Somebody That You Loved
5. The Hotest New Lover Couple

"Are you okay?" ask Helga for the umpteenth time.

Bonita put his shoulders. He was too lazy to answer after being lectured all-out by his father.

This morning, Nolan came to Bridal. He said he had just released Benjamin from jail while in the police station. Bonita has explained what happened, but Nolan still asks him to speak carefully compared to calling the police to expel Benjamin. Nolan argues, however, that Benjamin is not a criminal for coming home with the intention to straighten out the problem.

On the screen Bonita's phone is currently held by him there are various rumors about how close the relationship Benjamin and model named Zayna Lott. The two men appeared on various news portals. There were even photos on an online magazine page that published them as "the hottest new lovers' couple".

Bonita clucked in annoyance with a roaring chest. His phone was thrown directly at the table. He rubbed his face with a huff.

"Go home, Boo. That expression on your face will drive customers away." Kenzo rebuked while pointing the blunt end of the pencil to the tense corners of Bonita's face.

Bonita sneered at Kenzo with a pursed lip, "Try saying that to my father. His gaze must have managed to frighten the little boy ever since he came."

"That's because you're acting too much. What do you think about calling the police just to get Benjamin out of the house?"

"just? My house is locked, Ken, and I don't want to be disturbed! Shouldn't I get a little privacy after seeing her cheating right in front of my eyes?"

Helga and Kenzo looked at each other. They knew something like this wasn't supposed to happen because it would only exacerbate Bonita's trauma to marriage. They knew Benjamin was the only man given the chance to earn the trust to embrace Bonita's heart. However, that trust was now shattered without a remnant.

Bonita got up to go to the window. The aura of anger that emanated was clear from his body. Rumbling in his chest that continues to beat as if able to shake the walls of bridal.

"Benjamin came to see you to talk, didn't he?" helga asked carefully, but Bonita remained silent. "Speak to him. Listen to the explanation."

Bonita turned to Helga and snorted in annoyance, "What is there to talk about? I saw Zayna clinging to her like a snake after they stayed in the same room. I don't need any explanation to digest what happened."

"You sound like you're jealous." Sela Kenzo without empathy.

"Yes! I'm jealous! I'm so mad! I gave her the confidence to keep my heart for four years, but she cheated on me. Honestly, I was convincing myself to feel grateful because we were just lovers and not married couples."

Kenzo sighed and raised his shoulders at Helga. Helga looked at Bonita with a worried and pityed look at the same time. While Nolan was speechless hearing all their conversations from the stairs.

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"Why haven't you given clarification yet? You promised you'd help me put down the news." Urge Benjamin who has just arrived at Zayna's apartment

"Wait a minute. Why the hurry? Any such news would go away by itself." Zayna hugged Benjamin's arm and pulled him to sit by his side.

Benjamin clucked in annoyance as he brushed off Zayna's hand, "I just got released from the police station because Boo asked the police to kick me out of his house. Quickly clarify the news before it gets bigger and out of control."

"Advantage? My relationship with Boo is at stake!" Hardik Benjamin did not believe it.

"Your business will improve in the future. People who are curious will find out and find it. Isn't that good for you? Last month you told me your business was in a doldrums, didn't you?"

"But not in this way. I don't want my relationship with Boo to fall apart. Our relationship has been going on for four years." Benjamin said increasingly. "I've known you so well since I was a kid. I know you're always putting off important things. This time, please understand my situation."

Zayna smiled meaningfully, "What about Mea?"

Benjamin was silent for a moment before speaking, "What's wrong with him?"

Zayna got up and went to the corner of the little bar to pour a drink, "Have you met her yet?"

"I met him a few times last month. He looks fine." Benjamin replied while scratching the non-itchy edge of the forehead.

"Why does the time coincide with when your business is sluggish?" zayna asked with a smile on her back that Benjamin could not see because she was on her back.

Benjamin was speechless with a glued look out the window. The three of them; Benjamin, Zayna, and Mea were close friends since they were children because they lived in the same neighborhood. They were best friends for years before the Mea and Zayna families moved in. However, Zayna usually takes the time to see Benjamin's family several times a year, while Mea only shows up to see Benjamin last month after so many years.

Zayna still vividly remembers the moment when she moved into the neighborhood where Benjamin and Mea lived many years ago, Zayna found Benjamin and Mea playing in the park. Zayna approached them with a koala doll in her arms. The doll is the only thing that can be invited to play because he is always shunned by his peers in the old home environment because it has a face that is considered too beautiful.

"Can I join you?" asked Zayna hesitatingly. His fingers twisted the end of the ribbon on the neck of the koala doll that was embraced by him.

Benjamin turned to Zayna and looked at her unblinkingly. Her lips could not say anything as Zayna was seen as a very beautiful and graceful daughter in her eyes. Zayna's curly hair shimmered along the shoulders, tied at the top right and it made her look very charming even to a boy of Benjamin's age at the time.

"certain. We can play both." Mea answered with a very sweet smile, but spread a sense of uneasiness in Zayna's heart.

"Two?" zayna asked as she looked at Mea and Benjamin alternately.

"Yes, we can play both. My name is Mea Loza. You can call me Mea. We can be friends from now on." Mea said as she reached out to Zayna, who was immediately received. "He's Benjamin, but you better ignore him because he's my guardian from a different realm than ours. He's not real."

"He .. is not real?" zayna asked with a step back in surprise and fear. He thought he had just seen a ghost or something. He felt unsure of himself for the first time experiencing such a thing. However, he thought it was strange because Benjamin looked like a boy. Benjamin even sweated in the forehead area. Shouldn't ghosts sweat?

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