The Substitute Bride of my Best Friend
Special Gift from Zahira

"We're here, honey!" rini exclaimed as she pushed the door open wide. The middle-aged woman had just finished getting rid of the small pebbles that had disrupted the continuity of the event tonight.

"Ma, Pa! I thought you two weren't coming." Shaka first kissed the backs of his parents' hands, then pulled a chair for his mother.

Rio patted the shoulder of his beloved child. "Where might Papa refuse my favorite daughter-in-law's invitation. Is that right, Ma?" The handsome man with a sharp nose glanced next to him as if asking for the support of his beloved wife.

"Fuckin' thick! Today is your special day so Mama and Papa will come." Rini cupped Shaka's face, staring fixedly at the face of her youngest child. "Happy birthday, my beloved son. All the best for you!" The speech ended a kiss full of love on Shaka's forehead.

The kiss reveals how much love and affection Rini as a mother. Although the presence of Shaka on the buju rayu Rio, but the woman sincerely and willingly obeyed her husband's request until Shaka was born into the world. If only Rini had rejected Rio's desire to conceive a third child, Zahira might not have been born into the world.

The event went smoothly without any obstacles. With the sound of laughter, small talk came from everyone.

In the crowd, Shaka and Zahira stared at each other then threw smiles at each other resisting the turmoil inside the chest. Although lips do not speak, but they know there is so great love in each other's hearts.

Rayyan occasionally glanced at the two figures next to her. A thin smile on the corner of the lips.

"Don't pay attention to them continuously, Mas, later there will be children and our daughter-in-law so awkward! It's best to enjoy the food" whispered Arumi as her tail accidentally saw a faint smile painted on the handsome face of her beloved husband.

The oriental-faced man chuckled softly. "Ready, Queen Mother!" Then, Rayyan continued her activities, spooning little by little birthday cake given by Shaka. Letting Zahira and her daughter-in-law express love through the eyes.

Two men in waiter uniforms came pushing the food trolley into the room. One of them serves six barbeque dishes and a cold and warm drink orders the six special guests. How not special, the restaurant is a subscription place for Rini and Arumi from a long time ago even the two women know who the owner of the luxury restaurant. So do not be surprised if Zahira easily rent the restaurant because the restaurant owner is a close friend of his mother and mother-in-law.

"Loh, what else is this? Aren't all the dishes on the table?" Shaka stared in confusion at one of the maids who was thrusting a dinner plate with a stainless cover. Whether the menu is in there, it seems very special until the restaurant closes it tightly.

Before a small commotion broke the mood, Zahira interrupted Shaka's words. "I'm the one who asked the waiter to give you the last meal, honey. Open it, I guarantee you'll love it."

Zahira's face looks cramped when saying the sentence. Although his heart beats faster than usual due to anxiety what reaction Shaka showed when he found out if he was two-bodied. However, he tried to be calm and believed that the handsome man would be happy with the good news.

Shaka spread his gaze towards Rini as if he was asking her opinion should she open it or not.

Overwhelmed by curiosity about the special dish Zahira gave to Shaka, Rini nodded her head in response. Give permission to the beloved son to open it immediately.

"okay! Although I'm not sure I can spend it, but I will try to enjoy it for your sake alone, Ra."

Unsuspecting in the slightest, Shaka opened the cover of the plate and was surprised to see the contents. Not the food there but a 10 cm plate-shaped object with two red lines in the middle.

Suddenly, everyone present widened their eyes when they saw what was hidden in the food cover. Even Arumi shed tears as her eyes tails two red lines striking her sense of sight. The tears were not tears of sadness but tears of happiness because his dream to pet grandchildren was soon realized. While Rini was sobbing in Rio's arms. Rayyan, a cold man who is very irritable to speak only froze on the spot, but his heart was opened as if to explode hearing the news of the pregnancy will be beloved.

"Honey .. i-this?" shaka asked stuttered as he reached out his hand forward, holding the object with trembling hands. The man felt that the earth on its foot was no longer rotating on its axis. The heart is getting pumped like the middle of parading ria. Unconsciously his mouth opened, closed and re-opened without being able to speak.

Zahira smiled widely with teary eyes. "Really, Honey. I'm pregnant, our first child. She's only been four weeks."

In that instant, Shaka's tears slid without asking permission first to the owner. This is truly the most beautiful surprise. His efforts while honeymooning in Australia and Japan were not in vain, his seeds flourished in the womb of the wife. Do'a that has just been promised is directly granted by God at this time.

There was the sound of the creaking of the chair as Shaka pushed it back, then stood up and hugged Zahira. The man peaked the top of his wife's head. "Thank you, thank you for the special gift you gave me. I didn't think that the seeds I spread in your womb would grow this fast. It's really amazing, honey."

"I did too, my dear. It is only fitting that for these two days I have nausea and vomiting in the morning. I thought my stomach acid was up, but I had morning sickness." Zahira also felt how happy Shaka was right now. His fear of being abandoned by Shaka is unwarranted. The man was very happy after hearing this good news.

"Thank you again, darling. I'm lucky to have you. From this moment on no one can have you. You and our baby are just mine."

"I'd rather have you, honey. Thank you for opening your heart to me."

Shaka ducked down and was about to smell the sweetness of honey on Zahira's lips. However, the sound of a loud deheman made him realize that there were not only the two of them in the room.

"Wait a while longer, you can finish it in the room, son!" The voice gave off a pink hue on Zahira's face. Rini seduces her son-in-law and son even though the remaining tear is still pooled in the corner of the eye.

Shaka just smiled awkwardly while scratching his head that did not itch. "I'm sorry, I'm so happy that I forgot about all of you."

Rio chuckled softly. "Yes, his name is also a young couple so mengebet mulu innannya."

Arumi rubbed the remaining crystal grains in the corner of her eye. "Finally soon we'll have a granddaughter, Honey. The first granddaughter of the Wijaya Kusuma family. Isn't this so much fun?" the whisper was soft in Rayyan's ear.

"From now on, be nice to Shaka. Do not let our grandchildren be cold and show dislike towards you. Remember, how Ghani used to dislike the late Papa Firdaus and the late Mama Lena because you hated them? I don't want it to happen a second time." Beautiful women whose skin began to be decorated with wrinkles on the face and the surface of the skin giggled amusedly when imagining how their first child behaved. The six-month-old baby had already shown his dislike to the late Firdaus and Lena. Do not let his grandson inherit a cold and gluttonous attitude like Rayyan.

Rayyan clucked in annoyance at the ridicule of his wife. "Take me as much as your heart. However, don't blame me if tonight my parrot keeps beating you mercilessly!"

"Mas Rayyan!" Arumi glares disliked. Rayyan did not care about his wife. He continued to enjoy the dishes that were prepared on the table.

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