I Found Love With You
29. Lunch

By noon, Sadiyah woke up from her sleep. He felt his whole body like a boneless crumble. He limped his feet out of the room. He wanted to clean his body but there was no bathroom in the bedroom that he occupied now. He was forced to go into the master bedroom and look at the bed that was still disheveled last night. With her face flushed with embarrassment, Sadiyah changed the sheets and cleaned her mattress. After she finished changing the sheets, she immediately went into the bathroom and immersed her body in the bathtub. Long enough Sadiyah soaked in the bathtub, almost an hour she soaked, wanting to remove all the marks given by her husband. But no matter how hard Sadiyah rubbed her body, the reddish marks all over her body did not disappear and instead grew red because so strongly she rubbed the sponge bath into her white body.

After being satisfied soaking in the bathtub, Sadiyah immediately dried her body with a towel and immediately put on her bathrobe. He saw the reflection of his face and body in the large mirror in the bathroom. He saw his pale face with red marks along his neck and chest as well as his lips that still look swollen due to the lip attack launched by Kagendra.

Sadiyah recalled the incident last night, her face flushed red considering what Kagendra had done to her. Without her willing tears fall down the river past her delicate cheeks.  Soon she washed her face to stop her crying. She does not want to be a weak woman.

Withstanding the pain all over his body, especially in a certain place, he came out of the room to the kitchen. The person who cleaned his apartment unit only came three times a week, and it just so happened that today did not come. Trudgingly he reached his kitchen and with his remaining strength he tried to make whatever food was important he could fill his rumbling stomach. His strength was drained last night and he skipped breakfast causing his stomach to rebel violently.

Clique

Sadiyah heard the door of the apartment unit opened and she was sure that only Kagendra went inside without ringing the bell.

Kagendra was surprised to see the appearance of Sadiyah who only used a short bathrobe limited to the thigh. Sadiyah was surprised to see Kagendra who suddenly appeared in front of her while carrying a large crackle. The pain all over her body overcame her embarrassment from wearing only the bathrobe in front of her husband.

“You just woke up?” ask Kagendra.

“Ya...” Sadiyah replied.

“I buy food for you.” Kagendra walked towards the kitchen and pulled out the contents inside the crackle he had been carrying.

Kagendra took out two packs of rice, two pieces of fried chicken and two packs of chicken soto. Then he took out two plates, a spoon, a fork and a glass from the shelf.

“You just sit down. I prepared lunch.” Kagendra's orders firmly.

Sadiyah obeyed Kagendra's orders. He sits sweetly in the bar. He no longer had the strength to go back to the bedroom and replace his bathrobes with more appropriate clothes. To walk to the kitchen alone he was overwhelmed let alone having to go back to the room to change clothes and then back to the kitchen, of course he would not be strong.

That afternoon, they ate in silence. None of them let out a word as long as they enjoyed their lunch.

Sadiyah ate her lunch greedily as if she wanted to replenish the wasted energy last night by devouring her lunch to the toilet. Kagendra who saw the ferociousness of Sadiyah in devouring dishes in front of him was amazed but he just kept silent to witness the ferocity of his wife.

“Kenyang?” asked Kagendra after seeing the empty plate in front of Sadiyah while the plate itself was only half finished.

“Ya.” Sadiyah replied briefly.

“Mau added again.” asked Kagendra with a hand gesture that was about to put unfinished rice on his plate.

Sadiyah shook her head.

Kagendra put the rice back in his mouth.

“If you're done eating, just leave the dirty dishes on the table. I will settle it later. Now I want a break in the room.” Sadiyah got up from her seat and walked limply to the room she had occupied this morning.

Kagendra looked at Sadiyah's back who was walking away from her.

After finishing his lunch, Kagendra immediately cleaned up the dirty dishes used for their lunch. Heeded Sadiyah's words to leave the dirty dishes on the table. After finishing washing dishes, spoons, forks and dirty glasses, Kagendra immediately returned to his office.

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Sadiyah was sure that she loved Kagendra because she tried to hate Kagendra but she could not. But Sadiyah was sure there was no love from Kagendra for her. He wondered what made Kagendra ask for her right to be a husband and why Kagendra could do it so many times if there was no love for her.

Sadiyah's heart grew increasingly ill realizing that her love clapped and withered before developing. Earlier, the, he has hopes that Kagendra will gradually begin to love and love him but after what he witnessed in Kagendra's office room and Kagendra's statement that will continue to intertwine his love story with his crush his hopes.

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“Honey...where are you from?” greet Natasha who since an hour ago patiently waited in Kagendra's study.

After briefly hugging Natasha, Kagendra immediately sat in his chair and continued the work that had stopped because he had to go home to bring lunch for his wife.

“So where are you?” Natasha repeated her question because she had not yet received an answer from Kagendra.

“Bone a minute.” replied Kagendra briefly.

“Oh...have you eaten?” ask Natasha again.

“Hmmm..”

“I miss you, babe...later your night to my apartment right?” Natasha had her arms around Kagendra's neck while resting on Kagendra's lap.

“Looks like I can't get to your apartment. Tomorrow morning dawn I have to leave for businnes trip.” said Kagendra.

“Where? Can I come with you?” ask the spoiled Natasha while kissing Kagendra's face.

“ke Lombok's. I'm there for work, not to mess around.”

“I won't disturb your work. I just want to stay with you.” protests Natasha who feels Kagendra does not want her to join her business trip.

“If there was you, I wouldn't be able to focus on working.” said Kagendra.

“Alright, then, you add 1 or 2 days there. I will follow you on your last day there. We'll spend time alone. How?” persuade Natasha.

“Ok.” replied Kagendra.

“How long are you there?”

“Six days.”

“I’ll be missing you.” Natasha put her lips on Kagendra's lips. “I love you.” whispered in Kagendra's ear.

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