MARRIAGES & BENEFITS

MARRIAGES & BENEFITS
Darrynya


Devina decided to be absent from her job today because the woman's eyes still looked swollen even after she washed her face. He then sent a message to Didit and also Lena to replace him to take care of the cage.


He saw Alfin who was still faithful snoring just below his place was asleep. The man was completely unperturbed even though he made a noise nearby.


How not to be noisy if it sounds is a vacuum cleaner machine.


"Basic!. It could still be snoring when her voice was loud gini." the woman shook her head faintly as she continued her work.


At nine, the woman's stomach feels wrapped around because it does not get enough food intake since arriving in the apartment especially Alfin who is completely insensitive to the affairs of their stomachs. That made Devina opt out for shopping.


Luckily, the place is not far from one of the biggest supermarkets in the city. It only takes about fifteen minutes and he arrived with a basket of basic necessities as well as vegetables and fruits that will meet his nutritional intake for the next two days.


Arriving at the apartment he had not yet seen the man move from where he lay. The woman was quite content to hear the discordant voice that her own husband made.


"Fi." Devina tries to wake the family burden but does not move.


Devina again let it go and turned to kitchen affairs to fill her almost raging belly.


His hands swiftly sorted the vegetables to be cooked. Likewise with fruits that will be included in the refrigerator.


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A man like Alfin does not make Devina a different person. She said nothing had changed from her life before or after her marriage to the man other than her status had changed.


Devina was about to finish her last meal when Alfin tetiba just stood silently behind her body and made the woman reflexively hit the man on the head using a wooden spatula covered in black pepper sauce accompanied by a scream of taste his shock.


"Sick Devinaaa!."


"Some of you why are you secretly standing behind people!?." His omelette was full of frustration.


"I just want to see."


"That's why you don't go there, what a cake sounds like, let me not be surprised." Omelnya while picking up pieces of onions and pepper balls that are stuck in the man's hair.


Alfin who was crouching suddenly caught Devina's small arm that was busy cleaning her head from the spice crumbs. Unexpectedly, the man actually men***** tiny index finger covered in spicy black sauce with fine.


Even the surprised Devina could only gawk with her eyes ever widening.


"You_


"Nob." Alfin's speech made him even more inflamed.


"JIJIIIIIKKKK!."


"Sorok Alfin!. You're a real slob!!!."


Alfin at the speed of a puma dashed away from the pursuit of a hunter who was ready to eat him alive.


The man's laughter filled his apartment.


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A plate of capcay with dori filet krispi served on the dining table complete with soup ala-ala one of the fast food restaurants that are much favored by children.


Devina brought her plate of hot rice to the table and left it to grab a glass of home-grown melon juice that tasted no less than a five-star tavern.


The woman almost threw a glass in her hand when she saw someone had been sitting casually while feeding rice with side dishes served at the table without her permission.


"Taste you good." The first comment Alfin made to a woman with a hungry predator-like gaze.


"But unfortunately the portion is very small."


"This is enough for one person."


"But no papa, the important thing is good."


The man kept repeating the same sentence until he finished a plate of rice that did not belong to him.


"It turns out that halal money is rich in gini taste." Alfin chuckled between the silence of the apartment room. "Nob and filling."


Devina glanced in dislike at him despite having been praised many times. The woman chose to temper her emotions while taking a plate of rice to fill her stomach with the remaining side dishes. Not one bit he intends to answer the words of the burden of the family even if only an eye gesture.


Devina tried to stay focused on enjoying the cuisine produced by her own hands. It is the same as appreciating what God has given us when we are healthy.


"Vin, I need to ask you something. Can you?."


Devina raised her gaze slightly to see the seriousness on Alfin's face.


"Actually_


TIG! _ The bell on the door of his apartment rang and made the man break his words.


"Who the hell, meet early in the morning." He grumbled in his steps toward the door.


Alfin looked at the CCTV screen attached beside the iron door and found Edo's face smiling sweetly at the camera.


"Why did you come to the house of a gini clock?."


"Gue again running in the morning turns out to be here as well as the end."


"Fin's cooking smell." Edo sniffed the savory scent that was pouring out in the room.


"I'm cooking this."


The man immediately patted his head. He forgot that Devina now occupies an apartment full of history owned by a handsome man who was welcoming him with the style of the house.


"I forgot you had a baby."


"Eh, so this is not bothering me?."


"Oh yes, I'm home" he said without pause.


"Your support's an attention." Alfin's mouth clucked. "Udah, let's go upstairs!."


At the very top of the building there is a coffee bar owned by property developers that is deliberately opened to the public, just that the entrance access must use a special elevator that is on the outside of the building if the visitors are not users of the apartment.


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Devina was relaxing in a balcony after cleaning up the remnants of dirt that was dumped in the sink. The woman turned on her laptop and dozens of emails filled her inbox as she opened her account.


One by one he read and then replied if necessary. Starting from the name of Lena who was at the top until finally he arrived at the last incoming email that made him quite surprised.


His heart rippled again as his eyes read the sender's name.


..."Hi you, how are you?. Ease well yes,...


...Congratulations on your marriage, you,...


...I didn't think you could finally move on after all this time....


...I used to think I was too bad for you, but now I'm grateful that you can get better than me....


...Vin, I'm really sorry for the rest of us....


...I realized that it was my fault that I did not fight for our relationship and left you just because of the matchmaking made by them....


...I really regret it, sorry....


...Hope you can be happy with the man of your choice."...


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