
Rafael enjoys his working time more like a break from his problems. About a week after his conversation with his mother that morning, his ears seemed to be hot every time he asked her about marriage, women, prospective wives, whenever there was a chance.
Rafael, is there a woman who is close to you?
Rafael, do you have a boyfriend?
Rafael, have you thought about the future wife you are going to marry?
That is the question that often hurts his ears.
Obviously, he is not interested in getting married right now. However, the mother's desire, seems to expand, like a balloon soaring upwards. If Rafael doesn't try to stop him, his mother will certainly get out of control.
The sound of knocking on the door rang out and split apart the silence of Rafael's study. Disperse concentration while staring at the report on his laptop. Let the people outside get inside.
Looks like a woman with blood red lipstick on her plumpy lips. His smile was immediately imprinted there. The woman approached with a confident step, stopping right beside Rafael's chair.
The woman further eroded the distance, until the smell of her perfume pierced Rafael's sense of smell.
"There's a file you have to sign, sir." The woman spoke in a low voice, her tone unusual, so tickling the ears.
Rafael quickly took his ballpoint, the sooner it was finished, the sooner the woman came out. Rafael knew very well that he was an easy target for the women in his office to approach.
Having power, mature age, and single, is clearly a tempting target. It's definitely not the first time. However, Rafael always knew how he had to reject them. Pretend not to care, until the women upset themselves and give up.
This time, it might end the same.
Rafael stopped his hand, looking at the paper that the ballpoint had smeared out did not leave any marks. "My ballpoint's up, you got?"
The woman smiled widely. "Of course I have, but .…"
Rafael squinted his eyes and could understand where the conversation was going from the woman before him.
The woman immediately took the opportunity by leaning forward. Making a blouse cut behind the worn blazer decreases and reveals her cleavage.
"My Ballpoint is very expensive, sir. You have to replace it."
"Whatever," concluded Rafael briefly. He then raised his hand.
The woman smiled again as she picked up the ballpoint that was in her pocket in her blazer.
"I'm holding your word." The woman gives her ballpoint, deliberately touching Rafael's hand.
However, Rafael, who dislikes the woman's attitude, immediately takes it and finishes the signature.
"How much?" rafael asked at the end.
"Very expensive," replied the woman.
The answer of the woman before him clearly made Rafael stare intently.
"Don't mess around. I don't have time."
The woman laughed a little. "Okay, because you said so. I'm telling you the price now. The price is your love."
Rafael breathed. This is not the first time either. He looked at the woman for a moment. His right hand he stretched forward with a gesture.
"The exit is over there. So, go or I'll fire you!"
Rafael looked back at the woman. "Know where you are?"
"Ah, sorry, I'm just talking." The woman smiled faintly.
"You know, no one here can speak the originals. You know I have power over your position in this office, don't you?" willy was serious. He knows, this is another. There's something strange.
The woman forced her smile, afraid of making mistakes even worse. "Well, I better find it safe. Actually it just so happened that I met your mother this morning in the office cafeteria."
***
Rafael came home with a mind full of heart and did not think to his mother until doing so. He looked for it here and there in every room of the house, unfortunately there was no.
It really makes him dizzy. In the moment when he really wanted to talk, why did the mother not exist like the previous days who suddenly appeared and asked the topic of marriage without giving up.
Rafael eventually stopped in front of the refrigerator and took a sip of soda to refresh his mind for a moment. Then the sound of the front door being opened.
The mother appears to be carrying some kitchen groceries. Rafael approached to help her carry the items in the plastic bag.
"Well ... What time is it? Tumben you go home before Mama finishes cooking. Did something happen?" tiana asked with a face full of questions.
"Ma, don't pretend you don't know." Rafael says riled.
"What's wrong? What does your mom not know?"
"I know Mama wants me to get married. Mama wants me to open my heart to other women, but what's the need to do that? Getting my employees to flirt in the workspace, it's not going to work at all."
"I'll solve my own problems." Rafael looked at his mother with a frown, like a child his mother had forced to study.
"What are you doing this week? This week, Mama let you. Not just to be quiet like that, but to think about it carefully."
"However, you don't seem to take Mama's words seriously, do you?"
Tiana stopped her activity, putting vegetables in the refrigerator. The refrigerator was closed, but the cold aura grew more and more pronounced.
"It's not like that, Ma. Marriage needs preparation. It's not that easy to find a wife. Besides, I still need time."
"Time? You need time, right? Good. Mama will give you time. One weeks. Mama will give you one week to introduce your future wife. If within a week you can't, let Mama be the one looking for a woman for you to marry."
Tiana patted Rafael on the shoulder, smiling briefly. Then it passed leaving the man and began activities in the noisy kitchen.
Making Rafael increasingly lost for words and cornered.
Unfortunately, this situation is getting more complicated for Rafael. He had not stopped his mother. Unfortunately, he went one step faster.
'Shit! What am I supposed to do now? I don't want you to find a woman to marry. Mama can choose women. Nah! I have to figure out a way to stop this ridiculous action of mama, ' muttered Rafael who currently chose to step his long legs towards the exit.
As he climbed the stairs to the room, Rafael turned his brain to look for ideas. However, throughout the walk, still found nothing to stop the mother's plan.
Then he threw his body on the bed and stared at the ceiling. There, there was a shadow of the figure of a woman who was still very much loved.
"I can't even forget you, Aeleasha. What am I supposed to do? You are a woman with no heart!" lirih Rafael with a raging feeling and crashing.
To be continued...