"This is my house, Wina-!"
Arifin replied, "And it will never be our home, because I decided to marry Susan Pratama." He explained the status of this house which would not be a home for him and Wyne.
"Susan Pratama?" Wyne repeated the woman's name.
"That's right!" Arifin nodded his head, "The only child of Mr. Amarta Pratama, the conglomerate owner of AP Group, a large company that owns several oil refineries and coal mines in Indonesia."
Wyne listened to Arifin's story while his intelligent brain thought about it.
"Mr. Amarta Pratama-" Wyne spoke, "Didn't he only have one son named Guntam Pratama?" Susan looked at him with a probing gaze, "Why did he have a daughter and was said to be his only child?"
Susan was choked by Wyne's question, swallowing a little saliva, "What do you know about my family?" she said sharply to Wyne, "The man you mentioned is my brother!"
"Hoo?!" Wyne was a little surprised, took out her cell phone from her bag, and showed it to Susan, "Okay, I'll call to make sure you're Guntam Pratama's younger sister, my best friend from me and him in high school."
Susan was shocked, then grabbed the cell phone and threw it on the floor.
Prang!
Wyne saw this and smiled sarcastically, "Why did you throw my phone?" Susan stared at him after throwing the phone, "Are you afraid that you're not Guntam's younger sister? Afraid that you're not Mr. Amarta Pratama's only child?"
"Enough, Wina!" Arifin interrupted quickly, "Don't look for trouble, okay?" he pointed his right index finger at Wyne, "You're jealous of Susan who I chose to be my wife, right?" his lover accused him, "It's better now-" he released Susan's waist from his embrace, grabbed Wyne's hand, "You get out of my house and never appear in front of me again!" he forcibly pulled his lover out of the room.
"Let me go, Arif!" Wyne tried to release Arif's hand that was gripping her wrist tightly, "Let me go, Arif!" her lover shouted.
Bella saw her mother trying to get away, and immediately ran and blocked in front of her parents.
"Let go of Mami, Uncle!" the child shouted, showing his courage to defend his mother.
Arifin was surprised to see Bella, immediately turning to Wyne.
"Why is Bella here?"
"Because I brought it from England, Arif!" Wyne replied, "Did you forget, today we came so that we can gather in this house? Did you also forget, that you will marry me because you have successfully obtained a master's degree and are waiting for Elmer Group's decision?"
Arifin choked, starting to remember when Wyne and he last called. His lover left England with Bella so they could gather in this house. He had also promised them to get married because he had successfully earned two bachelor's degrees and was waiting for Elmer Group's decision.
Wyne roughly yanked Arifin's hand away, then stared at him fiercely.
"You-" his girlfriend reprimanded him, "Since when have you been with Susan?"
Arifin sighed, "Three months ago when I was in Jakarta to take part in a series of selections that Elmer Group gave to me and all candidates who applied for the position of marketing research director."
The next second a hard slap landed on the man's cheek and Wyne's loud voice was heard.
"You're so rude!" Wyne even pointed at her lover's chest, "I sacrificed everything so you could be at this level, but you just threw me away for that Susan?" The glare of her two beaded eyes showed anger.
"From the start-" Arifin replied to the anger, "I never loved you!" admitted the heart that did not love Wyne, "I just felt sorry for you who begged for my love."
Wyne was furious, beaten by her lover, "You insolent man, give back everything I ever gave you and your mother, including this house and the car in the garage!"
Arifin became irritated, trying to stop her by pushing her. She did not give in, continued to move forward, and hit her lover, resulting in bumping into Bella.
"Mami!" Bella screamed as the child fell down the stairs, fortunately, one of her hands quickly grabbed the railing.
Wyne and Arifin were shocked, Wyne quickly approached Bella and carried her.
The child sobbed and cried because when she was holding the ladder rail, his body hit the edge of the ladder hard.
Arifin became nervous, quickly grabbed Wyne's hand, and took her down the stairs. He didn't want to feel sorry for Bella who made his plan to marry Susan fail.
As soon as he got outside the house, Arifin pushed Wyne.
Bruk, Wyne plunged into the asphalt, where one hand protected the back of Bella's head. Her heart felt so painful, not expecting Arifin to throw her and Bella like animals onto the street.
"Go away forever, you b***h!" Arifin shouted at Wyne in a loud voice full of anger, "Don't bother me anymore! I don't need you anymore, you b***h!"
Wyne's ears heard the scream, making her tears flow even more. But she didn't want to answer, it could make her self-esteem fall even further.
Then the man's voice changed to another voice.
Brang!
The sound of objects, including chicken sempol, being thrown fell onto the asphalt road right where she and Bella were still sitting.
Susan and Arifin threw all of his and Bella's belongings, then the couple immediately went into the house.
Wyne's tears flowed even more. The man she loved so much, dumped her and Bella after getting a good position and immediately becoming the director of marketing research at Elmer Group.
Bella's tiny hands wiped away the tears from her mother's beautiful face, and the child's face was also wet with clear crystals.
