Love Vania

Forgive Me

Vania decided on her call. She switched to typing a message for her husband.

"Later tonight, will you?"

Without waiting for a long time Devan replied to his message, "yes dear".

Vania read the message with a sour face, "huft. Is that how busy you are, mom?" he murmured while still staring at the screen of the illuminated phone.

Until the afternoon. Devan didn't call him back. Vania wanted to ask about her return but she said she saw her husband's WhatsApp chat room which had been inactive for five hours. That means the last time Devan opened a chat when Vania sent him a message this afternoon. He tries to think positive, maybe Devan is busy with his work.

Vania decided to go down to the lobby to go home. As he was about to step foot out the lobby door, suddenly from behind Ronald called him.

"Miss" call Ronald to make Vania turn her head.

"Mas Ronald, you can not call me by name at the office" said Vania slowly while tightening her teeth because she saw some employees watching them.

"Yes sorry, miss"

"What's wrong?" vania asked because she believed Ronald must have called her because something was important.

"Young master asked me to take the lady home"

"Mas Ronald went straight home?"

"No, miss. After you've been taken I'll come back here again"

"Oos... Mas Devan is busy, right?"

"Rubber, miss. He still has unfinished work" Ronald said.

"Where is he now?"

"In her room, Miss"

"Is there Stella?" asked Vania trying to guess with her bitter smile. There was pain in saying that name.

Ronald nodded slowly. She knew very well that her superior wife was thinking about her husband and Stella.

Vania's face became sad. His eyes look glassy. He tried to keep his tears from falling. For a moment he smiled, trying to show his determination to Ronald.

"Are you okay, Miss?" ronald asked because he saw the woman in front of him was not okay.

Vania just shook her head slowly. But Ronald is sure that his boss' wife is disappointed and sad because the woman is not so smart to hide her sadness.

"All right let me drop you off, miss" Ronald said, not wanting to see the woman get sadder.

Along the way Vania just kept quiet and continued to throw her face at the window beside her. Ronald, who occasionally noticed his superior wife, did not dare to start a conversation.

Arriving at home, Vania still remained silent not much to say.

Vania was starting to get angry and anxious. He tries to contact Devan to ask for his return. But it turns out that her husband's cell phone is out of reach.

Finally Vania decided to get ready while waiting for Devan's return. Previously she had allowed Ms. Tini and Mr. Amin to go home first on the grounds that her husband would be home soon.

Time has shown at eight o'clock. Vania is ready with such a beautiful look. But still the same. Devan's not coming home. Patiently she waited for her husband's return by sitting in the living room watching TV.

Time goes by quickly. It didn't feel like she was two hours waiting for her husband to come home. She began calling her husband's number. But nothing has changed. The result remains the same, the number is still out of reach.

Vania begins to get upset and disappointed that Devan has not kept his promise. Vania returned to her room in disappointment. Her tears were unceasingly dripping from heartache. He took off the dress he was wearing and replaced it with a nightgown. He threw his body on the bed still crying.

Exactly ten o'clock, forty-five minutes. Devan came out of his room with Stella and her assistant after chatting and chatting.

Stella and her assistant said goodbye to return to the hotel where they were staying.

Ronald, who had not dared to disturb Devan, tried to get close to his boss.

"Sorry, Sir. Are you going straight home?" ask Ronald.

Devan scrunched his forehead at Ronald's question. It was not usual for his assistant to ask such a thing. "Why indeed?"

"Sorry, Sir. Last afternoon when I was delivering Miss Vania, it seemed like Miss was feeling sad and was not doing well" Ronald said.

"You mean?" Devan asked in surprise.

Devan tried to pick up the phone on his desk which had been charged since noon because the battery ran out. And it's true. There were many incoming calls and messages from his wife as he reactivated his phone. He just remembered that they should have gone to dinner together to talk about his love life.

"Shit...How could I forget" said Devan rubbing his face rough. He felt very guilty to his wife for forgetting his promise.

Ronald only watched his boss without daring to ask.

"Thank you Nald, I'll just go home. I forgot something about my wife. You can also go home now" Devan said patting Ronald on the shoulder. He seemed anxious and in a hurry to go home.

Devan drives a car at high speed. He wants to see his wife soon. The streets are so deserted because it is getting late to make Devan home in just five minutes.

Devan enters the house and goes straight to the room looking for his wife. He saw a dress he bought while in Bandung three days ago in a dirty laundry basket. She was sure that the dress that Vania was supposed to wear was having dinner with her.

Devan turned to look at his sleeping wife behind him. He approached and looked at his wife's face. There is still makeup on her beautiful face. But still the face looks sad because there are still traces of clear circles that fall at the end of his eyes. Even Vania's two eyelids were flushed. He was sure his wife had finished crying.

There was a sense of guilt in his mind for having ignored Vania. He hugged his wife and apologized for his mistake. But that's not possible. He believes Vania is very tired and Devan also does not have the heart to disturb her rest.

Devan gently rubbed Vania's cheeks then kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry, baby" he said softly and quietly so that Vania would not wake up.

Devan went to the bathroom to clean himself up and then climbed onto the bed. As usual, he hugged his wife's body to sleep.

Vania who sensed the movement of her hand that was overstimulating her body and hugging her became awakened. But she did not move her body because she did not want her husband to know. Only his eyes were open. There was pain and disappointment that he felt until he unconsciously made his tears wet the pillow he was wearing.