
Darkness envelops nature combined with heavy rain accompanied by storms. A flash of light from the sky struck accompanied by the thunderous roar of lightning that shook the Earth.
That night, sobs dyed a bridal room with dim lighting. The smell of roses seeps as a complement to the romantic atmosphere. Arumi wrapped her innocent body in a thick blanket to protect herself from the cold of the night. He just lost the most precious thing in his life.
Chastity ....
It shouldn't be Arumi who's here tonight. She is nothing more than a surrogate woman for her twin sister, Yuna. An evil woman who had framed him so cunningly, to take his place on the wedding day. Arumi lost his crown at the hands of Rafli Dylan Alvaro.
"Hey .. why haven't you slept?" a soft whisper greets the ears.
Arumi who was lying backward immediately jumped up, as she felt the figure of a circular burly hand on her stomach. The next second, a brief kiss landed perfectly on the forehead.
"I can't sleep yet" he answered nervously.
"Want me a massage? You must be tired tonight." The burly man like an athlete got up and moved his fingers over Arumi.
Undeniably, every touch Rafli leaves creates a sense of warmth in Arumi's heart. Rafli is the perfect man in the eyes of the women. In addition to his good looks, he is also a doctor and businessman who is quite famous.
Who does not know the Twin Conch Group?
A giant company that has its headquarters in Jakarta City. Not just cafes, restaurants and hotels. Keong Kembar Group also penetrated several other business fields.
"Awh!" Arumi grimaced as Rafli squeezed the right thigh.
"Oh, sorry. I think the black mark is a stain."
"No, it's a birthmark." Suddenly Arumi's cheeks blushed. This was the first time there was a man who saw all parts of his body without any remains.
Rafli commented on the faint smile that could make Arumi palpitate. The fear slowly spreads to the heart. What if in that time of disguise, he would fall for Rafli?
"Thank you, my body is good" he said shyly.
"Together." Rafli got up leaving the bed after.
Secretly, Arumi's gaze followed where the man was stepping. The sturdy back and the beautiful face clad in pure white skin were perfectly fused in his tall body. Arumi is so riveted by Rafli's charms. Especially now he only uses a towel to cover the most private part of his body.
"Want a drink?" Rafli offered a glass of water. Arumi indeed felt thirst after the exhausting activity earlier.
"Thank you" Arumi replied, then handed her the empty glass.
The woman hugged the blanket back in her chest. Passing the gripping silence of the night. He is not sure he will be able to play this role for one year and give the heir to the Alvaro family according to the agreement with Yuna.
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Flashback one month before the wedding
"Please save mom, Yuna. You're our only hope." Arumi sobbed in front of Yuna.
That night in heavy rain he came to Yuna's house to ask for help. Their mother is undergoing treatment in a hospital and must be operated on immediately. Arumi who had been poor with her mother did not have enough money to pay for expensive treatment.
"I'll pay the hospital fees and also be a donor for mom."
"really?" A glimmer of hope grew in Arumi's heart.
"really. But I have conditions for you. Can you?"
"Well, whatever you want I'll give you, as long as you're safe." Without thinking Arumi answered quickly. Whatever he did to save his mother.
"I want you to take my place on the first night of my marriage to Rafli." A crazy request just popped out smoothly from Yuna's mouth.
"replace you? But how can it be?" reply Arumi stammered.
"Of course you can. You will replace me for one year and you must also be able to give an heir to the Alvaro family. But remember, Rafli and his family can't know about this."
Yuna's request was like a lightning strike for Arumi. The woman was pecking at the spot with tears breaking. How could Yuna ask such an unreasonable thing like this.
"Are you crazy? Marriage is not a game. How could you ask your own brother to take your place for a year?"
Yuna relaxed and chuckled. "As far as you are. If you don't want to, then I won't pay for the hospital either and won't be a donor for you."
"But she's your mother too, Yuna!"
