Chapter 3

"Raga, where is Yasmin? Didn't you come to breakfast?" Yasmin's mother asked when she saw Raga come into the dining room alone.

"Yasmin left for campus this morning, ma'am. She said she didn't want to go with me, I was afraid her friends would find out we were married," Raga answered, trying to smile friendly.

The middle-aged woman looked at the smile of the man who was now her son-in-law. He gently rubbed her arm and said, "I'm sorry, Yasmin. That girl must not be able to accept her marriage. But I'm sure that one day Yasmin will definitely want to accept you. I hope you will be patient with her attitude."

Raga was seen nodding in response to her mother-in-law's words, she really understood that perhaps her mother-in-law was afraid that she would feel hurt because of Yasmin's attitude. "Mum, you don't need to worry, I already know Yasmin's character very well so I won't pay any attention to what she says."

"That's good, I didn't make a mistake in choosing you as my daughter-in-law. Are you going to campus? I'm entrusting breakfast to Yasmin. That girl has stomach ulcers, I'm afraid her stomach ulcers will recur if she doesn't have breakfast."

The evening after the wedding finished yesterday, Yasmin and her family immediately returned to Jakarta. The girl wanted to go straight home because the next morning there was a test on campus so she didn't want to be absent. Initially, her parents asked Yasmin for permission, but all this time Yasmin also liked to play truant but the girl chuckled and wanted to go back to Jakarta. Thanks to Raga's help in talking to Yasmin's parents, they finally agreed to go home straight away. That's the reason why last night Yasmin's parents stayed at Raga and Yasmin's new house.

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On campus, Yasmin immediately let go of her friends who had not seen her for 3 days. The girl really missed her best friend, Naomi. And of course he also misses his crush, Keenan Argantha. 3 days of not seeing Keenan's handsome face made Yasmin's life feel very empty.

"You know what."

"No! You haven't said that yet," said Yasmin, interrupting Naomi's question.

"So keep quiet for now. You really need to know this. As long as you gave me permission yesterday, Keenan was close to Siska."

Yasmin's loud scream immediately sounded very loud in her class, making several of her classmates immediately turn towards her. "What the hell, Yas. Brisik, don't you know!!" One of his friends protested.

Yasmin just glanced at her friend without paying attention to her protest. The girl returned her focus to Naomi, continuing her exciting backbiting activities. "Siska is a chili pepper? Wow, that's not true, I have to give in to that sassy girl. How dare you get close to my crush when I'm not around."

"Who do you want to hit?" 

Yasmin and Naomi immediately looked up at the same time. Raga Ravindra Malik, the man was now standing straight in front of their table. Several female students who were in the class screamed hysterically when they saw the arrival of their favorite lecturer. Even Naomi could barely speak when she saw the handsome man standing right in front of her.

"I ask you once again, who do you want to assault Yasmin Putri Wijaya?" The question came out of Raga's lips again for the second time.

Snorting in annoyance, Yasmin glanced briefly at her classmates and also Naomi, who looked amazed by her lecturer's arrival before returning Raga's gaze. "None of your business."

Yasmin's answer succeeded in making Raga smile a cynical smile. Without saying anything, Raga immediately grabbed Yasmin's hand. Taking her out of class caused a commotion among the students who were jealous of Yasmin.

"Do you want to pull her hand, just like Yasmin," Naomi muttered, her eyes still fixed on the door of her classroom.

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Raga continued to pull Yasmin's hand through the campus hall to his room. Along the way, all the students who saw them whispered and asked what had happened until Yasmin was taken away by the handsome lecturer.

As soon as he arrived in his room, Raga immediately closed the door and locked it. The man sat Yasmin on one of the sofas there. "Stay here!" Raga ordered when Yasmin was about to stand up.

