"Here you are, Rey, Riana is always throwing tantrums, last afternoon she embarrassed mom in front of her friends." Mayang complained with an artificially sad face. "Is what I saw earlier true?" Riana didn't pay any attention to Mayang, who was standing between them, she only concentrated on staring at the man in front of her. "Well, you can see his disrespectful behavior for yourself, Rey!" "Rey!" Riana's eyes lit up as she held back the tears that were about to break out. "What did you see? I just came home from earning money to feed you!" Reynald was annoyed by the question Riana asked. "My husband just came home from work, instead of being welcomed, he's looking for trouble. Do you think Reynald isn't tired of finding money for you? Meanwhile, you're just relaxing at home without being tired of looking for money out there!" Mayang pointed at Riana's face in annoyance. "Do you think I just lie at home? Cook my own food, wash my own dishes, wash my own clothes and clean my own
"You useless woman, at this hour you still haven't woken up!" Mayang shouted angrily at Riana who hadn't come out of the room."Rianaa!" Reynald shouted loudly, not forgetting the man who was banging on the bedroom door, hoping his wife would come out soon.Riana opened the door slowly, looking well-groomed. "What's all the fuss about?""You said 'what's up' instead of cooking, you're lying in your room, did you forget to cook today?" Reynald scrunched up his waist and glared at his wife."Didn't you agree with what I'm doing right now? You also said that cooking and housework is very easy, so why do you get upset when I don't cook?" Riana replied casually, even fiddling with her fingers in annoyance at her husband's expression. She still remembered the words of her in-laws and her husband."What, so you take all this seriously? How can you let my mother do all the housework? I certainly can't, because I'm at the office all day working, I even have to work overtime so I don't have tim
"Astaghafirullah!" Riana was surprised to find her body on top of a young man's, and she stood up immediately, though she still winced in pain. "Are you okay?" Wira repeated the question when Riana didn't answer. "I'm fine." Riana shook her head slowly. "I'm fine. Just tell my boss that if someone is sick, don't hold back like that. We saw for ourselves that you had trouble standing up earlier, that's why you fell," Darmo coaxed. "Um, I think I sprained it when the pickpocket pushed me." Riana looked down at her bruised leg. "In that case, we should go to the hospital as soon as possible, while it's still not swollen." "But," Riana paused, not knowing what she would have to pay later. "Don't worry about the payment, I will cover all the costs." Riana was still silent, she was confused, she didn't want to be inconvenienced, but on the other hand the woman couldn't let her leg get worse, she had to be able to walk properly in order to find work today. The woman immediately nodde
"I don't think I can find a job with a leg like this." Riana muttered as she looked down at her bandaged leg. She had nowhere to go, but even if she decided to go home now, her in-laws would either laugh at her or make her do chores around the house. Her leg still hurt, so it was impossible to move too much. "Uh, Riana! What are you doing here?" Desi was surprised to see Riana sitting dreamily at the stall. Usually the woman rarely went out, and even if she did leave the house, she was sure to go home quickly. But now Riana was daydreaming alone at a roadside stand. "I'm resting, Auntie," Riana said very kindly. "Oh, how unusual, you rarely rest outside like this. Is there a problem?" Desi looked at Riana closely, it was obvious that the young woman was in trouble. "Nothing, Auntie." Desi looked back at Riana's face carefully, she was sure that the woman before her was in trouble. However, there was no way she cou
Riana cooked, wincing in pain, not knowing that her husband hadn't kept their conversation from last night. He had accepted her decision, but unfortunately Mayang didn't want to do all the work that needed to be done.It was because the nonagenarian had underestimated everything at first, and now she was confused because she felt tired and bored. "That's why, as a wife, you shouldn't argue too much with your husband or in-laws, doesn't it hurt?" Mayang spoke in a mocking tone, which she always liked when she saw Riana suffering. Reynald came over when all the food was ready, they sat together at the dining table with Riana serving. "Rey, as a lesson to Riana, what if you don't have to give her shopping money anymore? Let me just buy the side dishes like I buy all the needs of the house," Mayang said her wish when she finished eating. Riana looked at the two people who were still sitting across from each other at the dining table. Afte
"It's okay, Auntie. It just hurts a little from falling out of the shower," Riana said, deliberately lying to Desi for fear of worrying her."You should have been more careful walking into the bathroom, it must have hurt a lot, huh?" The look on Desi's face was as worried as Riana had expected.Riana just smiled at the woman in front of her, she was very grateful that there were still people who cared about her at this time. Even though she had a family, no one cared about her, only other people."Actually, I'm here to tell you some happy news, Auntie." Riana looked up with a happy smile on her face."What happy news, Riana?" Desi couldn't wait,"I got a job.""Thank God, Riana. I'm so happy to hear that. What kind of job did you get?""It's not what you think, just a cleaning service," Riana replied happily."That's okay, dear. You've been looking hard for it anyway," Desi said carefully, knowing that Riana was
