When Love Should Determine
Chapter 60

That's right, Larissa's guess. She was angry and did not accept the decision she made. He even berate himself. "Basic children do not know themselves! you have to be with your own brother."

"You are stingy! your treasure can never be touched by anyone."

Larissa was silent, not refuting or replying to her mother's words. She knew she would be angry at her decision. But he did not expect the mother would be able to say it like that.

A drop of tears fell in Larissa's eyes. There is a feeling of heartache and disappointment over the attitude of the Mother. But he doesn't want to think too much. For him now obeying the words of the husband is much more important. Only her husband has always defended her.

Actually Hamzah is a good and understanding man. He always obeyed whatever Larissa wanted while he could. And he was a good steward for his wife.

Hamzah often makes Larissa's heart hurt and bleed. But he also taught her a lot about life. Until he is always tough to face every problem that comes his way and never forgets how to keep smiling.

One of Hamzah's shortcomings, namely his inability to control emotions. No one is perfect on this earth.

Everyone must have a good and bad side, not least the best and wisest people though. And in Hamzah, Larissa sees many positives from the negatives.

In the silence of the night, Larissa often mused to herself. It re-enacted the life events he had experienced since childhood. Sometimes he complains, why does happiness never want to be friends with him? why is his life always filled with endless troubles? why isn't he like the other kids? who laughed with both parents and relatives.

Why, why, and why. Millions of questions continued to plague his mind without getting an answer. And no one can answer all the questions, even one.

Sometimes he feels jealous of children who can chat with both parents and siblings cheerfully. And when he saw such a thing, he could only shed tears. "Why can't I be like them? what's wrong in me?."

When Larissa was growing up, Bu Ani forced her to get married immediately for fear of being labeled a spinster. At that time, she was only 16 years old.

Twice Larissa was betrothed to a man, and all did not go as expected.

Who would want to marry someone whose age is very far apart from us. You could even say that person is more worthy of being our parents than a life partner.

And so did Larissa. Until finally he chose to leave the house because he could not stand being forced to get married immediately. At that time, he was still eager to continue his education. There are still goals that he wants to achieve. Unfortunately for the mother, education for women is not very important.

Sometimes people assume that women do not need high school. Reading this book is more than enough. Because the duty of women is to take care of the house and children, not to make a living.

But such a supposition is not true. Education for a woman is much more important. A woman is the heart of a household.

In some developed countries, such as Japan, for example, the government issued a rule that its citizens are prohibited from marrying before becoming a scholar. And a housewife must be educated at least S1.

They know, a housewife is very important role in delivering her children to success. That's why they put out such rules.

In addition, the reason for Larissa's departure was also because she could not stand the attitude of the mother who continued to force her to get married. He still desperately wants to continue his education. Unfortunately, for the mother education is not very important.

Sometimes there is regret in Larissa. Why he gave up and agreed with the decision of the mother to marry at a young age. Although he admitted, Hamzah was his own choice.

Larissa remembered that Hamzah was visiting her house as usual. At first everything went as usual. But when he looked into the courtyard of the house, he found the mother was talking seriously with Budhe. "What's this about? why do they look so serious?."

After a while, the mother went into the house and immediately sat down to them. "Son Hamzah, there's something I want to talk to you about!."

"Yes, mom, please!." There was no inkling of anything in Hamzah's mind when she said she wanted to talk to him.

Mother seemed to think for a moment to string the right words to express her point. A long breath he let out before he finally began to speak. " Look Hamzah, I don't mind seeing you play here every day, but other people aren't necessarily. If they see a man and a woman together every day without any bond, will it not cause slander?."

Hamzah listened carefully to every word of Bu Ani. A little bit he understood where this conversation was going. But he did not say anything, waiting for him to finish his speech.

"Son Hamzah, if you really like Larissa, marry her immediately!." Bu Ani's words just made Hamzah so surprised. He loves Larissa. But he has no thoughts of taking their relationship to a more serious level, especially if they have to get married in the near future.

"If you agree to get married, talk about this with your parents. I'm going to your house to talk about this further."

After saying all that, Bu Ani passed by leaving the two of them in silence. Give them time to think about each other.

After the departure of Bu Ani, Hamzah who had just lowered his head threw a glance towards Larissa. "What do you think? are you willing to marry me?."

Larissa who was still surprised to hear the mother's words was increasingly surprised by the question that Hamzah said. Really, he never thought it would be this fast their relationship, considering they had only known for two weeks.

After thinking for a moment, Larissa nodded her head. "All right! I'm willing."

There is no romantic proposal like he has seen in movies or romantic novels. He also has no idea what the marriage life will be like. But he still agreed to get married because he was tired of facing his mother who every day always forced him to get married. He only hopes, hopefully Hamzah is the right man to be made the priest of his small family later.