"Haah... Haah..." Hendra's breath was tight since leaving Aruna.

The man sat for a moment on the edge of the bed, holding his chest before finally heading to the bathroom to wash up.

The man thought that everything would disappear with the tiredness of the water flowing from the shower spot.

In fact, not at all.

He looked at himself, messed up and slightly bruised.

Yes... Hendra just realised the corner on his face turned blue, not far from his red eyes.

When the man put the eye drops, he even saw Aruna's bite mark.

Her little girl was beyond limits, daring to give his body so many wounds, including the wound in his heart.

Unfortunately, Hendra didn't understand.

Something inside his chest was a different kind of wound.

'What happened to me??'

'Do I need to see Diana?!'

The funny thing was that Hendra thought that the pain in his chest was nothing more than a psychological problem that he could find out the cure.

The man looked at himself more closely in the mirror.

He remembered many things about this long day, including an intoxicating reddish hue.

If the girl didn't scream, maybe he would take a deeper sip of Aruna's lips.

Now, he knew how it felt.

Aruna didn't realise that she wasn't the only one who had the first kiss.

Somehow, the thief also had the same status about the first kiss.

He didn't want to erase the smell of the girl's lips.

Maybe he only had time up to 2 years. And along that time, he was sure he could win over his contract girl.

***

"Hendra, why did you hand over your marriage responsibilities to that person?!"

"You don't believe in me anymore?" Surya looked emotional, throwing the warrant to transfer the responsibility of the heir's marriage to his grandfather's secretary.

Andos, the man who was Surya's rival.

"You know I've never done such protocol." (Warrants are not my custom)

The CEO took a close look at the sheet that Surya just threw at his desk.

'Ah is the date not wrong? Isn't it next month??'

"Who did you get this from?!" Hendra asked.

"Your grandfather's secretary is in front."

"Heh." Surya condescendingly laughed.

He rarely got angry, but this time it was clear that the man was very disappointed.

"He even brought his bodyguards." Surya added.

"In front?" Hendra stole a glance at the front side.

"Yes! In front of the door of this room." Surya replied.

"Let them in! It looks like they want to see me." Hendra asked, realising that the decision he made yesterday had consequences.

"You have to rectify the transfer of responsibility again." Surya asked his master before stepping in to open the door for Andos.

"I didn't make it. We both understand. I can't change it." (The President Director's creation was a decree)

Surya was complaining. But, he accepted it.

A moment later, five men entered Hendra's office.

They looked stiff like his grandfather, stood before his desk and saluted in unison.

A sight that Hendra didn't like.

Hendra asked them to sit more relaxed on the white sofa in the middle of the room.

Unfortunately, they seemed displeased.

"Keep on standing there, or you guys just go out." They were forced to follow the President Director's grandson.

An offence came to their minds. Sitting parallel to the leader was not allowed.

"What will you say?" Hendra's words looked relaxed.

He perfectly made his words sound as a condition which was not worthy of being considered relaxed.

The most influential man among them fixed his eyes on Hendra's secretary. It meant he wanted Surya out of this talk.

Hendra perfectly got the point.

"Surya, bring them drinks. I think a little snack is fine too." Hendra asked him to leave very subtly.

"What??" Surya could hardly believe it.

On the other hand, he could not refuse Hendra's request.

"Tell me now!" The sole successor of the Wenceslas family asked.

"Your decision to choose Lesmana's daughter makes your position as the next president director getting closer." Andos began providing information.

"It means you have to get a tight guard." The former intelligence staff added.

"Huh... haha." Hendra laughed.

"You will make me like my grandfather? Ah that's not fun." Hendra threw sarcasm.

The old man was stiff and stubborn, who was always followed by his loyal guards.

"I just need an assistant like Surya. No need to be this serious." Hendra added.

"Every leader is the king in the chess game. And pawns like us are here to protect him. Business is no different from playing chess, don't pretend to be naive." Andos was a consistent and courageous man.

For a large business owned by a single-family, anyone in this circle knew that it wasn't easy.

