Chapter 36

Arabella seemed enthusiastic about welcoming Samuel and Ariana who had just arrived from South Korea. Unmitigated, the woman was willing to bother herself to pick up her son and daughter-in-law at the airport.

Together with Randa, Arabella looked patiently waiting in the Arrivals Lounge. At exactly eight o'clock in the evening, the figures of Samuel, Ariana and also Axton were finally seen. The half-century woman immediately stood up and approached the three.

"Ariana, Samuel," he called. As soon as their positions were close to each other, without any awkwardness Arabella immediately threw her arms towards her son-in-law first. "Mommy missed you so much," he said as he hugged her tightly.

"Ariana misses Mama too."

"How are you? Are you healthy while there?" asked Arabella enthusiastically without letting go of her embrace.

"Okay, Ma. Just a little sore from sitting too long."

Meanwhile, Samuel, who was standing next to Ariana, immediately chuckled. As usual, the man was getting ready to protest.

"Mama just miss Ariana? Don't you miss Samuel too?"

Arabella opened her arms, turned to Samuel, the woman immediately chuckled.

"Mama is tired of missing you. It's better to be with Ariana, Mama's favorite daughter-in-law. Already obedient, if you tell me you will never argue."

"Since when did Samuel refuse Mama's orders?"

"Yes, you don't argue. But there are lots of protests," Lilinana complained. "By the way, how was your honeymoon?" asked the woman then.

"Our honeymoon was successful, Ma." Not Ariana, but Samuel who answered. With a mischievous smile, the man threw a coquettish glance at his wife. "Don't worry, soon Mama's grandson will be OTW. Just pray for Samuel and Ariana's business to go smoothly. Anyway, every day, Samuel will try to make it happen."

Arabella and Randa immediately laughed. While Ariana, as usual, immediately pinched Samuel's waist. Shame on myself with the behavior of the husband who likes to speak outspokenly.

"How are you, Bim? Are Samuel and Ariana there making good use of their time?"

Arabella's gaze immediately turned to Samuel's assistant who had been standing right behind her boss. Arabella felt she needed to clarify whether what her son said was true or just a joke.

"Yes, ma'am," nodded Axton. "While there, Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Ariana really enjoyed their honeymoon. I think you need to send them both to go abroad again," said the man deliberately provoking.

"In fact, if you don't have enough honeymoon time, you can just add more days." Randa, who had been listening, spoke up too. It's a pleasure to fuel Arabella as well as Samuel. "You don't have to worry about work in Indonesia. I'll handle everything," said the man confidently.

"That's not the concept, Mr. Adiaksa," said Samuel. "If everything is taken care of by you, the next day I will be kicked out of the leadership position."

Randy laughed. Apparently what he was thinking had been read by his cousin.

"It's also called business. Who knows it will work."

"Yeah," interjected Arabella. "Let's have dinner together first, how about it? You haven't had dinner yet, have you?"

Ariana nodded. Apart from feeling a bit jetlagged, he was indeed feeling hungry, right now. The last time I had food was about three hours ago. He didn't even finish eating it.

Leaving the airport, Axton decided to go straight home. Meanwhile, Arabella and Samuel's group stopped first at a restaurant to eat dinner.

"Finally, I can taste Indonesian food too," said Ariana so happily.

Of the many expensive restaurants spread across Jakarta, the woman whose status is the daughter-in-law of the Walters conglomerate instead asked her mother-in-law directly to have dinner at a Padang restaurant. Luckily Arabella didn't mind one bit. As soon as asked, the woman immediately asked the driver to take them to the place Ariana wanted.

"Surely there you have trouble eating?" she asked

Ariana nodded. While in Korea, he had a little trouble finding the right menu to eat.

"Yeah, every time you eat, you're sure to be confused about what menu to choose. In Korea, there is rice. But the rice is different, it's the same in Indonesia. Actually, the hotel restaurant also has western food, but Indonesian food is still the best."

