The Contract Husband I Love
16. Meet the In-Law

Ardi kept knocking on his door. "Don't just shut up, yell dong! How does the person inside want to get out, if you don't yell? Shouted dong!" niken was furious because Ardi had only knocked on his door, without saying hello or calling his mother and father.

The door did not open and Ardi was still reluctant to let out his voice. Until finally the door opened and immediately displayed a male figure with a neat appearance and bulging eyes.

Niken smiled gently, nodding his head in a sign of respect to the owner of the house.

"Who's coming to see you, Abah?" ati from inside. He had not seen who had come to his house. If he knew, then his expression would be the same as that of Kang Asep right now.

"Who's coming?" Not getting a response from her husband, Ati approached her husband.

When his gaze was fixed on a straight object with the person who for a few days had disappeared from his life.

"Nrank ..." His lips trembled when he mentioned the name of the son who had now stood back in front of him.

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Ati continued to hug Ardi. She was crying incessantly in the arms of her beloved son who had returned home.

"Why are you going, son? Do you want to see my mother die?" the rauma.

Ardi hurriedly wiped away the tears of the woman who had been in trouble giving birth to him and took care of him into adulthood.

"Mother don't say that. Ardi was very sorry for going and making my mother and Abah sad. Ardi was ashamed to return home. Ardi had made mother and Abah ashamed in front of many residents because of the actions of Ardi," he immediately prostrated.

Ati hugged her son full of haru. Her crying broke right then and there. "We are not angry or ashamed of what has happened. We believe this is the trial that God gave you and us. It's just that we're worried about not knowing about you, honey. Why did you leave then, why not just go back home?"

Kang Asep said, "True son. We're not mad at you. Your mother didn't even eat for two days because she kept thinking about you out of nowhere?"

Ardi looked up, his eyes glazed over. "really that? So, as long as I'm gone, mom doesn't eat? Why, Mom? Why don't you eat? Does she want to leave me?"

Ati hugged her son back. Really, he did not want to lose his son for the second time.

"I'm sorry, son. I just miss you so much, but now that you're here, then I'll eat a lot more. Please don't go again. This self will not be able to live without you."

Ati kissed Ardi's forehead with trembling lips. She was teary-eyed and so was Ardi. Remembering, that time he had to leave the house for a few days. During that time, Ati and Kang Asep did not know the news about Ardi's whereabouts.

The atmosphere that moved blue, made Niken join in shedding tears. He was sitting on a mat because there was no sofa or anything like that.

Niken smiled softly, when she saw the harmony of the Ardi family who loved each other so much and reminded her of her life fifteen years ago.

She also grew up from an incapacitated family and an environment far from luxurious. The house of the Ardi family, exactly the same as the house that was occupied fifteen years ago. Being here is the same as evoking good memories with his mother and father.

It used to be the time they spent educating and raising her. But now there are no more good times like that.

Get together, while watching a television show in the living room. There were no couches, everything sitting on the floor blending into one. Every time there is a school assignment, he will ask for help from his mother and father to help him do the task.

Niken continued to smile, as one by one those memories came back to light. Seeing the togetherness of Ardi, really makes himself nostalgic until Kang Asep questions, awakening Niken from his daydream.

"Who is this woman, Ardi?"

Ardi only realized when his father asked. He immediately turned around and found his wife looking at him fixedly.

Ardi immediately took a large sitting position. Ati was just aware of the presence of Niken because since then the focus is only on Ardi alone.

"Who is he, son?" ask Ati to be curious.

Niken showed his best smile. Now it was time for her to introduce her name to her mother and father-in-law.

"Assynolt, Mother. Abahs. My name is Niken Angelista Atmaja. Princess of Bambang Adi Atmaja. Maybe Mom and Abah knew Bambang Adi Atmaja and I was the only daughter of the Atmaja family. Niken."

Niken also straightforwardly introduced his name to Ati and Kang Asep. "We had a wedding a few days ago. Perhaps, mom and Abah have seen our marriage from television. This is why, Ardi came here to meet his mother and Abah while introducing Ardi's wife, Niken," Ardi added.

Ati and Kang Asep both gulped, not expecting that the show they saw on television was indeed true.

Actually, this morning they wanted to go to the city, the location where Ardi and Niken had their wedding because a few days ago, they saw Ardi on the television show. So they want to find out the truth. But fate says something else. Ardi himself who has come, as well as carrying his palace that is so beautiful.

Niken also tried to keep smiling, even though he felt tense because the situation was not as imagined.

The atmosphere was clearly becoming awkward there. However, it all did not last long. Ati immediately hugged Niken and shed his tears on the woman who is now his daughter-in-law.

"Thank you, son. Somehow does this old lady thank you? You are the angel whom God has sent to guard Ardi" he said with sobbing breath.

Niken swallowed his saliva, "Mother ... Mom don't ..." He kept pausing his sentence because he didn't know what to respond to.

The blue moment happened again. Ati's cry broke upon learning that the woman she was hugging was now her son's legal wife.

You can imagine how happy Ati when he got a beautiful daughter-in-law, if you remember how failed Ardi's marriage with jasmine, which has really cut his heart.

Not just to give them wounds, but to tell them about their deep trauma.

Niken looked at Ardi, gesturing him with a blink of an eye. Ardi nodded, responding to the gesture.

Kang Asep hastily broke up the two. "It has. Don't make our son-in-law feel uncomfortable" said Kang Asep, pulling his wife's body to release his embrace on Niken.

Ati finally realized, after a while ago could not stem his emotions.

Niken smiled gently, "No problem. I'm glad I was well received by you. I was really happy when mom hugged me."

Niken wiped away the tears left on her mother-in-law's cheek gently, "When Ardi said she wanted to meet you guys, she said she wanted to meet you, then I felt happy because in a moment I would meet my mother and father-in-law and now, everything has come true" he added, who was unceasingly smiling.

Ati felt touched when getting good treatment from her daughter-in-law. He immediately grabbed Niken's hand, then kissed her repeatedly, until Niken felt bad.

"You are an angelic hearted man, my dear. Somehow you met, whatever it was, this old lady is very grateful that you have accepted Ardi with all his flaws."

Ardi smiled too thinly. His view was deliberately shifted to other objects. Niken could guess that her husband was trying hard not to cry.

"Since Ardi is back, how about we eat together?" Ati also saw the wall clock there, "Your journey must be quite far and melted. It's almost eleven o'clock, so we'd better have lunch together. Today I cook a lot, you have to spend all the food," he asked without letting go of Niken's hand.

His request was so simple, that Niken could not refuse it. He nodded enthusiastically. "Come, husband! You've cooked a lot for us, haven't you, Mom?" timpale.

Ati smiled, "Right, honey. Come on, shall we eat or have it brought here? So we eat together here, how about?" his proposal, while looking at Ardi and Niken in turn.

"Ardi, just follow what mom said," Ardi replied in agreement.

Niken did not reject the proposal, instead he was enthusiastic to do it immediately. Ati also stroked Niken's hair, then kissed her daughter-in-law's forehead. Only after, Ati breezed towards the kitchen. Niken is also behind.

This was the first time she had come to her in-laws' house, so there was a lot she wanted to know.

Ardi and Kang Asep also exchanged stories, while waiting for food to be served. His father was obviously curious about how the chronology of his meeting with Niken and eventually getting married.