
Almost noon Ardi was still busy in the meeting room. At exactly twelve o'clock the meeting was over. All the staff returned to their respective rooms for the afternoon break. Ardi was still in the meeting room, sitting immersed even deeper in the big chair.
Drr.... Drr...
He took the phone out of his pocket. A WhatsApp message from Tania.
"Don't forget lunch, Mom"
"Yes, Honey ... Have you had lunch?"
"No, Mas. I just got out of class"
"Let's have more class, dear?"
"There's Mas. It'll be two o'clock"
"That's hard to learn, baby. I love you"
"I love you too, Mas Ardi"
Ardi smiled reading the WhatsApp message. He looked at the screen of his phone while imagining that Tania was really in front of him.
"It seems that you are very happy, Ardi" rebuked Bella who was suddenly at the door.
"Dance..."
"I'm sorry, I knocked on the door, but you didn't seem to be listening"
"Ah, sorry ... Comein"
"What are you looking for me for, Bella?"
"There's nothing, I happen to be having business around here so I stopped by. Oiya, how was Papi's offer the other day?"
"Ah... I forget. I haven't seen him yet. Sorry, I refused it. I want to raise this company myself. I want to be in my own shadow, standing on my own feet"
"I thought you were going to say that. I understand your character, Ardi. Well, I'll tell Papi"
Only a small smile was painted on Ardi's handsome face in response to Bella's words. Bella's sharp eyes as a famous psychologist found a different aura from her best friend and sister-in-law.
"Are you comfortable with your new wife, Ardi? I see your face light differently. You seem to find what you've been looking for all this time in that woman, don't you?!"
"Yes, you're right Bella. I really can't lie to the eyes of a good psychologist apparently"
"You're an exaggeration Ardi. Yeah, I'm sorry"
After Bella leaves, Ardi takes the keys to her car and drives her to campus. Somehow his heart wanted to look back at that heavenly smile.
Pueo .... Peware ....
Clique
"Where are you, honey?", asked Ardi.
"Campus, Mas. What's up?"
"In class?"
"Class hasn't started yet, one more hour"
"Then come out for a minute. I'm waiting for the parking lot"
"Eyeh..."
Clik.
Ardi hung up. Tania just bengong heard it. Two seconds later he walked to the parking lot. She got her husband's favorite car in the campus parking lot.
"Mas Ardi, what's looking for me?" ask Nia.
"Can't I see you, honey?"
"Of course you can, Mom. Just isn't Mas Ardi having another project meeting this afternoon?
"Yes, it'll be three in the afternoon. Then now accompany me to lunch"
They're looking for the nearest cafe. Ardi ate voraciously while Tania who had lunch just sat down and accompanied him. She just looked on with an amused smile watching her husband eat with the lahab.
"Mas Ardi is like a starving man" he said.
"Hmmm.... Very hungry, dear" Ardi greedily ate up the food served. She was either completely starved, or her great obsession while with Tania made her appetite increase tenfold.
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He immediately headed to the floor of his apartment room.
Ting.... Kegs....
Pokreeekkkk. ..
"Where are you Ardi, these three days you didn't come home and didn't go to the office?"
Ardi went straight into the room to hear Rachell's question. He took off his suit and hung it on the hanger. Let go of the tie and hang it on the hanger. Without much ado he cleaned himself up and changed clothes.
"My answer was, Ardi" todong
Rachell looks at Ardi coming out of the bathroom.
"I have a little business outside?"
"Rusan's out? It's definitely not your office business, because your secretary said that you approved your schedule and didn't enter the office without information"
"You know a lot of her looks, Rachell"
"Don't tell me you went to see that village girl, Ardi?"
"Tania. She's not the village woman you said she was, Rachell. She's a good girl"
"So you've been with that woman for three days, Ardi?"
"Yes." answered Ardi briefly.
"You didn't sleep with her, did you?"
Ardi hush. He just sat quietly by the edge of his bed. He didn't answer Rachel's question.
"Why are you silent Ardi. Answer my question honestly. You didn't sleep with that girl, did you?"
Huuzha.... Ardi's breath was heard.
"Yes, of course I did that"
"What...!!! You're the evil Ardi"
Rachell went on a rampage and threw everything near him. Ardi held onto Rachell, trying to calm her down.
"Take it easy, Rachell"
"How can I calm down while you're having fun with the other woman behind me!"
"Listen ... !!! Isn't it your wish that I marry Tania"
"really. But not to sleep with him. She's just our Mother Implant. You foiled all my plans, Ardi"
"Me?!! You said I failed him. Try to think carefully Rachell. The doctor told you to take a break from your activities, but you insisted that you did not want to leave that world of your martyrdom. And what was the outcome? Twice our IVF program failed. Then it's my fault?!" said Ardi.
"Then if I look at Tania like a wife is wrong in your eyes, Rachell"
"I don't like you approaching him anymore" Rachell said.
"You have no right to forbid me, Rachell. I have the right to share my love with you both. To you and Tania. There's no way I'm just ignoring it. That's why I turned him down, Rachell. I thought about everything that was going to happen. All the burdens and responsibilities that I have to bear against you both" Ardi said.
"Whatever you say, if I say I don't like it, I don't like it"
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During this week Ardi and Rachell were like dogs and cats, each meeting always fighting. Ardi always tries to think rationally and control his emotions. Rachell is still busying himself with his busy schedule of artistry. And this month Ardi didn't come to see Tania. Their communication is done only through WhatsApp messages and video calls. The longing so piled up in his heart. Longing for the tenderness of Tania's attitude.
"Rachell ... I want to talk to you" Ardi said one night before they went to bed.
"Say" Rachell replied briefly.
"I'll try to be fair to both of you. I'll give you four days a week and the rest I'll be with Tania there. I can't abandon him, Rachell. Nia is also my wife"
"I don't accept it, Ardi. I hate you"
"If you insist on hogging me, it's the same as you doing Nia unfairly. Think also of her feelings it's Rachell"
Rachell hush. He did not answer Ardi's words. In his heart still did not accept Tania's existence among them. The second woman in her husband's life. I don't know what he's feeling now, he didn't love Ardi at all. Why is he so angry now that Ardi is with the second woman he chose himself. Rachel couldn't find the answer. He just took a deep breath and went to sleep.
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