The Pledge of the Ingkar
IYI 40'S

Zoya arranges the food she ordered on the plate, then serves it at the dinner table. William stared at the food as not tasteful. He was upset that it turned out that some days the food he had eaten was ordered from the restaurant. It should taste different to the cuisine that Zoya made when they first had breakfast together.

Seeing William who does not want to touch his food makes Zoya feel successful in pranking William. Zoya accidentally ordered food the last few days because she thought that if the food she bought was reviled by William, she would not feel hurt. And he'll make William know that so that William will appreciate Zoya's cooking.

“Why don't you eat food, Mas?” ask Zoya innocently. He was chin-backed as he looked at William full of question marks. “Foods in restaurants sure taste a lot better than the food I cook. You said yourself that my cooking is not good. So, instead of making you uncomfortable or poisoning my cooking, I better just buy it,” Zoya continued casually.

Hearing Zoya's statement, William boarded the apoplexy. He is upset that his plan to bully Zoya backfires on William. Zoya instead seemed relaxed doing homework without seeming to complain even once.

“How are you, anyway? So the wife is not becus at all!” snapped William. The man is angry to find out that all this time what he's been eating is not Zoya's cooking. “You should have done your job right! If you can't cook, yes, learn!”

Zoya sighed. “It is precisely because I am self-aware that I cannot cook her food that I choose to order food. How about I experiment with my cooking and then you get a stomachache? Or worse ... poisoning!” zoya's reply won't lose. The girl did not want to look weak in the presence of William even though she spoke in a soft voice.

“Zoya, I don't want to know, from now on you can't order food. You have to cook your own food,” said William firmly.

“But what if it doesn't taste good?” ask Zoya.

William narrowed his eyes. He then remembered that he had once bought a cookbook because Renata could not cook. So, sometimes they learn to cook along with the instructions from the guidebook. He pushed his wheelchair toward a cabinet in the kitchen, then picked up a pile of recipes and threw them at the dinner table.

“You can learn from these books,” William said.

Zoya smiled with sparkling eyes. He is happy to learn new recipes because honestly the ability to cook is only just Asian cuisine. It was not all the cooking she had ever cooked.

“Thank you, Mas,” said. He thought that behind William's cold attitude, William was not as bad as he thought when they first met. It may be true said Desi, William and Zoya are just surprised because they are suddenly betrothed so they look not like each other.

“Now cook lunch. I'm hungry,” William said with a flat face.

“But, I haven't learned yet,” Zoya said.

“What dishes are important your homemade cooking. I don't want to eat food from the restaurant while you sit back and relax in my house,” she said, hiding the truth that she actually prefers Zoya's cooking over restaurant cooking.

“But if I learn to cook, I want you to appreciate my efforts. Don't berate let alone make fun of my cooking. I would be a good wife if you would appreciate me,” Zoya said. He seized the opportunity to demand justice from William. 

Hearing William's reply, the girl felt victorious. Zoya then goes to the kitchen and prepares lunch for William. He will cook one serving. Later he could eat the food he ordered in the restaurant rather than waste.

William watches Zoya who looks deft in the kitchen. If he does not remember his hatred for Zoya, William may now have praised Zoya's dexterity in cooking. But William's self-esteem was too high to do such a thing.

After the cooking is cooked, Zoya serves it at the dining table. He sat across from William and ate the food. William tasted Zoya's cooking. He did not protest anymore because Zoya's cooking is very fitting on his tongue.

“How? Cute?” ask Zoya. He wondered how William would react when he tasted his cooking again after days of not eating Zoya's cooking. Did William change his mind?

William was pounding hard. “Shut up! Do you want me to choke on your cooking?” ask William.

Zoya spread her shoulders and shut her mouth tightly. They enjoyed lunch quietly without the slightest talk.

A few days passed. These days William has always relied on Zoya. In a gentle way he made Zoya his slave. Unfortunately Zoya doesn't feel that way. Zoya feels that maybe this is her obligation and has become a risk because marrying a paralyzed man who will always need the help of others to do some things.

To be honest, it makes Zoya feel very tired at night because the work William gives is endless. But, there is a positive side that Zoya can take that is at least she did not die bored in that luxurious house. If he doesn't do anything he can go crazy from boredom.

That afternoon William came out of his study and pushed his wheelchair into the living room where Zoya was dusting the sofa.

“Zoya, help me take a shower,” William said.

Zoya placed the vacuum device on the table, then swiftly approached William. He pushed William's wheelchair into the elevator. On the third floor, there are many rooms. But Zoya never set foot in those rooms other than William's. His job was just to help William take a shower and change clothes.

Zoya pushes William's wheelchair into the bathroom, then holds William's body to sit in the high chair that is available under the shower. Afterwards, she helped William strip him of his clothes. If for the clothes of the boss, William can release it himself. But, if you take off your pants, William needs Zoya's help because he can't move his legs.

Zoya gulps her saliva at the sight of William's naked body. He helps William bathe as usual while covering up his nervousness whenever he sees William's body not covered by a thread. William's body was the first man Zoya had seen, so it was only natural that she felt nervous.

While William is also trying to be calm even though his weapon always responds whenever he gets a touch from Zoya even though Zoya's touch is only because Zoya helps him soothe her body. William was upset that his body could not be cooperated with.

'Damn, ' he said in his heart.