Forced Mate

Baby Sitting

Alex pulls out a blanket to cover Ayu's body. The woman fell asleep a few minutes ago after crying. Maybe because of the influence of pregnancy, so he suddenly cried without cause when he started lying down.

Alex who could not do anything could only give a sigh. When he asked why Ayu was crying, the woman just shook her head and said she didn't know. Weird, right?

Ayu refused to stay at the hotel again. However, he is too tired to agree with Alex to stay again.

Alex went into the bathroom to clean up and change his clothes. After he finished he lay down beside Ayu. Circling her arms around the woman's waist, she placed her chin on the hollow of her neck. She likes Ayu's body scent, sweet and addictive. He curled his smile while closing his eyes. His sleep must be slumbering tonight.

Ayu squirmed, her eyes opened slightly and closed back because she was not used to the dazzling light. He wriggled again feeling the burden on some parts of his body as well as an unusual sense of warmth. He wanted to turn around but could not move. He stared down after his consciousness was intact. Alex's hands were coiling around his waist and the man's feet were on his calves.

Ayu elbowed Alex with the rest of her strength hoping that the man would wake up soon. She had to go to the restroom to finish her wish, and Alex's embrace got in the way.

"Alex!" pekik Ayu, but there was no response. All Ayu could feel was regular breaths of the man.

Usually Alex always wakes up early, it's 7 am and the guy hasn't woken up yet either. If only he hadn't been breathing, Ayu might have thought Alex was dead.

"Alex!" ayu said in frustration, "i'm kebelet, Alex!"

Alex feels Alex's body start to drift away. The man turned around and hugged the void. Ayu immediately took advantage of the opportunity to immediately go to the bathroom.

With relief, Ayu came out and found Alex sitting on the bedside. The man rubbed his eyes, trying to unite his body and soul after a night of wandering.

"Mor-ning!" greet Alex in a weak voice.

"Ehm," replied Ayu briefly.

Alex stepped into the bathroom with staggering steps. He should wash his face immediately to keep it fresh.

Ayu started packing her things again, last night while looking for a change of clothes she unpacked the suitcase again. Alex's dirty shirt was draped in the chair, that shirt Alex was wearing yesterday. Before packing everything, he took out a set of clothes that Alex would use to go home.

Fortunately, the man prepared a lot of clothes, so they were not confused about which one to wear. A circular hand on his waist was followed by another hand, a taper chin perched on his shoulder, of course it was Alex so he was not surprised anymore.

"I'm still sleepy" said Alex, "how do we sleep again."

Ayu took Alex's hand off. "Just sleep alone, I'm going home."

"Ouch!" Alex grimaces as she tries to hug Ayu but is elbowed hard.

"I have to take care of Zahra today" Ayu said, causing Alex to turn her back.

"meaning?"

"I have promised Mas Bima to take care of Zahra, he has an office event with Ms. Dita,"

"Yes, we're home."

"You're here first, Zahra's fussy. Afraid that you might be distracted, especially later that night you will have to return to Singapore," said Ayu pulling a suitcase to get out of the room, "I can go home with a taxi."

Alex put his hands back on Ayu's waist.

"As a good father-to-be, I may complain about looking after the baby. Just learn to take care of our children later," whispered Alex beside Ayu's ear.

Ayu took off Alex's hands again. He turned and looked at Alex.

"It's up to you that way. Watch out if you complain!"

Alex shakes. "Well you know I was Reyhan when I was 12, I used to look after him a lot. Reina was born when I was 15. When I was 20, my brother Ben-Daddy was born, and I didn't have another sister, Eden."

Ayu raised one eyebrow. She had heard of the complexity of Alex's family, but hearing him mention her sisters one by one made that sound even more complicated.

"Are you the one who took care of them?"

Alex shakes. "Of course not."

Ayu snorted in annoyance. "So why you mention one-on-one if it turns out you never take care of a baby."

"So you know that your brother-in-law is still small, all" Alex replied with a big smile.

"Don't any one of them is actually the kid you're hiding, Ben, for example!"

Alex walks out pulling the suitcase that Ayu had packed. Ayu followed behind him.

"Well, I have children to hide, strangely enough" Alex said, "I told you, I just want to have one girl's child. My family's been complicated enough, I don't intend to add to that complexity."

Ayu's gaze was locked on the smiling face, but her eyes held a wound. He knew that until now the man was still injured. Out of nowhere, she steps closer and hugs Alex from behind.