Arabella, who was indeed sitting next to Ariana, immediately hugged her daughter-in-law. Rubbing the daughter-in-law's hair gently while speaking. "I'm really sorry for Mama's daughter-in-law. You can get skinny if you stay in Korea for a long time. If that's the case, just order the food you like now.

Eat to your heart's content. If it's not enough, wrap it up and take it home."

As soon as the food was served, Arabella immediately invited her son and daughter-in-law to eat their food immediately. While enjoying dinner, Samuel also talked a lot about her experiences while in Korea to her mother and cousins.

After finishing up and getting ready to go home, Arabella was acting up again. He took out a clear bottle containing a collection of pills from his bag and immediately handed it over to Ariana.

"What's this, Mom?" asked Ariana confused.

"That's Chinese medicine. Before going to bed, you and Samuel must drink it."

"Chinese medicine?" Samuel repeated. Then the man's eyes narrowed sharply at his mother. "This isn't strong medicine, is it? Without medicine like this, Samuel is already strong and long lasting, Ma."

Oh my God. Could Samuel's mouth be taped or not? Why do you like to talk so carelessly?

"No!" argued Arabella. "It's just a fertility drug. Anyway, you have to drink it before going to bed."

Like Samuel, Arabella didn't accept her name as a rejection. Ariana could only nod resignedly then put away what her father-in-law had just given her.

30 minutes later, Ariana and Samuel finally got home. After taking a shower and changing clothes, without saying much Ariana immediately climbed onto the bed. His head felt dizzy because the Jetlag he felt had not completely disappeared.

Meanwhile, Samuel, who saw her wife's unusual behavior, immediately approached. Come up on the bed and immediately lay down right next to Ariana. Reaching out his hand, without awkwardly rubbing his head and gently massaging the woman's shoulder with great affection.

"Still dizzy?" whispered Samuel.

Ariana nodded. So enjoyed the massage that Samuel gave.

"Not very good. Feels like flying."

"Want me to make some hot tea?"

"Fine, if it's not a bother."

It didn't take long for Samuel to get out of bed. Walk quickly outside the room to immediately get to the pantry. Made hot tea, then stepped back into the room so he could immediately give the drink to his wife.

"Here drink first," Samuel ordered when he was standing right next to Ariana.

In that second, Ariana immediately accepted the cup of hot tea that Samuel had brought. Sip slowly and carefully until half is left, then put the cup on the nightstand.

"How? Or do you need something else?" asked Samuel a little worried.

"No. I just need to rest."

Ariana then decided to lie down. Samuel swiftly immediately crawled up onto the bed. Back to massaging. Trying very hard to make his wife feel comfortable. Until the woman finally fell asleep, Samuel gave Ariana a brief kiss on her forehead and cheek, then decided to go to bed too.

***

Ariana felt her condition was much better than last night. When he opened his eyes, he did not find Samuel beside him. Even though when I checked, it was just six o'clock in the morning. So where did the husband go this early.

Remember that starting back to work today, Ariana quickly cleaned herself up and then got ready. When leaving the room and intending to go to the dining room, Ariana's sense of smell immediately caught the strong aroma of cooking. So tempting. Making Ariana's stomach immediately thrash, begging to be filled.

And sure enough. Once in the dining room, Ariana finally found the whereabouts of the husband she had been looking for.

"Are you awake?" said Samuel when she realized Ariana was standing in the dining room doorway. Walking closer, the man immediately led his wife to sit on a chair immediately.

"Alright, alright. I'm already pretty like this. What are you doing in the kitchen so early in the morning?" surprised Ariana. Incredibly, her husband had been struggling all morning in the kitchen with his flagship pink apron.

"Preparing breakfast for you."

"What are you cooking? You can already smell the smell from the front door of the room."

Samuel smiled. Turning off the stove in front of him, the man then arranged the food he had cooked onto the dinner plate. Offering the dish to Ariana, he immediately sat down right in front of his wife.

