GRAPPLES
Disappointed
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_Every human being in this world has made a mistake._
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Shasha stepped out of her sister's house. He walked over and showed a blank expression. The woman wiped the tears that were constantly flowing down her cheeks. His mood became mixed after seeing photos of the incident.
Fear, anger, annoyance, sadness, regret, everything mixed into one.
Shasha entered his house. He looked at the dining table, there was a plate of rice with side dishes. The woman smiled. Givar made that for him.
However, he did not want to eat.
The woman entered the room. The first thing he saw was the figure of a man in deep sleep. Givar looked peaceful on his pillow. Shasha understood, a day in the office must be very tiring. He also owned a branch company owned by his father.
Shasha melted her body next to her husband. The woman stared at the burly back of her husband's. Gently, Shasha rubbed it.
Actually Givar wasn't really sleeping, he was pretending to be asleep. Both of his eyes opened feeling his wife's hand rubbing her gently.
The silence of the night made Shasha a little scared. He was not used to sleeping late. In the past, his mother would accompany Shasha to sleep, then leave after making sure his daughter was asleep. His new habit began after the accident that killed Refandi.
Givar realized that his wife was worried. The man knew very well what Shasha was like. It was very anxious that he hugged Shasha's body and gave her a sense of security, but she still felt annoyed that Shasha still regretted the departure of her fiance.
The man stayed in position. He will dwell in pretence. Like Shasha who might just pretend to love her.
Shasha *** blanket. He covered his entire body while crying in silence. He was afraid of solitude.
Givar felt sorry too. The man turned around and opened the blanket that wrapped Shasha's body. His wife had fallen asleep with a wet face.
Givar rubbed Shasha's cheek gently. The man looked at his wife's pretty face.
"He's gone, now it's just me. Are you going to keep thinking about it?"
Givar kissed Shasha's lips.
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As the day began to dawn, Shasha opened her eyes. The woman found herself alone in the room.
Where's husband?
The woman came down the stairs to the kitchen. At the dinner table, there is already a toast and chocolate jam. There is a small pink note attached to the refrigerator door with a small carrot-shaped magnet.
Breakfast breakfast...
Only one word was written on the note.
Meanwhile at the office,
Givar was staring resentfully at Helieen and the other two employees standing in front of him. Mr. Hardiswara seems to be angry.
It is not usual that the man will get angry when his employees do something wrong. But this time, there was only a small mistake and he got angry easily.
The three people could only duck deeply. Givar leaned his back against the chair. The man sighed furiously while scolding his temple.
"Back there" said Givar with a sarcasm.
The three of them nodded respectfully then passed. Givar throws the yellow map at the table.
Phone's vibrating. The man saw someone's name on the screen. Givar raised the call.
"Mr Hardiswara."
"Hemm, I heard."
"There's nothing strange about Mr. Glend. He's a businessman like you, he has a good attitude too. There's no slanted note about him."
"She was also what caused the accident to happen. If you can, ask the police for help and look for other data. Anyone involved in the incident."
"Good, Sir. We'll try."
Givar threw his phone at the table. He stared out the big window in his room. The man approached the window.
The bustling city of Jakarta. As always. Givar remembered Shasha.
Has he had breakfast? I hope he's okay.
The door of the room was knocked. Givar turned, "Come in."
Aarletha is coming. The woman entered smiling cheerfully. He asked, "What's standing there? See the big buildings?"
Givar looked at him with an indecipherable look.
"I want to say to you, tomorrow I am.." Aarletha had not yet finished her sentence, Givar pulled the woman's waist. Aarletha was a little surprised. Their faces were so close.
"Why you?" Aarletha asked confusedly. Suddenly Givar smashed the woman's lips.
Aarletha rubbed Givar's nape and returned the man's kiss. It only lasts a few seconds. Aarletha who let go of their kiss.
"Why are you suddenly like this? You, right, are married." Aarletha held Givar's chest.
However, the man brought his face closer. Aarletha turned her face.
"You can't believe it, you don't love your wife?" grunts Aarletha. Givar furrowed his brows, "He loves other men too."
