Don't Say Love (BOOK 2)
Chapter 4

A pair of sharp eyes behind the second-floor window of the building noticed every movement made by an object standing in front of the fence. There were no words he could express in the first second he saw the familiar face he had long been waiting for. Still with the same self, the woman experienced a lot of changes during these five years. His hair that he remembered used to have hanha up to his shoulders, has now extended and emphasized the feminine side behind his simple appearance.

I don't know what he's doing right now. The man is still difficult to realize if for a few minutes he has been fixated on looking at the figure from up here. All the words and fury he was ready to explode vanished instantly. With her eyes filled with pressure, once again the figure of Arnetta managed to bewitch Jullian for a second time.

"He's back, sir."

There was the voice of a middle-aged woman who always accompanied Jullian that day. Today coincides with Arif's fifth birthday celebration, his family-in-law celebrated the anniversary by eating cyanh together. Jullian, as usual, only responded coldly to how his wife's family welcomed his presence in this place. To be honest, Jullian is very uncomfortable with over-treatment. Especially from the mother-in-law. To drive away his saturation, Jullian brought Mary, his nanny and Arif. Only the woman knew how she was doing at the moment. And, only to that woman was Jullian able to open his voice.

"Everything's happened. I can't let that woman live under my pain, Bi. Arnetta must feel hurt."

Back there, Maria could only take a deep breath. As long as he convinces Jullian to forget his grudge, the man will not be affected. His stance remains strong to take revenge on the woman named Arnetta.

"I'm just afraid you'll regret it later. You'll probably regret it after everything really can't be fixed. Remember, son .. women's hearts are deeper than the ocean. No one knows what a woman's heart really is."

Jullian grinned. He saw that a gatekeeper had invited Arnetta into the house. Without even a shred of the constration of Mary's words, Jullian again said, "I need not make any effort to know the content of the heart****** it. All****** are the same, they are just thinking about how to destroy us. Before he destroys me, I'll destroy that woman first."

***

Arnetta stepped slowly into the luxurious building. It was completely unsettled in his mind that the man who became the head of the family there was the one who had been instrumental in bringing him into this world. Although he would not admit it, but Rivai is still his real father. For five more years Arnetta has been trying to come to terms with her past, making peace with all the anger and hatred that fostered her. He was even willing to drop his pride for the sake of the person he loved.

Arnetta realized that this was not the right time to brag about her. His mother was in pain and fighting death. He will not let Ratih fight alone. Arnetta will be by his side.

The first step as he climbed the steps of the steps towards the main door, Arnetta was greeted with questioning gazes from several servants who passed by. Without needing to ask Arnetta could already guess what was on their minds. Anyone would not believe that he and the Rivai family have a strong blood bond.

"Let'soooooooo!"

The shrill voice of a little boy from the opposite direction to him managed to jolt Arnetta's mind. A little boy with a cute oval face makes Arnetta forced to remember who he is. His familiar stature suddenly ignited the pain in his heart.he should have known that returning to this house, it was the same as walking towards hell.

Just like him, the little boy immediately stopped shouting when he met his gaze. The pair of pitch-black round eyes looked at him enlargedly. Maybe the boy was researching, Arnetta thought.

"Who are you?"

Strange, he thought. Arnetta should have felt offended at the impoliteness of the boy who looked at her suspiciously. His outspoken voice made it very clear that the child was not raised to be a child his age. The little boy who had a height as limited as his waist frowned like an adult as if he was thinking of something heavy.

Arnetta crouched down in front of him and gave a sweet smile to this boy. It has been a long time since he did not do this, although some years living abroad almost all of his neighbors have at least one baby in one house.

"I'm Arnetta. And you?"

The boy did not look as tense as a moment ago. His gaze also softened with a radiance of spirit twinkle. Could this kid be happy to meet her?

"Ariff." Briefly talk.

There's a little melancholy that Arnetta doesn't like there. He never knew for this cute child, in his mind had a clear burden from the outside.

"Whose arif?"

The little boy nodded slowly. Arnetta could have sworn that she had a flash of sadness in her pair of brown eyes. "My mother said my name is Arif."

Between sadness and not seeing it. No child in the world would feel sad to say his or her own name. However, what Arnetta saw at this time was a rare occurrence. Like there's something sad behind the name. Though he did not find any disability in this child.

"ARIFF!" From inside the house came a voice that echoed. Unknowingly, the woman stood up and left her alignment with the little boy. The next thing that made him unable to hold his eyebrows together was when he saw the boy running and hiding behind his body. The child looked frightened hearing his name being called with such an angry tone. And, Arnetta knew that whoever it was was was was not the one who loved this sweet child enough.

