The Betrayals
Marriage without love

Tiffany and Dru's wedding day

A few hours before the wedding.

Her word of marriage was the happiest sacred day for a girl, they would widen a smile with a pounding heart and a flowery heart, her real Tiffany did not feel all her, she said, he was only able to stare at the reflection of himself in front of the mirror without letting out the slightest sound.

"You're beautiful"

The sentence was given as a compliment to her, but in fact did not make Tiffany able to float in the air receiving her, how her beauty today came out real her not on the basis of happiness, but on the basis of happiness, he stands here in a dead heart, married to a man he absolutely does not love.

Starting from the betrayal of his lover and foster brother and now it ends somewhere he does not know it at all, married to a man she doesn't love even she doesn't know if the man really loves her either.

"why do you want to marry me?"

The line of questions slid from behind his lips when he and Dru were still in the same room the other day, sitting face to face talking 4 eyes.

"People say that marriage is on average because of love, humans increasingly view romantic love as the main reason for getting married in this era. But unwittingly in a time where couples have the freedom to determine their partners and marry for love, the number of divorces is also increasing. Therefore the question arises whether getting married out of love is the right decision?"

Dru opened his voice, peeking at Tiffany's eyeballs for a very long time.

Tiffany quietly listened to the man's words, well she knew in the end the foundation of love alone was not enough to convince the relationship he and Sean, the evidence can be seen for itself.

Their story, which begins with the word love, ends with betrayal.

The girl looks back at Dru's eyeballs, two unable to dive into the world of Dru, a man who rarely displays his expression since long ago until now. Dru is exactly like his older brother, so flat and cold, like the ice sheet of the North and South poles, untouched and difficult to understand.

"Aaron Beck (1989), known as the Father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, wrote a book called Love Is Never Enough. She says love alone cannot help couples face the challenges of marriage. Bruckner (2013) in Has Marriage For Love Failed? writing down the reasons that people use today to oppose traditional marriage that is not based on love is precisely the reason why marriage because of love fails. If a person is married just because of love, then if the feeling of love is lost the foundation of marriage is also lost. It is therefore not surprising that marriages based solely on love meet many failures."

And Tiffany was silent, she clasped her palm tightly, again she agreed to the man's words.

"Romantic love makes life beautiful. Those who are in love can feel the heart pounding, thoughts that can not stop thinking about a lover, the feeling that everything other than a lover is meaningless. Many movies and songs illustrate this and many people are sedated because in various media this beautiful romantic love and love like this can continue to survive. If this romantic love can touch the blue of human feelings, then why can't romantic love be the main foundation of marriage? One answer is because romantic love cannot last long.  The reason why romantic love cannot last long can be seen from the factors that affect romantic love: fantasy, novelty, and passion."

"Fantasy increases romantic love. At the beginning of the relationship couples still do not know their partners too well and are also still blinded by love, so their fantasies about the couple and their relationship are still high. Over time, couples also get to know each other so that little by little they are more aware of the real reality. As you see reality, fantasy also decreases. This means that fantasy decreases with time. Newness also makes love more alive and energized. Humans are always interested in new things, as is love. When a new couple is in a relationship, many new things are surprising and can make their love even more blazing. As time goes on, couples are getting to know each other and fewer and fewer new things are being discovered. Therefore love can also fade. The same thing happens with passion. Passion is related to dopamine levels produced by the brain. In the beginning of the relationship, the brain produces dopamine in large quantities. The production of dopamine decreases as couples get to know each other. Therefore passion also decreases with time"

Even though he knew the description of Dru impressed at length, the reality is what happens in child marriage now. Married under the pretext of love, then over time the taste fades, which there are couples trying to stick with this reason for the sake of children.

Too upset, isn't it? women are required to be strong and must survive for the sake of children, reassuring themselves if the couple will change and with a mindset that says he will return as before if it is time.

the reality used to be that feeling is covered with kindness from men with love because it has not got us, he said, once it can be clear that the desire is satisfied then the men change because they do not have a real purpose in marriage because only capitalized on love, love, they are not good men who really want to fight with you, just a moment of passionate love without a definite purpose in marriage, tired of facing the same person for years and thinking of turning away.

Too many marriages like that that he saw and people see in this world, real love alone will not be enough in treading the level of marriage.

"For me it is not romantic love that can make the relationship between lovers last long to the level of marriage but its character"

And as Dru said so, Tiffany was seen frowning.

Character?!.

"I'm not a hypocrite, everyone must fall in love with the face first, physical appearance will be the top priority, but it will change, age and disappear over time, but falling in love with someone's character is the most appropriate choice, because the character will never change until the end of life'

And Dru explained it plainly.

"I like your strong character and you should be able to judge my character well"

And now the netra they meet.

"The reality is the character of the lovers that determines whether their relationship can last or not. If this relationship has a good character that between some of its things is characterized by the ability to compromise and forgive, it is likely that the marriage relationship will remain harmonious and I do not need to involve love at the beginning of our relationship, because in the end when our characters meet, we will slowly feel for ourselves that love grows later"

And in the end they were silent, Tiffany seemed silent, trying to digest every word Dru said.

"Do not make hasty decisions, there are still a few days, do not accept it if your heart is still doubtful, istikharah and ask Allah SWT, SWT, because the only place to complain and ask only to Him, Allah SWT most like us who always ask and ask"

Dru let the eyeballs stare at the restlessness of Tiffany's heart, speaking calmly without pressure.

"I'm not saying I'm better than that guy, but I'm not a bad guy like that guy"

He spoke again, not wanting to compare himself but trying to give Tiffany a briefing.

The girl was silent, letting her netra stare back at the Dru netra, letting their minds sink into each other's thoughts.

"Tiff"

One voice surprised Tiffany, instantly her daydreams over the memories of yesterday were scattered like a flake of wind.

"Yes?"

He looked up at the glass, accepting the call for himself.

After a call from one of her cousins she sahuti, for a moment she stared at the male figure in her neat clothes moving in through the door of the room where the makeup artists completed her best makeup.

The domineering handsome face stared warmly at him with a white tuxedo that added to the level of good looks of the owner of the beautiful body and athletic.

He admitted that the charm of the man was able to thrill the soul of women and any girl who saw him, but Tiffany did not promise to be able to fall into the charm that the man had, his heart was dead, like a flower whose roots have died.

Sturdy hands were now stretched out waiting for a helping hand from him, a mouthful of expensive smiles bloomed behind Dru's handsome face.

This was the first time she had seen the male glester smile at her since they knew each other in childhood to this day.

"Are you ready?"

The warm voice was heard to penetrate the entire auditory senses and heart of Tiffany, for people who are just in love maybe this can make them vibrate in his making, but for people who are newly broken hearted, it all sounds mediocre.

Tiffany did not reply, she stared at the sturdy arm and palm carefully for some time, receiving the helping hand means that he will enter into a new life with a stranger who he says loves him from a different point of view, offering love to a dead heart, crumble for a sense of betrayal that may not be treated.