Aarletha was surprised, she looked at her former lover with a look of disbelief.
Givar slapped Aarletha's lips again. The woman kept quiet letting Givar do it. There was something stuck in Aarletha's heart.
Feeling no reply, Givar let go of his kiss and looked at Aarletha questioningly, "Why?"
Aarletha looked at Givar seriously, "There's no way your wife doesn't feel the same way about you. He must love you very much. You guys have been living together all this time. There is no way that love will grow."
"He only loved his first love" Givar argued.
"Then you will betray your marriage? You think I'm the woman that's between you. I'm not a good woman, but I don't want to ruin other people's relationships" Aarletha grumbled as she pushed Givar's chest.
The woman turned her back to Givar while folding both her hands in front of her chest.
"Even though I love you, that doesn't mean I'm blind."
Givar tilted his head, "I'm not going home tonight. Do you want to be with me like that?"
Aarletha was surprised, she turned around and looked at the man.
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Shasha is waiting for her husband to come. However, the man had not seen the trunk of his nose at all. The clock is at 11:30 p.m. Shasha was scared in her own house at that hour.
Waiting for Givar, or sleeping alone, were two equally frightening choices.
Shasha felt sleepy, the woman yawned while covering her mouth. Someone knocked on the door, Shasha immediately passed to the front.
Open that door, "Darling, you...." Shasha did not continue her sentence.
The man in front of him was not Givar, but rather a foreign man whom he was completely unfamiliar with.
"Mrs Hardiswara, I'm here to see your husband. Is he inside?" Ask the man who turned out to be Felix Donovan.
"I'm sorry, but my husband hasn't come home yet" Shasha replied softly as she looked down sadly. Felix seemed to think, "So I saw him come out with Miss Aarletha, I thought they came here."
Shasha surprised. He seemed to think, who is Miss Aarletha?
Felix took a slow breath, "While this is important, may I come in?"
Shasha shook her head quickly, "Excuse me, sir.but, I can't get people in, if there's no husband of mine."
"That's it, huh? Oh yes, my name is Felix Donovan, Mr. Hardiswara's client." Felix held out his hand. Shasha looked doubtful, but she received the man's helping hand, "Shaquellin Adisilla Hardiswara."
Felix smiled, "It's nice to meet you."
Shasha disrupts respect.
"All right, I gotta go. Thanks for the time."
While thinking that, Shasha returned home alone. He tried to sleep on the sofa while covering his entire body with a blanket.
The next day, Shasha still does not see Givar's whereabouts at home. The man disappeared without news.
Is it possible that he is angry at Shasha?
But why angry?
What mistakes has he made?
Shasha's been calling since yesterday, and the results are the same. His number could not be reached.
"Actually the dead man is his cell phone, or the man? Make people panic," Shasha grumbled as she called back.
The woman looked upset and sad. He's confused what to do. Shasha remembers Resma, Givar's cousin who works in her husband's office.
Shasha thought, it is likely that Resma will know where Givar is, because they are in the same building.
"Hello, Sha?" Resma raised a call from Shasha. Shasha immediately asked, "You know, no... Where's givar?"
Resma who heard the question looked puzzled, "Ah? How, you even went to me? You, right, his wife."
"I don't know, either. He didn't come home yesterday. Is he angry, is he, same to me?" Shasha said with the question ended.
"You're not fighting, are you?"
"No."
"I tried Helieen first, yeah. Maybe he knows."
Shasha frowned, "Who is Helieen?"
"Secretary."
Very upset, hearing the names of women who had something to do with Givar. So, while at the office, Givar met them?
"I'm the same Helieen, Givar said with Aarletha. And now I haven't seen him either."
Shasha snorted, "Aarletha who is it, anyway?!"
"You don't know? That Aarletha is Givar's ex-girlfriend."
Shasha. The woman was silent in a thousand languages.
Ex-girlfriend?
"Sha?"
Shasha turned off her phone. The woman rubbed her hair back.
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Givar's car stopped in front of the house. The man got out of the car while carrying his suit. His shirt sleeves rolled up to the elbow, his top two buttons also opened, letting the wind in cool his perfectly sculpted chest.
