"I'm sorry, Martin. She didn't know she was leaving."Currently, Martin and Citra's parents were discussing what to do next. They both discussed about Citra's departure. It could be seen how Citra's parents felt guilty for what the woman had done. She could have left at such an important event. The wedding was supposed to take place soon, but Citra left with another man.Martin was silent. He tried several times to call Citra and Ethan, but neither of them had any intention of receiving a phone call. In fact, they weren't afraid of the video, as if they were letting it be exposed on social media."What now, Martin? Are we going to look for Citra's whereabouts? Our parents still can't accept this. They were so happy a few hours ago, but all of a sudden Citra is acting up."Martin shook his head. His plan to marry Citra failed. She left fearlessly and left him with another man, who was none other than Ethan."I think I'll order some of my men to look for Citra's whereabouts, Tante," Mar
Guests had started arriving at the huge party, but there was still no sign of his men finding Citra's whereabouts. What if his men didn't manage to bring her? Would he endure the embarrassment in front of some of his business partners?Martin, who was in the middle of the party, tried to find the whereabouts of one of his men who might have reported Citra's whereabouts, but until now no one had come to see him. That made Martin sigh, while some business partners had started to arrive."Damn! How come they haven't given any news until now?"Martin then decided to get out of the party crowd, walked towards the front, then took out his cell phone. Of course he had to call one of his men and find out how they were progressing in their search for Citra's whereabouts."Did you find out where Citra is?" he asked once the phone was connected.However, the information provided by his men made Martin sigh. Apparently, none of his men who were assigned to look for Citra's whereabouts had found h
"Are we going to stay here, Ethan?" Amel asked immediately after being around the beach for a while. The woman was quite bored, especially since she hadn't heard from Lecturer Malik, which made her even more worried. Ethan immediately turned to Citra, where the woman chose to remain silent. After that, he turned to Amel and said, "Yeah, I think we'd better go home."Amel frowned, going home? Was she not hearing it wrong?"Go home? What if Martin's men are still in the apartment? Isn't that dangerous?"Hearing Amel's words, Citra immediately rebutted. "You'd better go home, I can find a hotel," said Citra who certainly didn't want to get them into trouble.Of course Ethan couldn't accept Citra's words. How could he let her stay at a hotel? Of course he couldn't let her."You're coming with us to the village, Citra."Hearing her brother's words made Amel round her eyes. Had she not heard wrong? Did they really decide to go to the village? Then what about Lecturer Malik? Were they going
On the way home, Ethan occasionally looked over at Citra and Amel. Both of them looked sound in their sleep. It seemed like they really needed to rest.The smile on his face was clearly visible, indicating that he was happy to see the two of them enjoying their sleep so much. In fact, the few bumps on the broken road to the village didn't wake them up at all. They really looked tired, so there was no response from them.The journey to the village was quite long, and until this moment Ethan was still driving the car. He continued to drive the car through several forests. Indeed, to get to his hometown, they had to pass through dense forests with towering trees. If passed at night, this road feels so tense. Luckily, they crossed it during the day so that the tense atmosphere was not felt.Citra, who had fallen asleep in the car for too long, suddenly woke up. Her gaze was directed outside the window, where several large trees towered high, giving the impression that it was so cool to be
"Looks like you guys haven't come to this house for a while, right?" said Citra after seeing how the dust condition was on the porch of Ethan's house. The house really looked like it had never been swept, with some dust and dirt stuck there.Ethan who had just gotten out of the car was quite surprised when he saw the condition of his house. Hadn't he given money to one of his neighbors to take care of his house? But why did his house look so dirty, it even looked like it hadn't been swept for several months.Amel, who also knew that her brother had paid his neighbor to clean the house, immediately turned to her brother. The girl frowned, confused and not at all expecting their house to look so dirty. What if it was dirty inside too? Surely they would have to clean up first before deciding to rest. Wouldn't that just make them feel even more tired?"Aren't you going to pay our neighbor?" asked Amel finally, looking seriously at the man who had just gotten out of the car.The man quickl
"It's getting late, Martin. Have your men not found Citra's whereabouts until now?" The mother of Citra immediately approached Martin, whose face was no longer friendly. How could the man's face be friendly, considering that all the business partners who had attended this event had already gone home? In fact, not just some-they had all left the party after the announcement that the bride had suddenly disappeared. Martin turned his head towards Citra's mother. Obviously, he was angry at the middle-aged woman for Citra's disappearance, but still Martin could not vent his anger at the middle-aged woman, considering that she had been the one who supported this marriage, even to the point of forcing Citra to marry him. Only this time, Citra suddenly ran off with Ethan. Martin chose to shake his head, indicating that his men had yet to locate Citra. In fact, they had mobilized their energy to search for Citra throughout the city, but still she was not there, as if she had been submerged
It was getting late, and a woman could be seen sitting on the sofa, staring nervously at her cell phone. She was eager to turn on the phone and call her parents. However, hesitation shackled her heart. She knew that her parents would most likely not worry about her; they would probably scold her for running away from the wedding that was supposed to take place that day.The woman looked at her cell phone lying on the table. The urge to pick up the phone and turn it on was strong, but the fear of her parents' anger held her back. She didn't want to hear a voice reprimanding and blaming her. She felt desperate and confused, between the desire to tell them she was fine and the fear of facing their disappointment."What should I do?" she muttered under her breath, as she continued to stare at her phone without taking her eyes anywhere else.Before she knew it, a man was standing in the doorway, watching her. The man, Ethan, could read the anxiety on the woman's face. He knew for a fact th
"What about this, Dad? Until now, Citra hasn't been found."Citra's parents were on the terrace, waiting for news from Martin. However, until now, the man had not given any news, indicating that Martin's men had not found the whereabouts of their daughter.The middle-aged man beside the woman could only sigh. Since the beginning, he had actually disagreed with Citra being married off to Martin, considering that his daughter had never had any feelings for Martin. However, his wife kept trying to persuade Citra to marry Martin.And now, they were confused because Citra had suddenly disappeared. This should have been thought of from the beginning, considering that there will be no happy marriage if it is not based on love. Now it's evident that Citra has left with someone she loves. What else could they do now? Complaining was all she could do."Papa told Mama not to force Citra to marry Martin. Look at her now, she's gone because of him."Citra's mother immediately turned to her husband