30 DAYS WITH U
5. MISADVENTURES THAT COME IN 5 STREAKS

Keila thinks there will be a jotos fight between a foreign man claiming to be her lover and trying to save her with Noah – her ex-boyfriend who intends to injure Keila. 

But reality says something else. 

Noah and the foreign man who claimed to be Keila's lover, was indeed about to make a jotos in front of Keila. But just before that happened, the authorities came first and immediately secured Noah who became a fugitive since the attack and beating of Mr. Agung. 

Seeing Noah being summarized, Keila could only look at Noah with a look of surprise and relief. Keila really did not expect if the authorities who tried to contact him since, came and stopped the attack that might happen to foreign men who tried to help him. At the same time, Keila felt relieved because someone who made her feel anxious had now been successfully summarized. 

“Thank you very much.” Keila thanked the foreign man who was trying to help her. 

After Keila had only caught a glimpse of the foreign man's face, the stranger turned towards Keila who was standing behind him and looked at Keila's face. Due to the reflection from the light of the car lights, Keila was able to clearly see the figure of a foreign man who claimed to be her lover just a moment ago. The man was wearing round glasses with messy hair. His eyes are round with a sharp nose and baby-like skin. Her lips filled up the sensual impression of the figure of the foreign man. The general image Keila could tell of the man: handsome, looking young and there was a hint of adorable look on his face. 

For a moment, Keila felt enchanted by the man's face. 

“Nona alright?” 

The heavy voice from the man heard from the man made Keila even more feel enchanted and subconsciously her lips made a small smile knot. 

“Sorry. .” The call from the authorities who snatched up Noah made Keila aware of the hypnosis that appeared when he saw the man's face. 

“Ya?” The stranger turned and asked the officer. 

“. . . We both hope you come with us to make a witness statement about Noah. Can you do it?” 

“Of course.” The stranger replied without hesitation. 

“How about Miss?” The authorities turned their eyes to Keila who was still standing behind the foreign man who helped her a while ago. 

Keila nodded her head in response to a question from the authorities. “Of course, Sir.” 

Afterwards, Keila and the handsome foreign man boarded the car of the authorities together to give their testimony. Two hours, Keila spent time at the police station to give his testimony and see the process of interrogating Noah about the attack of Mr. Agung. 

“Thank you so much for your time. We also thank you for helping us to catch this fugitive. .” 

Before Keila and the foreign man leave the police station, the authorities who handled Noah's case thank Keila and the foreign man who was with Keila. 

“One more time, thank you very much.” Keila thanked the stranger who helped her when she was about to split up in front of the police station. 

The man smiled sweetly at Keila and for a moment made Keila almost wrongly accept the sweet smile that looked like a rabbit. 

“It is only natural that I help in such a situation.” 

He's very humble. If Irene, Suci and Nuri saw him, surely they would be shouting hysterically right now. This man is the dream of some editors like us who are used to imagining the main character in the novels we examine. Keila praised the foreign man before her in her heart. 

“Ka-if can know what is the name of Mr?” Keila asked formally. 

“Ra-, ah no. Just call me Andra. And Miss herself?” 

“I, Keila.” Keila answered the question of the man named Andra with a small smile on her lips. “One more time, thank you very much. If there wasn't Andra, maybe I'd already lost my life.” 

Andra smiled at the words from Keila's mouth and made the smile on Keila's lips even wider. “Then, will Keila buy you a meal in return? It's late and I happen to be hungry.” 

“Ya?” Keila was shocked to hear the man with the name Andra before her. 

“What does Keila object to that? I only asked for food in return for my efforts to help you. I'm not asking for a fee for my hard-earned efforts to save your life. Is it hard to buy me dinner after all my efforts?” 

Keila who had seen a small and adorable smile on Andra's face now saw a different smile: a sneaky smile that seemed to have managed to get something she wanted.

Dar. .. .bak was struck by lightning, Keila felt that her assessment of the man named Andra in front of her that she had just made a moment ago was a big mistake. 

“Ma-dinner, of course I can do it.” Keila tried to smile while obeying Andra's request as payment for helping her. “What do you want to eat, Andra?” 

“What do you want to eat, Keila?” Andra turned around to throw a question to Keila. 

“A-me??” Keila pointed at herself. 

“Ya.” Andra nodded her head. “You. What do you want to eat, Keila?” 

“Ehm. .” Keila thought for a moment about something she wanted to eat. “Maybe something spicy. Like meatballs, chicken noodles, spicy fried rice.” 

