KAYLA, The Substitute
Jealous

"Take me off!" tepis Kayla at Dev's hand trying to prevent him from reaching the woman's car.

"Kayla, what's wrong with you? Come even angry? Comeon!" say Dev again.

Kayla looked at Dev's face in annoyance.

"You said you were busy with this and that, this and that seminar. But you can still celebrate your birthday with that beautiful student of yours! I'm tired of taking care of everything, I thought you could be there for Adrian, but what? You've been out for a few days driving her to school and tutoring!"

Dev seemed to be breathing out a long breath.

"I'm sorry, it's true I've been really busy these last few weeks, understand....... This has absolutely nothing to do with the birthday surprises Ana and her friends made, just by chance!"

"Ana's? You're so good at saying her name!" cetus Kayla turned with her arms crossed to her chest.

It made Dev want to laugh.

"You jealous?"

"No!"

"Yes, thank you for your birthday. The cake is as sweet as your lips are blabbering!" reply Dev while kissing Kayla's lips without shame.

The woman raised her eyes, immediately Kayla pushed Dev's body in annoyance.

"You can take a chance!"

"Come here, don't be ashamed I know you're jealous. They are only first-rate students who are still small, do not take heart of the incident earlier. My heart is for you Kayla just calm down!" said Dev in a chuckling voice as he grabbed Kayla in his arms.

Kayla immediately dodged.

"Stop, aren't you ashamed of this college? Don't haphazardly hug!" kayla said stay away.

Dev chuckles again.

"Well, now how?"

"How's what?" ask Kayla.

"Yes I mean, you want to go home, right?"

"You kicked me out?" Kayla clucked.

"No, you want to get in the car to go home, don't you? I have to go back to class, there's still an hour left of my teaching time before the break. I'll try to get Adrian home from school later, understanding that I don't intend to be busy myself" Dev grabs Kayla's hand to explain.

Kayla was speechless, she was aware of her attitude now. He couldn't have been there, and Dev had to teach at this time.

"Alright, your clothes are dirty forgive me!" answer Kayla slowly.

"No problem, I got a change of clothes in the car."

Kayla nodded, she immediately boarded her car intending to leave even though she still wanted to get angry.

Dev waved at Kayla who was slowly moving away, but the red car stopped again to make Dev wonder.

"What's wrong?" tanya Dev approached.

"Is it just Ana who's being shameless about expressing love like that to you?" kayla asked curiously from the car window.

Dev smiles hearing that.

"Yes there's some, Ana first rate. Yesterday the day after Sarah in the third semester, last week there was Rani in the sixth semester, the usual thing, please understand it looks like I'm just a handsome widower lecturer beating the bachelor lecturer at this campus," dev replied lightly with a joking tone.

Kayla flushed red, she bit her lower lip with her sharp eyes staring at Dev as if she did not accept.

"I'm just kidding, don't be jealous okay? I work professionally here, the love story of students and lecturers is only in the memories we used to, want to reminisce? Continue your studies here!" said Dev as he pinched Kayla's nose in a fit of anxiety.

The woman was silent for a moment. Although annoyed but somehow his heart warmed when remembering a glimpse of their story first.

"You're a bitch!"

Kayla immediately turned away avoiding her blushing red face.

Dev chuckles, then tells Kayla to go home because she wants to go back to class.

On the way, Kayla long pondered her attitude earlier, it was inevitable that she felt jealous when she saw Dev's familiarity with female students like that let alone until there was a girl who expressed love for Dev like Ana.

Although he looks childish but he can not hide his annoyance and anger at Dev who claimed to be busy but still had time to receive a surprise birthday from the handsome lecturer adoring little girl.

Dev tidied up his shirt after changing clothes in the car, he walked to class but stopped when he found Ana standing in front of him.

"Ana?"

"Is Sister Kayla your boyfriend?" asked Ana without hesitation.

Dev chuckles.

"More than that."

Ana fell silent.

"Is she your future wife? I'm disappointed to see you kiss Mr. Dev!" rengek Ana wants to cry.

Dev chuckles again.

"She's my wife!"

"What?" Ana gaped.

"But sir? Aren't you a widower?" cetus Ana dare.

Dev.

