After the marriage, Syima became an obedient wife in all things, but there was only one thing that Syima could not leave behind, which was work.
Syima is a secretary at a property company. Everything is the result of Syima's hard work while she was still unmarried. After marriage, she could not just leave her job.
Raihan, who was Syima's husband, does not want to force him to stop working because he knows it is his wife's dream.
"Dear, tomorrow I have work outside the city; please take care of the children," said Syima while taking the toast that had been provided on her plate.
"How many days, honey?" asked Raihan as he chewed on toast.
"Only 4 days, Dear... Syera; later, you will help your brother-in-law; don't go anywhere after back from campus while I'm not around," replied Syima, who did not forget to also advise Syera.
Syera, who had only been listening to the couple's chat, finally nodded.
Indeed, Syera already knew that, and finally, the older sister would ask him to help his brother-in-law. But Syera didn't mind because she realized that she was just a hitchhiker and had to help her sister.
Syera continued her breakfast. After the clock was almost 06:20 in the morning, Syera hurried to say goodbye and go to school.
The distance from the Syera campus is not far, and it only takes 10 minutes by motorbike to get to the campus. Syera is still in semester 4.
...
On the Syera campus.
Syera walked leisurely down the corridor that led him into his classroom. Syera is in the designer class, and she is also the goddess of the campus.
Syera has the appearance of a European girl. Perhaps because his grandmother was of native European descent.
"Syera!" the child-like voice echoed in the corridor space that Syera passed by.
Syera turned in the direction of the voice.
"Nora," said Syera slowly. Nora is one of Syera's friends from junior high school.
"Syera, I don't think you are in class today," said Nora after being close to Syera.
"Hmm, I have to take Nor; otherwise, my grades will be reduced and I will not pass the semester," replied Syera.
"Hehhh, unlike you at all," Nora quipped with a mocking face.
Arriving in the classroom, a male student sitting behind Syera seemed to be waiting for Syera's presence.
"Syera, my love, it's a pity that you have been away for a long time," said the man.
"Stop calling me like that, Aziz! It was really disgusting, and you managed to make me want to vomit my breakfast," said Syera with a face that wanted to vomit.
Aziz is a friend of Syera and Nora. Although Aziz actually has a heart for Syera, he is not ready to say how he feels, especially since Syera often makes a face that he doesn't like if he calls her with the word 'My Love'.
"It's just with you, Syera; what less do I have? It's handsome and kind too," said Aziz, praising himself.
"Please, guys! I also want to vomit and listen to it," said Nora, covering her mouth.
Aziz looked at the two girls in front of him with disgust and laziness. That was the habit of the two girls.
...
During this break, Raihan went out to eat with his friends. Raihan is a manager at an urn company. He has talent and art that make him quick to be appointed manager. Especially with his diploma certificate, he is a former student majoring in art.
After arriving near the restaurant they were going to, Raihan suddenly saw a woman he knew with a man heading towards the hotel opposite the restaurant where he was going to eat with his officemates.
'It's Syima,' Raihan thought.
"Eh, sorry guys, I just remembered something important that I have to take care of. You guys first," said Raihan, who then hurriedly wanted to leave.
"Mr. Rai, always, every time we are invited to eat, you often look for excuses; yes, you have gone to take care of it first, but we still wait at the restaurant; don't wait long," said one of Raihan's friends.
Raihan nodded and quickly stepped towards the opposite side of the road, silently following his wife Syima with the foreign man.
Raihan's heart was beating fast, and he felt hurt when he saw Syima carefully on the arm of a man she didn't know. But Raihan tried to be calm and not rash.
Raihan took out his mobile phone and made an outgoing call to Syima's number. It rang for a long time until finally Syima answered her phone call.
"Hello, Honey, it's been a long time since you picked up my call," said Raihan through a connected call while paying attention to Syima's movements.
"Hello Dear. I'm sorry, I have a meeting with my . boss, and I can't talk for long. Don't forget to eat," said Syima from the other side.
"Oh well," said Raihan, who had clenched his fists because, at this time, Syima was clearly deceiving him.
"See you at home, dear; I'll resume work first," Syima said again and then turned off her phone call.
Raihan put his phone back in his coat pocket. His eyes stared intently at Syima, and what hurt him the most was when the man kissed Syima's lips intensely.
'Damn, Syima is playing behind me!' said Raihan emotionally.
However, Raihan did not want to catch his wife openly because he did not want to embarrass her, whom he loved very much, in public.
'Is it possible because I freed him to work until he got lost like this?' thought Raihan again.
Raihan did not have the heart to let go of his wife because he loved Syima very much. Raihan will try to forgive his wife and will try to talk about work. Raihan is determined to bring Syima back to the right path.
