We are Not Honey
Chapter 36. Apologies

We cannot ask others to like us. All we need to do is, keep doing something that we think is good. Because no matter how good we are, it will always be wrong for those who hate.

A new night for Zahra. Now, he is surrounded by people who love him so sincerely. Not only that makes him happy tonight. Staring at the beautiful face that was on the screen of his phone, much happier than the presence of Riyan and his two in-laws in Palembang.

"Nobody wins and loses between us, Zahra. I thought about building a house with you and Riyan, but my heart asked me not to do that again. I'm still not as sincere as you when it comes to sharing, for that I let Riyan be with you."

The voice from the screen of Riyan's phone in Zahra's hand was heard again.

"I'm sorry, Ma'am. Really, I never thought of asking Mas Riyan back because of my pregnancy." Answer Zahra.

"I know, and I believe what kind of girl I love the man I love. You just want to fulfill your obligations, and Riyan has to give you that living. Your marriage is official, not only in the eyes of religion but also officially recorded in the country. Just let what people say about you, and stay a Zahra that makes me realize that something forced is not love but Obsession." Meisya. "Sorry you used to get punched by a nurse at the hospital." Keep feeling guilty.

Zahra nodded in understanding.

"I deserve it." Answer her. "Bak's not alone, is he there?" Ask Zahra.

"After Riyan arrived, my Mommy and Daddy flew straight to Singapore." Meisya highlights two valuable people with her cell phone camera.

"Alhamdulillah." Zahra.

Now, the beautiful face of Meisya is again visible on the screen of his phone.

"I know your love for Riyan is as great as the love I have. So I won't worry about letting her go." Meisya.

Zahra looks to nod. Although until tonight, he has not decided on his relationship with Riyan.

"I'll end it. Take care of your health and that of my nephew." Say Meisya again. And again Zahra nodded. This time his eyes were glazed. The smile on Meisya's face made her heart feel a little better.

"I call you at every prostration, Ma'am Meisya. May God present someone who will love you only. Maybe in the future, your name will remain neatly stored in Mas Riyan's heart, and I don't mind that. I take it as compensation for what I've done." Zahra said sincerely.

Meisya again smiled sweetly on the screen of Riyan's phone.

"Then I close. Remember, go back with Ryan. Don't waste my sacrifice." Flirt while laughing. Not to forget also he guaranteed the sentence that had just spoken from the lips of Zahra.

A few minutes later, the video call ended. Zahra again handed the phone she had in her hand to Riyan.

"You want to come with me to Jakarta?" Riyan asked after receiving the phone from Zahra's hand.

Zahra looked at her mother-in-law who was staring expectantly, then nodded in agreement. At first he was still hesitant to steady his heart to return, however, after hearing Meisya's explanation a moment ago, it would be evil of him to waste the sacrifice of that woman. Meisya had sacrificed herself, and she should not waste it.

Eliana immediately rushed over and hugged her daughter-in-law.

"Thank you for giving us a chance so soon. I thought, Riyan still needs to struggle to get sorry from you." Said Eliana after releasing her embrace on Zahra's body.

Eliana nodded in confirming.

After a few moments of warm conversation in the room, Eliana and Kenan say goodbye to the boarding house of the family of Rahmat. Before following the extended family back to the cottage, Eliana repeatedly reminded her son to take good care of Zahra. Kenan shook his head because of his wife's behavior.

After the departure of the two in-laws and the rest of the family, Zahra chose to lie down on the bed, and asked Riyan to rest as well. She knew that the man, who was still her husband, was also tired of what they had been through all this time.

Riyan also understood Zahra who did not want to open her heart too much. He stepped onto the sofa that was available there, then sat there watching the woman who had turned her back.

There were many things he wanted to convey, however, looking at Zahra's state, all came back depressed in his brain. Let it be, he will wait until where this destiny will take him. If it was Zahra whom God had destined for him, then he would choose to be patient and wait until Zahra would return as usual.

Moments of silence on the sofa, doing nothing, Riyan finally chose to lie there. It didn't take long for him to fall asleep.

Moments back at Riyan, Zahra slowly flipped back over her body. He looked at the man he so longed for from the bed where he lay.

For a moment he was silent. Is it true that she's happy tonight? Was he unhappy over Meisha's suffering? And there are so many other things that he is so afraid of.

"Mr May, I will ask my Lord to give you eternal happiness even if it is my happiness instead." Mumbled.

For a long time he lay down while staring at the face of Riyan who was so calm in his mind. Until a while later, the eyes he was looking at opened slowly and also stared at him.

"Why not sleep? You need a lot of rest." Said Riyan from above the sofa where he was lying.

Zahra.

"Do I have no sin if I want to be with you, Mom?" Ask.

Riyan was silent for a moment. The same question continues to haunt his heart and mind. Is he innocent to the woman who is far away there, if he has the desire to continue living with the woman who is now staring at him fixedly.

"I've hurt him. I've hurt you. Meisya has given up everything and asked me to leave her life to be with you. The sin of wrongdoing, let me bear it." Answer Riyan. "I want to ask you to come back, not because I want to be responsible for the fetus that is now in your womb, but because it is this heart from the beginning of our marriage, it is already yours." Said again.

"We're going home tomorrow, right, to Jakarta?" Ask Zahra.

Riyan smiled, then nodded with excitement.

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