Daddy My Son's
83. Family Chat

After he finished putting Verrel in his room, Joe returned to the living room, there waiting for his father and mother-in-law, as well as Virranda who was chatting.

"So when are you going to move there?" asked Lirasa, after hearing from her daughter's mouth when the house they built a few months ago was completed and received the key this afternoon.

"Me and Joe will order the household furniture first Mi, later if it is ready then we will move to our new house, right Joe?" virranda held the arm of Joe who was sitting next to her.

"Dear, baby" said Joe

"Are you sure? Bring my daughter to your new home, and you'll be back in London for months. Who will look after Verrel and his mother who is carrying your child? Heum?" mr. Loenhard has a voice. As usual, his tone was always dull. But Joe tried to get used to his father-in-law's attitude.

But what made him unable to act ordinary was the last sentence that came from the mouth of his father-in-law.

"M-containing? Y-you're h-pregnant darling??" said Joe stammered, he turned to look at Virranda who was putting on her sweet smile. Surprise, pleasure, mixed into one. Unknowingly he held Virranda's stomach which did look fatter despite wearing his wide pajamas.

"Yes Joe, I'm pregnant. Pregnant with our child," said Virranda with a sparkling face, both hands holding the wrists of Joe who was touching his stomach.

"W-why didn't you tell me earlier, honey?" Joe looked at Virranda questioningly.

"Surprise!" Virranda smiled broadly, hugging her husband tightly. Joe returned his wife's embrace, the shock of the extraordinary news made the happiness in his heart so overflowing.

"Is there only the two of you in this room? Heuh! Then what do you think of Papi and your Mami? Hhhhh!" ketus mr. Loenhard bought both of his eyes that almost jumped out of place.

"Fire... Just mummified, they were happy, "Lirasa touched Mr. Loenhard's arm, so that her husband would not be too stiff on their son and daughter-in-law.

"It's really happy Mi, but if the hug is in the room, instead of in a public room like this, how about if someone sees, what else is a child, heuh!" said Mr. Loenhard didn't want to know.

Lirasa could only massage her temples. From the past, her husband has always maintained the principle of politeness in their family, can not act arbitrarily.

"Pardon us sir" hearing his father-in-law's words, Joe stretched out Virranda's arms.

"Gentlemen! Who Sir? Call Papi!" jolt Mr. Loenhard ketus, but smile amused in the heart to see his son-in-law who is wrong and the wave made. Surprisingly, seeing such a thing, his old soul was so happy.

"I-yes, forgive us Pa-pi," Joe glanced timidly at his father-in-law who was now not as sharp as before when he saw him.

While Virranda, his wife remained relaxed as usual. The woman took a small box with a sky blue ribbon on the table in front of her, which had been a concern for Joe when he just joined his two-in-law and his wife.

"Here, open it" Virranda gave the little blue box to her husband.

"What's this?" Joe receives the box, looks at Virranda for a moment, then opens the knot. Joe was nervous when he saw the box.

With trembling hands, Joe touched a flat object the size of his finger, raised it carefully and noticed two bright red lines, indicating that the owner was positively pregnant.

"Darling, you're definitely postively pregnant" Joe looked at Virranda, who smiled at her. The man turned his eyes back to the contents of the next box. After putting the flat object back into the box, he took a piece of USG sheet, showing a picture of a tiny creature holding his palm with his eyes closed, still too small, and still too small, new as the size of an orange fruit with a weight of about 15 grams and the length of the body from head to foot about 5 centimeters.

"Heum" Virranda nodded. "As long as you left three months ago, our son grew up well Joe" Virranda said, noting his response to the happy news.

"Hem!" mr. Loenhard cleared his throat, ending the haru-haru-an drama between his beloved daughter and the son-in-law. Joe who had held Virranda's hand immediately released his wife's hand, confirming their respective sitting position.

"Aren't you worried about leaving your pregnant wife with Verrel in your new home. What if nothing happens when you're not home? Heum?" said Mr. Loenhard looking at his son-in-law.

"I've been mutated to Pa-pi's homeland" said Joe awkwardly at the end of his sentence when calling the call to his father-in-law.

"Really?" asked Mr. Loenhard while confirming his sitting position to be more upright, the look of his face looks serious makes Joe a little stiff.

"I-iya Pi," said Joe clumsily. "Mr George also gave me additional duties as a lecturer at the aviation academy" he added.

Mr. Loenhard nodded his head slowly with a thoughtful look. "Did Mr George not say anything to you? If I ask you to quit your job. Why would your boss move you and add a new job to you?" he looked at Joe.

"I had indeed applied for a mutation in the company when I returned from Indonesia, after taking Virranda and Verrel home. And only now granted."

"Regarding what Pa-pi had said, Mr. George had also passed it on to me, and he asked me to discuss it with Pa-pi," Joe glanced at his father-in-law.

"How did you respond to my request? asked Mr. Loenhard to look at Joe, still with a serious look. Virranda and Lirasa are good listeners.

"Before, I was very grateful for Pa-pi's trust in me, to appoint me as a director at the Pa-pi company. However, I apologize profusely, I have not been able to accept it," said Joe carefully, trying to choose the right word, not to get the wrong word that later can lead to misunderstanding.

"Being a director, I don't think it's very easy for me Pi, I just mastered the science of flight. If I become a director, of course I have to learn a lot of knowledge, which supports being a director, of course the time is not short."

"I think Virranda is the right person to be a director like Pa-pi expected, because she already has a lot of knowledge base, Virranda has learned since childhood with Pa-pi guidance," said Joe.

Mr. Loenhard seemed to think, looking at what his son-in-law had said, he glanced at Lirasa, as well as Virranda, his two favorite women, before opening his mouth to convey what he was thinking.

"Joe, don't you feel ashamed? Your wife will be a director, and you-even if your job is a pilot, a job that is quite prestigious, plus you are trusted to be a lecturer of the aviation academy, he said, but still you're still an officer, not a leader. Are you sure?" mr. Loenhard put emphasis on the end of his sentence.

"I'm sure Pi. Virranda and I, we both talked about it first" Joe said as he grabbed Virranda's hand, grabbed it and placed it on his lap.

Mr. Loenhard sighed softly, "Initially, I wanted to set you up, back in London at the time. I thought, by making you a director, I'd be easy to get rid of you and separate you from my daughter, if you make a little mistake."

"But this time, my goal in appointing you director of my company was to elevate your dignity and worth as a daughter-in-law in my home. I don't want people to look you in the eye. But if you reject it for such reasons, I cannot force you either, your words are true. It is not easy, not like turning the palm of the hand, but it needs to learn hard early on" he said.

"I'm quite proud of you, because you have your own attitude, you don't just accept, even if it's a very promising thing," Mr. Loenhard praised for the first time to his son-in-law.

Hearing her father's praise for Joe, Virranda nudged her elbow softly, making her husband's face shimmer withstanding shame, because only this time received praise from her father-in-law.

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