The Contract Husband I Love
6. Still Awkward

Because the road is jammed, so that Jake braked suddenly which eventually made Niken's body unstable and fell in Ardi's arms.

The eyes of the two men who had just known each other met. Niken stared fixedly at Ardi and vice versa. Ardi's hand refuted Niken's shoulder so as not to fall. Meanwhile, Niken dissolves in the atmosphere until he finally wakes up because Jake is getting sick.

The two were shocked and hurriedly took their respective positions and pretended as if nothing had happened. Jake who watched everything could only shake his head.

"You better get married instead of like that. You're a good match" she said, which Ardi and Niken could hear.

As Niken's cheeks blushed, her eyes hinted that she was embarrassed by Jake's cravings.

Ardi himself pretended not to hear Jake's words earlier because as well as Niken, he was embarrassed and even his heart could not be compromised now.

His heart was beating faster than usual. This happened several times when I first met Niken.

Could this be called love? Ardi turned his face away, then looked at Niken for a while, "Ah, there's no way I'm in love with her. No Ardi. Your love is only for Jasmine, now or later."

He also dismissed his own assumptions. The traffic jams made their journey stalled. Niken, who never had patience, finally ordered Jake to turn the direction.

"Take Jake's other way. If we continue to be here, we may be late. It's almost two o'clock and we only have a few hours left before night" he said riled up as he looked at the watch without feeling the time was rolling so fast.

Jake nodded too. He looked to his left and right. The road is filled with motorists who make the path a little stalled.

Up ahead there less than thirty meters, there was a turn leading to Tamrin. Jake continues to hit the horn so that the biker who keeps breaking through can give him a way.

The next fifteen minutes, they were finally able to escape the bottleneck. The capital city is very famous for its congestion which is because it is one of the busiest cities in Indonesia.

Finally Niken can breathe a sigh of relief after coming out of the jam. He looked towards Ardi who looked slumbering. However, his gaze immediately turned to Jake.

"We went to the Mall in Senayan only because of my meeting with Dad near Senayan."

Jake nodded, "Well Miss." Without saying any more words, he immediately turned left at the intersection of three.

"Have we arrived?" asked Ardi, rubbing his eyes. He fell asleep a few minutes ago. Being stuck in traffic, makes Ardi sleepy.

"Ups, sorry for waking you up. You go on to sleep. We'll be up to thirty minutes" Niken said. Although it has been voiced slowly, in fact it is able to make Ardi still awake.

"Ah, no problem," as much as shaking hands. "It turns out the traffic can make us sleepy too, yes. I didn't know it because all this time, I've never been stuck in traffic for more than thirty minutes. So I was a little bored," he added, by changing his sitting position to be more upright.

Spending more than three hours just sitting in the car, in fact, made his waist bones become sore. He had never been in a car with such a long journey duration, so he needed to get used to it.

Niken tekkeh when she saw Ardi was doing a stretch, "You must be exhausted. Do we need to rest?" he nodded, blinking one of his eyes.

Ardi did not answer. He just muttered and glanced at Niken for a moment. Then, go back to continue the stretch that was delayed.

After making a small movement, he was finally able to move freely back. His waist felt straight again. Seeing Ardi's innocence made Niken smile, it could be said that this was his best smile. Jake feels the same way because as long as he works under Niken's orders, he rarely has even seen Niken laugh this happily.

***

Niken recounted that she was very afraid of caterpillars and other slithering animals. As for Ardi, he really dislikes darkness because for him darkness is, something unpleasant. Therefore, he really does not like to sleep with the lights turned off. Her room lights should always be on while she sleeps.

Niken also had to remember it all because he was inversely proportional to Ardi. He really likes to sleep with the lights off because that way he can be more relaxed during sleep.

If it is like this, how when they will become husband and wife if one prefers to turn off the lights, while the other prefers to sleep with the lights on?

***

They finally arrived at Plaza Senayan. Ardi and Niken descend first in front of the entrance, while Jake leaves to park the car.

Niken advised not to come because he did not want to be disturbed when shopping. Jake agreed, at least he can rest because for almost three hours he drove.

Niken immediately brought Ardi into the mall. Ardi's eyes immediately sparkled, "Is this the famous shopping center? I mean, is this what it's like to enter a shopping mall?" he was unable to hide his amazement.

"So this is the first time you've walked into a mall?" ask Niken. Seeing Ardi happy, his heart also felt happy.

It's true what people say. Happiness is simple. Seeing others smile sincerely makes you happy.

Ardi looked around, looking crowded and so luxurious. He never set foot into the mall, usually only entered the market once a month.

"Is this really a shopping mall that's on television? To be honest, I've never been to the mall and only seen it on tv. This is the first time I've been here. Melati must have liked it so much ..."

The originally warm atmosphere, suddenly froze when Ardi accidentally mentioned the name Melati in front of Niken. Obviously this makes Niken sculpt.

Ardi hurriedly looked for a way to make Niken smile again, "Omong-by the way, what are we going to do here?" the question is a little hesitant because maybe Niken no longer wants to answer the question, or worse maybe rampage like a lion.

Niken did not immediately answer, it made Ardi more convinced that Niken was offended because he had mentioned the name of another woman.

According to the romantic novel she read, a woman will get angry, lash and upset when her lover mentions the name of another woman in front of her. Ardi speculates that Niken was angry because he had mentioned Melati accidentally.

Niken began to pucker her lips. Ardi grew increasingly panicked as Niken stared at him sharply, like a lion ready to pounce on its prey.

"Mahaha ..." Not long after, Niken laughed out loud. He did not get to scold Ardi for one thing, that is, Ardi's innocence always melted his anger.

Ardi who still felt guilty also knitted his eyebrows, did not know what to reach him. Now he realized that the woman was hard to guess. That is, a woman's mood is easily changed. Temporarily angry, sulking. Then not long after laughing, just like Niken now.

Ardi tekekeh while scratching his head. Niken quickly stopped laughing, "Sorry, leaving you confused. Oh, Yeah. Come on, let's learn. We don't have much time."

Without giving a warning, Niken just pulled Ardi's hand, while the twenty-seven-year-old boy blinked his eyes. It was like there was a stream of electricity grabbing her as Niken pulled her hand.