ERVIN WIJAYA

Aneska smiled seeing her mother's still confused face. "Mother, the bed is moving to the bedroom."

"Mom fell asleep here?" Mom asked with a yawn then got up and went to her room.

Aneska immediately turned off the living room light and went to her room to rest her body.

The night was getting late, outside the faint sound of howling coyotes broke the silence and also the sounds of other nocturnal animals that accompanied the music at night. It's a very safe and peaceful village atmosphere, far from the noise of vehicles and air pollution that pollutes the environment.

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Far from the village which is quiet and peaceful, in a house that is quite large with all the facilities available in it, a husband and wife are seen having dinner. Only the sound of spoons and forks broke the silence.

"Ratna," called the hostess.

"Yes ma'am," replied the old woman who was standing not far from them.

"Please make me some warm orange juice which is slightly sour and deliver it to my room! I'm done eating."

"Yes ma'am." Ratna then went to the kitchen to make the orange juice ordered by her employer.

"Why do you eat so little? You can get sick Serlin," asked the man with a handsome face sitting in front of him.

"I don't want my body to be fat from eating too much. I shouldn't eat rice at night either, but you forced me to eat Mr. Ervin's rice!" She answered curtly.

"It doesn't matter to me if your body is fat or round, I will still be your husband," he replied as he ate quietly.

"I don't want to! My body is an asset of my life, in addition to a beautiful face a model must also have an attractive appearance!" replied his wife curtly.

"I've asked you to stop modeling! We've been married for a long time, I want to have kids! How long are you going to live in your world?! Going to different countries like a woman who doesn't have a husband, leaving the house for weeks!!"

"Why are you only now objecting to what I'm doing?! Wasn't before I married you, I was a model, and allowed me to continue my career? Now I'm at the peak of popularity and you are telling me to stop? Your dream!!" She shouted then hurried away in anger.

Ervin immediately put his spoon and fork onto the plate and lost his appetite. Every time he talks to his wife, it always ends in a fight. "Damn it!!"

While in the room, Serlin was throwing whatever was in front of him. Her hands were clenched into fists, her face was red. "I don't want to stop modeling!!" She shouted.

The door was knocked from outside. "Madam, here is the orange juice." An Ratna voice came from outside.

"Come in Ratna!" Serlin replied.

Ratna entered and was stunned for a few seconds looking at the room which was like a broken ship. "What's wrong madam? Why such a mess?"

"Keep the juice on the table and get out!" Serlin did not answer Ratna's question.

"Very well, madam," replied Ratna, quickly placing the juice on the table and then hurrying out of the room.

Serlin took his orange juice, feeling a little relieved after the juice passed through his throat. Not long after, his cell phone vibrated which was on the small table beside his bed.

She looked at the cellphone screen showing the manager's name. "Hello."

There was a voice on the other end of the phone and Serlin was listening very seriously.

"Tonight too? Singapore? All right, I'll get ready, in half an hour to pick you up here." Serlin immediately closed his cell phone and rushed to the walk-in closet.

After almost 20 minutes Serlin packed his clothes into the suitcase. "I think that's enough," she muttered to himself. Then quickly, Serlin changed his clothes and put all the make-up tools into the bag.

Ignoring her messy room, Serlin pulled her suitcase out of the room.

"Where else are you going?!" Ervin asked as soon as he saw his wife coming down the stairs.

"I have a photoshoot in Singapore for 2 weeks," she answered without even looking at her husband.

"Again? Another photoshoot?! Just 3 days ago you came back from Tokyo and now you're gone again?! I won't allow it!!" Ervin shouted angrily.

Serlin stopped right in front of Ervin. She looked deeply into her husband's eyes. "I don't need your permission!" His words were full of emphasis.

"Serlin!!" Ervin shouted out of patience with clenched fists.

There was the sound of a car horn being honked several times from outside. "I go!" Serlin quickly left Ervin's presence and hurriedly pulled his suitcase out of the house.

Ervin's breath rose and fell, his heart beating fast with anger. His hands were clenched into fists, his eyes were red as he watched his wife rush away and disappear from behind the door.

Ratna who stood up earlier could only see and speak to herself in her heart. "I'm so sorry Mr. Ervin, even though he loves his wife very much, but why does Madam always hurt him?"

Ervin immediately went to his study, slammed the door shut, and dropped all the things on his desk. "Fuck!!!" he shouted.

After being satisfied with expressing his emotions, Ervin sat limply in the chair. His face was wrinkled, his eyes blank looking up at the ceiling. "Why is it like this?" That was the only word that left his lips.

Everything looks beautiful when his wife still wants to listen to all his words. A marriage that has been running for 4 years can only be sweet at the beginning.

"Serlin has changed a lot now, I don't seem to know her anymore. There is no longer Serlin who used to be full of tenderness, obeys all my words. Serlin is now full of ambition, even as if he doesn't care about this marriage anymore."

"I don't know her. What am I lacking? Money? I have a lot of money. Love? I even married her for love. Everything she wants I always do. But why is it like this?" Ervin was talking to himself with many questions in his mind.

"Even what I see, it seems that Serlin has no desire to have children. I've discussed it many times but she always avoids it. Even though she knows very well that I want a child. This house is quiet without the sound of children."

Meanwhile, far from Ervin's place, in a black car. Serlin was sitting with a face full of annoyance. "Why does my husband never want to understand what I want? Being at the peak of his career as it is now is not easy. There were many obstacles and obstacles that I had to go through and now I was asked to stop. Becoming a famous model like this is my dream since childhood. There's no way I can let it go just like that."

The driver saw Serlin through the rearview mirror. "Is there any problem?" He asked the driver who knew Serlin very well because he often picked him up.

"It's okay, Sir, Ervin is fussy again," said Serlin, looking in the rearview mirror.

"Did Mr. Ervin not let Mother go?" he asked again.

"That's how it is, whenever I want to go, he's always forbidden. I don't know how to give him the understanding that being a model is my dream," said Serlin annoyed.

"Just be patient, ma'am, in marriage there are always fights," said the driver, looking at the road that seemed to be getting quiet.