"Bettered?"
Aldi widened his eyes when his mother said that he would be married off to his best friend's child. He did not expect to experience a fate like Siti Nurbaya.
Aldi shuddered in horror, imagining what it would be like if he was going to be matched, "Aldi doesn't want to, Mom."
Mellina, Mama Aldi looked at her son firmly, "This is an agreement. And you can't refuse!"
"Aldi already has a girlfriend. Aldi doesn't want to be married like that." Aldi is stubborn. He already has a girlfriend, her name is Tania.
"This is an agreement between our family and your future wife's family." Mellina opened her magazine. Don't care about Aldi who is now grumbling incoherently.
Aldi massaged his temples, "Mommy must understand Aldi. Aldi doesn't want to be married." Aldi also shuddered in horror when his mother said he would be a wife.
Mellina closed her magazine. Staring at Aldi with a sad face. The agreement between this family cannot be denied, "This is a business relationship, Aldi. You should understand the condition of our family."
"But Aldi doesn't want to be matched. It's like there's no other way."
"Here, come on. Mommy will give you some leeway." Mellina seemed to be weighing whether to say or not to Aldi. This is their second way to unite Aldi and his future wife, "You have to live with the girl for three months together. Think of it as an approaching period. If you find out that you like each other, the match will be carried out. If you still don't like each other, mommy gives up."
"Crazy!" Aldi reflexively shouted. He stood up from his seat, "Aldi doesn't want to live alone with a girl he doesn't even know. Mommy doesn't be crazy!"
Mellina also stood up from her seat. She patted the shoulder of his only child and smiled sadly, "You have no other choice. Tomorrow, you will go to Jakarta. Mommy has taken care of everything you moved."
After saying that, Mellina left Aldi who was now growling in annoyance. He could no longer refuse his mother's wishes. Now what Aldi is thinking is, how will he explain all this to Tania. And how is his life with a girl he doesn't know at all? Thinking of it all made Aldi's head throb wildly.
*****
"Bettered?"
Salsha reflexively woke up from her sleep when Helen, her mother said that she would be arranged for an arranged marriage. The eyes that had been sleepy had now turned bright.
"You're joking, aren't you? Salsha is still seventeen years old. It's impossible to get married. It's just weird." Salsha shuddered at the thought of what it would be like if she was matched.
"It's not a joke, honey." Helen stroked her only daughter's hair, "Your father has set you up with his friend's child since you were little. And that has been a mandate."
"Yes, but Papa has died, so the matchmaking is also canceled." Sasha ruffled her hair in frustration. How could she be matched when she was only seventeen years old.
"The matchmaking will continue. That's your father's will. His family is good, so his son must also be good. You can't refuse anymore." Helen insisted. This is a will from her late husband during his life. In addition, this matchmaking is also to strengthen the company of the two families.
Sasha got up from her bed and walked to her bedroom window. Inhaling the fresh scent, "Anyway, Salsha doesn't want an arranged marriage, Mom. Salsha is not a child anymore and Salsha can also find a future son-in-law who is better and richer than that family."
Helen smiled briefly, she approached Salsha and stroked her only daughter's hair, "Neither you nor he can refuse this matchmaking, dear. Both families have agreed to give you three months to get to know each other. Later in the afternoon, your future husband will come here. And you two live together. After three months, it's up to you whether you want to continue or cancel this match." Helen blinked her eyes and walked out of Salsha's room.
Salsha stomped her feet annoyed, she didn't want to be matched with anyone. After all, Salsha already has a crush, Farel's name. Which will be much better than the man she will marry.
"I will make him illfeel with me and not accept the matchmaking. Farel must be much better than him. Aaaaa, I don't want to be matched."
Salsha smiled when she got interesting ideas to cancel the matchmaking. She will try his best so that the match will never happen and his relationship with Farel will be closer.