The Successor of the President
Episodes 10.

Hanna takes Niko to an abandoned land not far from her home, as this is the only safe place because it is far from the crowds.

"Now tell me what's really going on?" niko Pinta.

"But you have to promise not to tell anyone, especially my mother."

"Yes, I promise! Tell me, I'm curious about this!" niko was impatient.

"A few days ago, he and I were involved in an accident. The car was badly scratched and he was asking for compensation, but I didn't have any money" Hanna said.

"Then?"

"He threatened to report me to the police if I didn't pay the restitution, I panicked and was confused. Then tomorrow he comes again to offer, if I want to marry him, I don't need compensation."

"Shoppers!" as Niko was upset, Hanna was surprised to hear her best friend speaking rudely.

"So you just took her offer?" sulkan Niko was angry.

Hanna nodded, "Yes, Nik."

"Good, Hanna! You sacrificed your life just because of the loss of a scuffed car? This is ridiculous, Han! Aren't you thinking about your future?"

Hanna is speechless, she doesn't want Niko to know the real reason she accepted Alden's offer, she doesn't want her best friend to think she's a double eye. Let Niko consider her a fool for willing to marry Alden just for compensation.

Niko held onto both of Hanna's shoulders and looked at her best friend fixedly, "Han, I'm asking to cancel this ridiculous plan! Don't ruin your life!"

Hanna shook her head, "I can't, Nik."

Niko is disappointed and upset to hear Hanna's rejection.

"Why can't it? Is it because he's rich and has a lot of possessions, so you don't want to let go? Huh yeah?" accuse Niko.

Hanna was stunned to hear Niko's words that cornered her.

"It's not so, Nik!" hanna denies it, even though she actually admits what Niko is accusing of. Yes, he accepted Alden's offer because of the lure of the man.

"Then what?"

"I promised I'd be responsible" Hanna said.

"What kind of responsibility is this? If your mother had known, she would have forbidden you from marrying that man."

"Let's not let my mother know!"

Niko rubbed her face in frustration, she grew even more annoyed that Hanna was so stubborn.

Although upset, Niko tries to stay calm, she stares back at her best friend's black bead.

"Hanna, please cancel all this! Don't be stupid!"

"I'm sorry, Nik. I can't!" hanna insisted.

Niko exhaled heavily she had exhausted her patience, "Alright, if that's your decision."

Niko passed away leaving Hanna, her heart hurt and angry. She shouldn't have urged Hanna for the story if she ended up just gulping down in disappointment.

Hanna just looked at Niko's departure with sadness, for the first time her best friend was angry like this. But he also has to think realistically, he needs money to change his life and also the mother. Alden's offer wasn't bad, he just needed to act and be patient to get what he promised. After all, their marriage was only temporary and Alden had promised not to touch her, so his future remained safe.

With gontai Hanna stepped back to her house.

"Where are you from, son?" maya asked when she saw Hanna enter the house.

"So to the stall for a second, you want to buy a deodorant, ma'am. Apparently there isn't," Hanna's pretext is lying.

"Oh, where are you going."

Hanna just smiled to hide her nervousness for lying. She knows Maya doesn't like it when she hangs out with Niko, so she doesn't want her mom to know that she met him.

"So if you're married, are you going to keep working?" Maya asked as she stepped into the kitchen.

Hanna followed her mother, "Not yet, Mom."

"Talk everything out with your husband, follow his decision." Maya counsels her daughter.

"Yes, Mom."

Hanna suddenly remembered Raline who was so similar to her, her heart became curious, could they be twins?

"Hem, Mum. I have something to ask."

"What?"

"I have a twin, huh?" Be careful Hanna asked.

Maya fell silent and stopped her activities, her face instantly turning sad.

"Mother!" reprimand Hanna when she sees Maya daydreaming.

Maya flinched, then looked at Hanna in full search, "Why did you suddenly ask like that?"

"So I saw a woman who looked a lot like me, Mom. I thought it might be a separate twin like in those soap operas" Hanna replied, laughing.

Maya was stunned again, her heart pounding at Hanna's words.

Hanna stopped laughing because she saw Maya flinch with a sad face, "Mother why?"

Maya then holds both Hanna's cheeks and looks at her daughter while smiling, "Mother's son is just you, and you have no twin."

"But why are we so similar, huh?"

"It must be just a coincidence. Yeah, well, now you change your clothes, then help me make the cake." Maya accidentally switches the conversation so Hanna stops asking.

"Yes, me!" Hanna complies and walks to her room.

Maya breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart remained unsettled.

"Is that not him?"

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In a room dominated by white, Raline was sitting on the bed looking at a business magazine. On the cover of the magazine was clearly emblazoned Alden's handsome face, but the title of the news really makes a slice.

ALDEN RICHARD MAHENDRA IS OUT OF MARRIAGE BECAUSE OF THE DUMPING OF HIS GIRLFRIEND.

I don't know who spread that cheap gossip?

Raline rubbed Alden's face with her finger, she felt sad and guilty.

"I'm sorry! This is all because of me," Raline regretted, her tears immediately fell down.

Since deciding to end his relationship with Alden, Raline has never stopped thinking about and monitoring the life of her ex-lover. He wanted to make sure that Alden's life was okay after parting from him, but the rumors circulating at this time left him with deep regret.

"Surely at this time you hate me so much, because I am the cause of this rumor circulating," said Raline Iirih, she still looked at Alden's face while wiping her tears.

A middle-aged woman entered the room carrying a tray of food and drinks. He walked over to Raline's bed.

"Lunch first, Non."

"I have no taste for food, Bik. Just bring it back!" reject Raline.

"Non Raline has to eat, otherwise Mas Raka could get angry at me. Just a little bit of it, Non."

"I said no, yes no!" raline Banging.

The middle-aged woman was aghast in shock, only this time the nonanya was being rude to her.

Out of fear, he rushed away with the tray.

Raline ended up crying as she pleased, venting her sadness and sense of regret over what happened. He is angry at fate and the universe that forced him to leave Alden, even though he loved him so much.

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