On Monday, the bell rang, and from Professor Vega’s room, Alberto went straight to the cafeteria to buy the food he liked and to buy cold water to calm his brain, which was already dizzy because of the very difficult material in the Human Anatomy and Human Physiology lessons. Meanwhile, Professor Vega went straight to Alberto’s class to meet Alberto. There was something that she wanted to say to Alberto, but she forgot to say it to him before. Even though she taught Alberto’s class that morning before the bell rang, somehow Professor Vega forgot to convey her purpose. Arriving at Alberto’s class, Professor Vega’s eyes immediately looked at Nicolas, who was the only student in the room because the other students were taking a break.
“Nicolas!” called Professor Vega suddenly.
“Yes, Professor.” Nicolas immediately stood up from his chair. Then, he walked closer to Professor Vega.
Once near Professor Vega, she immediately conveyed her orders. “When Alberto comes, please ask him to come to my room!”
“Okay, Professor.” Nicolas nodded his head.
“Oh, Nicolas. “Not only that, where do you live, by the way?” Professor Vega attempted to change the tone of the conversation. Nicolas immediately mentioned the address of the boarding house where he lived.
Professor Vega remembered the street where the boarding house is located, which is not far from the campus. Professor Vega nodded her head. “Oh. There.”
“Yes. Many of my university friends live there,” Nicolas explained.
Hearing this, Professor Vega immediately asked about Alberto and whether he had joined the boarding house or not. “Does Alberto live there too?”
“No. He lives in his house. His house is far from here.” Nicolas immediately told Professor Vega the address of Alberto’s house.
“Okay. Thanks, Nicolas!” Professor Vega immediately thanked him.
“You’re welcome, Professor.”
“I’m sorry! I must go to my room first, Nicolas! See you later!” Professor Vega left as she waved her hand at Nicolas.
“See you later!” Nicolas immediately waved his hand at Professor Vega.
Not long after, Alberto had returned from the cafeteria and arrived at his class. Then, he walked to his seat. As Alberto was walking to his seat, Nicolas immediately called Alberto’s name. Alberto immediately looked at Nicolas.
“Alberto, Professor Vega is waiting for you in her room!” Nicolas told Alberto
Hearing Nicolas’ words, Alberto immediately frowned because he was confused. On a break, it was unusual for Professor Vega to invite Alberto to her room. Professor Vega had only asked Alberto to her room once since the beginning of the lecture.
“What’s the matter, Nicolas? Why did she call me?” he asked suddenly.
“Hmmh… I don’t know. Earlier, Professor Vega just asked me to tell you that she is waiting for you in her room. So, I think you should go to her room!” Nicolas proposed it because he couldn’t figure out why Professor Vega did it. Nicolas was hesitant to even ask Professor Vega why.
“Oh. Okay.” Alberto immediately left the classroom for Professor Vega’s room.
Not long after., he arrived at Professor Vega’s room. He immediately took off his shoes and put them on a rack that was located next to the room. Then, he knocked on Professor Vega’s door.
“Enter, please!” Professor Vega’s orders. Not long after, the door opened and Alberto entered Professor Vega’s room while Alberto closed the door. Alberto walked slowly.
“Good morning, Alberto!” greeted Professor Vega.
“Good morning, Professor!” Alberto greeted him again in a friendly manner.
“Sit down, please!” Professor Vega’s orders made Alberto take a chair and he sat in front of Professor Vega.
“What’s wrong with me that you called me during break, Professor?” Alberto immediately asked the reason Professor Vega called him during break, because he was confused about the reason Vega called at that time.
“Nothing. There’s just something that I want to talk about with you, Alberto. I don’t want anyone to know about this. I want only us to know about this conversation.” Hearing Professor Vega’s words, Alberto immediately thought about what they were going to talk about.
About assignments? Of course not! because Alberto never collected Professor Vega’s assignments outside of the specified deadline. About his score? May be! Alberto’s grades have been bad recently in Human Anatomy and Human Physiology. Because of that, Alberto immediately guessed that this matter was about his score.
“About my grades, Prof?” Alberto frowned and looked at Professor Vega inquisitively.
Hearing Alberto’s words, Professor Vega immediately wanted to laugh, but she immediately held back her laughter. It’s because, according to her, Alberto’s reaction is very funny.
“Alberto! Alberto! How can you think that I will complain about your grade? You’re so funny, Alberto.” Professor Vega said it to herself in her heart.
“Ah!” She said it at the time, but she couldn’t stop laughing. Alberto looked at Professor Vega with a sharp gaze and a suspicious look, because he felt even more confused because of Professor Vega’s attitude that suddenly changed like that.
“Of course not, Alberto! Just call me ‘Vega,’ right now and in this condition!” Professor Vega implied that they would talk about private matters because Alberto always calls her “Vega” when there are only Alberto and Vega.
