8 To 4: The Mayor's Contract Wife

Madame

The next morning, when he woke up, Ajeng had not found the Hero anywhere. So he rushed out of the room to make sure that the Hero did not betray him and left him alone in the house.

Because the house was quiet and there was no one inside and the back door was open, Ajeng went out through the back door and found a very beautiful flower garden. Alda and Wira were standing there watering the flowers and picking at the rotten stem.

“Ajeng! Already awake?” sapa Wira when he realized Ajeng was already standing there while observing him.

“We are gardening. Want to follow?” bargain Alda cheerfully as usual.

Ajeng. Then Alda who had finished watering his plants approached Ajeng.

“What according to Mbak Ajeng? Is it good for our garden?”

“We?” tanya Ajeng did not understand who was being forced.

“Iya, we. This is the garden that Mas Wira and I created before Mas Wira married Monica. If we had a house together later, we would make a garden that is much bigger and beautiful than this. Isn't that right, Mas?”

“Both house?” rejeng Ajeng did not understand.

“Do not dreadin!” sahut Wira relax.

“Iya both home. After cleaning up all the mess of his life, Mas Wira will marry me and build our dream home together.”

“Uhuk.. Uhuk...” suddenly Ajeng choked when he was not eating or drinking anything.

While Wira just smiled while shaking Alda's head as if nothing happened.

“Mbak Ajeng likes flowers too? What flowers?” alda asked while showing hundreds of types of flowers he had. “I'll give Mbak Ajeng.”

“Edelweis.” Sahut Ajeng deliberately chose flowers that were not in the garden.

“Basic chick mountain!” fry Alda. “Where is edelweis in a gini-rich lowland city?”

“Why edelweis?” sahut Hero's.

“Beauty, rare, not easy, always protected and the epitome of eternal love.” Answer Ajeng steady.

As if he was describing himself, Wira smiled at him. And that made Alda look unhappy. It was not usual for the smiling Hero to hear such a cliche and haughty reason.

Then suddenly Alda took the hand of the Hero and invited him back to the park. “There is a new moon orchid first time to inflate. Here I show you!”

“Mas, in! Your wound must be cleaned immediately.” Ajeng said while shortening and then entered the house.

“Mas Wira enter first huh? Madam again sulks.” whispered Wira while patting Alda's shoulder.

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Ajeng shortened while walking back and forth in Abdi's room. He was worried that the Hero would not fulfill his call and the night chose to go with Alda to see the moon orchid flowers. But then the hero knocked on the door and went inside the room. Ajeng was delighted to have defeated Alda. He then pretended to be busy preparing the medicine box while telling the Hero to lie down without turning his head.

The hero who did not want to make a fuss in the morning, chose to obey Ajeng's orders. He lay on the bed and waited for what the girl would do to him. Ajeng came with large scissors.

“What do you want?” ask the worried hero.

“Don't move much and wait until the medicine sinks!” the Tehah Ajeng to Wira.

He then went out to wash the socks of Wira and made breakfast for Wira. But Abdi had already come by bringing various types of typical restaurant cuisine and began to serve them one by one on the table.

“Di, is there a party? Lots of food?”

“Ngga no events anything, Mom. My mother hasn't come home yet and Bu Ajeng is the guest of honor in our home. So, it is natural that we have to prepare the best banquet for Bu Ajeng.” Seeing the reaction of doubt on Ajeng's face, Abdi hurriedly added. “And Mr. Wira.”

Ajeng did feel that Abdi's attitude was a bit strange and exaggerated that morning. He even deliberately stood firm and kept his distance with Ajeng, not as usual. The style of speech is also more polite and formal.

“That's what?”

“Oh, this is Mas Wira's sock. It's dirty, want me to wash.”

“Let me wash, Mom. Bu Ajeng accompany Pak Wira only breakfast.” Abdi hurriedly asked politely the socks that were in Ajeng's hands.

“But –“

“Ngga. Please enjoy breakfast.” Said Abdi while slightly bowing before leaving Ajeng.

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Ajeng returned to the room to talk to Wira. "You told Abdi who I am?"

"Already." replied Wira briefly while lying down and playing his phone.

"Why do you know, Mas? We promise to keep each other's secrets."

"Because there's no secret between us."

"Curtain! Why don't you really marry Abdi if you're that kind of messengers? Ah, or just like Alda, they look like tuh.."

"Because I'm a married man. How can anyone marry someone else?"

Ajeng's face blushed. "If we split up later, would you marry Alda?"

And suddenly the cries of the Hero who had been busy with toys hp, stopped instantly. That's a pretty hard question to answer. Because even though he is reluctant to lose Ajeng, the girl will still have to return to her place of origin and leave him.

"Mas, what's in diem? You want to get married again?"

"It doesn't seem to."

"Why?"

"Because you've let all my heart go with you. There's nothing left for anyone else."

Ajeng immediately gave a kiss on the cheek of Wira and then rushed out of the room before his heart was dislodged in front of Wira.

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