The Pride of an Ex
episode 26

The smell of the food is increasingly making my stomach rumble. Hours around the clothing store, spending a lot of energy that was eventually hungry attacked.

This is where I am now, in a fast food restaurant with a refreshing feel to the eye. Very aesthetic, and certainly contemporary.

"Nake?" ask Seila who was chewing her favorite food.

My daughter nodded, then returned to feed her favorite fried chicken thigh.

"Well, here's a little edge, huh?"

"Yes, honey."

"If at grandma's house, I eat the flour, the meat at granny's eat."

My chest tightness was as if it was a huge rock.

It had been a week since I left the house, but Seila still remembered the bitter memories in it.

I did not discuss the incident with him once.

I smiled blandly with my hands rubbing Seila's yams.

I told my daughter to continue eating, without having to remember the past.

Seeing the change in my face, Adi stopped eating and invited Seila to talk until my daughter laughed out loud at the joke she made.

I don't know what the purpose is, maybe want to cheer me up through Seila. And he succeeded.

Seeing Seila laughing while enjoying her food, made the pain slowly waver.

If Seila had easily forgotten the pain, why didn't I?

"Di, uh,"

"Why, Non?"

"Do you have a wife or wife?" my many.

He chuckled, his hand took a glass of juice, then drank it a little.

"Have I ever given a wedding invitation to Non Alira?"

I shook my head.

"That means, there's no marriage I've had."

"Yes, who knows, you got married without inviting me, Di."

"It won't be possible, Nope. My family is like my own family. So, it will not be possible to miss if the happy news comes. In fact, it could have been the Father and Mother the first person I told." said Adi.

Suddenly an idea just came up.

Ah, this will sound silly, but it never hurts to say it to Adi. I hope he understands.

"Di, uh,"

"Yes, Non?"

"Em.." I scratched the nape that wasn't really itchy.

"So gini.." I fixed the seat to become more upright.

The plate containing half a portion of food, I put it aside.

I saw Adi intently preparing to speak again.

"Papa will give you another option about my matchmaking with his son Pak Gunawan. That is, with me bringing in a candidate that Papa knows well. Well, how about you help me, Di."

Both Adi's eyebrows frowned.

His sight didn't shift from me.

"That's, Non?"

"You don't want to be my pretender?"

Now Adi's eyes are widened. His mouth clenched perfectly like people were at a loss for words.

I was wrong after saying that. My self-esteem fell very far when Adi never opened her voice with a view that could not be separated from me.

I don't know what was in the man's mind until it pecked like that.

Was it as low as I was in his eyes, so he refused to answer my question?

"At.."

"Why?" ambiguity question.

"Why what?" I was confused by her question.

"Why should I be the one Non Alira made a pretend boyfriend? I'm just a driver."

"Yes, if you're the driver why? gini yes, Di. Papa asked me to bring a candidate that Papa really knows. Only you were in my mind at the time. You've been working with Papa for a long time, Papa knows who you are and trusts me to you. So, yeah, I don't think there's anything wrong with trying. I just want to see Papa's reaction when I introduce you as my candidate. Will he keep his promise, or will even continue to make the match. Help me. plisss..,"

Adi rubbed his face violently. Her appetite seemed to disappear after hearing my speech.

"If you had stopped the match, and believed that we were really getting married, how would you?" adi asked after a few minutes of silence.

"That's what we'll think about later. The important thing is to try first to stop the match. You want it, Di..?" I said again, pleading.

Nodding Adi's head made both corners of my lips lift. My heart is relieved, it has found a way not to get married quickly.

I'm not ready yet.

"Non, I've been calling since. We have to get home soon." Adi showed me his phone.

I nodded, draining the half-living drinking water. Then clean Seila's lips filled with food stains.

Afterwards, we got out of the restaurant and continued on our way home.

The sky is starting to blacken. The party is two hours away. Mama kept calling to tell us to go home.

If you arrive later, you will make sure your mom will crowd me with a variety of questions. Nagging all the time until he's tired of himself.

seriate....