Sandriana, My Lovely Sist
Part 30's. Stay as My Daughter

Dria quickly entered the dining room again.

“Dad... please say I don't exist..”.

Dria pleaded with a voice that seemed to be stuck around her neck. Still surprised by the arrival of Mr. Harlandy and still with the desire if you may not meet the Great Lord.

“Dad already said you're here, son.”.

“But I'm not ready to meet the Big Lord..”.

“Meet Dria... with the status of Mr. Harlandy, if he specifically comes to meet you means he thinks your business is very important.”.

“Dad... I have to say what?”

“Meet me first..Reply if Mr. Harlandy asks, and just say what you want to say, do not lie or ramble..there go see Mr. Harlandy.”.

Dria gave up, there was no access to escape at the back of this house. Dad made a fence around the house and at the back of this fence wall as high as his house.

“Dad too... accompany me..”.

Rahmadi's father could not bear to let his daughter meet Mr. Harlandy alone, his daughter's face now looked depressed, so the father ahead of Dria walked towards the front porch where the Great Lord was sitting waiting. Dria followed with a mix of fear and anxiety especially if she was forced to return, how would she resist that now?

Outside, there was the Great Lord Harlandy and Lucas sir and quickly his eyes caught a few large, well-dressed tall people also standing some distance between the plants belonging to the father in the courtyard, and there was also a large, well-dressed man in the garden, sometimes Dria met them in the big house.

“Dria..”.

The heavy quiet voice typical of Mr. Harlandy greeted as Dria walked out the door. Dria approached and took the hand that the Great Lord had extended to her, kissing respectfully. Dria wants to do the same to Lucas, but Lucas just smiles and nods respectfully at him.

“How are you doing, Dria?”

The Great Lord immediately asked, Dria just looked down not daring to look at the Great Lord now. Before this incident Dria was actually not awkward to face Mr. Harlandy even often spoke even though briefly at the dinner table at breakfast. But now Dria was standing very awkwardly next to her father.

“Ah... uh.. I am good..”.

Great Lord Harlandy could immediately identify the circumstances, Dria would not be able to approach him if there was anyone else here. Clearly Dria shows an awkward attitude and not too accepting of his arrival, but he is working on something for his son, his son who is fairly slow about romance.

The Great Lord gave some sort of code with his gaze to Lucas his assistant, a gesture that was immediately understood and passed on to Rahmadi. Dria captures Mr. Lucas's movement away and immediately raises his face to see his father. Rahmadi's father held her daughter's arm for a moment, Dria looked at her father with a very clear expression of not wanting to be left here, as if she could read what the father's next action was. Dad just rubbed a moment of the arm he was holding and then went to follow Lucas, someone who was quite close to his family in the past.

“Here is hotter yes the air..”.

Mr. Harlandy started with a light sentence.

“Ahh... sorry Sir, I did not welcome Mr. in, let's go inside only..”.

“Oh it's okay. Earlier Rahmadi said there were some items there, so it is not free, papi it is okay to sit outside here.”.

Dria complained in her heart hearing Grand Lord Harlandy still refer to herself as a papi for Dria and realized the living room was indeed a little chaotic with her belongings.

“Ah... sorry it's my property... I will move it first, Mr....”.

Dria moves in to get inside the house.

“No need, Dria... here is quite convenient..”.

Mr. Harlandy's voice stopped Dria's intention, but it was one way to avoid talking alone with Mr. Harlandy actually. Mr. Harlandy himself ignored the sultry feeling in his body with the S city weather feeling hotter. He was used to the cool weather in the western suburbs of J, especially his big house was in a complex full of big trees.

“Sit Dria...”

The calm voice greeted Dria's eardrum again and Dria's heart immediately wanted to obey, so she sat on one of the porch chairs of the wood belonging to the father whose brown color had faded.

“Papi is coming with your friend.”.

Mr. Harlandy was more relaxed, still waiting for the right moment to talk about the real purpose of coming here.

“Who?”

Undeterred Dria was immediately curious and looked at Mr. Harlandy who was smiling at her.

“Tety..”

Dria's eyes immediately search for Tety among the group that now looks a lot to Dria. Tety's small body was hidden among Mr. Harlandy's bodyguards. Tety was sitting in one of the old cast pots that were flipped over so that a flat bottom could be occupied. Wanting Dria to run towards Tety, but she still remembered the rules of modesty, then Dria simply changed her way of sitting.

Exactly if Tety Mr. Harlandy called as his friend, because Tetylah who interacts with him a lot everyday, and Tety also knows a lot about him. Because Tety was looking down, Dria also lowered her head.

“Papi surprised Dria back to this city.”.

The Great Lord had already started, Dria twisting her fingers diverting the fret that had suddenly increased in her heart.

“Dria not at home there?”

“Ahh? Uh. no, not like that, Tu..”

Dria did not continue because her sense of sight met the gentle gaze of the Great Lord, the same gaze as someone, the gaze whose radiance always told her that she was so dear to the owner of that gaze.

Dria's eyes condensed, a side in her heart said she did not want to lose the warmth of the Dervish family, in fact she felt this. Favoured even loved by many who lived in the Dervish family mansion. A year with them, Dria felt she found a big family. Especially Dria did not want to lose the warmth of the attention of her dear brother even the warmth that began to be felt from the other father in her life, the Great Lord who was now sitting not far from her.

But with the fact of this matchmaking, the other corner of his heart could not accept it.

“Rahmadi tells papi.. Dria already knows papi and mami's wishes for Dria and Sandro..”.

Deggg. Dria's heart beats faster. This is what he was afraid to hear from Mr. Harlandy's mouth. Dria began to compile her rejection sentence.

