Bonds Without Love
ITC #90

Two weeks passed, all was still fine for Erina and Bhishma, there was no sign of anyone having bad intentions towards their marriage, in fact, their household is increasingly harmonious even though Erina is still not pregnant.

This morning as usual, Erina did her duty as a wife, she prepared all the necessities of the Bhishma before her husband left for the office. Erina had just finished making breakfast and was walking towards the room.

"Ah, what a coincidence that you came, please help me wear a tie." Welcomed Bisma when Erina began to enter their room, the tie around her neck still hanging and not neatly arranged.

It was customary for Bhishma to ask Erina to pair a tie, although it was very easy to do on her own, sometimes Bhishma deliberately waited for Erina to finish with her work.

Erina did not do homework, except making meals and preparing Bhishma needs, but still it took time to be completed by Erina.

And like Bhishma did not want to ease the duty of his wife, he always relied on Erina to just pair a tie, when in fact Bhishma was still able to do it himself.

"Hm." Erina walked over to Bhishma, and she painstakingly put a tie on her husband's neck. "gold, if I may, I'll go to Soraya's house, she says she's sick."

Bisma noticed the focus of his wife's face, somehow Bisma never got tired of seeing that face, even Bisma could not imagine if one day Erina went away from him.

"Mas, can or not?" Erina asked as Bisma did not say anything and just stared at her, Erina felt a little uneasy with the way Bhishma looked at her in such close range.

"Can." Bhishma replied in the end, to her the question of Erina was something that was definitely the answer, because Bhishma did not dare to forbid Erina from doing anything she wanted.

Yes, although Bhishma has the right to confine Erina, but according to Bhishma forcing something against anyone would not be a good thing, including forcing something against his wife.

"Let's take you to Soraya's house." Bisma continued after seeing Erina finished putting a tie, then Bisma brought her face closer to Erina's face and kissed the flash of her lips.

Another habit of Bhishma, giving morning kiss to Erina. Because Erina refused to be kissed when she woke up, Bhishma did so after Erina put on a tie.

Well, the main reason Bisma always asked Erina to put up her tie was indeed for that, so that Bhishma could give a morning kiss, just think of it as a thank you to Erina.

Erina smiled and kissed Bhishma's right cheek. "Thank you." His words were accompanied by a smile, this sweet attitude that made Bhishma feel happy never limiting anything to Erina.

"No need to thank you, it's just a small thing." Sahut Bisma, although in fact Bhishma really likes the way Erina is grateful, Erina really knows how to please Bhishma.

Erina just smiled hearing that, she felt very lucky to have a husband like Bhishma, during marriage Bhishma never behaved as badly as Erina feared.

After breakfast, Bisma drove Erina to Soraya's house, which happened to be Soraya's house and Bisma's office unidirectional, so Erina did not have to feel bad for Bisma who had to work.

"Just take you here!, send greetings to Soraya and her husband." Said Bisma who had parked her car in front of Soraya's house, Bisma happened to have to go to a meeting.

"Yes, mas. later in the afternoon I take lunch to the office, mas want to eat what?" Erina asked while removing her seatbelt, then Erina looked at Bisma who was also staring at her.

"Lunch today mas can buy outside, you just here spend time with Soraya, not Soraya also sick?" Bisma said with a smile and gently stroked Erina's face.

"Have fun, baby." Bisma continued with a smile that adorned her lips, Erina had not met Soraya for a long time, Bhishma felt the two women needed time together.

"But I ..."

"It's noon, I can be late for the office." Bhishma's words cut through Erina's words while glancing at the watch that was coiled in her hand, Erina could see snorting because of the words of Bhishma.

"Well, I'm getting tired of eating my cooking, right?" Guess Erina sharp with squeaking eyes. Bhishma could still be relaxed, even the man nodded confirming Erina's words.

"Mas knows you're cooking with love, but mas misses other women's cooking." Bisma explained her answer, she smiled and helped Erina open the car door.

Bisma plays her eyes as if asking her to get out of the car immediately, the position of Bisma is currently still sitting on her chair and staring at Erina who is still sitting in the car.

Erina again snorted. "Actually I'm also tired of cooking for you, if it wasn't for my job, I would've" Erina stopped talking because Bhishma's lips suddenly silenced her mouth.

"Well, you don't have to cook for dinner either, we'll eat outside, now you better get down." Bisma's voice was soft, yet it sounded annoying in Erina's ears.

Don't get me wrong, Bisma and Erina are used to having debates about food, but not because Bisma is really tired of the dishes Erina makes.

Bisma once said the same thing when Erina was sick, at first Erina felt upset because Bisma was seriously bored with her cooking, but the day ended sweetly.

Bisma says Erina cooks so lovingly that she fears an overdose with the love Erina gives in the dish. It's nice to call it sweet, isn't it?

If Erina, the woman deliberately denied her husband's sweet attitude by pretending to be bored of cooking, Bisma was really good at saying sweet and Erina felt she had to be smarter.

"Ah well, my husband is indeed very busy, I cannot waste his time." Erina said in a contemptuous tone, then the woman rushed to get down from the Bhishma's car.

"Darling, don't you feel like you've forgotten something?" Bisma asked as she extended her hand towards Erina, asking her to kiss her hand before meeting Soraya.

