KAYLA, The Substitute
The birthday surprise

For the next few days Dev and Kayla were both silent and did not mention their conversation on that failed romantic night.

Dev starts to understand, it's not easy being Kayla. He no longer forced to get the answer he expected especially Kayla had not responded at all to his proposal that night.

Dev is still acting normal, though, meeting his son and ex-wife almost every day after teaching or if there is free time just to spend his good time with Adrian who began actively participating in training that the boy likes.

Dev really became a father figure who was on standby for Adrian, delivering and taking care of all the school needs in addition to his busy life as a lecturer who had a fairly solid schedule. All the likes of his son he helped channel for the growth of Adrian is getting better.

Dev's presence makes Kayla get used to it again, he becomes the focus of pioneering his online business now because if Adrian's business becomes Dev's responsibility so that his work becomes lighter as a single parent for the boy.

But in recent times Mama Hana is back sick, while Kayla gets so many online cake orders for various events.

His focus was divided, tired of mind and energy began to approach the hardworking woman. Which makes him more tired when Dev began to be busy than usual, the man began to often absent for Adrian.

Dev is busy guiding his student thesis, not to mention some graduation events that he must be actively involved in.

Because the last few weeks the man was entrusted to the position of head of the study program one of the majors was interrupted to become a lecturer who was still actively teaching almost every day. Not to mention a few seminars he has been able to address as an expert speaker.

But Kayla begins to feel Dev deliberately dodging, he is overwhelmed to take care of everything at once. At a time like this his soul thrashed, he was tired of facing the world alone.

How he felt great hearted all this time because he was able to face everything alone, became the backbone of his small family, became a mother and a home-based entrepreneur to support life.

But Kayla began to be confused herself when the Mama was sick, her son had to go to school and this training and that, not to mention she cultivated her own business that she is now living.

Even though she is still a weak woman, at times like this she needs a place to lean, needs a friend to talk to her tired complaints, Mama Hana's sick business is quite confiscating her thoughts and feelings, and she needs a friend to talk to her, it was just my mom that she had all this time.

Now Mama Hana is lying weak in the hospital because her disease relapses again. The order of the cake that he could not cancel made him tired himself back and forth from the hospital. Sometimes there is a sense of annoyance at Devano who often does not have time for Adrian's business until all the affairs of the boy and Kayla who have to handle it.

Until one day, he just drove Adrian to school after making sure Mama Hana rested well after returning from the hospital.

The woman went straight to a campus where Dev was a lecturer. He got birthday cake orders from some students who contacted him.

Birthday cake for a teacher they adore. Kayla smiled as she got out of the car, for some reason she remembered Dev at this time. Maybe they will meet later, Kayla glanced here and there many students and students who passed by.

Remembering him when he became one of them, some time Kayla dissolved in memories of the atmosphere of the campus first, too bad he did not finish his lecture.

"If I had finished college, I would probably work in an office instead of being an online cake vendor like this" Kayla murmured softly as she looked at the cake box in her hand.

Kayla pulls out her phone, before calling the student's number, she sends Dev a message telling him she's at the man's college now.

But while he waited for an answer, Dev did not reply. Kayla is upset herself.

"Is he that busy? Is he teaching now? Isn't the phone always in the pants pocket, it must feel shakes incoming messages, huh sucks!" rutuk Kayla on the screen of her phone that displays the message she sent it looks ignored.

While continuing to curse he contacted the cake order for them to meet.

He followed the directions where he should deliver the birthday cake that he made special from the chocolate.

Arriving at a class, Kayla stops when a beautiful female student waves at her. They are trading for a birthday cake made by Kayla.

"This is the money" said the student while giving the money according to the price of the cake.

Kayla accepted it with a big smile.

"Thank you, the cake is on order. I hope her birthday surprise event goes well and is fun" Kayla said after giving the young girl a box of cookies.

They talk to each other before they split. Kayla left the front of the class to get back to her car.

But midway he felt his car keys were missing from his hands. Kayla breathed a rough breath she thought it might fall in front of the class.

The woman wearing jeans and a flannel shirt with checkered motifs turned to the class to look for her car keys.

Sure enough the car keys he found not far from where to transact birthday cake.

He unintentionally glanced at the class that now opened the door, there was a noise there. The birthday chants and the rowdy voices of the female students were clearly heard in Kayla's ears.

He smiled imagining his birthday cake was not in vain and according to the plan of the order to surprise the lecturer of their worship.

Kayla is speechless, she grumbles in her heart why she doesn't remember that today's date is Dev's birthday.

His chest was tight, why did he become upset now.

"Cih, what is like this busy teaching until it does not have time for Adrian's business? Busy gets the attention of beautiful students apparently to forget their own children!!" kayla murmured in her heart.

Several times he seemed to be breathing rough, he bit his lips furiously as he saw Dev receiving all the sorority-student treatment that looked adoring to the widower.

"Has he been insincere to me all this time? Why is it with them that Bang Dev's laughter is so loose? A big smile is charming, cheeky lecturer, flirtatious eyes!!!" rutuk Kayla again.

Although he was upset, but he did not also move from there.

Dev did not realize there was a woman who was grieving angry outside the classroom, he thanked his students who bothered to give a surprise birthday today, that means his presence on campus was quite meaningful.

They ate the cake together, smiling broadly at the camera. Which makes the one-child widower was silent when there was one student who spoke after the atmosphere was made silent.

Who would have thought, the beautiful student who ordered the cake expressed his love to the lecturer without shame, he was supported by his friends who cheered happily over the sight.

Dev shook his head slowly as he understood what kind of student today who shamelessly expressed love to the lecturer in front of their friends.

"You're a little girl Ana, you know what you're about in love. I'm like a brother or uncle to all of you, don't overdo it okay?" said Dev rubbed Ana's head worthy of a child.

"I'm a grown-up Mr. Dev, I don't mind getting a one-child widower who's a lot older than me, I'm in love with you. I'm not ashamed," Ana replies followed by shouts from her friends.

Dev only chuckled, he had no intention of responding yet he unintentionally turned towards the outside of the classroom.

Kayla's figure looks real there. Dev frowned in wonder since when his ex-wife was there with a red face extinguished.

Dev immediately approached regardless of Ana who also followed his step out.

"Kaila? You here? What's up?" ask Dev wonder.

Kayla seemed to growl without a word, just a sharp look as Ana and her friends had also been standing beside Dev.

"Sir Dev knows this brother?" ask Ana.

Dev nodded innocently.

"She's here because I ordered this birthday cake from her" Ana asserted, pointing to the birthday cake one of her friends was holding.

Dev nodded in understanding.

"really?" Dev smiled as if the taste of the cake was familiar to his tongue.

Kayla was silent.

"Sister Kayla is anyone left behind? Is the money less?" ask Ana again to see why the woman is still there she thought.

Kayla nodded, "Yes, there's one thing missing" Kayla said, clutching a piece of cake that one of Ana's friends still holds.

Who would have thought, Kayla took the piece of cake with her hand and then attached the sweet cream to Dev's shirt with an upset face instead of playing until the front of Dev's body was full of chocolate cream.

Moreover, he uses a hand that still wears the ring given by Dev when proposing to him that night. Kayla couldn't help it.

"Here, less happy birthday than me!!!" kayla continued before leaving the confusion of all the students who were looking.

Dev closed his eyes, he clucked for a moment before following Kayla's rapid steps toward his car.

"I think he's jealous" Dev muttered with his head while looking at his tan-filled shirt.

"Kayla wait!" Dev stops Kayla who is about to reach his car.

"Take me off!" tepis the woman.