22. Responsibility

Kirana turned to Sintia, "I told you Adrian took me by force."

"Whatever you say, you go out together and spend the night together. I think it's enough now to lend Adrian. Don't approach him anymore because he's legally my husband and will soon be a father to my child!"

"Take it! I won't care about him anymore, and tell your husband not to interfere with any more possibilities!" Kirana replied fiercely.

Sintia smiled and said, "You can't be too sure he wants you. You've been chasing him from the start. Since you two are betrothed, he's not interested in you and wants to play with you."

"What do you mean?" Kirana asked. She was confused by Sintia's statement.

"Kirana... Kirana. Are you too naive or stupid? Can you see his attitude when he was still in relation? Did he always care about you and even compare you, right? When you waited for him on your third anniversary, he preferred my meeting over should celebrate the anniversary of your one-sided love relationship," explained Sintia.

Seeing Kirana be quiet because of her words, Sintia continued, "Ever since you two were matched, he always told me that his engagement was only to smooth out his parents' plans. To take advantage of your family, and he never loved you, Kirana!"

Sintia's words were like lightning in broad daylight to Kirana. It turned out that from the beginning, Adrian's family had intended to seize her father's company, and Adrian played an essential role in this. Kirana thought this was just a betrayal that happened at the end. It turns out that from the start, they planned this betrayal.

'Dad!'

Kirana thought that become the victim of these evil humans.

Seeing Kirana's tragic romance, Sintia was more than happy. She showed something on her finger and released it, "You see this! This is a ring with the same model that Adrian gave you. He bought it for me too. He even engraved my name and his name with a heart symbol here," said Sintia, showing the ring close to being the Kirana.

Kirana's misty eyes glanced at the ring. She could see the engraving on the ring. Kirana remembers the ring that Adrian gave her. There are no initials or engravings on the ring that Adrian gave jewelry. Her heart is getting sore!

"Then and now, it's different, Sintia. The proof is that your husband still wants me now." Now Kirana is attempting to make jealous up Sintia without a smile.

"And do you believe it? I told you he was playing with you. But still, there is only me, and I will always believe," said Sintia confidently.

"If he loves you, he should stop playing with me again! Because I'm tired of making him satisfied with your husband like Adrian did last night. Oh, he's so passionate, as if he hasn't done that for years," said Kirana.

Kirana's words hit Sintia so hard that her face turned bright red.

After being satisfied seeing Sintia, Kirana left the woman by taking public transportation. There, Kirana spilled the tears that she had been endeavoring to hold back since she faced Sintia.

Kirana sat cross-legged and rubbed her father's tombstone. "We were cheated from the start. They planned our destruction." Kirana said, tears not stopping.

After a while, her tears subsided. She kissed her father's tombstone, stood up, and said, "I'm going now. Don't worry. I'll get through this! Now I'm going to see mom."

Adrian hurriedly drove his car to Kirana's place of work. He wanted to avoid being late to meet Kirana. I don't know how many times Kirana ignored her phone calls. Even the woman had blocked his number. However, he did not find Kirana at the bus stop where he had met her yesterday. Only saw Anita and her friend. Adrian asked the two women, "Where is Kirana? You are not with her?"

Anita shook her head and replied, "She was fired by Mr. Riko today."

"Fired?" asked Adrian with a slight gasp, but he was happy to hear that at least Riko wouldn't be a threat to Kirana. But where can he find Kirana? He has no idea where Kirana lives now.

"Do you know where Kirana lives?" asked Adrian.

"We don't know."

"Okay, thank you," concluded Adrian. After thinking for a while, he got a clue about where to look for Kirana.

Adrian entered the lobby of the building and asked one of the employees there, and it was Widia, "May I ask you something?"

"Yes, what is it, sir?"

"May I ask for the address of an Office Girl who worked here yesterday? Her name is Kirana?" Adrian asked, hopefully.

"What are you asking about Kirana?" asked Riko, who was suddenly behind Adrian.

Adrian was surprised by Riko's arrival. Since Riko doesn't know anything about Kirana, he is at a loss to answer Riko's question. Seeing that Widia was still there, Riko told Widia to leave, and Widia obeyed her boss.

"Are you interested in Kirana?" asked Riko again.

"There's something I want to ask her," Adrian replied, "This is a personal matter."

"My former employee was very intriguing. I'm sorry I fired her this morning," said Riko. He had also lost his mind while with her in the elevator this morning.

"She's my ex-fiancé!" said Adrian, honestly.

Riko, who heard Adrian's honest confession, was quite surprised, but it was temporary. No wonder Kirana was surprised, so she dropped the tray when she met Adrian, he thought.

Riko folded his arms in front of him and said, "Ow, this is exciting! But you are married, Mr. Adrian, so why are you looking for her again?"

"Because she is pregnant with my child!" said Adrian. He purposely didn't want to give Riko a chance to approach Kirana.

This time Riko was surprised by Adrian's confession, the woman who had attracted him was pregnant by a married man.

"It turns out you're a player too. I wonder what you're going to do now?"

"Sorry, Mr. Riko, but this will be my matter with Kirana. I can't contact her right now, so I came here to ask for the address where she lives."

Riko could guess that Kirana was currently avoiding Adrian, so he decided not to grant Adrian's request.

"If that's the case, I'm sorry I can't help you, Mr. Adrian," Riko refused.

"Mr. Riko, please! I have to meet her now. This is for the child in her womb," Adrian pleaded.

"You care about Kirana or the child in her womb?" asked Riko. "Your answer will determine my decision to address her home or not."

This was an easy answer for Adrian, but he didn't know what was going through Riko's mind if he answered honestly.

After taking a deep breath, Adrian replied, "For the sake of the child in her womb!"

Half-smiling, Riko said, "You may not be a good partner, but at least you're not a cowardly father."

Hearing that, Adrian felt slapped and felt ashamed of himself. If only Riko knew how cowardly he never rejected his child.

However, Adrian was taken aback by Riko's following words.

"You can take responsibility for the child, and I will be responsible for Kirana!"