Marrying the Father of My Foster Son

H-2 Application

"Mas, you just got home?" Queensha's eye patch opens when it feels the soft touch of a person's hand touch the surface of their skin. The short-sleeved pajamas that wrap around the top of the body unfold until they reveal a distended stomach with the navel protruding out.

Fatigue due to a day of work slowly disappears when two pairs of eyes look at each other. Ghani smiled and replied, "Sorry, I came home late. There was an impromptu operation that forced me to get involved. The doctor in charge of handling the patient was having family business outside the island and there was only me. Leon has been home since noon," he said.

Ghani fears Queensha misunderstood her, accusing her of having an affair with a female doctor or nurse at the hospital. He does not want if his household is a mess because of trivial things.

"Oh so. It's only fitting that you don't return messages and answer my phone, apparently busy at work." Queensha tried to get up from her current position, but as her stomach grew bigger it made her miserable.

"Just fall, don't force yourself to get up" Ghani saw how hard Queensha tried to sit next to him.

"But, Mas, I'd like to have Ma'am Ijah prepare dinner for you. You haven't eaten yet, have you?" Queensha.

Ghani. "I ate before I went home. You'd better fall down, I'm gonna take a quick shower. I didn't have time to take a shower at the hospital because there were no clothes to change there. I forgot to bring back the clothes that were ironed by Mbak Ijah."

Queensha obediently put his back on the bed while Ghani sauntered into the bathroom after a brief peek at his wife's forehead.

It only took twenty minutes, Ghani had finished cleaning up and now it was time for him to spend time alone with his beloved wife.

"What story is there today?" Ghani started the conversation. His handsome face looked at the beautiful face of the wife lying next to him. Their positions are faced with both hands coiled around each other's waist.

"Nothing special, it's still the same as yesterday. Accompanying Rora drawing, coloring while chatting with Mother in the gazebo behind the house. When it's nearing Ashar time, I go back to the room while Rora is helped by Mommy bathing and preparing to go to school."

"By the way about drawing, I'm sorry I haven't been able to enroll you in college. I just want you to focus on our three babies, honey. If you are in college pregnant, it will not interfere with your lecture activities. You will often be absent and not focus on the lecture. So I thought it would be nice to focus on your pregnancy first, and then just think about your college plan again."

Queensha advanced her body forward, asking Ghani to hold her tightly. "Yes, no problem. Besides, my main priority today is no longer to study or pursue the ideals and titles behind my name, but to find a way to be a good mother for Rora and her three sisters later. I don't want to be said to be a selfish mother and wife who only think of my personal pleasures at the expense of my son and husband."

"Seeing knowledge is mandatory for us, but I do not have to sacrifice the fruits of our love for my own happiness. Let that ideal be buried deeply as long as Rora and our children grow up to be sons of sholeh or sholehah, successful in the afterlife, and useful to nusa and nation," Queensha continued with full clairvoyance. He was willing to sacrifice his ideals for the sake of his little family.

Ghani was touched by the words Queensha. For the sake of himself and the baby, his wife was willing to sacrifice the desired ideals since childhood.

The man who was soon blessed with triplets increasingly tightened the embrace on his wife's body. She showered Queensha's face with a deep kiss as a sign of her love for the woman.

"Thank you for sacrificing for our little family, baby. I promise, after Triplet can be left you can continue your study to college. If necessary, directly S2 at once let all the way. After graduation, I'll give you some business capital so you can develop your skills in the design world."

Queensha' beautiful eyes blinked, her soft lips twinkling with a smile. "You're serious, Mom? No kidding, right?" tanyanya.

"Of course not. I mean it with my words. Think of it as a reward for your hard work raising our children."

"Koko Ghani, wo ai ni. I love you so much. Xie xie gege Ghani." Queensha landed a light kiss on Ghani's lips, and the man excitedly replied to his wife.

"Honey, Leon came to me in the room and he told me that he would soon propose to your best friend, Lulu. He asked me to attend the application event later," Ghani told reporters.

