
"lex? Why are you saying my name? Are you still mad because I yelled at you this morning?" Alex asked as he rubbed his face rough.
Mentari took her breath on the other end of the phone, she was very lazy to argue with the husband who had betrayed her. "I'm not angry, mas. Why am I angry just because of such a trivial matter? Unless you betray our marriage, and have an affair with another woman, then I'm angry. And maybe I'll never forgive you, even if you bow at my feet." Mentari's voice made Alex's heart beat very fast.
Alex gulped his saliva rough, his face also looked pale like someone who was looking at ghosts only. For one minute Alex was silent so that he made Mentari again throw his words.
"Mas, are you still there?" Mentari's question made Alex return to her consciousness.
"Eh, i,, yes, dear. I'm still here and I'm waiting for you to come home, I want to take you out to dinner, tomorrow I have to go abroad." Alex said trying not to be nervous because of his wife's words earlier.
"Starting must have just happened to say that, Mentari couldn't possibly know my relationship with Lisa. Yeah, it's impossible." Alex was not calm.
"Sorry, mom. Looks like tonight I'm gonna stay at my mom's, so you're gonna have dinner at home, yeah." Rejecting Mentari made Alex snort annoyed.
"Can't, baby. I came home early on purpose just to take you out to dinner, and now you're saying, you want to stay at your parents' house?" Alex said a little. "If you don't want to go home, let me take you to your mother's house, now." After saying that, Alex immediately disconnected the connection, then he pulled his phone and put the flat object into his pants pocket.
Alex immediately stepped out, down the steps one by one with long footsteps. Alex grabbed the keys to the car on the table, then he again stepped both feet in a hurry to make the aunt and two other servants look at him in confusion.
***
Alex drove his vehicle with an above average speed, his phone kept ringing, but he ignored it. All he had in mind right now was Mentari. Mentari that he thinks has changed is not like the old Mentari.
It only took half an hour, Alex had already arrived at his in-laws' residence. The security guard who saw his arrival immediately opened the gate. Without saying thank you Alex immediately took his car into the yard of his in-laws' house. Alex immediately parked his car, then he pecked at the engine, then went down and stepped both feet towards the door of his in-laws' house.
After arriving at the door, Alex knocked on him several times, until the waiter at his home opened the door for him.
"Mas Alex. Please come in, ma'am." Greet the servant, leaving the way for the husband of his master's son.
"Terina love." Said Alex who got a nod of the head from the servant. Without waiting any longer, Alex immediately stepped both feet into his home-in-law.
Mama Natalia who saw the arrival of her daughter-in-law immediately welcomed her warmly. "Alex, your tumben here didn't say anything to mama first, you're going to pick up Mentari, yeah."
Alex immediately approached his mother-in-law, then he greeted him with respect as usual. "Yes, mah. Where is the mentari, mah?" Alex asked while looking for his wife.
"The commentary's in her room, Lex. You just go to his room."
***
It did not take long, Alex had arrived at the door of the wife's room, he immediately grabbed the handle of the door and turned it impatiently until the door was wide open. Alex immediately stepped his foot into his wife's room, not forgetting he also closed the door neatly, then he again stepped both feet to the sofa where his wife was.
Alex stared intensely at the wife who looked very focused on the novel she was reading. She was not even aware of the presence of her husband who was standing before her.
"Extm..." Alex cleared his throat a little bit, making Mentari inevitably look at him. Mentari was a little surprised to find her husband standing in front of her.
"Mas, since when did you stand there?" Mentari asked while looking at her husband who looks very neat tonight.
"Since you focused on your novel." Alex answered as he walked to his wife. "Let's go, I want to take you out to dinner tonight." Take Alex with her hand to Mentari.
Mentari gave a rough sigh, he closed his novel book then said. "I'm lazy to get out, mas. If you're going to dinner, just stay here. There's no need to go out."
"So, I just wanted to take you out to dinner, why did you refuse? Aren't you glad I took you out to dinner?" Alex asked as he looked at his wife a little annoyed.
"Yes. But that was before, mas. Before you betray me." Inner Mentari while clenching one hand firmly held the anger in her when remembering, the betrayal committed by her husband and best friend. "But tonight I'm so lazy to go anywhere. Understand."
"So, are you hiding something from me? Why is your attitude so different from before?" Alex asked as he looked at Mentari full of probes.
Mentari sighed harshly, should she say it to her husband, not to him. "I've never hidden anything from you. Usually, the person who always suspects his partner, he is the person who is actually hiding something from his partner." Mentari's words made Alex speechless with an irregular heartbeat.
"Why are you quiet, my mom? Is my speech right?" Mentari was very happy to see her husband who could not say anything more because of his words.
"Ti, there's no way I'm hiding anything from you, honey. I was just a little surprised that you said that to me. I have always been faithful and have kept our love. I can't be..." Alex's words were stuck in the throat when Mentari opened his mouth again.
"I'm just kidding, mas. Don't take it seriously, ok." Said Mentari who did not want to hear the lies that will be spoken by her husband. "Alright since you forced me to eat outside, I will obey. You wait for me downstairs, give me ten minutes to change my clothes."
"Alright, then I'm out first." Alex answered while giving his kiss on the wife's brow. After that, Alex immediately stepped both feet out leaving Mentari who was currently smiling coldly while staring at his departure.
Seriate.