"I don't care!" snapped Yuna. "I'll only help you if you're willing on the terms I'm proposing."
"I need time to think things through" Arumi said.
"But I don't have time. Decide right now or I'll cancel all my help."
For a while, Arumi seemed to lose her mind. Rejecting Yuna's conditions is tantamount to killing her mother slowly.
"alright. I agree."
"Then what about mom? If I replace you who will take care of you?"
"You just calm down. You're gonna take my place, and I'm gonna take your place to take care of mom until she's cured."
In a desperate situation, Arumi was forced to put a signature on the agreement.
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Yuna and Arumi are twin sisters who have been separated since they were 4 years old due to their parents' divorce. Arumi lives with her mother, while Yuna lives with her grandmother after her father is killed in a car accident.
Since childhood, Arumi and Rafli have been bound to a secret matchmaking that is only known by their late grandfathers. When the Alvaro family comes looking for the girl who is betrothed to Rafli, Yuna manipulates the situation, so the Alvaro family thinks Yuna is the one who is betrothed to rafli.
Nahas, a few months ago, Yuna was diagnosed by a doctor with a uterine tumor that caused her uterus to be removed. So it is impossible to give an heir like the expectations of the Alvaro family.
Fearing that Alvaro's family will call off the marriage if they find out about her condition, Yuna makes it a point to frame Arumi and force her to take her place on the first night of her marriage to Rafli.
At Yuna's insistence and threat, Arumi is willing to replace her twin brother on the first night of marriage with rafli.
One day
One week
One month
One year ....
Arumi takes Yuna's place well without Rafli's suspicion in the least. The woman is now lying on a patient's bed in a maternity hospital. The entire Alvaro family is awaiting the birth of its heir. Arumi's own labor will be handled by several expert doctors.
"Argh is very sick!" the sigh of Arumi who felt the pulsation in the stomach became more and more.
Rafli who was sitting at his side clasped his hands. Occasionally kiss her forehead lovingly.
"Patience, Honey. In a moment, hold on a little more, yeah."
"But it hurts so much, I can't stand it!" Arumi grabbed the man's hair, so Rafli had to grimace. Giving up her hair becomes a victim of Arumi's delicate fingers.
The tense atmosphere created was changed into a haru atmosphere as a shrill baby cry filled the room. Spring in Tokyo witnessed the birth of Aika Sakura Leichira.
Japan is the country Rafli chose as the birthplace of his daughter. The man thumped when he held the baby for the first time.
"Hey, Honey. Welcome to the world" he whispered softly.
Everyone was happy to welcome. But, behind all that happiness, there is a terrible wound and pain that Arumi felt. The birth of her daughter marked the end of this year's one-year disguise. Yuna will return and take back her position.
Sure enough, one month after the birth of Baby Aika, Yuna had come and asked for the position that Arumi had occupied all along.
That day ....
Unbeknownst to Rafli, Arumi and Yuna make an appointment in a hotel room to exchange positions.
"Can you promise to take good care of my son?" Arumi wiped the tears on her cheeks. Her heart will be cut apart from her little daughter from today.
"All right, I promise I'll take good care of your son. He is a darling in our family." Yuna's words that suppress the word 'we' seem to remind Arumi that her status is only limited to surrogate mother and does not have any rights to Rafli and the baby.
But, there is nothing Arumi can do but cry over fate. Moreover, after Yuna gave me a small suitcase filled with sheets of money.
"Then how is mom? You took good care of her for a year, didn't you?"
"Of course I took care of him. Mom's better, she's as good as she used to be."
"All right."
"Now get out of my life forever! The money is compensation for you and I think it's more than enough for your living expenses in a new place" Yuna said lightly.
Arumi just stared at the sheet of money Yuna gave him without touching it. I want to be angry, no matter who. He was the fool for being easily deceived by his evil twin brother.
"Take that! From now on assume you don't have a twin brother, and one more thing is most important! Forget Rafli and Aika!"
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