
Heavy rain accompanied the footsteps of a girl with her cries. No matter the dark of the night. His clothes in the form of short-sleeved dress with knee length looks soaked without remaining. His body shivered with cold. His face paled with lips that started to turn blue.
His cries were faintly unheard. Only the sobs of pain that seemed to be held back and the tears that continued to flow mixed with the sky water show deep pain.
His steps stopped in front of the towering building.
His eyes looked up at the sky. Repeated the incident a few hours earlier.
#Flashback ON
"Nay, this guy in front of you is Reyhan.." Said the Papa when he saw his daughter had just come down to see her guest.
Nayla smiled sweetly at a young man she thought was her papa co-worker. Being polite may be because you do not want to embarrass the Papa in front of his colleagues.
So good-looking. It was the first impression that was captured by Nayla's black-pitched eye bead.
"Niilah.."
His right hand stretched forward to introduce himself as graciously as possible. Plus a smile that is still faithful to his lips.
"Reyhan.."
Reyhan introduced himself while standing up and shook Nayla's hand as a sign of their brief introduction before finally sitting back down.
Reyhan's eyes looked deeply at the beautiful girl in front of him. Knee-length maroon dress combined with a matching colored flat shoe adds a sweet impression attached tightly to the beautiful face of the girl.
Not to mention the long hair that is decomposed and styled so neatly makes the girl worthy of being called perfect.
In the next instant, Reyhan immediately took his eyes off the marvelous work of God.
"Nay, do you love your Papa?" Ask Zeko to the Princess.
"Why the hell? Without Nayla, Papa would have known Pa?"
Wajab Nayla was half astonished to look at her papa's eyes.
"Then do you trust Papa? And want to do something for Papa?" The question is getting more and more confused Nayla.
"This is Papa's first request to you Nay.."
Riana's soft hands clasped her Husband's hands. Trying to find answers with her husband's strange attitude.
That's right Nayla said. Her husband is acting strange...
While Reyhan just silently watched the situation in front of him. He himself was confused how to position himself in front of the Zeko family. Especially in front of a beautiful girl named Nayla and a middle-aged woman who is no less beautiful named Riana.
Because clearly, the shock was seen from the look on the faces of both of them.
Nayla draws herself closer to the Papa, Zeko.
"Pa, Nayla loves Papa very much. Nayla also strongly believes in Papa. Nayla promises, will fulfill Papa's will, Papa happy origin..." He answered confidently while holding his Papa's hand tightly.
To be honest, Nayla was embarrassed to act like that in front of a man she didn't know. Nayla is a big girl, no longer a child.
Indeed, in the previous days Nayla was very spoiled for her Papa, but was there no one else besides her family?
Zeko smiled smugly looking at his daughter's bead. His hand grabbed the top of Nayla's head and rubbed it affectionately.
"Papa wants you to be happy Nay"
Zeko took a deep breath and then took out slowly before finally continuing, he said.
"Therefore, Papa wants you to marry Reyhan, Papa's chosen man"
The soulful gaze that originally stared at Nayla's bead eyes now moved to look at the figure of the man who sat politely without expression in front of her. The shady smile that still adheres to the face of the Papa indicates that there is not the slightest joke in every speech.
Nayla who originally showed her smile now changed her face pias. Surprised by the words of the father.
"Pa.. Papa's not serious, is he?" He said while breathing rough.
His face looked deathly pale forcing his smile to reappear.
Reyhan was silent. Zeko too.
Staring blankly at the spacious courtyard he could see behind the door.
His hand rubbed the back of his wife's hand as if to say everything would be fine.
"Paa. answered Nay dong Pa."
"Sorry Nay, but Papa doesn't approve of your relationship with that cowardly man."
Nayla just silently looked down unable to answer the words of the Papa. Her tears falling melted down her smooth cheeks portraying her wounded heart over the words of the Papa.
Really, Nayla never thought her dad would do this.
