
"What is this???"
Lukman was surprised to see Amelia screaming with her mouth gaping and eyes staring at the screen of her phone.
"What's up, honey? What's up?" his tan immediately shot towards his pensive wife without blinking.
Lukman immediately took over Amelia's phone.
Apparently Amel was watching the news online on his social media and, uh,
"A_pa??? Why is Arthur in between,..."
Lukman looked into Amelia's gloomy eyes.
"The latest news today, two directors and film producers are seen in a dispute over a mysterious beautiful woman. Arthur Handoko and Victor Valdes. Whether they fight for the woman to be the main actor in their respective films of different genres, or more than that, like fighting over the heart of the woman who is known as the stage Princess Fania. A newcomer who has never been seen in any film production is the scramble for two senior festival director subscriptions. Is the rumor growing because Arthur Handoko is known not long married to a young girl who is still in college. It's less than a year of their marriage, is this a sign of divorce going to happen between them? There has been no confirmation from both sides. To be sure this news is quite horrendous world infotainment Indonesia. We move on to the next one."
Lukman sat down for a moment. Then turning off Amelia's phone and hugging her tightly gave her strength.
"Darling, it's just cheap gossip. Not important to us either. Never mind. Suppose you never watched the show. Okay?"
"How could Arthur know Juriah, Mas?" amelia asked with a confused tensed face.
"The world is narrow, dear. It is likely that he went to Jakarta to reach his destination and met with Arthur on his Ram Production show and was covered by many journalists. Never mind, there's no point in you thinking about that woman."
"She's divorced from Soleh. Now.., she came and approached Arthur's husband Inayah. I'm scared, Mas! I'm scared!"
Amelia was really worried. Even his feelings were channeled to his two toddler twins.
Adam and Eve cried loudly together. Making Lukman's hassles calmed him down while Amelia pensively sat on the bedside not taking a word out of her lips other than holding Eve in silence.
Lukman is worried about Amelia's continued state of shock after seeing gossip shows just now in the online news.
He immediately called the nuns to take care of his two children. Then he told them to take Adam and Eve to the other room.
"Darling..."
Lukman grabbed Amelia's still pensive shoulder.
"I don't know what the plan is. Why Juriah knew Arthur and the narrative of the story suffocated my knee, Mas. I was afraid, that Juria had a heart and was intent on teasing Arthur. I'm really scared, Mom!"
Amelia grabbed her phone. Inayah's name became her focus in mobile phone contact.
Clik.
The phone calls are connected.
"Hallo, assalamualaikum."
...[.Salam waalaikum. Ma'am Amel, how are you?]...
"Good, Nay. You alone? How's he doing?"
...[.Fine, Ma'am. What's up, Ma'am? There seems to be something important you want to say. Right? You see, Ma'am rarely calls suddenly like this. We're usually in chattan. Hehe.]...
"Delay,"
...[.Yea?]...
"Did Arthur come home late? Or not even going home?"
...[.Sometimes, Ma'am. Arthur also likes to go out of town or abroad to take care of work. Why, Ma'am?]...
"What...he ever hurt you? Or, what is it that makes you fuss and fight so hard?"
Soon there was a sweet sound of Inayah's laughter in the ears.
"Are you guys okay? Why am I so worried about you, Inayah? Is there something you want to tell me because you've been keeping secrets all this time?"
He was not struggling, feeling guilty.
He thought his sister already knew about her pregnancy which is still secret. Though it wasn't that.
...[.So you already know?]...
"So right? What does the online news say?"
...[.Right, hehehe... Ehh? What did Mommy say? Online news? I mean my situation until it is reported in the online media? Hadeeuh...is this Arthur's work? I told you to keep it a secret until four months old]...
"What's? So, their relationship has been up to four months? This ishah! Why are you so relaxed about Arthur's behavior like that? You should be angry, disappointed in your husband!"
...[.Hm. I'm going to be angry, Mom. He reneged on the promise not to make a tear about my situation. Hehe... All right, Arthur's gonna come home and I'm gonna spray him with scolding. Hehe.]...
"Oh God, Inay. Problems of this magnitude you consider trivial. How about your husband get the woman's eyes on you?"
...[.Whahuh? What woman, Ma'am? Whatisthis? I swear I don't know, Mom!]...
"Inay, open XYZ news online today. Your husband is a gossip. Try to look first."
...[.Ja. Wait, Ma'am. Let me cross the check first]...
"OKAY. I'll hang up the phone first. Let's see the news first. Assalamualaikum."
...[ Salam waalaikum]...
Now Inayah who became curious to see the live show about the growing gossip hit her beloved husband.
It didn't take long to search the online news video that Amelia said.
And,
Inayah. His eyes were in disbelief.
The woman who had been staying at her house a month ago stood in the middle of Arthur and another man Arthur's co-worker.
The narration of the news reader was heard once.
It was reported that the two men were fighting over a mysterious beautiful woman in an affair.
All of this was very shocking news for Inayah. Remembering first Arthur actually looks not like to see Juria intend to hitchhike overnight because Sister Arini who took him.
Visible at this time Juria changed drastically one hundred and eighty degrees. The more beautiful of course because of the makeup polish and facial and body care of course.
At once Inayah felt like she was being lied to by Arthur Handoko.
"Mas Arthur!!! Look, if you go home, you'll be dizzy looking for me in this house because I'm going to run away for a while, hiding in Amelia's house!" he said with rage.
Oh, my God, my! Our marriage is only one year. And I'm pregnant with our child-to-be anyway. How can you cover everything up to this neat. Don't-don't, Madam Jyria financed her life by mas Arthur to be glowing as it is today.
Finally, what Arthur feared happened as well.
The existence of Jyria now also shakes the harmony of her household. Not Amelia Lukman's household, but her own because of her excessive fear.
His fear had now become reality.
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