8 To 4: The Mayor's Contract Wife

The Twins

Ajeng parked his car in front of a house numbered thirty. Seeing the condition of the house that has been quiet and the lights are turned off, Ajeng believes the residents have fallen asleep. Moreover, time has shown at one in the morning.

“Mas, are you sure we want to stay here?” tanya Ajeng hesitated.

“He’em.”.

A short time later a man came out of the house.

“Abdi?! So we want to stay at Abdi's house?”

“This is the safest place and we can go at this hour. Who told me to use the all-blur event. I know Malem too.” said Wira while getting out of the car and greeting Abdi.

Ajeng was forced to follow the two into the house.

“Mas Wira!!!” a short-haired girl who was very similar to Abdi suddenly came over and hugged Wira very tightly. “Truthful kangen Mas Wira.”

The hero nicks the girl's forehead. “Basic little thugs!”

“Au! Pain know!” rutuknya while hugging Wira again familiarly. “Why doesn't Mas Wira ever come here again? Though I promised I would often meet me.”

“Iya sorry. Mas Wira has been busy lately.”

The girl stretched her arms and looked at Ajeng. “This?”

“This is Bu Ajeng, his wife Pak Wira.” Abdi Sahut

“Oh...” is just that sentence coming out of the girl's mouth.

He then brought Wira into a room cheerfully without caring about the existence of Ajeng.

“Sorry, Mom. That's Alda, my twin sister.” Said Abdi when he saw the face of Ajeng who suddenly scowled upset with his sister's behavior.

“Oh, so you're twins? Pantes is very similar.”

“Iya.. like that, we twins are not identical. I'm sorry that he made Bu Ajeng feel uncomfortable. Because he was always like that when he met Mr. Wira. He even always refused to be immediately betrothed on the grounds of not wanting to marry another man other than Mr. Wira.”

Ajeng looked shocked, so Abdi hurriedly corrected him. “But he's just kidding. We are like family. Mr. Wira considers Alda like his own biological sister.”

Abdi thrust a plate of fried rice in front of Ajeng. "Please taste it, Mom. Mr. Wira asked me to prepare food for Bu Ajeng. She said she hasn't eaten anything all day."

Ajeng looked around and his gaze was fixed on a family photo belonging to Abdi. “That's my mother, happened to be staying at my uncle's house with my youngest sister. That was my father, but he died a long time ago.”

Ajeng brought the fried rice plate closer to him and started eating it slowly. The hero was right, he was really starving to the point of almost fainting. And Abdi's fried rice saved him that night.

“Died? Because what?”

“Killed by the leeches.”

“He owes a lot to loan sharks for the sake of treating my youngest brother who suffers from a heart disorder. I was still Junior High. One day they came to me and forced me to sell our house to pay off the debt. Dad refused and they beat him up. Frightened, I left my father for help and I met Mas Wira. He was willing to help me even though we didn't know each other. But by the time we got back to where my father met the thug, my father was already lying lifeless. Mas Wira was angry and beat them up. One of them stabbed me with a dagger. It was fortunate that Mas Wira saved me in time by hitting the thug's head with a stone. Unfortunately the thug didn't wake up again. And Mas Wira took me away from there. A few days later, word spread that the man had died and Mas Wira was charged with suspected murder. Thanks to his father's power, he managed to avoid prison confinement. But he was shackled in a marriage he never wanted. And all because of me and my family.”

Ajeng suddenly saw the man start to shed tears but hurriedly removed it because he did not want to be seen by anyone. “That is why I have always devoted myself to Mr. Wira. I never intended to harm him in the slightest.”

“I'm sorry, about that. I just don't trust anyone. Especially people I just met.”

“Ngga. I don't blame Bu Ajeng at all. I was wrong for being suspicious. But Ma'am, even so, I'm sure Mr. Wira never had any malicious intentions to Bu Ajeng. After thinking about everything, I understand why Mr. Wira chose that contract. Because by making Bu Ajeng as his wife, Pak Wira so have more authority to protect Bu Ajeng in his way. Just by looking at his attitude alone, I know that Mr. Wira really cares about Bu Ajeng.”

“That's because he needs me.”

“If he only needs women to show off to Monica and her family, he can marry any girl who has been waiting for him for a long time. But anyway he chose Bu Ajeng who had just met him.”

“It was because Mr. Suzuki.”

“If only because Mr. Suzuki, Mr. Wira will definitely renegotiate at all costs and capabilities he has if the project fails. Mr. Wira was a very smart and talented businessman before becoming Mayor.”

“If he cares about me, then why did he trap me in that seminar?”

“Bu, did Bu Ajeng know that the day before the seminar was held, Mr. Wira went to all the news agencies and pleaded that they do not cover for the event. Mr. Wira is not the type of person who would beg anyone. Even when he was sentenced to prison, he refused to ask his father for help. But that day Mr. Wira lowered the self-esteem he had held high for the sake of Bu Ajeng.”

The wink back into silence.

“Today he was willing to leave his important agenda in Carang Sewu to save Bu Ajeng from Pak Rega. He almost did everything he never did for others just for the sake of Bu Ajeng.” Imbuh Abdi's.

Then Alda suddenly came out of the room. “Abdi, where are you sleeping?”

“Bu, Ajeng, because we do not have many rooms, is it okay if Bu Ajeng sleeps in my room with Mr Wira?”

“What? Ah, ngga! Nope! Cannot. You slept with Mas Wira, he slept with me.” Reject Alda.

“Let me sleep here aja.” Decline Ajeng. He is not used to sharing rooms with strangers, especially with girls who are his toughest rivals.

“Mana can be like that. Mr. Wira will not permit.” Decline Abdi.

“Yes already, if so, you can use my room, let Abdi sleep on the sofa.” Alda's Proposal.

“You?” ask Abdi and Ajeng together.

“I want to sleep in Abdi sama Mas Wira.” Quickly tap.

Abdi immediately touched the forehead of his twin sister very hard. And Ajeng laughed at the behavior of the brothers. If only he had such a close relationship with his two brothers, maybe his life would be as happy and joyful as Alda.

“Ya already, Abdi, you slept with Mas Wira aja. Let me sleep with Alda. But I want to check the condition of Mas Wira bentar yah?” break up in the end.

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