
Rianti was piqued in his sleep when he heard the commotion in front of the room door.
With her eyes still narrowed, Rianti turned on her room lights. For a moment he was surprised when he did not find Alex beside him even though the clock had shown right at midnight. But then he patted her on the forehead. He recalled that Alex had been on his way home from London since yesterday morning.
The woman again narrowed her eyes, trying to calculate her husband's flight estimates from the time of departure from Heathrow Airport, London, to Changi Airport, Singapore. About fifteen more hours of travel by private plane.
Should Alex have gotten to Telunas an hour ago? But why hasn't he come yet?
“Azzam! Don't fuss, your sister will wake up!”
Rianti sharpened his hearing. The noise in front of the door of his room came back even though it was faint.
“Ih.. mother, Azzam would be envious. Never given a surprise like this.”
“Sttt..”
“Eh..
Out of curiosity, Rianti got off her bed and put on her keropi floor slippers and stepped closer to the door and opened it.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABE!!’
Gee whiz…
Rianti took a few steps back to his surprise when he heard the simultaneous screams of Baba, Anne, Father, Mother, and Azzam, followed by Alex and Tommy who had joined them.
Rianti reviewed her happy smile and then let them in.
Exactly at twelve o'clock tonight the age of Rianti who has stepped on twenty years.
The figure is already attached to his heart-shaped cake candle.
Alex, who had been holding a cake, walked in front of Rianti with a smile when he saw his wife's eyes begin to glaze over.
“Sweetheart. Happy birthday."
"Alexes..."
"Sttt. please, don’t cry. Blow candle. Don't forget to make a wish first,” one hand Alex hugged tightly his wife's shoulder while one more hand propped the tart in front of his wife's face that began to close his eyes, pray to God with all your heart. I hope God will grant all his prayers.
After that, Rianti opened his eyes again and blew out the candle which was immediately followed by a thunderous clap from his entire family.
Especially Azzam and Baba.
Alex gives the cake to Azzam who is standing next to him to hold. Then he hugged his wife and kissed her softly.
“Thank you to be a good wife and mother to our children. I love you so much, Sweetheart.”
Father and Mother also moved to hug Rianti while occasionally rubbing both corners of his eyes.
“Mr, Mother, love you, Son. Be a good wife to your husband and a good mother to your daughter's son.”
Not to be left behind, Azzam immediately save – tart that had been held in his hands— on the nightstand, he then rushed to hug his only brother who had accompanied him for almost seventeen years of age.
“I really love you, my best sister in the world.”
Baba and Anne don't want to lose either. The two of them joined Rianti's arms as Azzam let go of her arms.
“Thank you for being a good dougther to us. We love you my sweety.”
Do not want to miss giving congratulations, Tommy took a step forward while lowering his head, “Happy birthday, Madam. Best Prayer for You.”
“You don't want to hug me, Tommy?” seductive Rianti stared at Alex's face standing next to her.
Tommy Setika's face flushed red. The man just shook his head slowly and smiled awkwardly at Alex who was now looking at him with a deadly look.
“No Madam. Thank you,” replied Tommy mercifully which made everyone laugh to see him.
“I love you, Sweetheart,” whispered Alex in the ear of his wife. "love you so much."
Rianti hugged Alex. The woman was crying haru. Gratitude continues to be said because of the amount of love he has received so far. Really, he's happy. Very happy.
“Mommy you seem to love crying, Honey,” Alex stroking his wife's distended stomach. “You're a man. And you have to be like daddy. Don't crybaby.”
“He's my son, Alex. He should look like me.”
“He's the result of our cooperation, Sweetheart. I'm investing in this. And as the biggest investor, I'm sure he looks more like me than you,” Alex's left hand moves around hugging Rianti's waist while his right hand faithfully caresses his wife's distended stomach.
“Ish... Alex you cheat.”
Alex still doesn't care about his wife's protests. He was even engrossed in kissing the stomach of Rianti bertubi because of anxiety.
He misses.
A few days of not meeting made him want to swallow his wife whole, if there was no one else in his room.
“Ck. Azzam is still under the age of nih.”
Alex just laughed and stopped his activities and looked up at Azzam who was clucking in protest.
“Sorry.. sorry.. Brother forgot, Azzam. I miss your sister very much. I really miss her. You know, a hundred hearts would be too few to carry all my love for her. (You know, a hundred hearts would be too few to bring all my love to him)."
