
This afternoon Irma visited the Star Resto of Via Ehsan, her daughter. He was hungry, so he ordered food for lunch.
"Happy lunch, Madame Irma Ehsan." Say Via while putting a plate of main course chicken steak in his restaurant.
"Thank you, baby." Reply Irma.
After putting lunch at the table where Mama sat, instead of returning to the kitchen, Via instead sat down to accompany Mama.
"Mama's tumben having lunch outside? Where is Papa, Ma?" Ask Via wonder.
Unusually, Irma had lunch outside since Ehsan retired from taking care of the company.
"Papa to Bandung." The answer is who started eating his lunch.
"Getting to Bandung?"
"You want an old friend's reunion he said."
"Mama not invited?"
"Taken. Just a lazy Mama. Earlier, the plan was to ngajakin mama Ayana lunch here. All in all, want to take Ayana shopping mumpung work holiday." Evidently.
"Trus, where's the fuck up?" Via dizzy paying attention to Ayana's whereabouts.
"He doesn't exist. Farraz sent him to Singapore, to replace him with a project there." He was upset with Farraz.
Via nodded only in response to his mother's words.
"Ayana is that perfect, Ma. Until Mom and Dad liked her so much?" Ask Via curiously.
"Mama thinks he's perfect. But, in Farraz's eyes, Ayana is not perfect because she is already a widow and her age is adrift much older than Farraz." His word.
"Farraz's model must be given a clear look at the perfection of Ayana, Ma. He's a model man who only wants one thing from women." Via said about his youngest brother.
"Seek what?" Ask Irma curious.
"Grandma." Said relaxed.
"Virgin? Is he the same as Fikri? Like to destroy women, to snatch women's crowns?"
Irma was worried, her youngest son even had the same traits as her eldest son.
"No, Ma. That's not what I meant."
"Then, what?" Forcing Via to quickly explain to her.
"I mean, that Farraz would only marry a girl, Ma. That's because, Farraz felt dead to keep his virginity, in order to marry a woman who is still a virgin. That's it, Ma." Evidently.
"So, she can't accept Ayana, because Ayana is a widow and no longer a virgin? That's what you mean?" Ask Irma.
"Yes, Ma. That's what I mean." He held his hand at one of the waiters.
"What's all right, mbak?" Waiter asked was friendly.
"Please give him two mango juices."
"Good, mbak."
Waiter immediately headed for the kitchen to prepare his boss' order.
"Poor Ayanas. Farraz must have treated him badly. Should Mama just end their marriage?" He started to worry about Ayana.
"Don't you, Ma. Let's just try to open Farraz's eyes wide so he sees how lucky he is to have a wife like Ayana." His advice.
"How is it? Farraz's crazy about Elsa." Sewot.
"Just calm down, Ma. I'll help Mama. But, give me some time until Ayana gets home from Singapore. I need to get to know Ayana and be close to her first, Ma. Fearing, Ayana just pretended to be a good woman in front of Mama alone." He suspects.
"You are often betrayed, so you are suspicious of Ayana." Insinuations.
Via is often betrayed, it's because he used to be too easy and quick to trust people, then ended up betrayed.
"Acropping umbrella before the rain, Ma. Instead of repeating, better investigate first, dong." She said with a smile of embarrassment to her mother.
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SINGAPUR.
Ayana just finished praying dzuhur. Then, she starts opening the laptop to check some files about the big project entrusted to her and Handi.
Drriyit…
"Not a thing?"
Ayana feels lazy calling from her sister-in-law who looks strange and scary according to her.
"Lazy, ah." Just let the phone keep ringing.
While he continued to focus on staring at the screen of his laptop. His finger was also very deft when pressing the laptop keyboard. He tried to forget all the problems that were spreading in front of his eyes. He will try to focus his heart and mind on this project without thinking about anything else that is not related at all to this project.
Geck, tok…
"Well, it's me Handi!" Shouts Handi from outside Ayana's room.
They live in the same hotel with different rooms and floors. Ayana's room was located on the tenth floor, while Handi's room was on the twelfth floor, and Fikri was on the twenty-fifth floor.
"Yes, stop." Ayana Sahut.
He rushed to wear his long instant veil and ran towards the door.
"What's Han?" Ask Ayana when she opens the door.
Handi was silent for a moment when he saw the simple appearance of Ayana who was without makeup at all and also by just wearing her instant veil even looked more beautiful than usual.
"What's up, Han?" Ask Ayana again, she was astonished to see that Handi was silent looking at her.
"O. ee.. Aa.. Let's have lunch. Fikri's been waiting at this hotel's resto." Take, gagu.
"Wait a minute, I'm ready." Ayana said, closing the door to her room.
"Very pretty. Oh Ayana, my heart is falling on you." Said Handi when Ayana had closed the door to her room.
As soon as Ayana came back in, she directly applied the powder to her face, not wearing a little lip-splitting so as not to look pale.
Ting…
Notif.
"Who else this time?" Grabbing the phone and checking the incoming message just now.
((Farraz: "Have you arrived in Singapore?")
Message from Farraz.
'Why ask? Aa ah, would like to inquire about the project.' Her thought.
(Ayana : Already. Don't worry about the project.
Me and Mr. Handi will do that
Best and will not disappoint you.)
The reply.
After replying to the message, Ayana also put her phone into her bedside nightstand drawer. Then, he grabbed his iPad and immediately rushed to meet Handi.
"Sorry, long time?" Feeling bad for making Handi wait for him for a long time.
"No, Yana. For whatever time it is, if it's you I'm waiting for, then I'll never get tired of waiting." Honest speech.
Only a sweet smile was brought by Ayana as a response from Handi's sincere remarks to her.
"O yes, Han. Mas Fikri, what's the matter here?" Ayana curious.
"He's a novelist, Yana. So, he's here to find inspiration and material for his latest novel." Said Handi explained.
"He's a novelist?" Tanya Ayana who had not known what Fikri's job was.
"Yes. He's a novelist famous for his romance." Evidently.
'It's only natural that she's nicknamed the female player. It was definitely to build an image in the novel he was writing.' Thought Ayana was starting to get curious about her sister-in-law.
"Maybe you're interested in him?" Ask Handi.
"No. The type of man I dream of is very tall, that's it." Proudly said.
"Yes, I believe." Sandy was a little disappointed.
'I still can't get into your heart, Ayana Yunita. Even so, I will continue and still love you.' Say it in the heart.