
At 8 pm Dave and Nadira just arrived at their home after previously visiting Nadira's mother while carrying two packs of rice for them. Nadira is happy because he finally can let go of longing with both parents. They also seemed happy to see their son doing well at her husband's house.
When he came home, the whole family was having dinner with him in the dining room. Mama looks anxious when she sees her son and daughter-in-law just coming home.
“Where are you from, anyway? Mama is equally worried papa waiting for you to come home,” said the woman.
“Sorry yes, Ma. Nadira took Dave to the house of mom and dad, all bring dinner for them,” replied Nadira politely to the mother-in-law.
“Iya no papa, but next time say yes first. Let Mama be equally Papa not anxious,”
Her mother-in-law was so understanding to her. Making Nadira more respect the figure of Rahayu like her own biological mother. He also loved Nadira just as much as he loved Dave and Riana. Really dream in-law.
Mama invited Nadira and Dave to dinner together at the dinner table, but Nadira admitted she was still full because she had eaten at the restaurant with Dave earlier. He was allowed to go upstairs to rest immediately, with the pleasure of Mama allowing Nadira to go to her room.
“Ya already, Ma, Pa, Riana, Dave want to come with Nadira to the top first yes,” saying Dave who is embraced by everyone.
Nadira walks ahead of Dave. He went around the dining table to get to the stairs. Riana, who certainly does not like Nadira, deliberately stuck her legs until making Nadira stumble and fall to the floor. His knee hurt from hitting the hard porslen floor.
“Awws.!” Rintih Nadira endured the pain.
Quickly Dave approached his wife and helped her to get up. But his knee hurt too much and turned blue because of the hard impact. Nadira can only sit while holding the pain because it turns out his knee was injured. While Riana just smiled cunningly seeing her enemy fall, rasain!
“Yeah, why did you fall baby?” ask Mama to worry.
Dave who did see Riana scuttle his wife's legs just stared cynically. Riana is why, anyway? Why does he not like Nadira so much?
“This was you ‘kan?” accuse Dave of Riana, his sister.
“Kok me, anyway?” elak Riana felt unacceptable to her sister's accusation.
“Ya have you ‘kan? You think you didn't see you accidentally tripping Nadira's legs to let her fall? You think brother is blind?” dave continued to corner his sister.
Nadira and the Mama just turned the eyeballs, careless to see the behavior of the two brothers. Dave stood looking at Riana who also stood up while shaking her waist, intending to oppose her sister.
“It wasn't my fault! It's his own fault that the road does not use the eyes!” riana.
Dave is getting furious with the attitude of Riana who does not want to be blamed. Her hands clenched in annoyance, wanting to slap at Riana's delicate cheek, but not the heart. He could only look at his sister. Patience, Dave. He's adek lo! Dave said trying to hold anger in his heart.
“Why? Don't you dare be mad at me?” riana felt like she was winning.
The more it is left, Riana is getting bigger. Dave's patience runs out. When his hand was ready to slap the sister, Nadira even pulled Dave's trouser cloth and made him switch attention.
“Lah be, Dave. Help me to my room yes,” said Nadira.
Nadira does not want Dave and Riana to fight any longer.it will make Riana hate him even more, and it also cannot happen.
“Riana, let's continue eating. Let your brother take care of Nadira,” said Papa sage.
“Do not want! Not in the mood!” Riana immediately grabbed her phone at the dining table and walked into her room.
Dave just sighed in response to that. Riana who is always pampered and obeyed her will to be a powerful snob. Papa really loves Riana as his only daughter, no wonder that Papa rarely scolded Riana and always spoiled her.
“Dave, like Nadira can't walk, deh. Her knees are blue, definitely grieving. Is it baby?” said Mama who was still crouching to align her body with Nadira who was sitting on the floor.
“Ya already, let me carry,” knot Dave.
“Ah, no need! I can still walk alone,” interrupted Nadira when Dave just hugged her to be carried.
Nadira tried to get up and walk on her own, but that sounded musthail. His knees hurt so much, it felt so painful and wanted to be dislodged. Just one step he walked, had already fallen into the arms of Dave who was standing guard behind him. Really, really shy, anyway! Nadira grouse in heart.
“Tapi—“
Not yet Nadira again open his voice, Dave has been hunted to bring him to the lap and hold him. In front of Mama and Papa, Dave walked up the stairs to their room.
“Be careful yes!” mom Message.
Nadira bowed embarrassed when she saw her mother-in-law chuckling to see she was held Dave. What are they thinking? I don't know, bodo time with that. Now he just needed to quickly get to the room to rest.
Dave dropped Nadira's body on a mattress that was fortunately soft. But it's not just Nadira's body that's falling, Dave's too! He fell on Nadira's body lying on the bed. A faint smile rose on Dave's face.
“Dave, beware! I have to change clothes,” pinta Nadira.
“Kalo I don't want, how?”
“My body is sticky, I have to change clothes or I can't sleep well later,”
“There are terms,”
Nadira's eyes pinched seeing Dave getting bolder. That dirty smile looks shitty. Dave licked his lower lip and occasionally bit him with a pretty weird expression. This is the guy why, anyway? Crazy huh? Thought Nadira.
Dave looked at every curve of Nadira's face. Not pretty, her nose is not sharp, and she doesn't even have a thin cheek or blue eyeball like the girl she dreams of. But somehow, Dave really likes Nadira's simple face type, natural, has dimples, a pug nose, and gray eyeballs. That looks ... interesting!
“What?” nadira asked when Dave did not reveal his terms.
Their bodies were now very close like a layer cake, sticky!
“You are sure, would you like to give me what I asked for?” dave's question made Nadira think further.
“Kalo I can, yes definitely I love,” replied Nadira innocently.
Dave laughed crisply. Nadira is so innocent and so easy to lie to. When he doesn't know what Dave means? What more does a husband ask his wife than to have sex? But Nadira doesn't realize that, and Dave doesn't ask for that right now. Realizing that Nadira is still in school, she must not ruin her life.
Marrying him alone, might have been enough to ruin the happiness of a Nadira Alfariza, he did not want to ask for more.
“You why laugh?” nadira asked astonished and confused.
“Gak papa's. Knee still hurts?”
Nadira shakes. It still hurts, but it looks like he can walk alone to the bathroom, the distance is not too far ‘ right?
Dave got up to change his clothes. Likewise with Nadira, he cleansed his body that was so sticky because of sweat. It feels like rubber, smelly and sticky. When he finished he immediately ran to bed and prepared himself to explore the dream.
“Where are you going?” nadira asked as Dave approached the bed.
“You sleep,”
“Do not sleep here, sleep on a sofa,”
Maybe Nadira does want to consider Dave as a husband, but his heart is still reluctant to sleep naked or connect further than that. His marriage was not based on love at all, so he could not easily accept Dave wholeheartedly. While his heart is still attached to the figure of Reyhan, his girlfriend.
“Maybe my life now is not careless, unhappy, not harmonious or even meaningless. But I will try to bring back my old life, my simple but happy life, with the people I love. Reyhan, I'm sorry that I had to be in a relationship with someone else without your knowledge. I promise, I'll be separated from him soon and back with you.
Believe me, in my heart there is only you. Dave's just a temporary husband, once I pay off my dad's debt, I'll separate from him. I promise you, baby. Wait for me, yes!”
That's what Nadira wrote in a diary. Her only hope and dream right now is to separate from Dave, the husband she married without love. Even though he wasn't sure that he could leave Dave, he had to work on it. At least effort was something he could do at this moment.