"Only? It's a good job but, you're a beautiful person so modeling is the right thing to do," said Reynald, amazed by Diandra's work.
"Thank you, Reynald. You're a good person, I really like you," said Diandra smiling sweetly.
"Like me?"
Reynald's heart skipped a beat when he saw Diandra nodding. Her charm never wore off! Unfortunately, he was stuck with Riana because he was caught up in the passion of youth.
'Should I divorce Riana, huh?' Reynald thought, 'after all, Diandra is a thousand times more attractive than her!'
**
"Riana!" Mayang called out from the room.
"Yes, Mommy." Riana hurriedly ran over to her mother-in-law.
"Buy mom some chicken soup out front, don't take too long!" Mayang handed her a blue bill.
"Yes, ma'am." Riana quickly walked to her room, put on her instant headscarf and jacket, and grabbed her motorcycle keys.
The motorcycle that had been there before Riana got married, the motorcycle accompanied her everywhere she went as a girl. Riana drove the motorcycle to the place her in-laws were referring to, it was quite a distance to walk there. So she chose to take out the matic.
Riana had arrived at her destination, she immediately parked the matik in the parking lot. Then she entered a very crowded food stall, making her have to queue for a while.
It wasn't long before it was Riana's turn, and she quickly ordered a pack of soto.
"How much, sir?" she asked.
"Fifteen thousand, Dek."
"Here's the money." Riana handed over a blue piece of money.
She hurried home, not wanting to upset Mayang again. Riana immediately drove her motorcycle back home but, when in the middle of a quiet road Riana's motorcycle suddenly died, making her confused.
"What's wrong?" she asked herself.
She panicked, no one was passing by because it was getting late. What's more, the street she was traveling on was an elite housing estate, which was mostly inhabited by office workers who still hadn't returned home. Riana tried several times to start the motorcycle, trying to get it to start. Nothing, it always died, making her even more panicked because she was confused about what to do.
"Cell phone, where's my cell phone?"
Riana reached into all the pockets of her clothes, there was no cell phone there and instantly she remembered that her cell phone was charging at home, making her want to cry.
"What's wrong with you?" asked the man in the luxury car.
Riana was surprised because she didn't realize that a car was approaching, "My motorcycle won't start, sir," Riana replied.
"Did you crank it?" asked the well-dressed man from the car window.
"Not yet." Riana replied by shaking her head slowly.
"Try cranking it first. Who knows, it might work."
Riana tried to crank the bike, but she was having trouble.
"Let me help you." The man, who looked to be in his 40s, got down to help Riana crank the bike.
Riana stepped back to make room for the kind man to help her. As it turned out, it still wouldn't start, even though the man was dripping with sweat trying.
"Still not on, sir?" came the baritone voice of a man who looked familiar to Riana.
"Not yet. Even though you have tried several times, it still won't turn on."
"Try checking the gasoline, who knows it's the gasoline that's running out."
Riana immediately opened the gas tank and yes, it was true that the tank was dry, not a single drop of gasoline was visible. Making her embarrassed, Riana's face became red and downcast.
"It turns out the gasoline ran out," said the father chuckling.
"Sorry, yes, sir. I forgot to check before I left earlier," said Riana holding back her embarrassment.
"Wait here. I'll buy some gas in front of you."
"No need, sir. Who knows, you're busy, so I'll just buy it myself," Riana refused gently. She was afraid that the kind-hearted man would take offense.
The old man looked at the so-called boss in the car and nodded back. "Well, your boss doesn't have a problem, it'll only take a minute."
"But, sir. I feel bad,"
"Yes, never mind. Wait here, I'll buy it for a while,"
"Sir, just use this car, it will be faster. So I'll wait here with this lady for a while."
"Yes, boss." The man immediately got into the car and the car drove off to buy gasoline for Riana.
Riana turned her head, looking at the relatively young man beside her. "Wira?" she asked incredulously.
"Excuse me, do you know me?" asked the handsome man in the suit in surprise.
Riana examined the appearance of the man in front of her from the ground up.
"Maybe I'm the wrong person, sorry." Riana looked down, she felt ashamed for mistaking the man in front of her for Wira, her friend from before.
Because the Wira that Riana knew was a geeky man complete with thick glasses that the man always wore. Meanwhile, the man in front of her looked very handsome, well-built and wearing a suit with a luxury watch on his wrist. Although at first glance there was a resemblance between the two of them, but that was probably just her feeling.
