Not A Perfect Marriage
Chapter 19 The truth is bitter

"Yes dear"

"You take care of yourself and"

Rio muttered his words then stroked Angel's stomach.

"Papa's son, you take care of mommy? Papa's only gonna be a minute"

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Rio's been peeping at Angel's stomach for quite a while. Angel's smile is always engraved on her tiny lips.

"I'm going ya?"

Rio kissed Angel's forehead at a glance then grabbed her bag. Angel escorts Rio's entanglement. Actually Angel does not want to be left but how else, Rio must work.

Angel waved her hand at Rio's car.

"Well Papa go, you don't ask for anything weird well" Angel said as she stroked her stomach.

Angel went inside the house and continued to sleep. Home affairs, Rio had hired a person to clean the house once every three days. Not that Rio's calculation or anything just that he doesn't want to happen something to Angel especially Rio's not easy to believe in strangers who are underlined only certain people.

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Offices

11:00

Riko was talking to the two sons she was very proud of.

"Kalin both made Papa proud but Papa doesn't want you to get sick so from now on you have to rest a lot!"

"But Pa, time is money" protests Arfan who is eager to succeed like Rio and Riko.

"Money can be sought but when it hurts? free to have a lot of money" Riko's answer made Arfan wrinkle his chin. Rio patted Arfan's shoulder as if telling him to be patient. Arfan replied to Rio's treatment with his flat gaze.

"Would you like to have lunch with Papa or not?"

"Rio's got Pa's business" Rio refused straight away.

"Arfan coming, mah-biarin's sister. He's kind of busy right now, don't know what Pa's at Rio's home right now"

"I have a different wife at home, just like you who come home and talk to cats!"

Arfan who did not accept directly threw the sofa cushion towards Rio. Riko who saw their quarrel felt happy even though they both had no blood ties but they were this familiar.

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Rio was waiting for a red light that felt very long when he wanted to go home quickly.

"Eh? coke"

Rio saw a woman who looked like Angel entering the rice stall on the right side of the street.

"What's that?"

Rio immediately turned his car back to the parking lot close to the rice stall. Rio went straight to the rice stall that had a banner that read Jihan's rice stall.

"Not well?"

Rio is confused between entering or not especially if it's his mother Angel means meeting the same in-law dong. Somehow Rio became so nervous and sweaty.

Rio took a deep breath and directly opened the stall door.

"Welcome" greeted the owner of the food stall with his friendliness.

"Eh?"

Rio was stunned when he saw that smile. The same smile, the smile Angel had.

"What message do you want?"

Rio's doing as much as he can. It turns out that there are already some customers who are eating.

"What's your favorite here?"

Jihan smiled. He knew that in front of him this was a new person coming here.

"It depends on taste, you see"

Rio looked at the neatly arranged food row and as Rio looked inwards precisely near Jihan standing up, Rio was shocked to see the photo of Angel, Jihan and Father.

"That's mom's son?"

"Yes, she's a mother's only child. Usually he helps here but now it's work"

Rio felt very guilty especially the woman in front of him did not know that his daughter had married him and would give birth to a child for him.

"So what's the message?"

"Emm it's up to you, I want to try what you like"

I don't know what Rio was thinking at the moment that made him say that. Surely the owner of this stall will say all this is his favorite.

"You, I chose my son's favorite menu"

"Yes can"

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Homehouse

Rio entered the house with a smile that he was smiling at. Rio was relieved to know that Mama Angel was a friendly person and deserved Angel like that.

"Where are you?"

Rio wonder why the house is so deserted. Rio's looking for Angel in the kitchen but there's nothing.

"Where is the child?"

Rio walked towards the room making sure there was Angel or not. Rio immediately snorted in annoyance when he saw Angel who was sound asleep behind the blanket not only was the plate of fried rice that Rio cooked still intact.

Rio immediately pulled Angel's blanket and carried Angel's tiny body out of the room. Rio's treatment made Angel open her eyes.

"RIIOOOOO!!!" angel shouted with annoyance. Rio did not care and immediately sat Angel in the dining table seat.

