30 DAYS WITH U
25. BE A TRUE LOVER 5
Next day. As he said yesterday, Andra actually drove Keila to the company where Keila worked. Keila, who feels she doesn't want anyone to see her, comes with a man asking Andra to get off a few blocks from her company building.
“Down here only.” Keila asks Andra to pull the car over.
“Are you not working in a publishing company?” Andra steered the car to pull over. “Why get off here? Did your company building move to a building here?”
Andra pulled her car over and turned her head to look at the building where Keila asked to get off. “If I'm not wrong, this is a beverage company. Since when turned into a building for a publishing company?”
“Aishhh. . .” Keila was upset because of the stupid question that came out of Andra's mouth which was usually smarter than her. “My company building is not moving. And the building you see today is still the beverage company building as you know.”
“Then why ask to pull the car over here?” Andra turned her head to look at Keila with an astonished face. “Kan is still three blocks away from your company building?”
Keila shook her head in annoyance at hearing the stupid question from Andra once again. “I ask you to drop me off here so that the people in my company don't see me coming along with someone moreover that someone is a man. I don't want to hear any new gossip popping up on my first day of entry after my month-long suspension.”
“Ah dear once. .”
“What's once?” Keila stared intently at Andra.
“Sweetie, I used to want to act like your girlfriend. Open the car door for you and wave my hand when you see you enter your company building.” Andra smiled explaining the shadow that was in her mind at this moment. “Honey once. . . it's just a shadow in my mind.”
Keila exhaled her annoyed breath. “It's great if it's just a shadow in your mind. I'm grateful it didn't happen. If not, maybe I've been the center of attention again on my first day at work after suspension.”
Keila was about to open the car door but her actions stopped. Keila then lowered her body slightly and hid her face with her bag.
“What are you doing?” Andra asked in wonder.
“Ssttt. . wait a minute. Did the woman wearing-“ Keila cut off her speech and glanced slightly from behind her bag towards the woman in blue clothes who had just passed by Andra's car.
“Which woman?”
“Women wearing that blue outfit.” Keila pointed towards the windshield of the car. But when Keila looked at Andra, the man looked at her instead of the woman in blue who had just passed by Andra's car. “Why are you looking at me and not staring in the direction I pointed?”
Andra gave a small smile at Keila's behavior. “Heh, are you unconscious?”
“Aware? Realize what?” ask Keila astonished.
“See your own clothes.”
Keila obeyed Andra and saw her own clothes. Shit, my clothes are blue too. How can I wear clothes the same color as Yuna's? Looks like this is a sign of something bad that will happen to me today.”
“I obey your orders.” Andra continued her words still with a smile on her lips. “I look towards women in blue clothes.”
Keila changed her sitting position after confirming Yuna's position was already far from Andra's car. “The woman in blue clothes I mean is the woman who just passed your car and not me.”
“Oh ho, in my eyes you are much prettier, more attractive than the woman in blue clothes who just passed my car. Therefore, I saw you not see the woman.”
Keila froze for the umpteenth time hearing Andra's words. Glug. Keila gulped down her saliva from her sudden panic attack and quickly turned her body to open the car door. Keila then got off Andra's car. “Thank you.”
“Key. .”
Andra's words stopped Keila who was about to close the car door and walk away. “What?”
“Remember my request yesterday. I'm asking for your lunch hour. If you don't give it to me, I'll come to your office and make an announcement if I'm your lover.”
Keila who did not want to argue any longer with Andra then could only nod her head and reply, “I understand. Send me a message if it's time for lunch and wait for me here like this time.”
Andra answered Keila's words with a big smile on her lips. While Keila who did not want to argue with Andra could only swallow her own saliva while closing the door of Andra's car. With a glance to the right and to the left making sure no one recognized her, Keila finally walked towards her company building.
Upon arriving at her company building, Keila received a warm welcome from her co-workers especially Nuri, Suci and Irene. Keila was also reunited with Mr. Agung who has now improved and has entered work as before.
“Welcome, Brother.” The three Keila juniors gave their greetings to Keila by giving Keila a bouquet of flowers.
“Thank you. I'm back again.” Keila smilingly received the bouquet of flowers as well as replying to the greetings of her three juniors.
After the three Keila juniors, it was the turn of the Great Sir to give his greetings to Keila. “Welcome, Key.”
“I'm back, Mr. Agung,” Keila replied with a smile.
“I was really sad for this month, you didn't come to see me at all. I thought you were tired of being my man and intended to quit.”
“No, Sir.” Keila chuckles. “I don't forget you, but for a month I've been busy with something. So. . . I didn't have time to visit my father. But the Father's wife and I sent each other a message to inform the situation of the Father. Again, I'm sorry, sir. Because of me, you must be a victim.”
Mr. Agung patted Keila on the shoulder. “Have forgotten that problem. It's all over and Noah – the man who doesn't have that rule has been arrested and jailed. Now you can move on with your life and your work in peace, just like you did, Key.”
“Iya, Sir. Again sorry and thank you.”
After greeting each other with her co-workers, Keila then sat down at her desk next to Irene. Keila then found another bouquet of flowers on her desk: a bouquet of white roses that Keila received on the 10th of each month.
“Kak.” Irene whispered to Keila.
“Ya.” Keila sat in her chair putting the bouquet of flowers she received from her co-workers next to the bouquet of white roses. “Why whisper?”
“The flower bouquet is coming again. Looks like that guy knew Brother will be back today.”
Keila smiled back at Irene. “Leave it. If he had any intention of getting to know me, he would have come to see me. But all this time, he had absolutely no intention of meeting me. Doesn't that mean he's just playing tricks on me by sending this bouquet of flowers?”
“Ah was right as well Brother's remark. If that person really likes Brother, then he will come to see Brother.” Irene nodded her head in agreement with Keila's words. “One more, Brother.”
“What?” Keila frowned. “What's the other one, Irene?”
“Today Brother was ushered by someone. I accidentally saw Brother get off someone's car. Is it possible that the busyness that Brother means is that Brother has a new lover until he forgot to visit Mr. Agung who was out of the hospital?”
Uhukkk. . .
Keila choked with her own saliva in shock at hearing a question from Irene's mouth that caught her wet coming out of Andra's car.
“You must have seen wrongly, Irene.” Keila tried to avoid.
“No. I didn't see it wrong. That really is Brother. This blue shirt, I see it clearly.” Irene felt confident about her vision.
“But. .” Keila tried to find another reason and then remembered something. “Yuna is also wearing clothes in the same blue color as me. Could it be that you mistakenly recognized Yuna and thought it was me?”
“Ah really??” Irene began to doubt her own eyesight.
“Yes. You must have seen it wrong, Irene.” Keila tried to convince Irene.
“Ah I may have seen it wrong, Brother. It is impossible within a month, Brother has found a new lover.”
Keila chuckled at Irene's words about her lover. Keila turned her gaze towards the work that was waiting for her on her desk while sighing deeply. Damnit. On the first day, I was almost caught. Looks like I should ask Andra not to take me to the office. Otherwise, people will give me a bad stamp as a bad girl after the incident that befell Mr. Supreme and not introspection after having a dangerous ex like Noah.