
"Lord...!" Thella ran to hug her welcoming father in the porch of their home.
"Daddy's beloved daughter, why do you look skinny? Are you eating less? Is your husband fierce?" Papa Thella charged Thella with several questions at once.
"No Papa. My scales are going up this month. Just Papa's feelings. My husband is also very kind Papa," Thella defended Naufal. She was never hurt by her husband. Except just misunderstanding.
Papa Thella took off her daughter's arms, then looked at Naufal from head to toe. He felt his daughter-in-law was very neat, even too neat. Like attending an important meeting.
"Daughter-in-law, why don't you hug me too?" Papa Thella smiled kindly at Naufal.
Slowly the man approached his father-in-law. The middle-aged man hugged tightly, then patted Fall's back softly. He was very happy, finally able to meet his daughter-in-law.
"It turns out that papa's daughter-in-law is handsome too, just right, my daughter wants to get married quickly.it must be because she is too in love and afraid to lose," Papa Thella pretentiously told. He was shocked by Thella's decision in hasty grades.
The words of his father made Thella laugh amusedly.If only his father knew, if at that time he married because of force, surely his father would not approve of it. Although his father was far away, but he loved his daughter very much. Thankfully, her father came when they loved each other.
"Yes, papa's right, I love him so much. My beloved husband. I'm afraid that later if you've been dating for a long time, he's taken people, pa." Thella had moved beside Naufal and hugged the man's arm tightly while sticking her head, revealing romance in front of her papa.
"Follow, let's go in. We'll talk inside,"
"Good, Pa. Auntie, please take the food in the back seat.Take it all in,"
"Good, Non."
Bibi did as Sila commanded. Enter one by one their innate gifts for her father. The three of them headed straight for the dining room. Fall is still misbehaving, he doesn't know what to do or what to say.
"Fall, you've been looking silent, not talking apapum, are you having a toothache?" This time papa Thella looked at her daughter-in-law deeply. He realized the fear that was in Naufal's mind.
"No, pa. I'm just not used to talking to Papa. I'm nervous, pa.." Naufal was honest with his father-in-law about how he felt. Her nervousness was even more than meeting with many foreign investors.
"Obviously, relax. This papa is no one else. Papa is also your papa, think of me as your own parent."Papa Thella said softly to her daughter-in-law. He wanted his son-in-law to accept him just as he accepted his son-in-law.
"Ba-good, Pa. Fall will be normal with papa. Thank you for welcoming me so well. I'm so happy, papa."Slowly the stiffness between them melts.
They talk a lot, before the food is finally served and they eat together without anyone talking.Thella who usually only serves to eat her husband, who usually only serves, tonight he serves two important men in his life.
The meal was over, they moved to the family room.Thella deliberately sat in the middle, between her father and also her husband. He didn't want one of them to feel neglected.
"So where do you work, Fall?" Papa's trying to establish a familiarity with Fall. At least he wanted to know some things about the man who had already gained his daughter's heart.
"I work at the Roxy Group, Pa." Answer Fall is brief, and respectful.
"That big company, yours, Fall?" Papa Thella knows a little about the Roxy Group.
"Papa's exaggerated, Roxy's new developing, not yet great, Pa. One day I want Roxy to be bigger than today" Naufal said with great confidence. He is not satisfied with his company that has been quite fast.
"Well, apparently you're a genius, hard-working kid, yeah. Papa likes a young man who is genius and agile like you. It's fitting that Thella loves you so much, you're a potential guy.
"I'm just learning, Pa. Not that great. There is still a lot of evaluation to be done" Naufal said casually. He would not acknowledge his prowess in front of his in-laws.
"Truly a dream daughter-in-law. Papa's proud of you, Fall. You are humble, hardworking, diligent, you are the type of dream man. I'm so proud that you're my son's husband" Papa Thella nemuji, his son-in-law, because it fits perfectly with the criteria he has in mind.
"Papa's son is also my dream wife, Pa. He was very kind, and cared. He also loves me, not just material possessions, but really loves me. I love your son very much, papa,"
Thella did not expect Naufal to say all that in front of their father. Thella's heart is very flowery. Her husband bluntly declares his love in front of his parents.
"Good, Naufal. You must be fully affectionate and in love with my daughter. I'm not gonna let everyone make my daughter cry, you know, what do you mean?"
"I know, I'll take care of Thella, I'll love her with all my heart, Pa."
"Good, I like, a guy like you. You're amazing, thank you, son. Well then, let's play chess," Papa Thella started to get closer to her daughter-in-law.
"Then I'm the judge" Thella suggested.
"May, but if you help, you should be on your side. Your husband is a genius, let's see, what genius he is when playing chess, you.ready Fall?"
"Ready, Pa. I can definitely beat, Papa."
"Oh, huh? How arrogant of you, young man, let's prove who's the toughest between the two of us,"
"Well, let's do it, pa.."
They played chess threesome with Thella as a judge using Catur Naufal which had been brought from home and had been picked up by Mang Diman.
The three of them played late into the night. Both are intelligent and calculating. Thella was very sleepy when she became the judge of their game. Until finally the winner was Naufal, it made Papa Thella even more proud of his daughter-in-law.
"Papa loves playing chess with you, son. It's late at night, you guys are going to bed, Papa also wants to rest, haven't had time to rest because it's too excited to meet you,"
Indeed, since datamg, Papa Thella only thought about the preparation for his daughter's arrival.He was too long for his favorite daughter.
"If so, me and Fall, permission to go to the room first yes pa,"Thella walked shamelessly because he walked with sleepiness.