The Cold Wife
Chapter 86

"Mas, where are we going?" Ask Sweet who is currently sitting sweetly next to her husband who is focusing on driving. Alex smiled so sweetly, making Sweet's heart seem to jump out. Then one hand of Alex stretched out to stroke his stomach.

"You'll know later, I know you're bored in the mansion constantly. So today we go around" Alex said.

"Ck, don't be curious dong, Mas. Don't you want to throw me out?" Sweet squinted his eyes full of search. And it's got Alex laughing.

"Are cats messing around, huh? Which stupid husband wants to throw away a wife as pretty as you?"

"Huh, how do you know you have such intentions. What else now I'm fat, you must be bored right?"

Alex smiled at his wife's chatter. Pregnant women think no one can guess.

"Please say that." Alex relaxed.

"Mas! That's so mean." Upset Sweet hit Alex's arm strongly.

"sick, Honey. Turns out your energy is big too. Who wants to throw you out, huh? A rare wife like you loses if I throw it away. We're going somewhere." Obviously Alex while holding Sweet's hand.

Sweet let out a rough sigh, and no longer let out a sound. He chose to be quiet and enjoy the journey.

Thirty minutes passed, the car they were riding in also entered a simple house with a stretch of vineyards and strawberries around the house. Sweet's mouth opened slightly when he saw the beautiful sight.

"Geez, is this a dream?" He asked, getting out of the car so enthusiastically. Alex, who saw that, smiled and got out of the car.

"I know you'll love this place, you can harvest as much here." Alex clasped his wife's waist very affectionately.

"It's been amazing, all this time I've never been to a place like this. Since childhood I only struggled with books and after I grew up I was busy working. We should have brought the kids, Mom. They'll be happy." Said Sweet continues to walk down the vastness of the plantation that does not belong to anyone. Alex just went behind.

"We can take them later, let them study diligently." Alex said while taking jumbo-sized strawberry fruit. "You want this, Sweety?"

Sweet turned his head, looking at Alex in wonder. For the first time Alex mentioned the name. "What's wrong? Did I call you wrong, Sweety?"

Sweet smiled and shook his head slowly. "It feels strange to me when you say that name, sir."

"Hm." Alex approached his wife and gave her the fruit. "Eat, it's sweeter than your face."

"What's? So you're saying I'm losing sweetness to this fruit huh?" Sweet cried while shuffling his waist. The look he gave also managed to make Alex's hair bristled.

"No, I mean this fruit is so sweet just like your face, Honey."

"Owh, so you liken me to this fruit, do you?"

Alex scratched his un-itchy head. He was confused what else to answer. He should not provoke the frustration of pregnant women. And soon an elderly woman approached both. The presence of the woman managed to save Alex from Sweet's attack.

"Sweet?" The woman looked at Sweet's goal. Sweet, who felt called, turned and lowered his hands. His eyes also rounded when he saw that person.

"Head maid? Is that really you?" Sweet said as if he could not believe what he saw. Yes, that woman was the former butler, Madame Ge. Gerya Smith's.

"Yes, it's me, Sweet. How you doing?" Madame Ge looked happy and gave Sweet a short hug.

"As you can see. I'm very healthy." Sweet smiled kindly. "I'm sorry, I almost forgot about you. It's only fitting that I never see you again in the mansion."

"I stopped working two years ago. I'm no longer able to take care of everything." Obviously Mrs Ge.

"Hm. I'm not going to let you continue working at a very old age. I think of you as my own mother. So enjoy your old age, Mrs Gerya." Alex hugged the old woman.

Madam Ge laughed crisply. "I'm happy to see you again. What's more seeing you back at his side, Sweet. I was not calm when I left the mansion. Because this guy looks like a madman if you don't exist."

"Don't expose my disgrace, it's over." Alex protested while looking at his wife. Sweet smiled happily and seemed to be enjoying the current atmosphere.

"Wait first! Is this garden yours?" Sweet asked began to realize something.

"Yes, this is the result of my hard work while serving the Digantara family. I can buy ten acres of land and make vineyards and strawberries."

Sweet was surprised to hear it. "Mas, it looks like you've lost to Mrs Ge." Sweet mocked her husband.

"It doesn't matter, she's my mother and that means this place belongs to me too. I can come here when I want." Reply Alex with a haughty tone. Sweet who heard that rolled his eyes panted.

"Forget that guy, let's have a chat." Take Sweet to pull Madame Ge's arm and leave Alex.

"Darling, I'll pick some fruit for the kids. Enjoy the long day." Alex screamed like a child.

"You see, he's still like a child." Annoyed Sweet complained to Madame Ge.

"It is like that if a man has found his handler. He will show his true attitude that no one else has ever seen. So now you believe my words first? Alex is a good boy and a singer. Very similar to his late mother."

