"Why? Did you have been supposed to Riana to hate your own mother?" asked Mayang sadly.

"Not. I'm just annoyed every day there's a problem in this house. Can't it be peaceful like the other houses?"

"You know yourself, Rey? If Riana should be a daughter-in-law, she wouldn't be serving her mother-in-law so poorly. In fact, she made a juice for me earlier that tasted really bad, and I couldn't help but scold her," explained Mayang.

"Of course the juice didn't taste good. It's because she didn't use sugar, so it's not good!" Reynald stormed into his room, slamming the door loudly, which startled Riana in the kitchen. He lay down on the bed and sent a message to Diandra.

[Have you arrived?] Reynald messaged.

[Yes, have you?] Diandra replied.

[Yes, I have. I arrived home safely.]

[Then, after you arrived, you messaged me? How romantic.]

Diandra added a love sticker to her message, which made Reynald even happier with the beautiful woman.

"What a bother! It would be better if you were my wife, then my day would be perfect," Reynald murmured.

"Who are you talking to?" Riana suddenly appeared.

"Uh, no one. Maybe you misheard," Reynald replied nervously.

"Are you pretending?" Riana didn't believe him.

"Yes, sis. Why would I lie to you?" Reynald tried to convince her.

"Maybe. It's because my mother is always nagging me, giving me a headache," Riana sighed.

Reynald smiled bitterly upon hearing Riana's complaints. 'It's always like this, just makes me frustrated!' he muttered inwardly.

"I'm going to take a shower first, then we'll have dinner together at the table. I've cooked your favorite food, oyster sauce squid," Riana grabbed a towel and went into the bathroom.

"Okay," Reynald replied without looking at Riana, still engrossed in exchanging messages with Diandra.
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"Wouldn't it bother you if I still haven't given you a child?" Riana asked when they were in their room.

"No," Reynald answered shortly.

"Is it really like that?" Riana asked again.

"Yes," he replied flatly.

"But why is your answer so brief?" Riana said sadly.

In his heart, Reynald grumbled. He was fed up, but he held it back.

"Riana, dear, it's okay if we still don't have a child. Besides, I'm not ready yet," Reynald said with a sweet smile.

"Why aren't you ready? Doesn't your mother want it very much?"

"That's my mother, not me! If I'm still not ready, what can I do? I'm not ready to have a child because little children are too demanding. You see how Leo behaves," Reynald tried to soften his tone.

Deep down, he continued to grumble about Riana's excessive questions. He was annoyed because she was disturbing him while he was exchanging messages with Diandra. It ruined his good mood.

"You sleep, I don't want you to be late and get scolded by your mother again!" Reynald commanded.

"You sleep too. Tomorrow you'll be tired at the office," Riana suggested.

"Yes, later. I still have office friends messaging me," Reynald lied.

"Don't stay up too late," Riana said, concerned.

"Yes," he replied again.

Riana closed her eyes next to Reynald, while her husband chuckled softly as he read the messages sent by Diandra. He exchanged messages with her until late at night.

"Ck! It would be better if I had a child with Diandra instead of you!"

As usual, Riana woke up early, performed the dawn prayer, and then cooked breakfast and packed it for her husband. Regardless of how sleepy and tired she was, Riana prepared everything herself without complaining. After she felt it was done, she took a shower and woke up her in-laws and her husband.

"Rey, let's wake up! You'll be late for work," Riana gently shook Reynald's body to avoid startling him.

"Just a little longer!"

"It's already half past seven," Riana reminded him.

"Oh my God! Today I have an important meeting at seven!" Reynald exclaimed in surprise.

Reynald rushed to the bathroom, quickly washed up and brushed his teeth. Then he put on the suit that Riana had prepared the night before. Riana always prepared everything the night before to avoid scolding her husband for taking too long to iron his shirt.

Reynald headed to the dining table for breakfast, eating quickly and almost choking.

"Cough!"

"Rey, take it slow!" Mayang scolded.

"I have to eat quickly because I have an important meeting in half an hour," Reynald said, still eating his food.

"What?! Then you have to hurry, or your boss will get angry. Why didn't Riana wake you up earlier?" Mayang grumbled, blaming Riana.

However, Riana didn't know about the meeting that would take place in half an hour. If she had known, she would have woken him up earlier, as Mayang suggested.

"Never mind! I have to leave now, I'm afraid of being late," Reynald said, grabbing his bag from his office.

"Take care, Rey," Mayang said, continuing to eat the rice on the unfinished plate.

"Rey, wait a moment!" Riana ran from the kitchen towards where her husband was.

"What now?! I'm almost late!" Reynald grumbled, annoyed.

"It's lunch for later," Riana handed the packed lunch to Reynald with love.

Reynald refused. He went straight to his car. "No need! I can have lunch at the office canteen."

Riana's face fell, as she had worked hard to make lunch for her husband. But Reynald rejected it without considering her tiredness and desires.

"Riana, quickly clean the dining table!" Mayang commanded in a loud tone. "I don't like it when my expensive table is dirty, lazy daughter-in-law!"