The Widow
Sintia and Clara

"Happy anniversary, Ma, Pa. The best wishes for you both" Galen said as he greeted Sintia and Gerda. They were both Galen's parents.

"Sweet, thank you," said Gerda while patting the son's shoulder.

"Soo sweet, honey. Thank you for coming here, by the way this—" Sintia's eyes pointed towards Clara who now seemed to be pecking at her place while watching them.

Galen smiled then clasped Clara's hand and pulled her gently to get closer. "My future wife, Ma. She's Clara."

Sintia and Gerda spread a smile while nodding their heads slowly. Be happy? Of course, Galen is a typical picky person. So it's hard to find a second soul mate for him. So when introduced to the woman of his son's choice they were happy.

"Clara, Auntie." Clara smiled and spat with Sintia.

"It's so pretty, just call Mama. Don't call, Auntie. Mama is happy that you two are here" said Sintia in a happy tone.

"A-ahh yes, Ma. Oh yeah, this is a little gift. Hope you like it." Clara smiled and held out the paper bag she had brought to Sintia.

He accepted it with pleasure, in addition to friendly Sintia also admired the severe beauty of Clara especially now see Nabila who seemed so loving Clara until she hugged him tightly.

Yeah, they're happy to see it. Unlike Clara who now wants to run amok because of this leaking behavior of death. Clara's body could not even move because Nabila hugged her tightly.

"Oma Aunt Clara is pretty, right? It could be my mom, right? Yang danin Nabila is aunty Clara loh, Oma. Aunt Clara is also good at, cook. The cuisine is really good, anyway top deh", praise Nabila.

"Oh yeah? Next time we'll taste Aunt Clara's cooking, will we?" Gerda said to her granddaughter while being bored and welcomed by the other rascals.

Clara closed her eyes. This is too much. Who says Clara is good at cooking? What if he gets tested or what if he's told to cook in front of Sintia? Ahh this brat why trouble himself anyway?!

"Hhee, Yes Om ... " In the end Clara just agreed. Even though he was very upset because he saw Galen looking mocked him.

But please, hopefully it's not long and this meeting is quite up here. So he won't bother anymore in the future.

Not long after the event began. Indeed, the event that has been made as luxurious as this is not possible if it runs normally. Clara unceasingly praised what lay before her.

How not, Gerda gave a private island to his wife as their anniversary gift. Truly, something like this can only be imitated by those who are alone.

"Like the show?" Galen asked half a whisper.

Clara simply nodded, yet it made Galen slightly arch her smile. "If you really want to be my wife, I can give you more than this.

Clara swallowed her saliva with great difficulty, especially when she felt Galen's hand tidying up the strands of sweet hair. Making a new Clara feel this kind of sensation. But he returned to his consciousness.

"Not interested!" After saying that Clara left Galen and walked to look for food. Truly, unsettling as Galen Mahardika. He better fill his stomach.

Galen who received such a response was not angry, he instead put one hand into his pants while massaging the base of his nose for a while. "Interesting."

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Not that he disliked it, it was just that he drained his energy to be on this show. So Clara chose to neutralize herself by being alone here. All of this is still too foreign for Clara who usually comes to parties just to celebrate her friends' birthdays. If it's an event like this, it's the first time.

But without Clara realizing it turns out Sintia noticed it, yes she was looking for Clara because her son was busy with business colleagues and also Nabila who was cool with his cousin. Of course he was worried. Slowly, Sintia approached Clara and sat down beside the girl.

Clara who felt someone sitting next to her spontaneously shifted and stared towards the side. "E-eh, Auntie."

Sintia smiled then nodded her head slowly. "Why is it here?"

Clara chuckled a little. "Emm, maybe because it's unusual at the party, huh, Tan? What's this aunt here?"

"Tante was looking for you, it's here."

I don't know why Clara's heart suddenly pounded so hard. What Sintia wanted to tell him was to look for him here. Is ...

"So how long has your relationship with Galen been, honey?"

Nahloh, again Clara swallowed her saliva with great difficulty. How is this, what does he have to answer? Afraid that the answer will be different from Galen.

Seeing Clara's uneasiness, Sintia chuckled. "Aunty expected."

"I mean, Tan?"

"You forced Galen to pretend to be his future wife, right?" Guess Sintia.

This is even more surprising for Clara. How could Sintia directly guess in that direction? Is he not good enough for tonight's role? Could have spray Galen this way. Clara did not answer, she chose to look for safety but it looks funny in Sintia's eyes.

"Tante is very familiar with Galen, Aunt knows how he is honest and how he lies."

Clara confronts Sintia and holds her hand while looking down. "Aunty sorry Clara, Clara didn't mean to lie to a aunt. Seriously deh. This is because Clara is the same Mr. Galen—"

"Calm down, relax Clara. Auntie is not angry, it is Aunt who should apologize because Galen made you in a position like this. But Clara ... " Sintia hangs up her talk.

Makes Clara anxious about what will happen next. Perlahas. Clara ventured as Sintia's hand turned around to grasp it. "Tante knows when Galen likes something."

"For so long there has never been anything that he introduced to us, even if he had to pretend he may have done it a long time ago but now he has chosen to take you. His gaze, the way he treats you, Aunty knows that Galen is comfortable with you. Especially Nabila."

Clara's breath was restrained. "The aunt misunderstood. Look, Tan. Clara and Mr. Galen neighbors and Nabila often play at home. Because Mr. Galen is busy in the office sometimes Mr. Galen asks me to take care of his school Nabila. So that's not possible, Tan ..."

Sintia nodded in understanding, but still. There's a mother's instinct in her, Clara won't understand that. "Okay, maybe it's not even visible yet. But please don't tell Galen and his dad that aunt knows this. Aunty hopes that you can get closer to Galen. Aunty wishes you could be a real couple."

"Maybe Galen looks like a person full of egos, absolute and hard. But if he loves something, he will take care of it with all his heart."

Clara was silent, not knowing how to respond. Why is the situation so complicated? He thought that if Sintia knew about this lie, everything would be easy. Oh God ...