The Tears of Shafira
Chapter 17
“Oh, thank you, but why did you help me?” shafira asked as she put the blanket up to her neck.
Ardan looked at the woman gently, he shifted his seat closer towards Shafira's face and whispered to her.
“Because I love you, we ‘kan, friend?”
“Ya, you are right .. we are friends.”
Shafira returned Ardan's gaze for a long time and smiled, she was glad that her friend had not crossed the line.
After all, she is a married woman. He knows what it feels like to be hurt because the husband is double-hearted. So, he would not do the same, taking advantage of Ardan's current closeness.
Shafira used to think that Ardan liked her. They are close friends. Making a plan and offering it to some convection is the idea. He was so eager to sketch and sew his own designs because of Ardan's sincere support with all his heart.
However, their fate is not to be a couple forever, because now Shafira is married. The woman was worried that if she separated from Erick, it meant that she had violated her mother's will.
“Oh, yes! Are you hungry, want to eat now?” asked Ardan while gently rubbing Shafira's hand that was not covered in a blanket.
“Sounds not yet!” Shafira had to convince herself that she was not nauseous and vomiting, and was just about to eat. He felt that unfortunately the good food that had been swallowed had to go back out. After all, he wasn't good with Ardan.
“Alright then! Now go to sleep, later in the afternoon there will be a doctor here to check you!” said Ardan while standing up.
“Ardan!” calling Sapphira made Ardan look back.
“Ya!” said
“Eum .. forgive me for bothering you!” Shafira said because she felt guilty.
“I don't bother, there's a nurse who takes care of you and takes care of you here! You just said you needed something.” Ardan said with a smile.
“But still I have to thank you!”
“Alright, don't hesitate! You are safe and do not have to worry about anything here!”
Ardan went to his study, while Shafira tried to close her eyes again. The man was satisfied, for the time being his attempt to hide Sapphira was successful. From his observations, Erick has not shown any meaningful movement to be able to find his wife.
His private villa was far from the crowd that was on the edge of the countryside. There are also rarely people who cross the streets, only local residents or their families who sometimes stop just to rest there.
Despite this, he still placed several guards around his village. This lasted for several days, until Ardan left the villa to take care of the work he had long left, to accompany Shafira.
Elsewhere, Erik had already assigned someone to investigate Ardan. Once he gets out to work back in his office, the men don't realize that, there are people who are always stalking and watching him from a distance. The man continued to spy on her until Ardan returned to the villa in the afternoon.
All the affairs in his office went perfectly according to his direction and were worked on by his personal assistant. They had just calculated the entire wealth of his family, from the various companies they owned. Ardan is aware that although his family is included in the top pyramid of the wealth of the city conglomerate, but still the wealth owned by his family is still far from the wealth of the family Erick Danu Praja.
Meanwhile, in the office Erick is watching the movement of stock fluctuations and dividends on his laptop, seriously. Suddenly his phone rang. The man immediately averted his eyes and saw Hendra's name on the screen.
“Where? Is there any good news?” ask her directly to the point.
“That, Mister-!”
“Say! Told you! You don't call me if it's not a good thing I'm going to hear!” Erik sounded furious.
“Ya, this is good news Sir!”
“Did you find my wife?”
“Yes, it turns out that your guess is right, she was hidden by Ardan!”
“Less ajaar!” Erick said as he clenched his one hand, he was annoyed by the situation and was angry at Ardan.
“Quick! Give me the location!”
“Good, Master!”
A moment later Erik receives a message from Hendra about the location where the villa Ardan is located. The man immediately grabbed his jacket and walked quickly towards the car.
Just arrived in front of the office lobby. When Wulan approached him. The girl had just finished relaxing at the cafe with some of her secretary friends.
“Honey! Where are you going?” tanyakanya.
“I have a business for a while, you can go home by yourself and don't wait for me, okay?” erick said firmly and got straight into the car without saying anything more.
Wulan was astonished because Erick had never said that much to him. The man was always gentle and sweet. He suspects that Safira may have been found.
The woman sees Erick's car moving out of the parking lot and speeding through the streets at high speed. After that he pulled out his phone from his bag and contacted someone.
“Hallo!” he said, after the phone was connected, “What stupid woman was found? Pick me up now and we'll be there!”
Wulan was silent for a moment, then she spoke with a snarl. His face looks upset. Yes talked to his confidant who had been a close friend all along, unbeknownst to Erick.
“I don't care just pick me up and follow my husband! Okay?”
Apparently, Wulan also sent a spy not to find where Safira was. But what she spies on is her husband. He watches over Erik because he does not want to lose and so that the man does not fall into the hands of Sapphira.
“Yes, yes, I wait, hurry up!” he said again, then hung up unilaterally. He told his other co-workers to return to their respective cubicles. While himself sitting in the office lobby to wait for the man.
Wulan left after her invitation came, at the same time she received a message from Miran, who reminded them of their shopping after work.
The woman only answered her mother-in-law's message briefly, “Sorry, Ma! I'm busy this time can't.”
Wulan lies, when he is actually not busy, because the boss—suami himself, always eases his work. He just forgot that today there was a promise to spend money with his mother-in-law. He prefers to follow Erick and wants to know what the man will do next.
Meanwhile, in a place not far from the villa owned by the Ardan family, two new Volvo cars, neatly parked on the roadside. In the car, there were four bodyguards waiting for Erik to arrive. In total there are people who are ready to wait for their next boss orders.
They had already done reconnaissance and calculated, with how many bodyguards were guarding the villa. They were steady in their own strength and were confident of being able to defeat him quickly
Shortly after that the black roll royce stopped behind the two cars. Erick came out quickly after his driver opened the door.
The eight people who were inside the two cars also immediately came out as well.
“Is this where Ardan hid my wife?” erick asked after being in front of eight of his men.
The men nodded quickly.
Erick rubbed his face. I didn't think people were like Ardan. Able to hide his wife neatly and even, he only found out after a few days. Erick also did not expect that the man had this villa in front of him.
“Master, we have already taken into account all the guards that are around that villa!” said a man named Hendra came forward to speak.
“Good then!” erick said, while putting both his hands into his pants pocket., “So what are your plans now?”