"Oh yeah? Kok Lulu didn't tell me. Aah, that kid always hides good news from me." Queensha pushed her lips forward, visibly upset by the story her husband told her. Not upset that Lulu will be hosted by Leon, but upset that Lulu did not tell if her relationship with her husband's best friend continued to the marriage stage.

Ghani only smiled briefly. Sometimes Queensha is like a child, sulking for not being bought a toy. It looks like Aurora when she's crashing.

"Maybe Lulu forgot to tell you, you know for yourself someone will forget the people around him while being late in euphoria especially your best friend just pocketed the blessing of his parents. You wait a day or two, maybe tomorrow or the day after Lulu just let you know."

"Alright, I'll wait for Lulu to speak directly to me."

The day that awaited, Lulu had returned to her hometown first delivered Yogi-Ghani confidants, he said, meanwhile, Leon had only left for Lulu's hometown two days before the application procession began because Leon's busy work schedule forced the man to assign his responsibilities to the only person who could be trusted to protect his future wife of all kinds of distractions.

"Mas Leon, send my regards to Lulu and please apologize to her for not being able to attend your application procession. I didn't dare travel far after yesterday's bleeding."

"Oh, don't you think about that. Lulu and her parents can understand why you can't come. Me and Lulu feel guilty if you insist on being present at this time of your frail condition." Leon tries to calm Queensha down, so that his best friend's wife doesn't have much thought. Let him focus on his content without thinking about anything.

Although Queensha is only the wife of his best friend, Leon considers the woman like his own biological sister and he does not want Queensha to bear the burden because of his absence in the application procession later.

"You heard what Leon said, didn't you? Now you should go inside, get enough rest and don't wander around. I don't want you to catch a cold because you've been outside for too long" Ghani told his wife.

Ghani was protective of his wife. Even to be on the porch of the house for a long time, he did not allow considering there are three fetuses in the stomach Queensha makes him a chatty husband and super duper sucks.

Queensha sighed softly. If it has a protective mode makes itself unable to push the command addressed to him.

"Okay, I'm in now." Queensha kissed the back of her husband's hand before Ghani left the house and accompanied Leon for about four days in Lulu's hometown. Ghani only returned to Jakarta after all the business there was done.

"You be careful on the road. Don't forget to call me" Queensha said before passing in front of Ghani and Leon.

Tina's sister pushed into Queensha's wheelchair, bringing her employer's son-in-law into the house. While Ijah accompanied Aurora who still wanted to babble with the papa.

"Papa don't stay there long, Rora and Mama are lonely because there is no Papa."

Ghani smelled Aurora's long hair which gave off the distinctive aroma of children's shampoos. He softly and very carefully replied, "God's Insha. Pray for papa's business to be finished there so that he can return home as soon as possible."

Then Ghani kissed the backs of his parents' hands. "Dad, Mother, I'll take Rora and Queensha. In the next 4 days, I'll be home."

"You take it easy, we'll take good care of your wife and son." Arumi hugged her first child and kissed her right and left cheeks as a sign of separation.

"Be careful on the road and hurry home."

Then Leon said goodbye to Ghani's parents. After that, the two men stepped together towards a car parked near a row of pots of angrek flowers and got into the car. Leon sat behind the wheel while Ghani sat next to him while Ayu and Imran were seated in the passenger seat.

Bu Ayu waved at Arumi-her fellows as the car drove slowly away from the courtyard of Wijaya Kusuma's residence.

"Slow down, Yon, most importantly we all survived to the destination" Bu Ayu said trying to remind. Do not let Leon raise the vehicle rate because he was so impatient to meet Lulu.

Leon just nodded obediently while glancing at the mama from the rearview mirror in the car.

"If you start to feel sleepy, tell papa, let's change that."

"Good, Pa."

Then Leon's parents opened their voices, inviting Ghani to talk about random topics. Deliberately enliven the car he was riding so that the atmosphere did not seem lonely, without any conversation between the four of them.

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