"You're! it's noon but haven't eaten" Rio's scolding that directly moved the side dish he bought was grafting.

Angel still wants to sleep and his stomach does not feel hungry but when the aroma of this dish inhaled in Angel's nose.

"That's what?"

"So I bought it near the red light" Rio replied briefly. Rio himself does not want Angel to know that he met his mother and this is bought in his mother's garage. Rio did not want Angel to be sad.

"Now, spend it"

Angel was excited to eat. Angel himself knew that this was his mother's cooking. Angel always memorized the aroma of his mother's cooking.

Angel ate very well. Although not met directly, but this food treats the longing.

"Favor"

"Yes, if you like me buy it again"

Rio's words made Angel happy. Surely Angel will ask again this is the cuisine of his mother, the mother who gave birth to him.

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Time passed and everything felt very fast. Rio felt just yesterday Angel gave a surprise pregnancy and now a very big difference is felt Rio more physical Angel who slowly changed, now the content of Angel is clearly visible. A bulging stomach and Angel's body that contains and chubby cheeks.

"Eh?"

Angel was surprised as Rio hugged her from behind. Rio is always anxious with Angel especially on his distended stomach yes even though it is only four months.

"What do you want to cook, pregnant? I'm the cook, you sit down"

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A warm kiss landed smoothly on Angel's cheek. Angel turned towards Rio with an annoyed look, every day Rio always like this is too tight guarding him.

Rio forbids Angel from doing homework and always keeps an eye on everything Angel does. Rio did not care if Angel would be angry or whatever was most important for him was the health of his wife and his future son.

"Bikinin soup, I want it"

"Mildly"

"Review that it's not good!"

"Definitely delicious"

Angel chose according to her, sitting while watching Rio.

Angel smiled as the child felt moving yes although still vague and Rio did not know it because if Rio knew for sure every second Rio would stroke his stomach and it makes him uncomfortable.

"Can't you?"

"could. If it's not good, we look for it at the restaurant" Rio replied casually without looking at Angel.

"Bas with you!"

Angel could only shake his head. Although Angel's lips smiled but Angel's heart cried when she remembered the agreement again and this pregnancy was four months which meant five more months before all this ended.

"What are you daydreaming about?"

Rio's sudden question made Angel wake up from her daydream.

"Eh? really not"

"From daydreaming to helping me"

"So he said he could, you're this base"

Rio just threw a shred while Angel frowned his chin.

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08:00 am

Angel is justifying Rio's collar. Rio was now ready to go to the office, running a routine like he could.

"Aren't you coming home with chicken noodles?"

"Yes, before lunch I'm home"

"Yeyy thanks"

12:00 noon

Angel sat on the terrace seat waiting for Rio to come home. Maybe two more hours of him sitting here.

"Say before lunch is home but now? is he busy?"

Angel breathed her heavy breath and went back into the house. Angel wanted to sleep while waiting for Rio to come home.

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20:00

Angel smiled happily to see Rio coming home but only carrying his briefcase.

"Sister" Angel directly approached Rio hoping Rio did not forget.

"I'm tired, I'm going to sleep"

Rio went straight to the room as if he had forgotten his promise to buy Angel the chicken noodles.

"Papa forgot dear, we eat eggs just aka ceplok well"

Angel walked into the kitchen. This whole day Angel had not filled her stomach because she was eager to eat chicken noodles but Rio had forgotten to buy them instead.

After eating, Angel went straight to the room. The imperfect door closes to see Rio sleeping on the bed.

Angel sighed and then walked over to Rio. The shoes Rio still wears.

"You must be so tired"

Angel kissed Rio's forehead at a glance. Angel grabbed Rio's hand and then pressed Rio's silvery palm.

"It's Papa, honey. You were singing from now, right? Papa tuh. Later if you've grown up, you're omelin yah"

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22:30

"Sister, buy chicken noodles later when you go home"

Rio instantly woke up from his sleep. Rio dreamed/remembered this morning Angel asked for Chicken noodles.

"Why did I forget!"

Rio looked towards Angel who was asleep. Rio's eyes full of apologies. Rio instantly got off the bed and grabbed the wallet and also the car keys.

