"Don't you agree?" asked Arseno with a sly smile.
"Wouldn't you be wrong if you asked me to clean the whole apartment?" asked Jingga who started to get provoked by his emotions.
"No, isn't that what a wife's job is? Cleaning the apartment, washing clothes and other things aren't you used to it?" asked Arseno still with his sly smile.
'It's useless that you have abundant treasures, Mr. Arseno. If only cleaning the apartment asked the wife to do the work, but wait, did she make this so that I would not feel comfortable marrying her? Very cunning,' Jingga thought.
'I will make you uncomfortable being my wife, and I will make you suffer, Jingga,' thought Arseno.
"Okay, I'll accept it," said Jingga.
'You think I'm scared, Mister Arseno? Cleaning the apartment, of course, is not difficult for me, because I have often cleaned the orphanage,' Jingga thought.
"Okay, I will also live in that apartment, every time I come home from work all the contents of the apartment must be clean and tidy, understand?" said Arseno.
'Is this a wife or servant agreement?' Jingga thought annoyed.
"Yes, Mr. Arseno," said Jingga, still smiling kindly.
Jingga went back to reading the agreement, suddenly he focused on the last point, which was only 1 year of marriage.
"Master Arseno, what does it mean to be married for only 1 year?" asked Jingga confused.
Arseno laughed loudly. "Hey Jingga, what do you want from an Arseno Keane? You want a marriage for life? I'm sure you won't get that," said Arseno raising his voice.
Jingga looked down at the painful words. Jingga doesn't love Arseno yet, but that doesn't mean marriage can be made into a game like Arseno wants.
'I'd rather cancel everything than I am trapped by love later,' thought Jingga.
"Never intend to refuse this matchmaking, Jingga," said Arseno as if he knew what was in Jingga's mind.
"Hm no, Mr. Arseno," answered Jingga nervously.
"We will still be married for 1 year and I hope you don't involve your feelings for me because I can make sure I will never love you," said Arseno who gave a big warning to Jingga.
"Okay Mr. Arseno," said Jingga silently.
"Good, we will get married soon," said Arseno.
"What?" someone shouted from the door.
"Selva," said Arseno, surprised to see his lover standing in front of the door of his room.
Jingga was surprised to hear Selva's scream. 'Oh so this is Selva? Mr. Arseno's lover,' thought Jingga.
"Mr. Arseno, I'm sorry I couldn't stop Miss Selva from entering," said Secretary Niko, who was behind Selva, who immediately opened the door to Arseno's study without knocking first.
"Come out Secretary Niko, let Selva into my room," said Arseno.
"Okay, Mr. Arseno," said Secretary Niko.
Niko's secretary came out and closed the door to Arseno's office.
"Explain!" said Selva who was acting mature.
"We're getting married," said Arseno.
"You promise to refuse this marriage, right dear?" said Selva who began to tear up.
"Then, this is the woman?" said Selva who looked at Orange from head to toe.
"Yes dear, I already refused but Mama and Papa insisted," said Arseno.
"Why did you betray our love?" said Selva.
"Honey I did not betray our love, I still belong to you, this marriage is only 1 year and I promise I will not do anything to this woman," said Arseno.
'It's very funny to see this scene, Mr. Arseno who is very fierce can actually melt like this to his lover,' thought Jingga laughing silently.
"1 Year? Really?" Selva asked for sure.
'I'm not sure they didn't do anything, this woman is so naturally beautiful, what if Arseno is seduced by her? While this woman is lawful for him later,' Selva thought.
"Honey, you believe it right?" asked Arseno to wake Selva from her daydream.
"Yes, I believe," said Selva.
"Miss, I'm sorry that I was present among you," said Jingga who felt bad.
"Hmm, it's okay, it's not your fault right? This is at the request of Papa and Mama Arseno so I don't blame you at all," Selva said nicely.
Selva is indeed a very good woman, that's what makes Arseno never stop loving Selva in the slightest.
"Thank you Mr. Arseno and Miss Selva, then I will say goodbye to go home," said Jingga who rushed to leave Arseno's room.
"Wait! The letter will not be valid, if it has not been signed, so let's sign it first," said Arseno.
'Oh my God, that's all, even though this letter is so unimportant,' thought Jingga.
"Yes, Mr. Arseno," said Jingga.
Jingga and Arseno immediately signed two papers, each of them holding one paper.
