The Ugly Wife's

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"Mom, this is my girlfriend named Asyifa. Asyifa, this is my most beautiful momy!"

"Hello aunt, my name is Asyifa" said Asyifa introducing her name as she reached out to the woman in front of her, who still looks elegant and beautiful despite her age is not young anymore.

Ratih stared at Ashifa from top to bottom blatantly, making the girl feel uncomfortable and misbehaved.

But a second later, the look of the face changed drastically when he realized that William was looking at him with a face full of hope.

Train forward and directly hugged Ashifa's soft body "Welcome to our house, nice to meet you Asyifa"

"Thank you aunt. I'm also happy to meet my aunt and the others"

Asyifa returned Ratih's embrace while throwing her best smile at the young married couple standing behind William's mother.

Ratih quickly let go of Ashifa's embrace on his body as if he felt disgusted towards the girl without being seen by William.

But skillfully, he still put up a fake smile in front of everyone as if accepting the two couples.

"Oh yes Asyifa, meet William's older brother Haykal and his wife Kana"

"Hello sister Haykal, hello sister Kana"

"Hello is also Ashifa" the two answered simultaneously.

"Well, since we already know each other, how about we go straight to the backyard to have a casual conversation while enjoying a meal that has been prepared to welcome Ashifa?"

"After mom. Asyifa brought something for momy as a gift"

"Geez, you don't have to bother until you have to bring me all the presents, dear Asyifa. Momy was already quite happy with just you coming to meet momy's invitation!"

"Don't bother auntie. I heard from William that aunty loves handicrafts, so I bought the urn as a gift. Hope aunt likes yah"

Ratih received the grocery bag that Ashifa gave while glancing into it with a disdainful look without anyone having a chance to see.

"Thank you, baby, Momy loved the gift. Kana, please put it on the table, in momy's room"

"Good mom"

"Let's all go to the back garden first, let Kana catch up"

Haykal led everyone to the backyard where a table with six chairs surrounded him in the middle.

Asyifa who saw various types of food dishes on the table, could only stand still so amazed with all that.

"A lot of food aunty. Like aunty deh who has trouble preparing all this, sorry well"

"Momy does love to cook, so you don't have to feel guilty like that. And one more thing, don't call auntie but call momy! Youunderstand?"

"Understanding aunt. Uh, I mean momy"

Asyifa sat down on the chair beside William, when she saw that everyone was already sitting in their own place.

Train with a fake smile that looks enthusiastic, offering a variety of dishes to taste one by one by Ashifa.

"How does momy's cooking taste?

"It feels so good auntie! Uh, I mean very good momy"

"Thank God then. Come to this house often, Asyifa, and momy will cook a lot of good food just for you, okay?"

William, who heard the mother's words, smiled with happiness just as Ashifa looked at him happily.

The girl thought that William's mother really liked him and approved of his relationship with William.

*****

When everyone was busy enjoying a meal in peace, Ratih instead seemed busy giving signals to the daughter-in-law secretly, without being known by William or Asyifa.

"Ehem. Asyifa, can I ask you a little bit about yourself?"

"Things are common William, so take it easy. So how's Ashifa, is it okay?"

"May you brother"

Although he said it was okay and had practiced preparing for something like this when he met the William family, but Asyifa's heart still could not calm down.

"What do your parents do?"

"Geez Kana, why are you asking such a sensitive question?" ratih was surprised.

"Well, it's wrong mom to ask like that? Are you not curious? We need to get to know our new family, right, baby?"

"But still, it's Asyifa's privacy dear. You can't answer my wife's question, Ashifa"

Seeing Kana who immediately pouted her face, made Asyifa feel bad towards the woman.

"I'm fine, sister Haykal, I will answer Kana's question earlier. My father was just a jobless laborer and my mother was a housewife"

"WHAT? Oh my goodness, it's so messianic! Then, how did you live all this time, Asyifa? Are you begging in the streets?" kana asked with a contemptuous expression.

Hearing that, Ashifa face was red extinguished and could only be bowed in embarrassment.

"What do you mean, Kana? Don't say such insolence to my girlfriend!"

"Jeez William, why are you angry? I'm just trying to be concerned about your lover coming from a poor family, that's all! Am I wrong?"

Brak!

William hit the table with both hands while staring at his face. Everyone there looked surprised, not least Ratih and Kana herself.

"Quite Cana! Maybe both my parents and Haykal's sister can still stand it and pretend to be blind to your hypocritical attitude! But don't do that to me or my boyfriend, or you'll suffer the consequences yourself!"

"William, calm down, boy! Maybe Kana was just joking with Asyifa"

"Handid? That joke, it's not funny at all mom! Brother Haykal, please teach your wife to be polite to others!"

"Alright William. I'm definitely going to teach her, so calm yourself down, okay?"

"Where, now apologize to Asyifa and Asyifa please forgive Kana"

"I'm sorry, Asyifa, for speaking disrespectfully to you"

Cana was forced to apologize to Asyifa not because asked by the in-laws, but because of William's gaze on him who seemed to want to kill him at that time.

"It's okay, sister Kana. Everyone, I'm sorry to go to the toilet for a second"

"Let me take you. We excuse you for a moment" William said, rising from his seat followed by Ashifa.

Asyifa calmed herself down a few minutes inside the toilet with William faithfully waiting for her outside.

On his way out, he sees a serious-looking William talking to someone on his cell phone about work issues.

"You go first, I'll be right after this" William said without a voice.

Asyifa nodded in understanding, then walked back towards where they had gathered.

When it was almost there, Ashifa's steps suddenly came to a halt. He overhears the conversation of Ratih, Kana and Haykal about him.

"Momy, I really don't want to have to apologize to that poor and ugly girl!"

"Patience is dear, momy is also very unable to bear having to make physical contact with the ugly girl! But we must keep pretending to be nice to Ashifa so that William doesn't get suspicious"

"I agree with Momy! That way, it will be easy for us to be able to get rid of him from William's life forever!"

Seriate...