"What's that sick?" ask Ayu behind Alex's back.

"Yes, then," replied Alex stroking Ayu's hand which was on her waist, "now no longer."

No, Ayu doesn't believe Alex's confession. If indeed he no longer felt pain, why did Ayu see the wound in her eye?

"Let it go? There is no point in remembering the past" Ayu said, "even if they are still together, without any more love, will you be happy. You're old enough to understand that."

Alex takes Ayu's hand off and turns to look at the woman. His hand clasped Ayu's hand while shaking.

"Marriage is not about love, dear," said Alex, "if you only rely on love, there will be no surviving partner, right?"

For a moment Ayu thought, she nodded softly in agreement to Alex's words. She looked at Alex with her lower lip bitten.

"Marriage is a very sacred bond for me, not something that should be based on love" Alex added, "no one can guarantee what happens if my parents don't get divorced. But one thing is for sure, I won't feel envious so cultivate a grudge every day. If only the brand hadn't gotten divorced, I wouldn't have had to feel lonely which I sometimes thought was endless."

Ayu felt Alex's grasp tighten. The man she knew was full of spirit, jail, strong, looking lost. Behind her beautiful smile was a deep wound that might not be able to be treated.

During this time Ayu was blessed with a harmonious family that made her never feel lonely. His tears began to drip, as if he could feel the wound.

"It's okay," said Alex pulling Ayu in his arms, "i've got you and our son now."

Ayu raised her hand and joined her around Alex's back. He put his wet cheek on Alex's chest. Yeah, it's okay now, he's right next to her.

***

Alex ran fast making formula milk for Zahra. The baby had just woken up and he had forgotten to draw milk for her. He was lying down tired of holding the beautiful baby, and fell asleep.

"4 spoons of milk, 200 grams of water," he murmured while making milk.

Alex had told Ayu to rest because he did not want his pregnant wife was tired. When Zahra started fussing, she didn't feel good about waking the woman up.

Zahra's crying grew so much that Alex quickly ran back to the baby lying down. He lifted the baby in his carrier and began to give a pacifier. Baby, the baby is crying.

Alex panics and doesn't know what to do. It was fortunate that Ayu appeared quickly and grabbed Zahra.

"Dear Zahra, cup-cup, darling," Ayu held Zahra in her cradle, "why is she crying like a gini?"

Alex nodded slowly. "It's milk!"

Ayu growled as she dripped Alex's milk on her skin. "It's hot on Alex, it's worth Zahra crying!" omel Ayu's.

Alex tilted his face a little. "The blackmail wasn't hot."

Ayu hissed exasperatedly at Alex's words. He kept trying to win Zahra silence.

"Your skin is the same as the baby's skin, Alex!" ayu growled after Zahra's cries subsided, "his milk soaked cold water in the bowl, Zahra was starving."

Alex grabs the bottle and goes in to follow Ayu's orders. He took the bowl and filled it with water, then put the milk bottle in it. He came back out carrying that maggot.

Ayu nodded.

After about ten minutes, Ayu grabbed the bottle and started breastfeeding Zahra. Alex just watched the baby greedily sweep over.

"You almost killed a man's son!" rutuk Ayu, "he said jago? A good father candidate? Half day stone like gini. I was just saying, if Zahra has gone to bed for milk, make it wake up the milk is cold and ready to drink."

"So I was tired, Zahra asked me to carry on, so I lay on the couch and fell asleep" I'm Alex.

"The point is you can't be a good father yet, you can't take care of a child!" zahra.

"His name is Barus learning, honey. Now I know, so I can give you a good father" Alex said.

Alex retrieves Zahra from Ayu's sling after the baby returns cheerful. He played with the baby who started to stand up.

"You fart, huh?" alex asks Zahra and the baby laughs.

Alex kissed the baby's ass and walked away from it when he smelled a bad smell. Alex looked at Ayu who was lying down watching television. He himself made Ayu to rest, so he had to accept the consequences. He had already changed Zahra's diaper with Ayu's side, because the baby's diaper was full. This time it was worse.

"Let's clean up" Ayu told Zahra, who she had laid on a plastic baby bed.

Alex opens Zahra's diaper and closes his nose as the smell of the baby's poop comes out. Despite her disgust, she kept folding the dirty diaper and grabbed the wet wipes to clean up the rest of Zahra's feces. The baby squirmed while laughing cheerfully. Alex looked at Zahra who was squeezing a small doll.

