The Retaliation of the CEO's Wife and the Idol
CHAPTER 16: THE SAME TASTE

Ega's smart phone buzzed earlier, while the woman was still drowning in her daydream. His hands were busy tidying up the dirty cooking utensils, but his mind was fixed on the email invitation he read in Evan's email last night. The woman was planning something to find evidence of the fraud her husband had committed on her.

“Honey, your phone has been ringing since,” said the man as he bribed the still warm chicken cream soup into his mouth. Ega remained silent unmoved because his mind was fixated on prejudices against her husband and Amora which he increasingly believed that the woman was the figure of the Little Princess who had received a heart-shaped white rose flower arrangement.

“Honey,” said Evan while patting slowly Ega's shoulder which immediately made the woman surprised.

“Oh, what is Hun?” said surprised. Instantly the woman cleaned her two palms that were still wrapped in foam.

“Why you? Is there a problem? Your phone rang from earlier and I called you repeatedly, but you were silent,” the man said as he placed the dirty bowl of his creamy soup.

“Oh, really? For a moment,” Ega moved to reach his phone that was lying on the table.

“Iya, Nat. Any work today?” ask Ega as soon as he answers the phone call. The woman occasionally nodded in understanding the conversation from across.

“I will ask my husband first, I leave if he allows,” he concluded while closing the call and returning to finish his work. Evan was silent watching his wife who seemed to lose concentration.

“Darling, are you really okay?” the man asked again who was answered only with a short head by the woman.

“Who called?” ask the man. Ega turned off the sink faucet and immediately dried both palms with an electronic dryer attached adjacent to the sink.

“Nathan asked me to deal with Iko and a few other artists today because he was working out of town,”. Finding her husband's slightly changed face, she continued. “I will not leave if you do not allow,” he concluded. His tone was a little lacklustre due to the chaos of his thoughts towards the man pretending to be sweet before him. It seemed like she wanted to throw whatever was in front of her to her husband, but she tried to master the anger that raged in her chest cavity.

“Hm, although I actually do not like it if you keep handling Iko, this time I let you. How else?” the man said as if jealous, but Ega was sick of seeing it.

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Ega rushes to finish his job handling Aluna's hair because this morning he had to do double work replacing Nathan. The young girl seemed to understand that her hair stylist today had to do more work to replace Nathan, so she asked Ega to do her hair simply. This morning the idol duo guest starred at a gossip event with a casual theme, so there is no need for excessive hairdressing for both.

“It's done. I have to handle the other friends in the next room,” said Ega a little hasty. Aluna nodded and thanked him before Ega finally moved towards the male artist's waiting room. In the room, Iko and the several artists who had participated in the event were waiting. The woman let out a long sigh because this morning her work was quite a lot. One by one his two skilled hands deftly styled the hair of the male artists that Nathan should have handled completely. The performers who had finished with her hair began to leave the dressing room, until the last remaining, who else if not Iko. The man who had looked at Ega who was busy with his work, always asked for the last part because his hair type was one that was easily messy. Ega hints at Iko changing seats in front of the makeup glass, and the man takes it for granted for what his best friend says. Immediately Ega combed neatly Iko's hair and arranged the comma hair part that characterizes the appearance of the Idol. The hairstyle of the model, Ega also gave it because he is the one who knows best how Iko's face shape. The woman slightly approached Iko to spray hair spray on the front of her hair so as not to shift from place. The magnolia fragrance attached to Ega's body that was slightly approaching, burst into Iko's chest cavity and instantly made her think back to the togetherness of the two of them. The smell that never changed in the past. The man stared at Ega's face covered in a sticky mask, while Ega remained focused on giving the finishing touches to Iko's hairdo. ‘How can you survive with a household full of such falsehoods, Ga?’  the inner man seemed to ask, and somehow Ega seemed to hear the unspoken question until he stopped his hand for a while and turned to look at Iko. The woman took a deep breath and resumed her work.

“It's done. You can go now,” concluded Ega while opening the mask and tidying all her hairdressing equipment. The removal of the flat iron cable that had been stuck earlier, but the fate of Ega's beautiful fingers accidentally touched the hot iron so that he complained of pain. Iko who realized that, deftly grabbed Ega's hand just like that and also blew the reddened Ega's fingers from the heat.

“Why are you always so careless like this when in a hurry?” said Iko while still blowing cold air on Ega's fingers. The woman was stunned to find Iko who suddenly helped her. The two eyeballs meet, with a distance that is not less just one inch. Iko who was still hypnotized with the magnolia scent that burst out from Ega's body, slowly brought her lips closer to the red lips of the woman before her. Ega's thoughts were raging because of her husband, barely aware of what Iko was trying to do to him, until he finally brushed off Iko's body before the man went too far.

“What do you do?” sergeant Ega on the man while rushing so that he is not trapped in a situation that he does not want.

“I love you,” said Iko who immediately made Ega step stopped. The words came back from Iko's mouth, just like back then, exactly one day before Ega had her wedding to Evan. A feeling that was too late he expressed at that time, so that Ega had no choice but to avoid it.

“Until now I still love you, Ga.” The man repeated his words again. Ega's mood was still raging, so Ega preferred to leave Iko just like that without taking out a word.

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