"You hold the one and only I hold, this letter is very legal and official, so you don't mess with this agreement," said Arseno.
"Okay Mr. Arseno," said Jingga who immediately left Arseno and Selva.
"Honey, are you sure you're doing this? What if Mama and Papa found out everything?" Selva asked.
"Calm down, as long as no one tells me then I'm safe," said Arseno calming his lover.
"Okay, so what if I want to be alone with you?" Selva asked.
"You can come to my apartment, I'll live there later. The problem is Jingga, you don't worry because I will make sure he won't tell Mama or Papa," said Arseno.
"Okay, I believe in you," said Selva who immediately hugged Arseno's stocky body.
Meanwhile, Jingga immediately walked quickly to the exit of the Keane Properti company.
"Miss Jingga," Secretary Niko shouted when he saw Jingga who was about to press the elevator button.
"What's wrong Secretary Niko?" asked Jingga.
"Please take the special elevator and I will take Miss to the boutique," said Secretary Niko.
"The public elevator and the special elevator can both get to the lower floors, right? And don't bother taking me home, Secretary Niko," said Jingga refusing.
"This is Mr. Arseno's request to take Miss home," said Secretary Niko.
"Is that true?" asked Jingga suspiciously.
"Miss, please take the special elevator," said Secretary Niko again.
"Okay," said Jingga who walked up the special elevator alone with Secretary Niko.
Now they were both in the elevator. "If only Mr. Arseno was like you who are very kind, Secretary Niko, then I will be happy to accept this matchmaking," said Jingga quietly.
"Miss, it's best not to talk like that," said Secretary Niko.
Jingga was silent when he heard Secretary Niko's answer.
'Oh my God, Orange, why do you say something like that, it is clear that the person you are talking to is Mr. Arseno's personal secretary, if Niko's Secretary told Young Master Arseno then he will surely be angry with me. Oh my God, it's really not good to live like this full of fear especially if I'm already under the same roof with him. Ah, I can't imagine it all,' Jingga thought.
Birds chirping greets Jingga. Yes, you can be sure if today is very bright. Jingga should be excited today because Adisty said that their boutique was very busy with shoppers, but Mrs. Dwi broke that enthusiasm who said that the Keane family would come to the orphanage tomorrow night to get answers from Jingga.
"Jingga, let's get ready, today there will be a lot of people going to our boutique," said Adisty who saw Jingga engrossed in his thoughts in his bedroom window while Adisty had just finished taking a shower.
"Yes, Adisty, I want to take a shower first," said Jingga.
"It must be because of the matchmaking, right?" said Adisty.
"Yes you are right, I feel bad in this position," said Jingga.
"I'm sure you will love each other. Mr. Arseno will definitely love you Jingga, I'm sure of that," said Adisty for sure.
"I hope so," said Jingga.
"But I don't think so, Mr. Arseno already said don't involve feelings because this marriage is only a temporary marriage."
"Is it true that Mr. Arseno said that? It turns out that he is really cruel," said Adisty.
Jingga and Adisty were silent together. "Take a shower, we will immediately go to the boutique," said Adisty who was very excited to go to the boutique.
"Okay, I'll take a shower soon," said Jingga.
***
Sunday night came, the thing that worried Jingga the most, when he saw the Keane family's car parked in the yard of the Dwi Hasanah orphanage.
"Jingga, the Keane family has arrived, how come you haven't changed your clothes yet," said Adisty who saw Jingga peeking behind the window.
"I know Adisty, here I am seeing them coming," said Jingga.
"Then why are you still here? Let's get ready and immediately meet them," said Adisty who moved Jingga to get ready immediately.
"Yes. I'm ready Adisty," answered Jingga.
15 minutes passed now Jingga walked to the guest house in his simple clothes. Jingga saw that there were already Mr. David, Mrs. Diva, Young Master Arseno, Miss Yuriza, Mrs. Dwi and Mrs. Sri.
"Jingga, you finally came," said Mrs. Dwi.
Jingga really understands that look, Mrs. Dwi must be really waiting for Jiggga's presence. Yes, it's only natural because Jingga has made the Keane family wait for 15 minutes.
"Sit down, Jingga, it doesn't matter, we just waited 15 minutes," said Mrs. Diva.
Jingga felt bad, not to Arseno but to Mrs. Diva.
Jingga immediately sat on the sofa next to Mrs. Diva.