"Yes, I believe you. Thank you for helping me so much at that time." Sweet said sincerely.

"I live alone here. My husband died a long time ago and the children are all married." Madam Ge seemed to understand what Sweet was thinking. Then he invited Sweet to sit on a simple sofa.

"This place is very comfortable" Sweet said while researching the entire room.

"Yes, that's why I'm here. Ah yes, why don't you guys bring the kids? I'd love to meet them. I just saw their pictures as babies."

"Today was their first day of study, so we didn't take it. Maybe next time we'll come back here, they'll be happy."

"Yes, you have to take him. I want to hug and kiss them." Madam Ge said as she headed towards the kitchen. And not long after he came back with a tray of two drinks and a few snacks.

"Where's your husband? Why not come in?" Madam Ge asked putting a tray on the table. Then sit next to Sweet.

"It looks like he's destroying your garden." Sweet's gurau was greeted with laughter by Mrs Ge.

"You know what, Sweet? I always pray that you can stay together until your grandchildren. You rekindle that withered flower until it blooms beautifully."

Sweet smiled hearing that. "This is God's destiny. That's why I'm still by his side. I also always hope that in the future we can still be together." Said Sweet grasping the wrinkled hand gently.

"Hm. I pray you are always blessed."

"Aamiin, thank you." Sweet said sincerely.

After a long chat, Sweet went from the house to look for the whereabouts of her husband who never appeared. Then he smiled widely when he saw Alex who was busy picking strawberries.

"Honey," call Sweet over to her husband.

"Hey, I'm picking fruit for the kids." Alex said without seeing his interlocutor. Sweet who saw that looked annoyed.

"Mas, I want to eat rujak." Rengek Sweet stood next to her husband.

"Ruby?" Alex turns his attention to his wife. Looking at Sweet's goal.

"Hm." Sweet nodded slowly.

"Where are we going to find rujak huh?" Alex looked confused.

"You do," Sweet said lightly. Alex's mouth opened hearing that.

"Honey, you know I can't make the Indonesian food you mentioned. Rujak's? I've never even seen it in person. I lived in Indonesia for a long time. But I've never eaten anything called rujak." Omel Alex at length. Sweet who heard that also rolled his eyes panted.

"You can see it on youtube, right? Ah, I want to go home now. I want to do it, Mas." Rengek Sweet uses the Indonesian language.

"Honey, you're making you almost crazy. Come home, I'll devour you to the end." Alex pulls his wife's hand. Sweet smiled amusedly and tried to balance her husband's big strides.

After saying goodbye to Madame Ge, they went straight home with a few bags of strawberries and fresh wine.

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"Emmm.. This is delicious. You're a good guy, Mas." Sweet cried when tasting rujak made by her husband.

"Take that, I've been hard-earned looking for young mangoes and what's that called?"

"Java acid," Sweet said without feeling guilty at all. How not, almost two hours Alex traveled around the city of Berlin to find the name of young mango and tamarind. It's not Indonesia, so it's not that easy to get it. In fact, he had to involve Joshua to fulfill the wishes of his baby.

"It's so good, you have to try it." Sweet continues to feed Alex. But the man immediately refused it.

"Is it not acid?" Alex asked with drool that almost spilled.

"Asam, but it's delicious, Mas. You have to chip a little, don't lie." Sweet replied back to using Indonesian.

"Look at it I'm almost crazy. Spend it, I want to take a shower for a while." Alex went from there to his room.

"Mas, don't get a GTK?" Sweet's scream that managed to hold back her husband's steps.

"GTK? What'sthat?" Alex asked confusedly.

"Cronically insane." Sweet with his laugh. Alex who heard that could only shake his head and resumed his steps. Since becoming pregnant, there is a new behavior that his wife did. He almost broke his head.

Unlike Sweet, he is seen enjoying the rujak and devouring it without remaining. He never felt this kind of happiness. Who is unhappy? Having such a kind and caring husband. Even at the beginning of the meeting, there were so many conflicts that they had to go through.

Sweet stroked his stomach gently. "Baby, Mommy thinks you have a grudge against Daddy. You keep wanting weird stuff and it's really hard on your Daddy. Do you know what? Daddy always obeyed all your wishes. Lucky your Daddy wasn't mad at Mommy. If that had happened, Mommy might have run away again." Oceh Sweet complained to her future baby. He also smiled amusedly when he imagined the tangled face of Alex when he came home earlier. That's so adorable for her. But a second later his face turned sad.

"Huh, Mommy's scared. If one day Mommy leaves. Is Daddy gonna be that happy? Or is Daddy going to come back the way he used to be? Mommy's so scared, honey." Sweet continued to rub her stomach gently. But his eyes were so far away.