The Substitute Bride of my Best Friend
Zahira's request

"Is Miss Arumi home?" rini asked shortly after arriving in front of the luxurious house owned by the friend.

Tina replied, "There is. Ms. Arumi was watching television with Ms. Shakeela in the living room. Come on, please come in!" The woman shifted her body slightly to allow a friend from the employer to enter the house.

"Who's coming, Sister Tina?" asked Arumi who was sitting in the family room with her youngest child.

"Me, Rumi!" sahut Rini's. Friends and besan Arumi rushed to Rayyan's wife.

Arumi's brows furrowed at Rini's sudden appearance in the house. Usually, Rini will tell you first when she wants to go home.

"Tumben once you came here, Rin. What's up?" Seeing Rini's pouting face, Arumi was sure something had happened to her best friend.

Rini threw a limited edition Kremes handbag onto the sofa, then threw her ass next to Arumi. "I'm the same as Rio!" answer's short.

Shakeela, who saw the look on Rini's face was different than usual, immediately turned down the volume of the television and decided to leave the two middle-aged women towards the backyard. He wants to give space to his mother and favorite aunt to talk without being disturbed by the presence of a third person.

Arumi rubbed Rini's shoulder, trying to calm her best friend. In a soft voice he said, "What has Rio done to you until you are so similar to him?"

Rini took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. Once enough was felt, he replied, "Your husband's friend is outrageous, Rumi. He urges Shaka to accept the case involving Ziva, his former son-in-law's candidate."

"What's? So, Ziva has returned from Singapore?" asked Arumi in surprise. The woman's eyes widened perfectly with pias facial water when she heard the name Ziva.

Arumi's thoughts immediately went to her beloved daughter, Zahira. He fears that his third child's heart is hurt when it turns out that Shaka has chosen to return with Ziva and dump Zahira just like that. He has felt what it feels like to be dumped by someone we love. Sick, sad and disappointed. That is what Arumi felt when she was still a wife of Mahesa Putra Adiguna. Therefore, he did not want Zahira or Shakeela to feel what he had felt before.

The sound of rough breathing was sourced from Rini. "True, the Magic Grandmother has returned and brought great disaster to the happiness of our children, Rumi. She returned to Indonesia because she was tricked by one of the agencies that promised her to become an internationally famous model. After shooting, the agency apparently did not pay and continued to delay payments. Even the promises that were spoken were apparently just a joke."

"He returned to his homeland and came to the office of Mas Rio's firm. Somehow Ziva's story can be up to cooperate with Irhan, finally the son of Pak Gunawan forced Shaka to accept the case of Ziva. His father planted a stake in my husband's office, so he urged my son!" sulkul Rini is fiery.

"Then, stupidly again Mas Rio even went to urge Shaka, on behalf of professionals, the more angry I am with him. Already knew Zahira had been let down by Shaka, instead pushing her own son to be close to the Magic Grandma!"

Arumi leaned back on the back of the sofa, then stared at the ceiling of the living room. "Why has Ziva always been a pebble in our children's household, Rin? Is that woman forever a barrier to my daughter's happiness?" his weakness.

"Ooh .. I won't let her be the third person in my favorite daughter-in-law's household. As long as I'm alive, no one can hurt Zahira, if anything then she's dealing with me" Rini said earnestly. He loved Zahira like his own son.

"Lantas, what should we do now?" arumi asked while looking at my friend.

Rini closed her eyes for a moment when she got a question from Arumi. Honestly, he did not know what to do to prevent the storm that continued to hit the ship Shaka and Zahira. "Just wait for a miracle from God, may the household of our sons be fine."

***

When Rini was telling her grievances to Arumi, a couple walking hand in hand into a restaurant was quite a hit among young women. If you look closely, they look like a matching couple who love each other.

"Want to sit here, or outdoor?" ask Shaka.

Zahira looked around. The restaurant has begun to be crowded with some visitors who want to fill an empty stomach even though the new wall clock shows at seven p.m.

