Nadine starts trapping Gilang's heart

The silent atmosphere was suddenly broken by Nadine's crying voice. For no reason, he cried alone while reading the writing on his phone screen, and Gilang's eyes reflexively looked at Nadine with a worried expression.

"Why Miss Nadine?" Gilang asked enthusiastically.

Wiping away tears, Nadine replied, "We're going to the heart hospital in BSD now, my father just passed away."

Gilang's lips immediately expressed condolences to Nadine "Innalillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Raji 'Un… condolences, Miss Nadine, be patient."

Nadine's beautiful eyes were wet with tears. She tried to divert her sadness by looking at the highway, and her face looked desperate after hearing the news of his father's death.

"Thanks, Gilang… surely my mother doesn't want to take care of my father's funeral, she will tell me to take care of everything." complained Nadine who could already guess what her mother would do later.

Gilang's forehead wrinkled, his eyes never left the road, "Why is that, Miss Nadine?" Gilang asked enthusiastically.

Nadine wiped the tears on her cheeks, "My father is a Dutch citizen, Catholic, while my mother is Sundanese and Muslim. They got married because they had to." Nadine explained while opening up a little about her family story.

Gilang was silent for a moment, his brows knit together, "Forced marriage? But having a child, why is that so?" Gilang said, with surprise, hearing Nadine's explanation.

"It's hard to say…." Nadine sighed; it was hard for her to reveal the fact of her parents' marriage.

Her elbow rested on the edge of the car door while supporting her cheek, her eyes turned to the left of the road.

Her thin lips began to open, "Actually this is my family's disgrace, but I want to share it with you, please keep this story from other people." Nadine said in a hoarse voice. She really wanted to tell her life's grievances.

"If it's a family disgrace story, it's better not to tell me Miss Nadine, just keep it." Gilang replied.

For a moment Nadine pursed her lips with dreamy eyes staring at the skyscrapers along the way.

With a sigh, Nadine then said, "My mother used to be my father's housekeeper, at that time, my mother had just turned 15 while my father was thirty years old." Nadine swallowed hard for a moment.

"One night, my father came home drunk, according to my father he was unconscious but my mother said, my father was very conscious." Nadine paused for a moment to take a tissue to wipe her tears, then she continued her story: "My father raped my mother repeatedly, and every time at night my father always came home drunk and asked to have sex with my mother by force. Three months later, my mother became pregnant and was forced to marry my father to cover up her family's disgrace." Nadine could not continue her story, and tears were already streaming down her cheeks.

Gilang took a handkerchief from his pocket and gave it to Nadine without turning around, Nadine received Gilang's handkerchief then wiped the tears on her face.

With a sobbing voice, Nadine continued her story, "I was a child my mother didn't expect to be born into the world. Until now my mother is disgusted by the sight of my face and the two of us have never communicated at all."

"HIC…, It hurts!" Nadine screamed while crying so hard that it shook her body.

"Now, my father is gone. I lost the person who loves me the most, who else will care for me like my father."

Gilang's heart was moved to hear Nadine's life story. Behind Nadine's cheerful face, there is a knife of life that scratches her heart.

Gilang's lips were pressed tightly together and without him realizing the tears had welled up in his eyes. Gilang's little heart was sad to hear Nadine's sad story. Gilang's brain froze instantly without being able to process a sentence to say.

The atmosphere of the cabin was only filled with the sound of Nadine's sobs and occasionally Nadine wiping the tears on her cheeks

Along the way to the hospital, the two of them remained silent until they arrived at the parking lot of the heart hospital in BSD-Tangerang.

Gilang immediately parked his car and sat staring at the row of parked cars. He waited for Nadine who was calming herself down, she didn't dare to do anything, except to purse her lips.

Nadine unbuckled her seat belt and took Gilang's hand with eyes full of hope at Gilang

"Accompany me inside, I can't bear to see my father's body lying stiff." said Nadine with somber eyelids

"Let me accompany you inside." Gilang answered then turned off the car engine and the two of them got out of the car together.

A gust of wind ruffled Nadine's black hair, and she didn't mind the fluttering of it. She continued down the path while holding Gilang's hand, while Gilang's face looked awkward walking beside Nadine.

Suddenly, Nadine stopped her steps then pointed to a beautiful woman with a perfect body

"You see the woman who is standing beside the entrance, she is wearing a black blazer." said Nadine, pointing to a woman standing beside the hospital entrance.