"You're engrossed in playing after cleaning your bowels, huh? Smart baby," Alex chanted. Zahra laughed and muttered indistinctly typical of babies.

After changing Zahra's diaper, Alex also decided to change the baby's clothes. She also had telon oil on Zahra's chest, neck and back.

"Let's practice!" take Alex with you while helping Zahra stand up.

Alex took off Zahra's hand. He let the baby try to stay standing without help. Alex was excited when he saw Zahra starting to stand up, baby, about five seconds he immediately fell. The baby laughed and started crawling closer to Alex.

"Crawling is easier, right?" alex says, "but you can't give up, okay!"

Alex helps Zahra to stand up again, and takes it off slowly. This time, Zahra dropped herself straight forward, so her knees landed first. Fortunately the floor was coated with foam that was friendly to babies, so falling many times would not hurt Zahra.

The baby laughed and crawled again. Alex does not want to give up, he is determined to get Zahra to his feet.

"Let's try it again!" alex said, "Zahra can do it."

Alex continues to encourage Zahra, as if the 8-month-old baby understands her words. Once again, Zahra instantly dropped her body and started crawling again while laughing.

Alex looked at Zahra with his head tilted. He called out to Ayu who was engrossed in watching.

"Darling!" call Alex, "i think Zahra is playing me," Alex continued as Ayu turned to look at him.

Ayu got off the sofa and approached Zahra who continued to crawl around Alex.

"meaning?" ask Ayu who is sitting next to Alex.

"Let's see!" Alex helps Zahra stand up and just like before when released the baby immediately dropped down and crawled grab a laugh.

"From that moment on he was like this" Alex said.

"His name is also a baby, he plays it again" said Ayu.

"Main?" Alex confused.

"Yes, the baby's mind is just eating, sleeping, and playing. Well now, he's playing again," Ayu added.

"Ah, she's got a baby Walker, right?"

Ayu nodded. Meanwhile, Alex immediately stood up and walked to take the train that the baby will use to learn to walk.

"Let's play more!" said Alex while raising Zahra on baby Walker

Alex runs around with Zahra chasing him with a baby walker. Alex laughed as he looked at Zahra who was also laughing cheerfully chasing after him.

"Hohoho, Catch me of you can!" alex imitates the voice of the grandfathers.

Zahra grew more and more laughing and continued to chase with vigor.

"Hohoho, you've got to be faster!" joking Alex again.

Ayu who saw the two people playing smiled in satisfaction. She is a person who is feeling well, maybe pregnant, even though she has been free from morning sickness and fatigue for a few days. It seemed like his body had only reacted after a few busy days of taking care of the wedding.

The sound of the bell rang, making Ayu step up to open the door. He looked at Bima and Dita who had come to pick up Zahra.

"Why did it come so quickly?" ayu asked in surprise thinking they had just come home at night.

"I don't feel good to disturb the newlyweds," I'm Dita, "wah, Zahra seems to like playing with Alex," continued Dita staring at Alex and Zahra who were chasing.

"Father's coming!" bima cried closer to the baby.

Zahra turned around to see who was coming. The baby recognized his father, he immediately turned around and stepped with his baby walker towards Bima. The baby laughed as he bent his knees many times with the spirit of looking at Bima.

"Oh, papa's son," said Bima raised Zahra.

"Aren't you going to play with Papa Alex?" alex asked with his fake moody face.

Zahra laughed and jumped up and down in Bima's arms. He was lapping in the air.

"I'm sorry, it's been a hassle" Bima told Alex.

"It's okay, I'm happy to take care of Zahra" Alex replied.

"During inj Mas never said thank you to me, even though I often take care of Zahra," Ayu sergeant.

"You will be paid," said Bima.

He looked at Alex. "Seek for a paycheck too, Lex!"

"Wow, what's the salary?" Dita replied with a confused face.

"With money, Ma'am," said Ayu.

Alex chose not to comment, knowing it was a joke.

"My wallet is embarrassed if I have to pay a big boss like Alex," said Bima.

Alex shook his head uneasy at Bima's words.

"Not to go to the Alex. Alex doesn't like to get paid, his wife likes it" Ayu said.

"The wife is Alex Matre, you mean?" ejek Bima's.

Alex laughs. They had a short joke, before driving the little family to the terrace. Alex kissed Zahra's cheek that was leaning on Bima's shoulder.

Alex and Ayu waved at Zahra. Alex has never been close to a baby, but, she is very fond of Zahra. The baby was very cheerful and laughed easily. He imagined how funny his son would be.

**

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