The Forced Marriage

Episode 43

It does not feel that Jovan lived his days so busy, he thought he would just give up undergoing this fellowship lecture. Very little time with his wife lately. As much as possible he told his wife occasionally when his free time was only a few minutes away from hearing his wife's voice behind the phone.

Like last night when Jovan had just returned from the night shift from the hospital where he was interning, he was a little late coming home because he had to finish his internship report first and he rested in his apartment.

So jovan told alina too late. When he called alina, which he heard only the sound of sobbing his wife behind the phone, alina admitted that she missed jovan so much that she rarely gave him news.

Hearing alina's complaint, jovan felt guilty.

For some reason today jovan misses his wife so much, what else last night jovan again heard the sound of alina crying who missed him.

Then Jovan tried to take his phone intending to make a vidio call to his wife.

Connected but alina did not answer him, maybe alina is busy. Think jovan

Because alina once told herself that alina had begun to busy with her boutique activities and also busy by some college assignments. Jovan just give spirit through his phone do not forget also jovan commemorate his wife to keep the condition of her pregnancy also do not want to hear alina spend too much time in her shop that can make her tired.

Jovan called alina several times but there was no answer at all. Finally, Jovan decided to continue his intention which will soon leave for his campus because this afternoon jovan has lecture hours.

Arriving at the campus, Erika is seen approaching jovan, indeed, jovan and erika are very familiar even erika blatantly approached jovan although jovan responded to him normally because jovan felt if rey was the one who made erika interested until erika tried to approach him to be able to getting close to rey.

"Haiii brother jo." Call erika who just arrived at campus and walk over to jovan who is sitting on the campus courtyard chair.

"Yes." Yeah." Jovan's words are short.

"Sir jo this afternoon there is a course huh?" Ask erika basa stale.

"Yes. At least in a moment rey until, you look for it yes" Guess jovan.

"No, the intention is to sit with brother Jovan here. It's okay, right?" Ask erika.

"Hm." Sahut jovan indifferent his view did not at all switch from his mobile phone.

Shortly after that came rey joined with jo and erika.

"Hi erika, why can be with jovan. Not that you have a college schedule right now." Said rey to make sure.

"Eh.. I'll be in in a minute, just gonna sit here for a second." Sahut erica.

Rey simply nodded in response to erika's words.

The three looked so familiar in their chatter, occasionally letting out jokes that made them laugh.

After that erika felt if her college hours had arrived, then the intention to say goodbye to jovan and rey to enter the class.

"Sister jo, brother rey erika say yes first." Pamit erika on both.

Jo and Rey just nodded their heads while displaying their smiles.

Shortly after erika's departure, jovan and rey entered the class because the lecturer who would teach them had arrived.

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College hours have ended rey plans to invite jovan to hang out to a cafe not far from their campus, jovan also agreed rey's invitation. But suddenly Erika came to the two and would join to go to the cafe.

Arriving at the cafe they immediately ordered food to fill their empty stomachs that had begun to rumble, because the clock had shown at noon almost before magrib, because the hour had begun to rumble, they intend to eat dinner at once so that when returning to their respective places do not need to bother to cook and think about dinner.

Occasionally they are seen chatting in between their meals including rey who is always supple to everyone and let out funny jokes that cause laughter between them.

Rey is also not awkward when telling stories with erika the two of them are already very familiar, even they have often spent time together. Unlike the jovan who only occasionally chimed in rey and erika jokes.

About an hour they spent in the cafe, and finally they decided to go home to their respective places, first jovan deliver rey and then lastly take erika to her place of residence.

At first, Jovan offers rey who takes erika home in his car, rey is however disoriented as he is seen hurriedly receiving a call from one of his family and telling rey to go home soon because there is little family matter.

And finally it was jovan who had to take the girl, it looks erika who always invites jovan to talk, sometimes jovan just reply to nods and murmurs, because jovan did feel lazy to just talk stale.

When on the way home that looks very quiet somehow suddenly jovan car broke down and stopped.

"Well brother jo, how come you stop?" Asked Erika who looked worried because the streets looked very quiet.

"Aarrrrhhhhg why suddenly broke down." Jovan complained with a sense of regret.

Jovan went downstairs to see the damage to his car.

Long jovan examined the engine on the front of his car until it did not feel the clock was showing at half-nine p.m.

"Is it still a long time?" Erica asked who had been waiting in the car.

"Let's wait a minute, we need help but no one's through here." Sahut jovan is no less worried.

He was still busy fixing it and saw that he might be able to fix it.

While in the car, Jovan's phone rang several times and Erika hesitated to pick him up. Until the sound of the phone the fifth time Erika dared to lift it because she did not want to disturb the concentration of jovan.

Erika sees the name of the caller on jovan's phone displaying the name my wife. Erika frowned slightly surprised to see the name of the caller listed on jovan's phone.

Is brother jovan married? erika murmured in the heart.

But erika does not want to think long she intends to pick up the phone jovan.

"Assalamu'alaikum, brother jo what are you doing? I miss you." Say a girl's voice behind the phone.

"Sorry this is erika, brother jo se..." Just now Erika wanted to explain the whereabouts of jovan suddenly jovan had appeared beside her and was sitting on the steering wheel to continue the journey home.

"Let's take this off late at night." Said jovan had not realized if his phone was still in erika's grasp.

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