But about how Cleo can get the money to pay off all her debts to Billos, Cleo obviously can’t say anything to Willy. She has signed a patent confidentiality agreement. And because it was so impossible for her to break it, no matter what. Even though Willy was her best friend.
Cleo was strictly forbidden to tell anyone about this fake marriage! Whether family, closest people, even strangers!
“Trust me. I can guarantee that I get the money from a generous person, who is willing to lend me the money upfront. And .. to pay off all that he gave, I have promised him, I will work very hard and diligently under his auspices, until all my debts are paid off. So please don’t worry. It’s not a big problem,” Cleo said, which made Willy stare at her with a helpless expression.
So Cleo said again.
“The most important thing now is, I’ve solved all my problems with Billo-billo. You know for yourself how they fixed such a high interest on me!! I do not want if I am old and even die later, I still leave a pile of debt that is never ending to my children and grandchildren. It’s definitely a nightmare !! ”
Willy shuddered with horror. He finally relented.
“Fine… if that’s what you say. I will believe in you. But promise me one thing. You will not risk yourself for money. Money is not taken away. And even though the debt will still continue to my great-great-grandchildren, let them take care of it. You don’t have to think too long. Do you understand?” Willy asked while half making up a story.
Cleo sneered and then nodded.
“Okay, I understand,” she replied, modestly.
They then resumed their meal again on an increasingly cold night.
***
Since that day, time has passed very fast.
After two days later, Dirga asked Cleo to meet and match a wedding dress that was so adorable and beautiful to her, and to choose a wedding ring that looked so expensive to Cleo, Cleo kept counting every day and her remaining time before the wedding day.
Complete all the work that was still there after she submitted a resign letter to all places that become part-time workplaces. Then prepare herself and all her belongings to be moved from her current house to her new house, which was Harry’s residence. All of that, become the main focus for now.
Even though it was quite hard because she had to leave other colleagues for a while. Especially her co-workers who were in Reihan’s cafe because they already considered by Cleo as Cleo’s own family, Cleo can’t help but had to do endless consolation for all of them until the last day she works.
And since there weren’t many personal belongings, Cleo didn’t have any difficulty packing all of her belongings alone, into a medium suitcase that she has prepared.
Until then, the wedding day arrived.
A wedding with the theme ‘American classic and a million flowers’, waw presented in the middle of a city that was metropolic and hectic. And, no matter how festive the wedding was, and how many guests would attend, Cleo kept staring at a large mirror that showed her whole being perfectly that day.
Was this really her?
“You are really very beautiful,” as if able to read Cleo’s heart who questioned the truth about herself in front of the mirror, Mrs. Sofia said something that made Cleo couldn’t help but smile shyly.
After her second meeting with Mrs. Sofia before the wedding day, Cleo finally found out that Grandma Daniar, the woman she thought was an assistant who worked for Mrs. Sofia, the woman she met at the hospital, and the woman she was chatting with in a park, turned out to be the real Madame Sofia.
Didn’t know what luck came to her, the news made Cleo’s feelings soar. Unlike her description of an old woman whose personality would be similar to that of her granddaughter, Madame Sofia was far from cold and arrogant.
She waa a very kind and warm woman. Not surprisingly, because of that, Cleo also treated her very well.
“You are very beautiful today too, Grandma!” Cleo replied intimately, because before this Mrs. Sofia had asked her to act like her own granddaughter and called her grandma.
Hearing that her future daughter-in-law had warmed up and made a little joke, Sofia immediately laughed.
“But of course, I won’t be comparable to our main stars today. You, more than any woman present at this party,” she said with a smile. She then asked again.
“Are you nervous?” Sofia asked curiously.
Cleo answered briefly.
“Um … a little,” Cleo exclaimed, smiling stiffly.
For whatever reason, she wasn’t a little nervous. But very, very nervous right now!!
But because she didn’t want to show it, Cleo was forced to lie. Right now, Cleo really hoped that this nervousness didn’t show on her face.