
“Dinda, Linda.. Wait a minute, listen to me first. Where are you going?”, asked Arya pulled the arm of Dinda who refused to ride her car.
“You go home alone.”, said Dinda brushed off Arya's handrails.
“What's wrong? You are pregnant. You get in my car and we're talking about this well.”, said Arya still trying to pull Dinda's arm back into her car.
“Talking well - well. Mas Arya snapped at me just now and Arya said she wanted to talk good - okay? I don't know where I was wrong.”, said Dinda in tears.
Arya's impact just shocked her as well as injured her. It was as if Arya still had feelings for the woman. It was as if Arya was removing the woman from her mind. I don't know, Dinda doesn't know what she's thinking right now. Everything's complicated.
“I told you, don't see that woman again. Why are you still seeing him? Less clear my speech.”, said Arya in a slow but gripping tone.
They were in the parking lot of an elite boutique store. The clock shows at 8 p.m. Dinda didn't know that Arya knew she was meeting Sarah this afternoon.
Linda went home as usual. Come to the parking lot and get into Arya's car. However, instead of going straight home, Arya instead parked her car in front of a luxury boutique store that had closed.
There were only a few cars there that were parked. Then, without a warning, Arya immediately asked about who she met this afternoon. Dinda tried to lie because obviously Arya would be angry if she told Sarah.
Then Arya snapped at him and told him if lying had become his habit. Then he got angry because Dinda had met Sarah. In fact, Arya has told you to stop ignoring the woman.
First, Dinda is surprised why Arya can find out. Second, he did not expect Arya to be that angry. Then somehow came other thoughts in him that whispered maybe Arya still has a heart on the woman.
Arya seemed to be keeping the woman from her life in order to forget her and still not be able to. Like the woman said this afternoon.
“See. Wait, I heard the office guys don't know you're married yet? Wh why? You're afraid they're comparing - compare yourself to me?”, Sarah's trying to brainwash Dinda with her words.
And Sarah's guess is on target. The girl who is currently in front of him is still ‘insecure’ despite already being the wife of Arya Pradana. What else if it wasn't for him.
“Maybe Arya softened to you because you are pregnant. I don't know if you've given birth. He'll probably get tired of the fairytale game from a little girl like you. Less challenging.”, said Sarah continuously attacking Dinda.
“I can't believe this photo. Around Arya there are many women. Interactions like this are easy to misinterpret. But mba, I am the legal wife of Aryan mas now. I know how my husband is. I hope Sarah no longer sees me for things like this. Be an adult.”, said Dinda managed to give checkmate to Sarah.
At that time, Sarah showed him a photo where Arya was kissing Sarah's cheek. In a hotel. Dinda decided not to believe Sarah's words and believed her husband.
He lives with Arya now. He knows best. The photo may have come from an event or something. Dinda didn't want to know. At least not from the woman's mouth. He better ask Arya.
Dinda stood up from her chair and left Sarah there.
“I beg you not to contact me again through anyone. I don't want our relationship to be worse than this. But, I also want to continue to be around me.”, Dinda said before she finally left from there.
Yeah, Sarah was speechless. She did not expect that woman had the guts in front of her as well. Like when she kissed Arya on purpose just to show who Arya's wife really is at the airport.
The thing Sarah doesn't know is that Dinda is actually hesitant. He's not confident. His head was still thinking about the possibility of what if the photo was true. What if it turns out Arya has been dishonest all along. It's a lie that Dinda doesn't have those thoughts in her head after what she said.
Again, his trust was tested. Toughness tried. Its establishment was buffeted by wind.
Arriving at home, the first thing she should do is to invite Arya to talk seriously and finish the tangled thread today that has been done by her ex-husband's wife.
But, who would have thought, from a distance Arya who was having lunch with some of her High School alumni in the mall near the office saw the meeting of the two of them. Dinda and Sarah. Although not entirely, but Arya knows Sarah met Dinda or I don't know maybe the opposite.
Arya immediately left her friend, excuse me and let them find a place. Arya will catch up with them later.
“Sarah, why are you still seeing my wife, huh?”, Arya is missing words to face the people who have spent their lives with her.
As a person who had known each other, as a person who had been a family, no matter how angry Arya was until now, she still tried not to hurt the woman.
“Wah.. congratulations Arya, I heard you will soon become a ‘pap’. The thing you've been craving - craving but somehow don't want you to make it happen with me.”, Sarah talked spinning - swivel.
“What did you find Dinda for? It's not like I told you to stay away from her, stay away from me, and stay away from my family. I heard you say something unpleasant to my mom in the hospital. I hope it's the last time I hear that.”, Arya said.
“Why do you want to be with that woman and not with me who accompanied you longer. Who knows what you want. What do you like.”, said Sarah still trying to seduce.
“I know mama who caught you at the hotel with a man. I think you made the decision that my friend had divorced me and I made the right decision to marry Dinda. Three years together was just a lie. Now I regret meeting you.”, said Arya will go from there, but a photo located on the table bothers her.
Picture of Sarah and herself. The photo shows Arya kissing Sarah's cheek.
“You showed this to Dinda?”, said Arya lifting the photo in front of Sarah.
“I just want to help you.”, reply Sarah.
“From?”
“Treason of your wife. You don't know who Dinda went with yesterday? Dica. It seems they are missing a wonderful time. Oh.. You haven't seen the picture? Need I give it to you now?”, said Sarah getting crazed with her imagination.
“You better take care of your wife. Don't let him play with a married man. If his wife is angry and hit how?”, said Sarah.
