Tired

Mayang shook her head dramatically, as if being a very wise mother-in-law.

"How could I. I've told him several times that Riana is not a good woman to be his wife. But he still insists," Mayang said with a sad expression again.

"Maybe it's because of your son. He's in love with his wife, so it's natural for him to be like that. What's more I see that Riana is very beautiful," Desi said.

"Not really. You don't see Riana anymore, Desi. I passed by Mayang's house yesterday, Riana was very different from when I first got married. Ugly, shabby and neglected," mocked Santi.

"Really, Santi?" asked Desi incredulously.

"Yes, obviously. Try asking Mayang, did I lie to you, right?" Santi nudged Mayang's arm lightly.

Mayang who had just drunk her juice, immediately choked, in surprise. "Of course. Riana is not good at taking care of herself, what's more she is very wasteful, every money Reynald gives her always runs out," Mayang said, starting to demonize her daugter-in-law.

"Well, be patient, Mayang. Sooner or later Reynald will find the right woman to be his wife." Santi hugged his friend tightly.

"Thank you, Santi." Mayang returned Santi's hug.

Desi just stared at her two friends who were hugging, she chose to brew her hot drink.H owever, she noticed a slight smile on Mayang's face.

**

Meanwhile, Reynald was holding back anger. Just now, he was scolded by his boss. He was not invited to the meeting, because the meeting agenda he made was said to be not good by his own boss.

"Basic ignorant boss! How great does he think hom is, how could he say the presentation I made was bad!" cursed Reynlad in his room.

The sound of a message came through on his cell phone, making Reynald hurry to pick it up to see who the sender was.

[Can you have lunch with me today?]

Reynald who read the message immediately smiled happily, his feelings of anger disappeared instantly when he found out the sender of the message was Diandra. A beautiful woman with white and smooth skin.

[Of course you can, what can't I do for a beautiful woman like you] Reynald replied.

[You can do it, Rey]

Reynald imagined the sweet smile engraved on the beautiful woman's lips, he became smiling himself, not caring about Riana who was struggling to finish all the work at home.

Starting from the morning, Riana had just finished it when the dzuhur call to prayer. This made Riana choose to rest for a while before praying. She opened her cell phone, which was rarely opened, and was surprised that there were many incoming messages, but she never replied to them.

"It's good to lie down and play with your phone!" grumbled Mayang, who had just arrived from her social gathering.

"I just finished working on everything, mom. That's why I took a short break before praying," Riana replied softly.

"That's your excuse. Already, just massage my back that hurts from your incompetent actions!"

"Just a moment, mom. I'll pray first." Riana got up, and went to the bathroom to perform her ablutions, then entered her room.

"Cih, always so evasive!" Mayang grumbled.

Mayang chose to go into her room to wait for Riana to finish, not forgetting that she prepared massage oil for her sore waist.

Riana who had finished praying, slowly knocked on the door of her mother-in-laws' room, which was tightly closed.

"Excuse me, mom."

A pillow was thrown at Riana.

"It took so long to pray, are you praying or sleeping?" asked Mayang irritably.

"No, mom. I finished praying and came straight here," Riana replied softly.

"Why did it take so long? Well, let's just get on with the massage, just watch out if it's not good!"

Riana was silent. She chose to massage her mother-in-law gently.

Really, Riana didn't want Mayang to be in pain from her massage. So, she did it carefully, not wanting her mother-in-law to get angry.

"Heh, Riana! Are you massaging or stroking?" asked Mayang in annoyance, because she felt amused.

"Sorry, Mom. I don't want you to be in pain," Riana said softly, never provoked to answer her mother-in-law in a high tone. Only yesterday, Riana was provoked because she was hungry, and tired.

"If you massage her like that, it's not massaging but stroking. Massage hard!" Mayang ordered.

Riana did as Mayang said, and massaged her mother-in-law hard, causing Mayang to scream in pain. However, Riana continued to massage her, not caring about Mayang's screams.

"Do you want to make me die, Riana?" Mayang asked irritably.

"Didn't you tell me to massage so hard?" she argued.

"How could you resist!" growled Mayang.

"I'm not resisting, Mom. It's just that-" Riana's words were cut short.

"Shut up! Get out of here, I'll call a masseuse!" chased Mayang, her face red with anger.

"I'll be out first." Riana stepped out listlessly, closing the door to Mayang's room softly.

"What a useless daugter-in-law! Why the hell would Reynald keep a woman like her?" Mayang cursed inside the room.

Riana was still near the door, she heard Mayang swearing in the room. She stroked her chest trying to be patient with her current fate, it was not easy having to endure anger in her husband's house.

"Patience Riana, patience. Everything will be beautiful in time if you are a patient person," said Riana trying to strengthen herself.

Riana chose to cook lunch to eat, she deliberately cooked a lot in case her mother-in-laws would come to eat with her. She cooked while humming a little, wanting to entertain her heart so she wouldn't think too much about her mother-in-laws' words.

When Riana was done, she knocked on the door of Mayang's room calling her mother-in-law to eat together.

"Mom, do you want to eat? I've cooked," Riana said from outside.

"What's cooking?" asked Mayang, shouting from inside.

"Just cook some eggs, because I've run out of side dishes, and vegetables," replied Riana.

"Wow, what a delicious scrambled egg. You eat it, I don't want to," Mayang refused, she was still lying on her bed.

Riana heard that immediately chose to eat alone in the kitchen, she would enjoy the fried egg with warm rice given a little soy sauce. The food was very good when it was still warm, and anyway what she thought was just being able to eat was already grateful.

*

While Reynlad was waiting for Diandra at the restaurant, he was going to have lunch with the beautiful woman. Just imagining her made Reynald's blood rush, a beautiful woman, fragrant and slim. So beautiful, he wished that he could make Diandra his wife instead of Riana. The wife he thought now was no longer beautiful, because the dull skin and clothes that Riana always wore made Reynald uneasy.

The woman Reynald was waiting for finally came, from afar already looking very beautiful wearing a short dres above the knee, not to mention the fragrance that emanated from her body. As if to make Reynald intoxicated by the fragrance, he did not stop looking at Diandra.

"Why, am I pretty?" asked Diandra with a small chuckle.

"Yes, very pretty," Reynald replied quickly.

"Haha... you could be," said Diandra blushing.

"No, I really meant it! You're very beautiful, Diandra," Reynald praised with a serious face.

Diandra was speechless at the praise that came out of the mouth of the man in front of her. A handsome man in an expensive-looking suit, making him even more handsome.

"Excuse me, what would you like to order?"

The voice of the maid made Diandra stop daydreaming, she took the menu given by the maid, and then ordered one dish complete with drinks. Reynald also ordered, then the maid went to get both of their orders. The atmosphere was awkward again, no one made a sound.

"What do you do, Diandra?" asked Reynald, breaking the silence.

"Um, I'm just a model by trade," Diandra replied modestly.