Trial Marriage Husband : I Am CEO's Plaything

The word 'Oscar' that Lisa had just said shot like a bullet, leaving a gaping wound in Rangga's heart. His face, which had been worried and scared, gradually became a little gloomy and disappointed. The fact that Lisa couldn't move on from Oscar hurt him a lot.

Rangga rubbed Lisa's forehead, feeling the heat which began to subside. Before, the woman's forehead felt so hot. Rangga stared at Lisa's wistful eyelids with a pitiful look. He tried to get rid of his disappointment by saying, "It's me, Rangga. Not Oscar…" His voice was low and jealous.

"Rangga, where am I?" Lisa asked, still not fully conscious. Then she turned her face towards the man.

"You're at the hospital," Rangga briefly answered.

Lisa scratched her neck, her throat felt so dry and itchy. Then she turned her head to the nightstand, trying to reach a glass of water.

Unable to reach the glass on her right, Rangga helped Lisa to take it. "If you're thirsty, you can tell me. Don't take it yourself, you are still not fully recovered,"

Lisa took a quick sip of the water in the glass as if she were a thirsty camel in the desert. She sighed after she emptied the contents then asked, "What's wrong with me? Why am I in the hospital?"

"Yesterday you had a high fever so you didn't wake up for a long time. Crazy, I thought you passed out, that's why I took you to the hospital," Rangga said, his voice showing concern.

Hearing the sentence just now, Lisa was beyond surprised. But she remembered one very important thing. The look in her eyes radiated deep fear and anxiety. She got up from the hospital bed and said in a low voice, "My baby! Please call the doctor who examined me yesterday!"

Rangga raised an eyebrow, surprised when he heard the word 'baby'. Without saying much, he called the nurse on duty and asked to meet the doctor in question.

A few minutes later, the doctor who treated Lisa came. A woman in white coat with a stethoscope draped around her neck. She approached Lisa and greeted her with a friendly smile and soft voice.

Lisa returned the doctor's greeting with a soft nod and a faint smile. She cleared her throat then asked, "Sorry, I want to ask if the baby I'm carrying is okay. How is my baby?"

Hearing Lisa's question, the doctor replied with a friendly smile and then said, "Your fever has subsided, but sorry I have to tell you something about the baby you are carrying..."

There was silence enveloping the room as the doctor slowly lowered her head and sighed. In just seconds, Lisa's heart was beating so fast that it made her chest tight.

"I am worried that the baby you are carrying could have a miscarriage if your health deteriorates at any time," the doctor replied bluntly. 

"I want to give birth to the child I'm carrying. Is there still hope for me?" Lisa asked, starting to panic. Both of her palms started to sweat.

"Don't worry, Miss Lisa. Besides, you are still healing. So you should just rest until you fully recover. I also suggest that you don't work or do strenuous activities for 3 months after coming home from the hospital so that your baby is safe," the doctor explained at length.

Hearing the good news, Lisa immediately stroked her chest with a deep sigh. "Thank God, there is still hope for me and my child. Thank you very much for the explanation."

When the doctor came out of the room, Lisa returned to lay her back on the pillow that she leaned back against the bed. Every now and then she'd close her eyes, trying to calm her mind and relax herself.

Lisa opened her eyes, which still looked sad then said, "Rangga, thanks for helping me again. But I'm curious, how do you know that I am sick?"

Rangga chuckled at the question just now. He patted Lisa on the shoulder while answering, "I kept calling you but you didn't pick up. That's why I was afraid something might have happened. Not to mention that you're alone in Bekasi and no one accompanies you. What if you fell in the bathroom? It could be dangerous, right?"

"But how do you get in?"

"Of course with the landlady's permission!" Rangga replied briefly.

"Shit, you're crazy! That fierce lady actually let you in?" Lisa asked in her shrill voice. Her eyes widened at what Rangga said.

"Of course! How else do you think I got you here? I was really panicking, you know. After all, your landlady finally realized that you didn't come out of your room even though it was past your time to go for work," Rangga replied.

"Oh, my God. Luckily she didn't report you to the police!" Lisa said jokingly.

"That's not possible. I didn't have any other goal than to help you. " Rangga replied casually. He smiled mischievously while hiding behind his thin palms and slender fingers.

The room was quiet and calm again. There was no further conversation between the two. Suddenly, Rangga cleared his throat and asked, "Lis, whose child are you carrying?"

Without waiting for an answer from Lisa, the man with black curly hair immediately answered his own question, "Idiot, it's definitely Oscar's child, huh?" He snorted as he blew the curls that fell down his forehead.

"Well, you know now. Why? Are you jealous?" Lisa replied firmly.

Rangga immediately became embarrassed at his own question just now. He cleared his throat several times while hiding his face which was starting to turn bright red.

"No, no! Why would I feel jealous!" He replied curtly.

Lisa laughed at Rangga's reaction. She wanted to hit him on the shoulder  so badly  as a sign of friendship. It had been a long time since she joked with the man who once liked her— or maybe until now. 

"By the way, I want to ask you something," Rangga said with a serious face. The man leaned over to Lisa so that she could hear his low voice.

Lisa stared at Rangga with a serious gaze while sharpening her ears, trying to focus on Rangga's request. "What do you want to ask?"

"You heard the doctor said that you can't work or do strenuous activities for the next 3 months, right? I advise you to resign from your new office, Lis."

Lisa's eyes widened at his words just now. Didn't that man know that she really needed money for her little family and the child she was carrying?

"Wait a minute, I just became a permanent employee at the Cendana Hotel after the probation. Then you're now telling me to resign like that? Are you crazy? I'm not as rich as you! I am desperately looking for a job vacancy that would accept me as their employee to support my family, yet I still have the responsibility of raising the child I have now," Lisa said at length.

"But Lis, you heard it yourself. Didn't the doctor say to you? If you want your child to survive until the day it is born, you can't work hard!"

"Then where am I looking for money? Do I need to be a prostitute? You're just crazy! Basically, I can't resign from my new office. What will my mom and Bella eat later? Should I let my unborn child starve?"

Rangga massaged his temples while closing his eyelids. He took a deep breath and added, "I'm just afraid that you will regret it again later. Don't you want to be happy for a long time once? Without someone bringing a catastrophe in your life?

His last sentence made Lisa start thinking. She was faced with two difficult choices that were equally important. Lisa was still confused between choosing her career or the child she was carrying.

"Damn, my head is so freaking dizzy!" Lisa cursed in annoyance.