Ricky pulled Rea's hand who was now trying to get away from him. The beautiful woman with long hair tried to free herself from him but because Ricky's grip was strong enough, Rea couldn't easily let go.
"Ricky, let me go now!" said Rea who was very angry because of Ricky's actions which she thought were very rude.
"No. Before you listen to me for a second. I just want to talk to you for five minutes. Please give me some time," Ricky begged.
"But I don't like the way you are. You're not very polite, Ricky. You've been rude. You shouldn't have done this," said Rea.
"Sorry, Rea. I had to do this because you always avoided me. I know the reason you didn't come to my class. You're avoiding me right? Why Rea?" asked Ricky who still didn't want to let go of Rea's hand.
The young man realized that he had done something inappropriate to Rea Theana, his first love. But he had to make things clearer so that there would be no misunderstanding between Rea and him.
"Oh my God, Ricky. Why are you still asking about this? Ricky, it's all over. I avoided you because I had to. I didn't want to make my husband think anything bad about our relationship. And for the course, it's because I can't come, not because I avoid you," explained Rea.
Ricky shook his head disapprovingly of the beautiful woman's explanation.
"Rea, that doesn't make sense. You must have been forced by your husband to avoid me even to the point of not being included in my course. Right, Rea?" Ricky insisted.
"No. I really can't get into your lecture. Come on, Ricky. Please, let me go now!" Rea begged.
Ricky let her go slowly.
"Why do you prefer to choose him? You know very well if he has cheated on you. Why do you still insist on being with him? Why is that, Rea?" asked Ricky.
The man who worked as a lecturer in the faculty of literature did not accept that the woman he loved had to be hurt again by Vasily Orel, Rea's husband who was very rich and famous in his city.
"It's not your business. What you need to know is that I don't want things to get more complicated when you start interfering in my household matters," said Rea.
Ricky who lost his temper grabbed the woman's hand again which made Rea scream in surprise. Ricky locked the woman with his arms until Rea couldn't move.
The woman was really surprised that Ricky who was known to be very gentle was now being rude to her.
"I hate it when you keep defending him when there is me who will always accept you. There is me who sincerely loves you but you never think about me. I always love you, Rea. When will you realize that? The feeling I feel is still the same as when we were in high school. Everything has not changed," explained Ricky.
Rea was surprised especially when Ricky brought his face closer and intended to kiss him. Rea held her breath but when the distance between her and Ricky was only a few centimeters, Rea saw Ricky being pulled by someone and then beaten.
"Orel," shouted Rea.
Rea looked at her husband who was mad. The woman froze in place and only watched her husband beat Ricky. Rea was very frightened because she witnessed all of that in front of her eyes.
Ricky who had been beaten so badly was now spitting blood. He just looked at Orel who still looked like he wanted to beat him.
"Why? You don't accept if I approach your wife? But Mr. Vasily, you should think first what you have done to her. You were the one who made your wife suffer with your stupidity for having an affair with other women," Ricky said calmly even though his face was already battered. because he was beaten by Orel.
"Shut up, asshole. You know I can kill you now. So don't try to confront me," said Orel coldly.
Ricky smiled and Orel again gave him a punch to the right jaw. Blood spurted from his mouth. Ricky didn't know if his teeth were broken or not, but what was certain was that his mouth now tasted very fishy. That was a a smell of blood.
"Orel, stop it!" said Rea who had slumped from trembling.
Ricky turned to the woman he had loved for nine years. He also felt sorry that he had to make Rea witness all this.
Orel who intended to beat Ricky was held by his two subordinates who had been standing still watching all this.
"Sir, he can die," said Derrick, Orel's trusted subordinate.
Orel reluctantly ended up hitting Ricky.
"Drag him to the police station!" Orel said.
Ricky couldn't do anything but accept it. When he was forced to get up from his seat, he took the time to look around the campus which still looked deserted. This was because they were in the backyard of the faculty of letter. He might have had a premonition that his career would soon be doomed just because of this matter.
Ricky was dragged to a black car belonging to Vasily Orel. The young businessman gave a hateful look as Ricky got into the car and was taken to the police station.
***
"I didn't do anything, sir. I was the one who was beaten badly. Don't you see that now my face is battered and there are many wounds on my body?" asked Ricky.
The police officer did not hear him at all and instead made a report.
"You will be detained here for a while pending the investigation process," said one of the police officers.
"What!? You can't keep me here. I'm a victim. How can you do this? Oh, is it because Vasily Orel has money that he can buy the law here? He ordered you to arrest me, right?" accused Ricky.
The police officer who had a thick mustache laughed.
"Mr. Lecturer, you know that if you are dealing with a Vasily Orel, you should be prepared with all the possibilities you can get. The best or the worst. Or maybe you never know all the cases if it relates to Vasily Orel?" asked the police officer.
Ricky couldn't believe what he had just heard.
"You mean you've taken a bribe from him to keep me here?" asked Ricky.
The police officer just smiled mockingly.
"Take him to the cell," ordered the police officer.