At any time, a few directors from each subsidiary company could join and then they agreed to do collapsing together.

This kind of thing could already be said to be gradual destruction.

For that, the president director needed excellent strength apart from ownership share.

"I'm sure you know why your grandfather never showed any interest in making you the president. In fact, he spread the rumours that you would get nothing. He was playing chess to protect his grandson." Andos gave Hendra a convincing look.

Wiryo always eliminated Hendra in the President director's discussion. It was as if he would give it to one of his best employees or his loyal followers.

He was trying to keep Hendra from being bothered by greedy people.

"Even though he realises that the syndrome you suffer from, makes you not worthy as the President Director, moreover, as a single successor."

"But, he always chooses you. Even this time, he believes you can recover." Andos' words didn't miss Hendra's predictions.

He knew his grandfather didn't seem to want him, but the old man always used to tie him up.

Hendra remembered very well how he went through the hard middle and high school days.

It was a series of timeless activities.

From practising martial arts, even official and secret visitation to his grandfather's companies, both the largest and the small offices in the outskirts of a deserted city.

When the holiday season came, he was even thrown as a cleaning service at several of his grandfather's companies.

He used contact lenses whenever the task was scheduled.

He knew he was being moulded into a responsible heir from the start.

"Well, what should I do?" Hendra tried to find out what his grandfather's subordinates meant.

"This is Raka, he will be responsible for your safety, leading the guards."

"He's Pradita, holding the key to the D floor."

The D floor. Not many people knew where it was.

The rumours were real that Wenceslas had a technology & information centre to develop various potential sectors related to the digital world.

But, it had never been revealed.

The people working on the D floor were mysterious and almost invisible.

On the D floor, which was located on the Wenceslas Ritz Hotel basement, also shadowed the cyber division.

This team could even tap, finding someone, etc.

"The negotiator, Thomas."

Thomas and his team used to organize some public officials who were acting up. Even people and external companies sometimes knocked each other down.

"The internal secret agent, Vian."

He had confidants in each of Wenceslas's subsidiaries. He was ready to provide the latest information regarding the subsidiary development and its real conditions.

And of course, Andos himself was the right-hand man who was ready to solve various problems.

"What is Surya's position then?" Hendra still remembered his best friend.

"He will still be your partner. A business development partner. Isn't that his forte? So he's not going anywhere."

Hendra understood.

Surya and himself always had a way of collaborating to increase company profits. And sometimes he was bad at solving problems.

Hendra also realised something.

Why was he only good at improving company systems, managing increased turnover and some things about marketing, but it rarely worked when it came to executing traitors or hefty external or internal deals?

Usually, this was part of his grandfather's responsibility.

"Your inauguration, as the sole candidate for President Director, will be held after the wedding ceremony." Andos added.

"When is my wedding?" Hendra pretended not to know.

"One more month. Sorry, The president asked to be hastened."

"We need the right time before the end of the year so that at the beginning of the year, we have arrested the traitors and are ready to determine the next policy." Andos explained.

"Ah you guys look terrible." Hendra realised that his life would no longer be the same.

It turned out that he might change into a different person.

"Above all, your grandfather made one wish." Andos's face grew more serious.

Hendra knew this would happen.

"What is the request?"

"He wants you to undergo treatment with Dr Diana. And the treatment can be called successful when you have a baby from Miss Aruna."

"When the baby is born. All of your grandfather's powers are yours." Andos added.

"What the heck is that!!"

'The old man always had a way of controlling me'

'Does he know that I have a deal with Aruna??'

'If he doesn't know, he must have anticipated this kind of agreement could happen'

"If I refuse what happens?" Hendra asked.

"You have made a decision, meaning you know the consequence."

Hendra was allowed to go far away with Tania. But, he chose to stay in the Wenceslas family with Aruna.

"Miss Aruna will be at stake."

"What??"

"Huh... haha." Hendra laughed at himself, almost in disbelief at the consequence that Wiryo made.

Wiryo wanted him to undergo this marriage like a normal husband and wife.

The old grandfather really charged for Hendra's choice.

He ensured everything went according to his will.