It cannot be denied that Tari is indeed a successful career woman, which meant that most of her time was dedicated to her job, leaving less time for Radit, whose presence in her life seemed to dwindle.
As she indulged in her reverie, accompanied by the evening breeze, the sound of her phone snapped her attention away, and Radit's as well—given that he wasn't quite asleep yet.
Tari moved slowly back towards the side of her basket to fetch her phone, which was ringing with a call from someone.
"Who could it be, calling at this late hour?" Radit mused as he watched Tari return to the balcony of the room and answer the call even though the clock had struck 1 a.m.
"Hello, Alex, what's up? Why are you calling me at this hour?" Tari inquired of the person at the other end of the line, who turned out to be Alex, an old college friend who had just returned to their home country a few days ago.
Alex had a close relationship with both Tari and Radit. In fact, it was thanks to Alex that Tari was able to date Radit, that cold and aloof man.
Right from the start of college, Tari had been smitten with Radit. His indifference and chilly demeanor towards every girl on campus only made her idolize him more.
In a fortunate twist of fate, Tari, who had been friends with Alex since middle school, turned out to be good friends with Radit as well.
After various efforts and endeavors by both Alex and Tari, Radit finally softened and agreed to make Tari his first girlfriend.
Because of this, Tari was possessive and extremely clingy when it came to Radit, as she was so in love with him. It seemed as if her world would fall apart if Radit ever left her.
And, indeed, this fear was realized once before. More specifically, three years ago, when an overwhelmed Radit with Tari's possessiveness requested a break-up, and Tari refused.
However, Radit was adamant about ending the relationship because he felt uncomfortable with Tari's smothering behavior.
Blinded by hurt and frustration at being abandoned by Radit, Tari tried to take her own life by slashing her wrists, which resulted in her being critically injured and fighting for her life for three days.
From this ordeal, a guilt-ridden Radit eventually agreed to marry Tari, but with the condition that she must change her possessive ways that seemed to imprison him.
Their marriage was conducted on the exact date of their first anniversary together.
Gradually, Tari began to change, becoming more independent and less clingy, even her possessiveness faded.
However, a year into their marriage, Tari's possessive attitude shifted into a more dominant one.
She consistently rejected the idea of starting a family, even though they had been married for a year.
But Radit understood her preoccupation with launching her new business in the beauty industry.
He stopped worrying about it until the night when, in a severe breach of patience, Radit discovered that Tari had secretly been using birth control without his knowledge.
A week before Tari had gone on vacation, Radit got a report from the doctor who had installed Tari's intrauterine device.
Radit was baffled. Now that her business was flourishing, why would Tari still prevent them from having a child, especially after two years of marriage?
Overwhelmed by anger and disappointment, Radit went to a club for the first time to vent his fury by consuming several bottles of alcohol.
It was there that the unfortunate incident took place with Rembulan, who became the object of his brother-in-law's displaced wrath—a wrath born from profound disappointment with his wife and fueled by the influence of alcohol.
Radit became all ears as Tari was happily chatting away with someone on the other end of the line, someone quite familiar to Radit—Alex, their longtime friend who had spent many years in America.
Whatever they were discussing, Tari seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the conversation, which lasted for hours.
Radit, meanwhile, drifted off to sleep simply from the fatigue of waiting for Tari to end her merry telephonic affair with her friend.
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