LUNA (SUBSTITUTE WOMAN)
KISS AND CHOCOLATE

Sabrina and Maria were stunned upon hearing what Anyelir said. If Sabrina looks disappointed, not so with Maria who immediately looks so happy. The old woman immediately stood up and walked over to Anyelir who was still standing in the middle of the room with a red face from anger.

"Seriously, Nye, are you really pregnant?" maria asked, touching the palms of the Carnations.

Carnations nod. He had no choice but to say what he had just said. She just wants not to be bullied and humiliated by her husband's parents. "Yes, Ma, Anye's pregnant."

"Oh, my God, oh thank you so much my God!" Maria hugged the body of the Carnation who was sweating coldly. He was very happy because the wait to pet the grandchild that he had dreamed would finally be done as well.

Sabrina approached Carnation and Maria, forcing her to pull the corners of her lips to form a smile. "Congratulations, Mba. I'm really happy" Sabrina said.

Carnations did not respond to what Sabrina said. He was too confused how to make his lie this time not found out. How can Luna get pregnant soon?

***

This afternoon Luna was busy watering the plants along with a housekeeper named Mbok Darmi. Sometimes he even cut out the rose bushes that grew irregularly, and replanted the stems he had cut in the empty land.

"Madam, well, yes, please don't do this. If Mrs Anyelir knows, then Mbok can be scolded," said Mbok Darmi, while seizing scissors and a few stems of roses from Luna's hand.

Luna pouted, then left Mbok Darmi and grabbed a hose lying on the ground, then began to water the plants in the garden.

"Mrs, fight, Madam." Mbok Darmi again shouted, trying to snatch a hose from Luna's hand.

Luna laughs. "Mbok, just call my name, don't call me Madam, I'm nobody here. And let me do this and that, yes, pliiiiis!" Luna pleaded, her parched face making her look even more beautiful. "I can get bored if I stay indoors all day without doing anything, Bi."

"But, Madame-"

"Luna, Mbok, Luna." Luna cut off Mbok Darmi's remarks. "Luna was my mother's given name, and I was happy when other people called me Luna, Luna, Luna."

Mbok Darmi looked at Luna with pity, for now both of Luna's eyes were beginning to dew, and the woman looked painstakingly holding back her tears.

"Nyo's mother .. hem, I mean Mbok, where's Nak Luna's mother? What's living out of town?" ask Mbok Darmi.

Luna shook her head, her hands began to touch the water that had been flowing from the hose she was holding. "If it were so, Mbok, but unfortunately not so. Mom went to a place so far away. Just three weeks ago my mother passed away, and since then no one has called me Luna, other than Zion. But now Zion's far from me."

"All right, son, Luna. From now on Mbok will call Nak Luna according to Nak Luna's wishes."

Luna smiled. "Thank you, Mbok." Luna suddenly hugged Mbok Darmi, making the old woman who had worked for several years in the villa laugh out loud.

Arjuna who had been watching Luna from behind the Boungenville bush smiled to see the excitement that was clearly visible on Luna's face. He did not expect that behind the figure of Luna who looks strong and strong, it turns out there is a deep sadness that the woman is trying to hide.

"A very attractive woman" muttered Arjuna, before he decided to go back inside the villa.

***

The sky changed color. From bright blue, reddish, and now pitch black with tiny dots that glitter beautifully.

Arjuna sat in the courtyard beside the villa without wearing a chair or other pedestal. The man sat on the thick grass while sipping a warm chocolate made by Luna a moment ago. The phone next to him that had been ringing non-stop he ignored, as well as one more phone that he put right next to his phone, the phone was Luna's phone.

The names of Carnations alternately appear on the screens of the two phones, but not once did Arjuna receive a call from Carnation.

"Ehem." Luna arrived beside Arjuna and sat down next to the man. "Let me take it." Luna reached out her hand, wanting to take her mobile phone that Arjuna had been holding back from earlier.

Arjuna held Luna's hand, and kept the woman's hand away from her phone. "Leave it. He'll make your ears hurt when you receive a call from him."

Luna frowned. "He's your wife, Sir, isn't he bad-mouthing your wife?"

"Because she's my wife, I know best how she fought, and I feel I have to tell my other wife the truth so that this other wife is mentally safe." Arjuna chuckled, making Luna increasingly give a strange look to Arjuna.

"Just relax, Luna, I just don't want her to nag you and urge you to do this and that." Arjuna handed over his hot chocolate cup. "Drink."

"Mine is yours too. You're my wife now. Take it."

Luna received the cup from Arjuna's hand and started sipping the hot chocolate. Somehow now it feels so sweet and delicious, but when making it earlier and tasting, it does not taste as good.

Arjuna looked up at the sky. "What do you think?" ask Arjuna suddenly.

Luna kept the cup away from her lips. "What?"

"the sky. What else is it."

Luna looked up and looked up at the sky like Arjuna did. "Beautiful, many ketombs."

Arjuna laughs. "Dandruff."

Luna flicked her shoulders, then again took a sip of the hot chocolate in her hand.

"I like to look up at the night sky until late. Sometimes I can spend all night, make Carnations angry and say that I don't want to spend time with her. Though I always invited him to sit together under the stars, but he did not want to. In addition to many mosquitoes, looking at the sky is a useless activity, he said." Arjuna said, still looking up at the sky above him.

"Maybe Bu Anye wants more attention from you. After all, for a high-class woman like Bu Anye, looking up at the sky was useless, right." Luna defended the Carnation.

"That's it, but in a household, everything should be balanced. After I obeyed everything I wanted, I didn't think it was too much if he accompanied me to sit in the courtyard of the mansion for one to two hours. Just like you do with me now."

Luna laughs. "Don't compare Bu Anye with me, sir. I am not as good as him, so my taste will not be as good as his taste. I had no problem sitting on the grass and looking at the sky all night. Things like this actually make me feel calm and comfortable, but not for Bu Anye who is used to living a glamorous life."

"That's what I mean, why doesn't he try to be a little bit simpler."

"I think for a woman as great as her and as rich as her, she's simple enough." Luna chimed.

"Yes, you don't know him that well. Now get me my hot chocolate, I think you've had enough of it." Arjuna reached out to Luna, asking for back his hot chocolate cup.

"Gosh," muttered Luna, who reflexively bit her lower lip. It honestly makes Arjuna become anxious.

"What's wrong?" ask Arjuna.

"I accidentally spent it, sir." Luna looks guilty. "Wait here, I'll make it again."

Luna immediately got up to her feet, but Arjuna pulled the woman's wrist and made Luna sit back on the grass, this time at such a close distance to Arjuna.

"No more, I can still see the rest a little" Arjuna said.

"really. Where's where?" ask Luna.

"Here ...." The next second Arjuna landed his lips on Luna's lips which were indeed brown remains attached.

Luna was silent, she did not try to refuse, instead Luna chose to close her eyes, enjoy the soft lips Arjuna on her lips that felt so soft and warm.

After a while, Arjuna kept her lips away from Luna's. "Somehow the chocolate tastes so sweet."

Luna blushed.

"Good start, Luna, that's what I mean there should be at least a little affection between me and you, just the way that a sweet baby will come into the world. A baby must be born with affection. Not because of coercion. Can we continue in a more closed place?" asked Arjuna, caressing Luna's face.

Luna nodded. He never felt out of words as he is today. Everything that Arjuna did was too sweet, and all this honestly made Luna become greedy. If Arjuna continued to behave like this, no doubt, Luna would definitely want Arjuna for herself. He will not share Arjuna's affection for anyone, not even for Carnations.

Seriate.

Seriate.