The Beauty Inside: Stealing The First Kiss, Get a Wife - Chapter 219

“Pradita is looking for his position. You don’t need to worry, Sir. We’ve confirmed that there are no flights on behalf of Mahendra. Pradita found one of the young master’s platinum cards being used in an ATM. We’re exploring the surrounding location”. Andos explained.

“Did Pradita not track his cellphone?”. Wiryo tried to find out other possibilities.

“The problem is that the young master’s cellphone is intentionally made anti-tapping and the location of his whereabouts was deliberately hidden. Pradita and the team are working on it. They need time”.

“Do it quickly. I’m afraid he’ll go far”.

“Oh, right. What about Hery’s cellphone?”.

“He’s a smart person so that kid knows what to do. He left his cellphone on purpose”.

“Wow”.

“Hm.. Have you already met Surya?”. Wiryo seemed to be thinking.

“Please find Surya. I’m sure that Surya is most likely with Hendra. If that doesn’t happen, at least he can persuade Hendra to come back”. Wiryo gave input to his secretary.

“Okay”. Andos lowered his head and left Wiryo, who was worried.

***

“Aruna and her family have left their house, but I still have one way. Maybe Dea knows where Aruna is”. Surya said. He observed Hendra who looked fresher. It seemed that man had just cleaned himself up and slowly began to rise from his slump.

“Don’t bother. Dea isn’t easily persuaded. Let’s just look for Aditya. He’ll know where the mother of his child is”. Hendra clearly remembered the last chaotic meeting with his sister-in-law and future brother-in-law, Aliana and Aditya.

Surya didn’t understand what Hendra was saying, but the blue-eyed man seemed very sure of what he was saying.

The next day, Surya just understood something that Hendra said yesterday. When Hery met one of the marketing leaders of the DM Group’s head office and forced him to say where Aliana was. Hendra was surprised to find out that Aliana lived in Aditya’s apartment.

“You’re not married? I mean not married yet?”.

Aliana objected to answering Hendra’s question. That woman stood and wished she could just leave, but Aditya asked her to sit again. That woman’s stomach began to look big.

Her appearance was no longer a woman who was wrapped in a knee-length skirt and a blazer with elegant accessories and bags typical of modern office workers which were usually presented by a marketing manager. She looked more like a housewife who was said to be learning to cook.

“We can’t get married because his father doesn’t want to be the guardian of our marriage and no one wants to be a witness for our marriage”. Aditya’s answer was so heartbreaking because it was accompanied by the teary eyes of the woman beside him.

“So finally Mr. Lesmana got angry”. Hendra said.

“I don’t know whether Dad is angry or disgusted with me. He doesn’t talk and responds to my words at all. He just said ‘whatever you want’ then doesn’t want to talk to me at all”. Aruna’s sister started crying again.

“Enough. It’s not good for our baby. Stop crying. You’ve been crying for days”. Aditya looked used to Aliana’s sadness.

“Maybe at that time he was too busy preparing for Aruna’s return. Stop, Dear”. The man calmed his girl again.

“Then where’s your family now?”. Hendra continued to seek information.

“If I knew where my family is, I can’t possibly live here”. Aliana answered shakily.

“There’s no way this could happen!”. Hendra was surprised by Aliana’s answer.

“You’re really abandoned by your family?”. Hendra couldn’t accept the fact that visiting Aditya and Aliana was pointless.

“Anantha said the baby in my womb needs the father so I was asked to go with Aditya for the time being. I don’t know how long. Dad also didn’t stop me. When I was about to leave, he didn’t want to say goodbye to me. Mom too”. This pregnant woman’s tears streamed down her cheeks.

“I’d asked Anantha. What did I do wrong? Why am I being treated like this? Anantha just said that so that I can be more mature like Aruna. My sister is having a lot of trouble because of the burden of the marriage agreement which should be my responsibility”. Aliana said while wiping her tears with a tissue.

“Did you hurt my sister? You got back together with your ex-girlfriend who’s an actress, huh? Dammit! Don’t bother looking for Aruna again if that’s the case”. Aliana’s question didn’t occur to Hendra at all. What’s going on out there? Hendra used to really care about his branding. But all was useless now. He didn’t care what their point of view was towards him. The important thing was that he had to find out where Aruna was.

“No! That’s all a misunderstanding! Aruna’s departure was planned, but it seems that your family has accelerated it because of the case you mentioned earlier”. Hendra answered Aliana’s question while thinking of the conclusion from his observations of Aruna’s return.

“I don’t even know why they took Aruna from me”. The blue-eyed man looked sad. The sharp gaze that was usually showed disappeared in an instant.

“I’d heard Dad and Anantha talking. Anantha wanted to take Aruna immediately since it was revealed that you two also have a marriage contract. Dad still got in the way. He said waiting for Mahendra to recover. I don’t understand. What’s wrong with you?”. Aliana explained.

“So that’s Aruna’s job”. Hendra smiled, finding the next keyword.

“Could you contact any of your family?”.

Aliana shook her head.

“Give me your phone number”. Hendra asked.

“Why should I give you my number?”.

“Because I need to communicate with you. I’ll also give you my new number. If I manage to contact our family or you succeed first, we can tell each other”.

“I need to tell you? What for?”. Aliana was still confused.

“Because we… Huh. Listen, Aliana! We did wrong to our family and neither of us was allowed to explain. Because of that, we must work together. Understand?”. Hendra was indeed good at lobbying. Finally, Aliana nodded.

.

Just as Hendra, Surya, and Hery said goodbye, Aliana stopped Hendra for a moment: “Thank you for loving my sister. I don’t know what’s your fault. Even if you made her sign a marriage contract, I know you’re so sincere to her”.

“May I ask one more time?”. Aliana nodded.

“Do you think Aruna also loves me?”.

That question made Aliana thinking.

“My question seems difficult to answer, huh? Okay. A simpler one. Does she seem to want to leave me?”. Hendra asked again.

“My sister is very good at hiding her feelings. I’m often deceived, particularly you. I used to like her bag. She said it’s okay if I want it. Aruna looked relaxed. It turned out that she was secretly saving again to buy the same bag I took from her. I just realized she lied to me. Our age difference is five years. Even though our ages are much different, sometimes she looks more mature than me”.

Aliana and Hendra seemed to present their understandings.

“Don’t be fooled. Oh, right. One more thing. Aruna doesn’t care about herself. She’ll choose based on the good for many people rather than for herself, like willing to replace me to marry you instead of accepting Damar’s love confession”.

Hendra nodded. His heart was beating fast when he realized that Aruna also had a man from the past who was good at persuading her to come back home.

.

.