Yasmin looked at Raga who was walking towards his work desk. The man was seen taking a lunch box from a paper bag then taking it towards Yasmin. "Eat, you haven't had breakfast, right? Mom left this for you earlier. Mom said you had stomach ulcers so I'm afraid your stomach ulcers will recur because you didn't eat breakfast."

The girl only glanced at the lunch box without intending to touch it at all. "Oh!"

"Don't call me that. I'm not uncle," said Raga before Yasmin finished her sentence.

"What do you want to be called?"

"It's up to you, uncle."

"Okay. Uncle Raga, listen to this carefully," Raga wanted to protest but Yasmin first put her index finger in front of the man's lips as if telling him to be quiet.

While folding her arms in front of her chest, Yasmin looked annoyed at the man in front of her. "What were you doing pulling my hand earlier? Didn't you see that your actions made everyone stare at us?" 

"So what? It's natural for me to pull your hand, isn't it? I want to pull your hand, hold your hand, kiss you or even make love to you, it doesn't matter. You forget that we're already married, Ouch, Yasmin is sick!!" Raga screamed when Yasmin suddenly stepped on his foot.

"Keep your voice down, do you want everyone to hear? I don't want to know, basically I don't want everyone to know that we're married!"

"Why?" 

"Why? Well, just think for yourself. From the start I didn't want to and didn't like you. We only got married because of an arranged marriage. And remember, you are the target of almost all female students so I don't want to take the risk if they find out we're married! "

Raga was seen smiling with a smirk after hearing Yasmin's answer. The man was sure that was not the only reason Yasmin didn't want their marriage to be discovered. "Are you sure that's the only reason you don't want our marriage to be known to everyone? I'm sure there must be another reason."

Now it was Yasmin's turn to smile with a smirk. The girl didn't expect the annoying lecturer to know that there were other reasons why she didn't want their marriage to be known to many people.

"You're right, there's one more reason why I don't want this marriage to be discovered. The reason is because I don't want the person I like to know about this damn match."

"Fucking match?" Raga smiled sadly. Yasmin thinks their marriage is a damn arranged marriage? "Say, who do you like?"

"That's none of your business and you don't need to know."

"What is Keenan?" Guess Raga. The man had been secretly watching Yasmin from the start. The man knew that all this time Yasmin had secretly liked Keenan, a student who was famous for his good looks and intelligence.

From the start, Raga knew about his arranged marriage to Yasmin first. In fact, it was the man who begged Yasmin's father to marry Yasmin to him. Because Raga's background is very good and the relationship between their parents is very close, Yasmin's parents immediately accepted her. Before the match was carried out, Raga had also been watching Yasmin. The man was even willing to apply for a job as a lecturer at the campus where Yasmin studied.

"You think Keenan likes a stupid girl like you?"

Hearing herself being called a stupid girl made Yasmin immediately glare at Raga. The girl was very angry and did not accept the call.

"Not only is he handsome, Keenan is a very intelligent man. He is also very picky when it comes to finding a partner. Are you sure Keenan likes you, stupid? I suggest that if you want Keenan to look at you, at least you have to be smart. At least be in the top 10. Are you up to it?"

The table was banging so loud. Yasmin, who was the perpetrator of the movement, looked even more sharply at the lecturer in front of her, "What do you mean by that? Do you think I'm that stupid?!! Tch, you said it as if you knew Keenan closely. Do you think Keenan is a man like that? Keenan is a good man, not like you! The lecturer is annoying and perverted!!"

Raga smiled faintly as he shrugged his shoulders, "Okay, please just try to approach Keenan. If you succeed then I will fulfill all your wishes."

"Deal!! Just watch, I can definitely approach Keenan. And you have to be prepared to do everything I want!!" Yasmin replied before walking out of Raga's room.

Raga just remained silent, smiling sarcastically as he watched Yasmin leave. It seemed that the man had been provoked by Yasmin's words until he had the heart to say those evil words. "Yasmin, Yasmin. You think you can win over me? It's not that easy, honey."