The Love Struggle of Young Miss
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Ara's lips were suddenly hard to move when she heard Febian's astonishing request. He had no idea how Febian could ask him for such a thing. However, seeing the look of Febian's eyes that looked solemn made Ara feel another feeling.

"You don't joke, sir." Ara still strongly disbelieving.

"I never joke." Febian replied firmly.

"Sir, just ask for something else" said Ara Lirih.

"Unfortunately that's all I want. There's nothing else. Wh why? You reject me?" febian asked disappointed.

"I can't, Sir. We are so different. I'm willing to be your maid forever. That's more fitting for me." Ara tried to show her the sweetest smile.

"What do you think is different from us?" The man took a deep breath.

"Sir, you shouldn't ask such a thing. From whatever point we are very different. You are the owner of the company, while I am just an office girl," Ara said.

"But unfortunately I never cared about it. I also don't know why I could be attached to you and even want to marry you." Febian's words sounded so firm.

"Tuan—"

"Marry me and I'll learn to love you" Febian once again said.

Ara did not answer because she was in a dilemma right now. He had not loved Febian either, but he could see the earnestness of the man's eyes. Ara fell silent to make up her mind what decision she would rather take at this moment.

"Master, may I make a requirement?" pinta Ara hesitantly.

"Say!" sahut Febian fast.

"I want our marriage to be done secretly because we haven't loved each other. I'm afraid that if one day something happens that we don't want, it's gonna embarrass your family."

"What a shame?" febian asked so demandingly.

"Sir, we will never know what will happen to us in the future. If we get married openly and we don't match. I'm afraid your family will bear the shame especially I'm just a poor person who is clearly not equal to your family" said Ara Lirih.

"As far as you know, my family is not one who likes to distinguish the degrees of a person. Mommy used to be an employee when she married daddy, too" explains Febian.

Ara could no longer speak, only looking at Febian with a hard-to-explain look. He no longer knew how to refuse.

"I take your silence as an answer." Ara was shocked to hear Febian's words. Even he saw Febian's brows that looked up and down.

"Why is that?" Instead of answering, Febian pulled Ara's hand so that the girl would stand up. Then, they stood beside the gurney and looked at Ara's father who was still lying weakly, but Ara could see a smile on his lips.

"Sir, I beg the blessing of my relationship with your daughter" said Febian softly. Ara's father's head seemed to nod slowly. Febian smiled widely, while Ara still could not believe it.

"Then now we have to find a wedding ring, let the father be waited for by my men." Febian takes Ara away from there and the girl can only obey without daring to resist.

***

When she was standing in the jewelry store, Ara stopped her steps just like that, making Febian do the same. Febian turned around and looked at Ara in surprise when he saw the look on the girl's face that looked doubtful.

"Why stop?" ask Febian.

"Are you sure you're going to buy a wedding ring, sir?" ask Ara.

"Master, but I'm not ready yet" Ara refused. However, Febian took the girl by the hand and invited her in to choose a wedding ring.

Febian asks one of the employees to show him some wedding rings and tells Ara to pick one. However, Ara was precisely confused because all the rings were too luxurious for her.

"Choose one" said Febian, but Ara remained silent. "Select what you like. In the count of three if you don't choose then I'll—"

"I chose this!" Ara picked up a pair of simple wedding rings, but impressed so elegantly with a small gemstone.

Febian smiled and told the store employee to wrap it up. "How, Ma'am?"

"Two hundred million, sir."

Ara was flabbergasted at the reply of the store employee. He did not expect that the ring would cost hundreds of millions. Ara looked at Febian who still looked so calm, even with the man to take out a debit card and hand it over to the employee.

"Sir, how about we just change this ring," said Ara memelas after the store employee left.

"You don't like the ring?" ask Febian. However, Ara just shook her head weakly.

"The price is too expensive, sir. We look for the ordinary," said Ara honestly, Febian just rounded his lips while nodding slowly.

After finishing the ring business, Febian was about to take Ara to the boutique to try on a wedding dress, but they stopped by the restaurant first because they had entered lunchtime. Febian ordered food for Ara as well as for himself.

"After this I have to go back to the office, sir, because I still have to work. Ma'am Diska and Sekar must be looking for me."

"Are you the boss, me or them?" ask Febian a little sniffy.

"You, sir, but I didn't say they were. I still have to clean the floor." Ara drank the warm orange order.

"You're now going with the boss, why be afraid they're looking? What you should be afraid of is me. Tell me honestly, have they treated you well?" ask Febian full of probes. Ara turned her face away because she did not want Febian to know that she was nervous at this time.

"Ba-good, Sir. They are very kind to tell me what I have to do" said Ara lying.

"Then why are you so nervous?" Febian smiles wryly. Ara could only duck for fear of answering wrongly.

"Here you go, better now you eat first then after this I will take you to go somewhere" said Febian. Ara finally ate the rice.

"Where are we going after this, sir?" ask Ara curiously.

"To the boutique."

"Butik? What's for?" asked Ara, her forehead looked shriveled to make her eyebrows intertwined.

"To buy cement, of course to try on a wedding dress," said Febian a little ketus.

"Wedding dress? Why so fast, sir?" Ara looked more astonished.

"Who said it was so fast? We have to prepare everything because next week we will hold a kabul ijab."

"Yuk!" Ara choked when she heard Febian sayings, even the girl's face turned red. Febian who was so worried immediately thrust a glass of water to the girl.