A Reply to My Husband

Falling Poor?

Barra stared at the worn-out ceiling of the inn room he was occupying right now. He thought again how his life could deviate far from his expectations. Life that was once peaceful and happy even though it was not perfect, turned into a mess because of his immaturity.

Right what Rania said back then, this is her life, her household, she should not let anyone else interfere in it, including her mother.

Barra daydreamed about what she would do next. There's no way she's coming to Malik and Rania's house to apologize. Malik will not forgive him. But he couldn't linger around like this either.

"What should I do now?" barra Gumam.

For now there is nothing he can do. He did not dare to turn on his phone because surely everyone was looking for him. He wanted to borrow the inn's phone to contact his mother, but he undone. Where could he have come out of the room just by wrapping a towel around his lower body. While his upper body full of bruises was not covered by anything because of the clothes he was washing earlier.

Barra can only give up. Even just foraging for food, he can't now.

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The Barra residence...

Hanna grabbed her phone which had been ringing non-stop since.

"Who the hell? I don't know if anyone's busy taking care of a baby!" grouse Hanna. "Bak, take care of my son!" Hanna handed the baby over to Imah.

"Hello ..."

"Do you know where your husband is?" ask Affandi from the other end of the phone.

"She said there was a duty out of town for two days. Why is Papa looking for him? This morning someone came looking for him. Is there a problem?"

"Tell Papa if he calls you!"

"Pah ... What's the matter exactly?"

Affandi did not answer. He hung up the phone. Hanna felt something was wrong. She rushes down to look for her in-laws and finds her in-laws cleaning the kitchen, a thing she never did.

"Mother ... Do you know where Barra went?" ask Hanna.

"I don't know, didn't he say he was going out of town?"

"Did he call mom?"

"No. Aren't you his wife? You should know better!"

Hanna left her in-laws with an annoyed face. He's sure something's wrong. He returned to his room to pick up his bag and car keys.

"Imah, I'm going for a minute, take care of my son!" hanna said while running.

It didn't take long for Hanna to reach her Papa company. Unlike Malik who no one recognized him, Hanna was greeted with great respect in this company. Almost all employees bow their heads when they cross paths with Hanna because they know Hanna is the son of the leader of this company.

With arrogance Hanna walked past the employees who were looking at her. Admittedly, Hanna is indeed beautiful and her body is also densely packed. But his attitude made everyone lazy to admire him. Maybe on social media he has a lot of followers, but that is just social media. What looks is not necessarily in reality. He seemed friendly greeting his followers, but in real life he was not even willing to smile at others who he thought were inferior to him.

"Mahs ... What's the matter exactly?" hanna asked once inside Affandi's room without further ado. Affandi who was calling someone did not answer Hanna's question. He simply pointed his index finger gesturing for Hanna to be quiet.

After Affandi finished with his phone, he approached Hanna.

"Say, what do you know about your husband? Where is he? When was the last time you called her?"

"What the hell is Pah? Explain it to me first!"

"So morning Malik came to Papa. He said Barra had been rude to his wife. And last night he also tried to do something again when the party was going on" Affandi explained.

"No way Pah, Barra's out of town right now. He told me he had a job out of town."

"Listen Hanna, Papa's convinced Barra lied to you. There's no way Malik came here to make things up. He even threatened to take over the company and throw us out on the streets if Papa didn't find Barra and put him in jail."

Hanna drooped limp on hearing his Papa words.

"It's impossible Pah ... I don't want to fall poor."

"Hanna ... How can you marry a man like that? You are beautiful, many like you. Why would you want to get impregnated with a man like that?!" regretfully

Hanna was slapped by Affandi's words. If only his father knew why he wanted to marry Barra, he would now be scolded.

Hanna recalls the night she had a party at a nightclub with friends of fellow social media artists. Hanna was drunk and unconscious and in the morning found herself waking up in a hotel room with no clothes on. No one can tell you who took him to the hotel.

Hanna had never considered needing a problem before, it was common for her. Until he realized he was already late for the month and made him do the test, the result was positive. He was confused but he also did not dare to abort his womb.

At about the same time, Widia, Barra's mother, continues to urge him to get acquainted with Barra. And this was a chance for him to get someone who could be a father for the baby he contained. Plus Widia mentioned that Barra had been married for a long time but had no children. He would pretend if the child he contained was Barra's son. They must be happy to know.

Only two meetings, Hanna can immediately invite Barra to stay at the hotel. Of course Barra who was in trouble with Rania could not refuse Hanna's sexy body. She doesn't know Hanna is setting her up to marry him and is in charge of the baby in her stomach.

"You know Papa loves you very much. Papa give you everything you want. Even Papa allows you to marry him whose status is still the husband of people, as long as you are happy. But now, look what your husband did."

Hanna fell silent. It was not that he thought of his Papa words, but that he thought of his own fate.

"We have to how Pah? I don't want to live poor. But I also can't let my son not have Papa. He loves my son very much. I want my son to have Papa spoil him like Papa spoils me." Hanna started sobbing.

"Help Papa found her. If you say she loves her child very much, she will definitely contact you to see her child. You can tell Papa if he does. Or you can find out from your mother-in-law. Barra must have called her mother. I've also sent people to look for him."

"Next Papa leave it to you. If you want our family to stay like this, then you should take her to the police station. But if you want us to be poor but your son still has a father, then you can keep him hidden. Papa just wants you to be happy, so Papa's decision is to leave it to you."

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While Rania & Malik skip first yes, they again honeymoon do not be disturbed.5🤫

We enjoyed the beginning of Barra's suffering. ???