Forced Mate

My Man

Marissa half ran over to greet her granddaughter. She actually wanted to visit Ayu's parents' house, but she was out of town and had only come home last night. His face sparkled to see Aeleya being carried by Ayu.

"Dear Aleeya," said Marissa, taking over the baby. Aleeya who was slumbering had a chance to whine, but slept again when she started being pushed by her grandmother.

"Let's go in! Papa Yusuf is still inside," asked Marissa who immediately stepped first. Along the way he continued to kiss Aeleya, feeling astonished at the tiny baby. Although, it was a little discouraged as none of its faces were there.

Marissa still remembers what it was like when she gave birth to Alex first. It was like yesterday, when Alex first cried. He also protested because of Alex's face which was dominated by his father.

"If you notice Aleeya is similar to Carol," said Marissa, who was adopted by Alex.

Reyna came down the stairs quickly. He took his place next to his mother.

"Well, beautiful," praised Reyna stroking Aleeya's puffed cheeks. "Ma, I'd like a sling too."

"Ih, then," said Marissa. He smacked Reyna's soft hand which pinched Aleeya's cheek. "They're sleeping!" Marissa's voice was suppressed.

"You didn't ask Ayu to see your room upstairs?" ask Marissa to Alex. He turned to Ayu and said, "Above there was Alex's room as a child. Nothing's changed yet."

Alex gets up and invites Ayu to go up to his room. I don't know when the last time Alex stepped on that room. Maybe when she was 17, when Carol-her grandmother-died recently. Carol's departure causes her own wounds in Alex's heart.

Although the mansion had been renovated, but it was true, not a single one had changed from his room. He stared at the whole room. The old toys are still the same. He thought all the toys and books were gone, at least switching to Reyhan. He walks towards the study table which on each shelf contains his favorite Conan comics. All of his comic collections have been brought to Australia, for some reason all the series are here.

Alex recalls what his mother said when he started college. He never visited Marissa's house. The woman once met him at Tamara's house, asking Alex to come to the house because he had bought all the comics and toys for her.

"It's you?" tanya Ayu broke Alex's daydream. In Ayu's hand was a picture of a toothless boy wearing a Superman costume.

Alex nodded, then smiled faintly. As a child he liked***********red, according to him in the look-alike Superman.

"You lived here as a child" Ayu murmured. He asked, but he didn't.

"Not for long, dear. Only two years maybe." Alex tries to remember his life while in the house. At first he was fine, even feeling happy because his mother was more often at home than working. Although sometimes, Marissa and her new husband take a vacation without taking Alex. Alex stayed at home because according to Marissa should not miss a lesson. All bad when Reyhan was born, his mother seemed to pay no more attention to him, as if the woman's world was filled only by her new baby.

"This is a picture of you as a baby, so funny. A bit like Aeleya," said Ayu holding another frame in the nightstand.

Alex approached and saw the frame that Ayu touched. It was a photo that Alex liked very much, containing her as a baby carried by her father, while her mother hugged her father behind a smile adorning the face of her parents. Alex's mouth in the picture was open and his eyes were right staring at the camera, as if he had been conscious of the camera since the baby.

"Your bed wkatu is small like this?" Ayu stared at the large bed that was probably the same size as the one in Alex's apartment.

"Looks. It's old, yeah."

"I was a kid, sleeping in a small bed just didn't dare. Especially big like this, I must have roared at midnight." Ayu still remembers when she cried asking to sleep with her mother for fear of having kuntilanak in her room.

"Your husband is brave from childhood, dear." Alex wrapped his arms around Ayu's waist, slowly peeping the top of the woman's head. Then, he whispered softly, "I love you."

Ayu turned around after taking off Alex's embrace. His hand was perched on Alex's shoulder, moving slowly at the man's nape. His feet were on tiptoes with his head looking up towards the face of the regas in front of him. He put his lips on Alex's lips. The man gasped for not expecting to get a kiss from Ayu. Ayu the passive type of woman who can only accept, taking the initiative first felt impossible to do by him. Ayu is aggressive when emotional, when it comes to intimate affairs, the woman is very shy, although often lost control when they are enjoying.

Alex's hand that was on Ayu's waist felt up to the back of the back, nape, to stick gently on the two cheeks of the woman. Meanwhile, Ayu's hand has infiltrated Alex's hair, sometimes pulling the hair slowly unconsciously. They were drunk in their respective spouts. Sip the non-stop sweet.

