THE OWNER OF THE HEART ROOM
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The middle-aged woman beside the man looked rather surprised when her gaze met Nawang's gaze.

"Nawang." the woman who gave birth to Richard was gentle.

He received it warmly Nawang's hand that looked rather trembling.

"How are you, son?" asked Bu Pambudi gently.

Gently caressed Nawang's arm in hopes of giving Nawang peace.

He knew for sure Nawang was very scared at this moment.

"Ba. Is mom healthy always?" asked Nawang gently.

If only he could, he really wanted to hug the woman in front of him.

She remembers how Richard's mother apologized to him for having to ask him to let Richard go of her father Richard's will.

The gentle woman even cried because she could not bear to see Nawang who was dead holding back her tears when she agreed to her request first.

"You are so beautiful" said Bu Pambudi with a haru look at Nawang.

Gently caressed the cheeks of Nawang.

"Thank you, ma'am." said Nawang as he lowered his head, struggling with all his might to hold his cry.

She wanted to cry so much right now.

Crying for the taste of her must meet the kind-hearted mama Richard.

Who used to ask for news even though he was no longer Richard's girlfriend.

Crying to cover up her fear of papa Richard who might embarrass her in public at this time.

He felt Richard again reaching for his fingers, grasping tightly, as if to tell him that Nawang was safe with him.

"You said you couldn't come, Bud" Mr. Darto told his best friend.

Mr. Pambudi just smiled a little.

"It just so happens that my business in Surabaya can be finished early, so I took it here. Happy birthday yes, healthy always until later can nemenin your grandson hold your business." prayer Pak Pambudi then hugged warmly Mr. Darto.

Mr. Darto chuckled happily.

"Aamiin..aamiin. But I think I should find another father-to-be for my grandson. The candidate I was after turned out to have a very beautiful lover" said Mr. Darto as he looked at Richard and Nawang.

Mr. Pambudi also smiled lightly with the speech of his best friend.

"It seems so, because it turns out this boy can not move on" said Mr. Pambudi with a small laugh and nudged Richard's shoulder with his shoulder.

He saw Nawang at a glance, and he knew Nawang was holding back the fear since then but he pretended not to care.

His gaze was without hatred or anger towards Nawang.

Very different from a few years ago when Nawang first met him.

And it was a great relief for Nawang and Richard, as well as his wife.

"That's fine, Pa." - Richard chimed in with a confident smile.

Gently stroked the back of Nawang's hand which felt a little trembling in his grasp.

He had no idea what his father was thinking.

But whatever it was Richard was determined to stay with Nawang from now on.

He no longer wanted to let go of his happiness for anything.

"See?" asked Mr. Pambudi while laughing amusedly staring at Mr. Darto.

Both of them chuckled as if they did not care about the suffering of Nawang who was tormented by his own fear.

"Come, please, taste the food as it is. Don't just keep talking." cut Bu Darto in his friendly.

"We'll find a snack yuk, Na." take Bu Pambudi while touching Nawang's arm.

Nawang shook his head in shock, then asked Richard's approval with his gaze.

Richard gave a small nod then let go of his grasp so that Nawang could follow his mother.

Richard was not worried at all if Nawang was with his mother because he knew for sure, in the matter of his love with Nawang, his mother was on his side.

Richard was still staring at the steps of Nawang and his mother who seemed to take a relaxed and visible step while talking warmly.

There was a newness sneaking in his face staring at the sight.

A view that he thought was beautiful.

Seeing two beloved women in his life releasing a smile and talking warmly.

Lord, enable me to make them happy with my limitations, Richard's mind is sad.

"Let's Ric, we also need to find a drink." take Pak Pambudi while starting to step after saying goodbye to Pak Darto and his wife.

Richard said goodbye to the host before rushing to follow his papa who seemed to have grabbed a glass of soft drink.

"Don't drink so much as that, Pa." Richard scolded as he grabbed a glass of mineral water.

Yes, he knows that the family of Pak Darto no one likes to drink tea.

They will prefer to drink mineral water or soft drinks instead of drinking tea.

"Have you seen your ex-boyfriend for a long time?" asked Mr. Pambudi without looking at Richard.

He was busy cutting siomay on the plate he was holding.

"Not yet." replied Richard briefly, also without seeing his papa.

From the tone of his papa voice he heard, Richard felt relieved that his papa was not holding back emotions.

His voice was relaxed without any burden.

And that's quite a relief.

"He's a wife, right?" asked Mr. Pambudi with his assumption.

"She's divorced from her husband" replied Richard straightforwardly.

This time he preferred to uphold his seat and felt he had to seriously talk about Nawang with his papa.

"He's divorced because of you?" asked Mr. Pambudi in an interrogating tone.

"I don't think so. There are problems in his own home. Anyway I really approached her again very soon, after I found out she was a widow." Richard explained then put a piece of potato in her mouth.

There is a bit of pride in the heart of Mr. Pambudi.

His son remains civilized.

"Why is she divorced?" tanya Pak Pambudi is still in the mode between kepo and interrogation.

Richard shrugged both of his shoulders in response.

"I dare not ask you details about it. But based on what her son said, it was like her husband was not good at treating her" Richard explained slowly.

In his heart came a warm smile.

His father wanted to ask about Nawang, whether it could be interpreted that his father would open himself to try to accept the presence of Nawang?

"You're close to his son too?" ask Mr. Pambudi surprise.

Richard nodded small.

There was a proud smile on his lips.

"Darren is very happy to play with the Stars" Richard said with a smile.

Mr. Pambudi raised his gaze from the plate in front of him to see the face of Richard who looked decorated with smiles.

"Darren knows them too?!", asked Mr. Pambudi as if in disbelief.

"Yes. Several times I invited them to meet.Dan Darren is very tame with the Stars" said Richard chuckled at the astonishment of his father.

"You've been dating her again?" asked Mr. Pambudi with a sharp look at Richard.

Richard took a deep breath and shook his head.

"Good!" said Mr. Pambudi happy.

Richard was shocked.

He thought his papa would try to accept Nawang's presence because he wanted to talk about his idol, but apparently he was wrong.

His father still did not want to accept Nawang.

Richard felt his heart suddenly crumble.

He thought he didn't have to fight this time, it turned out that his guess was wrong.

"Why good?" asked Richard trying to calmly ask his papa.

"No papa" replied Mr. Pambudi cuek.

Richard grimaced.

"Papa still won't let me be happy with the woman I've loved all this time?" ask Richard more deeply.

Just smash his heart if his papa agrees to the question.

All tense waiting for his papa's answer.

But the answer Richard was waiting for did not come out of his papa.

The middle-aged man whose good looks he had left to Richard was just staring at Richard with a gaze that Richard could not guess what he meant.

"Who else wants to match me up with?" richard asked at last, desperate.

"You still want a mate?" asked Mr. Pambudi with a serious mimic.

Richard snorted in annoyance.

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