9. "You are my wife."

On the way back, Angka was in a bad mood. But after hesitating for some time, Indira decided to speak. She didn't know when they would meet again, so Indira politely called out, "Mr. Sangkala."

"Angka."

"Huh?"

Angka glanced at the woman beside him as he said, "You are my wife, so there is no need to call me by such a complete name. You can call me 'Angka' and omit the word 'Mister'."

"Okay." Indira nodded before returning to say, "My grandmother lives alone, so can I come home every weekend?"

"Ah, so you finally have a request." There was an amused smile playing at the corners of Angka's lips that were cloaked in darkness.

Indira was stunned not understanding the meaning of the man's words beside her.

Angka then patiently explained, "Before we got married, I asked you about things you might want, but you didn't answer at the time."

"I still hadn't considered it at that time."

"In the future, is it possible that you will make another request every time suddenly like this?"

Seeing Indira's silence, Angka calmly said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not angry at all. I just don't like people who are impulsive and change their minds, but I can understand that you're just an ordinary person who doesn't know how business people work."

Hearing that, Indira's body froze.

"Take it easy, you can go home." Angka fixed his sitting position before asking, "Do you expect me to forbid you to visit your relatives and stay by my side all the time?"

"I didn't mean that."

After a short sigh, Angka again said, "I am quite satisfied with what you did tonight."

Indira didn't know what kind of response to give, so she clumsily just thanked him in a low voice.

"I will also give you a warning to stay away from Erga as much as possible." Angka this time decided to turn his sitting position towards Indira and said again, "From childhood until we grew up, Erga always wanted to compete with me for everything, including even small things that he didn't really want."

"I don't understand." Indira calmly stared at the pair of dark, black pupils that were currently looking at her with a slightly seductive gaze.

"Why do you think she took Rahayu away from me?"

"Of course because he wanted to destroy your marriage and because he wanted to destroy your cooperative relationship with Arya Wiratama."

Angka nodded in satisfaction with that answer and said again, "Yes, one of his goals was successful, but the other was not. So he's probably thinking of other dirty things right now." While rubbing the ring on his ring finger, Angka continued, "You are my wife, so I don't want you to embarrass me by playing dirty with Erga later behind my back."

Indira took a deep breath. "I understand. You can be sure that I am not a stupid woman who will betray my husband."

"I know, I'm just reminding you." Angka straightened his sitting position as he said, "I just know that ordinary people like you usually find it difficult to make decisions under the influence of power and money."

Indira bowed her head and chose not to say anything to such a condescending sentence spoken in a casual tone. After all, Angka didn't say anything wrong because Indira only cared about money at the moment. As long as she had money to guarantee her future life, Indira was even willing to accept Arya Wiratama's offer to be a surrogate bride for his foolish daughter.

Not long after that, Angka opened his mouth again and said, "If in the future you accidentally cross paths with Erga and he bothers you, tell me."

"Okay."

Whenever she met Angka, Indira always felt that the man's oppressive aura was too strong. Indira just felt that Angka was a very horrible cold-hearted man and that he scared her. So when their conversation ended, Indira chose to turn her gaze out the window and observe the surrounding traffic.

*

In the end, Indira chose to buy a bicycle from the internet that she used to commute to and from work from Angka's residence. Although the distance was quite far and it would definitely be very tiring, Indira was quite happy because she thought that she could at least save her expenses as well as a means of exercise.

However, once her bicycle order arrived, Indira couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable seeing the frowning face of Uncle Hengki who happened to be nearby at the time.

Uncomfortably, Indira ventured to ask, "Can I put this on the terrace? If not, I can keep it in the yard where there is a shady tree over there."

Uncle Hengki glanced at the bicycle in Indira's hand before politely asking, "Madam, can't you drive?"

Indira didn't even think and simply replied, "Of course. I was very poor before, so why should I learn to drive if I'm not even thinking of buying a car?"

Uncle Hengki nodded slowly before saying, "Then, you can use a driver to drive the car for you, ma'am."

After sighing softly, Indira quickly explained in the most patient tone possible, "Uncle, I was previously very poor with mounting debts. Wouldn't everyone be suspicious if they saw my life suddenly change and I was suddenly driven by a driver to my workplace? What if this drastic change in my life would attract media attention and affect Mr. Sangkala's marriage contract and job? What do you think?"

"Alright," said Uncle Hengki who had given up. With a bitter gaze fixed on the bicycle in front of him, Uncle Hengki again said, "You can keep your bicycle in the garage, ma'am."

"Yes, thank you." Indira then glanced at the time on her watch before saying, "Then, I'll go take a shower now and please bring my dinner to my room."

"Yes, ma'am."

Because the weather today was really hot with the sun burning her skin even though it was almost evening, Indira did not waste a second of her time. As soon as Uncle Hengki re-entered the house first, Indira hurriedly pushed her bicycle into the garage where all of Sangkala's luxury cars were lined up arrogantly.

Seeing the sight of her little bicycle amongst those very expensive-looking and oppressive iron chariots, Indira couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. But not wanting to drown in such sensitive feelings, Indira hurriedly closed the garage door again and quickly stepped into her room.