Raihan returned to his office with a shaky step.
"No, all of this is not Syima's fault, but this is because he works as a secretary. Yes, I think so,' Raihan muttered to himself.
...
Dinner has been prepared by their housekeeper. At this time, Raihan was staring at the empty plate that he had not filled with food.
Raihan sighed deeply; it was obvious on his face that he had a problem.
'Syima hasn't come home yet; is she still with the man?' Raihan thought.
Syera, who had just finished playing the game, immediately entered the dining room. As usual, a lot of food was provided, but the difference was that this time no one had touched the food.
His two brothers's sons and their caregivers stared at Raihan in confusion.
"Ehem, brother, will you stare at the food until it can fly to your plate?" Syera cleared his throat and asked with a hint of sarcasm.
"Err, sorry, you guys just eat first. I'll wait for Syima to come home," Raihan replied, and then immediately got out of his dining chair.
"So weird?" muttered Syera.
Syera just stared, a little confused, but he didn't want to take it to heart because it wasn't his business.
To be continued...
Syera's blind nights woke her up from her sleep because Syima and Raihan were heard fighting. At first, she was too lazy to interfere, but after hearing Syima scream, Syera ran out.
Syera began to worry about her sister, Syima. But after being on the last step up the stairs, Syera accidentally heard Syima yelling at Raihan.
"I've wanted this job for a long time, but you told me to stop, and I never will!" snapped Syima.
Raihan was surprised to hear his wife dare to yell at him. This is the first time Syima has said that.
"Syima! I'm your husband; I never taught you to speak like that!" said Raihan.
Syima is like a person in a trance today because she's crying so loud. If the neighbors heard it, they would misunderstand and think that Raihan had been rude to Syima.
For some reason, Syima behaved like that until Raihan became more and more suspicious that it was not because of work but because of cheating. Syima did not want to stop working.
"Are you really cheating on me?" asked Raihan, with a disapproving look in his eyes.
Syima looked at Raihan with a sharp gaze. although, in her heart, she felt a little surprised. "What are you talking about? Are you suspecting me of doing that disgusting thing?
Raihan clenched his fists until he suddenly threw a raw punch towards the dividing wall between the dining room and the living room.
'You lied, Syima!' Raihan thought.
Syera and Syima were both shocked because, all this time, no matter how bad Raihan was, he had never acted like that. Raihan is indeed the type of man who is angry but only prefers to be silent and sleep because he does not want to prolong the problem.
Not only once did Raihan float a raw punch on the wall, but many times so that his hands bled a lot.
Syima was only fixated on seeing but had no intention of stopping her husband, until suddenly Syera appeared and pulled Raihan's hand and tried to push Raihan away from the wall.
"Brother! Are you crazy? Your hand bleeds!" shouted Syera because she was horrified to see the blood flowing so much that it hit the wall.
Syera turned her head and stared sharply at Syima, who was just standing and doing nothing. She felt strange because his brother didn't try to stop Raihan.
Raihan looked silent and lowered his face. Regret and disappointment had enveloped his heart. Raihan's hands and body were seen shaking until he sat on the floor because he suddenly felt as if his legs were not strong.
"Why are you just standing there? Didn't you see your husband injured?" asked Syera a series of questions.
Syima still didn't answer; he just kept silent without an anxious look on his face. To be honest, Syima has lost her feelings for Raihan because she is currently cultivating the seeds of love with her boss.
"Sis?" Syera called again because Syima did not respond to her words in the slightest.
Finally, Syima turned to Syera with a flat face.
"Don't interfere with our problem, little girl!" said Syima coldly and passed by, leaving Raihan and Syera, who were still in the living room.
Syera snorted, annoyed, then immediately headed towards the TV cabinet to take the medicine box. Syera is now sitting opposite his brother-in-law.
"Hey, give me your hand," said Syera.
"No need, Syera," Raihan said in a slow voice.
Raihan is still thinking sanely at this time; he doesn't want to take advantage of the opportunity to come into contact with his brother-in-law.
"Here!" Syera immediately pulled Raihan's hand and sobbed.
"It hurts, huh? I'm sorry, I'll take it slowly," continued Syera again.
Syera painstakingly washed the wounds on Raihan's injured fingers, then applied medicine. It can be seen on Syera's face that she is sobbing because of the pain.
Raihan was amazed by Syera's dexterity. He looked at Syera's face secretly, and honestly, he was a little fascinated.
Raihan realized that his mind began to praise Syera, who looked so beautiful. Especially with the hair that fell down, covering part of his face, making it difficult for Raihan's eyes to blink.
