My husband is not the CEO

Forty Two

"Well, this is the first time I've been here." Caramel circulated the view when he arrived at the park behind Danu's house which had been transformed in such a way as the venue for Indi's birthday event. This place is always Danu's choice when holding a birthday party.

Caramel looks more beautiful with a knee-length sleeveless batik dress. Her hair was left without any accessories. It was the clothes he got after an hour of walking in and out of the closet trying on some clothes and asking my opinion. My answer is always the same every question, Caramel looks beautiful wearing any outfit.

I don't have clothes for the show later, how dong Ka.

So he said this morning when he refused when I asked him to go to Grand Indonesia to buy clothes, he said we have a lot of batik in the closet.

"I love gini outdoor parties." Caramel slipped her hand between my arms.

The back garden of Danu's house is spacious enough to accommodate about 50 invited guests. Yellowish tumblr lights decorate the palm trees around the park. Danu has to take a work leave to decorate this park before D-Day.

Everyone wears batik according to the theme that Danu has determined. A birthday cake with the number 25 appears perched on a table in the middle of the park.

"You want a party like this too?" I saw Caramel walking beside me.

Caramel shook her head, "i don't want to." The answer.

"Then?"

"We're both." Caramel whispers.

I held back a smile hearing his reply, I thought he would get angry when I caught up with him to the bathroom one day ago. At that time I could not help it, my mind was not wrong anymore—grandfather must have put something into my tea. No matter how long we were in the bathtub, as I recall the water that was warm turned cold when we finished but luckily Caramel was not angry at all. I am grateful that he did not ask me anything even though he realized my strangeness. Caramel said it was romantic.

"You guys came!" Indi welcomed us, he had a conversation with Caramel after not meeting for a long time. Although Caramel and Indi are not friends but they always connect when chatting. Caramel is a fun chatting friend different from me who is not good at finding chat material—I prefer working overtime full night compared to chatting with strangers.

"Happy birthday to you." Caramel presented a gray paper bag to Indi. He bought a perfume in Grand Indonesia yesterday specifically for Indi.

"Thank you Ma'am, Rafka came." Indi extended her smile to us.

"Where's Danu?" I dyed looking for the figure of Danu among the other invited guests who had attended first.

"She, yuk." Indi pulled Caramel's hand and led us to the pool where Danu was sitting. Danu is seen compiling an additional chair on the edge of the pool.

"I'll stay first." Tukas Indi before rushing towards the gate to greet the other guests.

"Eh Cara, you came too." Danu flicked her slightly dirty hands to the dust from the chair.

"Why the hell, later if I don't come, you're Rafka's soul mate with Elsa again." Ketus Caramel, Danu looked surprised by Caramel's reply.

"What the hell is you Car." Danu pulled up the chair asking us to sit down.

"I've wanted to talk to you for a long time, but we never had a chance to meet." Caramel said again after positioning himself sitting cross-legged with graceful movements on one of the chairs.

"What by the way?" Danu sat down, she saw me looking for answers to Caramel's words, but I was consistent with the flat face because I did not know what Caramel was talking to Danu.

"Nu, I beg you not to be a problem." Caramel looked straight at Danu.

"I mean you?" Danu frowned confusedly.

Caramel pointed her phone at Danu, "this is WA you sent to Rafka not long ago."

Bring your face closer to see more clearly. Two seconds later he glared.

"Lu dapet from where did my chat with Rafka?"

Caramel laughed loudly and put her phone on the table, "will you be Elsa's matchmaker?"

Ah I remember, it must have been a WhatsApp message Danu while we were having dinner in Grand Indonesia, at that time my phone was in Caramel's hands so he immediately knew as soon as Danu sent me a message.

I thought Caramel had forgotten about the message but apparently he was waiting for an opportunity to reprimand Danu directly.

It's not in vain that I tell you to sit with Elsa.

"Ng .. No, I'm just kidding." Danu stammered, she did not know how fierce Caramel was when he nagged.

"Handid you?" Caramel tilted her head, "try if I take Indi to meet other guys, how do you feel even if it's just a joke."

Danu was silent, maybe he was thinking of the right answer to Caramel's words. Why Danu so dead fleas when usually he is the most clever talk.

"Lu what kind of best friend, your actions can make my household as Rafka Ancur know not?"

"Yes, that's not the Car time either, yes I'm sorry, I was wrong."

Caramel grunting.

"Sorry Car, I don't have that intention." Danu brandished her index and middle fingers to form the letter V."

"Many other jokes, you even become the culprit."

"Sorry-sorry, I'll tell you one secret Rafka deh as long as you avoid this problem, I don't enjoy the person." Danu glanced at me, what secret did he mean?

"What?" Caramel raised her chin.

My feelings are not good, afraid if Danu just talk carelessly to Caramel.

Danu dragged her seat closer to Caramel, "lu know which origami can flame?"

"Why?"

I glanced at Danu so that she wouldn't continue what she said about origami. This is not the right time to tell Caramel, our problems with Rama and his wife are not finished. I don't want Caramel's mind to be overburdened.

"Origami actually makes Ra—"

"Sir Cara, let's join each other!" Indi's voice made Danu's sentence cut off. Caramel spontaneously moved from her seat ignoring Danu.

"Rafka, I went with Indi first huh." Caramel hurriedly waved to me as Indi pulled her hand to join the other female guests. It seemed like the event was about to start as the invited guests started to get crowded.

Danu gawked at the departure of Caramel and Indi while I smiled with satisfaction because he did not tell me about the incident 12 years ago. My relationship with Caramel has entered a warm and harmonious stage, I do not want to damage it with the fact that origami is my gift not Rama.

"I didn't think Caramel's mouth was spiked, too, like lambe-lambean." Danu shook her seat, breathing deeply after a while arguing with Caramel.

"What other food is that?"

"What?" Danu looked at me.

"Lambe-lambeans." I repeated Danu's last sentence.

Then instead of answering Danu just laughed as hard as it makes me confused, what else is funny here?

"Lu don't know lambe-lambean, turah lambe too?"

I shook my head slowly.

"Say you've played IG now but I don't know lambe turah even though it's already a blue tick tuh account."

Does anyone with an Instagram account know about Lambe turah? am I the only one who doesn't know? why always me.

"Gue wondered why Caramel would want to be like this innocent you." Danu patted my shoulder a few times quite hard. "Gue's been shadowing your first night like anything."

"Why think about my first night, the proof is that now Caramel is pregnant why are you doubting me?"

"All right!" Danu flicked her hand, "now I ask, you've never been so-so in the bathtub." Danu pointed at my face with a ignorant expression, "it doesn't need to be answered, I already know the answer."

"Either." Just one day ago.

Suddenly Danu stopped her laughter, "seriously you?"

"Yes." Yeah." I'm nodding.

"A little lie to you?"

I went on to no longer answer insignificant questions from Danu, serving him as endless. I am confused why until now we are good friends when our nature is opposite.

"Ka, I've never told dong his secret." Danu half yelled back there, but I ignored her. I chose to go further in search of the figure of Caramel.

Why he asked about the secret of making love in the bathub when in this house there is no bathub. Danu had to renovate the new bathroom before she asked me her secret. Anyway it wasn't intentional, maybe I should recommend grandfather Jono's concoction shop to him.