Keila was shocked for the second time. What is this guy thinking? Of course, the three foods will not be able to enter the stomach if eaten together. And again. . Why is the way he talks so annoying? He called my name easily as if we had known each other for a long time. Ah, what a pity that his face is so cute but his way of speaking is really barbaric as a man. It was. .. I wanted to draw all my first impressions of him that I had spoken to in my heart.

“Come! What are you thinking? Quickly decide! I'm already hungry.” 

Keila was shocked for the third time. It felt like in a short time, Keila had already been struck by lightning three times. 

“Ba-alright, fried rice only. That would be more filling. I'll show you where I used to eat.” Keila took four steps forward to precede Andra and led the way to the place where Keila used to eat fried rice along with her co-workers. 

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“How? Does it taste good?” Keila who had finished off one plate of fried rice and paid for her food and Andra's food asked Andra who had just finished her meal. 

“Not bad.” 

Keila glanced at Andra's dinner plate and found that Andra's plate was clean with no food left. What's not bad? Obviously he finished all the fried rice without leaving a single grain of rice on the plate. 

“Then, we part here, Andra. Once again thank you very much for helping me today.” Keila said her farewell sentence to Andra and walked away from Andra. 

Keila then walked to a public bus stop heading to her apartment and waited for her destination bus to come pick her up. Keila thought she had said goodbye to Andra, but when she turned her head to the right, Keila saw Andra standing beside her. 

Keila shook her head in doubt. “Are you following me?” 

“No.” 

“Then?” Keila asked quickly. 

“Do not misunderstand. Looks like your goal and mine are the same.” 

Keila was about to ask again but could his goal come and stop Keila's mouth from asking any further. Andra lets Keila get on the bus first and follows Keila behind Keila. 

During the trip inside the bus, Keila and Andra sat in different chairs. To take her mind off her curiosity towards Andra, Keila then put up her earphones and played her favorite song on her phone. Twenty minutes of travel was so short that Keila listened to her favorite song: Wish–Blackbeans.

Seeing the destination of her trip, Keila pressed the stop button on the bus to tell the bus driver about her destination. The bus stopped and Keila got off the bus. From the bus stop, Keila only needs to walk about two minutes to get to her apartment building. 

Still with the earphones attached to both ears, Keila walked towards her apartment. But something caught Keila's attention when Keila's eyes looked at the rearview mirror of the car parked on the side of the road. Keila saw the figure of Andra walking a few steps behind her. Seeing Andra walking after her, Keila's mind began to walk to where and imagine something negative. Could he have been following me on purpose? Did I not realize all this time that I had another stalker following me?

Keila sped up her footsteps and tried not to run for fear of luring Andra who was walking behind her and following her. The faster Keila's footsteps, the less Keila's mind worked. Is it possible that he purposely helped me just to get close to me? Isn't this the usual trick that appears in novels? The stalker deliberately helps his victim and behaves as his hero before finally taking the opportunity to attack his victim. Could it be that Andra would do the same to me as the novels did? 

Keila's thoughts worked faster when she was imagining because of her work as a novel editor. Keila shuddered in horror with her own shadow and sped up her footsteps again. As soon as he arrived in front of his apartment building, Keila immediately ran in and immediately ran into the open elevator. 

“Huft. .” Keila let out a deep breath in the elevator when she got into the elevator. Keila struck the number three on the elevator where her apartment was. “I managed to escape. Thank goodness.” 

Not long after that the elevator door opened and Keila exited the elevator. Kelia walks limply to the door of her apartment as she recalls all the crazy events she experienced today: the suspension she received for a month, the job she loved that she couldn't do for a month, meeting the Great Sir who was still lying in the hospital, Noah attacked him and a man named Andra who helped him from Noah. 

Keila stopped her footsteps when she arrived at the door of her apartment and sighed several times before entering the password at the entrance. 

“Goodnight.” 

The speech scattered Keila's daydreams about today's events and made Keila immediately turn her head to look at the owner of the voice that greeted her. How shocked Keila was when she saw the owner of the voice that greeted her a few seconds ago. 

“You!” Keila raised her index finger and spoke in a slightly high tone. “Did you follow me, Andra?” 

“No.” 

“Then, why are you here?” Keila was still pointing her index finger towards Andra.

“Why can't I go to my own house?” 

Keila gasped at the question coming out of Andra's mouth. Spontaneous index finger he was pointing was lowered and the tone of Keila's speech that had been slightly elevated then lowered. “What does that mean?” 

Andra glanced towards the door beside Keila's apartment door. “This is my apartment. Here I stay.” 

Keila gawked at the answer from Andra's mouth and only muttered in her heart. My bad luck doesn't stop here.