Not Ordinary Love

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The work that felt more and more days and as if there was never an end to be completely overwhelmed Ethan. He came home at exactly seven o'clock at night with a lethargic body because it was no longer energetic.

"Mas Ethan wants a warm drink?" Naina who welcomed his return asked. The man spontaneously dodged as Naina was about to grab her coat to open. The astonished Naina held her hand in the air.

"Mbak Zoya says, as long as Zoya's brother is there, I take care of Ethan. Including taking care of Mas Ethan's clothes." tell the girl, Etgan knows, even Zoya has told him about it. He only reflexes because Naina did it, not Zoya. Ethan is unusual.

"Ohh," Ethan resigned, Naina continued her intention and took off the suit that was attached to the man's body. It feels foreign and pleasant for Naina to do that ha. She feels like a real wife. It turned out that it felt like this served the husband's return from work.

Maybe Zoya's feelings while doing it are the same as Naina's feelings at the moment.

The girl stared as Ethan looked at her. Making him spontaneously drown the smile on his lips as soon as Ethan brushed off their gaze.

"Rival's been calling you?" ask Ethan. Naina shook her head, lying to her husband because in reality, Rival had contacted her so often. And every now and then Naina responds to even talking long with the man.

"It's good that's it." she said, Naina didn't react. "If that's how Ethan took a bath, we'll have dinner together." Naina switched the topic, Ethan nodded his head, continued the steps up the stairs towards the second floor and left Naina.

While Naina passed towards the kitchen carrying the man's suit to keep him in the washing machine. But before putting it there, Naina first clasped the man's suit, smelling the scent of Ethan's body left there, the smell was so strong and inherent.

Naina could not have thought, if it would be this fun doing it, when she first touched the man's clothes.

At least, just hugging Ethan's suit doesn't make him awkward, it doesn't make his chest pound.

Naina enjoys having dinner with Ethan for the first time. The sound of the clink of spoons and dishes was the most domineering. The two people were both silent to each other. Ethan looked down more and ate his food. While Naina occasionally looked at the man with a head that was thinking hard to create a chat topic.

But until Ethan's food is almost gone, Naina yak finds anything to be the talk of the husband. There is, but he is not sure Ethan will want to discuss it, even he feels hesitant to talk about it with Ethan.

"Mas–"

"Tonight I slept in the upper room, well." the man spoke first, asking for permission. There was no choice but to nod for Naina.

"I still have some work to do in the library room. Maybe it'll be late at night." he continued. Grabbing a glass of water that Naina has provided and relieving it to nothing left.

"Mas Ethan don't get too fouled by his body. It was also a whole day of work." the girl told me, Ethan was just watching.

"Mad Zoya wouldn't like it knowing this." Naina throws her lips together, she has to carry Zoya's name because Ethan can't possibly listen to her.

Ethan smiled at the girl. "Then don't tell Zoya."

"I believe in you."

Naina looked back at the man with a frown. "I have to finish the job right now. Tomorrow morning, it's all done. I don't have much time except for this malan." the man explained, Naina just nods her head, she never knows if Ethan is that busy.

"What does Ethan want to make? Snack, milk, tea, coffee or–"

"No need. I didn't need anything" the man said quickly and moved from his seat. "After dinner you go to bed, don't stay up late" she continued, not knowing that Naina was a little disappointed because her offer was spontaneously rejected by the man.

Ethan passes from the dining table, leaving the kitchen where Naina is still sitting there with food still left on her plate.

Naina sighs. He wants to discuss the child with the man, but Ethan seems to care less, or maybe even the man forgets, if the reason they got married is because of the child.

***

Ethan takes his laptop and some of the important files he needs to the library room. The first thing the man did was not immediately do his work to get it right because he was chasing a deadline, but he opened the message that Zoya sent first.

He smiles before accidentally opening the Instagram application and seeing the post that Zoya sent a few minutes ago. Like throwing a bait, the post was immediately mobbed and got a lot of love and comments.

Ethan looks at slide by slide photos where some of the photos only feature Edrin with Zoya enjoying the night at the top. It makes their fans more crazy in supporting the two as if Zoya does not have a partner in the real world.

Exorbitant!

Etjan grumbled, deciding to call the woman and hear her voice. Or if the woman is not busy, Ethan wants to distract Zoya so as not to spend much time with Edrin Nicaolas.

On the third ring, the call is connected, and Ethan's feelings warm up quickly as Zoya's voice penetrates his sense of hearing. Not even once twenty-four hours the woman was far away from him, it feels like Ethan already misses Zoya a lot. It was as if Zoya had left him for a very long time.

"Hallo," the woman's soft voice greets the subtle in Ethan's sense of hearing. The man's smile was engraved even though his heart was still burning considering the photos he had seen earlier.

"Hay, is dinner yet?" Ethan grabs the ballpoint pen and twists it.

"Not yet, this is another bbq title show because filming is just starting tomorrow."

"Have you eaten?" the woman asked back.

"Already, Naina cooked me a lot of food." Ethan recalls some of the dishes Naina made for him.

"How is that there?" ask Ethan later. Zoya hasn't told me anything about where she is at the moment.

"It's cold in here." Ethan immediately laughed at the woman's tone that seemed to tease him. "What do you mean, you need me now?"

"I think so." this time it was Zoya's turn to laugh at the other end.

After that there was silence between them. Ethan put the ballpoint pen he had originally played and chose to lean his back on the back of the swivel chair he was sitting on, one hand he folded on the chest.

