The Heart of Vania
End of First Date (Part 2)

The short needle in the wall clock of the Young Master Pradipta's study room points to the number eleven while the long needle goes to the number eight. Yes, twenty minutes have changed days but my fiance has not yet arrived.

"Sister, I'm sleepy. Tomorrow, yes" I whine after yawning a few times.

"can't. I'm not one who likes to delay anything. Until morning we will be waiting. Aunty wouldn't mind, accompanying us here until Abyan comes."

Aunt Lidya nodded. Brother-in-law deliberately asked him to come wait– only until Assistant Yan came so as not to cause slander alone with me in the workspace while his wife slept in the room with Baby Zean. But she also requested that Aunt Lidya leave us after her son came to keep the middle-aged woman's feelings and her best friend's self-esteem in front of her mother.

I grinned to myself to see the two packs of cat rice that - once bought for two million - were now left next to Sister-in-law's laptop. While waiting he looked at the email and did some office work.

"Litha's sister slept, finally her cat's rice was eaten by her sister alone, hehehe ..." I whispered to Aunt Lidya.

"Yes, instead he said the cat rice turned out to be delicious and adorable because the packaging was tiny," Aunt Lidya replied in a whisper.

"Auntie knows the price?"

My future mother-in-law shook her head, I just raised my index and middle fingers.

"Two, two thousand?" guess it.

I'm changing the shakes. Aunt Lidya frowned confusedly.

"Two million," I whispered again.

"HUH!"

I spontaneously pat Aunt Lidya on the thigh because Sister-in-law glanced at us who were engrossed in talking about her.

Silent for a moment, until I started the conversation again, "Bi, why does Kak Litha want to eat cat rice at night?"

"No idea, Miss. The lady also covered her nose every time she smelled coffee, she told Mr. Is to go to the waiter's house in the back if she wanted to drink coffee."

"Is Litha pregnant? It's like someone cravings that."

Aunt Lidya shrugged her shoulders, "Madam is also more sensitive lately, always filled with a feeling of sadness every time you see Little Young Master when it's a week away from her birthday."

"Maybe there's preparation that hasn't been done yet?"

"It doesn't seem like it, Miss. Everything is ready."

"What are you talking about?" asked Sister-in-law raised her face from the laptop screen on the workbench.

"Engg ... no– does not exist," I replied.

"It's Nia, don't lie."

"Miss just asked about the Madam a little bit more than usual," Aunt Lidya said to help me answer her.

"My litha? Why her?"

"..."

"What does Brother think Litha's sensitive sister has not been?"

"Umm .. sensitive? I don't know, if it's hotter and hotter."

Heh.

Me and Aunt Lidya looked at each other, we knew what Young Master Pradipta meant even though he was not spoken clearly. Aih ... This brother-in-law, asked another answer.

Geck. Geck. Geck.

"Lake in."

The door slowly opened, the appearance of the awaited figure looked messy.

"Abyan!" aunt Lidya said, approaching her son in the doorway and appearing to say something that made my fiancee confused. I don't know what it is.

"Auntie excuse me for a break, sir," said Aunt Lidya before leaving the room.

"..."

For a while, the atmosphere in the workspace became very awkward. Assistant Yan sat opposite me, yet there was nothing less than his appearance.

"Where's your jacket?" my many.

"..."

Although he didn't answer my question but I know where the jacket is now and I just put a fake smile on my face.

"Why did you leave my sister until she had to be with Nezar on her first date? I told you to bring him back home whole like you took him away."

Sister-in-law stood behind me sitting on the sofa. His body language says he will be my back and I can count on him. Sister-in-law played the role of the older brother I had always dreamed of– as my defender.

"Nissar? You were with him on a–"

"I'm asking you, Abyan!" hardik Brother-in-law gripped the sofa backrest to control her emotions.

Assistant Yan slightly sighed, "He needs my help. I just took her husband to the hospital and calmed him down a bit. Not more."

"Who?" brother-in-law asked coldly, his jaw hardened.

"Vivian."

"YOU!"

"SISTER! STOP THAT!"

I screeched in restraining Brother-in-law who had pulled the collar of my fiancee's shirt and was ready to punch her in the face. Holding his big arm until my position was like hanging on his arm.

"Stop, Brother. I beg ..."

This is what I've been afraid of all this time. Their friendship is threatened because of me. I don't want to be the cause of the breakdown of their solid friendship. In life, Brother-in-law only has two close friends, Bona Santoso and Abyan Pratama. The last one called is my fiancee as well as assistant for office and personal affairs. You can imagine, the dilemma of my current feelings, right?

Roughly tossed his best friend's body, "You still hold a taste for the doctor even though he's married? Do you want to be a man's wife snatch, huh?"

"I'm just helping him out," Assistant Yan replied calmly.

"Oh yeah? Silly enough, with her fairly wide relations, she could only ask you for help? There's only two possibilities, you're still hoping for him or your brain to short-circuit!"

"Ray, her life after marriage is complicated to explain."

Brother-in-law frowned, trying to digest Assistant Yan's sentence and suddenly his foot pointed rapidly would kick my fiancee in a sitting state. It could hit his chest. I was no less quick to catch Big Brother-in-law's leg and hold it as hard as I can even if the kick hit my ribs a little.

"NO!"

Brother-in-law and Assistant Yan called my name at the same time. Afterwards, Sister-in-law pulled her leg and held me back to the sofa.

"You all right? What's up to you?"

I shook my head, very upset she scolded me, "Stupid! You shouldn't have gotten in my way!"

"Sister," I stared at Brother-in-law's bead begging, "Can you, talk about it well?"

