Zahra was silent. A flash of her husband, who had left her for a long time, danced in the corners of her eyes, and Zahra felt that she was not the right person to accompany Axell. One of the two women who meant a lot in Axell's life didn't seem to like her, and that was Axell's biological mother. ."You don't need to answer now if you still need to think and ask your parents for their opinion," said Mrs. Ania while gently rubbing Zahra's shoulder, who looked uncomfortable with the current atmosphere."If you have the answer, you can tell Hafiz the time; let him arrange for us to meet," said Axell."I..." said Zahra, then took a deep breath."I can't accept it," said Zahra, looking up.Everyone in the room was shocked, and they all looked at Zahra. Only Tama and Rikel didn't understand the direction of the conversation these adults were having."You don't need to rush to answer," said Mrs. Ania softly again."I don't deserve you; I'm just a widow who is always haunted by the pas
Ring!Ring!Ring!Axell's cell phone rang deafeningly, earning protests from his two children."Oh papa, the cellphone's voice is really loud," Rikel protested in slurred language, making Axell smile.An incoming call from an unknown number.Axell hesitated to answer the call."Hello," said Axell in a low voice."Hello, I'm Zahra. Can you come to my father's house?" asked the voice on the other end, which made Axell jump in surprise.Axell's heart was beating wildly; maybe if Zahra was nearby, he would have seen Axell's hand shaking violently when holding the cellphone when he heard the sweet and elegant voice on the other side."Zahra?" Axell asked in disbelief."Yes, I'll wait at my father's house," answered Zahra, then said hello and turned off the telephone.Axell still looked in disbelief at what he had just heard. Did that mean Zahra had accepted his proposal?Axell immediately looked for his two mothers, who were busy watching television programs on weekends like t
"Sorry for Tama and Rikel's behavior," said Mrs. Ania to Zahra."It's okay, mom," answered Zahra softly."Tama, Rikel is here with grandma," called Mrs. Ania to her two grandchildren.However, at the same time, an elderly woman looked at Ania's face and said,."Ania?" She asked, looking closely at Mrs. Ania's face as if she needed to be sure that it was really Ania she knew.Mrs. Ania was flabbergasted, and also Axell and Mrs. Celine stared questioningly. How could anyone recognize Mrs. Ania at Zahra's house?"Mommy Melati?" asked Mrs. Ania while shaking hands and hugging tightly the woman named Mommy Melati, who was none other than Zahra's mother."Oh my God, how are you?" asked Mommy Melati."Okay, mommy," answered Ania politely."So, who are you?" Mommy Melati appointed Axell because she knew that Mrs. Ania didn't have children."This is my child, Mommy," answered Mrs. Ania with a smile."Child?" she asked."Yes," answered Mrs. Ania.Zahra was seen holding her mother's
Zahra swallowed and sighed softly before answering her father's question."I..." Before she finished her words, suddenly Zahra's body weakened and her vision became dim until everything went dark.Axell and everyone in the room panicked as Zahra, who was weak, fell helplessly into Mrs. Ania's arms."Fira, please get the eucalyptus oil near the TV," mommy Melati said as she massaged her daughter's forehead."Zahra has been severely traumatized since the accident two years ago; she will always be like this when she is tense," explained Zahra's father as he continued to stare at his youngest child.Fira, Hafiz's wife, hurried to get the oil requested by Mommy Melati. And after finding it, she immediately gave it to Mommy Melati."Sorry," said Mommy Melati, opening Zahra's veil slightly to apply eucalyptus oil to Zahra's nose.It was at that moment that Axell's chest rippled when he accidentally saw Zahra's pure white and very beautiful face. The scar that his father had meant under her c
"Please go first," said Zahra, looking down in embarrassment."You go first." Axell invited Zahra to answer first."Hmmm," Zahra's father said, clearing his throat to decide who would speak first."Zahra, what's wrong?" asked her father, who indirectly invited Zahra to answer first."I asked for time until next month. Because I want to hand over the shop to Fira, who will take care of it after I get married," answered Zahra."There are more?" asked the father."Yes, I want a simple wedding. Without a fancy reception," answered Zahra, who was able to surprise Mrs. Celine with Zahra's simplicity."What about Axell?" asked Zahra's father."I want this wedding to take place as soon as possible in the next two weeks; tomorrow I will start processing the correspondence. I can accompany you to arrange the handover of the shop later if there is something that hasn't been handed over after the wedding," answered Axell."The first thing is that we will do the wedding ceremony first, an
"In our investigation, one time Kinan mentioned the name Ronny; does Mr. Axell know that name?" the police asked Axell."Ronny?" Axell asked while frowning."Yes, sir," answered the police, waiting for Axell's next answer."There are two people I know named Ronny, sir; the first is one of my employees at the Anggrek factory, and the second is my friend who owns a cafe in Pattimura," answered Axell."Do you know the name of the cafe?" asked the police."Yes know, sir, Sinar Rembulan Cafe.""Their real names you mentioned earlier?" the police asked again."The first is Ronny Hidayat, and the second is Robert Ronny Putra," Axell answered loudly."Okay, Mr. Axell, thank you for the information. We will try to investigate again, including the two people you mentioned earlier," said the police officer, followed by Axell's nod."Thank you; please let me know if there are any other developments," said Axell as he shook hands with the police and stood up, ready to go home."You're we
The fat man was smoking his cigarette through a wooden pipe with his legs swaying."I don't want the Axell Waned Group to become a business giant in Indonesia. Axell is just an illegitimate child who wants to rule the world; Axell's dreams are too high," chuckled the man.Not long after, his subordinates sent a video of the execution of a man named Ronny."Be safe; remind all of your subordinates that if you don't want to suffer the same fate as Ronny, don't let anyone dare speak out," he said threateningly to all his accomplices moving in the field.It seemed that all of his subordinates were shuddering in horror when they saw that Ronny had to die in such a sadistic way, and after that, he was thrown away somewhere so that it would not be discovered where he had gone missing.All his men nodded.*Today Axell returned to the office with journalists waiting in the lobby to interview him about his arrival last Saturday at the police station."There haven't been any development
The man looked in amazement at the towering Axell office building with its brand printed so large that, from a distance, it was clear that it was a large company."Shall we go in there, sir?" the driver asked the man."There's no need; just seeing it standing majestically there makes me proud, especially since my name is there, even though I've never seen it in person," said the middle-aged man."Why didn't you meet him?" asked the driver again."For what? I have no rights over the child; even in my religion, it is written that the child has no lineage from me. Now that the mother has appeared in public and admitted loudly that it is her child, I am happy. What more do I know now that his mother lives with him.It turned out that the man was Fredd Waned, Axell Waned's biological father. Everyone never knew where Fredd and his family were. It turned out that Fredd took his entire family to move to a remote area and start a new life there. Fredd bought hectares of land and opened a