The Pledge of the Ingkar
IYI 56'S

“Stupid! Why can I hug Liam!” zoya grumbles in the bathroom, condemning her own stupidity. “Luckily Liam is still sleeping. If he wakes up he can go berserk because I want to hug him like that,” he continued while hitting his forehead slowly.

The girl's face was reddened with embarrassment. He closed his face with both hands, ashamed as the image of what he had done filled his mind. It feels like Zoya wants to drown herself in the Bermuda Triangle so there is no need to see William again. He was completely ashamed of what he had done even though he understood one hundred percent that he had done it in his subconscious.

“Oke, Zoya, calm yourself. Liam doesn't know about this. So, you'd better be casual so Liam doesn't get suspicious. Act as if nothing happened earlier,” Zoya told herself as she took a deep breath.

After she finished calming down, Zoya walked towards the shower and cleaned her body. The girl needed to take a bath to calm her head so as not to strain thinking about the incident this morning.

After taking a bath, Zoya came out of the bathroom wearing a kimono and a towel wrapped around her hair. The girl gasped to see William who was awake and was now sitting while leaning his body on the head of the bed.

“You're up, Mas?” zoya asked, still not blinking her eyes.

William narrowed his eyes. “You why are surprised like that? Like seeing a ghost,” William sneer. Although her face looked flat, William was actually holding back his laughter because he knew that Zoya must have behaved like that because Zoya was embarrassed by this morning's incident where Zoya woke up hugging William.

“A-ah, no. I was just shocked because I thought it was still dawn but it turns out you're awake. Looks like I'm bad luck,” said Zoya, then went to the walk-in-closet.

As she was about to change her clothes, she remembered something she had to talk to William about a party invitation that she had to attend tonight. Zoya escapes from the walk-in-closet and meets William again.

“Mas, there is something I want to talk about,” Zoya said, starting a conversation.

William glanced at Zoya. “What's up?” tanyanya brief.

“I want permission to go tonight to attend the party of one of the customers in my gallery,”, Zoya said, biting her lower lip.

“Who?” william asked, raising his eyebrows. As William remembered, no postman delivered the invitation to his house. Then, where did Zoya get the party invitation? Or ... is it possible that the girl lied in order to go with Damar? Once again William's suspicions upset Zoya.

“A few days ago I received an online invitation from one of my gallery customers. Coincidentally the address of the party was held not too far from here so I could walk there,” Zoya replied.

William is surprised by Zoya. She did not know what had happened to the girl until she felt very scared to drive or go a long distance. Even when she first brought Zoya into this house, Zoya also looked agitated and trembling. At first William thought that Zoya was just acting, but over time, he wondered about what made Zoya afraid to drive.

“Don't expect me to accompany you away,” William said sarcastically. The man narrowed his eyes. She is very confident that Zoya will take her to the party. If her guess is correct, she will have Zoya plead with her to have William come with Zoya.

But what happened was just the opposite.

“I'm just saying goodbye, Mas. I didn't expect you to come,” Zoya replied casually.

“Oh, so since I'm paralyzed you don't want me to come with you? I didn't expect that you were embarrassed to have a paralyzed husband like me. Didn't you say you'd be with me until I was healed?” william asked, staring intently at Zoya.

“Mas, I didn't mean it that way. Don't misunderstand me. I'm just—”

“What's it, Zoya? Just don't want others to know that your husband is a disabled man?” william asked, cutting off Zoya's words to explain what she meant.

“Mas, we misunderstood,” said Zoya. “I'd love to take you. But, I didn't know that you wanted to come. Besides you also said that you do not want to come, right?” Zoya asks back, cornering William.

But, it's not William's name if he can't reverse Zoya's words. The man had a thousand ways to get Zoya to shut up in front of him.

“Jonestly, Zoya. I know that you must be ashamed to go with me. Where is there a woman who is not ashamed to have a disabled husband?” ask William, then snort loudly.

“Whatever you say, Mas. I don't want to argue,” Zoya said. The girl breathed a tired breath. He didn't want to argue with William let alone this was still morning.

William rolled his eyes, increasingly convinced that Zoya was embarrassed to have a paralyzed husband like him. This makes William increasingly want to recover quickly in order to live a normal husband's life and not embarrass the wife.

“Do you want to shower, Mas?” zoya asks, offering William a bath.

“Iya, my body is sultry,” replied William.

Zoya nodded her head. The girl helped William get into a wheelchair. He did not want to let William fall like last night and he got scorned William because he had become a wife who did not care for the husband. William's spray last night apparently made the girl more capable in carrying out her duties as a wife.

Zoya takes William to the bathroom. As he stripped William of his clothes, he again saw William's weapon react. The girl wondered if every guy was going through the same thing or just William?

But, remembering that Zoya always touches William's weapon every time he bathes the man makes Zoya think that maybe it's a biological reaction done by William's body to the touch he receives.

“Mas, are you interested in me? Why does your body tighten every time I touch it?” zoya asked innocently while staring at William's weapon.

‘He pretended to be stupid or how, anyway?’ ask William in your heart. William is embarrassed because Zoya realizes this.

“I'm a normal guy and any normal guy would definitely experience the same thing if his junior was touched. Especially if the one who touched the woman,” replied William ketus.

Zoya's cheeks flushed red, she was embarrassed to have asked such a thing.