"Where is your work today, the show at the agency is smooth?" zoya asked back.

"My work today is a lot. Events at the agency went well, the first day of the opening of the registration online, the agency was flooded with star candidates." Ethan sighed remembering how busy he was this afternoon. Even the fatigue was still felt until this moment.

"Zoya" called Ethan when his wife was silent. Behind the phone, Ethan hears people's booming laughter, and the one most clearly captured by Ethan's keen sense of hearing is Edrin's voice.

It means that the man is around Zoya right now.

"I'm jealous after seeing your instagram post. You're too often the same as Edrin later." Ethan was honest in a soft voice. He does not want to invite the woman to argue and make Zoya out of focus while filming later.

As much as possible, Ethan can't offend Zoya. Do not let because of his jealousy, he with Zoya had to fight in a state of distance like now.

"That's why you called me?" Zoya asked as suspicious.

"Before that I had intended to contact you." for whatever reason Ethan had intended to contact his wife.

"Mbak Selin who posts, you will know for yourself, if there is a film project or soap opera, Mbak Selin diligently share my activities to many people."

"Yes, I know."

"Hm."

Again after that, the two people were silent to each other. The sound of each breath is the most dominating type of sound today through telephone connections. Until a while later, after thinking long enough in silence, he finally knew what he wanted most at this time.

"Zoya's."

"Yes?"

"I'm there now, Dad. Can you?"

Ethan didn't get any response, the guy on the other end just kept quiet. Either his wife was thinking hard or was astonished at his request.

"Zoya,"

"Ethan, you can come here. But not now." said the woman who made Ethan sigh. It means he can't come to Zoya right now.

Though Zoya gives her permission, Ethan is not necessarily able to do so. Remember when it was night and his body was so tired. But Ethan is pretty sure, if his Zoya will be able to drive away the fatigue in him.

"Oh, yes. I haven't told you what I'm going to do for the next few days." Zoya instead shifted the subject. Ethan listened with pleasure and resignation.

He became a good listener when the wife told him about the state of the villa, how many rooms the villa had and how beautiful the scenery there was.

"Later I'll send the photos to you, yeah. You have to see." said vigorously, with full of enthusiasm, Ethan agreed and smiled listening to the woman who continued to tell the story.

Ethan has no idea how long he's been talking to Zoya. But for sure, he ended his call with the woman when the time was so late at night, even his eyes were very sleepy and he yawned many times when his wife told him to and fro.

***

Filming the first day went smoothly even though there were obstacles because suddenly there was heavy rain and made the team pause filming until the rain subsided later. Luckily, the rain soon subsided after flushing the area for half an hour.

The location of the shoot in the open is not far from the location of the inn, so that when filming is over. Zoya immediately returned to the inn with Selin and also some tm who had finished improving, tidying up the equipment.

The woman soon arrived at the villa and quickly, cleaned up before resting quietly while reading the script and sending some photos of her activities today to her husband.

Simultaneously, heavy rain again flushed the summit area. Rain occurs accompanied by the sound of lightning that strikes and the wind is quite strong. Zoya peeked at the window glass where the other troupe had just arrived at the villa's courtyard. They were pouring through the rain to get to the terrace.

The woman sat back on the edge of the bed and read her script. Until he faintly heard a noise from outside the room.

"I have to go home now, sir."

"Yes, I know. But right now the weather's not good, it's dangerous to go home right now." Irpan's voice seemed to hold one of his crew.

"My house is not far from here sir, I'm paving the safe route." the crew from the Sound Department seemed to insist. Inevitably, it makes Zoya choose to come out of her room and see the team that has gathered in the villa hall.

Some of them still look cute because they have just arrived, including Edrin and Alexa.

"Sir, my wife is giving birth. I should be there. This is my first child, let me go there now. Tomorrow, I promise I'll be back." he asked in a plea.

Everyone in the villa hall only fell silent to each other, the decision was in Irpan at the moment. On the one hand, they understand the wishes of the crew who want to accompany the delivery of the wife and welcome the arrival of her first child.

But on the other hand, things seem impossible because of the extreme weather, plus a day that has begun to darken and will endanger the rider.

"I beg you sir." The man couldn't wait any longer. So Irpan and Arfat can't hold it.

"Wear my car." Alexa offered her car keys.

"Thank you Alexa" the look on the man's face looked cramped because he had obtained permission to go home. Irpan offered her to be accompanied by one of the other crew members, but the man checked in and said he would go home alone and then come back in the morning.

Arfat who had passed away leaving the crowd again and seemed to hold the crew who asked to go home, Zoya had seen Arfat hand over a brown envelope and ended it with a pat on the man's shoulder.

Teams disbanded from there, some taking snacks and relaxing watching television, others went to the bathroom to clean up after Irpan announced that filming for the night had been postponed due to weather that did not allow them to do any activities.

Zoya sees Edrin and Alexa walking towards the kitchen in tandem as if the two are close friends. Zoya doesn't know when the two can get that close. But for sure, this time Alexa and Edrin did not make a mess while on the set as it once did.

***

While on a steep road with steep terrain, and slippery that occurs due to heavy rain, also the sound of lightning that strikes and the wind that blows strong, and, the crew of the My Beloved Wife team fought to accompany the wife who is currently betting their lives to give birth to their children.

That night, when the crew from the Sound Department said he would return in the morning, the man kept his word. However, he came up with only a name stay because the man had an accident. Where the car he was driving was hit by a large tree that overlapped when strong winds hit.

The news was a sorrow for all the team members.

TB