The Marriage Of The Game
16 - My Wedding

..."If life goes according to what I want, then I will never know what it's like to fight through hard times, because that's what will make you defend against your fears."...

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Finally, where the marriage will take place and they will be a legal husband and wife in the eyes of all the witnesses to the invitation, even though both have a black agreement on white.

Aleta looked at herself at the mirror reflection, unable to imagine herself being able to be the bride of a man she was not familiar with.

His face looked flat, neither smiling nor sad. For him this marriage was a folly he had done for a lifetime.

He should not be in a position that requires him to accept all assurances for his actions. Blaming him alone would not be possible, because he knew his father had long died.

Inevitably he had to give up his life living with Damar, as long as the agreement was over. Maybe for him it won't be too long, but I don't know what makes him keep thinking about things in the future together with Damar.

"Aleta, you are a strong and courageous woman! You have to be sure, if this isn't a big deal for you. Your life will not end just because you live with him, yes you just need to be patient until where your freedom comes! "

Aleta muttered inwardly, trying to encourage herself not to be weak on her wedding day.

"Sorry Miss, you've been waiting" said Erick, standing on the doorstep after he knocked on the door.

Hearing her words, Aleta immediately let out a long sigh before she finally walked over to Erick who had been waiting for her for a long time.

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All the guests who witnessed their wedding are now waiting for the bride, they can't wait to see the figure of the special woman that Damar chose to be his wife.

Crews!

The door of the room opened, revealing the bride standing on the doorstep. The look on his face was so nervous when all the pairs of eyes turned towards him.

"Please, Miss" said Erick kindly.

Erick stood beside Aleta giving her arm to embrace Aleta, because she knew that she was nervous. He also helped him walk to the altar, to approach Damar who was waiting in front of the Penghulu.

The pace was so heavy that it felt, when passing the guests who stood to the left and right. They never let go of Aleta.

"Just look ahead, there's no need to pay attention to them!" whisik Erick gave a message that was mandated by Damar.

Aleta followed what Erick said. He tried to throw away his nervousness by imagining that today was his happiest day.

His steps stopped when standing right beside Damar, the blind eye Damar could not be seen Aleta since his arrival. He was so fascinated by Aleta's beauty wearing a wedding dress, looked so elegant and now the two faced each other, when the Penghulu asked for it.

Damar said his sacred promise in front of Penghulu and the guests who witnessed his marriage. While Aleta flinch when the Penghulu asks about her sacred promise.

His thoughts and gaze suddenly blanked, he did not hear what the Foster had said to him. But quickly Damar immediately grabbed Aleta's hand tightly, to make him realize the speech of the ruler who had repeated his words.

"Yes, I'm willing to marry him!" sahutya.

Once finished saying the sacred promise, the Penghulu also announced that the two have now officially become a husband and wife, after previously Damar pinned the ring on Aleta's ring finger and vice versa.

Damar opened the veil that covered Aleta's face, he approached and immediately kiss*mi Aleta's forehead gently. Aleta forced her eyes to close.

Interpret if Damar's treatment is only limited to the lies he deliberately showed in front of the invited guests, so they do not suspect what really happened behind his romantic attitude to Aleta.

Once their sacred promise had been completed, the party continued in a different room. Aleta and Damar have also changed their wedding dresses.

Aleta wore a sky-blue dress with a swarowski mix pearl sequin accent, while Damar wore a slim tuxedo suit that was in the same color as Aleta. Not too formal but still looks elegant and glamorous.

All the guests one by one congratulated both of them. Aleta follows Damar's orders which continue to force her to embrace his arm, albeit lazily.

Damar approached an important guest to be introduced directly to Aleta. Guests from the orphanage of Rumah Kasih, where Aleta had taken shelter.

"Thank you for attending our wedding, Mr. Cheek." Sapa Damar reached out his hand.

Aleta's eyes fiddled when she heard the man's name mentioned by Damar and the characteristic voice she was familiar with. Aleta, who has since been hiding behind Damar's body, is now trying to make sure that her thoughts are wrong.

"Hi Aleta Quenby, long time no see!" greeting Kemal when he finds Aleta hiding behind Damar's body.

Aleta flinched as the man recognized and called her name clearly. He was fixated, while the owner of the parlor greeted him while smiling. Smiling at the crime she once committed on a 7-year-old, Aleta remembers how the man smiled as he tortured her with pride.

"You know him?" asked Damar looking into the eyes of the two.

"Yes, of course, he was my son in the Love House" he replied, stroking Aleta's back.

His attitude made Aleta again remembered the incident of beating he did on Aleta's back deliberately, so sarcastically he made Aleta's back bruised and swollen for a whole month.

"Ohh!!"

Aleta shrieked while moaning, she was downcast and her body trembled violently as she felt pain on her back and her left hand firmly grasped the dress she was wearing while her right hand was still embracing Damar's arm. The trauma will never disappear from his mind and mind,

He became very afraid to meet the owner of the parlor. Soon he let go of the rough embrace in Damar's arm and tried to get away from it, but his efforts failed, because Damar managed to get in his way.

Now Damar holds Aleta's hand tightly, he does not want his wife to go and make trouble on his wedding day.

"I didn't tell you to go, stay here and follow all of my words!" Damar whispered in Aleta's ear

Aleta looked at Damar with a sad look in her eyes as if begging him to allow himself to leave the place. Darling Damar didn't care at all about his feelings at this moment.

"Looks, your wife looks surprised to see me!" ledek Kemal looked at Aleta happily.

"He's just a little tired. Please enjoy the party!" reply Damar before stepping away with Aleta.

"Of course, I'll enjoy your wedding!" kemal said chuckling, his eyes kept staring at Aleta.

After her meeting with Kemal, Aleta became silent, not one word at all, although many guests asked her.

Not wanting to upset the invited guests, Damar answered all their questions about Aleta, instead of not wanting to create suspicion in their eyes.

At the end of the show, Damar and Aleta are asked to dance together. The two followed what the invited guests wanted, now Damar and Aleta have stood on the dance floor and gasp to follow the strains of romantic slow dance music.

Damar grabs Aleta's waist and Aleta's hand is pointed at the nape of her neck, as if Aleta was embracing her. Aleta just followed Damar's steps, although in fact she felt dizzy with the atmosphere of the party tonight.

Aleta does have a heat trauma when meeting with people, she will feel dizzy and her mind is also empty, especially she has dark memories during childhood.

"Gear me now!"

Damar asked Aleta to look at him, because he had just bowed. Seeing the attitude of Aleta who did not want to hear his words made Damar annoyed, he immediately raised Aleta's chin to look at him.

"I can't do it anymore, please!"

Lirih Aleta when she looked at Damar, her lips looked pale and her face was covered in sweat. Damar was surprised to see Aleta's condition, before Aleta was unconscious in Damar. Damar himself felt Aleta's body so cold.

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The festivities of the wedding were over when the time showed at one in the morning, although at the event Damar and Aleta were no longer there, because Damar immediately brought Aleta home when his wife was unconscious.

Fortunately, the event continued to run smoothly without any guests asking about the incident that happened with Aleta, because Damar had previously given an explanation.

Now Aleta has rested in her room after the Doctor checked her condition and Damar was asked to take Aleta to a psychiatrist, to check her condition further.

"Well, you take him to a psychiatrist! If your wife continues like this, it will likely worsen her mental health condition. Please take care of him!"

The message from the Doctor, made Damar a little anxious about Aleta's condition. He also did not expect that Aleta had feelings of trauma, while what he saw was Aleta a brave and stubborn woman.

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