TIME (For A Taste )
THE CHAPTER 195

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MALIA

I was a little surprised to hear Rei question about my sincerity that I already love him.

“You all this time, just pretend – already love me?”

So said Reiji who asked me when we got to our apartment unit. And for that I was about to make a sound to question why until Rei questioned the thing he asked me.

But before that happened, Rei was already in a hurry to speak again.

“Because I got this ..”

While Rei took out some photos from inside the envelope that I did not realize if the brown envelope was in the inserts of the sofa armrest in the living room in our apartment unit.

“The latest date, the time I was assigned to Medan a few days ago,“ said Reiji while showing me the photo – photos, by dragging it on the table. I was really surprised twice.

Even this time I was even more surprised, to the point of being stunned myself.

“Rei, this-“ my group. With my hand reaching for one of the photos that Rei had lined up.

Photo – photos of me and Irsyad are just alone.

“You've been playing with him behind me all this time-“

“Engga Rei, hgga!-“

I quickly refuted Rei's accusation.

My head shook too several times quickly.

“Then photos – this photo?” ask Rei to me then.

“I can explain,” I replied. “But where did you get this – photo?”

--

I brushed off Rei's accusation to me, whose face looked like it was waiting for my explanation.

While my brain was thinking how the photo – photo Rei showed could be on him.

Has Rei been following me or paying people for it?.

But if it does, Rei pays people to spy on me -- that guy's job is slow.

Because some of the photos that Rei was showing me were some of the photos that I was doing with Irsyad at the time, the first day of the first – I came back close to him after our meeting for the first time after a long time I did not know the news.

Of course I remember very well, because most of the photos were taken using Irsyad's personal camera when I often went together when I was feeling gambled at the beginning of the – of my marriage and Rei.

I was hoping for Irsyad again because of his return to my life.

It was a month or two ago, or three months. I don't know, which is definitely not the new –. But why is the date listed, is the date from the time I said rejoin with Rei?.

There's this real thing.

Someone tried to provoke Rei into putting suspicion on me, other than that I was being slandered.

I glanced at Rei who looked calm, but his eyes were glaring at me.

Not sharp, but clearly he noticed the motion – gerikku. Or reading my book.

Whatever.

What's clear is that I have to explain to Rei about this strange thing.

Although there is no engineering element of the photo – photo, because I still remember anytime the photo – photo was immortalized.

“Jawab Rei, how can you have this – photo photo?”

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REIJI

Lia looked surprised as I showed her some photos.

Photo – photos I got from the seedling pebinor, when he was floating me this morning.

“Irsyad,” said – men who were in front of me, while waiting for me to welcome his hand after he called me and asked to make sure if I was her husband Lia. “Can we sit down and talk?---“

The seedling then spoke again after I briefly shook his hand.

“About?---“ I immediately ask her back.

“Malia--“ she answered by looking at me meaningfully.

Who seemed to be waiting for my answer to express my willingness to accept his invitation to sit down and talk.

“We have never known and met before.” But before I answer his invitation, I want to investigate a little first. “How can you recognize me?”

“I've seen your photos in his social accounts Lia ..” he replied.

“Hm ..”

“So can we sit down for a while and talk?”

He asked again for one of my wishes.

--

In the end I received the invitation of the seedling who invited me to sit down to talk about Lia, who knows what.

But obviously I was curious, so the offer from the seedling pebinor that I was. Did he want to question about me that he might think had taken Lia from him. Well, it doesn't matter if he wants to muscle with me.

The seedling did not answer me directly.

I just kept looking at him. Waiting for the answer to my question.

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“You said there's something you want to talk to me about my wife. Then why don't you talk now, because my time is limited-“ I said because I can't wait to hear what the seedling wanted to tell me about Lia.

He then straightened his body, then said a sentence that made me really want to throw my fist at his face to tear his lips.

“I'm a boy – Malia loves,” said the seedling with a very confident attitude. While my hand under the table was firmly clenched.

He looked at me clingy. I'm same. I even highlighted it more.

“I understand if this is surprising for you to hear,” he said again. “But that's the real one.”

Speaking confidently in front of me, who was still intensely looking at him with my sharp gaze now.

My emotions started to rise, but I kept trying to keep him from getting out.

I slanted then. The moment I noticed it seemed like he was surprised by my calm reaction.

“And you think I will believe this nonsense of yours?-“ I said afterwards.

The pebinor seedling pulled the corner of his lips while looking at me.

“You have to believe because it's the real thing,” he said.

“I will confirm it with my wife then.”

I'm still acting calm. So is the tone of my voice that I still maintain is in a normal tone.

Maybe he tried to provoke me so that I would make a fuss with Lia, then we were estranged again and the seedling of this pebinor would again try to enter between me and Lia.

I will not let that happen, if that is the purpose of the seedling pebinor meet me now.

“Lia wouldn't honestly admit to you if she loved me. He survived with you until this time because of his parents.”

Back, the words of the seedling this pebble made my chest rumble.

But then again, I held back my emotions. I believe that Lia really loves me.

And besides the words of the seedling this player may be a form of his non-acceptance because Lia ultimately chose me.

“As I said earlier, I will confirm your every utterance to my wife. But I emphasize, I trust him more than you.”

I noticed that the jaw of the seedling seemed to harden, before he finally smiled faintly.

“Then you should look at this -“ the seedling took out a long brown envelope that I had not noticed before, which he had now thrust at me on the table.

But I didn't get the brown envelope right away.

“In it there is evidence that Lia and I do love each other. There is evidence Lia was once happy, before being betrothed and forced to marry you. And his happiness, with me-“

“Bullshit,” I growled in a murmur, at the same time the seedling was standing from its place.

“If you do love her, let go of Lia. He deserves to be happy with his choice.”

My teeth shook, and my hands clenched tightly. “He is happy with me,” I said while staring at the seedling who had stepped forward to leave in front of me. “Because if not, Lia can't possibly block you from her phone number isn't it?”

At that moment I was satisfied.

Because the jaw of the seedling was hardened immediately after I said a sentence earlier to him.

I know that. Know if Lia blocks the number of this player from one chat application, even on regular phone settings.

So even though I was burning with emotion, my mind had to stay in place.

Because if it's true what the seedling said, it's impossible for the number to be blocked by Lia.

But still I couldn't help the rumbling of emotions that were sticking up in my heart.

“Just look at what is in the envelope,” but the next second, the seedling smiled faintly while looking at me. “Because in it is proof of my words, about Lia who loves me, about us who love each other ..”

Then the seedling stepped away from me, until it came out of the current coffee shop where I am today. What I'd love to pursue, if I was the emotional type of guy. And unfortunately also the care of the seedling pebinor seemed calm, to make me no reason to punch him in the face.

Goddamnit!

And the more damn it, when my hands itch grabbed the envelope that was thrust by the pebinor seedling earlier. Where the envelope was still lying on the table where me and the seedling were and sat together for a few minutes.

Making my jaw harden perfectly, when I open the brown envelope-which is inside there are some photos of Lia and the seedling that is just posing together.

Looked close .. And, damn it! Be warm!.

What burned me even more was that the date on the photo counted in line with when Lia told me, if she wanted to start everything from scratch.

All this time, did Lia just play with looks like she already loves me when actually not?.

And that he did just to make me unsuspecting if Lia was still in a relationship behind me with the seedling? ..

Is that Lia? ..

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