Your love gave me life
Alden's Regret

People say regret always comes later, only the difference is there are regrets that can still be repaired or just make humans resigned to bear the consequences

For Alden, his biggest regret is not that Annabelle refused his love but has made the girl heap up heartache due to Alden's overstretched attitude towards Rano and Aunt Mira,

Alden regretted that because of his prestige of considering Annabelle as only a child of his family driver, Alden lost the sincere love of a beautiful girl like Annabelle.

Alden started his car and planned to return home before leaving for the office.

While driving away from the hospital, Alden recalled the incident 5 days ago.

(Flashback on)

Finished meeeting that afternoon, daddy Wira asked him to come to the daddy's room where it turns out there is Mommy Lanny also there.

“Mom,” Alden greets mommy Lanny with a kiss on both cheeks then sits face to face with mommy and daddy sitting side by side.

“Read !” daddy Wira thrust out a blue map that was on the table. “Let you understand why the Om Rano family is so important to us especially Daddy.”

Alden took the map and opened it and read it with his eyebrows. His eyes moved, reading the writing contained in the document.

“Om Rano is an opa foster child and legally valid,” said daddy Wira. “Even opa gives 5% shares of Hutama Group.”

Daddy Wira noticed Alden who was silent and still reading the file he was holding. There are 3 pieces and one of them is about the granting of shares of Hutama Group.

“We've been friends since Junior High and Om Rano saved Daddy's life. When we were both in High School. The opa business situation is full of unhealthy competition. The abduction of Daddy failed because Om Rano claimed that he was the son of opa. At that time, the opa directly hid Daddy and monitored the development of Om Rano. They torture Om Rano when they find out that they are wrongly targeted and Om Rano still keeps his mouth shut, does not want to tell Daddy whereabouts and still confesses that he is the son of opa.

Everything ended well, but because of the kidnapping, Om Rano's leg was broken and could not be restored one hundred percent, until you see that Om Rano's step was a little limp.

Feeling indebted to life, opa raised om Rano to be his son because at that time om Rano only had a sickly mother while his father had died since om Rano was still in the Elementary School.

Nothing changed from Rano's self when he became an adopted opa and owned shares in Hutama Group.

Om Rano refused free opa money for college, instead looking for his own scholarship and stayed with his sick mother. Just for the treatment of his mother, Om Rano does not refuse opa help that provides the best medical team. But because his mother's illness was severe enough, he died when Rano was in college semester 2. After that, Rano was only willing to live in an opa house to accompany him while helping opa run a business because daddy was still studying abroad.

His busyness helps the Hutama family make om Rano not think of himself and postpone to stay married. At the insistence of opa finally om Rano married to aunt Mira. Daddy already had you, Alden.

Busy to help Daddy take care of the company because opa began to get sickly, om Rano less attention to aunt Mira and had to lose their prospective child up to twice, until finally Rano decided to keep helping but as a driver.

Daddy rejected it because it still needed a donation of his ideas and thoughts. Finally, after negotiating, Rano was willing to help but still gave up his job as a second person in Hutama company.

A lot of gossip circulating at the beginning om Rano changed profession to be a driver, but om Rano did not care because they want to immediately have a baby, until the birth of Annabelle.”

“And about Annabelle, forgive Mommy for pushing too much to make her our daughter-in-law,”, said mommy Lanny.  “Mommy's good intentions turned out to make you depressed and also hurt Annabelle.”

“From now on you are free to choose a future wife for yourself, Al. Message mommy look for good women who not only pursue your treasure,” advice mommy Lanny.

“And about Sarah, Daddy still hopes you rethink making her your wife, Al. It's not a matter of Sarah being someone else's, but her vindictive and cunning nature will be hard to change. Moreover Sarah never loved you, she loved Reyhan Gilang.”

Alden fell silent and closed the map in his hand and placed it on the table.

“Seek another woman, Al. Daddy really hopes you won't choose Sarah as your wife,” asserted daddy Wira.

“Why did daddy and mommy never tell you about Annabelle's soul who is in Sarah's body at this time ?”

Mr and Mrs Hutama were surprised to hear Alden's words that immediately looked at the two people alternately.

“I've heard mommy's conversation with Sarah at the beginning of her stay at our house. I did not believe it at that time because such an incident was so illogical. I know that Sarah is a crafty woman, Dad, so I think Annabelle's soul problem in Sarah's body is part of the drama she's been preparing to distract us.

But the more days I was convinced that what Sarah was doing was not acting and I started to believe that Annabelle was playing the role of using Sarah's body.

Unfortunately, mommy and daddy didn't want to tell me.”

“All it is at Annabelle's own request and one of the terms,”sahut mommy Lanny.

“What terms, Mom ?” Mommy Lanny sighed.

“Mommy and Daddy also just found out from Yudha. Annabelle's soul could be reunited with her body if she could make you love her. For reasons that Belle felt impossible, she did not want to talk frankly to us.”

”Moreover Belle knows that you hate her so much, even Rano also knows that you are ashamed to be friends with Annabelle because she is the son of a driver,” daddy Wira smiled thinly.