"I forgot where I put it." Riana looked around for an approximate place to put her money.She remembered that she had put it in the closet right under her lowest clothes, deliberately putting it there so that Reynald wouldn't see her money."Huh, nothing!"Riana was very surprised that she couldn't find it anywhere. It was true that she only had 500,000 left, but even that was a lot for her. She wondered who had taken the money, if it was Reynald, and he hadn't been in her room for the last two days.So there was no way Reynald was the culprit, Riana began to think hard to remember who else could have stolen the money and only one person was always at home. Mayang, yes Mayang, Reynald's biological mother was always at home. However, she began to think that if she asked about it, her in-laws would definitely take offense and complain to Reynald that he was accusing Mayang of stealing when she had no money and that all the questions were directed at her."Ah, never mind, I'll find out l
Riana didn't flinch at the man's question, which annoyed she enough to pull her into the room."I said, what are you doing here?"The man was Reynald, he was very annoyed by the questions asked but ignored by his wife, forcing him to pull Riana into his own workroom."Working," Riana replied very casually, not caring about the expression on the man's face."Working as a cleaner? That's what you call work? And in a company where I'm the manager, shame on you!" Reynald roughly adjusted his hair, now deeply embarrassed by the fact that Riana was working as a cleaner."The important thing is that I work so that I don't become a burden to you, Rey.""But not to work as... huh!""The work I do is halal,""You should look for a job in another company, not here!" Reynald snapped."How should I know that this is the company you work for, haven't you always covered it up, even your salary for one month I don't know!" This time Riana's words made Reynald silent, it was really not his wife's faul
"Darmo has told his grandchildren, and they don't mind. After all, you know that Mother is not too strong to drive for too long. There surely, later, mother will not just stand there; she will definitely go buy or get something for your father," Desi said, trying to convince her son.If Darmo were there, their plan to bring Riana, and Wira together would automatically fail."There's a taxi here, Mom!" Wira said, determined to convince her. He wanted Darmo to stay with him."It's cheaper to drive your own car there," Desi said, equally determined.Riana listened quietly as Desi, and Wira discussed the situation. She didn't want Darmo to go with Desi, and Mbok, the older woman, agreed. However, she knew she couldn't stop Desi from making her own decision. She was aware that she didn't have much influence in this family. There was no way she could tell Desi now that she didn't want Mbok or Darmo to come with them. She wanted to be with Wira, and her alone at home."Riana, what do you thi
"Going home with Riana and Mr. Wira?" Kiki asked hesitantly. She didn’t mind going home with Riana, but sharing a car with her boss felt awkward."Yes, so you can get home safely. Otherwise, Riana might worry about you going home alone," Wira replied. He didn’t want Kiki to refuse his offer."Please say yes, Ki?" Riana pleaded. She didn’t want her friend to take public transportation by herself at such a late hour.Kiki looked at Wira, wanting to decline his offer because she felt uneasy about sharing a car with the young CEO. But, when she glanced at Riana, her friend gave her a pleading look, silently begging her to accept Wira’s offer so she could get home safely."Alright. But just drop me off at the entrance of the alley, okay? My dad might misunderstand, and get angry if you go any further," Kiki reluctantly agreed."Okay. Let’s go before it gets any later," Wira said, checking his watch, which already showed 10 PM.Wira was glad he had followed Riana to this shop. Had he gone s
"What exactly is going to happen?" Riana asked curiously. It was the first time her friend had spoken so seriously to she.Kiki leaned closer to whisper to Riana. "I noticed Lia pacing back, and forth in front of your office, and Mr. Wira's. I feel like she's observing something, waiting for the right moment. I have no idea what she's planning to do.""Maybe, you're just misunderstanding. It's not good to think badly of others. Perhaps she was looking at something else, and you thought she was watching our offices," Riana replied, refusing to believe Kiki's words."You have to trust me, Riana. This isn't the first or second time I've seen her do it," Kiki insisted, trying to convince Riana to believe her."When exactly did you see her?" Riana asked again, wanting to confirm something."For the past two days, I've been seeing her pacing around, watching you both," Kiki responded."If she was really planning to do something, wouldn't she have done it by now? Let's drop this topic. It's
