My husband is not the CEO
Thirty One
"Thank you rob .. my dear." Caramel shouted excitedly to see one serving of seblak with a complete topping carried by Rafka. Caramel almost called Rafka release with the nickname robot, it's a special call that can only be known by himself alone.
Caramel's eyes glittering looking seblak still puffing smoke, red sauce always managed to arouse his appetite.
"Cock just one?" Caramel asked when she realized that Rafka only bought one serving of seblak.
"You want two?" Rafka.
"I mean for you."
"I don't like it, just seeing it makes me sick."
You weird guy! Caramel swore in her heart while pursing her lips, she closed the cloth back in her hand and wrapped it in a plastic bag as before.
"I want to eat now." Caramel put on a face of melas, she wants to eat that as soon as possible. Caramel can't wait until they get home from the doctor because it's cold and not tempting anymore.
"But we have to go to the doctor." Rafka starts running his car. He registered online via WhatsApp yesterday, the only social media he can use. Maybe later Rafka will learn how to use Instagram after she feels she needs it for work.
"How long have we been there?"
"So, the road's jammed for maybe half an hour."
"I'll eat here." Caramel opened the seat belt and moved to the back seat with her nimble.
Rafka was gawking because Caramel moved so quickly when his clothes looked tight and did not allow to move too fast. But Caramel is used to doing that, he must be agile and deft especially when the customer queue piles up before the break.
"God, this is so good." Caramel exclaimed with a mouth full of seblak, sausage and thick sauce.
Rafka smiled faintly seeing Caramel eating so voraciously through the rearview mirror.
"Pedes but good." Said again.
"Take a drink." Rafka puts a bottle of mineral water on Caramel.
Caramel grabbed the bottle and sipped it. He should have bought Thai Tea as well so that his happiness today feels more complete.
"Did it taste so good?" Ask Rafka.
"Have you never eaten a meal?"
Rafka shook her head, whether Caramel saw it or not. During the 30 years of living on the earth Rafka rarely tried new things as well as when falling in love with one person then he would never try to love others. Rafka was born that way, once he tried something, he would do it with earnestness.
"Cobain this." Caramel thrust a spoonful of chicken meat to Rafka who is still focused on driving.
"No-no." Rafka covered her mouth and nose with one hand.
"Well, if you don't want to." Caramel devoured himself a spoonful of it, it was his last mouthful. The plastic bowl in Caramel's hand was empty, only the bones of the chicken claw remained while the others were eaten.
Caramel wrapped his used bowl, he would throw it away later after arriving at the hospital. He moved back into the front seat next to Rafka.
"I pinjem hp you dong." Pinta Caramel, he wants a selfie with Rafka's phone because the camera is clearer.
"I take ya." Caramel put his hand in Rafka's pants pocket, knowing the phone was there.
Rafka nodded.
"Here's still my date of birth?"
"Yes." Yeah."
Somehow Caramel spontaneously smiled at Rafka's answer.
"Do I mean a lot to you?" Caramel brought her face closer to Rafka.
"Of course."
Caramel's smile grew wider, he retreated and leaned back to prepare for a selfie. For Caramel, there is no day without a selfie.
Caramel opened the gallery to see her photos. Now the Rafka mobile gallery is full of Caramel photos in various styles. Previously the gallery was empty, Rafka never took any photos with the phone. Some time ago Caramel asked why there are no photos at all, Rafka replied he prefers to take pictures with a digital camera because the results are much better.
Whose picture is it?
Caramel found two photos of a brown-haired girl with her chest slightly exposed. Caramel hid her shock, why could there be such a photo on Rafka's phone? no-no, Caramel mustn't be bad-minded.
Out of curiosity Caramel opened WhatsApp Rafka, there is little history of conversations with him, Danu, Febi and Grub SMA, STMKG, and BMKG.
Feeling guilty Caramel did not see the contents of his conversation, he should not suspect Rafka like this.
"Whose picture is this?" Caramel showed a photo of the girl in the gallery to Rafka.
Rafka turned his head for a moment, "i don't know."
"How can you not know, this photo is on your phone."
"I don't know usually the photos go automatically to the gallery via WhatsApp."
Caramel snorted in disbelief even though Rafka's speech made sense, he often experienced it. Because of the many grub conversations on WhatsApp, Caramel does not know where the photos come from in his gallery. But what harm did Caramel suspect?
"Just delete it, it disturbs the scene." Rafka.
"Say you like it!" Ketus Caramel's.
"I have no reason to like the photo."
"There's a reason, look at his plump chest."
"Yours are bigger."
Savages!
Caramel gaped in disbelief, Rafka could have said that sentence with a face as flat as the floor of the apartment. Sometimes Caramel confused Rafka is innocent or even very experienced about girls. Caramel is hard to tell.
"I deleted it." Rafka seized her phone and immediately deleted two photos of the unknown woman. Actually Rafka never checked the photo gallery on his phone so he did not know when the photo was there.