However, even Alberto did not understand the meaning of Professor Vega’s words. He immediately scratched his head, which didn’t itch, because he saw Professor Vega’s strange behavior. Why does Professor Vega even want to be called “Vega”? That was the question that popped up in Alberto’s mind. A moment later, Alberto thought that, innocently, Professor Vega wanted to be called “Vega.”
“Hmmh… Maybe he wants to be called “Vega” again! Vega is her nickname. So she can request that I call her with whatever she wants.” Alberto concluded.
Alberto could only comply with Professor Vega’s request because it was impossible for Alberto to ask Professor Vega. Because Professor Vega could be angry if Alberto asked her why.
“So, is it correlated with my tasks, Vega?” Again Alberto asked Professor Vega about something else that might have caused Alberto to be called to the room.
“Supposedly, from the time I asked you to call me “Vega,” you already know where this conversation will go. But because you’re an innocent man, you don’t know, and I pity you for continuing to guess. So, it’s about a personal matter.” Professor Vega wanted to know her real reason for calling Alberto, but Alberto immediately cut her words off because he was very surprised to hear the words “personal matter.”
His brain immediately thought that the personal problem in question was the problem of Vega’s pregnancy, which was his. Alberto’s heart immediately skipped a beat. His eyes immediately bulged. After that, he suddenly confirmed what he had been thinking. “Personal matters? Is it about your child’s problem?”
“Yes, it can be. Obviously, I need your help.” Professor Vega said hopefully that she needed Alberto’s help. Hearing those words, Alberto felt even more shocked.
His breath seemed to have stopped. Alberto’s brain immediately thought that he needed to recognize and declare the child in Professor Vega’s womb as his child, but he didn’t really understand what Professor Vega meant. Therefore, he reaffirmed Professor Vega’s words. “Are you asking me to admit, recognize, and take your child from me?”
“Yes, that’s one of them that I’ll ask you.” Professor Vega nodded her head.
Alberto’s heart was beating fast again. His face immediately paled. He really didn’t expect that Professor Vega would ask him to recognize, admit, and declare his son. He felt trapped.
“What? Does that mean you’re asking me to admit, recognize, and declare that’s my son?” He couldn’t believe it and didn’t even realize he’d said it to Professor Vega.
“Yes. That’s one of my requests.” Professor Vega explained the meaning of her words.
That’s just one of Professor Vega’s requests. Nothing else. What is Professor Vega’s other request? That’s what Alberto thought.
Alberto felt disapproving of Professor Vega’s words. As a result, he complained to the professor. “Why do you do this to me right now? Don’t you want to be responsible for your child, even if you ask me to make you pregnant? Why are you now forcing me to take responsibility?”
“It doesn’t like that.” Vega immediately threw the suitcase of money at Alberto. Vega opened the suitcase and Alberto saw a suitcase full of money.
Seeing all the money, Alberto was even more confused. “Then, what? Are you asking me to admit that your child is mine?”
“Of course not!” Vega immediately shook her head while she laughed.
“There’s something more important here!” Vega said so excitedly.
Hearing this, Alberto immediately frowned because he was curious about other things that were more important than his child’s confession. Alberto asked afterwards. “What’s that?”
“You know, right, I don’t want to get married, and I just want to be a career woman?” Vega confirmed that Alberto knew he wanted to be a professional woman.
“Yes.” Alberto nodded his head while confirming his words.
“However, my parents continue to inquire about my future husband and request that I bring him to my parents this week. I don’t know who else is suitable to be my future husband besides myself. I think that you’re the only man who is suitable to be my future husband.” Vega explained the problem first.
“Then?” Alberto frowned because he was confused about the meaning of Vega’s words. Alberto predicted that Vega and Alberto would have to come up with another plan if Alberto agreed to Vega’s plan.
“My plan is that I will have a contract marriage with you for two years. As long as we have a contract marriage, we will stay at my house. We won’t have sex unless we both want to have sex. So you can’t force me to have sex when I don’t want to have sex with you.” Vega explained her plan.
“Besides, while on campus, we will act as students and lecturers like today. Not only that, you have to take care of my child when he/she is born! Don’t force me to take care of my child! Allow me to work as usual!” Vega explained her plan again.
“You also have to admit that he/she is your child. Because this baby is your child too.” Vega pointed at the baby in her womb.
“So I want to ask you to help me. It doesn’t matter if we break up in the middle of our love journey or divorce later. My parents can understand that. The clear thing is: help me now! Please, help me! Marry me, please!” Vega said hopefully.
“If that’s your request, I won’t do that.” Alberto immediately rejected Vega’s request outright.
Then, Vega gave me a lot of extra money. “I know that you’re in need of a lot of money. If you want to help me, this money will be yours. So, do you want to accept it or not? It’s up to you! It’s your choice, Alberto!”