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“Can I borrow your credit card?” She asked her husband before opening the wallet. It would be dangerous if Raya directly opened it without the permission of Karan. For this reason, Karan who was so royal to him would not refuse. The man who always presents Raya luxury goods even though Raya does not need it, must be willing to give her credit card.

While wearing his tie, Karan replied, “Where is your card? I think I also gave one of my credit cards to you. Didn't Ian deliver?” It was impossible for Karan to not provide the basic needs of his wife. Money and luxury. Karan never had any financial problems despite Raya living a frivolous life. Only with his salary as deputy director of the Reviano family company, Karan was able to provide Raya with five expensive apartment units every month in the Central Jakarta area. Of course it is not combined with his income as the CEO of Karan Watch, his luxury watch company. With that income, Raya does not need to work anymore as a model because Karan can meet her needs.

“My date ..” Raya bit her lower lip, feeling faint as she was about to lie. He was so stupid that he forgot that he had his own credit card. However, the Kingdom will not stop easily. He has already lied, so he will finish his lie to the end. “My card was accidentally blocked. My manager is taking care of it. And what you gave me, well, Ian did leave it to me, but it's more often I use to shop for basic necessities. So, I loaned it to Bi Anna. Now, I don't have a credit card.”

Karan laughed in his heart. Don't you know how bad a lie that woman made? In a lie reason is the key to whether the lie can trick someone or not. Raya is a bad liar. Not only the topic of his lies, the reason that the woman used was also very bad, Even so, Karan still followed the game of Raya. He will assume that Raya is telling the truth.

“Alright, just grab one of my credit cards from inside that wallet. You can choose any bank,” exclaimed Karan without any worries at all. Karan put nothing in his wallet. Once when they were not married, Karan did put a photo of Raya teen in his wallet. Once they have a wedding photo, Karan also replaced it with a photo of the wife using a wedding dress. It is not a wedding photo where he and his wife are together, but a photo that only shows Raya alone.

It was nice to get that access. She opened her husband's wallet and found a beautiful portrait of herself in a wedding dress there. Both cheeks Raya blushed. She did not expect her husband to be this romantic. Let alone in the wallet, on the home screen of the phone only Raya did not put their wedding photos. It was not because Raya was ashamed to have married her husband. How could that woman be ashamed of marrying a rich and handsome CEO like Karan? Raya just doesn't want people to always remember Karan's big name every time they see him. Raya is reluctant to be mentioned as the wife of Karan Reviano when working outside the home.

“I'll take this one.” He removed one of the blue credit cards. Then, he closed Karan's purse and handed it to the husband who was ready with his neat suit. “This is your wallet, thank you.” There was nothing suspicious about the wallet. There are only pictures of him, several sheets of ATM cards and credit cards, identity cards and some cash in the form of rupiah and dollars. Failing to get what he wants.

Karan took his wallet and put it in his pocket in his suit. “I'm leaving, Honey. I'll call you when I get to Berlin.”

Head Raya shook her head quickly. “No, you should call me when you're at the airport, when you want to fly and after you've landed in Berlin. I want to monitor your activity.”

Karan chuckles slowly. People say that the husband and wife are a couple tied to a marriage relationship. And people say that a soul mate always has similarities. That is why humans always look for similarities with a partner before starting a relationship. At first Karan thought it was a joke, an empty talk delivered by people who claim to be experts in love. But now, Karan was convinced that the statement was true. Because, the more days, the more Raya has a nature like him. The most basic example Raya has just shown today is possessiveness.

“Oke Darling, I'll call you,” exclaimed Karan. After kissing Raya's lips affectionately, Karan brings his suitcase to the front of the house, where Ian is already waiting with his car. Before getting into the car, Karan hugs Raya tightly again. “If you want to work, go to work. I'll allow it.”

“I don't have much work,” reply Raya sad.

“I mean, you can take a job as that judge, Raya. Go, do what you want.”

Both chocolates are perfectly rounded. She let go of Karan's embrace and looked at her husband, “You allowed me to be a judge of that contest?”

“Isn't that what you want?”

“Then just do it. I allow it.”

How happy that day was. He did not expect Karan would allow him to do what he wanted all along. To be a judge in the event that raised his name. Not because Raya wanted to show off her success, Raya just wanted to thank the event properly. Had Raya not participated in the contest, or had the production team not exposed herself constantly, surely no one would have wanted to make her the famous model she is today.

“Thank you Karan!” tukas Raya is so happy. He even kissed Karan's lips in that place. In front of Ian, the gardener and Anna. However, Raya did not care. He puts his hands around Karan's neck while deepening his kiss.

After a few minutes, Raya just released her kiss. Ian stood pecking while bowing his head, as well as the other Karan men. Ian wanted to remind Karan about the flight departure time, but who would dare to disturb his boss who was making out? Karan was furious and cancelled their flight today. Ian prefers Karan to arrive late which is important the CEO keeps abreast of all the hectic schedules he has put together with great difficulty.

“Sial!” swearing Karan suddenly. “I hope I cancel all my schedules,” he said which made Ian suddenly glared at him. Then, Karan connects again, “but I can't. I feel sorry for Ian. He will die if I keep telling him to change the schedule as I please.”

“Thank you for your understanding, Sir,” said Ian praising the kindness of the boss. The boss was right, he could die young and not even married if he kept staying up late to finish the job schedule of the CEO.

“True, you go now. Later you can be late,” said Raya confirmed. Because Karan seemed reluctant to move, Raya had to open the back door of the car and force her husband to enter. “Be careful, don't forget what I said earlier!”

“Alright, I'm leaving,” Karan said.

Raya saw the luxury car driving away from the yard of the house. Strangely enough, the woman felt relieved and sad at the same time. He was relieved that the person who had arranged it had already left, but he was saddened to feel the loss of Karan's figure. Although annoying in the early days of the marriage, Karan's attitude has now changed drastically. That's what makes Raya think that her marriage to Karan is not as bad as she had imagined so far.

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That same day, after seeing the departure of her husband, Raya continued her activities. He got permission from Karan, which is why he immediately contacted his manager to schedule a meeting with the producers of the Princess Beauty Indonesia contest in 2023. Not only with the producer of the show, Raya also had to have a meeting with the television producer where the show was covered. And all day was spent outside the house. He met many people and talked about many things, of course, about the event.

Up to one point, everyone in the meeting room was surprised instead of playing. They whisper to each other after looking at the screen of their cell phones or laptops respectively. Only a few people seemed ordinary because their focus was on the arrangement of events. Raya one of them. He wouldn't know what would have happened if his manager hadn't come up to him and given him his cell phone where it showed a friendly scene between himself and Reagan.

“Loh, why is it like this?” tukas Raya was confused. He threw a question mark at the manager. And his manager just shook his head, a sign that he was as confused as Raya. “Try to contact the music video director, sister. Hurry up!” tukas Raya is in a hurry. He believes this issue will be a sexy headline for journalists to discuss. Raya can't imagine how crazy they are to hunt him down later.