Rio who wants to get on his car undoes his intentions.

"The cake bike is more flat"

Rio decided to borrow a saptam motor to buy the chicken noodles that Angel wanted. Rio felt very guilty especially Angel this morning he had agreed to Angel's request even he promised before lunch he had come home with what Angel wanted.

"Ck! where should I find it?"

Rio was unmitigated to scratch his motor gas fortunately the road was quiet so there was nothing blocking the speed of his motorbike.

15 Minutes passed and Rio finally found what he was looking for. Rio directly ordered but the queue was quite long. Actually Rio wonder dijam so this buyer of chicken noodles is still a lot.

Rio grunted this annoyance had been felt for a very long time but his order never came even though he had paid.

"It's a long time!" rio was impatient. Five minutes later, the order finally arrived. After saying thank you, Rio immediately rushed home.

"Well?"

In the middle of the journey suddenly there was a heavy rain accompanied by lightning. Rio's mind was immediately fixed on Angel who was alone at home especially Angel was afraid of lightning.

23:45 Home

The sound of lightning makes Angel wake up from his sleep. Angel looked frightened and plus Rio was not beside her.

"Sister Rio!" call Angel but no response.

Angel immediately got off the bed to look for Rio. Angel looks for Rio in the bathroom but there is nothing then Angel exits the room looking for Rio in the kitchen but the result remains the same.

Angel heard the door in front. Angel went straight to the source of the voice and was surprised to see the drenched Rio.

"Well, where are you getting wet?" ask Angel in a panic.

"Make you"

Rio thrusting the bag of crackles with a smile on his lips yes but Rio's body looks cold even Rio's lips turn blue.

"This what?" angel said while accepting Rio's gift.

"Chicken noodles, sorry I forgot"

"Huh? baby if you forget nothing, I'm not so good. Sorry"

"There is nothing more than my later son's wrath. Buru eaten mumpung still hot!"

"It's a pity but it can be tomorrow and now you're changing" told Angel with a look and a smile that always makes Rio feel warm.

"Ready one"

Rio went into the room. Seeing Rio like that makes Angel not feel good especially he always asks that maybe it troubles Rio.

"Darling from now on we can't ask again Papa yah? we eat what is there, pity Papa" said Angel while stroking his distended stomach.

After finishing the chicken noodles Rio bought, Angel immediately rushed towards the room. Angel is worried about Rio's situation now

"I'm kerokin yah, let's not catch a cold?"

"Huh? got scraped? I've never been"

"Yes now I'm a kerokin, rather than you being sick! sit down, take off his shirt"

"Geo, you'll ask again!"

"Ask what?"ask Angel who does not mean by the words of Rio.

Rio looked at the silvery prickly Angel and that smile?.

"RIOOO!"Shouted Angel annoyed. Rio only looked at his teeth.

"Bas with you! it's not born yet, time to go!" angel Degus.

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"Aww.. slow cake, sick tofu!" rio's annoyance at Angel who was "painting" on his back with a coin.

"Diem! you got in the wind! red gini"

Angel focused on scraping Rio's back. The red color caused means Rio caught a cold and Angel became anxious.

Angel smiled as she shook her head as Rio burped but after that.

"Come on Rio!"

Angel directly hit Rio's back with the other hand used to smother his nose.

"What?" rio asked innocently.

"Bauuu! oh you mah!"

Angel was very upset when Rio flushed gas in front of him and without permission first.

"Said I got in the wind and the wind came out"

"Yes not here either! dear Papa naughty, if later you have a big pinch Papa yah"

Rio immediately turned around and kissed Angel's stomach with anxiety to make Angel pushed back fortunately only his hands supported his body.

"Sorry Papa well dear, Papa's release"

"Sleep at night"

"Yes, you too"

01:30

Angel woke up from her sleep. Angel woke up feeling something strange.

"Sister Rio?" cry Angel when she sees Rio's face full of sweat.

Angel touched Rio's forehead. The heat Angel felt. It seems like Rio had a fever from the rain earlier.