The Sarah he knew was completely gone now. The Sarah he knew 10 years ago has changed.
“Yes.. I’m looking for one. You're. You, Arya.”, the quarrel they both managed to attract the attention of people around him.
Moreover, the majority of visitors at the mall during lunch hour are office employees who are around there.
“No. You should get some help from a doctor. Not me.”, said Arya in a slow tone.
“One more. Try to start fulfilling your obligations as a Muslim and feel how it can calm your heart. I know it sounds weird because you hear it from someone like me. But, the one thing that made me comfortable with my wife was the shade I felt when I saw her wearing her face. Seeing every bow. And seeing him pray and surrender to the creator.”, Arya wants to continue the words - he said, but Sarah has laughed widely.
“Hahaha. Ah.. has he turned you that far? Or can I say, he has rowed you that far.”, said Sarah.
“Huh..it's no use talking to you. I was like talking to dust that blows when exposed to the wind. Once again I warn you, don't bother Dinda again. Leave her alone. Leave me alone. Leave us alone!”, Arya went from there after saying her last sentence to Sarah.
The words were firm, emphatic, and sharp toward Sarah.
Yes, he wished this to be his last sentence and meeting with the woman. Every time he heard Sarah speak and behave like that, there was a hint of disappointment in his heart. Why did he have to go so far.
Flashback finished
“Mas Arya still has feelings for her?”, asked Dinda.
He didn't want to ask this. He doesn't want to ask this. But why did Dinda's lips even say that question?
“Oh ****! Should we discuss this again? Do you believe the photo that Sarah gave you? Superficially that trust you to me?”, asked Arya to look at Dinda nanar but there is firmness and disappointment there.
“Din, someone has sent the same photo to me. The difference is, the photo does not show me and Sarah as the main character. But you and Dika are both in the car. DO I BELIEVE IT? NO. I'm sure my wife isn't like that. I don't give a** about it! There must be a reason. Maybe not only you with him, but also there's someone else there. Maybe you just happened to be there. Might as well. Whatever it is. There is always an explanation and the person I will ask for an explanation about is not DIKA, but YOU. I’ll only listen to you, not HIM.”, said Arya while holding Dinda's shoulder. There's a little bit of a little squeeze in there because Arya's trying to hold back her emotions.
“But you, you met him instead. Huh.. Okay, it seems difficult for us to talk now. Let's find another time. We're not going home. We're going back to the apartment. You need time to rethink everything. I do too. Talking now will only make the situation worse, and more misunderstandings.”, said Arya put forward a proposal that she thinks is the best option at the moment.
“I want to go to the house of mother.”, Dinda's voice vibrates.
Among his many great quarrels with Arya, this became something heavy for him. Not because of their problems. The problems they faced earlier were much more rundown and much heavier than this. But because Dinda's emotions are unstable. He's more sensitive.
“No. Can't do. I have to be firm here. We're back at the apartment. You sleep in the main room. I slept in the guest room. We make room for each of us to think. Not to escape. No intervention. Just the two of us. And I want just tonight.”, said Arya looking straight at his wife's face.
“Eat stay both. Prayers both. Whatever we do together at home. We do it. We still do it. It just takes time for each one. Otherwise, the problem will only get bigger and we get further away. I want you to face this with an adult mind. This is just a problem like the other one. And we’ll solve it. Understand?”, Arya told Dinda.
Dinda did not answer. As Arya directs him to get back in the car, Dinda just follows him without a fight. Throughout the journey he remained silent. Arya sees it occasionally. Again, he regretted having yelled at the girl in the beginning. His emotions at Sarah he overflowed on the girl.
But on the one hand, he was also disappointed with the way Dinda addressed this.
“Halo, mom. Arya Sama Dinda would like to stay in an apartment only, ma. No need to wait. Yes, we will be here soon. Not bad, ma. Only pity that Dinda is tired when she comes home. Distant and stuck too, abis rain. Okay, ma. Yup. The dinda? Momentary ma.”, said Arya.
“Honey, mom wants to talk to you.”, said Arya handed her phone.
“Iya, mom. No, ma. Hm. The meeting was over too late. The road was also completely blocked. So Arya decided to go back to the apartment. Hrs. Ja. Susu..”, Dinda glanced towards Arya.
She forgot that there was no milk in the apartment.
“Let's buy it at the nearest minimarket.”, said Arya.
“Later Arya mas will buy in the nearest apartment.”, Dinda held back her tears.
Somehow talking like this after his quarrel with Arya even made him want to cry.
“Hn.. Yes ma.”, Dinda turned off the phone and put it on the side.
Then, along the way, Dinda just looked towards the outside window. Think about where this mistake started.
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“What are you - what the hell is Rianti? I'm not cheating. Argh.he's my subordinate. There was someone else in the car besides me.”, Dika yelled trying to explain the situation to his wife.
‘Sh*t, who sent this photo to Rianti. Less work, what? Could Sarah? Isn't this different from what he promised? Why even send her picture with Dinda to Rianti?’, how many times did Dika think, she still did not understand.
“Then why was caught on camera only you and this woman. And I also remember, she was the woman who was with you when I came to the office, right? At that time you also seemed to want to go out together.”, said Rianti.
He was content to scream in this house because the Prince just happened to be not home. If I had to make this house a battlefield for him. All right, he'll make it a battleground.
“I have no idea. Maybe some tricks or edits? Anyway, whatever it is, you're totally wrong. Everything is not as you imagined.”, reply Dika.