The man entered his house while looking at a watch that showed at 19:25. Givar saw his wife sleeping on the sofa. The man walked up to him and covered the body with his suit.
When the man was about to pass, Shasha's hand grabbed him first.
"Where are you going?" Shasha asked with a trembling voice. Givar was sad to see the anxious look on his wife's face.
"You're mad at me. I'm sorry, yeah."
Givar hugged the woman tightly. Shasha is innocent, she's guilty. Why did the woman apologize?
Givar gently rubbed his wife's hair, "You're not wrong, dear."
Shasha returned the embrace of her husband.
"I'm sorry." Givar whispered softly into his wife's ear. Shasha nodded then let go of her embrace and looked at Givar, "What are you doing with Aarletha?"
Givar recalled yesterday's flashback at the office.
Aarletha rubbed Givar's nape and returned the man's kiss. It only lasts a few seconds. Aarletha who let go of their kiss.
"Why are you suddenly like this? You, right, are married." Aarletha held Givar's chest.
However, the man brought his face closer. Aarletha turned her face.
"You can't believe it, you don't love your wife?" grunts Aarletha. Givar furrowed his brows, "He loves other men too."
Aarletha was surprised, she looked at her former lover with a look of disbelief.
Givar slapped Aarletha's lips again. The woman kept quiet letting Givar do it. There was something stuck in Aarletha's heart.
Feeling no reply, Givar let go of his kiss and looked at Aarletha questioningly, "Why?"
Aarletha looked at Givar seriously, "There's no way your wife doesn't feel the same way about you. He must love you very much. You guys have been living together all this time. There is no way that love will grow."
"He only loved his first love" Givar argued.
"Then you will betray your marriage? You think I'm the woman that's between you. I'm not a good woman, but I don't want to ruin other people's relationships" Aarletha grumbled as she pushed Givar's chest.
The woman turned her back to Givar while folding both her hands in front of her chest.
"Even though I love you, that doesn't mean I'm blind."
Givar tilted his head, "I'm not going home tonight. Do you want to be with me like that?"
Aarletha was surprised, she turned around and looked at the man.
A loud slap landed on Givar's face, "You crazy?! If your wife still loves another man, it's no big deal. Your wife just loves her, not like you're asking other women to cheat."
Givar touched his heated cheek due to the slap of his ex-girlfriend.
"I didn't know you could be this bad. I've always liked a jerk like you. I am also grateful for not being your wife. Just try it if I was in your wife's position now, I would definitely regret it and choose to part!" After saying that, Aarletha passed with an annoyed expression.
Shasha looked at her dreamy husband, "Are you all right?"
Givar shook his head, "He's just my ex-boyfriend. We're not doing anything, really."
Shasha pouted, "I'm jealous, you know!"
Givar was shocked to hear his wife's words. She had not expected Shasha to be so forthright. His guilt is growing.
"I'm sorry" said Givar. Shasha turned to her husband, "Why do you keep apologizing?"
"I'm jealous when you think about your ex-boyfriend, I think you're not happy with me. I want to do something bad behind your back."
Shasha digested her husband's words. He nodded slowly.
"If it doesn't happen, it's okay. I understand you."
They look at each other.
Shasha touched her husband's lips, "You had a chance to kiss another woman. But, I also had a chance to kiss another man, that's not a problem. We are now tied. If one of us turns away, then the other one's gonna get hurt."
Givar also touched his wife's lips, "I'll clean them. From now on, it's yours, and it's mine."
Their faces approached.
Five cm.. four cm.. three cm. two cm. their noses clashed.
Suddenly Givar's stomach was making a sound. They both got nervous and misbehaved.
"You haven't eaten yet?" Shasha asked without looking at her husband.
Givar shook his head while smiling amusedly, "From yesterday I didn't eat."
"Where did you sleep last night?" Shasha asked suspiciously
Givar replied, "In the apartment. If you don't believe me, you can ask my apartment neighbor."
Shasha smiled as she nodded her head.
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20.36:27 October 2019
Ucu Irna Marhamah's
