Akad Shackle

Love Does Not Until

Time passed without anyone being able to stop him. Rahma is enjoying her role as a wife. The household he lived slowly began to conform to his expectations.

Anggara actually acts as a priest in his household. Since the conversation at that time where Anggara revealed all the truth about his relationship with his lover until he actually wanted to be released and live a good household with Rahma, since then Rahma began to open her heart and give Anggara a chance to live with her.

Anggara happily welcomes her, promising to keep her marriage to Rahma no matter what. Honestly Anggara had long fallen in love with Rahma but circumstances forced him not to show it all and play the role of a man does not know himself by marrying Rahma then hurt him.

Since his relationship with Rahma improved, Anggara came home more often. Saturday night was the time to get back with his wife, she often refused to take duty out of town and asked others of her peers to replace her.

The household life they lived for almost a year was starting to feel beautiful. Often wrapped in Anggara's mind, why he was so foolish to choose to reap sin when the source of reward was so abundant in his grasp. Fortunately Rahma gave him the opportunity to change into a better human being. He even accepts all of Anggara's past lives without ever bringing it up.

For Rahma the past is something that has passed, it is impossible to change or be played back. Everyone has ever done wrong, and how selfish she would be if she did not give her husband a chance to change for the better. Everyone deserves to have a chance as long as there is seriousness in him to change and get better.

Although it was in his mind to end his household, but it happened when he felt only himself struggling. Seeing Anggara's sincerity in proving his words there is no harm according to Rahma if she gives the opportunity to her husband.

Rahma also thought how her family would respond if she separated from Anggara, she could not imagine the situation of the mother if she knew her son would become a widow in a short marriage. Especially considering if the verdict of the community is sometimes far more extreme than the verdict of the court. They convict according to what they see, arbitrarily and without trial first. However, divorce still has more negative sides.

Allah is All-Wise, when he almost gives up at that moment he is faced with the choice to continue the struggle. Rahma just hopes that this time the choice is right. May what is destined for him be as desired.

"Mas, this shirt you want to bring?" Rahma was stuffing some Anggara fashion stels into a small suitcase in their room.

Since Rahma decided to accept Anggara with all her past, since then she also gave up her body and entrusted her life to Anggara.

"Eummh, that one doesn't have to be darling. I was only there for a week" Anggara replied, looking briefly at his wife who was sitting in front of the closet in the room they occupied. While Anggara was on top of the bed with a laptop on his lap.

For the first time Anggara is again willing to accept foreign service duties since he decided to improve his household with Rahma, Rahma reassured him if he was okay if he had to be left far away. All this time, they were just together on the weekend.

"Darling, you're fine here huh" Anggara got out of bed after turning off his laptop, he walked towards the wife who was focused on preparing everything her husband would need during outside service.

"Mas.diem first" Rahma tried to pull away Anggara's hand that wrapped around her body, starting from the hand winding on the slender waist of the wife who was standing in front of the closet checking back the equipment to be brought, which was to be carried, now his two hands even penetrated into other areas making Rahma very disturbed.

"I don't want to be away from you" said Anggara spoiled making Rahma link her eyebrows together,

"Why? aren't we used to being far away?" rahma asked, curious about her husband's words,

"I don't know, I'm going. If it goes well, according to the schedule I will go home Sunday morning until here at the very end of the afternoon, and on Monday he must return to Bandung" Anggara replied in a lethargic voice, he increasingly tightened his embrace, smelling the scent of Rahma's hair that is not currently wearing a hijab. His current position was to hug Rahma from behind.

"Darling, is this filled?" Anggara gently rubbed Rahma's stomach, a hopeful smile rising on her lips though invisible to Rahma.

A few months passed after the two chat about the desire of Mama-in-law Rahma to immediately have grandchildren, since then Rahma and Anggara began to sleep in a room like a husband and wife in general. As an adult it is no longer a taboo for both.

However, as a woman Rahma realized that pregnancy and childbirth are part of the nature that God has determined specifically for women. One of the signs that the woman is very valuable and special is because there is a noble task that God assigns only to women that is pregnant, giving birth and breastfeeding. Even these three things are the reason why the position of a mother is three levels higher than the father, and Rahma of course crave all that.

"Hey...why so moody? Don't take heart I just asked darling. It's okay, don't be a thought" Anggara turned over Rahma's body and now they're facing each other. Anggara cupped Rahma's cheeks with both hands, Rahma frowned deeply.

"Don't be a thought, I'm already very happy with our lives right now. Maybe it would be nice if we spend more time together to get to know each other and understand each other's character" Anggara said softly with a swipe of his hand on Rahma's cheek as if flowing the love he currently felt for Rahma.

"Yes Mas. I also hope to get pregnant soon. Maya is pregnant now, I also want to" Rahma replied with a sulking voice made Anggara laugh because it felt funny with the spoiled behavior of the wife who had just been known lately. Rahma drowned her face in the chest of the Anggara field after her husband after Anggara pulled Rahma into his arms, she tightened her arms to her husband.

Anggara smiled faintly, indeed Anggara really liked Rahma like that, making himself feel more valuable and reliable.

"Don't worry, I don't want you thinking about that. Let it all flow like water, assume we're still dating, I love you dear" Anggara concluded, peeping over the top of Rahma's head long, now she was more relieved after hearing the soothing words her husband said.

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If Rahma had found her happiness. Unlike someone who is still trapped in unattainable love. If he had acted faster, maybe everything would have been different.

Since the last time he saw Rahma through the window of his office, Tama has never set foot on his foundation again. He actually handed over all the affairs of his foundation that was in Garut to his best friend Regy.

Had received a protest from the father for ignoring the foundation did not then make Tama surrender. He really steadied himself to no longer come to the foundation because everything that was there seemed to remind him of the figure of the girl he still desperately longed for but already belonged to someone else.

"What's wrong?" four young men were sitting around a table in a famous restaurant in Bandung. Tama who came last to that place started the conversation.

They are currently having an emergency meeting, before Tama got information from Arga if Ghifar contacted him and asked him to arrange a meeting of old friends.

Ghifar said that one of them was not doing well. That was the reason why this meeting happened. Usually it is very difficult for them to meet because of their respective activities. Fortunately Arga who got the task of his supervisor to review the development of one of the branches of restaurants in Bandung took advantage of this moment to meet.

"Ahsan is in a state of chaos" Ghifar replied instantly at its core making the two people who were enjoying his coffee almost choke. Arga immediately stored back his coffee cup while Tama chose to continue enjoying his coffee even though a few seconds had stopped because of surprise. While Akhtar still with a relaxed mode smile-smiling staring at the screen of his phone.

Five young men with different backgrounds but often found in various events in college had now become friends again, Tama, Ghifar, Arga, Akhtar and Ahsan. If they used to be equated in campus organization activities or other youth, today they are again united in business affairs.

"You mean what?" Arga became the most enthusiastic person to ask, not understanding the chaotic word Ghifar meant pinned on Ahsan.

"He was again down, because the woman he loved left him" Ghifar replied more clearly, but it made Tama widen his eyes because he felt if he was in the same position at this time.