The Love That Reunites
Chapter 71

The day continues to pass. It doesn't feel like Reyhan and Adel's wedding is two weeks away.

Reyhan drove his car quickly. I don't want to be late for this important meeting.

"Is this meeting so important?" Clara asked Reyhan who was driving.

"Yes. If this meeting fails or there is a problem, then we will be finished. Gilbert is the owner of the largest company in the country besides ours. If it can cooperate with him, of course it will stabilize our declining shares because of the news. Gilbert is also notoriously arrogant and very picky on his business associates. We have to please her so she will cooperate with us" Reyhan explained at length.

Clara nodded in understanding.

He and Clara arrived at Gilbert's house.

"It's nice to meet you Mr. Reyhan" Gilbert shook Reyhan's hand as the man got out of his car.

"It's nice to meet you too"

Gilbert immediately invites Reyhan and Clara to enter his mansion. Instead of talking in the living room, he prefers to take them to the garden behind his house.

"You definitely want to offer business cooperation. But how, yes, I'm not interested. Moreover, your company is collapsing. I'm afraid of only harming myself" Gilbert said arrogantly and disparaged Reyhan.

"You're right. But you yourself know how we always rise when our company is collapsing. I guarantee you nothing to lose working with us" Reyhan said.

"Em, okay. I concur. I will cooperate with you and will also invest my shares in your company. I hope I can help your company rise again" Gilbert said with a smile.

Reyhan frowned. He felt something strange. He felt it was too easy. Gilbert who was famous for being so arrogant and very difficult to work with, now easily agreed to a contract of cooperation with him. He felt that there was a certain meaning to the man.

"Ah, as it continues to discuss work, I forgot to get acquainted with the beautiful woman beside you. I'm not being polite"

Clara smiled at Gilbert's words.

"Hi miss. I'm Gilbert Febrianto. You look so pretty that you're mesmerizing me"

"Clara" Clara replied to Gilbert's hand post with her sweet smile.

"Well! You really made me hang when I saw that smile of yours. I'm afraid of getting diabetes if I keep seeing your sweet smile. It seems like being near you will expose me to various diseases" Chimney Gilbert looked at Clara's affection.

"That means I need to stay away so you can stay healthy"

"Don't! If you're far away from me, then I'll be gone because I can't look at you. Let me be sick as long as I can stay with you" Gilbert plucked a rose beside her and gave it to Clara.

Clara accepted it with a smile. Although he was a little upset because Gilbert kept teasing him, but he remembered Reyhan's words. This meeting is very important, if he makes trouble or makes Gilbert's feelings broken, he is afraid that it will destroy their cooperation. Let him dampen his feelings as long as the meeting runs smoothly.

Reyhan who was upset and fed up with Gilbert's attitude chose to leave for a while.

"Sir Gilbert, I'm going to the toilet for a second. Can you tell me where it's headed?" Reyhan stood up.

"Yes, you meet my assistant in the kitchen. He will show you the way" Gilbert said.

Reyhan immediately rushed to the kitchen.

"What does that jerk really want? I think it's weird that he's approaching Clara. I'm sure the taste is beautiful and sexy women who have a lot of money. There's no way he's interested in Clara" Reyhan said. He entered the toilet after being told by Gilbert's assistant where he was.

"wait. Don't he have a specific purpose? Why am I not feeling well?" Reyhan looked so worried. He sped up his activities and returned to the back garden.

"Pretty. Would you like to dinner with me tonight?" Gilbert held Clara's hand.

Clara took it off slowly with an awkward smile.

"It could be if I wasn't busy"

"You should want to. I could have canceled this partnership if you refused me" Gilbert said with a slanted smile.

"alright. Where are we going?" Ask Clara to be patient.

"We're going to eat at a Japanese restaurant. Walk for a bit. Then it ends at the hotel" Gilbert touches Clara's cheek making her so furious.

"You can put your hands away"

"Ups! Ii'm sorry. But you agree with what I said?" Gilbert stands. He walked slowly towards Clara.

"I can't accept your third request" Clara replied, staring intently at Gilbert.

"Dearly enough. But that's what I really want from you" Gilbert grabbed Clara's cheek and faced her face.

"You should want a pretty lady. It's for your company. It's for your boss. Do you think the company leaders I've been working with haven't given me any rewards or bribes for me to cooperate with them? They did everything they could to get me to work together. One of them is giving me a woman" Gilbert said with a smile.

Clara could only look at him pushyly as the man began to bring her lips closer together.

Bughhh

"Keep your face away from her!"

Gilbert slumped to the side as Reyhan struck hard on his cheek.

Reyhan, who was burning with emotion when he saw Gilbert trying to kiss Clara, immediately pulled the man's collar and gave him a raw bogem.

"Sir Reyhan stop! Don't hurt him" Clara tried to break up, but she couldn't separate the two men who kept fighting.

"Basic jerk!" With one death kick from Reyhan managed to make Gilbert collapse instantly.