"Okay, let's get straight to it, a few days ago we came here to convey the match between Jingga and Arseno, and today we are asking for answers from Arseno and Jingga for the matchmaking that will be carried out. Now maybe Arseno will convey the answer and then continue it by Jingga," explained Mr. David Keane.
"Okay, I accept this matchmaking," said Arseno briefly.
Mrs. Diva immediately looked happy to hear her daughter's answer.
"Then, how about you Jingga?" asked Mr. David.
"Hmm sir..." said Jingga nervously.
Jingga also raised his head and looked straight at Arseno's face. Arseni looked at Jingga meaningfully.
'Oh God, help me, what answer should I say, but seeing the look in Mr. Arseno's gaze, it seems that I will be finished if I refuse this matchmaking,' thought Jingga.
"Orange, come on, answer!" said Mrs. Dwi.
"Okay Mr. David, Mrs. Diva, I accept this match," said Jingga.
"Thank God," said Mrs. Diva happily.
"Okay so when are we going to have this wedding? 2 more weeks right?" said Mrs. Diva.
"What? Married? In 2 weeks?", Jingga was shocked.
"Yes, he is married. Of course, this matchmaking is for the direction of marriage," said Arseno.
'I know too, Mister Arseno. But I mean does everything have to be this fast? 2 weeks for the wedding? Does this sound impossible?' Jingga thought.
"As long as you calm down, we will take care of everything, you don't have to think about anything," said Mrs. Diva.
'Yes, I almost forgot, if my future husband is a rich person who has a lot of money, so getting married in 2 weeks is not a difficult thing for his family,' Jingga thought.
"Mrs. Diva, I'm not feeling well," said Jingga.
'This woman is very good at seeking sympathy from my parents,' thought Arseno.
"Jingga, you're already a future son-in-law in the Keane family so don't feel bad, okay?" said Mrs. Diva.
Jingga smiled hearing Mrs. Diva's words.
'I feel really annoyed to see him smile,' thought Arseno.
"Mr. David and Mrs. Diva, we have prepared food, if you wish we can eat the food that we have provided," said Mrs. Sri.
"Okay, we will eat here. Come on Pa, Yuriza and Arseno," said Mrs. Diva who immediately followed Mrs. Sri's steps to take food, followed by Yuriza and Mr. David.
Now in the living room, there are only two of Arseno and Jingga.
"Heh, you didn't forget our agreement did you?" said Arseno who lowered his voice for fear of being heard by his parents.
"Of course I remember Mr. Arseno very well," said Jingga.
"That's good, and remember not to involve the feelings of our marriage if you don't want to be crushed by hope," said Arseno.
"Okay, Mr. Arseno," said Jingga.
'Who would fall in love with a cruel person like you sir?' Jingga thought.
"Mr. Arseno, your family is already behind, let's go there," said Jingga.
Without replying to Jingga's words, Arseno immediately stood up and walked towards the food court.
'Oh God, please help yourself to face people like that,' thought Jingga.
1 hour passed, they ate together and the Arseno family prepared to go home. Jingga, Mrs. Dwi and Mrs. Sri escorted the Keane family to the front yard of the orphanage.
"Jingga, let's go home first," said Mrs. Diva.
"Yes, Mrs. Diva, thank you very much for visiting," said Jingga.
"You're welcome. Orange, your wedding is in 2 weeks, so maybe tomorrow or the day after we will go to your wedding dress, and for invitations, buildings and others you don't have to worry," said Mrs. Diva.
Jingga was silent when he heard Mrs. Diva's words. 'The Sultan is different,' thought Jingga.
"Mrs. Diva, I thank you very much for being proud to accept our daughter, Jingga," said Bu Dwi.
"No, it doesn't matter, we are the ones who should be grateful for raising a beautiful girl who is very kind, I hope that this can strengthen our brotherhood," said Mrs. Diva.
'Mrs. Diva and Mr. David, I am very worried what if Jingga finds out everything, but I will promise never to tell the truth,' thought Mrs. Dwi.
'This marriage will take place soon, I hope the past will be buried by their love in the future and I will make sure they love each other,' thought Mrs. Diva.
"Okay then, let's go home first, Mrs. Dwi, Mrs. Sri, Jingga, later I will contact Jingga," said Mrs. Diva.
Jingga smiled hearing Mrs. Diva's words.
'Is it really my destiny like this? Married to a cruel and fierce man. Hm, I think I will write a novel about my story, there must be a lot of readers,' Jingga thought.
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