Erina looked at Bhishma's hand and did not immediately welcome that hand. "Bright, I've forgotten my bag." Her reply who was secretly smiling saw the expression on her husband's face.

"Thank you for reminding me, be careful." Erina waved her hand and made Bisma blink her eyes many times, Erina did not kiss Bhishma's hand.

"Mas, you can be really late." Tegur Erina who saw Bisma had not yet driven her car, not long before Erina smiled, grabbed Bisma's hand and kissed the back of her hand.

"There's nothing I've forgotten, right? you can go now!" The woman continued her sentence and made Bhishma finally paint a smile on her lips.

"Hm, I'm leaving now. Please close the car door." Saying Bisma because the car door is still open. Erina who heard that snorted for the umpteenth time.

Then Erina walked quickly to Soraya's house after closing the door of Bisma's car a little rough, but only a few steps Erina heard the notification from her phone.

Erina smilingly read the message, actually the message of Bisma made Erina a little amused, but the feeling of pleasure was more domineering and Erina managed to blush just from reading it.

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"Lo's pregnant?" Erina asked Soraya, her voice sounded so loud, Soraya just told her pregnancy, but somehow something made Erina unhappy.

"Yes, I'm pregnant." Soraya replied with a smile. Erina also smiled even though her heart was sad, Erina knew she shouldn't be like this, but why should Soraya get pregnant first?

"Congratulations, Raya." Erina said sincerely. Erina was indeed sad that Soraya had preceded her pregnant, but as a friend she couldn't possibly not congratulate her for the good news.

"Erin, what's wrong?" Soraya asked frantically when she saw Erina's eyes glazed over. Soraya would touch Erina's hand, but Erina first gave a rejection as if she did not want to be touched.

"Max ..."

"Sorry, Raya ..."

Soraya and Erina both replied in a soft voice, Soraya really did not know the reason Erina was crying, while Erina felt that she had become a very bad friend to Soraya.

"Sorry, I should be happy now, but my heart hurts, I feel betrayed, why am I not pregnant? and why should I have this bad feeling?" Erina is getting smoother.

"Max ..."

"Raya, I can't stay here too long, sorry I have to go home now." Erina interrupted Soraya's words, and Erina ran out of Soraya's house just like that while crying.

Soraya stared at Erina's departure with a limp body, actually Soraya's pregnancy age was two months, she deliberately did not tell Erina the good news was to keep her feelings.

Soraya knew what it was like to lose a baby, but Soraya did not expect Erina to tell her that, Erina disliked Soraya's pregnancy and even felt betrayed.

"Raya, I'm sure Erin didn't mean ..."

"Yes, I know. Erina was not wrong either, but I had no intention of being happy over the suffering of my own best friend. Farhan, does this mean that God is testing our friendship? Erin hates me?"

Soraya looked at her husband, Farhan, who was there, standing between Soraya and Erina. As usual, Farhan made room for the two women to be able to talk to each other.

But, unexpectedly Erina reacted like that when Soraya told her about her pregnancy. Farhan was a little shocked by Erina's reaction, just because Soraya was pregnant, Erina left their home.

"No, Erin couldn't possibly hate you just because you were pregnant, maybe Erin just needed time to accept everything, Erin might still be sad after the miscarriage." Farhan.

Soraya smiled knot. "It's been more than two months Erin miscarried, I understand Erin had been depressed, maybe this was hard for her, but I really didn't mean it ..."

Soraya stopped talking because her chest suddenly felt tight, she did not expect that all the things they had passed together should end like this just because of her second pregnancy.

Farhan took a breath for a moment. "I know, you don't have to think too much about it, remember you have to take care of our child-to-be, I'm sure Erin will get better on her own."

Meanwhile, Erina stared at Soraya's house with watery eyes while repeatedly saying an apology. Erina knew she shouldn't be overreacting just because Soraya was pregnant.

Erina grabs her phone and tries to call her husband, but because Bisma is meeting and her phone is in silent mode, Bisma does not know that Erina is calling her.

Though not twenty minutes Bisma drove Erina to Soraya's house, Erina's husband was preoccupied with his work, Erina finally only sent a short message to Bisma.

Erina tells him that she has returned from Soraya's house, so that later Bhishma does not bother to pick her up, and Erina returns to the mansion by relying on online ojeg.

Before Soraya told her pregnancy, Erina and Soraya had a chance to talk about something else, until finally Erina forced Soraya to say that she was in pain.

"Raya, how are you? long time can not be contacted, continue now you even sick, hm?"

"Gue kangen very similar lo, why try to suddenly say? make me worry about knowing!"

"What pain does it really hurt, Raya?"

"Lo's pregnant?"

"Sorry, I should be happy now, but my heart hurts, I feel betrayed, why am I not pregnant? and why should I have this bad feeling?"

"Raya, I can't stay here too long, sorry I have to go home now."

Erina kept shedding tears remembering what she said to Soraya, and Erina regretted having said that, because it was God who wanted someone to get pregnant.

~TBC

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"You can do everything for love, just don't do everything to be loved, or you have to be ready to deal with what's called heartache." (Quotes this chapter)

"Don't blame others if the world doesn't stand with you, because whatever happens is none other than God's will and you just have to live it." (Quotes this chapter)

Regards,

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