"I'll cook you an omelete mix honey chicken wings. Hurry up, how does it taste first?"

Ariana nodded. Grabbing a fork, then started spooning the food that Samuel had prepared especially for him. Bribe carefully, then chew while tasting all the flavors that arise from the food.

"How? Isn't it delicious?" asked Samuel curiously. Waiting very, what comments will be said by Ariana.

"Delicious. I think you are smarter than me at cooking," said Ariana honestly while continuing to enjoy the food on her plate.

Samuel smiled contentedly. It's great that his work this morning was greatly appreciated by his wife.

"If you like it, I'll make something special for you every day."

"You don't have to do it every day, Ken. I'm the wife here. It's time for my husband to do the cooking."

"Yeah that's fine."

"Or, just like this. We take turns cooking. For example, today you cook, tomorrow it's my turn to make it for you," suggested Ariana and Samuel immediately agreed.

"Okay, deals!

Samuel then took over the fork that Ariana was holding. The man then fed the remaining food that was still on the plate.

"Let me feed it."

"No need, Samuel," Ariana refused. She didn't feel comfortable letting her husband bother feeding her food.

"Alright, that's okay. Just think of this as a husband's service as well as a way of approach between me and you."

she smiled. In the end agree with what Samuel said. Just obey when her husband continues to feed her food.

"Thanks a lot."

"Thanks for what?" asked Samuel.

"Thank you for the little attentions you gave me. It all means a lot."

"You're welcome. Isn't it proper for a husband to try to make his wife happy?"

Ariana laughed. Even though there was nothing funny about what Samuel said just now.

"You really live up to the role of being a husband."

Samuel nodded.

"I already told you. From now on we are husband and wife for real. Whatever I do to you now is no longer pretending but sincere from the heart. Besides, when you were drunk the other day you yourself admitted that I was the ideal type of husband. And You want to be a real wife, not pretend."

Ariana's face turned red again. Why didn't her husband even forget about his absurd drunken chatter at that time.

"Oh my gosh Samuel, that keeps getting discussed."

"Just to clarify. So you don't forget."

After finishing their breakfast, the two of them rushed to the office. The arrival of Samuel and Ariana caused an uproar and became the talk of the employees of Palma Palace.

How could it not be, that man immediately asked Axton to distribute souvenirs from Korea that he had bought specifically to all the staff there. Of course this made everyone look happy after receiving the gifts which were distributed evenly.

"I have compiled all the files that you need in one folder. If something is missing or missing, just let me know," said Ariana before actually leaving Samuel's room and starting work as usual.

"Thank you, I'll check one by one later."

"If nothing else is needed, I say goodbye back to the room," Ariana's permission.

"Wait," Samuel held back. The man rose from his seat. Then approached the position where Ariana was standing.

"Is there anything else I need to do, sir?" she asked. The woman had put on an attitude of anticipation in case her boss needed something.

"Yes, there is one thing you missed and you have to work on it."

"What is it, sir?"

"Hug kiss me first before leaving the room."

Ariana glared. How could it be at a serious moment like this that her husband even asked her for things that weren't meant to be.

"Samuel! It's at the office, you don't need to mess around," Ariana whispered in an emphatic tone.

"Yes, who's market is this again, Ariana? Besides, this is an order. Isn't it your job to obey the orders of your boss and husband?"

"But ----"

"That's right, I always use it but. What's so hard about it, just do it? It's like it's really hard to hug and kiss your own husband."

Ariana let out a resigned breath. Take a step forward, then stretch your arms and hug Samuel tightly. Then after a little looked up, intending to kiss her husband.

However, Ariana had not yet had time to touch Samuel's lips, from the direction of Axton's entrance without knocking on the door first. Suddenly this made Ariana surprised and embarrassed.

"Gosh, Axton!" Samuel scolded. "Can't really see people happy!"

