My husband is not the CEO

The Seventy One

Caramel breathed in the air greedily smelling the scent of the sea that he could not get every day. The warm sand of the beach and the cool waves can be felt Caramel at the same time. Finally after 1 month just stay indoors and see the beach view from the window, today Caramel can walk on the sand that gently touches the soles of his feet. Although Caramel is at home in Bali but still this is not his home.

Caramel enjoys her role as a mother, waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of Arnesh crying, changing diapers to breastfeeding until she falls asleep. Being a mother is not easy but in this case Caramel is grateful because Rafka is always quick to help him at any time. Especially with the presence of his mother and father-in-law who lightened Caramel's work.

"I think your pants are too short." Rafka followed Caramel who had already walked along the beach.

"My legs look great, don't they?" Caramel looked at her own calf, suddenly not confident wearing shorts like this.

"Little."

"No, my body can't like it anymore, diet also can't because I'm breastfeeding."

"Do you want a diet?"

Caramel shook his head, "I want to give Arnesh my best."

Rafka smiled, rubbing Caramel's hair, "but still you should wear longer pants."

"We look good in this shirt." Caramel smiled broadly at Rafka's pouting as she was wearing pants that were only sepaha. "For a month, I've only been wearing a home dress, it's the first time I've worn blouse-like pants, it's pretty, right?"

"We're compatible with any outfit."

"Papa Arnesh is more handsome when he pouts that much." Caramel teases Rafka more and more by poking her cheek. "Wear the glasses." Caramel wears sunglasses on Rafka. Forgive my husband, very cute.

"You're always pretty, with or without anything." Rafka turned his gaze to the expanse of the blue sea with calm waves.

"You mean?" Caramel saw Rafka, "let's say you miss, right?"

Of course, one month was not a short time. "Don't tease me."

"Patience in a minute." Caramel rolled her eyes at Rafka. Believe me behind his mauve face Rafka is a perverted man with Caramel.

"No way, you've sacrificed a lot for Arnesh, I don't want to burden your mind for this." Rafka grabbed Caramel's waist and hugged her from the side. "Among us Caramel is the one who works the hardest, I don't want to be selfish.

Caramel's smile curled sweet as the bright new sunrise heard Rafka's speech. Why is there a husband as gentle as Rafka in this world. Caramel is increasingly sorry for having wasted 8 years of his time with Rama. Whereas if Caramel only knew Rafka from the beginning, maybe she had been queen for a long time. That means the queen in Rafka's heart.

"If only Arnesh survives that time, you must take good care of him." Caramel said without seeing Rafka, he stared at the waves that rolled alternately regularly.

"Why do you talk like that?"

"I mean you have to find another girl to be Arnesh's mother."

"If that happens I'll be both Father and Mother to Arnesh, even if it's not easy but I'll keep trying to do it, didn't I ever say that if you really married Rama then I wouldn't marry anyone."

Caramel laughed softly, a laugh that was drowned out by the sound of the pounding waves.

"You're crazy it turns out." Caramel shook her head, not to believe it was just that Caramel still could not believe there was a man who loved her so deeply.

Rafka looked down at his feet that were wet because of the sea water, actually he was lazy to get wet because it was still morning.

"Whatever it is thanks for this one month, you deserve the title of the most alert husband in the world." Caramel pulls Rafka's hand and takes her step along the beach.

During the week after surgery Rafka always helped Caramel shower because the scar should not be exposed to water. Rafka helps put the plaster in Caramel's stomach and replace it every day when you want to take a shower. Although not a nurse but Rafka painstakingly give antiseptic fluid on the scars of Caramel surgery to avoid infection according to the doctor's direction.

Just imagine Rafka always helps Caramel shower but she has to hold back and pretend not to see Caramel's body without clothes. It was a tough test for Rafka as a husband.

"You want a present?" Caramel asked, if remembered he rarely gave gifts when he always got them from Rafka.

"You gave it to me."

"What?" Caramel frowned. He doesn't feel like he's giving Rafka any gifts.

"Arnesh is the most precious gift you gave me, let alone his face is so similar to yours, I like it so much."

"He will grow strong and be a good boy like you."

"Thank you Caramel." Rafka moved to kiss Caramel's forehead long enough.

