
BSM Chapter. 13
“Mister want what cake?” Rere asked with a face looking at the customer, who was none other than Ryan. His eyes glimmered at Ryan's face.
Ryan nodded, taking his eyes off Laura immediately. With an expressionless flat face he looked at the row of cakes that were inside the storefront. To be honest, he did not want to eat cake, especially at night like this.
Ryan is one of the people who maintain the lifestyle, including diet. He always keeps the limit of sugar intake that enters his body in a day. Although the appearance of the pastries in the display case was appetizing, but he really was not wanted. But, because it has already entered this store, inevitably he has to buy too.
“I want that one.” Ryan pointed at the chocolate muffin. Yet occasionally his eyes glanced at Laura across who looked tense.
“How much, Mister?” ask Rere again. While the one asked was busy glancing at Laura's lyrics that were not in place.
Laura refused to come closer. He let Rere serve Ryan. Laura is only worried if Ryan's arrival is to seek compensation for the damage to her car. So he chose to stay in his place.
“Everything. I took it all,” Ryan said later.
So happily Rere rushed to prepare the cake that Ryan asked for. Pack it into the best packaging in his shop. Tumben-tumbenan nights like this someone bought his muffin.
“This cake. Please, Mister.” After packing it and putting it into a large enough paper bag, Rere then handed the paper bag to Ryan.
After paying, Ryan hurried away. Her departure made Laura finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
“Why is it so tense from earlier?” ask Rere after Ryan's gone.
Laura who was standing in the corner finally came closer. His head was wobbly, watching the entrance. He wanted to make sure Ryan was gone.
“Yes, Ra. Your style is exactly like a person who just saw ghosts,” chirped Rere.
“That part wasn't a ghost, Ra. But what the hell was that human?” he continued smiling to himself in the shadow of Ryan's charming face. Charming his lonely, uninhabited heart.
“Man time, Re. His feet are up, right?”
“Oath, Ra. 25 years I live in this world, only this time I saw the appearance of an angel with my own eyes. Very handsome, Ra.”
“Custom only, Re. You are the one who is too much.” His mouth was mediocre, but in his heart he said otherwise. Laura then shook her hand when she realized she was admiring the good looks of other men besides her husband. No, it can't do that. In his heart was already Theo, his beloved husband. Theo was also no less handsome than that person, so his mind said.
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“I've gone mad.” Ryan cursed to himself as he looked at the paper bag he had placed on the chair next to him. From behind the window of her car which was parked a little away from LaRisa Bakery, she then turned her eyes to the cake shop.
From a distance Ryan sees Laura and Rere coming out of the cake shop after closing the store at exactly nine p.m. After buying the cake, Ryan did not go home. I don't know why he was reluctant to leave the place and instead waited in the car.
Ryan saw Rere get into the car, then the car that Rere was driving was moving away from the store. While Laura rode her scooter. A moment later the matic scooter that Laura was driving drove away.
And surprisingly, Ryan instead followed Laura secretly. Apparently for this he deliberately waited in the car. It was hard to control his desire on this one. What lay in his head suddenly, he immediately executed. Nothing else because it was driven by his curiosity alone.
Lucky Laura drove her motorcycle at standard speed, so Ryan didn't lose track of it. She was not far behind Laura.
“Ryan Antonio, you must be crazy by now. There are a lot of reporters out there hunting you. And now look what you're doing. You're hunting a woman. Women you don't even know.” Again Ryan cursed himself. He himself was amazed at what happened to him. Laura is just a normal woman. His appearance was simple, without the pulses of thick make-up, but his charm was able to make his heart tremble.
However, Ryan's focus was suddenly interrupted when he heard his phone ringing. Paola's name was on her phone screen. A call he wanted to ignore, but couldn't. If he ignores a problem, he will wait for it.
Ryan was forced to pull the car over. He lost track of Laura.
“Halo,” sweep so shift the green button and stick the phone to the ear. His face looks upset.
“Hello my brother's. How are you?” That word is heard on the other end of the phone.
“Paola Antonieta Gonzales. I'll rip out your eyes when we meet. You have foiled my plan.”
Ryan was upset, but instead heard the laughter of Paola. Such a threat is not new this time Ryan catapulted to his only brother. So Paola just responded with a laugh. Because Paola already knew that Ryan had never been serious about the threat.
“Say what's wrong? You have disturbed my calm,” Ryan continued later.
“My dear brother, I have the latest news for you. Guess what news I want to tell you.”
“Pao-Pao I don't have time to play guessing. Quickly tell me what news you have.”
“Next week mommy and I are going to Indonesia. Mommy wants to talk about your marriage.”
“Don't joke, Pao-Pao. I don't want to get married now. Who should I marry anyway.”
“Turn down my dear brother. Mommy's been looking for a soul mate for you. That must be beautiful and sexy. And most importantly she's a single woman, not a wife. ” Paola lowered her tone on the last word. Then followed back with laughter Paola sounding crisp across there. Makes Ryan have to grimace withhold his regret. Apparently Paola already knew the football lunge, so it is often used as a mockery Paola.
“Pao-Pao, tell my mother, I won't get married before I find the right woman. And the right woman just disappeared from my sight because of you. Beware if we meet again, I will chop you up until father and mother will not recognize you again.”
Holding up the phone call, Ryan was upset. His sister was the most nosy. Only Paola would dare to joke with him like that. But despite often upsetting her, Paola is her beloved sister. The one who understands him the most. Only Paola can count on him when he's down.
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That same night, on a king-size bed in a hotel, a pair of human children were hugging each other under a thick blanket that covered the innocent bodies of both. Both of them looked exhausted after sharing the sweat together in reaching worldly pleasure.
“I don't think I'd be willing for you to come home tonight. I want you to be mine,” said Feli as he walked through Theo's chest with his index finger.
“Fel, are you aware of what you are saying? Your desire is too much. There's no way I'm divorcing Laura and picking you.” Theo said so without the slightest guilt of having betrayed Laura. The forbidden relationship he had with Feli in recent months was unknown to anyone.
“Why not, baby. Compared to Laura, I better understand your situation. Only Sku can accept your flaws. If Laura knew what happened to you, I'm sure Laura wouldn't want to stick with you. Because Laura really wants the presence of a child, right?”
Theo let out a heavy breath. His gaze turned silent for a moment. Clearly visible from the look in his eyes there was sadness that he could not express.
“Fel, please don't say anything to Laura about me. Only you and I know. I trust you, if you will keep my secret well,” he said later.
Feli smiled. But that smile looks different.
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