his smile. "Sorry," he said. "Here, I'll help!" he lifted up Aretha's body.

They had stood back up, then faced each other while looking at each other. His gaze locked for a while, before Aretha finally realized that Richard's operation was about to begin.

"Mas, we must catch up with them immediately" Aretha said as she stepped foot. However, as fast as lightning David stopped him by pulling the girl's hand.

"Your feet don't hurt?" her question was the response of the headband from the girl.

"Re ...," call David Iirih. "Do you love me?" tanyanya then while putting on a serious expression.

Aretha paused for a moment, then looked at the gentleman before her. "Yes" answered Aretha briefly.

"You want to do something for me?" david was serious. Voice slowly. However, his gaze was so sharp.

"What?" aretha asked as she frowned.

"After Richard's operation went well and he was well again, you .. would not marry him?" david asked a little doubt.

I don't know what was on that man's mind. Perhaps because he felt sorry for his friend who was very ill, or maybe because he felt guilty, had destroyed the hope of Richard who wanted to return with Aretha. I don't know.

Instantly Aretha's glare turned into a dislike gaze, or even a cynical look. He did not think if David could think that easily, but he himself must also know that it is not an easy thing to do just like that. Did he really not think of Aretha's feelings?

Aretha pursed her lips. Instantly his hunting breath, he held for a while, before he finally responded to David's question.

"NO!" his answer was full of emphasis while buying his eyes.

Aretha again moved her body, while forcibly removing her arms from David's grasp, intending to leave David with all the frustration she was feeling. However, again David stopped him by tightening his grip.

"Once no, still no!" aretha. "And if you insist, I'd rather not marry anyone, including YOU!" it's full of emphasis.

"After all, Richard and Rendy are my best friends."

"And you think more about their feelings than I do?" Aretha smiled bitterly. "That's really you, Mom!" objurgation.

"It's not like that!"

"Then what? You want to break my feelings, right? Do it! Do as you please!"

Aretha stomped her hands violently, releasing them from David's grip, and then moved out of David's presence at once. Instantly her tears returned, holding back the resentment towards the man.

Is he not thinking about my feelings at the moment? All this time, I've always done whatever he wanted. So now I have to obey him too? Nah! I won't do it!

"Adrrgh!" David groaned in frustration, shuffling his own hair.

He did not know if what he was doing was right or not. All he knew, Aretha must have been disappointed by his request. But he also has no other choice.

Seeing Richard dying, made him really unbearable. That was all he could do to get Richard back to his happiness, by handing Aretha back to him.

However, in fact Aretha was disappointed with that. So, what else can he do, after Richard runs his operation? Would Richard be able to return to normal health, if the harsh reality was still plastered clearly before him?

Ah, that really confused him. On the one hand, David did not want to let Aretha down and his feelings were shattered. However, on the other hand he also thought deeply of Richard's happiness, after he had managed to snatch it away.

Richard had made it into the operating room. Rendy and her family were waiting in front of the room. After a while Aretha followed, then waited for activities in the room.

The indicator light above the door of the operating room was lit, a sign that the surgery had begun. There was nothing else they could do, other than surrender, pray and wait in agitation.

Seconds by seconds it felt so slow moving. Yes, feeling slow because waiting for a loved one is struggling inside there, in a room filled with medical teams and surgical tools that will tear his body. Unceasingly they offered prayers for Richard's safety and health.

It had been almost an hour they waited, but not with David. After his conversation with Aretha in the corridor, David was not seen there, thus making Aretha feel worried.

However, Aretha could not leave the place, just to find David's whereabouts. To be honest, he was also very worried about Richard's condition, and he wanted to wait for him until the surgery was over, and heard from the doctor himself that the operation was going well.

"Re, where's David?" ask Rendy who just realized that David was not there.

"Come, Brother. I don't know where he is either" replied Aretha. "Later, after the operation is over I will look for him" he added, who received no response from Rendy, as if the man did not want to bother.

After about three hours of waiting, the operating room indicator light goes out again, a sign that the action in the operating room has been completed and the patient will be immediately transferred to the recovery room. It was enough to make their anxiety disappear a little, and feel more calm when the doctor said that the operation went smoothly.

"What about the donor's condition?" ask Rendy curiously.

"Both patients, fine, just pray for the best for them" the surgeon replied.

"Please say our thanks to him. If only we could have met that person, we would have been very happy" Felix added.

"Well, I'll tell you later, after he regained consciousness" the doctor replied.

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