SHADOW WIFE

CHAPTER 23

Reva was busy alone in the kitchen, starting to clean the rice, giving her water and a little vegetable oil as well as a pinch of salt and some dried bay leaves, nasi liwet became a menu choice that is suitable for cold air like this, Reva thought.

Some time has passed, Reva's cooking is all ripe, Reva arrange his rice liwet on a medium-size tray and arrange oreg tempe, fried tofu, fried chicken, oseng kale, and so on, sambal tomato as well as some cucumber and eggplant around his rice.

"Ayoo is ready, we eat now!!" Take Reva to Arka who is busy with a laptop in her lap, Arka staring at the tray that Reva carries.

"What's that?" Ask Arka.

"Our meal tonight, smells good, doesn't it?" Tanya Reva brought the tray closer to Arka's nose.

Arka nodded after smelling a savory scent that teased her stomach.

Arka followed Reva's steps, she carried two glasses of water in her hands, they headed to the garden in front of the villa, mats near an evergreen tree they had already titled.

Reva sat down in front of a tray of liwet that was carried by her facing Arka who sat cross-legged.

"Pake hand?" Ask Arka to Reva who started devouring her food.

"if you use a spoon, less delicious taste. Just relax I don't have a contagious disease and my hands are also clean, nihhhh" replied Reva showing her hands.

Seeing Arka who never touched her food, Reva got up from her seat.

"Where are you going?" Ask Arka.

"You take a plate ama spoon for you to eat" He replied, Reva's steps stopped when Arka held her hand, she immediately looked at Arka who shook her head.

"No need, you say you are not good if you use a spoon" replied Arka who pulled Reva's hand gently brought her to sit back.

"Let's eat" said Arka who began to devour her food.

Reva smiled happily when she saw Arka eating lehap, there was little food left in the tray.

After feeling the same stomach - just as full, now they straightened their legs staring at the bright sky because of the moonlight, and the stars were scattered.

"It's beautiful, the star can be seen clearly in this place yes, not rich in Jakarta, the star is rarely seen because the light is less bright than the city lights" Reva looked up at the sky.

"hmmmm" Arka nodded, and looked at Reva in awe.

Feeling noticed Reva became nervous and misbehaved.

"Is there any rice left on my cheek" thought Reva rubbing her cheeks and lips.

Arka smiled looking at Reva's height.

"What's? why are you staring at me so weird?" Ask Reva judes.

"I'm just curious" replied Arka turning her gaze to the sky that looked increasingly beautiful.

"Curious? about what?" Reva's question now turned to look at Arka.

"Have you really been a rich man?" Tanya Arka was serious.

"Haha so that's what's been on your mind since, you wonder why I'm not spoiled? you don't believe that I ever had everything?" Tanya Reva laughed seeing Arka nod.

Reva turned her laughter into a bitter smile and glared away at her gaze into the sky.

"All that is just a deposit, and mamah the same papah who happened to get the deposit from God, I am used to get anything easily, but about education I have taken seriously really, really, the proof is that I can study at LN because of the scholarship" said Reva to Arka who faithfully listened to her story.

"A few days after my mom and dad left, om took over the company and just made it bankrupt and left a lot of debt, he said, I sold off all the remaining assets to pay off the debts - debts written in my name" Reva wiped away her tears that seeped in her eyes.

"You are a strong woman" Arka said sincerely.

"The beginning was very difficult, even I had to sell all my favorite things to buy a house that now, I left some to open a small cafe to repay the debt that is still on the side" Her words were bitter.

" But why don't you work in a big company, as a business graduate from a university in the UK" asked Arka curious.

"Since papah bangkut company, I was afraid to see such a world, where many greedy people who are very ambitious to drop each other and seize each other in any way, he said, I didn't want to be in a world like that, so I chose to just invest" Reva replied, who was able to calm down.

"Investment in the cafe?" Ask Arka.

"ummmm, at the beginning I only cooperated with my upperclassmen at Junior High, Salfa tea first run its cafe business, because I lay in culinary matters I only invested aja, salfa tea, but seeing every day people chat and eat with friends and family, my heart feels warm, I feel not alone anymore, and that's when I learned to jump straight into helping Salfa tea" said Reva enthusiastically.

Arka smiled to see the woman who is now his wife.

"But why do you want to be married to me?" Ask Arka membuay Reva directly staring at her.

"That's because I want to help Mom" Reva replied, giving her a look.

"What is this, do I have to tell you everything" thought Reva worried.

"Help?? tell me everything!" Pinta Arka firmly.

"At that time I said, someone wanted to harm my mother, the incident that night was not purely an accident but there was someone who deliberately sabotaged the car that was driven by my mother" Reva said heart - heart saw Arka who just listened.

"So mom already knew? did I tell you all now, but as good as I got rid of them before it became a problem for us in his future" Arka thought in silence.

"Mom asked me to look after you, like her mom's not the same as your pretty boyfriend, mom wanted me to keep you away from her, because mom thought she was a threat to you" Reva's voice is light.

"It turns out mom knew it before me" thought Arka again, staring at Reva.

"How about your boyfriend, how do you explain when you decide to marry me?" Arka's question immediately diverted Reva's gaze, Arka saw a strand of sadness in his wife's eyes.

"Ahhhhh no when I lost my treasure I also had to release all his friends, relatives and girlfriend who were initially always loyal beside me, but that way I can find out what kind of people they are, disgusting ihhhh" Reva said with disdain.

"Thankfully there is aunty ama mamang, they are willing to move from the village selling land and rice fields to move and take care of me like his own child" continued Reva.

"Why aren't you the only one who lives in the village?" Ask Arka.

"Mamang said, it would be easier if they adapted to living in the city than to force me to adjust to living in the village, and so Asep wouldn't have to spend time in college, so mamang mutusin to buy an electronic store from the sale of rice fields and land" continued Reva who began to evaporate..

"Why do you want to marry me?" Tanya Reva seriously looked at Arka, but the one in the face instead stood up and rubbed her buttocks that were not dirty.

"I'm sleepy, let's go to sleep" he said and hurried off to leave the irritated Reva.

"HEIIII BASIC CURANGGG!!!" reva yelled annoyedly who had stood up and stomped his feet, without Reva seeing Arka laughing happily because he could judge his wife.

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