"You have a fever"

Angel rushed down from the bed to the kitchen to pick up the compress after which back in the room.

"Why did you get a fever like this?"

Angel directly compressed Rio's forehead with a handkerchief that had been moistened with warm water. Angel looks very worried especially during this Rio never hurt and now Angel is confused what to do.

It seems like Rio was also exhausted from working continuously and now that his body could no longer hold on, Rio fell ill.

"You're so hot"

In this house there is only himself and Rio makes Angel confused to ask who to help.

"Cena"

Angel was shocked as Rio spoke but his eyes closed.

"Cena"

Rio's increasingly looking unsettled. Rio just kept calling Sena's name nonstop. Angel fell silent and slowly her tears came down. This chest tightness is really painful. Angel harshly wiped away her tears trying to stay firm and strong after getting rid of this feeling first because the most important thing now was Rio's condition.

"Sister.sister Rio wake up!"

Angel tried to wake Rio but Rio did not come to his senses.

"I have to how?"

"Sena, I beg you not to go. Don't leave me, I beg you. Sena!"

Rio delirious getting worse made Angel even more confused. Angel patted Rio's cheek and shook Rio's body.

"NOBODY UP. I BEG!" yelled Angel who was already very panicked, confused and worried, even her tears had now drenched her cheeks.

"Sister Rio"call Angel once again. Angel's worry now slowly dissipated as Rio started to open his eyelids.

"Aww" Rio complained directly when he opened his eyes, his head immediately hurt.

"Sister Rio"

"El, my head hurts" Rio said as he held onto his head.

"I'll take the medicine first"

"Yes"

Not long ago Angel returned with a drug that can reduce the fever and pain relief.

"Take the medicine first"

Rio received the medicine then drank it hoping that this medicine could cure him.

"You make me anxious" said Angel in a soft tone.

"I'm sorry" asked Rio but Angel immediately shook his head if only he did not ask weirdly surely Rio would not be sick like this.

"I'm wrong I shouldn't always ask"

"Let's just say all this is for our son's sake"

Rio smilingly hid all his burdens while Angel smilingly hid his wounded heart.

"You rest, let it heal quickly!"

Angel kissed Rio's forehead long enough. Rio felt Angel's kiss implied sadness. Rio felt this condition was not right, he blamed himself for making Angel anxious and Angel should be asleep but this was taking care of him instead.

"Good night my husband"

Rio smiled then closed his eyes. Angel justifies Rio's blanket and then dips again this dry handkerchief into warm water and then put again on Rio's forehead.

Angel was still widened when Rio mentioned Sena's name. Angel felt jealous. All that went through made him forget that he was only a mistress and was not entitled to get more.

"Why is it sick?"

Angel walked out of the room, closing the door slowly.

"Mother"

Angel sat on the floor with both hands on her chest. This pain was so painful that it made Angel cry without a sound.

Angel pov's.

Why are you stupid El! you should realize, you are just a mistress and you must accept the fact that everything Rio loves is not for you but for your own son! nothing more!.

My heart and mind are now stirred. It all hurts so much, this heart is broken. I already loved her. Do you love this sick? my heart aches when I hear another woman's name spoken from the mouth of a loved one.

I'm sober. I'm the third person to infiltrate their marriage but I can't lie to my feelings. I sincerely love her.

"My son"

I'm the lightest fetus in my heart. Five more months, can I? God, I don't want to part with him.

Why did I accept this offer? I thought everything would be that easy but the truth? I'm stuck in this deal. The deal that changed my life. I'm alone, I need a mother. God I can't imagine having to part with the person I love and my son.

pov end's.

Angel leaned her back against the door. His gaze was empty and tears continued to flow nonstop.

Angel had thought that God was cruel to him because he had satisfied his life like this. God gave the trial the difficulty of paying for the hospital but God also gave help with the intermediary Sena but why should it be like this? it's really painful. Although sick and disappointed but what can make this happen, Angel can only pray and hope there is a little happiness for him.

05:30

Angel is making porridge for Rio. From last night Angel can not sleep especially Rio last night munt*h-munt*ah. Angel herself wanted to take Rio to the hospital but Rio refused.