The beach located right in front of the villa was still quiet so Rafka and Caramel felt like they were on a private island where there were only the two of them. But because Rafka is not a wealthy CEO who can buy a private island, Caramel must be breastfed if there are other visitors soon.

"I've never asked, why did you agree to our match?" Rafka used to be too happy because Caramel received it when he did not know how Caramel felt.

"Why is that all of a sudden?"

"Because all this time I've only focused on my feelings, I insist on making you happy in my own way without knowing how you feel."

True also Rafka's speech but unconsciously Caramel comfortable with the way Rafka treated him even though at first he did not like.

"Honestly yes I was forced to accept you because I was not young anymore, Mama and Papa also like you so want me to not have to accept the matchmaking."

"Now?"

"Why now?" Caramel asked back.

"Now how do you feel?"

"Don't talk about dong's feelings, shame." Caramel hit Rafka's thigh hard enough, so he was wrong to be asked like that.

They were silent for quite a long time, only the sound of the waves accompanying the silence between the two. Rafka pulls Caramel's hand to sit on one of the chairs on the beach.

"This one month's events have been amazing." Rafka.

Caramel responded to Rafka's words with a meaningful smile. Caramel knew that behind the poignant events they experienced must have stored a beautiful gift from God. One of them is the new product Caramel Sleepwear which was launched two weeks ago sold 100 thousand pairs within 24 hours. It was also thanks to the popularity of Rafka who had appeared on FYP tik tok after appearing on tv. A lot of people got to know Caramel and Rafka, which led to the sale of Caramel Sleepwear.

"You feel at home here?" Caramel asked with a straight forward look, looking at the roll of waves chasing each other.

"I feel at home wherever you are, but I still miss Jakarta." Rafka's views look far away, Bali is a pleasant place to live but he still misses Jakarta with everything that the metropolitan city has. Surprisingly Rafka also misses Jakarta traffic jams every time he comes home from work. Rafka also has to admit that he misses Danu who starts calling him almost every day for not coming back soon. Danu and Indi are curious to see Arnesh soon.

"Tomorrow we'll go home."

"Are you ready to face the trial?" Rafka looked at Caramel.

Caramel took a deep breath, "ready not ready I have to face it, this is a punishment that is worth Rama."

"Promise me not to be complacent with the words of Rama or Adena." Rafka recalls when Adena nearly injured Caramel and Adena pleaded with Caramel not to imprison him. Caramel then surrendered and dropped his charges against Adena. But now Rama committed a crime that is not light, Rafka does not want Caramel to melt down again.

"I still remember exactly that incident, I can't possibly just make Rama free anyway."

Rafka nodded, her hands outstretched to insert the wind-blown child of Caramel's hair behind her ears.

"The two are even dating here." The female voice distracted Caramel and Rafka, and without even turning their heads they knew it was Kayla's voice.

"What the hell are you bothering the two of you." Omel Caramel's.

"Eating my salad was still morning." Kayla brought a bowl full of salad of various fruits that she had made overnight and put in the refrigerator to eat today.

Kayla came a few days ago impatiently waiting for Caramel to come home while Jane came home a week after Caramel gave birth, just as Arnesh was discharged from the hospital. Actually Jane wanted to accompany Caramel longer but he had to finish the job, because Caramel could not go home eventually he replaced his best friend to handle Caramel Sleepwear.

"What's the secret when your salad tastes good?" Caramel takes over the bowl in Kayla's hand, before eating pieces of fruit wrapped in mayonaise sauce and cheese that she first feeds Rafka.

"That's the secret of your company to me." Answer Kayla. "Later you same Rafka even make Caraka fruit salad business."

"Caraka what?"

"Caraka Caramel Rafka." Kayla was sitting next to Caramel because there was no other chair there.

Caramel laughed, "you're there."

"There is no secret anyway, you can also make a delicious salad, no special recipe as well."

"Ntar if you make your own, you lose one customer dong."

"Nothing, missing one growing a thousand." Kayla laughed at the end of her sentence.

"Then we'll be home tomorrow." Caramel exhaled a long breath, his feelings are currently jumbled between the weight of leaving Bali as well as happy because he could return to Jakarta, his homeland.