Anara felt her chest so tight, sweat pouring down her forehead. Anara wakes up when she has a bad dream about Belia, who is currently still in Rudi's hometown, her biological father.
"Oh, my God! take care of Belia for me! Don't let something bad happen to him, I can't afford to lose Belia. Although he is not my nephew, but I love him so much like my own child. Hiks…" Anara sobbed.
"Anara really sincerely loves Belia, what if the contract ends later? Can Anara and Belia be separated?" Neo secretly peeked at Anara behind the door, because Neo had heard Anara's screams in his room when Neo was about to take drinking water to the kitchen.
Anara was about to go back to sleep, but at the same time Anara heard the sound of someone knocking on the door from outside. Anara got out of bed to see who was knocking on her door in the middle of the night like this.
"Who?" asked Anara from inside the room.
"Mbok Ijah." The middle-aged woman's voice answered outside the room to be precise in front of the door.
"What's wrong, Mbok?" asked Anara when she opened her bedroom door and found Mbok Ijah standing in front of her room.
"I brought drinking water. I accidentally heard Anara screaming in her sleep, did Anara have another bad dream about Miss Belia?" asked Mbok Ijah to make sure.
"That's right, Mbok! How did you know?" asked Anara who already knew the answer.
"I accidentally heard Non Anara's scream, so I came immediately." Mbok Ijah said lying, and that was the umpteenth time Anara found out.
Neo always asked Mbok Ijah to bring drinking water to Anara, every time Anara had a bad dream. Meanwhile, he keeps trying to stay away from Anara for reasons that are not clear.
Days changed, weeks passed, and for more than two months Neo really never said hello to Anara again, even Neo had really changed and stayed away from Anara. Not only Anara, Neo also stays away from his family.
"Today Rudi wants to come to meet Belia, do you still have cake for Mom to serve later when Rudi comes, Anara?" Mrs. Sonya asked when Anara was feeding Belia.
"I keep it in the back cupboard." Answered Anara who was so painstaking in caring for Belia.
Neo who was about to head to the door to go to the office stopped his steps. Bad thoughts appeared in his mind. Since Belia returned from Rudi's hometown, Neo has been very angry with his former brother-in-law.
Flashback On…
"Brother, why is Belia's hands and thighs bruised like this? Did someone try to hurt Belia while there?" Anara asked showing bruises on Belia's hands and feet, this angered Neo.
"What have you done to Belia, haaah?" Neo tugged at Rudi's collar.
"You fell, Neo! You know for yourself that Belia has started to walk, she walks wherever she wants without realizing it is endangering herself." said Rudi.
"Don't lie to you, Brother! I know it's bruised like it's been pinched and punched. Is it true?" Anara asked probingly making Neo angry.
"Who did it? Do you?" asked Neo with a fierce look.
"No… no! That is not me! How could I hurt my own biological child. That was Miranda's deed, the new mother-to-be for Belia." Rudi said shyly.
"So? Did Brother Rudi let that woman hurt Belia?" Anara asked.
"I don't know when Miranda did that, Anara! At that time, I just believed that Miranda could take good care of Belia, I even thought that Miranda loved Belia. That's why I want to marry him. But after this incident I don't want to marry Miranda, because I don't want Belia to be hurt again by Miranda. I'd rather marry a girl like you, Anara! Even though you are very young, you have experience in taking care of children. You also really love Belia, I don't mind if you become a step-mother for Belia." Rudi's words made Neo angry, while Anara just sighed and rolled her eyes lazily.
"Eh? What does Rudi mean by saying that? Is he really going to make Anara his wife to replace Sister Arsyila, and become Belia's surrogate mother? This cannot be tolerated!" said Neo in his heart with gritted teeth and hardened jaw.
Flashback Off…
"I won't let Rudi come here with Belia without my permission! I won't let Rudi come near either, Anara. I'd better call Nathan and get permission not to come into the office today." muttered Neo discouraged him from opening the door and going to the office.
"What is it?" asked Nathan over the phone when Neo contacted the handsome, oriental-looking young man.
"I have urgent business today, it seems I'm late coming to the office. Or maybe I didn't have time to come to the office. If there's anything important, call me immediately!" said Neo.
"Hmm. Okay!" Nathan replied.
Neo and Nathan both of them ended their phone call, then Neo went back to the second floor to put his briefcase into his room. Neo stands on the balcony in his room to see Rudi coming.
"I won't let Belia and Anara go easily, for a bastard like Rudi." Said Neo furiously.
A knock sounded at the door of his room, Neo, who was preparing to see Rudi's arrival, immediately got up from his seat to open the door.
"Daddy, what's wrong?" asked Neo with a jolt of surprise when Mr. Nuh was already standing in front of Neo's room.
"You didn't go to work today, Neo?" asked Mr. Nuh probingly.
"No, Daddy! I have urgent business, maybe today I will just do my work at home so that it will be finished quickly." Answer Neo origin.
"What urgent business?" asked Mr. Nuh increasingly suspicious.
