Wife Interlude

Chapter 21 Heart rate

Anjas awoke in the middle of the night when he heard someone's moaning, he opened his eyes while trying to wake himself up and look for the source of the sound.

Her curiosity was answered as her eyes turned to Lina who was shivering with sweat drenching her face.

Anjas widened his eyes as he sat down, checking that Rina's body temperature was higher than usual. Rina fever.

"Rin, wake up, Rin .. Why are you?" asked Anjas with his panicked face.

However, Rina did not reply, her body seemed to tremble with tightly clenched teeth, making Anjas even more worried.

Anjas immediately went out of bed and then went outside to look for compresses, because the night was still late and people had not been awake.

Sure enough, once he went outside from the room, the atmosphere of the house was still very quiet, even the lights looked dim. Anjas continued to walk to the kitchen, looking for the presence of a hot water thermos that was usually always prepared by his mother-in-law.

After a long search, Anjas found it in one corner of the kitchen. He immediately prepared the water in the container. However, his movements stopped when he heard a voice behind.

"What's up, son?" I heard her asking from behind.

Anjas immediately turned his head he was quite surprised by the arrival of the middle-aged woman.

"That, Mom, Rina is hot, I want to prepare water to compress her," replied Anjas who immediately made her father-in-law widen her gaze.

"Rina's sick?" ask Mom to make sure to her daughter-in-law.

"Yes, Mom," Anjas nodded.

"Oh my God, what's the situation, son?" mother asked with a panicked look mixed with worry.

"The temperature is quite high, ma'am, this is why I want to prepare a compress," Anjas replied, revealing the container in his hand.

"Yes, this is for me to prepare, Nak Anjas, just accompany Rina." Mother immediately took over the container in Anjas' hands and then began to prepare water to compress her daughter.

Anjas nodded then handed the container to his in-laws and passed it to the room again, his heart so misgivably leaving Rina alone in the room in an unconscious state.

Anjas sat on the side of the bed, his hand he put on his forehead, to check his body temperature again. But it turns out the heat is getting higher.

"Rin, you realize, Rin ... What exactly are you doing?" muttered Anjas anxiously.

Mom later delivers water and a small towel to compress Rina and see her daughter's condition.

"It looks like he's exhausted, not if he really likes this if too tired," he said after seeing the condition of his son.

Although his words sounded calm, but the look on the mother's face looked very worried about Rina.

"He was stubbornly preparing all these events himself after coming from the city, hence now it was uprooted. The child cannot be told!" mother grumbled, while putting the warm towel on Rina's forehead.

Anjas who was standing not far from there frowned when he heard his father-in-law's words.

"Rina prepared all this herself, in just a few days?" tanya Anjas doesn't believe it.

Mother nodded confidently while rubbing Lina's weak hands with teary eyes.

"Say he wants to surprise you and does not want to disappoint you who already believe in him. It feels like the mouths of the mother and father have foamed advising him to rest and leave the affairs of the event to us and the other relatives. But, he's still doing it himself."

Anjas slightly lowered his shoulders, when he heard his father-in-law's words, there was a disturbing feeling in his chest, when the memory of his intention of not coming here because of the incident that befell Tari.

"Let me, Mom. I'm just taking a break" Anjas said, wanting to take over to take care of his wife.

Mom saw Anjas' face for quite a while, until she finally nodded and moved, letting Anjas take her place.

"Don't worry, Rina does like this if too tired. We'll see until tomorrow morning, if the demon doesn't go down, just taken to the clinic," said the mother before leaving.

"Yes, Mom," Anjas nodded.

After the death of her mother-in-law, Anjas turned his attention back to Rina who was still unconscious, then sat at the side of the bed.

"Basic fool!" continue again with a deep-laced forehead.

His face looked very worried for Lina. That night, Anjas really took care of Rina and took good care of her, until she finally fell asleep at Rina's side hugging her.

Rina blinked her eyes as she felt something overlapping her stomach. His smile seemed to expand when he found Anjas asleep in a very close position.

Rina also just realized that on her forehead there is a towel compress that began to dry. It seems Anjas hasn't replaced him for long.

I was hot last night? Inner Rina asked with a deep-seated forehead. At the moment, he still feels unwell.

"Thank you, Mas," Rina murmured with a faint smile, she wanted to gradually wake up.

However, her head felt throbbing as it began to move her body, until Lina hissed softly.

Ajas who felt the movement of Rina seemed to open his eyes, he smiled when he saw his wife had already opened her eyes.

"You're better?" anjas asked while checking his wife's temperature again.

Rina smiled then nodded . "Heem."

"It's still hot" muttered Anjas with a deep frown on his forehead. Although the heat had slightly dropped, it was just that Rina's body temperature was still not normal.

"I'm okay, just a little dizzy," said Rina.

His heart was still troubled by yesterday afternoon, especially until the afternoon Anjas did not even meet him.

Rina was about to move, she started to lower her legs, even though her head still felt floating.

"Where are you going?" asked Anjas while blocking Rina's hand, two moves quickly prevented Rina, there was a sense of worry in her tone.

"To the bathroom," answered Rina quietly, she was about to stand up when suddenly her gaze became faint, and caused her body to collapse.

Anjas who saw that, immediately moved and held Rina's body, until now Rina's head was leaning on the chest of Anjas' field.

"Come, let me help you," Anjas said as he put his hand on Rina's shoulder, in order to hold her thin body.

Rina glanced at Anjas worried face, she then nodded faintly. Really, something urgent wants to be taken out down there, can't make him just shut up.

Due to Rina's condition, Anjas finally retreated his departure to the city, he couldn't possibly leave such a sick wife. When viewed from the conditions, then Rinalah needs it more than Dance.

During the day Anjas even drove Rina to be checked into the village health center as well as checking her pregnancy. Thanks to the sick Rina Anjas can hear the heartbeat of the child for the first time.

Anjas was fixated, as soon as the sound was heard in the ears. All this time she never even asked about Rina's pregnancy.

However, when he heard the heartbeat of the child contained by his wife, there was a strange screen that penetrated into his body and heart.

A sense of warmth, pride, and guilt can no longer be weathered until unconsciously one drop of tears out just like that.

"The baby's healthy, it's just the mother's blood pressure's a little high."

That was the word of the village midwife who examined Rina, followed by all the advice for pregnant women, especially for Rina and Anjas.

after that Anjas and Rina instantly returned, with medicine and vitamins on hand.

"Mas, can we stop by the soto shop at the crossroads? I'm going to eat soto again" Pinta Rina, although her voice still sounds weak.

Anjas glances at Rina between himself driving the car. Rina's face still looked pale, making Anjas hesitate to let her eat outside.

"You should take plenty of rest," Anjas replied indifferently as he turned his gaze back to the front.

"But, I want soto," Rina murmured while turning her gaze to the side, hiding her teary eyes.

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