Ryan and Raina

Chapter 3 Coming to Terms

That night, Raina knocked at his room. "Can I sleep here? I don't want to be alone. " Ryan nodded from where he was sitting, he was arranging his wardrobe. "So, I was thinking about your proposal." Ryan hummed "yes? " "You know that I came with nothing right? And what about love? " He finished his unpacking and sat beside her on the bed. "I've got enough for the three of us. And maybe we can learn to love each other. We're friends for a start, and we trusted each other. You wouldn't let me take you here if you didn't. We can go as slow as you like. " "I'm pregnant with someone else's child" He nodded "I know that, you do tell me that. " "Do you want your own children? " He nodded again "someday, sure. " "Would you treat them differently? " Ryan looked at her. "I can't say for sure, because we're not there yet. But I'll try my best not to. " She nodded " Okay, let's get married." Ryan patted her head "you're sure? I'm not pressuring you. You have my help anyways. "

"I know, it's just that Dr. Santi's words makes me think, and I think I wanted to try. " Raina said as she laid down beside him and looked up the ceiling. "Tell me about RDJ. It's Ryan Darrell James, right?" She looked at him to see him smiling at her. "Yep, and this hotel was our very first project. Actually, Prescott's used to be a family hotel belonged to James' family." Ryan laid back to the headboard to tell her the story. "James' parents died on their way back from London in an airplane accident, and the board of directors wanted to sell because James was too young, only 17 at the time and haven't graduated high school yet. They feel that it took too long until he finished school and there's no one who can show him the ropes. He was devastated." Ryan sighed as he remembered back then. 

"He wanted to fight them, but couldn't because he wasn't of age yet. So he decided to buy the hotel. Prescott's wasn't doing very well at the time. It was old, and didn't follow the newer trend, well it was a family business, and that's how family businesses tend to goes as the generations renewed. He had savings, but his savings could only cover the hotel price. The land value was so low back then, because of the economic crisis, so it was sold cheaply. Renovations, though, was an entirely different matter. Not many banks would take a chance on an unexperienced seventeen years old."

"So he wiped out his savings to buy the hotel and was living on his allowances that his trust release each months, but he was really stressed and Darrell and I found out about it. He told us, and we decided to give him our savings. I'm the youngest in my family, so I never really used my allowances. It accumulated for maybe ten eleven years, and my brother Jared acted as the lien for the bank. Darrell's more or less the same, so we had quite some equity to start with, and we spent every weekend and holiday working at the hotel, learning from Jared and books. My brother is the only one who knew I've gotten a third of share in this hotel at the time, and he thought of it as a good education and experience for me. "

"Prescott's doing really well when it reopened, and we are able to pay the loan back quickly enough. The economy is picking up, and Surabaya was a hotspot so we're lucky at that. Then Darrell came up with a phone game he programmed. If you remember, he was a tech wiz, he's still studying as a programmer, in fact. We funded the game, and it boomed up along with smartphones. You know Castle & Dungeons? " Raina nodded "I played it too, it's addictive. " Ryan nodded. "I know, James and I was the tester. That's the first games, then there's the cooking game and many more." Raina sat up and stared at him. "RDJ Development? They also create apps for all sorts of things right? " Ryan nodded " Darrell's the brain behind it, anyways, it's done so well, so we started RDJ Investment & Management. Mostly we concentrated in hotel managements, but we do have other businesses."

"That's… and you started it when you were seventeen? "  He nodded. "Wow… " She laid back down. "Are we going somewhere? " She asked. "Ah, yes. RDJ's buying a land beside our Jogja's Grand Suites Expotel. We're planning to build a shopping mall connected to the hotel. James' finalising our offers, the moment it's final, I'll be flying there to finish payments, then to Bali for another site we planned for Grand Suites Bali. You can join me if you wanted. In fact, I was thinking about getting married there. We can do our honeymoon after the wedding? " He looked down at her questioningly.

Raina blushed and nodded "okay. Are we going to do a real wedding? With a church, pastor and wedding dress? But my situation… " "We can do that, and let's just have a small ceremony. I don't know if my family would come, my dad kicked me out after all, but James and Darrell would, and maybe Isla? You can invite who you want to be there. It can be as small or as large as you want." She shook her head. "I think smaller is better. So not many people wondered."

She sighed, "can I borrow your phone?" He gave her his phone and stood up, about to go to give her privacy. "We should sort out phones and accounts for you so you don't have to wait for me if you wanted something." He mussed. "No, stay here and hold my hand. I'm scared. " He raised an eyebrow questioningly, but did so. 

"Hello, dad" "Raina! Where are you? Lisa said that you ran away." Her dad sounds frantic. "I was kicked out, dad. She also took my phone and my laptop, and cut me out of my accounts. I would take my phone and laptop if I was running away." Her dad went silent. "Lisa kicked you out?" He sounds angry. "I… I'm pregnant, dad." "Pregnant? " He whispered. "Who… Jeremy? " Raina nodded, but then realised that her dad can't see her. "Are you with him then? He took responsibility? " His voice cracked. "No, Jeremy wanted me to abort the baby and blocked my number." "Where are you now?" Her dad sounds stressed. "Have you got anything to eat? Money? Place to stay? It's dark. It's not safe for you to be outside. Tell me where you are, I'll send Dian to get you. She'll let you stay with her until I get home as soon as I got a ticket. " 

Raina cried in relief and was sobbing so hard that she can't talk. Ryan pulled her to his arms and stroked her back soothingly. "Mr. Surjadi, this is Ryan Wijaya. I was Raina's senior at high school. Raina is safe, she stayed with me in my apartment at Prescott's Hotel and Apartments in Surabaya. I'm taking care of her and she was very upset and scared about telling you. Please don't worry." The older man sighed shakily in relief. "Ryan Wijaya, son of David Wijaya, Delmar Construction?" "Yes sir. " "Thank you for taking care of my daughter. Please take care of her a bit longer while I try to find the earliest flight to Surabaya. I will reimburse you, of course. " "Don't worry about it, sir. I will sort out a phone for Raina tomorrow, until then, you can contact her through my phone, or Prescott's. Just ask to be connected to Ryan Wijaya's apartment, PH1. I will leave a message with the receptionist." He cited the land line number to Raina's father. "Okay, is she alright? " Her father asked again as her sobs died down. "She just fell asleep sir, she'd had some emotional roller coaster today, and she was pregnant." "Okay, thank you again. I'll let you rest now. I'll let you know when I got a flight back." "Thank you sir, please let me know if you need a pick up."