"May you like"

Angel made porridge from the prescription she was looking for on her phone. During the cooking Angel continued to taste this porridge so that it tasted good and Rio was willing to eat.

rooms

Rio slowly opened his eyes, his body felt very neat.

Rio's looking for Angel's whereabouts but it looks like Angel isn't in this room.

"El!"

Rio who wanted to get off the bed was instantly prevented by Angel.

"Where are you going? just take a break"

"I'm looking for you" Rio said as he laid down his body.

"I was in the kitchen"

Angel touched Rio's forehead and was grateful that his fever had gone down. Angel looked at Rio's face that looked so pale. Angel knows Rio is now very busy and surely Rio misses his legitimate wife Sena very much because of that Angel does not want to expect much from this relationship.

"You rest well"

Angel kissed Rio's forehead and then returned to the kitchen to finish his cooking.

"It feels right"

Angel turned off the stove and scooped the porridge into the bowl, allowing it not to overheat.

"You're awake, baby" Angel said as she felt the child inside her womb move. Angel stroked her stomach, the drowsiness now that Angel felt. She didn't sleep over night because she was looking after Rio.

"Is this all gonna end? I used to want all this to end quickly but now this sense is growing. I couldn't imagine the breakup that would happen. I don't want to part with this son and father of the child I'm carrying. Lord help me to be with them"

Angel wiped her tears and smiled. She did not want Rio to see her sad and add to her burden again.

"I bribe Rio I used to sleep, sleepy really"

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Chamber.

"I'm not getting up, eat first"

"Emm"

Rio immediately sat down from his sleep. Rio felt that his body was not like before, now it was more light and his head was no longer sick.

"That's what?"

"Porridge"

"You made it?"

"Well, who else? you are this"

Rio smiling. Seeing Angel who looks upset it makes him feel happy and like a drug to relieve his fatigue.

"Let's open his mouth"

Angel greeted Rio with patience and care. Rio just kept staring directly at Angel's eyes and made Angel feel something different.

"Sister, why? the porridge's not good?"

"I'm sorry to trouble you" Rio replied directly. Rio can see Angel who is very tired especially her being pregnant. Angel smiled as she shook her head. Angel does not feel bothered and this is all his obligations as a wife who must be devoted to the husband.

"Don't hurt anymore then" Angel said in her sewot tone and made Rio chuckle softly.

"Have you eaten?"

"Later after this, you quickly finish the porridge! if it's good but" tell Angel while feeding a spoonful of porridge.

"Enak baget even, if it's like this I want to keep getting sick"

Hearing Rio's mouthful of words Angel instantly pinched Rio's waist with her sadistic.

"You, don't talk like that! if you want I can make it without you getting sick! bummer!"

Both of Angel's cheeks were now bulging and the gaze was extremely sinister. Rio who knew that his wife was having a crush just looked at the row of his teeth.

"Babelle!"

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10:00

Rio woke up from his sleep, seeing Angel who was asleep beside him.

Rio looked towards the ceiling of his room. The shadow of Sena's face made her eager to meet him.

"I miss you"

Rio's daydream was caved in as his phone rang very loudly. Rio instantly grabbed his phone turns out there was an incoming phone call.

"Damn?"

Rio instantly answered the phone call then rushed out of the room.

After Rio went Angel's eyelids opened.

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Rio stopped at the side. Rio was very happy to hear Sena's voice.

"I miss you so much, go home?"

"Dear, I'm home tomorrow"

"What's? you really didn't lie?"

Rio sounded very happy to hear the wife he loved coming home.

"No. I miss you so much!"

"Me too"

"On Angel?"

"Angel's? I'll divorce him when the boy is born, we don't need him anymore"

"You promised never to see him again and you didn't love him? please answer honestly"

"No, I don't love him! you're the only wife I love and I love no one can replace you"

"Thank you, I believe you"

"Dear, I told you that I'm okay even if I don't have children, the most important thing for me is to be with you all my life"

"Thank you, I'm so lucky to have a husband like you"

"I'm also very lucky"

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