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Blissfulness

Three months later, Sandra's pregnancy has now entered twenty-two weeks. Anisa is now getting more attention to Sandra, even starting to change her attitude and getting softer when talking, and shows that Anisa really loves her daughter-in-law.

“Bu, I want to go to the canteen nyari drink and snack, I want nitip not?” ask Sandra's assistant when she walks into her boss's room.

“Nitip fruit only,” says Sandra. He pulls out a wallet to take the money, but his assistant's remarks make Sandra stop reaching for the money sheet from the wallet.

“Not done, Mom. I bought Ms. Sandra. Only ‘kan fruit, Mom? That's a little mah,” as well as Sandra's assistant.

Sandra laughed in response to the joke of her assistant, then let her assistant treat her, then thanked her.

After Sandra's assistant came out, the phone next to the sketchbook rang repeatedly. Sandra saw Farzan's name plastered there.

Every few hours, Farzan does contact himself just to ask if there are complaints, want to eat what, or just ask what is doing. Makes Sandra feel special because she keeps getting those attention.

“Halo, Zan.” Sandra spoke as soon as the phone stuck to her ear.

“Hey, what are you doing?” ask Farzan from across the call.

Sandra smiled, already guessing if that was what her husband would ask.

“Still designing, while waiting for Rika to come bring me the fruit I want,” Sandra replied, while scraping the tip of the pencil onto the sketch paper.

“You want fruit? Why don't you tell me, let me buy it?”

Sandra laughed at Farzan's voice which sounded so attentive to the little things Sandra wanted.

“Ya already, but if you really want something but there is nothing, immediately contact me do not go buy yourself,” said Farzan in the end.

“Yes, I will definitely bother you if you want something,” Sandra replied with a small laugh.

“Oh yes, Mama said later tonight we were asked to come. He wants us to stay there because tomorrow is the weekend. Do you mind?” asked Farzan who always asked for Sandra's approval, because he did not want his wife to feel uncomfortable.

“Alright, we stay there,” replied Sandra.

Sandra herself now felt comfortable because of the change in Anisa's attitude. She can begin to feel the affection of a mother after Anisa is so attentive to her. Sandra's parents had been dead since she was a teenager, so Sandra had no one but Gilang after her husband died, while the brothers of her father and mother were off the island.

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That afternoon Sandra was picked up by Farzan, they immediately went to Anisa's house because Chila was already there.

“Ma.” Sandra grabbed Anisa's palm, then peeked at the back of the woman's hand.

This is what makes Anisa really melt. For the woman, Sandra was a polite and kind woman figure, making Anisa finally able to truly accept Sandra as her daughter-in-law.

“You must be tired, take a shower first.” Anisa rubbed Sandra's arms attentively, not even a faded smile from the face.

“Iya, Ma.” Sandra was truly more and more grateful for what God had given her.

Farzan himself was so happy because Anisa could accept Sandra completely with all the shortcomings of the woman.