The Contract Husband I Love
17. Jasmine The Malang

"Here, let Niken bring you, Mom," he asked while taking the plate that Ati had brought.

Niken was so sincere in helping Ati in the kitchen, making her mother-in-law feel happy and lucky, having a daughter-in-law as beautiful and smart as Niken. Not only good, but Niken is also a submissive and considerate child. He is also adaptable, making it not take long to blend in.

Fortunately what brought Ardi to meet Niken? This is God's destiny. He was the one who planned it all. Ardi is dumped by Melati, but she immediately gets a better replacement from Melati.

Ati smiled gently, letting her daughter-in-law carry two dishes filled with side dishes. He walked first, and then Niken followed behind him.

Kang Asep and Ardi were already waiting in the living room. The two chatted casually, exchanging stories. Especially Kang Asep wanted to hear all the chronology of his son's meeting with Niken.

"Pending the conversation. Come on, let's eat first!" ati who came to bring food. Kang Asep is an antagonist. Not inferior to his father, Ardi was already impatient to eat the food made by his mother.

If counted, it has been almost ten days he did not eat his mother's food. During that time, Ardi felt that something was missing. The food at Niken's house is delicious, but it tastes much different from the one made by his mother. After eating, he felt full, but not satisfied.

One by one food was served. Although simple, but able to arouse appetite.

There are vegetable asem, tempeh and fried tofu. Lalapan, salted fish and not to be forgotten sambal terasi. Really, flirting with faith.

Niken tasted her saliva as she imagined how delicious the food her mother-in-law had made was. He had even taken his place, then sat cross-legged with a plate that was waiting to be filled.

"Come, kid, get eaten! Sorry, this is just the food. Hopefully mother's cooking, according to your taste," said Ati while putting a piece of rice on Niken's plate, do not forget the side dish as well. Tempeh and fried tofu, as well as salted fish.

"Don't say that, Mom. There was no food I didn't like, except wood and stone because I didn't eat any of it" he joked.

Not to be outdone, Ardi also chimed in the words of Niken. "Yes, Mom. There is no food that Niken does not like, even he really likes to eat grass. Like Moo ..."

He imitated the sound of a cow to seduce his wife. Niken also snorted irritably, while Ardi stuck out his tongue which increasingly irritated his wife.

"Mom, in his words, was my time equated with that of a cow? Am I that bad?" his brother to Ati. His cheeks were bulging, his hands were folding on his chest, his face was bent, his expression was wry like a tangled kite.

Ardi laughed loudly without guilt which further upset Niken. "Bus ... Abah!" whining it at his in-laws.

Kang Asep also pinched Ardi's waist, while Ati hit the thigh of his naughty son.

"Ouch. Why are you hurting me?" the grunts were attacked simultaneously.

Niken smiled again. Seeing his wife laughing again, made Ardi fixated. His smile was able to hypnotize him.

Ati and Kang Asep looked at each other. Seeing Ardi who has now been able to forget Melati, the woman who could leave him on their wedding day.

Ati was unable to sleep while remembering how hard Melati left her son. However, all that painful past has gone and now Ardi has started his life again.

Niken also looks greedy eating food made Ati. In fact, asem, salted fish, lalapan, fried places and pasted sambal have been able to divert the world of Niken.

Ardi also stole the view, accidentally during the meal he continued to look at the most beautiful creation of God. The woman who has now legally become his wife in the eyes of law and religion.

It is only natural that Ardi admires Niken's beauty because she is his wife and Ardi can be as content to look at Niken, without guilt.

Niken's eyeballs turned upwards, he found Ardi who kept staring at him. Niken raised both eyebrows, "What?" ask through the mind.

Ardi shook his head, hastily he sped up his meal. "Mom, I want to add," he asked as he handed the plate that only a few mouthfuls of rice left.

Even though his lips were fixed on Ati, but his gaze remained on the woman who had legitimately become his wife.

Niken did not respond further. Instead of arguing with her husband, she should eat only that not only makes her stomach full, but her heart was happy.

