8 To 4: The Mayor's Contract Wife

Status & Tasks

In addition to the complicated rivalry with Rega that made him forced to take off his fangs, the status of Wira who is a widower became one of the other factors that hampered his efforts to reach the hearts of the city residents.

Citizens of Carang Sewu City are very concerned about kinship and family relations. Most of them believe that widows or widows are a form of a person's failure to harmonize their family relationships. That means they will not be able to relate well to society (social disabilities).

Therefore, not a few work programs initiated by Wira are less successful and even fail due to the lack of support from the citizens of the city. Many advised her to get married as a solution. But given the bad end of the marriage he had lived with Monica, making Wira reluctant to immediately restart the commitment with other women. So, for now, Wira prefers to survive with all the conditions that exist until his father is successfully elected as a presidential candidate next year.

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That afternoon, Wira canceled her intention to stop by the tourist market before leaving for Siliwangi. Instead, he returned to his desk and prepared the files he needed to bring to Siliwangi.

He reached into his desk drawer to look for a file, and accidentally an old newspaper article that he had stored was dropped from the drawer. Wira picked up and read an article titled, ‘Monica Bahri, model, allegedly divorced due to third-person issues’, ‘Employed to husband, Monica Bahri steadily divorced’, a, and another article published shortly after he divorced Monica titled ‘Divorce of the businessman, Monica Bahri, took a young politician named Haris Rusli’.

Wira************ those articles then throw them at the door and almost about Abdi who came in with a cup of tea for Wira. Abdi placed the tea in front of the Hero, then picked up a scrap of paper lying on the floor. Before putting it in the garbage basket, Abdi peeked at the contents and immediately knew why his boss was riding apitam.

“We must leave immediately, Mr.” Abdi reminded.

“We go now.” Wira replied while sipping her tea.

“Sorry Sir.” sela Abdi is in doubt. “I should get info from Bu Manda if he invites Bu Governor as one of the speakers at the HUT Dharma Wanita memorial event later.”

“Bu Governor? Wh why? For what?”

Wira squealed her nape which suddenly felt stiff. He did not know why Rega's wife was getting more and more brave against him. He even dared to invite his former in-laws without discussing it first with him. Wira believes it is a form of Manda protest that she always rejected subtly when trying to approach him.

After all, Manda was the wife of her co-worker and Wira was not at all interested in looking for trouble just because of a woman like Manda. But the woman he takes lightly now pushes him to the brink, forcing him to reunite with his ex-wife and her in-laws in a situation that is not favorable to him.

“And reportedly the Governor has confirmed his ability. He also said he would bring Monica. So there is a possibility that Mr. Haris will also be present.” Abdi half whispered.

The Jaw of the Hero stiffens. He could already imagine what his ex-wife and father-in-law would say when he saw her still alone after three years of divorce. While his ex-wife is already happy with her new family with Haris. Just imagine it makes your blood pressure rise drastically. He may be underestimated simply for failing to become mayor, but he will no longer allow his pride as a man to be trampled by his ex-wife's family.

“Sial!” muttered Wira.

“We're leaving now, sir? Mr. Akbar and Mr. Heri are waiting in the car.”

Wira immediately changed her clothes and rushed to Siliwangi. “Say the same Manda! The Guardian is going to be the speaker. So no need to bother asking for help to the Governor!”

“Bu Guardians?! But Mr. –“ Abdi was confused to hear Wira talking about mom guardian even though his girlfriend just did not have it. Abdi rushed to pursue the steps of the Hero while conveying the message of his superior to Manda.

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