THE ALEXIS
THE STRONG GIRL 2

“What if I refuse?”

“I'll force you to talk.” Khiara sighed. He knew there was no point in covering everything from Adit. Nothing can escape him.

“You said ... I'm like crazy.” Adit fell silent, but he did not feel wrong. Because that's what Khiara is like he's seen.

Khiara herself smiled awkwardly before saying so.

“I'm almost crazy, Dit. Emm, no! But it's been really crazy.” Adit is still listening without interruption. “I even went to a psychiatrist two days ago. And aq is declared to be suffering from PTSD.”

“PTSD?“ Adit is still unfamiliar with that term.

“Post traumatic stress disorder,” said Khiara.

Adit's heart started to beat faster hearing him. His entire body gave off a signal that he was being extremely worried at the moment. He spontaneously grabbed Khiara's shoulder with both of his hands. Squeeze it tight but not painful. A sign that he needs clarity.

“Rape,” Khiara said shortly, before Adit asked his question.

DUUAGH!!

It was as if an enormous godam had struck him. Anger, anger, sadness to disbelief mixed together to make his eyes red and watery. His mouth was gaping, yet his voice was so choked. How can it be?

“You ... You're just kidding, right?” Adit looked at Khiara with a huff. “ Tell me what you just said it's just bullshit!” Even Adit started screaming from being too shocked and it was hard to believe it.

But Khiara just looked at him with pushy eyes. Then sighed, And with a small, incisive smile at the corner of her lips, Khiara confirmed her words.

“You think what you're seeing right now is just nonsense? Have you seen me like this before?” ask Khiara to wake her up.

No. gabe. Adit had never seen Khiara like this before.

“I'm destroyed, Dit. I don't know what to do. I can't even tell if it's karma or just a trial for me. But if this is just an ordeal, why does it feel too heavy?”

His body began to shake, tears began to fall down his cheeks.Not only Khiara, Adit was completely struck by this reality. The person he loved, was snatched away with his depravity. He was also broken with her. Anger was also explosive in his body.

“Who?” Adit tried to call out his voice with great difficulty. “Who would dare to do this to you, Khiara? Wh who? I'll finish him!” he exclaimed with anger.

Adit cupped Khiara's face and wiped her tears with both hands. And Khiara smiled lethargicly at Adit's anger.

“Not you, Dit,” Khiara said. “Not you will finish him.” Adit's forehead is back in a frown. “He will be finished in my hand,” his vow with a vile smile on one corner of his lips.

“No Khiara, just tell me who has done it. Me and the others will take care of that guy.“ Adit rejects Khiara's wishes.

“No, Dit! Please respect my decision! And please don't say this to anyone, including my family!“ he asked while holding his hand in front of him, but he moved back slightly away from his Adit.

“Why? Why don't you want to say it?“ ask Adit after finishing with his silence.

“First, you think I'm not ashamed of them after they found out I was raped? I just feel disgusted with myself .. This is a disgrace to me, Dit.“

“But they won't likely judge you Khiara,” Adit said trying to convince.

“Yes, I know. But still I am ashamed to face them. Even dealing with you I feel incapable. If I don't really need you, I won't ask you to come visit me,” Khiara continued.

“You don't want Kalvin's sister will know when he comes home later.“ Adit's forehead is wrinkled. The feeling is not good. Somehow she felt scared as Khiara looked at her with her serious gaze. It was as if he was going to tell her a very painful fact.

“And by then I had given birth to my son.“

JEGLEER!

A lightning bolt during the day had struck his body. His head felt torn apart by the lightning strike. His heart and body were charred like roasted meat. His body became stiff instantly.

It turned out that this bitter reality was more painful when uttered by Khiara than when in her mind.

“You-you're pregnant?“ Khiara nodded. Aditya's body was shed, his hands just drooped.

“I know this hurts you just as much. But hurry out of your pain, because I myself have received this fetus,” said Khiara as she grabbed Adit's arm and patted it gently.

“You don't intend to abort it?“ ask Adit who is actually only worried about Khiara's psychic condition. She did not want the woman to be burdened with her pregnancy.

“No, Dit. I had a thought like that. If I hadn't gone to a psychiatrist a few days ago, maybe I'd have stuck to my thoughts. But after I got there, I changed my mind. This child is innocent, he deserves to get a life,” explained Khiara at length.

“Did your psychiatrist advise you to maintain your pregnancy?“

“No, he handed everything to me .. which is why I want to ask for your help. Will you take care of me during my pregnancy?“ ask Khiara.

“I heard that pregnancy is a tiring time. All the hormones and emotions and sensitivity levels of women are affected at this time. And I'm sure I wouldn't be able to get through it on my own. I'm still unstable, eighteen years.“ Khiara explained what she knew.

“Emh, sure. I will definitely accompany you.“ Khiara smiled relievedly hearing Adit was willing to help her. “You're going to high school soon, are you going to attend?“ Khiara nodded her head.

“Yes, I'll be here. At that time the stomach was not too big. After that I will come back here. But maybe I'll postpone my college for this year.“ Adit nodded in understanding.

“Then I will move to college here,” Adit said.

Adit is indeed Khiara's one-level upperclassman. He is currently in second semester college. And also he has been given a mandate by his father to learn to lead the company even though he is still in college. But this time it seems like he has to persuade his father to free his duties from the company first.

“And for Kalvin, before he was in front of me never say this to him. I don't want to burden my mind with my situation when he was on duty,” Khiara said.

“You know I love him very much, and he's on guard at the border right now. I don't want him to be okay,” he continued. “We'll let them know when I'm ready to do it.“

“Good.“ Adit nodded in understanding.

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Back to Adit and Alex in the present...

“I try to be strong and accept what happened to Khiara in front of her, and I always vent my feelings behind her. But it turns out that during that time also he was always waiting outside the gym, he knew that I had not really been able to accept it.“ Adit looked far ahead.

“Even I proposed to him at that time.“ Adit turns to Alex, wanting to see how Alex reacts when the man hears that he has proposed to Khiara.

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