The Tarnished Wife

I'm not a traitor

"Zayn here, Pa? Why?" reza asked Kemal when Rara finished cleaning the dishes to the kitchen.

Reza and Kemal are still sitting at the dining table.

"He has a project in Lembang" replied Kemal while regretting the mineral water from the glass he was holding with his right hand.

"Ah, si*l." Reza.

"Have it, you don't have to overdo it like that. Toh Rara is your wife. The important thing is to take good care of him. Don't you hurt him!"

Deg

Reza immediately felt stifled by the words of his father. Yes, at the moment he is not taking good care of Rara, he has hurt her.

Reza sat down. His voice felt choked. He was unable to answer the words of his father.

Kemal walked back to his room. He wanted to call his wife, because since arriving in this city he had not told her. He also wants to call Zayn, because the boy broke his promise and has met Rara secretly. Zayn and Rara accidentally meet.

In the kitchen, Reza immediately approached Rara who was washing dishes. He was standing right next to his wife.

"So you met Zayn?" tanyakanya.

Rara nodded while remaining focused on the nearly finished dishwashing.

"Why not say?"

"You didn't ask."

"Ra, I'm talking to you." Reza pulled Rara's arm to look at her.

"I'm washing dishes again, brother. Why do you hate Zayn so much? because he wasn't at our wedding? Or because of something else?" ask Rara to investigate.

Reza surprised. He is silent because Rara must not know the incident, Rara must not know that Zayn also loves her. Let him know that Zayn is his sister-in-law.

Rara and Reza looked at each other closely. Both of them look fine.

Then, Rara released her gaze and went back to cleaning the remaining dishes.

Reza breathed. He wanted to be angry, but he couldn't. All his anger was suppressed.

"Where are you going until late at night?"

"Hmm.just take a walk and have lunch. Remembering the gray white age first. Zayn and I go out a lot."

Reza clenched his hands. "Brengs*k, I'm a letdown," inner Reza.

Yeah, he shouldn't have been lulled down by his new family to the point of ignoring Rara. He doesn't want Rara and Zayn close again.

"You know, a wife shouldn't be too close to her husband's sister. You used to be close because we weren't married, but now we're married and you shouldn't be as close to Zayn."

Rara scrunched her forehead, after wiping both her hands after washing the dishes.

"A lot of news about the affair between the wife and her sister-in-law," said Reza again.

Rara laughed cynically. "You're overreacting, brother."

Then, Rara walked away from Reza while shaking her head. She was confused by her husband's mind. He does not want his wife close to other men but he is also close to other women even married and have children.

Reza pulled back Rara's arm that was about to leave. "I'm not done talking."

"You don't have to worry about my closeness and Zayn's. We're just best friends and I'm not a traitor. I'm not a woman who likes to cheat, especially with sister-in-law," said Rara casually.

"Oh yes, in the novels I read there is often an affair title with brother-in-law, but it seems the title of boss affair with his secretary is more."

Deg

I don't know why tonight a lot of people are insinuating him. Did they know about Noah?

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The sun is shining again. This time, Rara cooked for breakfast. She was awake more oagi than her husband, because Kemal.memamg always wake up early.

"You look different, son?" tanya Kemal who saw Rara without lipstick and hair that was plucked originally upwards.

Actually even though Rara did not use lipstick, her lips already looked pink. However, she still did not believe in herself in front of her husband, she wanted to always look beautiful in front of Reza.

"Eh, yes. Sorry Pa. Rara had not had time to shower because it went straight to the kitchen so that the food for breakfast was finished quickly." Rara stared at herself from top to bottom. "Rara's ugly, Pa?"

Kemal hugged Rara's shoulder from the side, after her daughter-in-law arranged the food for breakfast at the table.

"In fact, you're getting pretty, son. Natural."

Rara smiled. "Eum .. thanks Pa." He rested his head on Kemal's shoulder.

While Kemal is worried that Zayn will be increasingly inseparable from this charm, because Zayn does like the natural Rara compared to Reza who always demands his wife to look the maximum at all times.

Then, Rara returned to the room and prepared clothes for her husband to work.

Shortly after, Reza came out of the bathroom. He looked at Rara's body, which was on her back. There Rara was standing preparing the shirt and he put it on the edge of the bed

Reza again gave him a long breath. He really loved his wife. He doesn't want any fights like last night. Especially after that Rara slept with no facing him at all and it was very stifling chest.

Slowly, Reza approached Rara and hugged her from behind.

"Dear, I'm sorry." Reza wrapped her hands around her waist and placed her head on Rara's shoulder. "I can't be silenced by you. I'm sorry if my words hurt last night, it's because I love you too much."

Rara remained silent. He was overwhelmed by what Reza said. He wanted his tears to go down, but he held it off because he did not want Reza to be suspicious.

Rara turned her body. He looked at Reza's lethargic face.

"There is no woman I love but you" Reza said, hugging Rara.

Rara could feel that love. Great love from her husband for her. He also remembered the words of Manda who explained the mistake of the husband that night until the presence of Noah.

"He never loved me, Ma'am. Nor do I dare to go to great lengths to get his love, for I know he loves his wife very much."

Instantly, Rara was devastated when she remembered Manda's curse at that time.

"If there's a woman who seduces you, aren't you tempted?" ask Rara.

Reza loosened the embrace and looked at both of Rara's round eyes. "Would I be fascinated with another woman while mine is so much more enchanting that the men out there want her."

Rara smiled.

"If you are tempted?" ask Rara again.

"No way" replied Reza.

"This is what it is, Brother."

"If ever it had happened, it would have been by mistake and not really happening in my consciousness, because if in my conscious mind, my love was you, wanted me to be you," Reza replied in truth.

Reza seemed relieved when he answered a strange question from his wife. However, he was somehow relieved after answering the question, as if he wanted to tell Rara about what was really going on between him and Manda.

He married Manda only because of a responsibility. Responsibility to Noah his son and Manda who had willingly conceived and gave birth to his son. For love, there is not the slightest sense of love for Manda. Even if they make out in public, it is just a duty and a sense of motherhood to Manda who has become a good mother to her son and a good wife for him even if only the second.