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53. Attention to pregnant

Laila's pregnancy has entered the fifth month, but Laila is grateful she did not have severe cravings so she still works.

"Are you sure you want to keep working?" Akbar asked Laila.

"Yes, Bang. I'm still strong enough to do work." Answer Laila.

"If you feel tired, or have trouble you should just stop. You take it easy, My income is enough for the three of us later. Even I've been saving to raise business capital." Akbar.

"Yes, Bang. If I feel like I can't do it, I'll stop working." Laila answered while cleaning the bed before they rested.

Laila put her body on the mattress and scroll Instagram.

While Akbar was going to take a shower.

"Wahh, like this is delicious. I'm getting cold." Laila said when she saw a food post.

"What's? What do you want?" Akbar replied when he had just finished his bath.

"Here, I saw my friend instastory who was eating martabak topping it until it spilled so." Laila shows Akbar her phone.

"You want? If you want I'll buy it." Answer Akbar

"You know what, but don't buy it later if we're outside." Laila refused, for fear of inconveniencing Akbar.

"Why do you want it now!" Answer Akbar

"You've just come home, you must be tired." Laila tried to resist her will.

"It's okay, I'm buying it now." Akbar immediately put on clothes as he was about to leave.

"Not to Bang. Later." prevent Laila when Akbar has dressed up neatly.

"Oh, It's okay. I'll go first." Akbar

"Bang Akbar!" Laila called back as Akbar was about to leave the house.

"What?" Akbar replied while looking.

"I'm coming along." Laila

"It's night, you just wait at home." Akbar.

"But I want to come." Laila.

"Go on." Akbar allows Laila to come.

Akbar and Laila go to buy the food Laila wants.

"Bang Akbar stopped." Laila suddenly asks Akbar to stop his bike.

"What's up?" Akbar replied as he pulled over.

"Bang Look, the cafe is very rame. definitely the food is good. We're going yuk!" Take Laila.

"You sure? He said he wanted a Bangka martabak." Answer Akbar

"We'll cancel it!" Laila

"You sure?" Ask Akbar again.

Laila nodded in spirit.

"Then." Akbar also complied with Laila's desire to stop at the cafe.

Laila and Akbar stopped and ate there.

(Laila and Akbar)

"Thank you Bang." Laila said as they were back at the boarding house.

"Thank you for what?" Akbar replied, hanging his jacket.

"Make a walk the same as dinner." Answer Laila.

"Oh, Yes, Same." Reply Akbar.

"If you want something, just say it. I'll buy it" Akbar said again.

"Yes, Bang." Answer Laila.

Laila lay back down. His stomach was feeling stiff, because he had eaten quite a lot.

"Mommy's son must be happy, until it moves like this." Said Laila while rubbing her baby who was moving in her stomach.

Akbar also lies on Laila's side and strokes Laila's stomach, wanting to feel the baby's movements in Laila's stomach.

Laila is happy and moved because Akbar also loves his baby candidate.

"Bang Akbar, can I ask you something?" Laila.

"What mean?" Akbar answered, who was still rubbing Laila's stomach.

"Did Bang Akbar marry me out of pity?" Finally Laila dared to express the feelings that had been running in her heart all this time.

"Why are you asking like that?" Akbar asked back.

"Yes, for a man in general, marrying a woman who has been impregnated by another man is impossible. Moreover, we have never been in any relationship before." Laila.

"I just don't believe that in this world there are angel-hearted people like you. You helped me and my baby from the destruction, and from the poor view of society." Said Laila again while slightly holding back tears.

Akbar let out a long breath and sat leaning against the bed rest.

"You know? When I saw what happened to you, it was like seeing my mother who was pregnant with little Akbar." Akbar said as if he was looking far into the past.

"meaning?" Laila did not understand.

"My grandmother told me. My mother used to be in a relationship with a Turkish man who was doing business in Indonesia." Akbar

While Laila just kept waiting for the next story.

"They were dating and eventually married Siri, actually my mother once asked to get married officially. But my dad says taking care of the data and marriage licenses between the two countries is hard enough. My mother also agreed to marry Siri, and will take care of their marriage license later."

"Until my father's work in Indonesia is done, and he must return to Turkey."

"With a heavy heart, my mother gave up my father's return to Turkey. Before leaving my father said, If he will take care of all the needs to make a marriage license and will soon return to Indonesia."

"But after being in his country, my father forgot about my mother. She never gave any news, even my mother had trouble telling me that my mother was pregnant with her child. Until I was born without my father knowing that he had a son."

"My mother's love was so deep towards my father that she couldn't accept the fact that my father just threw it away. When I was a baby, my mother had a tremendous mental shock until she ended her life when I was one." Akbar is no longer able to stem his pain as he has to re-tell his life story that he keeps secret from everyone, even his friends.

Laila immediately hugged Akbar when she saw that Akbar could no longer hold back her tears.

"That's enough. Don't continue. I'm sorry, because I'm you're so sad." Said Laila while hugging Akbar.

"When I saw Andi was wasting you and not admitting her Son, I felt very angry. Until I felt I had to save this child, so as not to suffer a fate like mine." Akbar continued while replying to Laila's embrace.