7

"Possessiveness is attention, attention is dear. So possessiveness is dear."

-Daniel

Daniel's car arrived right in front of Shakira's house. The girl beside him immediately came down without waiting for Daniel first, it made Daniel's typical evil smile now printed on his lips.

The man immediately got out of his car. When they were about to shout Shakira's name, someone first cut them off.

"Wow, Mami's favorite child has come home!" Soraya immediately greeted Shakira's arrival by kissing her daughter's cheeks. Soraya's eyes then turned to Daniel who was still beside his car, a big smile printed on the middle-aged woman's lips. "Eh, there is a prospective daughter-in-law!"

Shakira glared at her mother who immediately left her and came to Daniel. The girl turned around, looked at the mother who was now in front of the man.

"Prospective son-in-law, have you eaten?" Soraya asked, to which Daniel shook his head. Instantly Soraya applauded happily. "That's just right, Mami just cooked a lot. We have lunch together, right?"

"Wow?" Daniel glanced at Shakira, who had put on an annoyed face, Daniel's ignorant smile appeared. "No need to, Auntie. Later on."

"Don't bother, really! Oh, don't call Aunt, please. Just call Mami, like Shasha." Soraya pulled Daniel's hand into his house. "Anyway, you have to have lunch here, along with my father Shasha, let's!"

Shakira's eyes grew even more, until she was about to come out just because she heard her mother's words. "Mom!"

Soraya turned, then waved her hand. "Shasha's grown up, enter alone, yeah!"

Then Soraya pulled Daniel into his house, leaving Shakira with her mouth open, staring at her mother's attitude.

Soraya pulls Daniel up to the dining room where her husband is already there. Without further ado, he immediately sat Daniel in the empty chair which was located near the one Shakira used to sit on.

"Papi! Here you are, Daniel ...," said Soraya to her husband who was focused on reading the newspaper.

The middle-aged man lowered the newspaper covering his face, then raised an eyebrow when he looked at Daniel.

"Son of Sulthan?" asked the man, Shakira's father.

Daniel shook his head. "No, Om."

"Continue?"

"My father's name, Sultan without H, Om." Daniel made a smile.

Bramantyo's son, Shakira's father, confirmed the location of his glasses. "Just the same."

"It's different, uncle. If you use H, then it's different people, different pronunciation. Sult han, and Sultan. It's different, Om?" Daniel firmly did not want to lose. Daniel is like that, never wants to lose and doesn't like it when someone changes his father's name.

"Alright, okay. The matter of name doesn't matter, let's just eat it, shall we?" Soraya offered as he rose from his seat and took a position in the middle of Daniel and Putra.

"Papi want to eat a lot, or a little?" Soraya asked her husband.

"Not much, not a little," replied Putra shortly.

"Mom!" Shakira came and stomped her foot.

"Geez, the impression is that something is missing. It turns out that Mami's favorite child doesn't exist." Soraya patted his forehead.

Shakira snorted in disgust as she looked at Daniel who was laughing at him. Look at that man, so Shakira felt like a stepchild who was not considered, until her mother forgot that Shakira was not there beside them. And now even Daniel looked at him as if in mockery.

"Shasha, sit down. What are you doing standing up?" scolds his father. Even though she was mad at Daniel, Shakira finally complied and sat down next to the man.

"Well, Daniel. You have to try this, this is Mami's pandanus chicken, delicious. Finish it, huh!" said Soraya as he put the side dish on Daniel's plate.

Shakira snorted again in annoyance. What the heck, this scene before him? Instead of prioritizing Shakira, her mother is busy taking care of Daniel. What is this brat next to him, who ?!

Ah, yes. He owns Indonesia.

Shakira rose from her seat, attracted attention and provoked her mother to ask.

"Where are you going, Sha?" Soraya asked.

"Toilet," replied Shakira lazily. Without waiting for an answer or anything, the girl immediately looked away towards the toilet.

Daniel noticed this with an amused chuckle in his heart. Look how easy Daniel's life is. If ingratiating in-laws everywhere is a difficult thing, then it doesn't apply to Daniel. On the contrary, the child's heart is quite difficult to beat.

Daniel's cell phone suddenly vibrates, it makes him stand up and say goodbye to pick up the important phone. Daniel walked away as if no one could hear his conversation.

"Hello?" replied Daniel.

"..."

"Miss me, don't you?" asked Daniel teasingly.

"..."

"When are you back?"

"..."

"Whoa, really? Will you be back soon?" asked Daniel enthusiastically.

"..."

"Okay, see u next month! I love you, Ella!"

"I love you more, Daniel!"

Daniel turned off the phone unilaterally, then headed back to the dining table.

From behind the wall, Shak ira hides her tiny body. He was standing there, from the very beginning Daniel received the phone. No, Shakira didn't really mind, she just happened to pass by and heard Daniel talking.

And his irritation arose when he heard the love words slide smoothly from the man's lips.

"You crocodile." Shakira sneered.

To be continued