Forced Mate

Dinners

Alex sat on the couch. He still had no idea about Ayu's actions. Did he say something wrong or did his actions make his wife angry? He only protested the closeness of Ayu and Richard, so why was Ayu angry? He's the one who should be angry.

If only the book had hit Alex's face, his face would have been bruised. At worst, his jaw would crack, ah, too much. The book did not succeed in hurting him, but there was a bloodless pain in his heart. Ayu is a woman who is very valuable and wants her to take care of her entire life, but the woman actually intends to hurt her.

It had been fifteen minutes Alex had just sat there quietly and mused. In fact, he had agreed to Tamara's invitation to come to dinner with his family.

With hesitation, Alex began to step towards the room. Her eyes widened when she saw Ayu already look beautiful in a knee-length red dress.

"Loh!" Alex gawked at Ayu who turned around and gave her a sweet smile. There must be something wrong with Ayu's head, he was angry like loyalty and now has become a beautiful angel.

"We're going to Tamara's house, aren't we?" said Ayu curling her lips.

Alex just nodded slowly.

"Then why aren't you ready?"

"I don't think we're leaving" Alex said carefully.

"So dong" Ayu stepped closer to Alex. "My stomach isn't distended, is it?"

Alex's gaze turned on Ayu's stomach. Not bloated at all, looks very flat, even though as Alex remembers his wife's stomach has begun to contain.

"Why is this so good, honey?" Alex I gripped Ayu's stomach.

"I wear a corset, let it still look slim," Ayu replied casually. "My clothes are starting to get smaller. If you don't wear a corset, it's starting to look."

Wearing corsets? Alex glared in disbelief at what he heard. Ayu is pregnant, pity the fetus in Ayu's stomach. The use of the corset could also have resulted in a miscarriage, and Alex was unwilling until that happened.

"Open his shirt now!"

"Did, what!" ayu protests when Alex pulls him off. "There you change clothes!"

"No! Change clothes, don't wear a corset! You're pregnant again" Alex forced.

"My book's not loading, Lex!"

"Change your normal clothes, we buy clothes now!"

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Ayu looked at her reflection in the mirror. She wore an asymmetrical, white knee-length dress - designed by one of the top fashion houses. Ayu's hair was parsed with a small black bag with a golden rope. Simple and elegant. The clothes did not press on the body so that the flat peru Ayu who began to bulge was not visible.

"It's so pretty" praised Alex who's done the payment. "Let's walk now. It's too late."

Ayu grabbed Alex's hand that was combed at her. They came out of a fashion house in one of the Mall not far from Tamara's parents' residence. Alex was well acquainted with the neighborhood, right beside the house was his childhood home - a house with a myriad of memories.

"Wait where, what am I Tamara?" ayu asked as they had entered the housing fence.

"What question is that?"

"Well, just get answered, quick!"

"You and Tamara are both beautiful.   Can't compare."

Ayu folded her hands and turned her eyes outside the car. "Tell me if Tamara's prettier, isn't she?"

"You're making the worry go on!" Alex pinches Ayu's cheek which makes Ayu hit Alex's hand.

"You're beautiful, my dear. Pleased!"

Ayu rolled her eyeballs. He knew that Alex said it was just to please him. The man was insincere, anyone knew Tamara was more beautiful. You're Alex's a liar.

Alex's car stopped in front of a white house on the second floor which was quite magnificent. A lot has changed from that house. It has been over twenty years, of course a lot has changed. Tamara's parents didn't live in that housing. It was only the last five years that they returned to the old house and did renovations.

"That was my home when Mami and Daddy were not divorced!" Alex shows Ayu his childhood home.

"It's so big" Ayu said.

"First there was a park, I used to play with Tamara there. It looks like it's been moved outside" Alex said.

Ayu is initially very enthusiastic because Alex shows a little about his past. However, feeling lost enthusiasm when Alex began to tell about Tamara.

"It's late, Lex!"

Alex drove back to his car and turned to enter the house with a high gate. This house does not have a gate like other houses.

"You play here often?"

"Not really, Tamara had lived in her own apartment when the house was renovated," Ayu replied uninspired.

"Well, Brother Ayu, Brother Alex!" A tall woman and a beautiful face like Tamara greeted them. She is Bella, Tamara's youngest sister who still lives in the house.

"Hi Bell! Where's tamara?" Alex rubs Bella's hair.

