The Shackles of Love of the Substitute Woman
Chapter 26

Vira began to be busy with his cuisine, today he chose to cook beef soto, fried eggs and white rice.

Luis could only lean against the wall with eyes that saw Vira's keenness in cooking food, for the first time he saw a woman busy cooking for him because usually Vina always asked the waiters to cook her food.

Vira began to taste his homemade soto, according to him it tastes very good but Vira does not know what Luis thinks. Then Vira took a spoonful of soto water with a scoop of her lips and told Luis to taste it.

Luis gently held Vira's hand in the spoon, and Luis tasted her a very good soto made by Vira.

"How does it feel?" ask Vira.

"It feels so good" Luis said.

"Thank God, Luis can wait at the dinner table. Soon the food is ready" said Vira.

"Good."

Luis held his lips that had tasted the soto made by Vira using the same spoon as the woman, and indirectly it was a kiss.

Vira began to put his homemade soto on a large bench, not to forget Vira also stored his homemade eggs on a plate and also rice.

Vira brought one by one his dishes to the dining table, Luis just kept silent with a look of amazement at the sight of the cuisine made by Vira.

"Sorry to make Mr. Luis wait a long time," said Vira who saw the clock was pointed at 18:00 WIB.

"No problem, I must apologize for making Miss Vira's hassles of having to cook food for me." Said Luis with eyes that stared directly at Vira.

"No problem, this is a sign of my gratitude to Mr. Luis."

Then Vira sat down in front of Luis, the two of them facing each other. Vira painstakingly takes rice with soto and eggs for Luis, "Thank you, Miss Vira." Said Luis who seemed happy when getting the attention of Vira.

Vira and Luis eat together, only silence envelops them. All that was heard was the sound of spoons and forks clashing against each other with plates, the silence made Vira even more nervous and awkward.

Unlike Vira, Luis seems to enjoy the food cooked by Vira. Vira's figure is beautiful and also smart to cook, for Luis that's the perfect woman.

"The food made by Miss Vira is very good" said Luis who immediately praised the food Vira.

"Thank you, Mr. Luis. You overestimate too much" said Vira with a face that began to blush.

"No but this is a fact, your food is very good. It's probably the best meal I've eaten so far" Luis said.

"You joke too often, even the food I cook is nothing compared to high-end restaurant food" said Vira who returned to eating her food.

"This is not about the price, indeed the cuisine of a five-star restaurant need not be doubted about the taste. But there is something that is not owned by the cuisine of a five-star restaurant," said Luis who hung his words.

"What's that?" ask Vira curiously.

"Their sincerity in cooking food, they cook only because of work priorities. But unlike you, you cook with a genuine feeling in your heart and it's all seen from the look on your face during cooking." Luis.

Luis' words made Vira instantly misbehaved, he could only smile and hide his shame.

"Thank you, Mr. Luis." Answer Vira.

Luis immediately asked Vira to add rice and other side dishes, today Luis ate very much food even more than his usual portion of food.

"Your food is so good, I even eat so much." Luis.

"Good, at least this food isn't wasted." Reply Vira who started cleaning the dirty dishes.

Luis just kept quiet and watched Vira cleaning the dirty dishes, the man smiled faintly at the sight of the woman washing the dishes.

After Vira finished, he again walked towards Luis and sat down in front of the man.

The clock has shown at 19:30 WIB, but Luis has not shown any signs of wanting to go home. The man was like staying at home Vira who made Vira feel uncomfortable because Luis was the husband of his sister.

"I didn't see Rafael, where was he?" ask Luis who just realized that Rafael does not exist.

"Rafael is at his grandmother's house" replied Vira.

"Grandmother? Meaning mommy?" ask Luis.

"Yes" replied Vira.

"Oh, so yeah. Too bad, I'd really like to see Rafael." Luis.

Vira was silent for a moment when he heard the words of Luis, the day began at night and during that time Luis and Vira talked to each other about themselves.

Although Vira does not reveal his true identity to Luis, Vira only recounts his good times with Rafael and Luis.

He told about himself to how he could be at the top of the business, and the conversation also made both of them unconscious if the time had shown at 23:00 WIB.

"The day is very late, I'm sorry to go home first. Miss Vira," said Luis, who began to rise from the couch.

"Well, be careful on Mr. Luis's street." Said Vira who was looking at Luis.

"Okay, I'm very happy with today. Thank you for being my interlocutor today" said Luis, who is now at the exit.

"Together, I also thank you for accompanying me." Vira Said.

"Okay, then I go home first. See you soon, Miss Vira." Said Luis who started to get out of Vira's house and immediately went into the house.

Vira just stayed in front of the exit with eyes looking at the departure of Luis' car that was starting to move away from home.

Now Vira began to enter the house, when he went back into the house. As if something was missing, his house returned as quiet as ever.

Luis' departure seemed to bring the warmth that had been in this house, now Vira returned to the solitude and silence that enveloped her as ever.

When Vira wants to go back to the room, she sees Luis' couch. Vira felt that seeing the shadow of Luis chatting with him, the memories he had just done were like a beautiful memory that might be difficult to forget.