Before long a woman with short hair of hers came out of the house, and was able to make Arnetta gap wide. With the luxurious ivory color dress A-line, a familiar face appeared there. The face he did not want to see when he set foot anywhere. But, God seemed to have other plans to make him forced to look back at that face there. I don't know what anger can make a face that is known to be graceful turn into very creepy.

"Sme ..."

"Bad boy!" His impact, and Arif could only look down in fear.

Arnetta scrunched his forehead. He had never seen a child so afraid to see his own mother. She believes Lusi is her mother. Seeing this reality, Arnetta realized that there was a resemblance she saw from the boy to Luci. It was just that, most of the others had not seen him at all from the figure he had most avoided that one.

"Lusi, don't snap at him!" Arnetta reacts. Apparently the spontaneity in him is not careless. He felt sorry for Arif who received strange treatment from his mother. Lusi shouldn't have treated the boy so harshly.

"Ah, here comes the uninvited guest." Syndicated cynical. "I'm sure your presence here isn't to teach me how to educate my own flesh and blood with Jullian."

DEG

The woman's lips were silent. It was as if there was a padlock that had sealed his words upon hearing the name called. Yes, he should have remembered that one fact. Lusi is married to Jullian, his ex-girlfriend and brother-in-law.

"I-I want to meet your father." Arnetta chose to be more silent even though her mind was screaming to defend the poor boy. He must be aware enough not to ask for more. The consequences of being in this place have honestly dropped his pride.

"Dad is inside. Entry only. I think he's been waiting for you since he found out that she's been in the hospital."

Without being invited twice, Arnetta walked inside and passed the mother and child. He tried desperately not to see how unfortunate the boy's lament was to him. This time maybe Arnetta should turn a little cruel. Only for the sake of his mother was he willing to drop his pride back into this gate of hell again.

***

"So, in the end the dissident came back to ask me for money?"

The first thing that the woman wanted most was to immediately leave this room. Although it looks big and in fact able to accommodate forty people split his father, but Arnetta felt his breathing was very tight. He was tired of taking as much oxygen as he wanted when he heard the cynicism that the Rivai family had. No beautiful words came out of the lips of the man who had entered his twilight. A hateful look like five years ago never changed. Something rare has changed.

"My mother needed money to have the surgery. Didn't you promise to fund our lives. Did you forget?" His hands are clenched strong. Arnetta desperately tried not to throw a fist at the old man. It felt like he wanted to drown Rivai unconscious.

The old man chuckled softly. Not the kind of nudity favored by Arnetta to see a face full of hatred never disappears from Rivai's face.

"Money again? Didn't I send you intensive funds. Turns out, .. I've been expecting Ratih to give birth to a child like this."

Arnetta held her breath. He almost heard himself shrieking softly when he heard Rivai's words. From what he saw, the man did not seem to be lying to him. "What do you mean? For five years it's never been a dime since we've accepted your money."

"no? You may be dreaming. Besides, the money wasn't for free. Your mother and I have made a pact that if you leave the country and sell that junkyard house, then I will give you intensive funds to live. Is it possible that Ratih didn't tell you anything?"

Nah! He wanted to shout his ignorance at the agreement his mother made with the man. Until his mother's heart had sold their only remaining possession. For the moment of his dans etherus, a shadow became a vagabond enveloping his mind.

"You surprised? I told him you didn't deserve to be born. I offered to help you have an abortion while you were still in the womb, and it turned out to be true ... You're just a son of a bitch."

His feet were shaking violently. The woman felt grateful that the cruel man had allowed her to sit down first. Otherwise, perhaps Arnetta would have been sitting drowning on a cold marble floor, as cold as Rivai said.

"If there's nothing you want to talk about, then leave. Never come here for any reason. I won't take it."

Step Arnetta gontai. He did not care about the triumphant look of the old man who was sitting before him. The cunning grin was not out of his sight even though Arnetta was desperately trying to walk towards the door. Luckily, when he got there and came out, Arnetta suffocated without anyone knowing. His heart was beating so fast that he was terrified to hear it. He really did not expect what came out of Rivai's mouth was able to affect him.

His mother ... behind him has made his life end like this. Selling a home is your only asset. Arnetta is completely inexhaustible.

"You okay?"

Like a delusion, He was again listened to with a soft voice that he believed was long dead in his life. But the shadow of the pair of legs standing before him was a living proof that the voice was indeed possessed by the same owner, known to Arnetta. Something that he could only see in a dream now felt very real, and even as he raised his head, the man's pair of eagle eyes were staring at him shady and full of gentle smiles. I don't know if he feels like he's reunited with the old figure he missed.

"Julian ..."