Married for Trust
CHAPTER 3.

3.

Earlier...

After returning from the hospital, Nazhwa felt guilty when he found her husband was not at home. Well at this time Andre must have gone to the office and he did not make her husband lunch.

"I should have gone to the hospital after Mas Andre left for the office. Look now, I missed one day of my duties as a wife" she said weakly and then walked into the kitchen.

Nazhwa deftly cooked for Andre's lunch, and he had already called Nanda's secretary, telling her that he would deliver lunch to her husband.

After all her cooking was ready, Nazhwa rushed to Andre's office in the car that her husband gave her the day after the wedding.

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After parking her car in the office courtyard, Nazhwa rushed down from her car and stepped into the company building owned by her husband. And as usual during this one month Nanda's secretary would wait for him in the lobby whenever he said he would come to the office.

"Good day, Miss Nazhwa. Let me take you to Mr. Andre's room, incidentally Mr. Andre just returned to his room after the meeting." said secretary Nanda while developing a thin smile on his lips.

Nazhwa nodded and returned the smile of a young girl who works as a secretary of her husband,

even so, it never makes Nazhwa feel worried because Nanda's secretary is a polite girl and always keeps his appearance. Well as Nazhwa had always seen for a month as Andre's wife, Nanda's secretary was always polite and covered in clothes despite not wearing a hijab.

While in the elevator, Nanda's cell phone rang. He immediately picked up the call and activated the speaker.

"Nanda, where are you? It's almost past lunchtime. Looks like my wife won't be coming, so please order me lunch" Andre said.

Nanda's secretary smiled without answering her boss's questions, then thrusting her phone at Nazhwa.

"Please, Ms. Nazhwa will answer." said secretary Nanda half-whispering.

Nazhwa nodded, leaned his head slightly and said.

"Wait a minute, lunch will come soon" said Nazhwa then immediately turned off the phone.

While Andre in his room was confused while staring at the screen of his phone, because what he heard was the voice of Nazhwa instead of the voice of Nanda secretary.

"Well, is it because I feel so guilty that everywhere I hear Nazhwa's voice. Ah no, what I said this morning was not wrong, I should have been honest if I did not love him." he muttered then put the phone on the table and rubbed his face.

"But I don't know when I'm going to hide the truth that I married Nazhwa because of the trust from his brother's late house" she said.

"Ah, if the time is right, I will tell Nazhwa the truth. And if she doesn't accept the reason I married her, it's up to her as long as she doesn't ask for a divorce. Because it's so hard for me to do. Just as heavy as when I married her as mandated by Shalwa." she muttered then confirmed her sitting position and opened her desk drawer took out a picture of her late lover's house from inside.

He gently rubbed Shalwa's face with his thumb. Her eyes were teary, and her memory was glazed over 6 months ago when Shalwa breathed her last.

#FLASHBACK

Andre who was focusing on the street in front of him turned to look at his lover who was also looking at him with a ignorant smile.

"meaning?" Andre asked back.

"I mean, if today we were going to die, what would you do or want?" shalwa repeated the question.

"Em, all I'm going to do is marry you today" Andre replied accordingly.

"Well, how do I marry you? To this day you have not taken me to meet your parents. Though I seriously want to marry you." continued Andre.

Shalwa smiled bitterly and then turned her gaze to the street in front of her.

"Ndre, you want to know what I'm asking if today is my last day."

"What do you want to ask? Em, must be the same as me? We got married today." said Andre.

Shalwa shook her head softly while chuckling. "Where do we know, Ndre, if we're going to die today. Marriage can't be that way either. But if today is really my last day, I want to ask one thing from you." he said, glancing at Andre at a glance.

"Which I ask, you remain part of my family even though I am not there" continued Andre frowning confused, but a few moments later he chuckled.

"There are you, Sha. How can I still be part of your family if you don't exist." Andre cheered.

"Can I have a sister, you can marry her if I'm not around" Shalwa said, and Andre stopped his car.

"Aren't you really serious not the same as me? You never wanted to take me to meet your family, and now you're just saying you have a sister. Why, Sha? And what did you say earlier, please Shalwa don't say anything by the way, if it's a reality how to try?" annoyed Andre.

"Udah ah don't be surprised. Later if it is time you will also meet them, let's go again shortly until the office." said Shalwa. "And I was just kidding."

With a little annoyed, Andre returned to his car with full speed that made Shalwa scream hysterically. However, Andre did not care about it.

Andre continued to drive his car so fast that he did not pay attention to the circumstances around, even though the road was so crowded, but Andre skillfully overtook the vehicle in front of him.

"Ndre, stop you can make me die hanging." Shalwa shouted, but Andre seemed not to hear it.

Shalwa's loud scream was unable to stop Andre who continued to drive his car at full speed. Until when approaching the traffic light Andre braked his car, but unfortunately his car did not stop which made Andre surprised, inevitably he honked his horn so that the driver in front of him gave him a way.

But the efforts of Andre who continued to sound his horn did not produce results, even making other riders angry.

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Note Author:

Think before you speak, that is what the wise do. The true will say "be careful with words, for words are prayer". This seems almost realized by everyone, although in reality many just know and do not apply it. We have often heard the word that do not say carelessly, no matter what the circumstances. To joke or to be serious, God is All-Hearing. I believe every word is a prayer. Therefore, it is good to always come good.