Sharing Love "The First Wife's Wait"
Chapter 8
Fatma and Mommy Celine go to the kitchen to cook together, Fatma thinks Mommy Celine will be rude to her like Rey. But it turns out the opposite, Mommy Celine is so kind and caring towards her.
"Ayunda, are you happy with Rey?" ask Mommy Celine all of a sudden.
They are currently preparing the ingredients that they will work on for lunch.
For a moment Fatma was at a loss to answer Mommy Celine's question.
"I am quite happy with this marriage" Fatma replied with a slight stuttering.
Mommy Celine felt strange with her son-in-law's words as if keeping her distance.
"Ayunda, Are you okay?" ask Mommy Celine.
Fatma nodded her head to answer Mommy Celine's question.
Mommy Celine herself did not think too much about the reaction her daughter-in-law gave, she thought it was possible if her daughter-in-law still felt foreign and condescending to her.
"Fine if you are fine, now we continue our work first" asked Mommy Celine.
Fatma nodded her head again, helped by the servants to prepare lunch for her extended family.
It was a pleasant thing for Fatma when she found out that her husband's extended family was very receptive to her presence and did not dispute her background, it's just that Fatma herself feels guilty for having to lie about her forced marriage and also other lies that she is doing with Reymond.
After finishing with her cooking show, Mommy Celine called all her family members to lunch together.
"Wow Auntie, you don't usually cook this delicious" Dean said as he stuffed a spoonful of food into his mouth.
"Don't say that to me because all this is my daughter-in-law's cooking, I'm just helping her a little bit" replied Mommy Celine.
"Really's? It turns out you're a smart woman to cook too" Dean told Fatma.
"Thank you, hope you like it" Fatma replied with a happy smile. He was happy when someone else liked his cooking.
Reymond himself had never tasted the cuisine of Fatma, his wife. He was curious because as far as Rey knew, if Dean was the kind of picky person in food.
Reymond also feed a little food to taste the cuisine that Mommy Celine said it was the result of his wife, and sure enough it turns out Fatma cuisine is very fitting and suitable on his tongue. Without realizing it, he had finished two rice dishes and side dishes.
"Rey, did you not have breakfast this morning?" mommy asked Celine because she saw her son eating so much.
"Of course I have breakfast Mom, why?" ask Rey.
"Nothing, Mommy thinks soon you will gain more weight if your diet is like this" replied Mommy Celine.
Rey who just understood the direction of her Mommy talk, immediately stopped when she wanted to go back to take the rice in front of her.
"I'm just hungry, Mom" Rey said, drinking her drink.
While Fatma herself was silent, she knew that maybe Reymond liked her cooking but was too proud to praise her.
After finishing lunch, the guests entered the room they would temporarily wear while in the mansion. Another case with Fatma, he did not return to his room in the back, instead cleaned the table and washed all the dirty dishes that were there.
The servants who saw it had already tried to stop Fatma's work, but to no avail.
"If the lady let us do the task, you can rest in the room just like the others" said Dita one of the services there.
"Mbak Dita don't like that, I'm not the real Madam in this house, I'm just like you guys who are just servants and a little bit of theatrics here. I hope you and your friends don't gossip about me someday" replied Fatma.
Dita herself felt sorry for the young girl in front of her.
"Just calm down Fatma, we will never talk about you being ugly in the back" Dita said.
"Together Fatma, we are happy to work with you. Let me help to dry the furniture that is already clean" said Dita while taking a clean cloth available there.
Fatma agreed to it.
Rey is looking for Fatma to continue their charade for the next few days, until all of her family members return to country B again.
"Hey you, come with me" cried Reymond when he saw Fatma washing dishes.
"Okay sir" Fatma replied as she washed her hands to clean the foam attached to the arm and dried it.
Rey takes Fatma to her study and locks the door there.
"Why is the door locked?" ask Fatma in her heart.
"Sit down" Reymond ordered Fatma to sit on the sofa in the workspace.
Without refuting Fatma was sitting there.
"You should not be happy because my family accepts your presence, remember that" Reymond said as Fatma sat in front of him.
Fatma only listens to what is said with her head down.
"You must keep playing as if we were a loving couple, lest they be suspicious of your gestures. If you make a mistake, I will not hesitate to hurt your two brothers" Reymond threatened Fatma.
"Okay sir" replied Fatma briefly.
"Absolutely, can I be especially threatened with my two brothers?
although my feelings are sincere to respect both of Mr. Reymond's parents, but I must not forget my limits" Fatma's heart murmured.
"It's good that at least you should be self-aware and useful to your family" Reymond said.
Fatma nodded again.
"Don't just nod your head, you can't answer my words correctly" Reymond said as he watched Fatma nod.
"Okay sir, I understand. I will carry out master's orders well" Fatma replied finally.
"Master, may I ask you a question?" tanya Fatma ventured.
"Hmmm, what do you want to ask?" ask Reymond.
"How long do I have to be attached to you?" ask Fatma timidly.
"Why are you asking like that? Are you starting to like my other cousins? Really cheesy!!!" cibir Reymond upon hearing the question from Fatma.
Fatma, who heard such words from the man who had her husband against her, could only take a deep breath and let it out slowly to dampen the emotions that were overflowing in her heart.
"Oh my God, is he really my husband? Why can't his words be filtered properly? What is wrong with giving a definite answer? And instead of even sneering at me with such words" murmured Fatma who felt heartache at the words of Reymond, her husband.
"Sir, I married you because of money and that too on a forced basis. If you say I'm cheap because I was bought with the money you gave me and that family is right I don't deny it. But if you think I'm cheap because I like other men please get rid of such thoughts, I'm not as low as you think" Fatma said firmly and her eyes stared intently at Reymond.
But that doesn't make Reymond feel guilty.
"Yes yes, it's up to you that I don't care" Reymond said as he rose from his seat and unlocked the room to get out of there leaving Fatma still sitting there alone.
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