Not a Fake Marriage
Ch. 1. Accepting the Reality

Hi hai hai .. welcome to my 8th work (in Noveltoon🤭) and tell the story of Revald, his best friend Arkha. Do you remember Arkha? Yup! This novel is a continuation of my 6th novel entitled Trap Girl. But, if you do not read there first is also okay. Because it will stay connected. Happy reading🥰

"What, Papa's broke?" ask a nineteen-year-old girl to her parents. He was very surprised to hear what they were saying.

  "Yes now we must return to Surabaya as soon as possible before becoming homeless here, although we have to live simply there at least our circumstances will be much better!" replied the middle-aged man named Derrick.

  "No, I don't want Pa, and then I have to leave all the facilities here?" ask the girl more and more.

  "Can't, we have to go back Arruna! You think Papa wants us to be like this?" Without wanting to say anything more the girl walked into his room while closing the door very tightly.

  "Arruna, Papa hasn't finished talking to you!" maki Derrick's.

   Arruna Pranesti is a girl who is notoriously arrogant and always has fun because she comes from a wealthy family but her parents' wealth does not last long because her father was fooled by his business partners.

  "Is this house confiscated too, Pa?" ask Anika who is Derrick's wife.

  "All our assets here they confiscated, Ma!" derrick replied lethargicly.

  "God, if this is how do we continue life in Surabaya?" ask Anika.

  "Just calm, our savings in the name of Bi Surti are still safe, they do not know the account even though the amount is not too large but enough for the cost of our lives in Surabaya, Papa won't be silent or else we have to start from zero again" replied Derrick. Bi Surti is their long-time servant in the Derrick family even when Arruna is not born, neither Derrick nor Anika believes in them.

  "But what about Arruna, Pa? He won't be able to live a simple life Papa knows him ...."

  "Papa understands Mama's anxiety but there's no other choice" Derrick said.

  "Alright Pa, Mama believes Papa has thought about this carefully and everything must be for the good of our family, so Mama can only obey all Papa's decisions," said Anika.

  "Thank you because at a time like this Mama doesn't leave Papa, inexplicably Papa is so careless that he just trusts the cunning man!" derrick said with regret.

  "There is no point regretting everything that happened and make all this a lesson so that we are more careful going forward!" Derrick smiled at his wife.

  "Mama and Bi Surti started packing first huh, Pa!" said Anika then she immediately called Bi Surti and started packing all their goods.

  Derrick feels very lucky because his wife still supports him under these circumstances. Without them realizing Arruna heard all the talk of Derrick and Anika with mounting anger.

  "This can't happen, that damn guy has made me lose everything and have to live without the luxury I now get from my parents!" maki Arruna with a hardened jaw.

Arruna really can not imagine how his life in Indonesia later especially with a state of deprivation like this. No, no Arruna can't just leave her glamorous life. Arruna has to do something so she can still live luxuriously and get everything she wants.

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Los Angeles, United States.

"When are you getting married, Revald?" asked an old man named Gladio to the grandson.

  Revald Rahardian Burrack, a twenty-seven-year-old businessman who is the adopted grandson of Gladio Burrack, the billionaire entrepreneur in Los Angeles.

  "Revald!" Revald let out a long sigh as he looked at Gladio's intimidating gaze.

"I don't want to get married!" revald said with his flat face.

  "I don't care!" Revald walked out of his room and closed the door very tightly, making Gladio even more upset with his grandson.

  "It can't go on like this, I have to act fast!" she said she contacted someone who could help her get Revald married.

  Revald went straight to the cafe not far from his office because he had to meet his best friend named Arkha. There was no important meeting they just wanted to have lunch together there.

  "Why do you look lethargic like that?" asked Arkha who was already sitting comfortably in front of Revald.

  "I want to go back to Surabaya!" Revald's answer made Arkha's eyes perfectly rounded.

  "Why?" ask Arkha.

  "I've been lazy to argue with grandfather who keeps asking me to get married!" answer Revald.

  "Is that why you want to go back to Surabaya?" arkha asked with raised eyebrows. But Revald only smiled faintly in response to the words of his best friend.

  "Foolish base, grandfather just asked you to get married instead of asking you to plunge into the abyss of why you want to run away like this!" Arkhas.

  "I don't want to get married!" revald said with great emphasis.

  "Geez, marriage won't make you die, you should know how good life is after marriage!" Revald's forehead creased as he looked at Arkha's expression which he thought was extremely disgusting.

"Stupid, you must have thought of something so sickening!" maki Revald's.

  "You say that because you haven't had the pleasure of getting married!" Revald no longer wanted to heed Arkha's words, he immediately moved from his place to leave.

  "Where are you going? We haven't ordered anything?" ask Arkha.

  "Like I care!" Revald immediately left, talking about his problem with Arkha was not the right thing. Now Revald is convinced to return to Surabaya. Revald decided to go home and immediately packed his clothes.

  "Do you want warm water, sir?" ask the maid when she sees Revald coming.

  "No need," replied Revald with his flat face and he immediately entered the room.

  Revald immediately took his suitcase and put all his clothes in there, while on the way Revald had booked a flight ticket to Surabaya and lucky he got a flight schedule tonight as well. Finished packing Revald left immediately before Gladio came home but unfortunately when he reached the doorstep Revald passed Gladio.

  "Where are you going?" gladio asked as he watched Revald come out with his suitcase.

  "I had to go back to Surabaya because there was a problem in the showroom, Kek," replied Revald.

  "Liar, you must want to avoid matchmaking!" Kening Revald was frowned upon hearing that, he did not understand what Gladio had said.

  "What matchmaking?" ask Revald.

  "Grandfather has arranged your match with the child of one of our relations" replied Gladio.

  "I don't want to and I have to get back to Surabaya!" Revald immediately left his house regardless of Gladio calling him.

  "Can't be left like this, I have to keep forcing her to get married before she becomes an old bachelor!" gladio.