Zulaikha's Last Love

Chapters. 1. Zulaikha

The night breeze blew and entered through the air fentilation that managed to disturb the calmness of a woman who was asleep on the sofa. He squirmed his body as the cold started to hit the skin, his hands raised and rubbed his goosebumps from the wind.

The clock was showing at 1pm, but the person the woman was waiting for did not return home.

Brak, suddenly the sound of the door being opened was a little strong making the woman blink her eyes. He looked towards a man who was opening his shoes in front of the door.

"Just come home, Mom?" Zulaikha got up and approached her husband.

"Hem." Defin cleared his throat to answer his question. Zulaikha swiftly picked up the bags and suits that had been scattered on the floor, then he walked quickly towards the kitchen to make warm tea so that Defin's body was refreshed.

Not long after, Zulaikha was already inside the room. He put a cup of tea on the table and then switched to preparing warm water for the husband's bath.

Defin who was feeling very tired was still sitting on the bed, he tilted his head to the right and left to relax his stiff neck muscles.

"This is Mas, the tea." Zulaikha gave him the cup of tea he had prepared.

But Defin did not immediately take the tea, it seems he was daydreaming so he did not hear what Zulaikha said.

"Mas!" Zulaikha patted Defin's shoulder to resuscitate him. Defin was shocked because Zulaikha's clap accidentally nudged the tea and spilled it onto his feet.

"o God, Mum!" zulaikha shouted as she saw the tea watering Defin's feet.

"how the hell are you? it could not be a day just don't bother me!" snapping Defin with a high shrill voice made Zulaikha terjat shocked.

Zulaikha immediately ran into the bathroom to get a towel and water, then he came back again and immediately washed Defin's feet with the towel he had wet.

"forgive me Mas, I didn't accidentally" said Zulaikha while washing her husband's feet.

Defin was still in his place, his hands raised wanting to touch Zulaikha's head, but he paused when he remembered that their relationship was not that close.

After finishing his work, Zulaikha got up and took the ointment that was in the desk drawer and applied it to Defin's feet that were splashed with tea.

"i'm going to take a shower, why the ointment?" tanya Defin made Zulaikha raise her head.

"uh, yes. Nothing, it will be packed again" he said while saving the ointment again.

Defin got up and went into the bathroom while Zulaikha prepared a nightgown for the man.

15 Minutes later, Defin came out of the bathroom and it looked fresh. He immediately put on his clothes and glanced towards Zulaikha who was bowing his head.

"why is he still here?" Defin was surprised, because usually the woman will come out when she has finished preparing clothes for him.

"what is so much work? lately Mas always come home late at night," asked Zulaikha, already some days Defin always come home late from 10 pm.

Defin let out a rough sigh, he couldn't possibly tell the reason why he always came home late at night to his wife.

"i'm tired! I'm gonna take a break!" Defin got on the bed without answering Zulaikha's question, he closed his eyes to let his wife out of the room immediately.

"i'm your wife Mas, when are you going to be like this?" Zulaikha took part several times to calm the emotional turmoil that was enveloping his heart. She immediately pulled out a blanket to cover her husband's body, not forgetting that she gave a kiss of good night to the shy Defin and quickly walked out of the room.

Zulaikha who was still standing in front of the door of the husband's room looked delighted, his heart pounding as he landed his kisses frowned Defin. The man who has been her husband for 5 months, and also the man who has managed to make her fall in love.

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Early in the morning, the sound of the morning Adhan reverberated to wake up every person who was still struggling spoiled on the bed.

Zulaikha squirmed her body, slowly but surely her two beautiful eyes began to open and glanced at the clock on the table. Zulaikha immediately woke up and cleansed the body to immediately carry out the obligations of every Muslimah.

When she was finished, Zulaikha immediately went to the kitchen to cook her beloved husband's breakfast. He moved here and there skillfully, his hands looking very skillful in preparing the breakfast menu he was going to make.

Not felt, the clock has shown at 7 am. Zulaikha rushed to Defin's room to wake her, because her husband had to be in the office before 8 a.m.

"Mas, wake!" Zulaikha shook Defin's shoulder trying to wake him up, but the man instead pulled the blanket over to cover his body.

"Mas, wake! it's noon, you'll be late." Zulaikha again shook Defin's shoulder a little hard making the man open his two eyes.

For a split second, their eyes flashed. Defin immediately turned his face away and passed to the bathroom, while Zulaikha looked at him sadly. When will the house be like everyone else?

"Zulaikha, I need a lot of time to accept our relationship. I hope you can understand,"

Zulaikha again remembered the words that Defin said when the man had just finished speaking, he shook his head to expel all the complaints that exist in the heart and mind.

Zulaikha then prepared clothes for her husband, ranging from shirts, pants, suits, ties and even all Defin equipment is always well prepared.

Zulaikha then went out of the room and returned to the kitchen to arrange food on the table, before long Defin who immediately sat in the dining chair.

"Mas, today I came home a bit late" said Zulaikha while taking food for Defin.

"why?" ask the man.

"i want to send flowers to one of the customers, all of them want to attend the event later in the afternoon," explained Zulaikha. Defin just nodded his head while eating the breakfast the wife had prepared.

When she was done, Zulaikha drove Defin to the front yard, a routine she always does. Zulaikha gave Defin a briefcase and switched to kissing the back of her husband's hand, Defin always felt pounding when Zulaikha did that to him.

"Zulaikha." Defin immediately got into the car to calm his feelings, while Zulaikha himself rushed into the house to pick up a bag and car keys to get to his shop.

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TBC.

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