"Combin my hair." Caramel thrust the comb at Rafka as their car stopped in the hospital parking lot.
Rafka helped to grow Caramel's hair and combed it slowly.
"Why are you groping her?"
"Dizziness."
"You sick?" Rafka tried to see Caramel's face on her back.
"Not so, if at any time the pigtails become dizzy, which guy knows." Caramel pursed her mouth in annoyance.
Secretly Rafka inhales the scent of Caramel's hair, she likes everything she has on her including her nagging. Instead of being upset, Rafka was anxious if Caramel nagged.
Rafka headed straight for the receptionist when he arrived at the hospital lobby, he showed the queue number on his phone to the receptionist.
"Just the first time?" A beautiful doctor in his 40s.
Caramel saw the nametag attached to the doctor's right chest, Beautiful.
"Yes the doctor." Answer Caramel.
They chose the doctor because his practice place was closest to the apartment.
Beautifully allowed Caramel and Rafka to sit in front of him. He asked Caramel some common questions such as the last date of menstruation and perceived symptoms.
Then Caramel lay on the bed following the command of Indah. Caramel's body stiffened as Indah applied a gel that felt cold to the surface of her stomach.
"Not to be tense, just relax." Beautiful smile spread to Caramel, he used to handle patients who felt awkward and afraid when first doing the examination.
"Is that the baby?" Rafka pointed at the monitor screen near the doctor, the shape is not like a baby. But Rafka guessed that it was their baby.
"Yes it's about 5 centimeters big, but his heart can beat." Obviously Beautiful.
Caramel sparkles because she can see the fetus in her stomach. Although the face of her baby was not yet formed, Caramel felt that something in her stomach was a miracle. How many times Caramel thought about why there could be a baby in someone's stomach, he didn't get the answer. The process of fertilization has been explained in biology lessons, but for Caramel it happened because of a miracle.
"Eat anything that contains balanced nutrition." Lovely Say after they finish the USG.
"Did Caramel's mother start drinking pregnancy milk?" Ask.
"Not yet." Caramel shakes.
"If you want to add pregnancy milk can also, drink it twice a day, choose the taste that Mother Caramel usually likes."
"Good doctor, umm .. I usually drink coffee every morning."
"From now pay attention to the dose of coffee, a maximum of 2 glasses a day and try not to consume other foods that contain caffeine because coffee itself already contains high caffeine."
"Yes, thank you doctor." Caramel nodded happily as he thought the doctor would ban him from drinking coffee.
Doctors also recommend Caramel consume folic acid regularly. Before going home, they go to the pharmacy to buy some vitamins according to the prescription given by the doctor.
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The television screen shows a new Indonesian horror film based on the novel adaptation. Actually Caramel rarely watch Indonesian horror films because local ghosts look more sinister than overseas ghosts. Caramel is horrified if the pocong or kuntilanak in the film suddenly comes to him while bathing. If it's an overseas movie, at least the ghost has to get on a plane to get here.
Rafka sets the AC cool enough but Caramel remains drenched in sweat under the thick blanket that covers his body. Caramel refused to reveal her blanket despite sweating, fearing that the ghost would suddenly pull her leg.
"Byeah!" Spontaneous Caramel yells when there is a jumpscare, he hates it the most but less greget in his absence.
"Don't sleep." Caramel shook Rafka's arm to avoid going to bed first.
"I'm not sleeping." Lirih Rafka had her eyes half closed. Working on a full day report makes Rafka tired and want to sleep fast but it turns out Caramel invited her to watch a movie. Rafka's intention of sleeping quickly ran aground instantly, he had to resist sleepiness until the film was finished.
"Rafka, the ghost has come out yet?" Caramel covered her face with a blanket.
"Not yet." Reply Rafka briefly.
Slowly Caramel lowered her blanket and gulped, her hands wet with sweat from fear as well as curiosity.
"Caramel, open the blanket," Rafka pulled the blanket, "there's me here don't be afraid." He could not bear to see Caramel sweating with that thick blanket.
Caramel according, instead he clung to Rafka eliminating the rarity among them. Why he likes to watch horror movies even though fear is the same as why people like to eat spicy when it makes the tongue burn or those who like to ride a roller coaster when it is terrible, the reason is more or less the same.
Cara, I'm sleepy. Can I close my eyes for a minute, just five minutes.
"Rafka." Caramel turned her eyes to Rafka. Slowly Caramel's mouth clenched to see Rafka had closed his eyes, a soft snoring from the man sounded.
Caramel could not bear to wake Rafka who looked very tired. This is the first day after I left the hospital. Caramel covers Rafka's body and raises the AC temperature so that her husband does not get cold.
"How lucky I am to have you Ka." Caramel got rid of the hairdo that was blocking Rafka's face. If he had realized Rafka's existence much earlier he might not have had to waste his precious time on Rama, who is now someone else's husband. If Caramel could turn the clock, he did not want to waste his time to keep people's soul mates.
