You Are My Sunshine
The Part 141
It has been more than ten times Mr. Jono glanced through the rearview mirror to see the state of the back seat. The red sedan car he was driving had started to enter the gate of the elite residential complex where Wira's house was located, but Dara did not say a word.
Since getting into the car in the campus parking lot, the young mistress was silent a thousand languages. His face is sad, his eyes look bright as if he is wandering. Dara looked blankly out the window, supporting her chin with her clenched hand.
Dara several times exhaled her short breath violently. He reached into his phone from the bag and connected it to the light blue headset he always carried.
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"I met you in person because I wanted to discuss something important with you. But from your expression it seems you already know what I want to talk about." Ratih opened the conversation coldly and arrogantly. He then put down the cup of tea he was holding.
"How are you, Auntie." Dara tried to say hello in the middle of an amazing atmosphere gripping for him.
They sat face to face in a room to receive important guests at the campus. The atmosphere of the room was so quiet and silent because there were only the two of them in the special room.
"I want to ask you. Do you feel worthy to be by my son's side and be his life partner?" Ratih said while looking straight at Dara.
"I. I don't understand anything about the standard of speed that Auntie means. But obviously I love your son, as sincerely as I do Mas Wira," said Dara full of confidence.
Dara was silent, her hands were pinching the end of the dress she was wearing restlessly. "I can't leave her Aunt. Mas Wira needs me just as much as I need him." Dara's voice began to choke, along with her creeping chest tight.
"That's you think. Because actually all you need is the baby you bear. You must know how all this time he craved the presence of a child. You love my son, don't you? so prove your love by handing your child over to the Hero and then immediately leave his life" he said without mercy.
"You don't have to worry. I will give you a huge compensation if you obey my orders. No matter what you ask, I will definitely fulfill it."
With the heart of Ratih said his last sentence that just slid from his mouth, a sentence that made Dara feel told to be a woman who did not have the heart to sell her own child.
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Clik....
Dara turned off the recording of her conversation with Ratih this afternoon. He opened the headset connected to his phone. The box-shaped string was grasped tightly along with the corner of his eyes that began to glow.
How low was he in the eyes of Ratih? So heartlessly uttered a sentence that made him feel insulted. Is it because he does not know his origin clearly then he does not deserve to be happy with Wira? And does he not deserve to love and be loved?