I Found Love With You
78. Respectively

One year passed, Kagendra still trying to find the whereabouts of Sadiyah but have not found a meaningful clue.

Now that Kagendra's weight has been slightly increased, his face no longer looks tyrannical and the muscles in his body have returned the results of the sports he does every day. He forced himself to eat even though he no longer enjoyed it. He eats only to keep his body healthy.

Almost every week, Kagendra met with Rostita and Darmawan to ask the whereabouts of Sadiyah but neither Rostita nor Darmawan knew where Sadiyah lived now.

“Fai, how is the progress? Any clue where my wife is?”

“Numbered, Boss. Me and the team, 24 hours watching the house of Bu Rostita and Mr. Darmawan. During our surveillance, never once did Ms. Rostita or Mr. Darmawan go to such an unusual place. They just go to places they used to visit.”

“Have you checked, the people they met? It is likely that Sadiyah met them at a place they would normally visit undercover.”

“Already, Boss. We have checked all relations, clients or relatives that Bu Rostita and Mr. Darmawan visited. Nothing is suspicious. Looks like Madam Sadiyah is indeed hiding smartly, Boss. He knew that the Boss would definitely keep an eye on his aunt and uncle's house so that the Boss' wife never once contacted his aunt and uncle.”

“Yes, it seems like it is. I regret that I have told you about my other work. I told my wife once that I told you to keep an eye on her. I did not expect that this backfired for me.” regretted Kagendra.

“As long as the Boss still orders us to supervise the residence of Bu Rostita, we will stand by 24 hours.”

“Good. Don't let your guard down. Remember your previous mistakes that resulted in you losing track of my wife. It all started because of negligence and negligence you guys take my wife for granted.”

“Siap to do.”

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The crying of two babies together at midnight overwhelmed Sadiyah. It has been almost five months that Sadiyah has not slept well. Every time he fell asleep he would wake up soon because he heard the cries of two twins who were five months old.

Sadiyah tried to give exclusive ASI to both babies, but stress and fatigue factors made her breast milk production not enough. By the fifth month, he had to add formula milk to the twins.

Sadiyah was grateful that Mak Isah and Atep were helping her so that she could be helped from postpartum syndrome. Atep decided to take a break from college to help him in taking care of the twins and also his newly pioneered business.

Sadiyah's weight, which gained twenty kilograms during her pregnancy, has now returned to her initial weight before she became pregnant. Even his weight is getting reduced due to taking care of the twins and his new business at the same time.

“Neng, don't push yourself too much. Neng had to remember his own health. The results of the rice fields are enough to support Neng and the twins every day. Neng does not need to work hard like this to ignore health.” advice Mak Isah when seeing Sadiyah who works hard every day.

“What is Neng after? Did Neng do all this as a form of escape to forget him? Is Neng still in love with her?” Mak Isah did not dare to mention Kagendra's name but he could not help asking this to revive Sadiyah.

Sadiyah could not forget Kagendra. Mak Isah often saw Sadiyah who was crying in the middle of the night while looking at her picture with Kagendra who posed friendly on the mobile screen.

“Slow down Neng. If Neng still can't forget him, don't force yourself to forget. Mak was sure that over time, Neng could definitely forget about him.” said Mak Isah encouraging Sadiyah although he himself is not sure if Sadiyah will be able to forget Kagendra let alone there have been two children born from their marriage.

In order to forget his love story, now Sadiyah busied herself with trying to start a culinary business, in addition to taking care of several hectares of rice fields inherited by her father. Sadiyah tried to open a cake shop in the nearby town of the village she now lives in. He felt that the cake shop and cafe business would not go forward if it was opened in the village. So he spread his wings to the nearest town. The long-term plan after the twins can be left for a long time, he will open a cake shop and cafe in Bandung. For a while the management of the store and cafe is currently handed over to Atep.

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Two years have passed since Sadiyah's departure. Now Kagendra was getting upset because he had a hard time finding Sadiyah's whereabouts. He does not believe in his reputation as the best agent who has managed to solve various cases but can not find his own wife.

At 2pm, the phone rang. Ever since Sadiyah left him, he had trouble sleeping. He will find it difficult to fall asleep but will easily wake up. Almost every night, Kagendra can only fall asleep after 12 p.m. Therefore, to fill his time so as not to continue thinking about Sadiyah, Kagendra worked until midnight. After tired of working, he can fall asleep.

His habit of working late into the night resulted in a positive for Kagendra's career but on the contrary with his deteriorating health. Over the past two years, Kagendra has successfully opened a branch of the company in a neighboring country. He is also starting a new branch of the company in Thailand. Thailand is famous for its outstanding advertising products. Therefore, Kagendra feels challenged to compete and compete in one of the countries with the best advertising products in the world. That way his competitive spirit is increasingly challenged.

Kagendra has resigned to his love story with Sadiyah. Instead of lingering in grief, he chose to work without knowing the time. He wanted to start forgetting Sadiyah and the pain that was inscribed by the failure of his love story.

The pain of being left behind by Sadiyah was more painful when compared to the pain when she was abandoned by Natasha. Until now, his chest still feels pain and tightness if you remember the moment of togetherness with Sadiyah.

Twice being abandoned by the woman he loved made his heart return cold and this time, his heart was colder. His guilt for Sadiyah was covered with anger at Sadiyah's disappearance. Kagendra began to blame Sadiyah for leaving him. With this act of blaming Sadiyah, Kagendra tried to cover up his slump and his guilt for Sadiyah.

“Halo, Ndra.lo is still up?” arfian asked immediately after his phone call was picked up by Kagendra.

“Sialang. Why call nights? Do not know the time.” umpat Kagendra who was upset because of a difficult sleep he got interrupted by a phone call from Arfian, cousin and his only friend.

“Ndra, you have to help me. Only you can help me at this time.” demands Arfian.

“Help what the hell? Tomorrow we'll talk.” Kagendra hung up and deactivated it.

Kagendra tried to sleep again but it was difficult even though Kagendra had tried to close his eyes but did not go to sleep as well. He could only sleep after dawn.

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to be continued...