Chapter 4 — Yuki Yurika
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Yuda parked his car in the Mall parking lot.
"Uncle, you have to follow me!"
"Alright, Miss."
"But don't come too near. I don't want people to mistake us and think we are dating!"
"Alright, Miss."
Yuki took a step followed by Yuda behind her. Yuda was embarrassed to see the men's eyes staring at Yuki without blinking. It felt like he wanted to put a blanket over Yuki's body, so the men could stop staring at Yuki’s sexy body with their dirty minds.
There was a man who actually dared to keep pace with Yuki. It seemed that he was trying to get Yuki acquainted. But Yuki ignored him and keep walking casually without paying any attention to that man.
Yuda gasped when Yuki's steps stopped. He also stopped in his tracks.
"I said I didn't want to meet you. Don't force me!" exclaimed Yuki fiercely.
"Don't act like an innocent girl, you must be a call girl?" The man tried to hold Yuki's cheek. Yuki brushed it off, Yuda immediately approached them.
"Get your hands off my lady," Yuda hissed with a sharp gaze. The man who was no younger than Yuda met Yuda's gaze.
"Do not interfere!" replied the man.
"I am her bodyguard, so I have to interfere, now please leave, or I have to throw your body away from here!" threatened Yuda.
The man whose body was no bigger than Yuda looked discouraged at hearing Yuda's threat. He immediately left them.
Yuda looked at Yuki.
"If you had dressed more modestly, something like this wouldn't have happened!"
"I said don't try to control me, I can take care of myself!" Yuki replied curtly.
Yuki stepped back. Yuda exhaled his breath, then followed her steps.
Yuki met her friends, three girls in her age. Their clothes were all the same.
"Uncle, as long as I'm watching a movie with my friend, you can go for a walk. Later when I'm done, I'll call you. Oh yes, what is your phone number?"
Yuda mentioned his phone number.
"Okay, I'll call you when I've finished watching a movie. Here for your snack." Yuki handed Yuda one hundred thousand rupiahs.
"No, thanks." Yuda refused the money. Yuki grabbed Yuda's hand, gave the money to Yuda's palm.
"Take it. I'll go in," she said. Yuda was forced to accept it.
Yuda preferred to wait for Yuki by sitting around in the cinema. He remembered Mr. Yamata's words about his duty not only to be Yuki's driver but also to take care of her.
Yuda did not know how long he had been waiting for Yuki while surfing in cyberspace about the latest news that was happening in the world.
Yuki and his friends approached him.
"Uncle, we want to shop first, then continue to eat. After that, we can go home."
"Alright, Miss."
"Follow us behind."
"Alright, Miss."
Yuda walked to follow wherever the girls stepped. He thought that maybe his hands would be filled with shopping bags for the four girls.
But his guess was wrong. The four girls only bought a few pieces of clothing. For the rest, they just looked around.
Feeling tired, they finally entered a restaurant. Yuda remained silent outside. Yuki, who realized Yuda was not coming in, immediately approached him.
"Uncle, come in!"
"No, I'll just wait outside Miss."
"Just come in!" Yuki exclaimed getting impatient. Yuda exhaled, then followed Yuki's steps into the restaurant.
"Uncle, just order what you want," Yuki said before returned back to chat with her friends.
Seeing the price of the food there, it seemed that Yuda felt the meal was overpriced, such a waste of money.
"Uncle, what do you want to eat?"
"This one." Yuda pointed to the food that he thought was in accordance with his taste.
Even though Yuda was there with them, the four girls didn't seem bothered by his presence. They were still talking and laughing softly.
When the food arrived, Yuda was thinking about his wife. He didn’t know what kind of food his wife eating that day. To be sure, the food quality that his wife ate would be different from the food on his plate at that moment.
"Uncle, let's eat!"
"Can I just take this home, Miss?"
"What for?"
"I want to eat this at home with my wife."
"Hey, don't be ridiculous, hurry up and eat."
"Alright, Miss." Yuda did not want to argue with Yuki who sometimes acted so kind, and sometimes bitchy.
'Ajeng, I'm sorry, Dear. I eat this kind of food without you,' Yuda said it to himself.
Yuki called the waiter, but Yuda didn't know what she said. A few moments later the waiter came with the packages and the bill that they had ordered.
Yuda saw Yuki who paid for all of their food. Yuda wondered how much pocket money Mr. Yamata gave to her granddaughter.
After paying, they rose from their seats. Yuki handed over the package that the waiter brought to Yuda.
"Here, for Aunty at home."
"Aunty?" Yuda asked confused.
"Yes, Aunty, your wife!"
Really, Yuda was dumbfounded to hear that.
"Take it, Uncle!"
"Oh, thank you very much, Miss." Yuda nodded his head.
"Now we can go back home."
"Alright, Miss."
They parted ways with Yuki's friends in the parking lot.
"So we just go straight to home, Miss?"
"Yes, I'm tired!" Yuki put on her earphone, leaned her back, and closed her eyes. Yuda drove the car at normal speed. He still felt confused by Yuki's changing attitude.
On this day, Yuki's attitude could be bitchy, but she could be good, and also arbitrary. He did'n know which attitude showed the real Yuki.
They arrived at Mr. Yamata's house. When Yuda opened the car door for Yuki, and Yuki had gotten off, Yuda returned the money that Yuki gave him at the mall.
"Sorry, Miss, this is your money. I return it back to you."
"I've given it to you, Uncle. It already belongs to you. Just save it for you," she replied curtly, then walked into the house.
Yuda sighed, then put the money into his pocket by muttering thank God in his mouth.
Yuda then took a hose to just wash the car that looked dusty.
After he finished washing the car, Yuda wanted to go home soon, it was very late from his working hours.
" Yuda!" Someone's call startled Yuda. It turned out that Mrs. Fina called him. Mrs. Fina, a woman whose age was estimated to be 40 years old, was the head of Mr. Yamata's household affairs. All the employees at Mr. Yamata was under her watch.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Mrs. Rah said earlier that you eat with your own lunch."
"Yes, ma'am."
"Starting tomorrow, there is no need to bring your own lunch anymore. Mr. Yamata has said that all his employees in this house can freely eat and drink at his house. And that includes you too, you understand?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"One more thing, this is your overtime pay today. Every time you work past office hours, Mr. Yamata will immediately pay your overtime pay. Take this!" Mrs. Fina handed over 50.000 rupiah to Yuda.
"Isn't this too much, ma'am?"
"Just accept it, consider it as the luck of your wife and children."
"I don't have any children, Ma'am."
'And will never have a children' Yuda continued in his heart.
"Yes, just consider it as your wife's sustenance."
"Thank you, ma'am, then excuse me, good afternoon."
"Good afternoon."
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Yuda arrived home with a smile on his lips. His wife greeted with curiosity, seeing her husband's face, which looked happy.
"Honey, why do you look so happy?"
"I'll tell you later, I want to take a shower and pray asr first."
"Yes, then, what's this?"
Ajeng took things hanging on Yuda's motorbike. Including the food package that Yuki bought earlier.
"I'll tell you later," replied Yuda, who had entered their bathroom near the kitchen.
Yuda hesitated, whether he should tell everything, including Yuki's kiss on his cheek. Would his wife feel not hurt if he told that thing too?
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