The recitation of the holy verses of the Qur'an echoed throughout the room, sounding so compact. Those who had just arrived took their respective positions and immediately became absorbed in reading the holy verses of the Qur'an."Mom," Tama called softly when Emily and Aunt Sri invited the two children to dinner."Let's eat first, son, or you'll get sick," Emily coaxed Tama and Rikel."Do you want Mama's omelet?" Tama said a moment later.Making Emily and Aunt Sri look at each other."Mama will make it, son?" Emily said and went straight to the kitchen. Aunt Inah, who saw that, approached."What do you want, son?" asked Aunt Inah."Auntie, help Emily, Auntie. The children want Mama's omelet," Emily said hoarsely.Aunt Inah, who had seen Zahra make vegetable omelettes several times, tried to make them."Hopefully the children like them," said Aunt Inah, handing over two of the children's favorite vegetable omelets."Thank you, Auntie," replied Emily, who walked towards the dining tabl
Slowly, the ground began to rise; Zahra was truly gone forever and never returned.From a distance, a man accompanied by two other people seemed to be watching Zahra's funeral procession and saw how fragile Axell was left by his wife. He was Axell's biological father, namely Fredd Waned.Slowly, the mourners left the cemetery area, leaving only Axell, Mrs. Ania, Mrs. Celline, her father and mother, Zahra's older siblings, and Jojo and friends.Axell hugged Zahra's gravestone while kissing it."Come on, son, be sincere, be sincere," said the father, reminding Axell and patting Axell's shoulder.Ari and Frans also waited in the distance.Meanwhile, a man dressed all in black had entered a car and was watching Axell, who was still stunned beside the mound of red earth on Zahra's grave, which was full of flowers from inside his car."Come on, son, let's go home," said Mrs. Ania to Axell.Axell only shook his head slowly and was still stunned by his position."Son, let's go home. It looks
"Marry my daughter and sign this agreement!" said Mr. Mattew to Axell."But sir...""I don't like being argued with; come to my house on the tenth. The money will be transferred to your account. Now please get out of my room!"Axell could only be dumbfounded by thoughts that went nowhere. He didn't know what was wrong with Mr. Mattew's daughtet that Mr. Mattew was forcing him to marry.There was no other choice but to marry Mr. Mattew's daughter; otherwise, bad luck would lurk. Meanwhile, he has to support his mother, who is currently sick.After leaving Mr. Mattew's room, Axell went straight home. He even refused to work overtime today."Mom, Axell is getting married." Axell immediately told Mrs. Ania that afternoon.Axell couldn't keep the problem to himself. For him, marriage was no joke.Although Mrs. Ania was not his biological mother, she was the one who had cared for and raised Axell since childhood."Alhamdulillah. Who's the lucky lady?" asked Mrs. Ania enthusiastically. It d
Emily moved closer to Axell and followed the instructions of her friends, who asked her to kiss Axell's hand."Now take turns; the husband kisses his wife's forehead," said one of the invited guests.Emily's eyes seemed to glaze over; she looked very disgusted when Axell kissed her forehead.Meanwhile, Axell's feelings were mixed together. It turned out that he was just a cover for Emily, who was pregnant."Who actually got her pregnant?" asked Axell in his heart. Axell did not even focus on today's event; his mind was filled with Emily's pregnancy, which was already quite large.With great reluctance, Axell and Emily followed the procession of the very simple event. The two of them did not even greet each other.Axell and Emily were currently hanging out with Emily's friends after the marriage ceremony was over. Several men and women looked very familiar with Emily.However, there was one thing that made Axell shake his head. Emily's female friends wore dresses that were no less luxu
"Whatever! It's none of my business," Emily replied rudely.Emily didn't even look at Axell out of disgust."If it's up to you, then I can sleep here," replied Axell, who wanted to sit on the bed again."STOP! You have ears, right? I'm disgusted to have to sleep with a disgusting person like you. Get out of my way!" Emily shouted angrily.Axell just smiled a simple smile. Although he had only known Emily for a few hours, he found it very amusing to see her angry."I'm tired, Emily. I want to rest for a while," Axell said pleadingly."Sofa! Or downstairs, there's an empty room for you! It's even more suitable for someone like you! This room is too nice for trash like you!" Emily yelled in annoyance.Axell didn't understand how Mattew had forced her, as it seemed Emily had never accepted the marriage."Alright. There is no problem sleeping anywhere. But what do people say when newlyweds sleep separately?" asked Axell, smiling as he walked towards the large sofa that was more than enoug
"How was it?" asked Axell, who had just come out of the bathroom with a mocking smile."Son of a bitch, what do I have to sign?" asked Emily, staring Axell in the eyes."Don't be angry; everything is reciprocal," whispered Axell, who then handed Emily a piece of paper.It turned out that Axell had prepared everything; he had prepared several sheets of the same paper. Because he knew Emily would not sign it with just one threat,Emily furrowed her brow as she read the paper Axell handed her. "Why make another agreement? Didn't you already sign an agreement with my father?"Emily gave Axell a probing look."That's different. The agreement with Mr. Mattew was between me and him. And this one is between the two of us," Axell replied casually.In the event of a divorce between Axell and Emily, forty percent of Mattew's property belongs to Axell Waned. [And if they stay together, Mattew is obliged to give Axell twenty percent of his property to be managed by Axell.]That was one of the con
"Isn't it worth it?" Axell asked again."What is?""You ruined my life with this marriage, and here I am not considered human. So, there's a price to pay, wifey," Axell chuckled as he patted Emily's cheek."Don't think you can get me! As you know, you don't deserve to be married to me!" replied Emily with a chuckle.She even swatted away Axell's hand, which was still on her face, very rudely."We'll see who falls to their knees in love.""Ck! That sucks!"Axell smiled, grinning, which annoyed Emily even more.Right now, Emily really felt like she had lost to Axell."I'm going to ask you to move into my mom's house," Axell said then.Emily widened her eyes at that; even thinking about it made her shudder in horror."No way, that would be a cramped, stuffy hut!" replied Emily, refusing Axell's request."You're my wife now, so you have to come with me wherever I go," Axell said casually."I still don't want to; I'm not a goat who has to sleep in a rickety house," replied Emily, who was
Mattew stared at Axell with a piercing gaze, like he wanted to eat him alive."What is this nonsense?" he snarled."Just a copy of a document, sir; the original has been scanned, and I'm ready to send it to ABC Group," Axell replied casually."Oh yes, sir, I have one recording that can make you happy," continued Axell, sending a video that he managed to record that night.Yes, last night, Axell accidentally saw and heard what Mattew was doing with his secretary, Lily. That night, Mattew was making love to Lily while plotting a plan to ruin the ABC Group company. That's when Axell took the opportunity to record everything and now uses it as a weapon to intimidate Mattew."You bastard, how dare you?" Mattew asked emotionally and pulled Axell's shirt collar. He certainly didn't expect that the person who was married to his daughter would now have the audacity to threaten him. And Mattew also felt that he had misjudged Axell, who had looked like an obedient dog, now that he was turning in