All day at work, Riana only discussed work matters with Wira. The man seemed very indifferent toward her.Wira was sulking because Riana had been too lenient with Reynald. He wanted her to imprison her ex-husband instead of letting him get away with the grave mistake he had made—one that had tarnished her reputation.However, deep down, Wira wanted to talk to Riana. But he was too shy, and confused about how to start, especially since she seemed upset with him. And why wouldn’t she be? It was his own doing. Riana didn’t even know what she had done wrong to deserve to be ignored by him.“Riana,” Wira called softly.One hour before the workday ended, Wira wanted to speak with Riana.“What is it, Mr? Do you need something?” Riana smiled sweetly at her boss.“Never mind,” Wira replied.For some reason, Wira felt he smile was forced, even though it wasn’t.“If you need anything, please let me know. I’ll get it for you immediately.”“There’s no need,” Wira declined.Wira thought that since
"Has it been two days since I want got the file we talking about?" asked Wulan, sounding a little angry with Lia's slow progress."What else can I do? If a lot of people are watching me, Mr. Wira is always with Riana. When they separate, each of them is only in the room, not going anywhere." Lia scratched her head, feeling frustrated."Stop making excuses!" Wulan said angrily.Wulan handed over the file to Wira's rival because she didn't want to be unemployed for too long. She was always teased by her other friends."Then you take it!" Lia said angrily. She didn't like being ordered. She hated it because it was very annoying.Wulan hearing that Lia didn't like being ordered, immediately started thinking of ways to get Lia back on her side again."Don't be like that, Lia," Wulan said sweetly, hoping Lia would soften."Whose fault is that! You know that I'm often watched because I keep watching the two of them," said Lia, remembering that Kiki had been watching her for the past two days
"It's great to see this." Reynald clapped his hands as he looked into the car with the open window."What do you mean by seeing the view?" Riana asked, feeling a little provoked. She felt that Reynald was accusing her of doing something with Wira."What do you mean? If not doing the husband-wife scene we used to do when we were together," Reynald said, grinning."I'm not that bad to do that without being married!" Riana growled. Riana felt that her ex-husband knew she was not the woman people thought she was."How times have changed! You could have wanted our boss's money or looks, so you seduced him with your body," Reynald laughed loudly, thinking Riana's face was so funny because she had successfully mocked him.Riana clenched her hands into fists, eager to slap her ex-husband, who was being rude to her now. But of course, she would lose to male power, and Reynald could also use the law against her. Now, people will bring their problems to the law, even if they are the victim. Thi
"Oh my! I overslept." Riana rubbed her eyes, which felt heavy.She was still not fully awake because she had just woken up and looked up to see a man staring at her. "Mr. Wira! When did you get here? Why didn't you wake me?""I just came here; I didn't feel like waking you up because you looked so tired," Wira said as he stared at Riana."Still! How can a subordinate like me sleep during working hours? That's not good, Mr!" she scolded, feeling her boss was too lenient with her."Then what should I do? Do you want me to get angry, and nag you like I did with the other employees?" asked Wira in surprise."Yes." Riana nodded slowly."Um, unfortunately, I can't do that to you, even if you asked me to. Because I love you so much, I couldn't bear to scold you," Wira said."That sounds like a seduction," said Riana, who did not want to answer further."If that's what you think, that's fine. I can't force you to believe that what I'm saying now is from the heart, not just a flirt." Wira look
"But Reynald told me to ask you, so you have the money! Do you want me to refuse to marry your son? I have nothing to lose if I don't marry your son; many rich, and handsome man still want to be my husband; of course, they will pay for all this wedding business." Diandra threatened as she sat back on the sofa. Indeed, she thought there were many handsome, and rich men besides Reynald.Diandra felt that she would easily get one of them.Mayang stammered; she was beginning to think that it could be bad if she didn't get a son-in-law like Diandra, who had a big income! Especially if other people caught her, they would all laugh at her for not getting a model son-in-law because she didn't want to spend a little money on their marriage. After all, she would benefit greatly from having a model daughter-in-law with a lot of income so that he would ask Diandra for compensation one day."Em, bb-well," Mayang said, half uncertain."Good!" Diandra sat down c
"Wasn't I supposed to be invited in first? Instead, I'm just left standing in front of the door like this!" Diandra grumbled.Ironically, Diandra refused Mayang's offer of a drink, forgetting that Mayang needed to change clothes before leaving. Being accustomed to always wearing fine clothes, Diandra was always ready to go out without changing.Deciding to wait in her car, Diandra sat in the vehicle she had earned when her modeling career first took off. Now, it was just a relic of her past, so she was eager to marry Reynald, a manager at a prominent company."That old lady is taking forever; it's already been half an hour since she started changing clothes." Diandra glanced at the watch on her wrist, already frustrated from waiting."Sorry for making you wait so long," Mayang appeared, decked out in flashy attire, and dripping in gold, resembling a walking jewelry store."Ugh, taking so long just to look like a clown," Diandra muttered irritably."What did you say, dear Diandra?" May