Chapter 30

After several busy days of meeting with Pakuwon officials, as planned, today Samuel was assigned to go on a business trip to South Korea. Together with Ariana, Samuel is scheduled to meet with several business partners to discuss the intention to cooperate as well as expand the Palma Group's wings in building a network of international scale property companies, especially Asia.

The three of them left with Axton, Samuel and Ariana seemed to be waiting for a while in the executive lounge. When the plane's scheduled take off arrived, the three of them immediately boarded the plane.

The first two hours in the air, everything seems to be running smoothly. Samuel chose to rest, while Ariana herself was seen watching the film that was in front of her.

However, Samuel immediately became anxious. Halfway through, Ariana felt a change in her body. The cold air, which was increasingly felt as piercing to the bones, again triggered the woman's asthma, which eventually relapsed.

"Why?"

"I'm having trouble breathing."

"Your asthma recurrence?"

Ariana just nodded. He couldn't take Samuel's question anymore.

"You have an inhaler in your bag, right?"

"Exist."

At that time, Samuel immediately opened the seatbelt that was wrapped around her body. Trying to reach Ariana's bag, then looking for Asthma medicine, which the woman had prepared for an emergency.

After finding what he was looking for, Samuel immediately gave the inhaler to his wife. He even asked Axton to order hot drinks to help warm his wife's body even though the percentage was not much.

"You drink first."

Ariana complied, immediately drank the warm water that the flight attendant had just delivered to the seat where Samuel and Ariana were sitting.

"How, still cold?"

Ariana nodded again. The woman's face still looked pale. Was confused what to do, Samuel then grabbed Ariana's wrist. Rubbing it repeatedly, so that a slightly warm feeling arises. Don't forget to cover Ariana's body until she feels a little comfortable.

"Thanks, I'm better now."

In the end, Samuel could breathe a sigh of relief. Seeing that Ariana's condition was better than before, he then allowed his wife to continue resting until the plane they were traveling on finally arrived at Incheon airport, South Korea.

"Jakarta-South Korea trip only takes about 7 to 8 hours. If only for an official trip to America, I can't imagine what your breath will be like. It's really bad, you can't be asked to go far," complained Samuel. As soon as he got down and waited for Axton to take care of all the documents and other equipment, the man never stopped nagging.

"Well, how about it, you know myself I have asthma, I'm invited to use everything. Besides, what season is it in Korea again?"

"Mading season."

"Samuel, ugh!"

"Loh, I'm real. It's really winter in Korea. And usually, winter is the right season for married couples or for children. We are really here," said the man while winking his eyes full tease. It seems less afdol if one day does not disturb Ariana.

"But you won't be here long, right?" asked Ariana then.

"No, just five days. But if you feel comfortable, you can think about it."

"Thinking about adding more days?"

"No. I'll leave you here so that you can all become migrant workers."

Ariana pouted angrily. What did he say. How could her husband not irritate her for just one day.

After completing all the affairs at the airport. In the end, Samuel and the others immediately went to the hotel. Along the way, Ariana seemed enthusiastic about the crowds along the way. The woman was not even ashamed to take photos of the road she passed. This caught Samuel's attention until it wasn't long before he heard the man again commenting.

"Instead of taking a photo of the road, you better take a photo of me."

"What for?"

"Make a good luck charm. Yes, make a collection, that is. Make it look at it every night while contemplating and being thankful because it turns out that you have a perfect husband like me."

"Can you, or not, reduce your narcissistic level a bit?"

"No, you can't. It's ingrained. The narcissism has been given formalin, so it lasts until the last drop of blood."

"Meatballs use formalin."

"That's borax, Ariana."

"Oh, it's changed?"

After 30 minutes of driving, Samuel finally arrived at the hotel where they were staying while in South Korea. As soon as he set foot there, the man was immediately greeted by someone who had been waiting for a long time.

"Finally arrived," said the man then immediately threw a hug towards Samuel.

"It's been a long time since I've seen you. Why don't you go back to Indonesia? Poor Salim group, the leaders go on a spree abroad."

"Haphazard!" fuck that man. "I'm in Korea expanding my business network, Ken. It's not fun."

"Yes, believe me. Eh, introduce yourself first. This is my wife, Ariana Grey. You can call her Esmeralda."

"If she's Esmeralda, then who are you?"

"Luis Fernando, please. His partner is in a telenovela."

"Samuel!"

"Just kidding, baby." the man laughed after seeing Ariana who immediately pouted. "You first met. This is my cousin, he was 11:12 with Randa. The gang of crocodiles is stupefied."

"If we are both stumped crocodiles, then what about you?"

"The handler."

Ariana was lazy to listen to Samuel's chatter. The woman immediately turned to the man who was allegedly Samuel's cousin, who had been living in Korea for some time.

"Ariana Grey. Samuel's wife," he said while holding out his hand.

"Darwin Pramudya Salim. Cousin Samuel," replied the man with a smile. In fact, stunned by Ariana's beauty, Darwin felt at home holding Ariana's hand for a long time.

"Win, do you have glue on your hands?" Samuel scolded.

"Hah?"

"Got his handshake. Very comfortable."

"Yeah, well. Can't really see people happy."

"She's my wife, don't forget your memory let alone forget yourself."

Darwin laughed for a while, after joking around for a while with Samuel, they finally got to the stage of having a serious conversation about work.

"Tomorrow, I'll pick you up at eight. So, get ready. I'll send the route later by email so you can check who to meet first. Then, here's the suite key for you. Aunt Arabella has already sent a message to prepare the room. best for the two of you who said they were going on a honeymoon."

"Mama, really, yes!"

"You should thank me. That's Mama. You helped launch the honeymoon process. Who knows, going back and forth will really happen."

Samuel sighed lazily. After making sure all his needs with his cousin were resolved, he then hastily invited Ariana to immediately go to her room so she could rest immediately.

***

As soon as she arrived at the hotel room, without delay, Samuel immediately cleaned herself up alternately with Ariana. While he was wearing clothes, his wife seemed to be sitting cross-legged on the floor. Tidying up the suitcases filled with luggage that they had filled with everything they needed while in Korea.

As soon as she was about to move the contents of the suitcase into the cupboard, Ariana suddenly became hysterical herself. This, of course, caught Samuel's attention, who had just sat down on the sofa in their room.

"Ariana, can you just go one day without screaming?"

"Sam, let's take a look at my suitcase. Why is it like this?" asked the woman while pointing to the suitcase she meant.

Samuel looked up, ascertaining for herself what had made his wife protest.

"Why? Those are clothes, right?"

Ariana chuckled, she lifted one of the clothes that was in there. Then he immediately showed it to Samuel who was still looking at him.

"Whose lingerie is this? I've never felt this way. Where are there three of them in the suitcase?"

"At least Mama's job is to tell Ms. Tia to put it in the suitcase."

"Then what do I sleep with? Do you wear a jacket?"

"Yes, just wear the lingerie, Ariana."

"It's good for you, it's not good for me. Besides, using this I can catch a cold."

Samuel got up from her seat, walked closer to Ariana, the man threw a mischievous smile.

"It's easy, if you're cold, I'll help give you warmth later."

"Ah, now you've changed the function of being a stove so you can warm everything up?"

"I'm serious, Ariana. What if we are in Korea for a real program for children. That's why I said yesterday, it's better to test it first. If you like it, continue. If you don't like it, that means you're out of luck."

Ariana immediately glared, her husband spoke so casually. It's as if making a child is like kneading a cake that you can try. I don't know what will happen to him in the next five days with Samuel in Korea.