Stealing The Wife's First Kiss

"It is time for us to go back, right? Surely the mayor is waiting for you." They walk slowly hand in hand. In the past Aruna wouldn't let them walk side by side, because hearing affectionate words such as my darling or my honey made her horrified. But lately she let the blue eyed man call her with that endearments. 

Either, because she is too irritated to warn him or she has already gotten used to it. 

When they come back, it turns out that the reporters are still there, firing them with questions..

Riswan and several of his staffs immediately step in to protect their colleagues. Likewise with  Hendra's staffs, they try to calm the crowds down and make way for the couple to walk. 

"Can you answer our question just once?" 

"Sorry, to honor the mayor I will only talk about the Dream City. The rest is honestly nothing special from both of us." Hendra smiles widely, he even teaches Aruna, whispering in the girl's ear to smile. Seeing a crowd like this, honestly makes Aruna traumatized by what has happened to her. 

Hendra grabs her tiny shoulder to give her a sense of security. 

And Riswan begins to talk more to the reporters. He chats around for quite a while. 

"Sir, look southeast at 35 degrees elevation angle."

Hendra turns his head to the instructions that he hears. It becomes more crowded when there are a number of people in front of them, who suddenly voice their requests, urging Hendra to speak. 

"Bring my wife .. take her out here as soon as possible .. get out of here." Hendra's order is received well by his guards, as he begins to turn his head once again to look for the angle Praditya meant.

"Calm down, Sir.. my team has caught him." Raka says.

"Who are they?" Hendra asks. 

"This time it's a paid sniper. The commotion just now just to divert our attention."

"Sir, the elevation angle on the southwest at 62 degrees."

_ Shit, this is getting closer_ Hendra walks quickly leaving Riswan and his crowd behind. 

"Raka, how is your team?" Pradita shouts at his partner. 

"We are working on it as soon as possible." Raka replies. 

"How about my wife? Make sure that she is safe." Hendra walks quickly to be greeted by a car that is moving faster towards him. 

"Sir, we still have lunch together, I hope you will join us, please don't go yet." The mayor stops him in his tracks. 

"Riswan, get away from me!" Hendra's eyes wander around as someone whispers the elevation angle of 47 degrees, east side.. 

"Please don't refuse my request, let's chat casually over lunch". The mayor even grabs Hendra's arm. The driver below presses the horn several times asking his boss to come down immediately. 

"What are you looking for?" Riswan is confused looking at Hendra who is in a constant vigilant, eyes moving from one side to the other. 

"Riswan, stay away from me". Hendra throws the mayor's hand, walking quickly down the stairs to the street where the car that picks him up is located. Unfortunately, from the bottom of the stairs, someone grins horribly and points a gun at him. Hendra tries to retreat, glancing at the various possibilities where he could later run away. 

When the trigger is pulled, someone pushes Hendra's away, removing Hendra from the target. 

"DOR!". The mayor falls, covered in blood, and the shooter is currently on the run, trailed by Hendra's guards. 

"Riswan .. Riswan .." The mayor fainted, several journalists immediately run to capture the scene and the sound of an ambulance wailing, carrying a body with gunshot wounds. 

Hendra runs along with the ambulance. Everyone is panicking, including the woman who is far away hidden behind a Bentley. 

"What happened? Why is there suddenly so much noise? Why is there an ambulance? Where is Hendra?"

"I want to get out .. get me out now!" The girl hits the door repeatedly, but no one else is in the car care.

"Take me to Hendra! Where is my husband ?! What happened?" The car carrying Aruna walks away faster from the scene, ignoring her anger and tears

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The incident this afternoon immediately became a headline news on all national TV, newspapers, and online media. The speculation and its development overlap with each other. But no one mentions that this incident is related to the CEO of the Wenceslas Group. 

The most common speculation is that the coalition against the Dream City is responsible for the attack and is involved in the shooting. 

Several TV stations even discussed the development of the Dream City. They come to know many things about the dream of the mayor. And the wonderful collaboration with Wenceslas Construction. 

Just as Riswan's popularity skyrocketed, Wenceslas contraction also takes part of the development. Discussions related to a sustainable development system with an environmentally friendly concept and a unique, eccentric, truly renewable, renewable architecture with modern technology have amazed many people. 

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On the operation waiting room. 

Riswan's wife, Camila comes and trips down in front of Hendra. Her family immediately helps her to get up.

Hendra, accompanied by Surya, are still waiting for the mayor to come out of the operation room to remove the bullet lodged in his right arm. Hendra knows that he is likely to survive because he is shot in the arms. But looking at the blood that has spilled out earlier, Hendra is unsure if the mayor could be 100% safe. The blue-eyed man needs to make sure the person who helped him is safe.

"Don't forget, you also have to contact your wife. Grandma just told me that she is waiting for you and won't stop crying." Surya whispers in Hendra's ear.

"Oh my God .. I haven't seen my cellphone at all." The blue-eyed man moves away for a moment. 

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"Hello…" His greeting is replied by a crying voice on the other end.

"Why don't you pick up my phone at all?" Aruna couldn't control her emotions. She exploded with all the confusion.

"Calm down, I'm fine, I'm waiting for the mayor."

"Yes, I saw him on the television, he is still undergoing the surgery, right?"

"How about you? Have you eaten? Wipe your tears. If possible, tonight I'll go home. I have called you, so promise me you wouldn't cry again, okay?" Hendra tries to calm her down. 

"I should be the one asking the question whether you have eaten. Don't forget to rest. I'll be waiting for you! If you don't come, I won't sleep."

"Do not be like this, dear. I will definitely go home, wait for me, okay?" It is evident in his voice that Hendra is tired. He is tired of feeling uncertain. It could be him that is in the operation room this afternoon. Or he might be dead already.

"Go home so you can rest. You look like you are very tired."

"Yes, I'll see you later, miss you." He turns off the cellphone, he could not possibly tell the truth. All his bodyguards are not allowed to tell his wife. This girl will be terrified. And it is possible that she might have gone back to her comfort place.

Along with the increasingly daring threats, and the suicide news of Riswan's shooter. This man decides that he will no longer use subtle ways. 

They dare to make open threats in public. It meant that the mysterious group moved swiftly this time. Hendra still has one person alive. The person who planned to stab his wife.

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"He won't wake up anytime soon, he is still under the anaesthetic. Come back in the morning." Riswan's doctor says. 

"How's his condition, Doc? Can my friend be cured?" Hendra asks the doctor who is standing in front of him. 

"I made sure he can recover. We needed a long time to take it out because the bullet was lodged deep inside. Fortunately it didn't scratch the bone. So his hand can function normally when the wound has been healed." The doctor gives him more information than what he told to Riswan's family. Because the mayor's family was too carried away with sadness so they couldn't digest the words properly. 

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Hendra opens the door deliberately slowly so that the woman inside does not wake up. 

"Hendra!?". In fact, the girl runs to hug his back, even though he has not finished closing the door. 

"Why are you not sleeping yet?" The man turns around and strokes his wife's hair. 

"I have told you. I'll wait until you get home."

"This is not the right way to worry about me. You will make me more burdened"

"Sorry .. but I really can't sleep, I'm afraid that you are hurt."

"It wasn't me who was shot, but Riswan. So you don't have to be so worried about me."

"No. I know. You told me to go immediately, it could be that you should actually be .. em .. hurt". This woman still doesn't want to let go of his embrace. Even now she hugs him from the front.

The man replies the warm hug by stroking and kissing her hair a few times.

"I'll take a shower first ..."

"Have you eaten yet?"

"Go back to sleep, it's already early in the morning and you haven't slept!"