Not Struggled (R4)
°BDJ 85 : CAPTAIN NATHAN'S EX-WIFE?
°BDJ 85 : CAPTAIN NATHAN'S EX-WIFE?
So who's Nichole? That question haunts Alea's head. Ever since the name of one of the Eve's names came from the lips of a man who had just twelve days officially become her husband, Alea became unsettled. It's thought. Is this feeling called jealousy?
Alea denied that prejudice. For he felt no need to keep jealousy just because his newly married husband suddenly carried the name of an Eve among them. Who is Nichole? Why did the name suddenly appear after he and Nathan officially became husband and wife? Is Nichole someone who came from Nathan's past? Alea just wanted an explanation. However, in reality the husband refrained from giving an explanation.
As per the promise of the man, they spent time after the dzuhur to return to travel. One of them is to visit the orchid forest cikole. One of the hit tourist destinations that also became one of the stops of the couple Van’ar and Aurra kala honeymoon in Bandung. The tread of the layover of the 5-year-old couple was old portraits perpetuated by Gemintang Reynaldo Pradipta who at that time became their private bodyguard.
Orchid forest cikole is a tourist spot as well as a place of orchid cultivation that is beautiful and popular among travelers. There are various collections of orchids that thrive in orchid forest cikole. Even so many orchid collections in orchid forest cikole, where it became one of the places with the largest orchid collection in Indonesia. The location of the orchid forest cikole is also not far from the inn of Nathan and Alea.
In addition to orchid species and hibryd flowers, all wrapped with an atmosphere of natural beauty pine forest. Some interesting dishes are also found in the orchid forest cikole, one of which is a lighting game at night, where colorful light shines towards pine trunks that may be hundreds of years old. Garden of light, which is an interactive light garden installation, similar to flowers that change color. There are motion and sound sensors. Wood bridge in the form of a 150-meter suspension bridge that lights up at night, neon gardens, to orchid house, which is an orchid breeding place.
However, when something disturbs the heart and mind, it feels like any beautiful place will feel less “ken” feel. After returning from the orchid forest cikole, Alea remained waiting in silence. She waited for her husband to explain who Nichole was.
“What is Zaujati (my wife)? Does anything disturb your mind?” the question seems to be very unsuitable for the current situation and conditions.
However, seeing the husband who still had not shown any signs of clarifying who Nichole was, Alea let out a small sigh while laying her body beside her.
“Someone you want to hear from me, Zaujati (my wife)?”
Nathan asked again, summarizing the distance between them. Now the clock has shown at nine o'clock at night, and they have carried out their duties as religious people after returning from the orchid forest cikole. Now it's time to rest. However, before that it seems like the newlyweds need deep talk.
“Nichole is who, Mas?”
Nathan was stunned for some time. The wife who was currently lying sideways— faced herself with a clear eyeball that could not hide the curiosity so great.
Nathan gave a small smile to catch the wife's obvious reaction due to the seeds of chemical reaction named jealousy.
“So the rest of today you are different because of the thought of Nichole?”
How not to try? Suddenly the husband brought the name of another woman without explanation.
“Sorry if you are thinking,” Nathan said as he gently touched his wife's cheek. He actually did not have no intention to explain, but had not found the right time.
“So who is Nichole, Mas?”
Alea is a grown woman. If something is not understood, he will ask. She waited enough for her husband to clarify. Because it never gave clarification, when given the opportunity to voice what disturbs the mind, Alea could not hesitate to ask.
“I explained from the beginning, yes. Who is Nichole. But, promise one thing.”
“What?”
“Do not get jealous.”
Alea bit her inner lips involuntarily. “Jealous it's a humane chemical reaction, Mas.”
Nathan smiled faintly as he stroked the head of his wife. “Nichole is the only woman close to me.”
Alea fell silent. Hearing the word “near” embedded between them alone has managed to make many questions arise in the head. However, he immediately took the privilege of eliminating all baseless prejudices from appearing all of a sudden.
“But, it was. When we were still sitting on the bench of SMA,” continued Nathan. “Try closer to here,” pinta Nathan.”
Alea responded with a puzzled look. Because he did not come closer, Nathan took the initiative to get close to his wife. “You can see a collection of photos and videos that are the reason why me and Nichole can be close.”
Nathan then grabbed his advanced flat object. Open the object, then hurry to open the gallery. His fingers were nimble to surf opening a folder called old memories. In the folder, there are several photos and videos.
“This is a folder containing memory recap for three years.”
“I used to go to high school that we passed when we were about to leave for our new home.”
Alea again gave a response in the form of a nod of the head. She was a good listener for her husband. Nathan then continued the storytelling session while tuning an old video. The nearly thirty-minute video was taken in a room with a white background wall. In the video, there are several men dressed in uniforms as well as two men dressed formally. There were also men wearing batik clothes, as well as a pair of men and women sitting in front of them.
The voices of the people in the video then one by one began to be heard at the third minute.
“Brother Nathaniel Allugard Hazka Dwiarga bint Algafriel Hazka Dwiarga, I marry and marry you to my biological daughter Nichole Anathasia with a dowry in the form of 1 billion, a private jet, one griya wasp in jonggol, 24 carat mas weighing 222 grams, a set of prayer tools paid in cash.”
“I received the marriage and marriage of Nichole Anathasia with the dowry paid in cash.”
“How are the witnesses? Valid?”
“SAH?!”
“Alhamdulillah.”
The Kabul ijab procession that is carried out in a room that is not too broad and is crowded by tables and chairs looks boisterous said when “sah” echoed. In front of the man wearing a suit and black peci, sat a young man who had just married a beautiful woman named Nichole Anathasia.
“You ....have been married before this, Mas?” alea asked in a voice so small, that it sounded faintly in Nathan's ears.
“Married?”
Alea looked at Nathan expressionlessly. He just stared at the handsome-looking man.
“Not, Zaujati (my wife). It was just part of the practice of religious subjects in the school.”
“….”
“You saw the date of his video shoot. In the time listed there, is it possible that the young man decided to get married?”
Alea shook her head. “Then who is Nichole, Mas? why is she so close to Mas?”
“Nichole is Nicholas' twin. My comrade in arms. He aspires to be a useful person in the world of aviation. However, Nicholas returned to God's side before realizing his ideals,” Nathan cf. “Nichole is one of two things Nicholas entrusted to me.”
“But, why should you, Mas?”
“Because he said only trust me.” Nathan returned his sophisticated flatbed difference to the nightstand. “If you look carefully at the video earlier, Nicholas was the one who served as a marriage guardian. Their faces are similar, but have properties that are inversely proportional to Nichole.”
“Why with Nichole, Mas?”
“Nichole has experienced a crisis of confidence because it is considered too perfect.”
Alea looked surprised to hear that. He saw the face of Nichole. Nichole has a beautiful face, sweet, and mature at the same time.
“Nichole is indeed given the advantages of a beautiful face by God. However, it becomes several months of people because it is considered too perfect. Ever since Nicholas left, I've been the only person Nichole's ever trusted. Therefore, we are close to the time of SMA.”
“Near what, Mas?”
Nathan smiled faintly at the wife's question. “Whatever close I am to Nichole, still will not be able to beat my closeness with you. The woman whose name is written on the mahfudz anchor with my name.” He then took his wife to get closer to him. “After all I have always been myself when close to Nichole, because there is a heart that I must take care of.”
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Response 05-10-22