***

Leaving the small Ardi family together, who have now been reunited. In a separate place, still in the same village.

Hard slap received a beautiful woman who was about twenty-seven years old. There was a palm on his cheek. His body fell on the floor. His gaze was clear on a middle-aged man, with partially bleached hair.

"Dad ... Dad, I'm sorry. Don't throw me out of here! Where will I stay?!" ask the man called Dad.

"When you did this depraved thing to that guy, did you think about how we felt? Dad's ashamed, Melati! We're ashamed of the whole community, including Ardi who you're staying for a jerk like him!" snapped Mr. Rudi, to his daughter, Melati.

"I'm sorry Melati, Dad! Melati was wrong because she had left Ardi for the sake of the Ocean. Melati's wrong, Dad. Forgive Melati," she said, holding Mr. Rudi's leg.

As the local village chief, Mr. Rudi was embarrassed and slapped for having a brash daughter like Melati.

Since childhood he educated Melati with love and never once did Melati feel deprived. He always met his needs. However, why when he was an adult, his attitude even embarrassed the family?

"If you love the Ocean, then hold him accountable and not come to Dad!" snapped Mr. Rudi, who could no longer hold back his emotions.

The harsh reality a father receives, is getting word of his daughter getting pregnant out of wedlock. Not only was his heart hurting, but his pride was shattered right then and there.

What do people say, when they find out that the daughter of the village chief was unable to keep her chastity? His self-esteem is so low that he wants to be impregnated by a man before marriage.

People are going to vilify their families. What kind of father, who lets his daughter sleep with a man who is clearly not yet her husband?

Mr. Rudi kicked Melati to get away from her feet. Meanwhile, Astina could only cry when she saw her daughter suffer. Just like Mr. Rudi, he also felt disappointed in Melati. Her beloved daughter, whom she had raised without any flaws, was apparently unable to keep her chastity.

Melati kept asking for forgiveness from her father. She cried loudly under her father's feet. His mistake was not to be forgiven, but he did not want to be kicked out of the house.

When she learned of her pregnancy, the Ocean left her. The jerk didn't even acknowledge the child in his womb. She said that Melati was pregnant with Ardi's child and not her child. Clearly, Melati was having intercourse only on the Ocean and not Ardi.

Melati returned home and told her about her pregnancy to her parents, when her father was angry.

"You're no longer my son, Melati. You're not the princess in this family anymore. You have embarrassed the family," said Rudi Lirih, mixed with grief.

This fact really pinched his heart. A high soaring regret filled his chest cavity. His breathing was increasingly crowded, when he remembered one by one the actions of his daughter back. Starting from leaving the house that only left a letter, until the news of her pregnancy that increasingly makes Rudi disappointed.

"Go away from my house!" shouted Rudi, while dragging Melati.

"No, Dad. Melati please don't throw Melati out of the house. Where will Melati live, Dad?!"

Rudi doesn't care about his daughter's life anymore. He continues to drag Melati even though her daughter continues to beg to be forgiven.

His sins are no longer tolerable. Not only was his good name tarnished, but the whole family had to accept the shame of his foolish deeds.

BRUK ..

Melati's body was forcefully pushed out. He fell on the ground. Rudi looked at him full of anger. There was no more apology for her daughter.

"Go from my house! Never once have you come back here, you cheap lady!"

Hearing the statement made Melati's heart break into pieces. His father mentioned with a cheap woman, even no longer wanted to see her face.

Rudi hurriedly entered the house and slammed the door until Melati flinched. Immediately he ran to the door, banging on the door so that Rudi would open the door again.

Melati cried so hard that residents who accidentally passed by became wondering.

They saw that Melati had come home, but why was she crying and banging on the door of her own house?

"Do you guys look around?!" Melati turned around and yelled at those who talked bad things about her. Even whispering, but Melati can hear everything.

They also hurried from there. Their gazes were cynical Melati pepper. But the girl doesn't care. Now he must try to regain the trust of his parents.