“That's why your daddy told me about who Om Rano is to the Hutama family. Even if Rano is only a driver, it is not appropriate that you are rude to them while in the hospital.

“Yudha met Daddy a few days ago and asked permission to take Belle to another hospital if possible. Yudha also promised to take Belle away and make sure that the girl would never bother you again.”

“Mommy and Daddy agree, Al. Mommy feels guilty for shutting down the chance for Belle. Even mommy also told him to wear glasses.”

“For what ?” Alden frowned.

“Mommy can see that Belle will grow into a beautiful girl, Al. Not only physically but also beautiful heart. Rano and Mira educated him well. Mommy loves Belle and doesn't want any other man to see her beauty because mommy wants only you to have it, because it's with Rano and Mira's permission, mommy asks Belle to wear glasses that make her look geeky.

And now that mommy regrets being obsessed with making Belle a daughter-in-law, mommy doesn't realize that mommy's attitude makes Belle feel good

be in love with you.

Even when you're dating Sarah, Belle says that if you're happy, it's okay to not have you.

That's when mommy felt very guilty and your attitude that night in the hospital made mommy realize that mommy's hope made you suffer and hurt Belle and her family.

Mommy's willing to let go of Belle, Al. Do not hate him anymore because his presence near you is not just his desire, but there is interference mommy and daddy in it including how Belle was placed as an assistant Tami.”

“Soul Belle will be gone from Sarah's body after 100 days, Al. He will truly walk away from our midst and will not bother you anymore. Will not be toxic in your life,” said daddy Wira in a sad tone.

Mommy Lanny starts sobbing, imagining losing her beloved Annabelle and being considered her biological child.

Alden was still speechless and heard several long sighs while looking at his parents. Daddy Wira is calming down the sobbing mommy Lanny.

“Annabelle will return to her body and won't leave our midst so soon,” Alden firmly made her parents look at her with frowns.

“Please apply Annabelle to me, Mom, Dad. Not because I was forced or so mommy and daddy were happy but because I didn't want to lose my future wife. I will not let Yudha take him away from me.”

“Alden,” mommy Lanny's face looks confused.

“I really love him, Mom and I don't know when this feeling started to be here,” Alden pointed to his own chest.

“And Sarah's problem, I don't want her to love her as my future wife, Dad. When I began to believe that Annabelle's soul was in Sarah's body, I was determined to keep her close to me. I've always been watching him and secretly putting tracking devices on and lately I've been adding tappers. All I thought was that if I threw Sarah away from me, Annabelle's soul would be far away too and it might be difficult for her to return to her body. That's why I still chose Sarah to be my wife in order to protect Annabelle's soul, not Sarah's. Moreover, I had seen that Annabelle felt uncomfortable when close to Reyhan.”

“You're sure, Alden ?” firm daddy Wira. The faces of Alden's parents looked relieved and happy.

“I've known for a long time about Sarah's affair with Reyhan, even I know that Sarah is pregnant with Reyhan's seed.  That night I planned to come to her apartment to make Sarah confess to herself without showing any evidence I had, but it turns out that Annabelle got ahead of me just because of the conversation she heard while Sarah was in this office. The girl always intended to be a hero to me,” Alden laughed softly, considering the events of thirteen years ago.

“What makes you hate Annabelle so much?” ask mommy Lanny with a curious face.

“At that time I was gang-raped by five heroes at school, Mom. They assumed I was grabbing the attention of idol girls in school. My quiet and indifferent attitude was considered intentional to attract the attention of girls.

When I was ganged up, Annabelle's boss saw me and helped me out. Annabelle was screaming for help and I don't know where the stone came from. Annabelle also pelted the five friends with small stones from a distance. Finally Raka and Yudha with 2 security officers came to us. At home even Annabelle reported it to Mommy. From then on it was not only the group of heroes but the girls who idolized me began to mock me dating a geeky, ugly boy and a chauffeur boy. At first I was just annoyed by Annabelle's behavior, but it seemed like she couldn't be given any understanding. There's always a reason to come to the Junior High and see me. Starting from giving provisions, bringing my wallet that was left behind.

As a teenager who had become an idol, I felt ashamed of being ridiculed and no longer considered cool and charming. They used to laugh at me a lot, and it even went on until I was in high school because Annabelle still comes to me.”

“But Mommy believes they will regret having veiled Annabelle and considers her an ugly geeky girl and chauffeur child if they see how Annabelle faces today,”.

Alden and daddy Wira laughed to see Mommy Lanny who was grumbling with the rest of the tears still on her face.

“Not just them, Mom. Alden regretted hating Annabelle to hurt her heart and hurt Om Rano and Aunt Mira. Now please apply for Annabelle for Alden, Mom, Dad. But wait after Alden get sorry from Om Rano and Aunt Mira.”

Daddy Wira and Mommy Lanny smiled at the decision of her son.

“Hopefully they can open the door sorry for you, dear “ said mommy Lanny.