"About working with clients from abroad, Dad!" answered Neo.
"Hmm. Okay! Then Daddy goes first." Mr. Nuh said leaving Neo who was still standing in the doorway.
"Hufffttt…" Neo let out a long breath.
Moments later, Neo actually saw Rudi's car enter his yard, saw Rudi coming, suddenly the blood in Neo's body seemed to boil and was full of emotion.
"Still not enough to make my nephew suffer, now come again. What else would he come here for?" Neo clenched his fists with clenched jaws.
Not wanting to waste any more time, Neo immediately came out of his room and went down to the first floor to block Rudi's arrival. But Neo was a little late, because Anara had already opened the door.
"How are you, Belia, honey? How are you too, Anara?" Rudi's eyes seemed to show that he deserved to be a good husband for Anara, seeing that Neo felt disgusted by Rudi's womanizer attitude.
"Eheeem…" Neo's loud coughing voice surprised Rudi and Anara, even Belia turned around quickly when she heard Neo's voice. Knowing that it was her favorite Big Daddy, Belia hobbled closer to Neo.
"Be careful, dear!" Anara warned, while Belia, who was very agile, kept walking towards Neo.
Neo quickly crouched down in front of Belia to align his body with her height. Neo then spread his hands to welcome Belia who was walking towards him.
"Daddy… daddy…" Belia, who was already good at talking, called out to Neo.
"Yes dear! Want to play with Daddy?" asked Neo to make Belia spontaneously nod slowly in a cute way.
"Una… una…" Belia pointed at Anara.
"You also want to play together, mother?" asked Neo in a loud voice, deliberately heating up Rudi who was already sitting and talking to Anara.
"Dad can come play, honey?" asked Rudi, but Belia quickly shook her head as if rejecting the presence of Rudi, who incidentally was her own biological father.
"Daddy... Una... Yaya." Young babble.
"Okay! Let's just play with Daddy and Mommy!" asked Neo who was greeted by a quick nod of his head by Belia.
Neo then sat beside Anara because Belia asked him to, seeing Rudi who kept glancing at Anara made Neo feel like a hot worm. Neo is really jealous, but Neo also doesn't want Anara to know how he feels right now. Because Neo has promised to throw away his love for Anara.
When Anara was taking Belia to play in the back near the swimming pool, Sarah came to meet Neo who happened to be Rudi also still at home talking to Mrs. Sonya.
"Sarah, you came alone?" asked Mrs. Sonya.
"Yes, Auntie! I need Neo." Sarah replied.
Neo, who was sitting on a chair in front of the swimming pool accompanying Anara and Belia to play, was not interested in turning towards the sound where Sarah was.
"Neo you here?" Sarah asked approaching Neo.
Neo didn't answer, he just glanced at her and then looked back at Belia and Anara, who were peacefully playing, who occasionally laughed happily because Anara could make Belia feel comfortable when she was with him.
"Neo I want to talk to you alone." Sarah said, whose eyes kept catching small glances from Neo to Anara.
"Say what's wrong? I do not have much time!" replied Neo coldly.
"I want to give this to you. Don't forget to come, okay?" Sarah handed Neo a piece of invitation paper.
"If it's just to deliver this invitation, you don't need to talk to me alone right?" quipped Neo cynically.
"But I really want to talk to you alone." Sarah urged, who didn't want her words to be heard by Anara, who was sitting not far from where Neo was currently sitting.
"Just tell me what's wrong? Anara is not someone else, let him come listen! He and you will be neither mutually beneficial nor detrimental at all." said Neo.
"Hmm. Okay!" Sarah replied with an annoyed face
"When going to the event, can you pick me up? And we danced together on the show, Neo," Sarah pleaded, making Neo laugh out loud.
"You have such confidence, Sarah!" Neo's teasing made Sarah's face redden.
"Neo, I beg you!" Sarah cupped his hands.
"Do not dream!" Neo replied.
And that night came, Neo, who didn't want to come alone, had to invite Anara to go with him. Initially, Anara refused to go along, especially since Anara also knew that Sarah had previously asked Neo to go with her.
With a deadly seduction move, Neo finally succeeded in convincing Anara that the girl was forced to go with him. On the pretext of parting ways after 9 months of the cooperation contract agreement between Neo and Anara.
"In two days our cooperation contract agreement will end, so I hope tonight we can spend some good time together. I want when you part ways later you are willing to forgive my mistakes, so I will forgive all your mistakes to me." Said Neo flatly.
"Thank you for forgiving all my mistakes. I also apologize for many mistakes." said Anara.
They arrived at a luxury hotel downtown. Neo walked slowly following Anara's steps, who wore a black robe sprinkled with sequins that blended beautifully with a plain triangular headscarf that looked harmonious when Anara wore it.
When Neo entered the party area, all eyes were on this handsome young man. A rare sight makes all of Neo's friends and friends chuckle in awe when Neo leads a beautiful girl with him. But in another corner, a pair of eyes stared at him hatefully.