Ayu's eyes kept on Alex. He was always friendly to anyone. He was too confident that Alex was only friendly and kind to him.

"Come in, people are inside" Bella said.

Alex is still faithfully holding Ayu's hand to enter the room referred by Bella. Ayu snagat knows Bella, the boy is very different from Tamara. Tamara always complies and Bella always defies.

"Good night" said Alex, who was immediately greeted by people in a room filled with tables filled with lots of food. There's a cake with 30 on it.

"Alex, Ayu, it's glad to see you," Aunt Cintya walked towards them with her arms stretched out to give them a hug. "Aunty didn't come to your wedding. You also married her suddenly, while Aunt again in the Netherlands."

"I'm sorry, Tan. Ayu must be married quickly so as not to run," joked Alex.

"It's a man's name" praised Aunt Cintya as she patted Alex on the shoulder. "This may be Tamara's friend who Aunty likes the most, suble."

Ayu da as Alex joined the Tamara family. Instead of discussing the marriage age of Aunt Cintya and Om Johan, they actually discuss the marriage of Ayu and Alex, as well as the wedding plan Tamara and Richard.

"I love your wedding style. It's so unique" praised Om Johan. "Not long time dating, straight married."

"It's old enough, why wait so long, isn't it?" tymbal Aunt Cintya.

"It's different, Aunt. Depending on the comfort," said Ayu quickly when catching Tamara's face change. In fact, he doesn't understand Aunt Cintya - she's very strict with Tamara. Tamara should be graceful and classy like a royal princess. Sometimes he felt sorry to see his friend who could not choose in his life. At least, she fell in love with the piano thanks to her mother.

"Babydoll, you look beautiful!" praise Richard to Ayu.

"Thanks," Ayu replied with a frown. Richard kept praising him. He's always been like that, therapy isn't that often.

"I don't like Richard" Alex whispered to Ayu as Richard rubbed Ayu's head.

"That's common, Lex. I told you we were like sisters" Ayu replied in a whisper.

"Your brother is only two, as I remember his name is not Richard," sighed Alex.

"Enough! We're at people's houses." Ayu approached Tamara and chose to talk together about Karin who was following one of the big fashion shows in Milan.

"As soon as he came home from my house, he immediately got ready to go to the airport," Ayu explained.

"He's very busy" said Tamara, who had just finished sipping the wine in his hand.

"You must be busy, too. I rarely get your messages lately" Ayu said.

Tamara was wrong. "Yes, I'm pretty busy at the office. You too, right?"

"Being adult is sucks, right?"

Tamara nodded her head in agreement to Ayu's words. Yeah, if he could he wanted to go back to his childhood when he was still running around the park with Alex. It was the most beautiful time of his life.

While the two women talked. Alex and Richard are also sitting down with Om Johan. They talked about some work, moving on to golf, as well as some of Om Johan's other favorite sports - riding.

"When you guys should come along. Remember when you came home from Melbourne first, you often accompanied Om on horseback" said Om Johan. "Richard is also a horseman, we can go three, do not need to bring women. Nahdahin."

Alex and Richard just chuckled.

"But, there's a guest outside." Bella came with a lazy face.

"Ah, Om stay first. You guys talk, we'll go on." Om Johan came out leaving the two men staring at each other with that friendly smile.

"You're so close to my wife" said Alex, grabbing her glass. He sipped the red drink with one sip. He doesn't care about good drinking. He was annoyed at Richard's closeness to Ayu.

"I've known Ayu for a long time. I'm close to all of Tamara's friends, except you, of course."

"Yes, I wish we could be closer now." Alex poured another drink in his glass, also in Richard's glass.

"Yes, I hope." There was a stifled laugh on Richard's lips.

"As an early sign of a business of familiarity, I will not beat around the bush" Alex said. "I don't like you calling my wife by weird names like, Babydoll and Cuties."

"What's with that call? I never protested when you called Tamara with that affectionate call in your various languages" Richard casually replied as he reached for the glass Alex had filled. He's very happy to be able to reply to Alex now. All this time he just kept receiving airy chest as Alex continued to approach Tamara. He was jealous even thinking that Alex was interested in his lover. Fortunately, his guess was wrong because he used to see how Alex was now very caring and loving Ayu.

"Tamara. It's just a regular call" Alex said.

"Sama means. Ayu is like a little sister to me." A smile of victory rose on Richard's face. When else could he make a guy like Alex jealous.

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