My Mom Wants to Mate
33. Staying In Daniel's House

"You've seen domestic life, haven't you? Your parents for example."

Karen nodded.

"I want that as it is generally."

Karen immediately reflexively held the buttons of her shirt. "Including the 'that'?' husband and wife activities'?"

"Yes, if both sides allow each other."

"But it ...."

"I said, if both sides allow each other. It's a conditional sentence [That's a conditional sentence]."

"Oh, okay. Fair enough [Fair enough]. What else for example? Mending you write details here rather than me having trouble understanding what you mean."

"No need. Do you understand what my wife does at home?"

"But if I clean the house and cook, I can't. I work too."

"I have a maid. He came in the morning and came home at 3pm. He'll cook breakfast, clean the house and do the laundry. Your job is to cook dinner and clean the room."

"Other than that?"

"In addition I want you to behave like a wife: put a tie, bring a briefcase, prepare a shirt, kiss my hand when I want to go or go home, tell me if you want to go anywhere, not going anywhere if I don't give you permission to go and unlimited access to your phone."

"Don't have freedom?"

"My genie is cheap and easy, you just need some news. And the place you went to was not a strange one. I'm in charge of you, so don't do anything that's messy and embarrassing."

"If I had a boyfriend?"

"Do as you please, but don't be silly and don't get caught by others."

Karen nodded. It seems acceptable common sense even though on the part of the husband-wife relationship, he still feels uncomfortable. But the words 'if both sides give permission' make sense. No one is harmed if it is done voluntarily.

They also signed the contract with the stamp.

After talking about the marriage agreement, Daniel went straight to the room. Karen followed.

"Niel, about the bed, how?"

"Here."

"One-one bed?"

Daniel nodded.

Gawat, cook the basket? What if he's a macem? (Karen).

Daniel went to the walk in closet to pick up a long pillow and bolster. Karen understands. Later, Daniel would make the pillows a sleeping barrier between them.

After that, Karen spent time working. He edited the articles that had already piled up. The wedding had to put her job on hold.

Actually, all the work has been submitted to Citra and Inda. But since this month her work was so much, Karen's hands couldn't stay still.

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The clock shows at 5pm. Karen ends her job and prepares to do her first job as a wife, cooking dinner.

Where the hell is Daniel? From that moment it was invisible. (Karen).

Daniel was somewhere, Karen didn't see him. He went straight to the kitchen. Open the fridge wide. The vegetables are there. Seeing the abundant vegetable ingredients, he decided to cook capcay.

The aroma of cooking was able to invite Daniel to come to the kitchen that became one with the dining room.

"Niel, where did a-" Karen stop her question.

Why me nanya? Bodo is where he came from. (Karen).

"Not be his name. Eat it, cold hunt!" Karen took the plate for the two of them.

They had dinner very solemnly, not a single word came out from the mouths of the two. After that, they prepared for a night's sleep.

Her cold husband had already changed into a nightgown. He put himself in bed. Although he had time to rest at the hotel, but still his body felt fatigue.

Karen followed next to him. He put a roll between their places so as not to intersect.

"Grow my back!" daniel Pinta.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, okay."

Karen remembered Daniel's request, surely he wanted to be massaged by his wife like a husband in general. He often saw the massage-massaging scenes of his parents when his father was still alive. However, he himself never massaged people.

Karen started to massage. Her husband grimaced in pain feeling Karen's lifelong massage the first time he did it.

10 Minutes passed, Karen's massage did not change. Stay not good.

"Udah already!" daniel said while enduring the pain.

"Nake?"

Daniel nodded.

I turned out to be a pinter mijit, too. He was sleeping to the point of his sleep. (Karen).

Karen has trouble sleeping. The days before marriage, she always slept alone. And tonight he has to sleep next to everyone else.

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The next day

Morning sun greets the universe. Everyone opens their eyes with enthusiasm and is ready to live life. However, not with Karen who was at 7 was still asleep. Adaptation to his new life as a wife turned out to make the sleep cycle chaotic.

Daniel had already taken a shower and was getting ready for breakfast. Despite Sunday, he remained disciplined getting up early and having breakfast at exactly 7.

"For Den Daniel," said Aunt Sum. Aunt Sum is a housekeeper who helps Daniel take care of the house.

Ahead of Daniel and Karen's wedding, Aunt Sum is worried about losing her job. Thankfully, Daniel still needed his services.

"Morning, Bi. Cook what?"

"Den Daniel's favorite, fried rice is flat."

Daniel smiled and started to eat breakfast.

"Oh yeah, Aden's wife doesn't eat breakfast?"

"Still asleep" replied Daniel briefly.

Aunt Sum was already impatient to meet Karen. At the party, both ART Daniel and Karen, both are given the task of guarding their respective homes so that they have not met a new employer.

Karen opened her eyes at 7:30 a.m. He got up and took a shower. After that he headed to the dining room.

"Morning, Non, I'm Bi Sum helping out here."

"Again, Bi, I'm Karen."

"Please, Non Karen, have breakfast first."

"Daniel where, Bi?"

"Den Daniel walks the morning, Non. If Sunday Aden really likes to walk or ride a bicycle around the complex here. Sometimes the big way too."

"Oh ...." Karen started eating fried rice eggs made by Bi Sum. "Ehm ... If Auntie, comes every day?"

"Yes, Non, I come here every morning, cook. Later in the afternoon clean up the same house garden. I came home in the afternoon. The schedule was 3 pm, but Aden often told me to go home in the afternoon if it was done all the work. Come on, Non, I'm sorry to start cleaning up first."

After she finished eating her food, Karen went out and looked around. He closed his eyes, enjoying the morning air while stretching out his arms.

Not long after, Daniel came home with a bunch of plastic bags in hand. He passed Karen without looking at her.

Am I an invisible creature? Seen not. (Karen).

He followed Daniel into the kitchen, unpacked the plastic package and put it in the refrigerator.

"Buy what?" ask Karen.

"food."

"What food?"

"Market exposure."

"His name?"

"I don't know."

"You are like electricity, a month at most pay 15 bamboo, save a lot!"

Hearing that, Daniel raised his eyebrows.

Karen came out of the kitchen to the room. In the room, Karen looks through Daniel's collection of Iron Man figures in a glass cupboard. He tried to open the display closet and then took 2 small figures and turned around.

How surprised he is. Daniel apparently stood behind him with his hands folded across his chest. The doctor's facial expression was flat, very difficult to read.

Is he angry that I'm holding his toy? (Karen).

To be continued...

Jogja, May 7th 2021

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