HOW CAN I NOT LOVE YOU
Chapter 7 - Must Stay Vigilant

From the mirror of her dressing table Anindita noticed Ricky who was rolling up the sleeves of a navy plaid shirt wrapped in the muscular body of the man who works as an executive assistant, looking very handsome and handsome husband until Anindita unconsciously gave a smile on her lips.

" Why are you smiling like that, Anin?"

Anindita gasped, inexplicably she was found admiring her husband's good looks and physical perfection.

" No, no, my mom." Anindita immediately polished the red lipstick on her ripe lips.

Ricky approached Anindita who was adorned in front of the mirror, then touched Anindita's shoulder.

" Why are you wearing such a flashy color lipstick?" Ricky's forehead wrinkled because the lipstick Anindita used was bright red to make his wife's lips look more sexual.

" Oh, here I try the lipstick that Cici offered the restaurant owner in the shop downstairs, Mas. How many times I was offered to refuse, so I had to buy, buy only one, Mas." Anindita explained.

" Why choose a red color like that?" Ricky had never seen Anindita using such a bright red lipstick except for her marriage contract with Arya and her marriage ceremony at their wedding reception held at the Koh Leo restaurant.

" It looks ugly I'm wearing this color, huh, Mas?" tanya Anindita pulled a tissue to remove the lipstick that was attached to her lips.

" It's like trying to seduce a man."

Anindita's eyes widened as she looked at her husband through the mirror to hear Ricky calling him trying to seduce men, who does he want to seduce? Thought Anindita.

" Who do I want to tease, Mom?! I'm not a seductress!" Anindita protested Ricky's remarks.

" Of course, the husband you want to seduce, do you intend to tempt other men?" Ricky chuckles at having managed to make his wife sulk.

Anindita snorted because Ricky managed to taunt her, he immediately turned his face because he was annoyed with Ricky's words earlier. Anindita even got up from the chair in front of the dresser and wanted to walk away from her husband.

" Just angry, what when you are with Mr. Arya you also like sulking like this?" Ricky held Anindita's body with his arm.

Anindita's move stopped, not only because of Ricky's hand that blocked her but also because of Ricky's words that touched on his relationship with Arya. Really, Anindita did not like her marriage with Arya and now with Ricky compared to this.

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" Why do we compare our marriage to my previous marriage?" anindita asked in a dislike tone.

" I'm sorry, I don't mean to compare, I just feel like you're always mean to me." Seeing his wife put on a serious face, Ricky immediately said his apology, but he slipped a little protest to Anindita, because Anindita sometimes still behaved fiercely and ketus to him.

Anindita mende legitimately, "It's been, Mas. We better get going. It's a pity that Mbak Ria and Mbak Lanny waited a long time." Anindita took her bag and walked out of her room because she did not want to continue discussing the differences in her attitude towards Arya and Ricky.

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" Hi, Ci Sandra. How are you?" Anindita greets Sandra, upon her arrival at her former boss's restaurant while she is still working as a mini market employee in Malang.

" Oh, hi, Mrs Ricky ..." Sandra teases by greeting Anindita as Mrs Ricky.

" Aci ..." Anindita blushed in embarrassment because Sandra teased her. " Rama, let's salim with Mami Sandra." Anindita tells Ramadhan to kiss Sandra's hand.

" Hi, Rama ... How are you, son?" Sandra rubbed the head of Ramadhan, the boy who was born in her home first.

" Good night, Miss Sandra." Ricky said hello to Sandra.

" Good night, Mr. Ricky. Thank you for visiting here ..." Sandra pays respect to Ricky, not only because Ricky saved Anindita's life, but also grants her dream of owning her own restaurant.

" Oh, Fatma's mom coming too?" Seeing the presence of Mama Arya who is being helped by Tita pushing her wheelchair because Arka is in the lap of her daughter Eyang, Sandra also approached the Former Mother-in-law Anindita." How are you, Mother?" Sandra salutes Mama Arya.

" Thank God, I'm in good health, Ms. Sandra." said Mama Arya.

" Well, Arka's big, huh? Here's a sling with Mami, Kasian Eyang must be heavy in Arka's stool." Sandra took Arka's body from Mama Arya's lap. " Well, it's getting heavier Arka, soon Mami is not strong carrying Arka, nih." Sandra chuckled as she smeared Arka's puffed cheeks.

" Ci, have my guests arrived yet?" tanya Anindita whispers to Sandra because she does not want to be heard by Mama Arya who has now walked first in front of her with Tita, Ricky and also Ramadan.

" No, Nin. No one has come yet." said Sandra.

" May they come and don't disappoint Mama" Anindita murmured.

" Who are they, Nin?" ask Sandra curiously.

" He's Mas Arya's younger brother, Ci."

Sandra rounded her eyes to hear Anindita's confession about the guests Anindita was waiting for, because Anindita told a lot about her life story after leaving Malang, when they met again a few years ago.

" They're the brothers of Aryan's father whom you said drove you out of your husband's house?" tanyanya.

" Yes, Ci. They're Ria's Mom and Lanny's Mom, my Mama-in-law's kids."

" What else do they want? Didn't they also 'throw' Fatma's mother to the nursing home?" Although not related to blood, nanum Sandra can feel upset knowing the treatment that was received by Anindita and also Mother Fatma by the two Aryan sisters.

" At any rate, they're the children of Mas Arya's mother, Ci. As to what their treatment is, a mother must want to be reunited with her children, let alone have not met for several years." As a mother, Anindita felt that she would be very longing and sad if she had to separate from her children.

" If they're still being bad to you, what about Nin?" Sandra doubted that the two Aryan sisters had changed their attitude for the better towards Anindita or to Mother Fatma.

" I hope they change a lot, Ci. Because yesterday I met them at Mas Arya's grave, may they realize their mistake all along that has misjudged me and also abandoned Mama in the nursing home." Anindita tried to think positively of the two Aryan sisters.

" I hope so, Anin. I hope that what you expect becomes reality. But, Cici asks that you still have to be careful, lest they use you, Nin. You who used to be different now, you who are now the wife of a rich young executive, Your attitude is too good, you are too good, it can boomerang if you meet the wrong person. But, Cici hopes you're always protected from people who have evil intentions towards you, Anin." Sandra expressed her hope that Anindita would always be wary of anyone.

" Aamiin, Hi. Yes, I want to catch up with the others first." Anindita wants to catch up with her husband, child and Mama Arya who has walked in front of her, she also took the Ark that was carried by Sandra.

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