"Yes, and that was a while ago. That woman was my wife, I mean we just haven't celebrated the wedding reception just for busy reasons, so don't get me wrong again okay?"

"You'd better go to college properly, don't tease people's husbands" Dev said in a joking tone.

Ana was still dumbfounded.

"Let's go in!"

The girl could only breathe violently while nodding lethargicly following Dev's steps into the classroom.

In the evening, Kayla carries a tray containing Mama Hana's dinner to her beloved mother's room.

He glanced at the vase containing the live flowers that Dev had brought while visiting Mama Hana at the hospital a few days ago. His feelings are back angry.

That afternoon Dev only visited Mama Hana for a while because he had to attend a lecturer meeting that he could not leave. Kayla feels Dev is really busying himself right now.

Mama Hana immediately sat down as her daughter entered.

"Mom can eat alone, why bring it here?" said the middle-aged woman.

"Mama's still limp, I can see it. Just eat here so you don't get too tired."

Mama Hana smiled, Kayla took care of it well with her busy selling online.

"Kylas."

"Yes Mama" said Kayla slowly as she continued to pour drinking water.

"Don't feel high-hearted as a woman, no matter how much you need a friend to lean on, take responsibility for you and Adrian."

Kayla turned to her mother who suddenly mentioned it.

"Why are you talking like this?"

"You know you're overwhelmed taking care of everything by yourself, Mama's sick, Adrian has to go to school and tutoring while you have to make money for us, tired aren't you?"

Kayla fell silent.

"Don't deny it anymore, you need a husband Kayla."

Kayla is still silent.

"Mama just doesn't want you to get dragged into endless heartbreak, you need. That joke's not good, you've been feeling alone all this time, we women are weak, we can't live without men."

Mama Hana seemed to take a deep breath.

"Mama's old, Mama doesn't want you to bear everything yourself, Adrian's a little boy, you're young your future is still long, we're not people with a lot of wealth. We have to bone down to survive, how long will you be like this when there is a man who loves you but you keep rejecting him?"

"Why do you talk like this, I can still......" Kayla hung up her sentence as Mama Hana interrupted.

"You need Nak Dev Kayla, you and Adrian need him."

Kayla was silent again.

"Do you know why you didn't want to get married again?"

"That's because Mama doesn't want you to have a stepdad."

Kayla looked down at the advice of her mother. Dev's face reflected in his mind, the man continued to persuade and seduce him some time ago but now the man began to forget it, busy himself somewhere even for Adrian though, but now the man began to forget it, what is it because he did not give certainty to Dev.

Is Dev getting tired of wishing on him? If in retrospect he did not act mature, he did not refuse but also did not give certainty to Dev who was waiting for his answer to return or not.

Kayla glanced at her ring finger that was still wearing a ring from Dev, if she had no intention of accepting then why was she still wearing that sparkling thing.

If he does not intend to return then why is he jealous when Dev glimpsed by other women, he is a widow with one child, not easy to accept other men let alone Adrian as his dependant, it was clear the story with Gilang some time ago.

Rich man but full of deceit on him, not everything that looks good is true either. Gilang turns out to have a mistress, Kayla is almost stuck on the wrong marriage for the second time.

Learning from the story, Dev is different. The background of the man is clear, Dev her ex-husband, the real father of Adrian, the man never hurt her if not involved misunderstandings with Dev's parents in the past.

Dev's family has also accepted and even hopes for him to return there is a man because of consideration Adrian and Khanza who need a mother.

Not only that, Devano loved her very much. But why does Kayla seem selfish in this. Isn't everyone able to change, Dev's parents who originally hated him now changed well and accepted it, then what if Dev changed, who still love him can change in other women if not given certainty until later.

Dev is handsome widower, lecturer with brilliant intelligence, many girls are longing for the man, does he not regret if the man fell on a girl and young like Ana?

Kayla was pensive in front of the dresser mirror, she was playing a ring on her finger. Adrian approaching.

"Mama hasn't slept?" sapa.

Kayla shakes. He grabbed Adrian in his arms.

"Mama why?"

"No, just tired of the mind!" kayla replied chuckling to herself.

"I have an event tomorrow at school, Papa can't come. Mama can?"

Kayla breathed a rough breath, again Dev could not attend she thought.