Widow Next Door

Chapter 1

In a court session.

"I, at this moment, declare that Mrs. Fiona Ardana is officially divorced from Mr. Januar Pangestu. The custody of a child named Reyhan Akbar Pangestu is under the custody of Mrs. Fiona. With this, the trial is closed."

The Judge knocked on the table three times. Fiona and Januar were officially divorced. Fiona sued her husband for divorce because he had a high temper. Januar beat Fiona for no reason. Not only that, Fiona was often treated harshly every time they had s*x. Rejecting or not had no difference to Fiona. She was traumatized every time Januar wanted her. Almost seven years together, Fiona finally decided to divorce because she was not the only Januar violence target. But Reyhan, her only son, also became the target of his father's anger.

For this reason, Fiona dared to decide to divorce. It would be better for her and her son to open a new page in their lived alone without Januar. Fiona prayed that her life with her son Reyhan would go smoothly without any interruption. There was a sense of relief in Fiona's heart when the Judge knocked on the gavel. "God, I surrender my life and my son into Your hands. I know you know what we will face in the future. I only wish one thing, I hope our lives will be much happier." Fiona said in silent as she left the courtroom.

"Ouch," Fiona said as she almost fell because someone had knocked her body on purpose. When she saw it, Januar and his in-laws were smiling sarcastically at her. "I hope you regret your actions by asking for a divorce from me. Go as far as possible. Never come back to ask for anything especially for Reyhan's needs. You are the one who decided to leave." Januar said with no emotion but such a heartbreaking to Fiona.

"Of course. As long as I still breathed, I will work hard for my son. Thank you for the offer," said Fiona satirically. Januar and his mother laughed derisively. "I wish you luck ... Ex." Januar and his mother immediately left the courtroom, leaving Fiona behind who stroked her chest seeing Januar's unchanged behavior. Likewise, his mother was so defending Januar's behavior that had passed the normal limit.

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"Hhh..." Fiona sighed heavily. Now Fiona should focus on her son who still needed her attention and her love. She also had to be both Reyhan's mother and father.

She looked at her watch and hurried off to pick up Reyhan at school. She was late to pick up her beloved son. Reyhan must have been scowling at this moment sitting in the front seat of his class. And sure enough, Reyhan looked frustrated when his mother picked him up. Fiona persuaded him by taking him to lunch at one of his favorite fried chicken restaurants.

Meanwhile, at a well-known hospital in Jakarta, a man in a green uniform wearing a surgeon cap and also a mask came out of the operation room. His tired face was visible when the mask and surgeon cap was opened. His forehead looked full of sweat. Doctor Ardi Prasetya had just completed Peritonitis surgery, which was an inflammation of the lining of the inner wall of the stomach. "Please report the lab results and also check for abscesses around the surgical wound." Doctor Ardi said to a nurse who helped him in the operation room.

"All right. Any other things to do, Doc?"

"Hmm... I think, that's all for now. If there any other things come up, you can w******p me." Ardi left the operation room and headed to his private room. He was very tired. Since yesterday he had been in and out of the operation room. Sometimes he often came home late because he got patients who need surgery right away. Even though it was heavy and tiring, Ardi really enjoyed his job.

Drrrt .... Ddrrrt ...

Ardi picked up a call from his wife, Susi. He sighed before talking to his sweet wife. It looked like Susi was shopping and her credit card couldn't be used because it was over limit. Ardi guessed that Susi would definitely ask him to pay for all of what she bought today.

"Honey ... please pay for my shopping bills. It's only four hundred and fifty million, it's not that much, right? My card is overlimit, hehe ..." Susi said that easily like it was not that much. Ardi laughed. "Honey, why are you laughing?" Susi asked.

"You just call your husband when you needed. If you don't need something from me, you would not call your husband, hmm ... You may not remember having a husband at home." Ardi said satirically.

"Oh dear, I don't want to argue anymore. Hurry up and transfer the money. I'm waiting right now. Oh, if you can, give me a little more, okay. Love you, love so much." Then, Susi just cut the line.

It used to happen like this over and over. Ardi was tired of being treated like a cash machine by his money-loving wife. Since becoming Ardian Prasetya's mistress, what Susi had done was just shopping for branded goods. Spending time at the Shopping Mall, and squandering her husband's money was her specialty. Nobody knew what was in Ardi's mind when he married Susi Indriani.

Especially now, when Susi had joined the socialite women's group in Jakarta, she used her credit card more often. For this reason, Ardi gave a penalty by limiting his credit card limit, but the result was now he was the guarantee to pay for all the items his wife bought. Workshop. Papa's Work and Mama's Shop. It's a slogan his wife used to say.

Although she was good at spending money, it turned out that Susi was not good at serving her husband in bed. Ardi often had to play solo every time he asked his wife for s*x. After the climax, Susi was sure to fall asleep and let Ardi suffered alone. A message from Susi entered his cellphone. Ardi lazily transferred some money to pay for all of Susi's purchases.

Thank you, dear. I Love you.

Ardi deleted the message from his wife. He stood staring at the buildings towering from the windows. He was bored and tired of his monotonous life like this. He wanted to feel the real home. He really wanted to feel the feeling of being treated like a husband. He also missed the sound of their baby's crying.

When they were married, Ardi was not yet blessed with a child. Susi didn't want to get pregnant because she didn't want to change her current body shape. Ardi repeatedly asked her for pregnancy programs but she used to refuse. He didn't have any idea what was inside his wife's head about marriage. Ardi was bored when he had to fight with his wife when they talked about children. Ardi could only pray that his wife's heart was softened and wanted to get pregnant soon.

One day, Ardian told her about remarrying so he could have children, but Susi threatening him and did not hesitate to be rude if Ardian really did his desire to marry another woman and had children.

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