Moments of time seem to stop. His world seemed to turn a hundred and eighty degrees from before. The happiness that filled his days was now gone in a matter of minutes.
His content began to sound soft, making the Mama began to voice her opinion.
"Pa... What's the matter?" Riana asked her husband.
"Papa's aware of papa's actions?"
"I'm sure Ma, because a loser like Satya doesn't deserve my daughter Nayla."
Nayla's emotions were already at their peak. A sharp look from the originally gentle girl, now led to Reyhan. The look of hatred was clearly visible from the perfect female eye bead in front of him.
"What's Satya Pa's fault, then,?"
Asked Nayla in a high tone while standing from her original position. Evaporating emotions that have been stirring at the top of the crown.
"Pa.. Nay doesn't want to. hikssss.
How could papa force Nayla to marry this foreign man?
Nay is disappointed in Papa, Nay hates Papa..."
Reyhan himself was confused by the reaction shown by the beautiful girl in front of him.
Right now things are very tense. Nayla with her anger, Mr. Zeko with her decisiveness and Riana with her shock.
"Erm.. Sorry Om, can I have a one-on-one talk with Om for a second?" For the first time Reyhan let out his voice after his introduction to Nayla earlier. It wasn't Reyhan the loser who was afraid of going against the circumstances, but Reyhan only understood the position.
Reyhan did not want to add any awkwardness between these families.
All Reyhan wanted to do was, just obey what Om Zeko said. Because that is his promise.
But the truth is, Om Zeko's desire doesn't go as smoothly as Reyhan's shadow.
"Follow me Rey..."
Zeko said as he stood up and walked towards his study.
That opportunity used Riana to hug her biological daughter tightly. Riana understood how Nayla was feeling right now.
"Prophey, baby.." Said Riana crying and hugging Nayla.
"Mama will help you figure out what really happened.."
Tears Riana also fell to feel the pain experienced by the princess alone puppet. But Riana herself knew her husband very well.
It was impossible for her husband to do this without a good reason. Plus it's about Nayla's happiness.
"You believe in Mama, don't you, Nay? Papa must want the best for you..."
"Nay is disappointed with Papa Ma..."
Nayla stood up and ran out of her house.
***
Working room...
Reyhan sat in a chair opposite Zeko who was bounded by a table in the middle.
This work space that is not too large feels very full of many items in the form of piles of paper.
Even so, this soundproof workspace still looks clean, neat and comfortable to occupy.
There was a large picture frame right behind the chair that Reyhan was occupying. That means if he sits in Om Zeko's work chair then the picture frame is none other than Om Zeko, his wife and child is right in front of him.
"I'm sorry, um..." Reyhan began his words.
"Why should I?"
Reyhan was quietly waiting for an answer from this dashing man in front of him. But there was no answer from him.
There were only eyes looking at Reyhan as if he did not understand the meaning of the question.
"I mean this way....
Sorry Om. princess om is beautiful, it seems she also has her own candidate.. Isn't this too fast?
I'm just afraid that this will make a hub. Om with him getting further and further?"
Zeko took a slow breath before his mouth answered.
"Rey, do you think I can play around with my only daughter's future?"
His mouth shook as his voice came out.
"I chose you because I believe in you."
Tears that had been held in front of his daughter and wife, now melted in front of the foreign youth who would become his daughter-in-law.
"Do you think my heart doesn't hurt to see tears slide free from her eyes?"
It was seen Om Zeko rubbing the soft tears that wet his cheeks.
"I'm sure you can make her happy.. With all the things I know about you, I'm giving you my sense of faith"
Reyhan was stunned at the answer he had just heard. Plus Reyhan saw with his own eyes, how much this man in front of him loved his daughter. But still, Reyhan did not get the desired answer.
#Flashback Off
His body that was getting shivering in the heavy rain made Nayla's head dizzy.
"Why do you have to be with Nay.hiks..." His words were soft but sounded very heart-wrenching.
The next second, Nay's vision grew darker. Nayla fell unconscious in front of the towering building.