Riana felt awkward being alone with a strange man beside her, she hoped that he would come here soon. Sure enough, it wasn't long before the luxury car he was driving finally returned, making her happy.
"Sorry, yes. You took a while." The man handed Riana a jerry can of gasoline.
"It's okay, sir. Thank you for bothering me." Riana took the jerry can of gasoline from his hand.
"Try to start it right away, Dek!"
Riana filled the empty gas tank, then started the motorcycle. "Thank God, I finally did it!" she squealed happily.
"Thank God," thanked the driver.
"Then we can go, sir."
"Okay. We'll leave first, next time don't forget to look at the gas tank before leaving."
"Wait, sir, I'll change your money." Riana handed over the money.
The kind man, whose name was unknown, refused Riana's gift and took his leave.
"Thank God I met a good man." Riana immediately drove her motorcycle home.
"It took so long, Riana! Why does it take so long every time you tell me to? You're so slow!" Mayang shouted upon Riana's arrival.
"Sorry, ma'am. The motorcycle died on the way, it ran out of gas." Riana poured the soup into a bowl.
"Halah, just an excuse. You're a slow, unreliable person. Try Reynald marrying another woman, not you!"
Mayang approached the dining table, she touched the bowl of soup Riana had bought.
"What's this?!" Mayang asked in a high tone.
"That's the soup you ordered."
"Yes, I know it's soto. But why is it already cold?" Mayang was so upset, she couldn't contain her emotions knowing her order had gotten cold.
"It's still warm, Mom," Riana argued, because when she poured it into the bowl it was still warm.
"It's already cold, Riana. I don't want to eat cold food, it won't taste good!" refused Mayang with an annoyed look, because she had been very hungry for a long time.
"Let me heat it up for a while, Mom. So you just wait here." Riana quickly picked up the bowl to heat up the soup.
"No, just throw the soup away!" Mayang got up from her chair and went into the room.
"It's still warm, not too cold. I'd rather eat it then," Riana said, staring at the soul-stirring dish as she gulped a few times.
Riana felt that the soto she ate was so good, she even finished the soup until there was nothing left. After eating it all, she burped because she felt full."Alhamdulillah, it was delicious," said Riana in gratitude.Riana began to think about what to have for dinner tonight, she couldn't possibly serve her husband or in-laws an omelette. However, as soon as she remembered that she still had a lot of change from the soto, Riana would say that she wanted to buy a side dish for dinner with this money. Otherwise, her in-laws would call her presumptuous."Mom!" Riana called out to her mother-in-law in a loud voice at the door."Um," Mayang mumbled in response, too lazy to answer because she was on the phone with someone."I'll use your money, okay? I'll buy some side dishes and vegetables for dinner tonight," Riana said."Yes."Mayang didn't hear her clearly, she just answered 'yes'. Because she didn't want to hear any more of Riana's babbling.As for Riana, she cheered up because she go
Reynald felt that someone was watching, and turned to look behind him. "Argh! What are you doing, Riana?""What are you doing? You've been smiling to yourself," Riana asked with a confused face, her eyes always looking at Reynald's cell phone.Reynald immediately closed his phone and put it on the bedside table. "Not from anyone, just an ordinary office friend." Reynald said as he grabbed a towel to shower."Oh."Riana was very curious about the contents of Reynald's cell phone, too bad she couldn't borrow it. Because the man would definitely not like it if his cell phone was played by Riana, even though Riana's status was that of a wife. So it was natural for her to want to borrow her husband's cell phone for a while, but unfortunately, Reynald never allowed it.'Should I just open it?'Riana's mind raced to see what message would make her husband smile so much that he wouldn't even notice she was there.Riana moved closer to the phone, her hand already on it. Unfortunately, the soun
"That." Riana couldn't answer properly, she was shaking violently."How dare you, Riana! You know I hate it when people touch my phone!" Reynald was very upset to see his phone in Riana's hands.On the other hand, Reynald was afraid that if Riana found out that he was starting to be interested in other women, she would be furious with him."I know, it's just that every time I see you holding a cell phone, you always smile to yourself like that makes me suspicious," Riana said quietly, a tightness in her chest."So you thought I was playing with fire?" Reynald raised his voice.Riana fell silent, which made Reynald angry."You think I would do that? What did you think of me all this time? Do you think I'm like all the other men out there who have affairs with other women?" Reynald continued to pepper Riana with questions."I just..." Riana said, unable to finish her sentence."Just what, tell me!" Reynald's face turned red, the veins in his neck bulging with emotion.Anger that Riana w
