Lies
Secretary Who?

“Don't .. don't go Kingdom!” karan shouted in his sleep.

The man woke up in wet clothes filled with sweat. In fact, grains of sweat still fell from his forehead.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Karan realized where he was now. In house. In his room. Karan heaved a sigh of relief while regulating his rumbling heartbeat. Once enough, Karan went from bed to table near the television, where he placed a teapot filled with drinking water.

“Damn it!” karan's curse after inserting mineral water from his glass. “Argh!” Karan growled in frustration. The dream appeared again. The dream where Raya left him in such a cruel way. Karan did not expect that he would have such a dream after a month this seemed to be fine. Perhaps because Karan thought too much about Raya, or rather, the dream reminded Karan that Raya was the woman he should hate to the end.

PRANGS!

The glass glass that was in Karan's hand fell on the floor and made a loud noise. Karan is surprised to see it, but he is more surprised to see the response from his body. Karan did not realize his hands were shaking violently. He's scared now. Fear of abandonment. Fear of oblivion. Karan fears his life is only a past wind for Raya.

No. gabe. This can't be allowed. Karan must do something at least for the comfort of his heart. To hell with approaching Raya in such a gentle way. Karan can do anything, including a rude and cruel way just for the sake of making Raya his. Then, he would torture Raya in the same way as what he had experienced in the past.

“Ian, we're leaving in an hour.”

Karan gave the order to Ian over the phone. Though the day still shows at three in the morning, but Karan will already go to the office. Karan did not care what Ian would say later. Yes, surely the assistant will protest at him. But what should Karan do? Staying at home without being able to do anything is not a typical Karan trait. He would rather work, spend time with a pile of documents and visit his subsidiary than be constantly fixated on the dream.

“Pak, you have trouble sleeping again?” ian asked as soon as Karan got into the car. While driving, Ian occasionally looked at the mirror above him. “Do we go directly to the office?” ian continued after Karan did not answer his first question.

Karan kept the cigarette away from his lips. He looked forward, towards Ian. “No, we go to hotel Y first. I have to meet the guy,” he said firmly with my eyes a sign that he had trouble sleeping tonight. A sign that he was really tormented because of the figure of the Kingdom.

...*******...

The next day, Karan meets Raya. It was no coincidence Karan met Raya at the company's product shooting location. Karan also did a photo shoot to update his company's website. The problem is that the man deliberately set his schedule to be the same as the Raya schedule. That way he could meet Raya easily.

“I'll take you. I happen to have business around Varen's house. You don't mind, do you?” Karan holds the elevator door and lets Raya in.

“Does it matter? Looks like you're very busy.”

Raya is a little doubtful. He couldn't just let Karan drive him while he saw Ian having trouble chasing him. In fact, just asking for Ian's signature looks difficult. Raya felt sorry to see Ian's frustrated face.

As if reading Raya's thoughts, Karan responded, “If you mean Ian, you don't have to worry. He was so. Even though I was on vacation at home, she would come to me with a number of documents.”

Karan grumbled and Raya chuckled at him. Raya could imagine Ian's face according to what Karan described. Really a unique man.

But there is something strange about Karan. Vacation at home? Why is the man on vacation at his house? Karan is not a poor man who has no money. Maybe just once breathing hundreds of dollars' worth of money is already in his hands. Holidays to Europe and even around the world must be easy for the CEO.

“Why are you on vacation at home?” The question came from the lips of Raya in the end. He can't cover up his curiosity about Karan.

“Where should I go?”

“Yes, anywhere. Exit the country for example.”

Karan glanced towards Raya. Instead of showing a trivial nature, Raya nodded her head as if she understood what Karan was feeling right now. “Yes, you're right. I'm like that too. Most of my work abroad is just for work. Just my finger count to it for a really holiday.”

“But that will change soon, won't it?” Karan's hands extended again when the elevator door opened. “Be careful, your heels can get stuck in the middle,” the man warned. A month ago, Karan had to take the stairs because the elevator door was broken. Surprisingly the damage was caused by a woman's shoe being stuck.

“Thank you,” Reply Kingdom. “And what do you mean will change soon?”

Once again Karan was very friendly towards Raya. This time he opened his car door for the super model, then he moved to the steering wheel.

“What?” karan asked confusedly seeing Raya staring at him intensely.

Raya pressed her lips, then grumbled. “You haven't answered it.”

“Oh, the. Jeez!” Karan smiled faintly. “I mean our status changed. You will marry Varen, while I will soon be engaged to another woman.”

Raya did not answer directly. He fell silent, a little surprised to hear Karan's words about the engagement. Raya knows there is a lot of gossip about Karan's relationship with various kinds of women. However, none of Karan really introduces as his lover. Why is Karan getting married now?

What is even more strange is the attitude of the Kingdom. The woman looked like a worried person. Karan is a stranger to her. Karan is only a friend of her future husband, who has nothing to do with Raya.

“Oh, yes,” says Raya slowly. “By the way, Varen and I have never seen your girlfriend. How about we meet in person? We'll have dinner together. How?”

Although busy driving, Karan can still answer the words Raya. “Yes, that's a good idea. I'll pass it on to my lover.”

Silence is suddenly created. Raya focused on her phone, trying to call Varen who is difficult to contact today. While Karan only focused on driving, trying to pull his concentration from Raya to the road in order to bring the car calmly.

“How? Can you contact Varen?” Karan spoke again as soon as they stopped at the traffic light. Raya's mobile screen was seen by her, which was why Karan could tell who the person Raya was contacting so many times.

Raya shook her head. “Cannot. It seems like he is busy,” chirped sluggishly, looking very disappointed with Varen's attitude.

“It seems so too. You are getting married soon. Varen must be busy taking care of everything in order to focus on your wedding.” Karan tries to calm Raya down, but in hopes that Raya will not calm down at all. The disappointment with Varen is a good thing for Karan. That way, Karan can approach the woman as a substitute for the figure of Varen, although Karan hates the word substitute.

“Ya, maybe.” They choose to surrender. He put his phone in his bag and turned his eyes to the street.

“But Varen has a nice secretary. The woman looks so competent. I seem to have to find a secretary like that,” Karan continued again.

Raya cringing. “Secretary? A lady? What do you mean?”

“It .. I was talking about Cindy, Varen's secretary I met at one of the restaurants. Varen himself said that the woman was his secretary.”

“What?” Raya. Cindy is not a foreign name in Raya's ears. He knows who Cindy is. Not a secretary, but a close friend of Varen's. The friend who was considered a younger brother by the man. “Oh, yes, Cindy. He is a good secretary,” said Raya lying.

Karan grinned. Karan knows who Cindy really is. Ian had already found out about the woman's biography. Karan just wants to provoke a reaction Raya. And Raya chose to lie. True, there was no way the woman would expose her suspicions against the man who would be her husband in the next few days.