WAITING FOR LOVE BETWEEN THEIR LOVE

Chapter 15: Honesty..

One week felt like two days for Husna, but it was enough to make Husna feel very happy and hope, this kind of happiness will continue.

"Are you ready?" Ask Alvino.

"Yes.."

"What is it, why does your face seem to say something inversely proportional to what your lips say?"

"Nothing."

Alvino smiled, he lifted Husna's chin, and opened the veil.

"My wife Sholehah, tell me what's in your heart?"

Husna did not answer, he was Alvino.

"I'm so happy, even so happy I want to always cry while hugging and thanking you for taking the time to spend alone with me."

"So, are you sad that we're coming back?"

"Maybe."

Alvino took off his embrace, and looked at Husna.

"I promise you, I'll spend more time with you, my wife." Alvino said as he took Husna's nose.

Husna blushed in embarrassment, Alvino looked at his watch as it turned out that the car that would bring them back came sooner.

"Come, our car's coming, we better get going."

Three days after returning from vacation, Husna felt that Alvino had completely forgotten about Helena.

Today, Husna invited Alvino to attend a public lecture held around the housing complex.

Apparently, by the time Husna and Alvino came along, his show had already come to a core. Be, they immediately hearken to the explanation of Ustadz Yusuf.

Husna and Alvino sat separately, but the two could still see each other.

Sometimes they smile when their eyes meet.

"In every marriage, like life, it is also not separated from the problems that come. In order for the problem to be unsustainable, there needs to be mutual understanding between husband and wife.”

"Being a devout married couple in the path of Allah SWT will get its own blessings from Him. Not only a blessed life in the world, by obeying the commandments of God, husband and wife will also get the most beautiful place in the afterlife."

Alvino then recalled the message of his late father.

Maybe this is why Papa asked me to marry Husna. Inner Alvino while looking towards Husna, who looks focused on what the ustadz are talking about.

"The husband and wife couple must always hope to have a household life endowed by God and shunned from all problems. To make it happen, married couples must always understand and remind each other, worshiping God is also the key to it."

"When a man says 'I accept' in a marriage contract, it means he says 'that I accept the responsibility of serving, loving, and protecting him'."

"The luckiest husband is he who has a good wife, pleasing and caring, faith fills his heart, tenderness adorns his words, and doing good becomes his life motto. When the husband comes, he immediately welcomes him. And when a husband travels, he always takes care of his household."

After the event was over, there was something unusual, Husna walked over while looking at her hand held tightly by Alvino.

Husna would usually hold Alvino's arm, but tonight Alvino consciously holds Husna's hand.

Arriving at home...

"Husna, come here.."

Husna walked over with a smile, she thought Alvino wanted to ask for her right as a husband. But it turns out Husna was wrong...

"I'm sorry, maybe early in the marriage, my attitude hurt you a little bit."

Husna suddenly recalled the night she heard Alvino's sobs apologizing to someone over the phone.

"It's okay, I know maybe this marriage isn't a marriage of hope."

"Husna, I want to tell you everything, about the girl in my past, so that among us there are no more lies or lies."

"I want to be open to you so that you don't feel that something is being covered up from you. Are you ready to hear it?"

"Sign up, I'm ready." Husna.

"But maybe this will hurt your heart a little bit because I will flatter and praise women."

"On matters of heartache, there is certainly no heart of a wife who does not hurt when the husband praises other women in front of him. God willing, Husna will not feel hurt considering this is a story of the past." Husna said with a smile.

Alvino then begins to recount the beginning of his encounter with Helena. True, the two of them are not officially dating, but Alvino is always seen together with Helena wherever and wherever.

"Wait, I said, mas and Helena aren't dating but you're always together?" ask Husna.

"Yes, Helena is a different religion than us, but somehow at that time I felt there was something so interesting to always be with him. Mas also invited Helena to meet Mama and the late Papa."

Husna tried to stick to a calm face so that, Alvino continued his story. Because, after all Husna wanted to know about the past of the husband so that he could determine how he should behave.

"The family's response was certainly different to what Helena expected. Then, Helena began to ask what women look like in the view of Islam. I told her everything until later Helena was ready to convert to Islam and put on shar'i clothes"

"Come, may the blessing always be with you. Because you have made someone knock on their heart and want to convert to Islam."

"Yes, unfortunately, it hasn't happened yet. Mas got a bad news from the family, at that time mas and Helena were separated because we both got the last assignment in different cities."

Alvino closed his eyes and let out a long sigh, Husna touching Alvino's hand.

"If you haven't been able to continue the story, that's okay. We can delay it tomorrow." Husna said with a smile.

"No, I won't calm down, before Mas tells you everything."

Alvino then continues his story of how slightly disappointed he was with the late Papa's request, especially during an accidental meeting between Alvino and Helena.

Alvino was also honest with Husna that he was eager to run away with Helena, if only he did not remember the final message of the late Papa.

"Mas then accidentally found your notebook, Mas know it is not presumptuous to open the book and read it without permission from the owner. But, through your writing, I feel aware that I am full of sins against you. Forgive me, Husna.."

"Mas, what are you doing?" Husna asked as Alvino knelt at her feet.

"Mas, is not a devout Muslim so, mas very minimal about the science of religion. Honestly, I still can't forget about Helena. However, mas should not be selfish because now there are you who become a wife mas."

"Hopefully, you can forgive someone who still loves another woman." Alvino.

"I will wait and try, so that the woman you will love is only me."

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