7. Unwanted Ex

Of all the people living in this city, why did Ajeng have to meet the person she least wanted to see right now?

She stared at the man sitting casually next to her with a displeased expression. Her mood worsened. After suspecting Ella of deliberately putting shrimp in the fried rice, now she had to meet her ex-husband.

"Who are you waiting for? Aren't you alone in this city?"

Ajeng deliberately ignored the man. Her heart still ached. After years of recklessly loving Dimas, even Ella called her stupid for being too lovey-dovey, now Ajeng deeply regretted it.

She shouldn't have loved that man so much, let alone trusted him completely. What man could be trusted now? Even Evan had easily agreed to Ella's request to remarry. It was not impossible that Evan would remarry if she and Ella left.

"Ajeng, I know you're still hurt by my decision. But I still love you. If only you were willing to be a co-wife..."

"Do you realize what you're saying? Do you think women can easily accept their husbands remarrying?" Ajeng interrupted, her chest heaving.

Dimas stared at her intensely. It was something Ajeng used to love, but now it made her sick. She quickly turned away.

"I need children, Jeng. You've been diagnosed as infertile. What's wrong with me marrying again?"

Ajeng's hands clenched tightly. It was so easy for men to talk about polygamy.

"But you already brought another woman into our lives before we divorced, Dim. That means you cheated on me." Ajeng gritted her teeth. The pain came back.

"Ajeng, I can explain it to you. I just met Ayu, and my mother said..."

"Your mother told you to get to know her better by taking her out behind my back, is that it? That's the same as cheating, Dim." Ajeng's tears fell even though she tried desperately to hold them back. "I never thought you would so easily go with another woman while we were still husband and wife."

"Ajeng, I'm truly sorry. Please forgive me." Dimas grabbed Ajeng's hand, but she quickly pulled away.

It turned out to be true. A woman who has been cheated on will find it very difficult to heal. Ajeng only felt anger and heartache when she saw Dimas six months after their divorce.

"You'd better leave. Just take care of your new wife. Is she pregnant yet?" Ajeng held back the pain as she said this. Her chest felt tight.

Dimas only opened a wound that was still fresh.

"Forgive me, Jeng. I just want you to know that I still love you very much. If you want, I want us to get back together."

Ajeng snorted sarcastically. Tears streamed down her face even though her lips were smiling. Dimas was completely insane.

"Please go, Dim. Don't see me again. Please, understand. Your presence only reopens old wounds that are still raw. Put yourself in my shoes. You would have felt the same way if I had cheated on you when we were still married."

"What? What do you mean? Are you saying..."

"Mr. Evan Braun's family?"

Ajeng breathed a sigh of relief. She quickly wiped her wet face.

"It's me, Doc. How is he?" Ajeng asked as she approached the doctor.

"We've given your husband medicine. He's resting now. You can pick up the medicine at the pharmacy later. Be more careful from now on, okay? You have to really watch what your husband eats."

Ajeng bit her lower lip when the doctor referred to Evan as her husband. Stupid! Why did she tell the medical team that Evan was her husband?

"Okay, doc. Thank you very much," Ajeng replied, her body tense. Her back felt hot, as if a laser beam was trying to burn a hole through it.

"After this, he can be moved to the ward. Once his allergy has cleared up, he can go home. The nurse will give you a prescription for his medication."

"Yes, doc."

Ajeng swallowed hard as the doctor left. She knew Dimas was still standing where he was.

"So, this is what you mean?" Dimas snorted sarcastically. "You married your best friend's husband? Wow!"

Ignoring his meaningless rant, Ajeng hurriedly opened the emergency room door and was about to go inside, but stopped when she saw that the medical staff were moving Evan's stretcher.

"Or could it be that you've been cheating on me with Evan behind my back?"

"Can you shut up? You don't know anything, so don't talk nonsense!" Ajeng replied sharply.

A few moments later, Evan was taken out of the emergency room to a regular ward. Ajeng reflexively followed them.

"If you became Evan's mistress, what for? You're barren. Or could it be that you're just satisfying his lust? Foreigners usually have a big appetite."

SMACK!

Ajeng's chest rose and fell with emotion. Many people turned to look at them, but she didn't care.

"So this is your true nature." Ajeng pointed at Dimas' face angrily. She wanted to strangle him until he couldn't breathe.

The wounds from being cheated on and divorced had not yet healed, and her ex-husband turned out to be such a jerk. No wonder Ajeng's mother never liked Dimas. Sander even always looked away when he saw Dimas before.

"Why? That's the truth, isn't it? It turns out Ayu is much better than you," Dimas said with an annoying look on his face as he touched the mark left by Ajeng's slap on his left cheek.

"Don't be too confident. You might end up eating your own words someday. And when that time comes, I will be the one laughing the hardest at you enjoying your karma."

Not wanting to get angry and become the center of attention, Ajeng hurriedly left the man. She truly regretted wasting her life on a jerk like Dimas.

Her steps faltered a little when she realized that she didn't know where Evan's hospital room was. How stupid. She shouldn't have bothered with Dimas. It turned out that the man was just like his mother. Mean and sarcastic.

Suddenly, she felt ashamed of ever being that man's wife.

"Excuse me, ma'am. Where is my husband's room? He was treated in the emergency room for an allergy," Ajeng asked when a nurse came out of one of the rooms.

"Well, I just came from that room because I was waiting too long, ma'am. Why didn't you come? Here's the prescription that you have to fill at the pharmacy. Take care of the paperwork too, okay?"

Ajeng nodded as she accepted a piece of paper with handwriting that was difficult to understand. "Thank you, ma'am."

She entered the room and found Evan staring at her with an expression that was hard to interpret. Not cold, not warm either.

"Did you fight with your ex-husband? What did he talk about that made you slap him?"

Ajeng's body froze, her eyes wide open.