The incident was witnessed by Ricardo. The man quickly approached Wyne, looking worried. Matt, Pras, and the aides rushed after the boss.
"Ma'am-" Ricardo's voice was heard reprimanding Wyne, "Are you and Bella okay?" he slowly helped her stand up and Matt reached for Bella to carry him.
Wyne was surprised to be helped by Ricardo, then quickly wiped away her tears, then smiled.
"I'm fine, Kang." She shook her head, not wanting the sempol seller to know about her condition after being dumped by Arifin. Then she turned her gaze to Matt and lowered herself from the assistant's arms, holding the child's hand, "Come on Bella, let's go to Gemmi's house, Mami's grandmother."
Bella nodded her head with a face covered in tears. She was very sad to see her mother being treated badly by Arifin and Susan.
"Mami-" the mother reprimanded, where one hand was pressed against her chest, "Mami-" she said sobbingly, "Bella's chest hurt." Complaining because she felt her chest hurt.
Wyne was shocked, "Your chest is sick? How come?" she looked confused observing the child's chest which was wrapped in a Mini Mouse t-shirt and a pink jacket.
"Bella fell on the stairs, Mami!" Bella said why chest was sick, "Bella hit the stairs, Mami. Bella's knees too." Then she pointed to his knee which looked red.
"Oh, my God!" Ricardo saw this and felt sad, he quickly carried Bella, "Ma'am-" Wyne reprimanded him who was stunned by his attitude, "Let me take you to the hospital, so the doctor can treat Bella." He said, "Matt!" his assistant called, "Quickly catch a passing taxi."
***
Inside one of the emergency room rooms, Wyne was seen stroking Bella's beautiful curly hair. The child was fast asleep after being treated by Dr. Ezzi, a pediatrician at GE Hospital.
Ricardo took Wyne and Bella there and luckily the young lady didn't realize that the hospital belonged to Elmer Group. It didn't even occur to her that the chicken sempol seller was the CEO of Elmer Group. Wyne's mind was focused on Bella. Although her child was no longer crying because Ricardo was good at comforting the little one, the incident of the child falling down the stairs was on her mind.
"Ma'am-" Ricardo's voice was heard from behind, reprimanding Wyne, then the handsome macho figure went to the young lady's side, "Ma'am."
Wyne turned to the side, then gave a sincere smile to the man who had been sincerely helping Bella. Even spending money to pay for a taxi and the hospital. The man's appearance was very simple, wearing a plain t-shirt without a collar, jeans, and a bucket hat.
"Yes, Kang Duda." Ricardo replied with a reprimand.
Matt who was standing behind them observed the boss. His boss's feeling was indeed triggered by Wyne. But it didn't matter if it was true, because the prince was a widower, then Wyne was dumped by her husband.
Ricardo is a widower without children because Isala divorced him two years ago. Isala is annoyed because Ricardo is a workaholic, then they still don't have children. Ricardo agrees because what's the point if the wife doesn't want the marriage to be maintained? That was because he caught Isala having an affair with Atum Jokono, a prominent cooking oil businessman from Solo.
"You're, eat first, okay?" Ricardo showed the bag in his hand which was a bag containing two boxes of food, "I'm sure you haven't eaten anything since you were at the airport." He added that he had chatted with Wyne in the taxi earlier.
Wyne nodded, reaching out one hand to take the bag but Ricardo grabbed her hand. The man looked at her in surprise.
"We're eating out, Ma'am." Ricardo said, "Sorry, the hospital's ER prohibits patients' families from eating because this room is sterile." He explained why he invited Wyne to eat out, "Don't worry, Ma'am, Matt will take care of Bella." He added knowing Wyne was hesitant to go out with him, "Matt, my little brother, is good at taking care of toddlers." Pointing to Matt.
Tuing, Matt gasped, looked at by this young master. However, because Wyne's two eyes were looking at him, he quickly nodded his head, confirming what the CEO said.
"Kang Duda's younger brother?" Wyne innocently asked Ricardo, "But earlier I heard him calling you, Young Master." She wondered if Matt was the man's younger brother because she heard Matt calling him Young Master.
Tuing, it was Ricardo's turn to gasp, then. "Hehehe-" he chuckled, "My little brother sometimes error, Ma'am. When he error, he calls me young master."
Matt's face immediately grinned forcefully, it was really not right for the boss to say he liked to make errors. Was he mentally ill? Once again he nodded his head, confirming what the CEO said.
"Ma'am-" he quickly spoke before Wyne could ask Ricardo another question, "You should eat soon, so you can take care of Bella again." The man asked her to eat.
Wyne sighed, feeling like Ricardo was like her, keeping his true identity a secret. She stood up and then looked at the man.
"Come on, Kang Duda, I'll get the food bag, so we can eat outside the ER," she asked for the bag.
"Let's eat together outside." The CEO grabbed Wyne's hand and led her away from the room.
Matt was left scratching his head while observing the CEO. Although he knew the master had a high helping spirit, this was the first time he cared so much about Wyne and Bella.