Story Chapter 4
"Are you okay? Is there anything we can do to help?"
The young woman asked her as she caressed her back.
Ika turned around to respond before wiping her tears and left.
"Thank you for the concern. You have helped me already."
The couple looked at each other. Nothing she said made them understand what she meant. So they just took her words as is. They smiled and bade her goodbye.
Ika went home and was quiet the whole day. She submerged herself into deep thinking.
Iko was still sleeping when she arrived home. The night before he had his happy hour with drinking affair friends. It was already midday when he woke up with a hangover. As usual, he would wash his face first before leaving the room.
He found Ika in the dining room. He seated himself in his usual chair and reached for the newspaper. He was offered coffee by his wife, telling him with a smile to have it to take away his hangover, before eating lunch.
Iko's eyes went big with surprise as to how his wife was behaving towards him that day. He was expecting tantrums, cries and sometimes insults from her as it had already become normal to him since he lost his job. That particular day was different. Fortunately he managed to respond nicely.
"Thank you."
He said almost whispering to himself.
He took the coffee offered to him, pretending to be reading the newspaper even without him realizing it was upside down.
His eyes were following her movements while he pretended to be unmoved by the changes. Of course, Ika was aware of it. She saw him reading an upside down newspaper. She just smiled quietly to herself.
"He noticed me."
She told herself happily. She then went to the kitchen and finished preparing their lunch.
Iko realized he was holding wrong his newspaper when his wife disappeared into the kitchen. After a while, his wife came out getting the table ready.
His eyes went big again as he realized the food prepared by his wife. It was his favorite!
"Oysters!"
He almost wanted to shout and grab his wife to hug and kiss her, but he held himself. His wife, finally, finished preparing the table.
They were alone. They ate quietly. The children were still at school and later in the afternoon would both be back home.
Iko was enjoying his lunch which included a soup he was sipping with sound. A sound that sounded sexy to Ika's ears as she felt the scrutiny eyes of her husband on her.
"There's a change in her."
Iko was saying to himself while looking at his wife in his sexiest look. He smiled to himself, enjoying what's happening between them. The more he stared back at her, the more he enjoyed the view.
To be continued...
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