Just the sound of their breathing clashing, hitting each other on each other's faces. Ayu lowered her head slowly. Is this as much of her love for Alex? He doesn't want to be separated from Alex, no matter what. He lifted his head again, kissed Alex's lips as fast as lightning, then laughed.

"I love you, too," Ayu finally makes Alex pull Ayu in a warm old embrace.  Kiss again, as if never satisfied.

***

Alex squirms under the blanket. His sound filled the air. He opened his eyes slowly, and closed again because he was not used to the bright light. Her cries began to move to the side. Just emptiness there. He immediately woke up, leaning briefly on the head of the bed while massaging the temple. The symptoms are heavy. Thanks to staying up late, he rarely sports these days. He turned to Aleeya who was slumbering on top of the box. She smiled little considering how her baby often becomes a bully whenever she wants to be alone with Ayu.

"Why is kamun like a maling?" ayu asked without taking her eyes off the pancakes being baked.

Alex complains of taps getting caught. He stepped lazily towards Ayu's place, still smashing even though he had been caught. He stared at Ayu's pancakes. "Back honey, it'll be charred, not good."

Ayu put the spatula. "Yes, cook it yourself."

Alex chuckles. He peeked short Ayu's cheek. "Yes, sorry. continue cooking it dear. I'm gonna go for a little sport."

"That's the juice to drink first." Ayu's eyes lead to a glass filled with red juice on the bar table.

Alex squinted his eyes at the thick, deep-red juice. "What juice?"

"Ih, that's definitely healthy juice. All this time you just drink apple juice continues, there is no variation," said Ayu who had raised the pancake. "What topping do you want?"

Alex took his juice slowly. His forehead shriveled, trying to finish off the foreign yan juice in his throat. "Mapel syrup." Alex replied after a glass of juice. 

"What's the mix?" Alex raised the empty glass and watched it.

"Carrot, Apple, lemon, um .. same strawberry."

Alex thaws before drinking water and breezes towards the fitness room. He only exercised lightly on the treadmill machine for fifteen minutes, also stretching briefly as a warm-up. After the sport, he cleaned himself up. Her clothes were ready on the bed when she came out of the bathroom. Aleeya who was slumbering in the box, was no longer in the room. 

Ayu was holding Aleeya in front of the dining table. Ms. Ina had just finished cleaning, she was ready to return to her unit. She played and talked to the baby. He's just waiting for Alex to finish changing clothes and he'll have breakfast. Alex leaves the room fully clothed to go to work. 

"The breakfast is cold, you are long."

Alex kisses Aleeya's cheek, then turns on Ayu's cheek. "Sorry."

They stepped towards the table and on top of it was a large plate of pancakes covered in maple syrup. Because Aeleya who was held by Ayu, the woman could not bribe herself. Alex also bribes himself alternately by bribing Ayu.

"Tomorrow, I made an appointment with Cleo for the spa. You promised to take care of Aeleya, didn't you?"

Alex who was chewing nodded.

***

Alex enters a special elevator for the company's top brass. Behind him was Cleo who followed. They accidentally cross paths in the building's lobby. Occasionally Cleo frowned at the strange behavior of her boss who often had an indistinct smile. He remembers the man's shabby face last week. Especially when they are in Kuala Lumpur, Alex sudha looks like a living corpse, eating also looks difficult.

"Sir Boss this is getting weird" Cleo said.

"You're not happy I'm happy" Alex replied, unable to remove the smile on his face.

"It's not so, Boss. I'm glad that Mr. Boss is happy like this, my work can be good. But, it looks strange, smiling indistinctly."

Alex just shrugged no matter what, then down the corridor to get to his room. Along the way he spread a smile at every employee he passed by. Some of them coded Cleo as asking about their boss's oddity. Alex is not a cold and cruel boss, but he also cannot be said to be very friendly to greet warm and relaxed to all employees he passes. The man usually just a thin smile or nods slowly.

"Where are you and Ayu going?" alex asked Cleo before she walked into the room.

"Mom Boss wants to go spa. We went to Orchard, seemed to be shopping. Who knows, Miss Boss is good again and bought a bag for me. Isn't that Mr Boss?"

Alex turned around after smiling wryly at Cleo. Of course, if Cleo asked Ayu, she would have happily swiped her card to pay for her secretary's groceries. He scratched his non-itchy head, it seemed like he needed some extra income from now on. It may also have to start holding back on adding to its collection of luxury items.

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