Marriage of Debt Relay
*Chapter 13

"What?" Dinda said with a serious face.

"Consideration." Ilya said lightly.

"Watch?" Dinda with a confused face was staring fixedly at the face of Ilya who still maintained a small smile on her lips.

"What attention do Ilya mean?" Dinda who did not get an answer again asked the question she had previously asked.

Not to answer directly. Ilya instead re-carved a wide smile. "Oh my God, Dinda. Your face can only be so serious in response to what I say. I was just kidding. After that, you are busy every day with your activities taking care of the park. I .... "

"Wait a minute." Dinda quickly spoke while approaching a few steps to Ilya. "Sister Ilya says I'm busy every day with the park? Not that Ilya's sister is also always busy at all times with Ilya's work? Busy as a mobile phone, also busy with laptops. If I were .... "

"You're jealous .... " Ilya instead teases Dinda by cutting Dinda's speech without waiting for Dinda to finish saying what she wants to say first.

"Eh! Cem-jealous what? I just don't want to be accused of being alone. Because busy is not just me. Ilya too, right?"

Ilya who heard the words with a nervous tone even smiled widely. For some reason, that face looked very cute in Ilya's eyes. It had been a long time since he had refrained from getting close to Dinda since that time. Precisely, since disappointed by Dinda's expectations that he expected jealous because he was close to other women.

Now, the feeling of wanting to be close is not able to hold it anymore. Therefore, he immediately sacrificed his ego to approach Dinda first. And, it turned out to be very happy for Ilya. Sacrificing selfishness was very comparable to the happiness he felt at this moment.

Therefore, Ilya was determined that he would always put aside the ego that had been great just to always be with Dinda. In other words, slowly he wanted Dinda to still have her at all costs.

"Mm. .. Brother Ilya really smiled anyway? What are you thinking, huh?"

Dinda's words disperse Ilya's daydream. He who was caught silent while staring at Dinda also immediately hid the red hue of his face due to embarrassment.

"I'm .. There's nothing. Oh yeah, I brought you a drink? Sitting in the chair first yuk," said Ilya trying to calm his own heart by diverting the subject as much as possible.

"Eh, since when did you bring that drink, Brother Ilya?" Dinda spoke while looking at the drink on the garden table.

"He he .. It wasn't me who brought it. Mbok Yah who delivered it earlier."

"Mbok Yeah? When did mbok Yah come? Why don't I see it at all?"

"Mbok came with me, Dinda. You do not see because it is too focused on your favorite plant. Anyway, I deliberately asked not to be too noisy. Because ... mm .. I want to talk to you both now."

Dinda immediately looked at Ilya. "Speaking ... are you two? What do you want to talk about?"

"much. Let's sit down!"

The breeze hit adds to the cool atmosphere created between the two. For a while, the two kept quiet while enjoying each other's drinks. Until at the end, Ilya opened a conversation between them again.

"Dinda, is there anything you want to tell me right now?"

With a fixed look, Dinda looked straight at Ilya. "Nothing" said Dinda, shaking her head slowly.

"Then, let me tell you about the past life I've been through. Precisely, before I suffered a cripple like this."

"Din, I'm sure you know and have heard all the really bad stories of my life before we got married, right? It is impossible if you never hear. Because I'm the warmest gossip for the mothers in the village."

The remark made Dinda give a serious look towards Ilya. "Relse ... Ilya knows that there will be bad rumors about Ilya's brother in the village? How come? Not ... Ilya's sister lives in the city, while the gossiping mothers are her place in our village."

Yes, Dinda was quite shocked by what Ilya had just said. Because before, he thought Ilya did not know that all this time, he was often used as a material for the talk of mothers when they were together. Therefore, when Ilya said that, of course Dinda became quite shocked.

While Ilya, he instead smiled widely back. "Dinda, don't forget one thing. My father is in the village. He is also a big man in the village, right? So, as far as the information goes, it's very easy for me to get."

"Dad Ilya knows? But why did she never do anything to gossiping mothers? As if, he had never heard those rumors at all. He wasn't angry or upset at those ugly-mouthed mothers."

Now, Dinda's words just now didn't just make Ilya smile. But, it immediately made Ilya chuckle because the words tickled her heart so much.

"He he .... What do you expect me to do, Dinda? Should I silence the mouths of the gossiping mothers? Or ... what?"

Dinda instead looked resentfully at Ilya who was still laughing. Because he was serious about talking, even Ilya responded with a joke as well as ridicule.

However, Dinda chose silence now. He who was annoyed, did not want to add to his annoyance by answering what Ilya said just now.

Ilya who saw Dinda silent, now immediately stopped her laughter. He immediately put on a serious face because he knew, Dinda did not like what she had done just now.

"Sorry, Dinda. I made you angry. But, your face just now was very funny, you know? Dad had to do something about me for a bad rumor. Because the rumors are true."

The expression on Dinda's face was increasingly showing a bad taste to look at. Ilya knew that Dinda was upset or even disliked him at this moment. But he wants to be frank with Dinda right now.

This time, Ilya wanted to be honest with Dinda. She knows her bad past might affect her relationship with Dinda. But being honest is better than being silent without explaining anything.

Although Dinda probably won't be able to accept him well. But at least, he had already shown that he could change even though it was too late. But it's better than nothing.