"Ehm .. outdoor only. If it's too stuffy in here."

The girl chose to be in an outdoor location because she wanted to enjoy her first dinner with the stars and sky at night.

"Shaka, look! The sky is beautiful, isn't it? From here we can see the stars up there" Zahira said, pointing up at the sky. Since childhood he was very fond of looking at the stars at night with his twin brothers even they had a race to count the stars up there.

"Yes, it's beautiful, isn't it? You like this place?" shaka asked happily because he managed to give a small surprise to his wife.

Shaka was silent when he heard Zahira's words. Eyebrows pucker, the tail of the eyes squeaking sharply towards the wife. The last sentence that the girl spoke successfully made her attention to the menu book on the table stop.

Wait, if I didn't hear wrong, Rara said someone I loved. Could it be that he has fallen in love with me? Since when?

Many questions were lodged in the man's mind. I wanted to ask Zahira directly, but she was afraid to misinterpret the words the girl had just said.

Come on, Ka! Don't think anything! Focus on your initial goal of bringing Zahira here. Create your togetherness so that you can explore each other. Although you have known for a long time, but your status as a friend was not as a married couple.

Not wanting to continue thinking about something that was damaging to the atmosphere, Shaka tried to refocus his mind on a menu book that was in front of him. "Ra, what do you want to eat tonight? There are many good food menus in this restaurant, you can choose whatever you want."

Zahira who was busy looking at the beauty of the sky at night immediately opened the menu book that had been provided by a waiter when they arrived at the restaurant. "Ehm .. I want to eat a steak, Ka. French fries and iced lemon tea" replied the girl. He chose a menu of food that is indeed if it looks delicious to eat.

After making a choice, Shaka raised a hand into the air, coding one of the maids to take down their order. "One plate of sirloin steak, pasta one, fries one, then two glasses of lemon tea ice."

The waiter hurriedly recorded Shaka's order on paper. "Is there any other addition, sir?" bargain before delivering the order paper to the kitchen.

"Just bring vanilla ice cream as dessert" Shaka said.

The waiter nodded, moving from there with quick steps. There are many guests who come and go making the woman do not have much time to mengleha-leha even if only for a second.

"Ka, can't you back out of Ziva's case? If I'm honest, I don't like it if you and him stay close. You guys have a past and I don't want a new relationship that we're going to start getting interrupted by a third-person presence."

Shaka stared straight at the beautiful female figure in front there. The parasites are polished thin make up and dress below the knee with hair plastered in the style of Korean women, look beautiful like an angel down from Kayangan.

"You want me to step down and turn the case over to someone else?" shaka toilet.

"really. I've been following your wishes and I don't think there's any harm if I ask you to stay away from your ex-lover. I just want our lives to be quiet without being disturbed by anyone" Zahira said. He dared to ask Shaka for something for the first time.

"I'll try to talk to Papa, yeah. Tomorrow or the day after I give you the answer," Shaka replied smiling.

***

"Irhan, this is a spill case file from Shaka for you. From tomorrow, my son withdraws from the case" Rio said firmly.

Irhan was aghast when she heard Rio's voice suddenly coming into her room. He grabbed the file on the table, then read it carefully.

"Well, Mr. Rio, this case has been approved by Mr. Shaka, why was it passed on to me?" reject Irhan when you see the name of the client listed there.

Rio stared cynically at Irhan, one of the investors in his firm office. "It's my right to replace it. This office is mine. So, my likes dong want to be delegated to anyone, that's my business," he said without being contested. "If you don't want to, get out of this office right now!"

Without giving Irhan a chance to speak, Rio had already passed by just leaving the room with long strides.

"Died to go to Shaka's apartment, then picked up Rini," Rio muttered. "Don't let my wife sulk and ask me to sleep in the guest room! It could be that my 'Beo' is fasting if he keeps sulking because of Shaka's business."

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