The Substitute Bride Mr. Paralyzed
Chapter Twenty-three

Happy Reading's.

William came home late, the clock showed 9 o'clock more. Lately he has a lot of work that can not be done at home, so he has to finish in the office.

William knew that if the body and mind were too heavy, it would have an impact on his health. However, all this he did was because of Hanum. Next week, after all William's work is complete, he will take his wife for a honeymoon to the Maldives.

So do not be surprised if William is very active, can even hold a meeting a day with 6 clients from various countries.

William went inside the house without knocking on the door because he was carrying his spare key. The living room lights had already dimmed and some other lights had also died, indicating that Hanum and Bik Sum had already rested. William immediately stepped towards the top floor, with a slight run he headed towards his room and and Hanum.

It is undeniable that William misses his wife so much, all day he hardly touches his cellphone so he does not know the state of his wife. Not that William did not want to tell, but he was really busy until he forgot to open his phone or just send a message and tell his wife.

Chequek!

The door of the room opened, William entered and saw the scenery as usual, the wife who had fallen asleep on the bed. William came to Hanum first to look at his wife. Then kiss her hair for a while before going into the bathroom.

William just washed his face and washed his feet, and changed clothes. He didn't take a shower because he had taken a shower at the office this afternoon.

After a few minutes, William came out of the bathroom in sleeping pajamas. William takes a walk toward the sofa and picks up his briefcase on the table, William sits down for a while to grab a laptop in the bag.

"Huh, just check these reports, after that I have to sleep," the man murmured.

William stood up and walked towards the bed, he wanted to be near his wife, William sitting leaning beside Hanum with his laptop on. This time William checked the reports that went into his file while occasionally stroking Hanum's head.

William smiled slightly as he watched Hanum squirm. Really his wife looks beautiful natura if she is sleeping like this.

The man yawned occasionally because he was already sleepy, finally after half an hour later William forced himself to sleep. After putting the laptop on the table the man went back up on the bed and grabbed the wife.

"Good night my wife" whispered William in Hanum's ear and then kissed her cheek.

The next day, Hanum wakes up first. He was able to perform dawn prayers because it was clean since yesterday afternoon.

(Clean means holy from menstruation)

Hanum saw the husband who was still asleep, as before Hanum never knew what time the husband was coming home because he also did not want to wait anymore. Especially all day William also only reported once in the afternoon.

Hanum felt that her husband had changed a lot since the return of his ex-wife-to-be. Indeed Hanum could not if it had to be heartbroken, so chose to be indifferent and did not care about the existence of Katrine. Although it is not disbelieving if Hanum also felt restless whenever thinking about things that are not-nothing about her husband and ex-lover husband.

Let them live like this, Hanum is tired. It may be true what Katrine said, if William wants to return with the woman so as to make the man ignore the existence of Hanum in this house even though it is not blatantly.

Pia saw the clock on the wall already showing at half-five in the morning, it means that the dawn has arrived.

William actually still felt sleepy, but he also had to wake up immediately because he did not want to miss the congregational prayer with his wife.

How did William know Hanum was clean? Because this afternoon Hanum said goodbye to take ablution because it will perform Dzuhur prayer when replying to his last chat.

A little while later William saw the bathroom door open, and Hanum looked out with a fresh face. Looks like his wife has finished washing her face and ablution.

"Mas is up?" Hanum asked as he walked towards her dresser and sat there. He was a little surprised to see William who was also looking at him with a smile on his lips.

William yawned wide, "yes, why not wake up anyway?"

"Mas seems tired, so I intend to wake up later after I finish ablution," replied Hanum while taking the face she placed in the closet under the drawer of the dresser.

Then Hanum put on his mukena, all Hanum's activities were inseparable from William's view. Had Hanum not been having ablution, William would have embraced and kissed the woman's cheek.

"Yes already take ablution water first yes we pray congregation, I guess we have not prayed together for a long time," said William then stepped into the bathroom.

Hanum sighed, in fact he wanted to be indifferent to William but somehow could not. Hanum is not the type of person who harbors anger, it is better that the feeling is eliminated than making the mind confused and always shrouded in a sense of unease.

William had finally returned from the bathroom and immediately put on the sarong that Hanum had prepared.

Finally after this week Hanum can pray together again with her husband. Hanum chanted a prayer hoping that his household would not be hit by bad things. Hanum always prayed and asked the khalik if his household with William would be intact forever until the end of life. Of course, no one knows about it, right. Hanum will just try and pray.

Even if William himself will choose to end their relationship and return to his former lover, Hanum willingly and sincerely. Wasn't he just a substitute in this life?

"Mas, I'll have breakfast, okay?" Hanum would move from his seat, but his hand was held by William and pulled the wife's body into his arms.

"Later on, there's Bik Sum, right?"

Hanum couldn't help but be ashamed of being stared at by her husband like that. "Mas, ihh, I'm ashamed!"

William chuckled at his wife blatantly saying she was ashamed. "It's okay, embarrassed why hem? We have to do everything" whispered William in Hanum's ear, which made him blush.

"Mas I'am don't forget to take a bath, it's morning, the sun is already visible" said Hanum.

William pulled Hanum hemas' nose, then kissed his wife's long kiss.