Erstwhiles
17. Embarrassed

Embarrassed. One word that describes Acha's current feelings. How not? So easy he fell in the arms of the brown-shelled man for the umpteenth time. In fact, she is not the type of woman who is easily tempted. But why is a Karrel Ardhana so hard to resist?

All the way home Acha just kept quiet. Even he did not dare to meet the eyes of the man. Memory after memory as she was stripped naked in the bathroom made her cheeks blush like a tomato. If only it could make a hole in the ground, surely Acha would be hiding in it right now.

"Udah until this" Karel stopped the car in front of Acha's gate.

Without wasting any time, Acha immediately grabbed her bag and opened the car door. "Bye." That's all she said from the little mouth of the woman before she ran away from Karel.

"Gue wasn't told to stop by first?" the sound of Karel screaming from behind.

"Be aware if you dare!" without slowing his footsteps Acha threatened.

"If only one word of thanks is enough?" Karel did not give up.

"Don't hope!" sahutan Acha was ended by the sound of a gate that was closed violently.

Karel chuckles. Even the girl avoided looking at him. It'll be fun, he's impassioned.

"Well deck, are you home?" acha's mother's voice came from the kitchen when she heard the sound of her daughter's feet climbing the stairs.

Her papi who was in the middle of the pour also looked up, "Cock rush home?  Which carrel?"

"Check the abyss!" Acha came in and locked the door to her room.

The girl rushed to the window of her room. The curtain of beads that covered the transparent glass before glancing towards the street. Karel's car is still there. Goddamnit!  Of course he would go in and have a little chat with his parents. Evidently from the sound of his father's hardness downstairs welcomed the arrival of a young man.

Not long after, the door to her room was knocked, "Dec, it's Karel downstairs. Didn't you make tea first?" mother offered.

"Acha sleepy. Bobok!" Acha lies before drowning her head under the pillow. Why does that guy have to stop by all the way? Acha is still embarrassed! 

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There was something awkward about having lunch at Abimana's family this time. All eyes were on Acha who had just flipped through her omelet.

"Eh, no" hurriedly the young girl stuffed a spoonful of rice into her mouth.

"Or do you want to eat what? In case of cravings" his father chimed in.

"Uhukis.. Uhuk.." Aldrich who heard the word cravings coughed. "Nwidam? Deck, you. "the man's eyes widen.

Acha moved her hand left and right, "No, not that!" affirmative tone.

"Adek will not go home semalem" said his father added.

Aldrich hysterically "Acha not coming home?"

"Rome and back said he was sleepy to sleep. Semalem didn't sleep?" added mother.

"Huh? Semalem didn't sleep?" once again Aldrich.

"Mam." the father turned to the woman who had given birth to the child, "I think the blue baby sling was funnier. That's Mam's pesen."

"Bapi, the yellow bagusan ah."

"What cooking?" the man is angry.

Aldrich shook his head in disbelief, "Son will get pounded?"

The topic of the conversation growled, "Acha isn't pregnant!  Who said who's pregnant?" his anger before leaving the dining table.

Looking at Acha's behavior, the three people left at the dining table could only silently grin.

"Acha shy times huh?" the mother's comment made everyone blink expressionlessly.