Stealing The Wife's First Kiss

She is uncontrollable, sobbing, and tries to hit him harder. She is too tired to see the blue-eyed man who has robbed her of her youth. Three months ago he came to bring the contract of the arranged marriage and now he is spitting bullshit and forcing her to do what she doesn't want.

"Aruna… stop… stop it!"

"I'm so sorry." He is too late. She has lost her control.

The sole heir of Wenceslas grabs the girl's hand, trying to get some sense out of her. But she refuses to make peace, pushing him away. She starts to get tired and wipes her tears. 

"Sorry.." Hendra tries to plead for forgiveness.

"Go away… I'm sick of you… I want to be alone."

A pair of blue eyes are looking at her from far, the girl who makes him crazy is still sitting there unmoving.

Hendra doesn't know why he is feeling this way. Every time Aruna is near, Hendra can't think rationally. Her lips are like drugs, although he understands and knows that it will only end in problems. Unfortunately, his brain can't think properly every time Aruna is near.

Aruna seems to struggle with her gown to stand up, letting the gown touch the grass and walking slowly to approach the lake in front of her.

"What is she doing?" His heart starts to pound.

Aruna walks to the lake, slowly but sure and she stops for a while, to look at the lake and take another step until the feet touch the water and she looks down closer.

Hendra runs as fast as he could and grabs her back.

"What are you DOING?" Aruna struggles and tries to push him away.

"Aaargh.!! Let me go!"

"Let go of me!" She screams.

"How dare you to commit suicide IN FRONT OF ME!" Hendra is furious and doesn't want to let Aruna go.

"Who is going to commit suicide?!"

"I want to wash my face!"

"Really?"

"Of course!"

"From the way you look at the water, I thought you are going to commit suicide." Hendra slowly realizes that he is getting too paranoid.

"I want to look at myself! I am sure I look like a mess after fighting with you and crying so hard."

"Are you satisfied now? Now, let me go!"

Hendra puts her back to the ground and releases her.

Aruna looks back at him furiously. She is indeed a mess, her hair is out of place and her make up is ruined.

"Go away from me!" She curses him and turns back to look at herself in the water. But unfortunately, she forgets that her dress is too wide and difficult to control.

"Byuur!" She falls into the lake.

Hendra, who is walking away, stops when he hears Aruna screaming.

The blue-eyed man dives into the lake to help the girl to reach the surface because her gown makes it difficult to move.

"Are you okay, Aruna?" Hendra finally is able to grab her and sets her down on the grass beside the lake.

"Ha.. haha." Hendra starts to laugh at himself and the funny day he has been through.

Everything always goes wrong whenever he is with Lesmana's daughter.

"I'm going home."

"Where are you going? This is also your home."

"Not yet! There are still nine precious days for me to enjoy as a free man."

"Do you consider our marriage as a prison?" The man scoots closer, trying to lift Aruna's body.

"Go away!" She covers her chest with both hands as if trying to hide something.

Hendra gives her a small smile.

Hendra then turns around to offer her a ride on his back. He waits patiently and finally is met with a messy wet gown that she wears.

.

.

"Where do you want to go for our honeymoon?"

"To my father's house!"

"No one spends their honeymoon that way."

"I want it!"

"Don't you have other great requests?"

"I have a personal island in Lombok. Do you want to go there?"

"No! My father's house is safer and more fun."

"You are so stubborn!"

"Of course! I have to save myself from a pervert like you!"

***

"Again!" A manager flings a proposal to his artist's face.

"Until when are you going to do it like this?"

"You messed up your schedule and now you are brave to reject this big contract?"

"What do you want, Danu?!" Pandu is getting angry.

The weird guy just stands there mutely like he doesn't care. He is used to Pandu getting mad at him,

"Stop it!" Pandu grabs his phone away to stop him from playing games. He always does wherever he is getting scolded.

"Okay, so what do you want now?" Pandu is tired of talking to him.

"I don't know, maybe I want to quit."

"Now you are saying it again."

"You have started it and you have to finish it responsibly. Who makes you be such a mess? That girl again?"

Damar stops, not replying to the question.

Pandu fiddles with Damar's phone, he then finds and shows the girl's photo which is hidden in his gallery/

"Look at this." Pandu puts two phones in front of Damar. One is when Aruna was with him and the other one has been making a buzz on social media a few days ago. CEO of Wenceslas Group with his future wife.

"Don't tell me that this is the same girl."

"I was suspicious from the start, the car that came when we were waiting for your girlfriend in front of her house doesn't belong to ordinary people."

"Let her go and try to open up."

"You are going to ruin yourself this way. If you don't care about your career, it's okay. At least, care about yourself." The manager is worried that Danu Umar, his talented artist, seems lost these days. He couldn't communicate well, even taking care of himself. 

Damar grabs his phone, wanting to go away from the situation that makes him angrier.

"You got an invitation from Sarah."

"Go and find new friends! That's the only way to heal your broken heart."

"If you lock yourself like this… Ah… forget it, I am tired of talking about it."

"Go to Sarah's party. There will be new celebrities coming to her party. Find new friends."

_If you refuse, I will force you anyway."

***

"Surprise.!!"

Alia shrieks and claps her hand happily, while Aruna is trying to wake up.

She has been sleeping during the ride when Alia asks her to have dinner together.

She says that Aruna has to wear a beautiful gown because this is a special dinner that Alia and Aditya have prepared for her.

Turns out, there are her friends from Surat Ajaib, including Tito and Laras.

Aruna smiles a bit when she looks at the cake in front of her which has 'Bridal Shower' on it. She tries to fake her happiness in front of other people because she doesn't want to make them disappointed/

Actually, Hendra has offered her even he asked her to choose a bridal shower date with her friends. But of course, she refused him.

Unfortunately, not long after she catches up with her friends, the man comes with Aditya and of course, his secretary.

Alia hugs and kisses Alia's cheeks as a mature couple. On the other hand, the CEO and her just look at each other awkwardly. The last time they met, they fought messily.

Hendra and Aruna sit awkwardly together. Actually, they don't know what to do. They don't even think about bridal showers.

"Since everyone is here, let's start!"

A noise is heard upstairs.

"What's up there?" Aditya asks his lover. He is annoyed because the people around him are also annoyed by the noise."

"They said that there's a celebrity celebrating her birthday upstairs."

"Sorry, I made the reservation at the wrong place. I didn't know that it would be super noisy." Alia feels guilty.

"It's okay, let's start." Aruna calms her down.

"Because it is a different type of bridal shower. It should be ladies or men only, but since you attend together, let's use this!" Alia takes off a sash with the words 'soon to be husband' and 'soon to be wife' on it.

Aruna turns gloomy, but Hendra seems to like it. He smiles a little because he thinks it is so funny.

"Young master! My sister wouldn't want to wear it. Help me!" Alia instructs him to help.

"What are you doing?" Hendra stands up and wears the sash himself, shrugging as if telling Aruna to go along with their plan.

Aruna is forced to let Hendra help her to put on the sash with 'soon to be wife' written on it. She sighs loudly.

"Oh ya, one more thing. What is the special present that I asked for Aruna?" Alia once again demands.

She wants Aruna to get her engagement ring.

The blue-eyed man pulls something from his pocket.

"Sorry, I can't give you an engagement ring, because it is against my family tradition. We are not supposed to give someone a ring before the wedding is held."