BEING THE WIFE OF HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW
CHAPTER 49. REUNION INVITATION
"So you married Lian too because of being betrothed? You don't love Lian?" ask Samir to come back.
"Of course not. From the very beginning I saw the twin girls, I had no taste at all for Lian or Kian. At that time all I had in my heart was hate because my grandfather forced me to marry one of them" Rama replied.
"If you don't love your wife, how have you been in your marriage all this time?" ask Samir again. Rama just smiled.
The man imagined the incident at the beginning of their marriage. How cute he is to the wife, hate him, even he still remembers his own words that do not allow Kian to act like a wife.
Then his shadow turned towards the wife who was so sincere all this time. His smile, his funny face, his affection for him and his grandfather. He realized that his wife was the best woman he had. Unfortunately, he was too late to realize all that. But Rama did not tell me all that. He just smiled while shaking his head.
"That's it. It's all just the past. All you need to know is that now one of your friends has managed to steal my heart" Rama said with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Ask Samir lirih.
"I fell in love with my wife. I love her so much and I'm willing to do anything for her."
Samir clenched his hands tightly. If only he could not control his own emotions perhaps by this time he had already hit that man in front of him. Hearing Rama praise and express his love for his wife really made him rise in blood. How not? Samir knew that the woman he was praising was not Lian's wife, but Kian the woman of his heart. But Samir can what? He could not possibly tell the truth to Rama at this moment.
"Hey why are you quiet?" ask Rama. Samir just smiled.
"I promise you, Samir. From today, today, this hour, this minute, this second, I will always sprinkle your best friend with so much and abundant love and affection. So that he drowned in it with happiness. You can hold my word. If one day you see me hurting your best friend, you can beat me up."
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The Amarta family home. He was sitting and eating fresh fruits that afternoon. As usual every day he always stayed at home accompanied by servants because Bimo's grandfather was going around checking on some branch children from Amarta's Group.
"Mrs, do you want lunch now?" ask one of the servants who walked over to Kian.
"No. Later on," Kian replied with a smile as usual.
Suddenly the sound of the house bell rang. The waiter opened the door. After a while, the maid returned alone.
"Who?" ask Kian.
"There's someone who sent you this invitation, ma'am. He said to Lord Rama, "the servant replied, giving an invitation to Kian. The woman accepted it and read it.
A reunion invitation from Rama's schoolmates. I don't really care about that much. He then kept the invitation on the table and again ate the fruits in front of him.
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"Good afternoon" said Rama aware Kian who had just seen him silently since.
"So. afternoon," replied Kian.
Since that long night, Kian's attitude was a little different from usual to the husband. There is a sense of nervousness if they are both and sometimes feel fear that makes Kian more away from Rama. But this time Rama did not want to let go of his wife. This time he was the one who always tried to get close to his wife. As Kian moved away, Rama approached. When Kian looks cute, Rama continues to steal it with a million affection and attention.
Sometimes Kian also felt astonished by what Rama did to him. The indifference and sharp eyes kill what is usually a daily meal but lately he has never seen it. Goody good? Yes of course. Be happy? Certainly is. But still the events of that hot night keep making himself aware of who he really is and his position in the house.
A mistake had already occurred and Kian did not want if the mistake increased and finally made himself unable to explain it to his brother Lian.
Rama's eyes saw an invitation stored on the nightstand. He took it and read it.
"This is a reunion invitation. When's coming?" ask Rama. Kian who was combing his hair in front of the mirror after bathing just looked at the husband from the mirror reflection.
"Last noon" answered briefly.
Rama thought of something. He then walked towards his wife. Seeing the man walk up to him, made Kian's heart beat a little. His brain kept thinking what the man was going to do this time. He was prepared to run from the room if Rama started to mess with him again.
But what Kian thought did not happen. Rama just stood behind Kian and they looked at each other from the reflection of the mirror in front of him.
"Reuni's tomorrow night. I'll come over there and…." Rama paused his sentence for a moment.
"I want you to come with me to the show too" he continued.
"But it's your school reunion, Mas. Would it be good if I attended the event?" ask Kian.
"Why indeed? Does anyone forbid if a husband wants to invite his own wife to come to the school reunion? Does anyone make such a rule?" ask Rama. Kian shook his head.
"good. There is no reason for rejection anymore. If you are still looking for an excuse to refuse, I will be forced to ask Grandfather for help to have you present to accompany me. Because usually you are more obedient to your grandfather than to your own husband," said Rama and then sauntered out of the room.
Whahuh? Husband? Since when did Rama admit that he was a husband? Since when did the man recognize this marriage relationship? Hasn't he always refused if the grandfather talked about this marriage relationship? And it was not the man himself who commanded that he should not act like a wife before him. But now? Some questions kept turning in Kian's head. Should he be happy about this?
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