"Argh!" Reynald shouted in surprise. "Why are you so difficult to wake up? What time is it, is it going to be late again?" Riana was actually very lazy to wake up Reynald, her body was still sore from last night. However, she had no other choice, how could she want to be beaten a second time. "You're bothering me." Reynald muttered under his breath, rubbing his face roughly. "Annoying what?" Riana wrinkled her forehead in confusion. "Huh! Never mind, I'm going to take a shower." Reynald quickly got out of bed and headed for the bathroom. Riana let out a long sigh, she felt confused by her husband's attitude these days, well, indeed from a few years Reynald had changed, the man she loved looked very different now, not like before. The poor woman came out of the guest room quickly, she was getting clothes for Reynald to go to work. "Oh dear! I forgot to iron it!" Riana panicked, she had forgotten to iron h
[Yes. Now I'm already in the car driving to work]Message sent to Diandra, Reynald continued to stare at the message sent by the woman who had recently fascinated him. He could feel his heart beating fast, a desire to possess was stirring in his heart, a very strong desire."Why aren't you leaving yet?"Riana's voice startled Reynald, he quickly put the phone down and answered his wife's question."Yes, this is also leaving." Reynald rolled up the windshield and drove slowly.[Be careful on your way to work, don't speed, and be enthusiastic!]Diandra pinned an affectionate sticker on Reynald, which made him even more intoxicated."Ah! Diandra, already beautiful, sexy, plus caring, more love!" Reynald clutched his cell phone with one hand.Because his other hand was used for driving, Reynald tried to reply to the message while driving, with no intention of stopping.Reynald was surprised when he hit the
"How arrogant of him, he was just appointed CEO today!" Reynald expressed his frustration to Chiko, the only friend he was really close to. "Maybe you did something wrong with him," Chiko suspected. "How could I do something wrong with him? We only met this morning!" Reynald grumbled. "Maybe in your dreams, haha..." Chiko laughed so hard that she choked on her own saliva. "Taste it!" Reynald growled irritated. "Don't do that, Mr. Manager, you'll lose your good looks." "I won't lose my good looks, because many beautiful women have approached me." Reynald puffed out his chest arrogantly. "Your wife? That woman in the shabby clothes? Yes, I admit she's pretty, it's just that..." Chiko did not continue her sentence when the man in front of her glared at her. "Can you please not talk about her!" Reynald snapped at Chiko in a high tone, causing everyone to turn their heads towards the young manager. Reynald and Chiko were in the cafeteria having lunch, so of course there were a lot
"You're getting naughty, aren't you?" Reynald grabbed Wulan's waist as she fumbled with the buttons of her shirt. "Not naughty, just trying to have some fun." Wulan rolled her eyes mischievously, a smile still on her tiny lips. The sound of knocking interrupted their activities that had not yet begun, "Who?" asked Reynald in a high tone. "Wulan was called to his room by Mr. Wira," a woman answered from outside. "Oh dear! I've been here too long!" Wulan adjusted her dirty shirt. "Our new boss is too annoying, I don't like him." "But I like him because he's handsome and young." After saying that, Wulan went straight to her boss. While Reynald immediately did the job Wulan gave him earlier, his blood rushed to remember what he wanted to do to the secretary, only they didn't get to do the hot thing earlier because he was called by a boss he didn't like. "Although it's not bad if you do it with Wulan, even if it's just a kiss at most, but it's okay." "What took you so long? Didn't
The sound of the door rudely opening surprised everyone who was talking, and they all turned to see Riana standing there with reddened eyes, holding back the anger and tears that wanted to flow. "Oh dear! Can't you open the door slowly? How rude of you to your parents!" Mayang was actually afraid to see the look on Riana's face, but she didn't want to be seen as afraid of her daughter-in-law. Sinta backed away slowly, even though she was the one who had made fun of Riana the most, unlike Desi who didn't really like to talk about other people's bad behavior and she also knew that Riana wasn't like Mayang. According to Desi, the young woman was nice, in stark contrast to the stories her friends told her every time they met. Mayang alone could not be grateful to have a daughter-in-law like Riana.Riana walked in, ignoring her in-laws' chatter, and went to the kitchen to put Mayang's order on a plate and hand it to the three women who were now silent in the living room. The sound of p
"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