“Ck... lebai,” Azzam again clucked.
“Alex, ssstthh.
“Sweetheart, are you okay?” Alex panicked.
“Dear you why?” anne and Mom asked at the same time when they saw her daughter-in-law closing her eyes and biting her lower lip.
“Do you feel pain? You want to give birth?”
“It looks like her HPL is still three days away, jeng,” exclaimed Mother to Anne.
“What is possible forward, mbak?”
“Alex, sa-kit..” groaned Rianti still tightly closed his eyes.
“Call doctor Shala, Baba. Fast!” Anne did not lose her panic. “Please all out yes. Anne same Mother will prepare everything.”
“SAKIT ONCE ALEX! ARRGGHH!!” Rianti nodded strongly along with getting stronger the coveted on Alex's back hair as the man carried her back to bed.
Quickly, Alex stood up and took off his suit. Cold sweat began to wet his temples.
“Sabar ya Darling,” whispered Alex on the ear of his wife while peeping Rianti's forehead already sweaty.
“Alex... getting sicker!”
“Iya. Patience darling. The doctor's on standby for you. She'll be here soon.”
"ALEXI... IT HURTS!"
“DOCTOR HAS ARRIVED, ALEX!” anne cried out in panic at the pain of her daughter-in-law.
All rushed out when the female doctor came in and closed the door.
Alex has prepared all the needs to give birth to his wife and also alert the doctor to him in advance when approaching HPL.
Although he had prepared mentally, but saw the sweat soaked all over Rianti's body, and looked at his wife's pale face withstanding the pain of contractions, unabated to make Alex's knees soft like jelly.
Alex limp. He chose to sit behind his wife, hugging her tightly, making his chest as a backrest for Rianti to push. One hand held his wife's hand, while the other stroked her gently.
“Relax, Sweetheart. There is already a doctor here and there is me who will always support you,” whispered Alex to calm Rianti even though he himself could not feel calm.
"Breath, Madam."
“Breaths, Honey. Listen to the doctor,” Alex tried to calm himself even though his face looked more tense.
His grip tightened as he desperately held the pain in his heart as Rianti screamed in pain.
Alex continues to support his beloved wife. If he could, he would be willing to endure all his wife's pain.
Melihat Rianti kepayahan, mengejan, berjuang mempertaruhkan nyawa demi kelahiran buah hati mereka, membuat Alex ikut menjerit dalam hati. Ia tidak menyangka, ternyata melahirkan itu jauh di luar ekspektasinya. Sangat menyakitkan sekaligus mendebarkan.
Unknowingly, the man rubbed the clear details flowing from the corner of his eye. He cursed himself who could do nothing.
“Aaarrghhh!!!” Rianti shouted loudly while tightly gripping Alex's arm.
Alex shock's.
Not because of Rianti's grip on his arm - which even - he felt Rianti's fingernails piercing through his skin. But because this was the most stressful extreme thing he had first seen during his thirty years of life.
“Push again, Mistress, little more.”
Alex kissed the top of his wife's head repeatedly. “You're strong, Sweetheart. You can definitely.”
"Aarghh."
As Rianti shouted once more with her hands tightly hugging Alex's neck, the sound of baby crying echoed through the air.
Rianti relieved. All the hard work and pain that had just been experienced seemed to disappear, changing with a sense of haru as soon as the doctor placed the tiny baby on his chest.
Alex closed his eyes. I don't know why she can't stop her crying anymore.
“Honey, why are you crying?” rianti asked as soon as he felt Alex's tear spots falling on his face. “You are very crybaby.”
Alex was crying and laughing. The man kissed Rianti's forehead many times and thanked her repeatedly. Thank you will never be enough to say, even in his entire life.
“Thank you, Darling. You’re my hero. You’re my queen. You’re my everything,” he said sincerely.
The doctor immediately cleaned the baby. While some maids immediately went in to clean his wife.
A wide smile hung across Alex's face as he held his son for the first time.
Her greenish blue eyes were exactly the same as her eyes, jet black hair. A clean white skin and a sharp nose, as well as reddish lips, imply that he will grow up to be a very handsome man.
Alex cried again as he chanted azan and iqomah for the first time in his son's ear.
“Welcome to the world, Adelard Alexander Jr. Malik,” he said to the beautiful little baby.
“Welcome to the world, Baby El. We love you so much.”
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