8 To 4: The Mayor's Contract Wife

Separate House

With the incident last afternoon, Ajeng felt uncomfortable to stay at home. So that very night, he planned to sneak out secretly.

“Where are you going?!” ask the Wira who caught Ajeng's escape plan.

“Not your business.”

“Until this second, you are still my responsibility. So don't be stupid and harm others!”

Instead of softening, Ajeng became even more angry. “Isn't our contract over?! I can take care of myself and won't lose anyone. So stay here and don't interfere in my affairs anymore!”

Ajeng out of the House of Wira with a backpack containing clothes. The hero banged his head against the back of the chair. He then took his phone and contacted someone.

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The day is late and the night atmosphere in Carang Sewu is very much different from Bandar Sri Begawan. Only nine o'clock at night, Ajeng had difficulty finding a motorcycle and public transportation. So he chose to wait at a stop not far from the town square.

“Bu Ajeng?!” Yuni suddenly crossed in front of him on a motorcycle.

“Yuni?”

“Bu Ajeng why here? Which hero sir? Want me to drive home?”

Ajeng. “Let me call Mr. Wira to pick up Bu Ajeng. Danger outside alone nights like this.”

“Do not! I don't want Mas Wira to know I'm here.”

“Again?” guess Yuni and Ajengpun nodded.

“Terus Bu Ajeng where to go now?”

Ajeng.

“What if I stay at my boarding place?” tawar Yuni's.

“Emang can?”

“Ya.. I'm even happy to have a friend chat.”

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Ajeng arrived at a boarding complex located about a kilometer from the city hall office. There are rows of rooms that are mostly inhabited by government employees who come from outside the city.

“This is my costan. If that's the cost of male employees.” Said Yuni while pointing at the row of boarding rooms that are located in the middle of Yuni's boarding house. “Let's go in!”

Yuni's room is quite small but neat and comfortable. There is a bed, table and wardrobe made of plastic.

“What Bu Ajeng can stay in a narrow place like this?”

“Why are you rich anyway? It's much more convenient than on the roadside.”

Yuni smiled. “Bu Ajeng already ate?”

“Already. We had dinner with the Governor and his family.”

“Aaahhhh, I know now. Why Bu Ajeng and Pak Wira quarrel. Must be because Bu Ajeng is jealous of Bu Monica right?”

“I am very experienced when it comes to romance like this.” Gombal Yuni to rebuild Ajeng's mood.

Ajeng then cleans himself and changes clothes that are more comfortable to sleep in. “You've been staying here a long time?”

“About five years. Since received work at the local government.”

“So you've known Abdi for a long time?”

“Pak Abdi? Sure oes. Our age is not too far away and Mr. Abdi is typical of people who are nice to talk to.”

“Didn't you ever feel that the gelagat strange and suspicious?”

Yuni shook her head steadily. “Pak Abdi is the most trusted person Mr. Wira. The only person who will remain standing beside Mr. Wira even though everyone blasphemes him.”

“Where do you know?”

“The first time Mr. Wira served as mayor, he was almost deposed because of the issue of bribery and buying and selling positions. No one wants to accept the presence of Mr. Wira, including me. But Mr. Abdi was the one who desperately defended him and showed evidence that the accusation was simply not true.”

“How about Mr Rega?”

Yuni looked doubtful. “Pak Rega's.... Pak Rega's father was a highly respected village chief in Karangan Village. You could say that he is the son of the area who is predicted to be the mayor. But suddenly Mr. Wira is elected and Mr. Rega can only be satisfied with being the representative of Mr. Wira. At first they were often in conflict, but Mr. Abdi always put up the body. He was even willing to leave his sickly mother and his sisters in Batang Hulu to follow Pak Wira living here.”

Ajeng felt guilty after hearing Yuni's story.

“Eh, have you heard that people gossip about me and Mas Wira split the bed?”

Yuni laughing. “Common that mah... That cheap, rich gossip can happen to anyone. I was aja digosipin dating and sleeping in the same room Dito who cost in the room. We met very rarely.”

Ajeng was stunned again.

“If you live in a small city like this, Bu Ajeng must be ready to thicken the ears. Gossip can spread faster than the influenza virus. Hehe..”

“Am I overdoing it?” muttered Ajeng lirih.

“Hah?”

Ajeng hurriedly shook his head. “Ah, not nothing.”

Yuni opened her phone and read the short message that just came in. “Bu, I'm out for a while yah?”

Soon, Yuni returns with an aromatherapy room fragrance and puts it on the table.

“You like aromatherapy too?” tanya Ajeng is happy to find people who have the same passion as him.

Yuni was forced to lie by nodding. “Bu Ajeng can sleep now.”

“Thank you.”

Yuni replied to a short message on her phone.

(Berez.)

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