
"Hello, Honey!" greeting Arka who made the person across there smile, hearing the affectionate call from Arka.
"Hello, did you call me? are you not upset with me anymore?" ruby asked carefully.
"I can't be upset with you, because I'll be tormented myself. Oh yeah, where have you been? I've called you several times" Arka protested.
"I just woke up. Last night the children asked me to stay up late" replied Ruby.
"Try me there, maybe I'll be able to replace you to accompany them and you can sleep,"
"Ka, I'm going first! you continue to talk about it. I'm not a mosquito here," Pandu suddenly slapped, standing from his seat.
Arka did not answer. But he gave an answer by giving an okay sign through his thumb.
"Who is that? what is it, Pandu?" ask Ruby from the other end.
"Yes" short and dense.
"Emm, can I make a video call?" ask Arka very carefully.
"Eh, no need!" sahut Ruby, hurry.
"Why?" Arka squinted her forehead.
"Emm, since I just woke up, haven't had a shower at all,"
"Not a problem at all. What about before? I've seen you wake up a lot,"
"If you used to see me wake up but don't pay too much attention" Ruby gave an excuse.
Arka's smile suddenly rose on her lips, although her smile could not be seen by Ruby.
"Who said? just so you know, I used to watch you secretly. So, how, can I make a video call?" Arka repeated her request.
"Emmm, alright!" ruby finally gave up.
Arka cheered and instantly turned the call into a video call. The first thing he saw were the faces of his three children who were seen blabbering indistinctly.
Arka interacts with her three children for a long time, waiting for Ruby to take a shower.
Not long after, Ruby looks fresh with a towel rolled over her head.
"Have baths?" ask Arka and Ruby just nodded, assuring.
Silence is created for a while, no one starts the conversation first. Somehow the situation changed instantly turned awkward.
"Mas, I actually want to say something to you, after I thought about it, I decided to accept you back for the sake of the children," Ruby finally opened her voice, looking for the awkward atmosphere that had been created.
Suddenly silent a thousand languages. His heart seemed to stop beating for a while, so surprised to hear the words that were thrown from Ruby's mouth. The words he had wanted to hear so much.
"Mas, why shut up? why are you dumb?" ruby asked with her eyebrows linked. But the question still did not get a response from Arka who still looks shocked.
"Mas Arka!" ruby's voice rose, resuscitating Arka from her daze.
"You're serious, By?" ask Arka, making sure with trembling lips.
Suddenly Arka's eyes let out tears, seeing Ruby nod her head.
"Is this real? am I dreaming?" Arka patted her own cheeks, causing Ruby's laughter to break.
"It's real!" sahut Ruby, make Arka's tears more and more rushing out.
"Mas, are you crying?" Ruby brought her face closer to the phone screen.
Arka wiped her tears and smiled. "It's happy tears, honey. I-I don't know what to say anymore. What is clear is that now I am very happy," Arka's face now looks sparkling. "I plan to leave tonight for Bali, and stay there until you open your heart. Before that, God answered my prayer!" said Arka at length with a smile that never dated from her lips.
"Yes, tonight. You wait for me there! after that I will take you back to Jakarta. We'll stay in our own house so you're comfortable, "
Ruby smiled at Arka's words. She did not expect that Arka could understand her feelings. He really saw the other side of the warm and understanding Ark. It was so much different when she was with that man back then.
"Oh yeah, I want to tell you something too. Adelia is also soon to be married to Pandu,"
Ruby's eyes immediately grew bigger to hear the news coming from Arka's mouth. Not surprised to hear Adelia is getting married, but shocked to hear who her sister-in-law will marry.
"Mas, didn't I hear wrong? Adel with Pandu?" Ask Ruby to make sure.
"Yes, you didn't hear me wrong,"
"How come? isn't Pandu loving Tiara?" Ruby looks really confused.
Arka took a deep breath and exhaled it back into the air quite heavily. After that, he finally told her what had really happened.
Ruby sighed with a single jolt, after understanding what had happened.
"Tiara was cold to Pandu, not because she didn't love Pandu. He just wants to protect himself, so he doesn't look like he loves Pandu. Why can he behave like that, because he was once used by the man he loved so much. She loved the man so much, and always showed her love, making the man think Tiara was just her doll" Ruby explained at length.
"That made Pandu give up, also because last night he saw Tiara with other men in the cafe" said Arka, again.
"uh uh? wait, hold on! Tiara with another man, last night at the cafe?last night Tiara also said that she went to the cafe. I'm sure that the man with her is Bima" Ruby said.
"You know that guy?" there was jealousy in Arka's question.
"Of course I know him. He's Tiara's cousin's brother. He just got back from America. Of course he was very spoiled for his brother, because he had always been so to Bima,"
"So, that means Pandu misunderstood?" tanya Arka made sure.
"Yes, he's completely misunderstood. If Pandu finally chose to give in to Tiara's attitude, it would definitely make Tiara even more disappointed with her heartbreak twice. And it will definitely take a long time to heal his heartache" Ruby said with a sad face.
"Is that so? well, later I'll tell him this fact" said Arka.
"But what about Adel? will he be disappointed?" ruby's turn is not feeling well.
"It's better to be disappointed now than later" said Arka, calming Ruby.
Suddenly the sound of the doorbell of Ruby's house, making Arka squinting her forehead.
"Who is that?" tanyanya, probing.
"Oh, maybe it's the manager at my restaurant. I asked him to deliver the documents. I was, yes, I want to open the door," the call was finally interrupted after Arka agreed.
After the call was cut off, Arka immediately searched the Pandu number and contacted the man.
"Haish why can't I be contacted anyway?" Arka grumbled, annoyed.
"Later I call him back, I have to finish my job as soon as possible" Arka put her phone back in her pocket.
Meanwhile, far away in Bali there, Ruby opens the door. The woman was shocked because the one who came was not her manager as she said earlier. But, a tall man stood behind him.
"I'm sorry who and who are you looking for?"
The man turned around and smiled at Ruby.
"Are you Ruby?"
Tbc
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