While Mr. Harlandy looked at Dria with sadness, he could not have forced this into Dria's acceptance as Sandro did not he force the same thing, he said, and she was so grateful that love finally grew by itself in her son's heart. But Dria is different, this she observes with eyes full of wisdom, Dria does not see Sandro more than an older brother, even Rahmadi has explained the attitude of rejection Dria.

This Great Lord has a long-standing principle that good things in life take time. And a life that has been forged by many experiences allows him to be patient waiting for Dria. Merely, he wanted to come directly to keep the relationship of the Dervish family and the Rahmadi family unbroken due to this event.

“Papi never forced this. Papi knows Dria refuses this..”.

Mr. Harlandy did not want to beat around the bush, nor did he want to be honest in front of Dria. Dria is quite mature and there is no reason to cover up or assume something that happened later has nothing to do with it. He could have guessed that Dria's departure was not just due to her fear of flying. He's been questioning Tety and Timothy. Timothy's information about Dria's attitude was also an input for her to see more deeply about this situation.

Hearing the words of Mr. Harlandy Dria was a little relieved and more freely no longer sat stiff in his chair.

Huh.... Dria seemed to be able to breathe well again hearing the expression of the papi.

“Iya papi.. Sandro's sister is for me, can't be another, after all Sandro's sister already had a lover… that's what I want papi.”.

Dria's attitude was clear through that sentence. The Great Lord looked at the old Dria, face down but spoke fluently and no longer called himself Master.

Since Dria was born, it is not only his wife and children who immediately fall in love with a tiny baby who has very beautiful eyes. He is not a person who can express his emotions properly. But ever since Dria was in this world, she had claimed that Dria was her daughter. Dria could not be legally adopted as her son because Rahmadi did not allow her to. And it was the heart of a father that made him give up Dria's father to take back his property, and he could not go against the wishes of a biological father who was of course more entitled.

So how will she realize for Dria to remain her daughter besides giving Dria the freedom to choose her own steps.

Although Sandro never said it, but he knew Sandro wanted Dria to be his wife, his son had really changed now. The daily protective attitude shown to Dria, as well as how Sandro's emotions when Dria was not there, clearly showed the feelings of her son. But the matter of Dria and Sandro together which is his wish and his late wife, let it happen if the almighty governs human life and the ruler of the universe allows it.

“Papi respects your wishes, Sandriana.. but let this old man remain papi to you, because..you have been a princess in my heart since papi saw you first twenty-three years ago.”.

A confession that touched Dria's heart. Dria raised her face, looking at Mr. Harlandy who was also looking right at her face, Dria saw the ripples of emotion of a dear papi to her, she said, the look in the eyes made Dria feel that she occupies a special place in the life of someone who calls himself the old man.

“Stay be my daughter, Sandriana... remain a princess for the Dervish family.. Because that was you from the beginning for us.”.

Dria's eyes were sore, even the two ends of her eyes immediately gave off a crystal of novelty mark, hardly believing that she was that valuable to this Great Lord. But when she saw the same thing also appear in the wrinkles of the eyes of the Great Lord Harlandy, Dria knew that speech was really for her.

“Ahh.. yes... yes papi..

For while Great Lord Harlandy put aside his greatest wish, he felt enough to accept the reality that was now happening, the choice Sandriana made.

The emotions that controlled each one, made the two people sit still for a long time. In her silence Dria was very relieved to listen to Mr. Harlandy's sentence. Then her brother Sandronya's name flashed and it gave rise to curiosity about the sister's response to their matchmaking. Indeed in the heart was wondering about the attitude of the brother who became different to him. But the fact that Sandro's sister had a lover made Dria assume that Sandro did not agree about it. This made Dria smile.

"Whether..."

"Yes?"

"We're home?"

"Ah??"

"Back to J, huh? Your place is there now..."

Two old men he respected said the same sentence, father and now the papi, but Dria had already made a decision that she did not want to change.

"Sorry papi, Dria chose here only..."

Dria shakes. Mr. Harlandy soft smile.

"Don't miss Lia's mom? Jojo?"

"Haha.. later I visit there occasionally..."

Dria laughed reminded of them, laughing also with her incredible life experience this year... but he had felt enough to stay here alone with his father in the way of life he had lived that was so strongly attached to him and influenced him.

Mr. Harlandy did not want to force, he did not want Dria's heart to be disturbed by the coercion from him.

"All right, but Tety's gonna stay here with you..."

"What?"

"Tety will stay here..."

"Ahh no need, I don't want to trouble..."

"Don't refuse, Dria. Don't look at Tety as your servant, but let him accompany you here..."

"Aahh?"

Honestly, he will not refuse even if he is uncomfortable with the decision of the papi. But he needs someone like Tety as a friend. For a few days he had not been able to contact his friends. It's probably okay if Tety wants to.

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Young Master's on the line with Mr. Lucas. There were still two days left before all his business affairs in this place were completed.

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"How's uncle? Is Dria coming home?"

The Young Master was very impatient with the news he wanted to hear.

"No, Young Master... Non Dria chose to stay in S..."

"Why not persuade him uncle?"

"It wasn't me talking to Non Dria, the Great Lord who did that..."

"Ahhh.. papi forbade me, but papi just can't..."

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The Young Master who was unable to enjoy his journey, now intended to return as soon as possible. The power of the universe seems to always pull itself towards Dria, the person she now most desires to be a part of her life. The difficulties he felt now that his love was still one-sided and still did not know how to make Dria fall in love with him, made this handsome man become the greatest person ever.

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