She sat down beside me, sighing while rubbing her hair violently.

Brother-in-law was finally able to control her emotions a little. Unfortunately, Assistant Yan was only silent without a word uttered from his mouth.

"Your engagement relationship is over here," Brother-in-law said coldly.

"Ray!" my fiancee exclaimed in disbelief while I was silent, my mind was empty.

"Why? Not that you should be happy, you can escape from the bond that Vania made," Brother-in-law quipped.

"I don't want to break off this engagement. I'm starting to like your sister, Ray."

"..."

"Mahaha ...."

Brother-in-law's laughter blared, but not for long, "Then why do you still care about Vivian?" tanyanya sharp.

"Pity. I only felt sorry for her for taking care of her sick husband who was pregnant alone. Her husband's family doesn't care a bit about her, instead accusing her of being a no-no."

"Wow! Just incredible! So much love that it is unclear the boundary of your care between the person you once liked and the one you like now" Brother-in-law said, applauding.

"Tomorrow I will fire the doctor and publish a poor recommendation on his performance so that he cannot work in any hospital in the Capital and beyond."

My eyes are round, as is Assistant Yan. I did not expect Big Brother-in-law to make a decision like this.

"You should know how I deal with something that I don't like, right, Yan? Have you forgotten who your fiance is? He has the name Pradipta behind his name," Brother-in-law said firmly.

"But you can't be that human either, Ray! Vivian is pregnant and her husband is seriously ill. Instead they need a lot of moral and material assistance" Assistant Yan protested.

"If they need help, you can register them in Pradipta's social foundation to receive help," the older brother-in-law's ridicule ignited the anger of my fiance.

Assistant Yan immediately stood up to curse Brother-in-law. I immediately stood up and advanced to fend off his gaze that pierced my brother-in-law's bead.

"You're the superhero, Abyan Pratama."

Assistant Yan must be surprised that I mentioned his full name. This was the first time I called it like that– a sign I was already caught off guard by his attitude.

"As your fiancee I will help you persuade Brother to abandon his intention of firing Doctor Vivian. Sit down and take care of your attitude towards my brother. It's not worth it that you want to attack him. If that happens, then it's me you're dealing with openly" I threatened.

He said, sitting back in his place.

"Sister, can I ask you something?" my door.

"What?" ask Sister-in-law.

"This "engagement continued until such time as the initial agreement. What I have started I will finish. What's happened, I take it as a consequence."

Young Master Pradipta looked at me fixedly, I knew he wanted to reject her but he couldn't say no to a pair of eyes similar to his wife's.

"Please, it will further reinforce the reason I fired him– so as not to become a thorn in your relationship" Brother-in-law said.

I looked at Assistant Yan who refrained from being provoked by Brother-in-law's words, I smiled bitterly.

"Sister, there's no need to fire him. Firing an employee pregnant for personal reasons would create a bad image of Pradipta Corp. and be the target of public criticism."

"But Nia, it will–" refuted Sister-in-law.

"Hurt me? No problem, I'm nicknamed Xena by my family there's a reason. One of them was facing a situation like this "my elak is a strong pretender to keep my pride in front of them.

"You sure?"

"With humanitarian reasons– I'm sure, Brother." My eyes glanced with a smile at my fiance, "All right, Mr. My Assistant?"

Uhuk.

"My Assistant Master?" ask Brother-in-law in surprise.

"Yes, my call was for him, hehehe ...."

"Sad."

"Nia, forgive me," Assistant Yan said suddenly.

I sighed, trying to smile, "It's okay. There is still plenty of time to repeat our date again. Hopefully by then she doesn't ask for your help anymore, taking her to give birth for example, hahaha ...."

"If it happens again, I'll make sure tomorrow he'll never wear a doctor's suit again" Brother-in-law warned.

"No way, Brother. My fiancee would reject him whenever there was a plea for help. Isn't that right, Mr. My Assistant?"

"Yes." answered my fiance briefly.

"Oh yeah, one more. Don't let Litha know what happened tonight, sister. Let her know that we spent my first date having fun" I asked Sister-in-law.

"You want to keep it a secret from him?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Why?"

"The same reason that Brother told me," I replied, "My distress and that of Sister Tisha is her burden. He was already burdened enough by always thinking about Uncle Tino and Aunt Rima whose whereabouts were unclear to date. So, at least I can reduce the burden a little."

"..."

"All right, if that's what you want. You remember, right? Your sister once said, we will always support your happiness, Nia– whatever it is. Never hesitate to step."

I nodded, "It's over, right? Can I go to the room now?" ask my brother-in-law.

"Yes, rest. Dream beautiful because you've had a bad day" she replied.

I hope to see Mom and Dad again.

I walked out in shaky steps, after passing through the door of the study, I took off my mask. Ah, how hard it must be to look okay. I hid the hurt and disappointed feelings in front of them. Amazingly– no more tears that wet the cheeks.

"Miss."

Aunt Lidya's voice called out to me, apparently she was waiting for us in the kitchen. There was a glass of chocolate milk that was still warm on the tray he was carrying.

"Miss can drink it in the room,"

I took a glass and said, "Thank you, Bi."

"No matter what happens, Aunt will always be with Miss."

I smiled, "Tomorrow we go to the mall yeah, Bi."

"Ready."

That's my relationship with my future mother-in-law. Not knowing whether she will be my real mother-in-law or not, but all this time we have been comfortable playing the role of mother-daughter.

Hmcppffhh .... Abyan Pratama, if only our feelings were reciprocated, I would be as happy as Father Mother and Sister Litha. But I also realized, that there is no need to be too sad because there is still a sister Tisha who also does not know where her true love is.

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