"Sir Rey! What the hell are you doing? You could have canceled this!" Clara immediately approached Reyhan.

"Let's go home" Reyhan pulled Clara's hand to leave Gilbert who was still lying weakly with a cut on her face.

"But the cooperation_"

"Don't think about it anymore"

Gilbert smiled faintly then laughed happily. He reached into his pants pocket and immediately called someone.

"I managed to get him to beat me up. Turns out he was very angry when I touched the woman, just like you said. Since I've done my duty, then you should reward me as soon as possible. Haish, my handsome face is so damaged by it" Gilbert grimaced as she touched the corner of her bloody lips.

"You just calm down. What matters is that you've done your job" the king turned off his phone. He smiles happily when his plan succeeds to anger Reyhan and destroy the cooperation.

The next day word spread that Reyhan was beating up Gilbert just because the man did not want to cooperate with him. Gilbert made that confession himself. He showed the cctv footage that he had cut and slightly seasoned.

The shareholders and the board of directors held a meeting that morning. Reza and Arnold were also in attendance.

"Can you control your emotions?! Look what you've done! You're making this company's image ruined. How can a CEO beat up his partner just for not cooperating! It's really embarrassing!" Cibir Anton looks angry. Though he knew the true events that Gilbert was the one who started and made Reyhan so angry. He and the King accidentally ask Gilbert to tempt Clara to provoke Reyhan's emotions and destroy their cooperation.

"Do you think I'd do that? I still have my pride, if she doesn't want to then I'll leave her! We have agreed to cooperate. But she sassyly teased even touching my secretary!" Reyhan said telling the truth.

"If so you're natural to be angry. It's just, you don't have to beat him up. You should think ahead and see what the impact will be on the company. He's just your secretary. Why are you so angry that he looks relaxed?" Said the King smiling cynically. He wants Reyhan cornered and makes him admit if he has a relationship with his secretary.

"Because he's my employee. I have to defend my employees" Sahut Reyhan.

"Stay, you have to control your emotions. Now the company is so fucked up and it's all because of you! How is it possible during your leadership, this company always has problems. We don't think you're a CEO" said one of the directors.

"What are you talking about? Always having problems? Unbecus? Who made the company successful again this year? Do you think I'm just a foot barge? Just having some trouble like this you guys are already noisy" Reyhan smiled sinisterly at that person.

"But what he said was true. Papah agrees that the chaos in the company happened because of you. Not everything, but you're the cause. Papah is not accusing you of not being very good at work, but it looks like you have to learn more, Reyhan" Reza said making Reyhan really disappointed. His face did not even defend him and instead blamed him.

"See the current state. We decided to do another CEO election. There are two candidates, Reyhan and Raja. We will see who is better between the two of them to be able to resurrect the company again" Anton said. Reza couldn't do anything else because all the members of the meeting agreed with her words. He could only resign if his son might step down.

Reyhan returned to his room. He who was so disappointed and angry smashed things on his desk.

Clara who saw that could only stare from her desk. He didn't want to bother Reyhan just yet. He only dared to talk when Reyhan started to calm down.

"I'm sorry, it's all because of me" Clara felt guilty that Reyhan beat up Gilbert to help her.

"It's not your fault" Reyhan loosened his tie. He rubbed his hair up.

"Why do they all blame me? Even papah did" Reyhan asked in frustration.

"Not all of them, just a few. They must be the King's men" Sahut Clara approached Reyhan to appease the man.

Cklek!

Clara took a few steps back from Reyhan when she saw Adel coming.

"Kak_"

"Don't bother me!" Reyhan immediately entered the room and locked the door.

"You better not bother Reyhan for a while" Clara said. Adel nodded in understanding.

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The next day, the King began to carry out his actions. He began imaging and handling several projects.

Reyhan did the same. He would not allow the King to take the position he once fought for to obtain his.

Today he will be meeting with a client. He hurriedly drove his car to the meeting place.

On the way, the client called and said their meeting was off.

"Damn! Always like this. They reasoned to cancel the meeting when they would have a meeting with the King. Why does the King always snatch my client's clients?!" An upset Reyhan hit the steering wheel of his car.

"The project I'm holding is also always having problems. I'm sure the King is behind all this"

During these few days, the King had always been superior to him. This certainly made him worry if he would lose.

That night Reyhan did not return to his apartment. He chose to go back to the office.

Cclek

"Maybe this room will be changed after the King replaces me. No more kitchens and no more rooms for me to sleep in overtime"

Reyhan unlocked the secret room and entered it.

Coinciding tomorrow's holiday. He deliberately woke up slow. Wash your face and make breakfast.

"This room is so quiet.." Reyhan looked around from the dining table. There was no Clara accompanying him as usual.

After finishing breakfast at lunchtime, Reyhan chose to watch television in his room.

Tok

"Who comes on holidays?" Reyhan Mumbled. He immediately got up from his seat and opened the door.

"Vizah!"