Honey Two Love

A Deal

(Campaigns In the South of the City)

The atmosphere of the house was so quiet, it was just a simple semi-permanent house with a dirt floor. Tania Rosella, the simple hooded girl was sitting pensively in the house, an aura of sadness vividly painted on her face. A sophomore in the fourth semester at a campus in the city, but he has been on leave for one year. She could no longer afford to pay for her college, the grandmother, the only family she had, was seriously ill. He had no money to treat his grandmother's pain. It used to be the grandmother who financed her college by working as a wage farmer on the rice fields and fields of people.

Orphans who live simple and simple lives. His life is far from fancy words even quite not. Today he had to earn money to pay off his debt to the loan sharks. Fifteen million rupiah to fund the operation of the grandmother's appendix. Complications of the disease make the days of grandmother just lying on the bed.

"I can help you" said Rachell who suddenly broke Nia's daydream.

"Sorry, who is this? What's the need?"

"I'm Fernando Rachell. I want to make a deal with you. I can help you solve your problems."

"Help me?"

"I'll help you pay off all your debts, but you'll have to do something for me."

"Where do you know my problem?"

"Haha.... That's not a hard thing for me. We'll just make a deal."

"Sorry, deal how do you mean Ma'am?"

"Look, I know you're in need of big money to pay off your sick grandmother's debts and expenses. I can give you the amount of money you want, as long as you want to be a surrogate mother to my future baby."

"Mother substitute?" Nia frowned

"Yes, my husband and I are going to do a baby tube program. And I need someone's uterus to implant that fetus into childbirth. Are you interested?"

"Being a surrogate mother? It means that the fetus will be in my stomach until the child is born?"

"true."

"How could I possibly conceive and bear a child, while I am unmarried and unmarried. What will people say."

Rachell was silent for a moment, he thought of Nia's words.

"You're right. Then you should marry my husband. If you are pregnant, it doesn't matter. The baby's father is still Ardi."

"What??! Married??!"

"Yes, married. Only until the baby is born. After that, I had to get divorced. And as long as the baby is in your womb, you can't meet and bond with Ardi. Your job is to look after our baby?"

This time Tania could not comment, honestly she really needed the money, this afternoon the debt collector will come. And obviously he doesn't have a penny to pay for it.

"You can think about it all right."

"Is that my only job?" ask Nia.

Rachell turned his head, he pulled the tip of his lips slightly.

"Yes, that's all!"

"All right, I accept. I'm willing to do what you're asking."

"Good, I will prepare the agreement, if you break then you must return all the money I have spent. How's it?"

"I agree."

Rachell put the money in front of Tania and left without looking again. He got into his fancy car and went back to the apartment.

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"What!!! Married married?!" said Ardi who was shocked half dead to hear the description of his wife.

"Yes, I've got a surrogate mother-to-be and a temporary wife" Rachell said.

"You realize what you're saying, Rachell?!"

"I realized Ardi, this is the only way to avoid my family and save my career. So I hope you'll cooperate with me."

"No. I don't want to marry again. You think marriage is a joke. I don't want to get married for a silly game like this. Stop fantasizing about your unnatural desires, Rachell"

"What's wrong anyway? You just stay married, no need to bother. The village woman only served as a surrogate mother of our future child and your wife for nine months. After we finish our baby tube program you can get divorced?!"

"Divorce?! That's as easy as you say it. Where my conscience is as a man, marrying a woman and then after my goal has been achieved I divorce her. Anyway I don't agree with your idea."

"The ardi!!! Don't talk about feelings or conscience. I know that even marrying me is not the basis of sincerity. You could have used me to get Fernando's property. The heart of the person who knows!!"

Plaaaakk.... Ardi could no longer hold himself back. A hard slap landed on Rachell's smooth cheek. Women's self-esteem is back. And this time Rachell darkened his eyes he took a knife from the dining table and threatened Ardi. He ran into the room and locked it. Ardi knocked on the door of the room hard. But Rachell continued to close and lock the room.

"If you don't comply with my request, I will kill Ardi!"

"Rachell Conscious. Do not follow the devil in your head."

Rachell did not heed Ardi's scream from outside, he walked towards the chair at the end of the room while clasping his knife. Suddenly his head became dizzy and his vision blurred. Within seconds Rachell lay unconscious.

Vrts ... Kvodokk ...Doc ...

"Rachell's... You heard me. Open door!"

No more answers from the room. The atmosphere felt so lonely. Ardi started to panic and worry. Without a second thought he broke down the door of the room and got the deathly pale Rachell lying on the floor.

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"How's the Doctor," asked Ardi after the doctor came out of the room to examine Rachell.

"Mrs Rachell needs rest, she's anemic. Perhaps he often felt his gaze but was often ignored. I'll give you vitamin added blood. I wish I could drink it regularly as prescribed."

"Okay, doctor, thank you."

Ardi went into his room. Rachell who had regained consciousness looked resentfully at her husband. Ardi sat near him, he rubbed Rachell's face gently, but Rachel turned her face away. He refused all food, drink and even medicine. She remains on her mission to protest Ardi's treatment of her.

His body's getting limp. No intake of anything entered his body. Ardi couldn't bear to see all that. He remained silent for a long time, weighing and rethinking his wife's request. For him if he remarries it means increasing his responsibilities as a man. He can't just let his young wife go. But on the other hand, he had no feelings for the woman. She doubted she would accept this ridiculous wedding.

"Rachell .." he told his wife.

Rachell pretended not to listen, his eyes staring out the window.

"All right, I'll obey your will. I'm going to marry that woman. But I need some time to talk to him alone. To meet him."

Rachell's eyes twinkled at her husband's words. He was happy that Ardi would finally grant such an out-of-the-box request.

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