"Ok, it's done," said Syera, which made Raihan immediately turn his face to stare at his fingers that were already covered by wound plaster.
"Thank you, Syera," said Raihan sincerely.
At this time, their eye-catching eyes meet, and for some reason, Syera seems to be hypnotized into looking into Raihan's eyes. Syera only realized that Raihan's pupils were brownish, unlike his pupils, who were black.
"Syera?" Raihan waved his hand in front of Syera's face because Syera looked dreamy.
After realizing it, Syera immediately cleared her throat and smiled awkwardly. Then again, pack the medicine equipment and put it in the box again.
The atmosphere became awkward until Raihan tried to break the atmosphere by taking some money out of his wallet and then giving it to Syera.
"This is for your pocket money." Raihan gave Syera five red sheets of money.
"But mine is still there for this month," said Syera.
Syera's indeed given pocket money every month by her parents; it is not uncommon for Syima and Raihan to often give her too.
"It's okay to think of this as pocket money as a sign of gratitude from Brother because you helped me just now," said Raihan.
Raihan forcibly pulled Syera's hand and placed the money on Syera's palm. Raihan then smiled and left Syera, who was still standing stiffly.
After Raihan's shadow was not visible, Syera immediately touched his chest.
"Why am I nervous?" said Syera slowly.
Syera walked back to her room. Arriving in the room, he immediately laid down on his soft mattress. Syera remembered Raihan's smile again.
Immediately, she shook her head.
"I must have gone crazy," said Syera.
Syera decided to melt his eyes again and forget about his strange thoughts.
....
The next morning, Syera woke up as usual because today was still Wednesday for him to go to campus. Syera quickly got ready and then went down for breakfast.
Syera felt the atmosphere was different. But she didn't pay much attention to her surroundings because she was really in a hurry.
"Ah, I'm almost late because I slept late last night," Syera grumbled as she headed to the dining table and took two pieces of toast.
Syera didn't see Syima at the dinner table, but she didn't want to bother her because she was too late. Syera just said goodbye to Raihan, who was still relaxed while eating his breakfast.
Syera turned on Raihan's scoopy motorbike that was lent to her to make it easier to go to campus. At high speed, Syera went straight to her campus.
"Fortunately, after I entered, the bell rang again; otherwise, I would not be able to take the assessment exam today," said Syera.
When he was about to get off the motorcycle, Syera felt like something was missing. She looked around her motorcycle and checked her pocket, but there was nothing missing.
So he wanted to pull the bag, but the bag was not there.
"Eh, my bag?" asked Syera to herself.
Syera groped her back.
"Damn, I missed my bag," Syera grumbled, annoyed.
"How is this? Do I have to go home again, but the exam will start soon?" continued Syera again.
There was no other way but to be forced to borrow writing equipment from her friend. Syera stepped quickly towards her classroom so that he could borrow writing equipment from Nora.
Just as she was about to step into the classroom, suddenly someone called Syera. Syera turned her head to hear that voice, and her eyes were rounded.
"Syera!"
To be continued...
"Brother? What are you doing here?" asked Syera, looking a little surprised.
Raihan showed Syera's bag in his hand, and then he smiled.
"I saw your bag in front of the door earlier; I thought you deliberately left it, then I checked it-your wallet and cellphone-that's why I came here," Raihan explained so that Syera did not feel strange with his presence.
Syera sighed in relief.
"Thank you, Brother; indeed, Syera was a little in a hurry. I'm sorry to trouble you," said Syera.
After receiving her bag from Raihan, Syera again felt her chest pound. Syera noticed Raihan's steps, which left him in front of the class.
'Why do I feel a strange throbbing every time Brother Raihan smiles at me?' said Syera in her heart.
"Forget it!" said Syera slowly, and then she entered his class.
Syima and Raihan were still in a state of fighting, even though there was no more liking the other night. Both of them were still stubborn enough to give in. Tonight, Raihan tried to make up with his wife, but the wife still insisted on living and ignored Raihan.
Raihan still loves her wife very much, but the mistakes she made really make him angry like this. Even though he had tried to give in, the emotions in his chest were still there when he remembered Syima having an affair.
"Syima, you are still your husband! Don't we feel guilty for inhabiting Mas like this?" asked Raihan, who was trying to remember Syima.
"Ck, because of you, I should have gotten a big project today but failed!" said Syima with an angry face.
"It's just a job; what's the most important thing in your life right now, huh? Work? Then what about the family that needs your attention?" asked Raihan in an annoyed tone.
"All of this is my dream!" replied Syera, raising her voice.
Raihan becomes more upset because Syima does not want to understand his feelings or their small family affairs in the slightest. He wanted to tell Syima about what she saw, but he still wanted to give Syima a chance because he was sure that one day Syima would tell her own story and be aware of her behavior.