Gilang's eyes followed the direction of Nadine's finger, "Yes… I saw a woman in a black blazer, why Miss Nadine?" Gilang answered while asking enthusiastically.

While looking at Gilang's face, Nadine said, "She's, my mother."

Gilang's face was shocked to hear Nadine's confession, and he spontaneously turned his face and looked back at the woman "Really Miss Nadine?" asked Gilang while carefully observing the woman's face.

"Yes, that's right... she's, my mother. Why? Don't you believe it?" Nadine said with a blunt face.

Gilang only answered with a grin and Nadine looked annoyed but liked seeing Gilang's face which looked cute, then she pulled Gilang's hand and followed her towards the hospital entrance.

Curiosity crossed Gilang's mind, who was still walking towards the hospital entrance with Nadine.

"Miss Nadine's mother looks very young, I can hardly believe that she is Miss Nadine's mother." said Gilang while looking at Nadine's face while glancing at Nadine's mother to compare two women who don't deserve to be called mother and daughter, more precisely brother and sister.

Nadine smiled, "Watch out, you'll fall in love with my mother." joked Nadine.

"No, Miss Nadine…, I'm just comparing her face with Miss Nadine. At first glance, people would think that the woman was Miss Nadine's older sister." Gilang answered quickly, turning his gaze to Nadine.

Nadine accidentally made eye contact with Gilang, she saw Gilang's eyeballs were dark brown.

"Why is my heart so comfortable with Gilang?" asked Nadine to herself, then hastily turned her gaze towards the entrance.

Nadine, without greeting her mother, immediately took Gilang's hand and entered the hospital building towards the information desk.

Nadine's mother saw that her daughter had passed her. Without calling Nadine, she immediately followed Nadine. She was walking behind them while looking at Nadine's hand, holding hands with Gilang.

"Is he Nadine's boyfriend? Handsome." she thought to herself

Nadine immediately asked the hospital staff where her father's body was, while Gilang stood behind Nadine watching Nadine's conversation with the hospital staff.

Nadine's mother immediately tapped Gilang on the shoulder and asked, "Who are you?"

Gilang was shocked and suddenly turned around. He saw Nadine's mother's face expressionless, and Nadine's mother looked at Gilang's face full of curiosity to know more about who Gilang really was.

"Auntie, I'm Gilang." Gilang answered, looking awkward with the look in his mother Nadine's eyes.

"I'm Nadine's mom, my name is Nike." Nadine's mother said.

Gilang hurriedly shook Nike's hand while greeting Nike, who started to look friendlier.

"Hello Auntie, how are you?" asked Gilang to Nike, just casually making small talk.

"Fine…, who are you?" Nike asked, pointing at Nadine's face, who had just turned around.

A red hue covered Nadine's skin when she saw Nike talking to Gilang.

"He's, my boyfriend." Nadine answered spontaneously.

"That's right! Nike exclaimed with bulging eyes staring at Gilang's face.

Gilang glanced at Nadine's face and saw Nadine's twinkling eyes

"That's right, Auntie, I'm Nadine's boyfriend." Gilang answered without taking his eyes off Nadine's face. Gilang is forced to lie to Nike for Nadine's sake.

With a sullen face, Nike looked at her daughter's face

"Okay..., I want to go home, Pendi is dead, you take care of his body." said Nike in harsh sentences then she turned and walked towards the entrance of the hospital building.

Nadine's eyes were wet again because of her mother's harsh words.

"I'm sorry. I have to admit that you are my boyfriend because Mama wants to set me up with the son of a wealthy businessman." Nadine said it in her friend's language, then pulled Gilang's hand. Nadine lies to Gilang, actually her heart really hopes that Gilang becomes her boyfriend.

"I want you to pretend to marry me." Said Nadine in a weak tone of voice. Nadine wants to frame Gilang, so he can become her husband.

"It's okay, Miss Nadine, if you only pretend to be married, I'll help." Gilang answered while glancing at their hands that were holding each other. Nadine smiled broadly; her sad feeling vanished from her face. The crazy answer sent his heart flying in the air.

Nadine's face blushed pink, she blushed while glancing at Gilang's eyes but with confidence she immediately pulled Gilang's hand while walking.

"Come on…, let's see my father's body in the morgue." said Nadine while holding Gilang's hand without awkwardness, they stepped with their faces looking more excited towards the morgue.

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