"Sorry, sir. I swear I don't know," squeaked the man awry. Please be worried that after this you will definitely get a long lecture because you have entered the room without prior permission.

"Okay, I'll just go back to the room, sir," said Ariana. It was also impossible for him to continue kissing Samuel in front of Ben who was still standing in the room.

"Keep kissing?" Samuel protested.

"Just take it tonight."

"Okay. I'll bill tonight."

When Ariana left, Ben immediately gave her the marriage agreement file which he had to submit to Samuel. Once again, the man wanted to make sure which clauses his boss wanted to revise before being handed back to the Notary to be reprinted and signed by both parties.

Previously, while in Korea, Samuel suddenly asked Axton to revise the marriage agreement between him and Ariana. I don't know if there is wind or what, the boss actually wants to have a serious marriage relationship with Ariana like a married couple in general.

"Yesterday's revision is fixed? Pak Samuel doesn't want to add or subtract the content?" Axton asked to make sure.

Samuel leaned back against the chair. Rolling his eyes, the man seemed to think for a moment before finally answering.

"I don't think I need an agreement anymore.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Just burn the agreement letter. After I think about it carefully, the marriage between me and Ariana doesn't need to use any kind of agreement."

"Don't tell me Mr. Samuel has started to fall in love with Mrs. Ariana."

Samuel smiled. Not one bit denied the guess that Axton just made.

"I don't think it started, Bim. But I've been in love since yesterday."

"Good grief." Axton shouted. As an intermediary alias matchmaker, he is also happy to hear this news. "If I may ask, since when was Mr. Samuel sure he fell in love with Mrs. Ariana? Didn't you used to get annoyed with him?"

This time Samuel chuckled lightly. Axton said the right thing. If he remembered, in the past he often felt irritated with Ariana's behavior. And now? It's easy for him to fall in love with her.

"I don't know, Bim. When I think about it, I think I started to fall in love with Ariana on our wedding day. And to be honest, that love is getting bigger and growing day by day. There is a feeling of wanting to belong and keep trying to protect."

"So because of this, yesterday, when you were in Korea, you revised the agreement."

Samuel nodded again. Not hiding what he was feeling.

"Yes, you're right, Bim. At first I thought that within a year of the agreement, I could try to have a serious relationship with Ariana. If later on there is no match, after the agreement period expires, we can separate. But, after I thought -Thinking about it, this is really detrimental to Ariana as a woman. I don't want to seem mean as if I'm taking advantage of this relationship."

Bimbo nodded. Understand what Samuel just explained. He didn't even think that his boss had made a decision that he thought would have a great impact on the man's future life.

"I really didn't expect Pak Samuel's decision regarding this marriage," said Axton. "If there is no agreement, that means this marriage is pure like marriage in general? Then what about Mrs. Ariana?"

Samuel shrugged her shoulders. He wasn't sure how Ariana felt about him at this moment.

"Honestly, even though he once said I was his ideal husband, until now, I don't know what Ariana's feelings are like. However, I also emphasized to her to learn to love each other. Also, it's not a difficult matter to make Ariana fall in love with me. this perfect one."

Laughter dripped from Axton's lips. It's no wonder that his boss was so proud of himself.

"This means Mr. Samuel is ready to grant Mrs. Arabella's request for grandchildren?"

Samuel nodded.

"What do you think Ariana and I are doing in Korea? We are both really trying, next time, Bim."

"So Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Ariana, already ---"

"Yes. Many times," Samuel said without awkwardness.

Axton laughed. He didn't expect his boss to be so honest.

"Just so you know, from there I also finally decided not to want to switch to another woman anymore. That's it. Just Ariana. My extended family also really loves her. After all, when I'm in love and comfortable with someone, I The focus is only with that one person. I don't care about other women."

"If that's the decision, I will go before the notary to cancel the agreement Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Ariana made."

"Go ahead, just take care of it as soon as possible," Samuel said enthusiastically. Then asked his assistant to go continue what must be completed immediately.