Once they arrived at Surya's house, both women headed to the bathroom. Surya and Hendra sat comfortably in the family's room of that luxury housing compound.
Hendra looked restless and uncomfortable. That brown hair man did not know what to do without a smart phone in his hand.
"Surya, can I borrow your phone?" He needed to tell Nana his disappearance from his working office and his absence from the meeting he scheduled by himself.
Surya did not respond to Hendra's request. He was focusing and his mobile phone and watching something exciting there. He did not realize that his best friend came closer and saw his naughtiness with that smart phone
"Ha Haha,"Hendra laughed loudly, laughing at Surya's naughtiness. He was watching 'improper 'video. (porn is somehow considered taboo and improper to talk about openly in a certain culture).
"When did you start watching such films, huh? Ha ha ha," Hendra did not stop laughing. He found it really musing and could not stop his laughter that his eyes wet with tears. Surya covered Hendra's mouth with his palms
"Shut your mouth up!" Surya requested Hendra. His eyes looked around to see if someone could hear his friend laughter.
"Honestly, I did not know if you enjoy watching these stuffs. I cannot imagine if Dea knew this. She would definitely utter astaghfar and condemn your improper behavior," instead of being angry to hear his best friend's sarcastic comments, Surya was felling very embarrassed.
"I have not done 'it', you know," Surya whispered to Hendra, hoping Hendra would understand his complicated problems. It was not easy for all men to admit and to talk about something very sensitive to other people, but Surya did. Unfortunately, not a sympathy or concerning he got from Hendra, instead Hendra laughed louder than before. Surya frowned. He was really irritated.
Seeing surya was quite upset and serious for his teasing, Hendra swallowed his laughter. Hendra was like a wolf ready to jump on a sheep.
Finally Surya cooled down and asked Hendra, "My marriage is five days now and it is very normal because Dea is still having her periods. I cannot touch her. What about you?" Surya gave Hendra cunning smile.
That smile intrigued Hendra to count the age of his marriage and he smiled sheepishly. He and Aruna had to wait very long time to finally got what they wanted to each other.
"Why are you worried about something that is yours, and you will definitely do?" Hendra was meaning that Surya was more normal than he himself.
"Dea looked different without her hijab. She is so much attractive. And her hair? Only shoulder length. Sometimes I saw her and I cannot help myself to get trembled. She is so young, younger than my sisters," Surya made a confession in front of his best friend.
"You need to get accustomed to her, to look at her longer," Hendra shared his opinion. "I simply look into Aruna's eyes and those eyes speak what she wants, she is good at hiding her feeling well but not with their eyes. Trust me, you are chosen and is chosen by her," Hendra continued, narrated his long gloomy days before he finally reached the bright days.
"You are luckier than me, you guys are tied up in a marriage you both can be proud of. I ever fell in love alone, hoping alone, and having long long illness alone," Hendra slowly erected his legs. He stood up and walked passed, bent his body a bit and whispered to him when he was close enough. "Now I have won her completely. Now I challenge you who will have babies first between us. That blue eyed man grinned and walked to the woman who looked perfectly clean.
"Let us go home,"
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It was a simple room with simple facilities for work. It was not furnished with premium furniture like the old place where he worked. He started up from his own room and now he occupied a place at a shop house belonged to his sister. Anantha had to go back from the beginning the mission that fell through in a blink of an eye due to his recklessness, how huge the impact of a trick from an impostor he thought a best friend.
Someone knocked at the door of his work place. He had an appointment with a client who offered him to participate in a quick count system of local elections conducted at the same time in some areas in Indonesia.
The person giving him the offer knew that he used to be a CEO of some promising online applications. The coding used was not just simple mathematics but more on the art of present technology.
Anantha went downstairs from the third floor where he had the office for some weeks with very few employees who were willing to help him out of solidarity. Anantha walked down every stairs to the first floor. The shop belonged to Alia with her new business in marketing service field, marketing consultant, and of such.
Aliana occupied the first and the second floor. And her brother was thankful enough to be allowed to occupy third floor with all its facilities for free.
Anantha met his clients and shook their hands. In a moment he read through the proposal papers of MOU with head of letter Nara&Tv. "Your CEO knew this proposal?"
"CEO??" One of the crews of Nara&Tv questioned back. He did not really understand what Anantha meant.
Anantha smiled, "Nara&TV is one of the subsidiaries of Wenceslas Group, isnt it?"
"Yes, that is true," They replied almost at the same time
"CEO of Wenceslas Grup or your big boss made this proposal to me on purpose?" Anantha investigated it.
"OH.. Such decision is not the issue needs their interference, involving CEO or anyone from them," one of them replied.
"We chose you based on your capacity and our discussion with the creative team," The other answered.
"Okay, fine. I take the offer," Anantha picked up a pen, "I count on your statement," Anantha was the same man with high integrity since he was only a keeper for his sisters to the hardest time at the moment. The true color of a person wiil be visible when he is in the top position or in the lowest place, the wheel of life.
While signing the paper of MOU, someone smiled happily. It was Alia. It was in fact her work to make her big brother signed the contract as his pioneer work. It was not an easy job to convince television station like Nara&TV station that conduct such huge events that required high precision of calculation to Anantha.
Just after the client left and Anantha closed the door, someone screamed and called his name.
"Brother... BROTHER ANANTHA,"Nabila called his name loudly. This inferior woman was not allowed to call Anantha by Sir but to call him brother, instead. All girls of Alia employees had to call Anantha brother. It was a must. No protest! If anyone could make Anantha fell in love, she would be granted ten million rupiahs cash. On one side her employees called Alia ma'am, but they have to call the brother of their superior brother? It could be imagined how difficult it was for them to call Anantha 'Brother'.
It was all Alia's strategy to find her brother a life partner.
"What is going on??why screaming?" Anantha rushed to source of the voice.
"The amniotic fluid is ruptured,"
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The book [Mr CEO's Beloved Wife] is the season III from the book [Stealing The Wife's First Kiss] season I and [One A CEO Wife] season II. If you want to read it in chronological order, you can start reading it in season I [Stealing The Wife's First Kiss] then [One A CEO Wife] season II. Moreover, the novel [Mr CEO's Beloved Wife] can be enjoyed independently because it presents different conflicts.
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