"I am a man with huge responsibilities I must carry since I was born. And you know that, don't you?" And he knew that, with this sentence said, Aruna would lower her head, hiding the pain he caused. "Even so, I will fight the impossible."
Aruna regarded him, eyebrows furrowed above the glassy eyes, puzzled.
"Let's try living together, just the two of us. Secretly. No one needs to know, be it your family or mine. Just the two of us, for two months," Hendra proposed, softly, yet certain. His eyes bored into her orbs, the beautiful clear brown orbs surrounded by red tendrils, thanks to the tears.
"Is that a good thing to do?" the innocent girl asked, uncertain, perhaps.
"Too much misunderstanding between us. Trust cannot come alone. We have to rebuild it. After that, it's up to you whether it's good or not."
'So you don't need to ask, what is marriage? What is a wife?' was left unsaid.
