Vira didn't know what to say when Jonathan met her, everything felt strange and heavy in her chest. The shadow of her difficult past, the treatment of the Darsono family, and Jonathan's apology, she hopes that all this is just a bad dream.

but seeing Jonathan kneeling in front of her made Vira helpless, she couldn't see someone lowering herself in front of her, she asked Jonathan to stand up but Jonathan refused.

Vira had to squat down and grab the shoulders of Jonathan who had fallen.

"I don't know what to say to you, I'm confused, all of this is so sudden, I don't know what to say, I'm confused by this feeling!" Vira's voice trembled, she tried to be strong but her eyes looked teary.

"This is not your will, you can't choose who you come to, you can't choose who your mother or father is. And me, I'm a bad man, I ruined the lives of my daughters, you and Sarah."

Hearing Sarah's name made Vira's face tense.

Sarah? she didn't want to believe her hearing yesterday but this is reality.

"Sir," she called out very awkwardly. "Are You Sarah's father?" She asked, refusing the answer she was about to hear.

Jonathan knows if Vira is not comfortable with her position, especially wearing a dress, he slowly gets up from his kneeling position, starts to stand up, he tries to meet Vira's eyes which are full of big question marks.

"Yes, I am the father of Sarah and you."

an answer that Vira didn't want to hear, but she had to know.

Vira's breath sounded heavy, all these facts felt heavy for her.

"You must hate me, I am very cowardly and stupid, I have been deceived, the Broto family ruined everything, Mr. Broto, his wife, and my ex-wife, they all conspired to destroy my life."

Vira nodded her head, she had heard snippets of events in the past though not detailed.

"Sir, let's sit down and talk." Vira's invitation made Jonathan smile.

He was very happy to hear Vira wanted to talk to him.

they left the veranda where they met, the two of them chose a seat in the corner of the cafe, ordering a warm drink to just accompany the tension between them.

This is the beginning of the relationship between father and daughter who never knew each other, even Jonathan did not think that the baby was still alive and could be this big, this is a miracle for him, he found not only Sarah but also Vira.

His decision to return to land was indeed a very great fate.

Dirrrrt…

Jonathan's cell phone rang, he just got it. Given a cell phone from a handsome young doctor, he thinks that Andrew and Sarah are very compatible but neither of them admits their relationship.

This phone is not bad and outdated. Jonathan is still confused about how to operate this sophisticated phone.

"There's a message coming in but I can only see a piece of writing, I can't read the whole text," Jonathan said holding his phone screen away, age can't lie, he's already nearsighted.

Vira smiled at Jonathan's confession. "You must wear reading glasses," Vira said, moving as if she was wearing glasses.

"I forged glasses several times and then fell into the ocean several times. I hope my glasses don't become trash and trap animals in the ocean."

Vira chuckled at Jonathan's words. "Do you want me to help, I'll read the message to you, hopefully, it's not a private or secret message," Vira said offering help.

Without hesitation, Jonathan handed his new cell phone to Vira.

"Good new cell phone." Vira praised then she pressed the anonymous incoming message.

the message reads:

Sir Jonathan, it's me, my name is Vino, I didn't introduce myself properly when we first met. I'm in your room right now, I met Sarah and had a discussion.

Vira had read the message first in his heart and made him hold her teeth together, annoyed!

She continued the sentence Vino had written for Jonathan.

---Are you going to meet Vira? I heard the plan from Sarah, can you help my relationship with her, we are having a bad relationship after a misunderstanding which I can't tell in detail in this message, I want you to persuade your daughter to accept me and not think about divorce.

How can Vino send messages like this to Jonathan!

"Sir, did someone tell you to come to see me?" Vira asked, she was very annoyed reading Vino's message but she was trying to regulate her facial expression.

"Me? I came to you because I wanted to, I wanted to see you as my daughter, I know this sounds pushy and unreasonable, but… I, I want you to know me as your father."

Vira gulped, hearing Jonathan's answer, she tried to believe Jonathan's tone that sounded honest, she nodded her head.

Jonathan could see a faint smile on Vira's face, he wondered what that smile meant.

"I'm also happy to know that if one of my parents is still around, at least I know where I came from. I hope you give me time to understand this situation, and. I am an ordinary woman, I have nothing but the wife of the only Broto descendant who is rich and.." Vira stopped her sentence.

She looked at Jonathan's face with deep eyes. "In your opinion, what should I do after finding out who destroyed my mother's life is my husband's family?"

Jonathan was silent, he couldn't reply to Vira's words, this was reality. The heavy one.

"How did you meet the son of Broto?" he even asked something else.

Vira frowned, she thought about the beginning of her meeting with Vino.

"We met from a misunderstanding," Vira replied, to this day, she still doesn't understand why Vino was able to marry her in the past.

"Misunderstanding, what does that mean?" Jonathan looked confused.

"Never mind you, I am still confused by this fact. When I realized, I had fallen in love with a strange man who forced me to marry him, I didn't even know him, we both felt unfamiliar until we felt comfortable and the reality was not as beautiful as expected."

Jonathan tried to digest Vira's sentence.

"Where have you been living all this time, are you living and being cared for by Selena's relatives?" Jonathan asked again.

With a gloomy face, Vira nodded her head.

"I think they have raised me well, I can be their slave, and continue my studies at a well-known university, married the son of the woman who sent me to them, isn't this a great game, I'm not ready to listen to all the sequences of events that make my life so complex!"

Jonathan agrees with Vira's words.

"There's no way that your marriage with Vino was made by accident, all this smells fishy," said Jonathan.

"I think the same as you,"

"You have to discuss all this with your husband, you have to find a good solution." Jonathan offers advice.

hearing Jonathan's words, Vira smiled bitterly. "I think you're right but how am I supposed to talk to the person who left me sleeping alone last night."

Jonathan raised his eyebrows. "You mean?" He asked.

"Ah, you're not curious about the messages on your cell phone?" Vira asked.

"Oh yeah, who's the message from?"

Vera laughed a little. "The message reads that you should immediately return to the villa where you are staying, there is a special guest who wants to talk to you," said Vira lied with a convincing face.

"Guest?" Jonathan felt strange.

"Yes, you should go home soon, maybe your guest this time is very important!" Vira hissed annoyed.

"I still want to chat with you but I have to get back soon, it looks like someone is looking for me, maybe someone from the harbor." Jonathan immediately left, leaving Vira who looked annoyed.

Vira hit the table surface until the contents of the drinking glass spilled, she made the cafe waitress surprised and turned around with a confused face.

Her face was grim. "So he didn't come back to the room because of Sarah! Oh no, where did you sleep last night? You visited Sarah so early!" She grumbled angrily.

Vira was just about to stand up and leave the table when she saw Hazel carrying a tray of food, she almost knocked the tray in Hazel's hand.

They were surprised and a little awkward, meeting accidentally in the morning.

"Have you had breakfast?" Hazel asked with a characteristic smile.

Vira took a deep breath. "I have no appetite for food."

"Come on!" Without being asked, Hazel lowered his food on Vira's table. "You must have breakfast! You can't make excuses!"

"What do you want for the menu in the morning, ah, how about a warm beef stew, complete with chopped fresh vegetables." Hazel got a bowl for Vira. "Oh yes, do you like ginger tea or jasmine tea, both are fresh and soothe your body."

Hazel is very caring and sweet, making Vira forget her problems for a moment.

Vira was forced to follow Hazel's wish while a pair of fiery eyes were out there.