Raihan finally walked out of their room; he was too lazy to argue continuously. Raihan chose to go out to cool his head.
When Raihan walked to the kitchen, he met Syera, who was also heading towards the kitchen.
Raihan looked at Syera's back, who was walking in front of him.
'If Syima is like Syera, who looks attentive to me, surely my little family will be very happy,' said Raihan in his heart.
Raihan unconsciously compared Syima and Syera, especially considering the incident yesterday where Syera helped treat his wounds.
"Eh, brother, do you want to drink too?" greeted Syera until Raihan's daydreams broke up.
"Y-eah," answers Rehan.
"Oh, what do you want to drink? It's very coincidental that I also want to make hot chocolate for me. If you want to drink, what? I'll make it for you." asked Syera kindly.
"Thank you, Syera, but I just want to drink cold water," Raihan replied, then opened the refrigerator in the kitchen.
"You see, it's almost 10 o'clock, Bro. Aren't you afraid of catching a cold? After all, it is not good to drink cold drinks at night," Syera warned Raihan.
Raihan closed the refrigerator again and looked at Syera with a smile. Raihan just realized that Syera used pajamas made of thin material so that her body shape was visible under a slightly dim lamp.
'Syera doesn't wear underwear!' said Raihan, who clearly saw the brownish color on Syera's chest and the lower part in the shape of a V.
Raihan gulped down his saliva with great difficulty because of this sight. Suddenly he felt hot and cold, especially since it had been almost a month since he had ever had sex with Syima.
"Bro?" Syera waved her hand in front of Raihan's face because Raihan looked daydreamy again and again.
"Y-yes," Raihan replied after his daydream broke up.
"Brother, do you have a problem? Since then, you have been daydreaming constantly. Are you still angry with my sister?" said Syera, guessing the problem that Raihan was facing.
Raihan just nodded. For some reason, it was hard to answer because he was actually daydreaming and not thinking about his problems with Syima, but he was suddenly interested in Syera's appearance, which made his human lust rise.
"No wonder you drink cold water and want to cool your head. Hmm, I'm sorry that I am a little presumptuous. But it's better for you to just give in because my sister is so obsessed with her work; all this is for the good of your household," suggested Syera, who tried to advise his brother-in-law.
Raihan thought again; he could not allow Syima to continue to fall into the world of vice, but it was undeniable that his mind had imagined Syera's innocent body on top of him.
Raihan stayed silent for quite a long time because he was struggling with his own thoughts. Until he found a solution that he thought was more appropriate,.
'Syima, you think only you can cheat? You wait for my revenge; I will make Syera a place for my revenge." Raihan said it in his heart.
Raihan suddenly smiled faintly and returned to the room after saying goodbye to Syera, who was still busy making her warm chocolate.
This morning, Syima helped prepare breakfast. The look on her face looked so beaming; I don't know what Syima thought to make her so happy.
After finishing breakfast,.
"Dear, tomorrow I have a meeting outside the city. Maybe after about 5 days of staying, I need to go because it was a big project. Later, when I'm not at home, Syera will help you see the children," said Syima with a sweet smile. "Syera, if you come home from school, don't play everywhere first. Moreover, Bibik came home at 7 p.m. Remember, don't go anywhere," Syima said a little firmly.
Even though, all this time, Syera has always helped take care of her nephew, there is no message from Syima or Raihan because Syera is aware that she is only riding in this house.
Raihan just nodded with an expressionless and flat-looking face; he could only guess that Syima was not going to work but was going to have fun.
"Dear, I'm going; it's too late." Syima shook Raihan's hand, kissed him briefly, and just left without kissing his children as usual.
Raihan looked at his wife's back, which was getting farther away, and a thin smirk appeared at the corner of his lips.
'You will regret it, Syima!' said Raihan.
Meanwhile, Syera was a little happy because Syima would be out of town for a few days. Syera thought he would be free from Syima and have fun.
In silence, Syera noticed Raihan, who was smiling while eating his breakfast. Syera also smiled, and finally, she focused on spending his breakfast and said goodbye to Raihan.
*
In the campus area, Syera looks so cheerful, unlike ordinary people who tend to look lazy. This made Nora a little worried.
'Is it possible that Syera is in a trance again,' said Nora, who watched Syera with a cheerful and friendly face to everyone.
Syera turned to Nora, who was still looking at her.
"Why are you staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?" asked Syera while wiping her face with her handkerchief.
"No, it's just that you look different today, Syera," Nora replied, still looking at Syera.
Syera suddenly smiled; she grabbed her friend by the shoulder and then brought her back to their class.
To be continued.