So Many Times
FIFTEEN
...Not everyone is worth the wait, and not everyone deserves a second chance...
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Alana POVs
The next day I felt like my body was getting better, so I decided to go back to work. I can't leave my job as a manager here, even though I'm very reluctant to meet the two.
"Good morning ma'am, I'm so happy to hear that your condition has improved." Mirai said standing up to welcome me, he's my assistant manager and my teammate.
"Mirai, my gosh... How many times have I told you, call me ordinary. Call alana or sister, yes mother." I smiled shaking my head. Mirai was younger than me by three years, she was a very formal and reserved child who valued me highly as her boss, perhaps.
Sometimes I am am amused to see it myself, but Mirai is a very pleasant child. In this company, he was the one I talked to the most and had lunch. I rarely mingle with others and I don't like to talk too much.
"But I'm afraid that..." I glared before he finished his words. "Alright, brother alana," he continued smiling at me. "Good, I went inside first. Ah yes later help me to observe this month's expenses." I said to mirai. "Good, brother." Answer mirai.
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Ahhhh.. It was exhausting for almost four hours I was struggling in front of this laptop of course with the help of Mirai as well, otherwise I could have completed this for up to six to seven hours.
I stood up from my chair and checked my phone, ah yeah, last night after Ethan came home from my house. I ventured into threatening Vano, I said that I had video evidence of her immoral being with her lover.
That video was a way for me to escape that ridiculous matchmaking. But I still doubt if that dappled-nose man's vano will actually call off this match. Vano was so afraid of his papa, there was no way he would unilaterally cancel this matchmaking.
Vano must have had another way, he must have been after this video, but I have a lot of copies. But still I have to be careful, I know what kind of man Vano is.
There were missed calls from Nattali and Dareel. Suddenly I remembered yesterday, Dareel said he would see me again when his work on campus was over. But until the night he didn't come to my apartment, he didn't even call me at all.
But it's better, because Ethan was in my apartment until last night. We like to talk and talk about the life of Ethan during the silence. It would be a bad thing if Ethan knew that Dareel had come back because Ethan knew everything about Dareel,
"What's up, brother? I'm sorry, I didn't hear that there was an incoming call." I said when I called Nattali.
"Ah this you, how are you? Has your fever gone down? God, Al, how could you not tell me." Nattali sounded annoyed there.
"It's Ethan, isn't it?" There was no response from Nattali
"Okay, sorry brother. Not that rich, there was an aunt who took care of me. Brother is now very busy, I can't bear to disturb brother. I'm better now, really." I said to Nattali, there is no way I would say that the one who took care of me when I had a fever was Dareel.
"Is it really better? Thank God that's it," Nattali's voice sounded relieved.
"So, Ethan didn't come to your house? Come get-togethers, yuk. Counting for the welcoming event of his return," invite me
"Yet, you must be the first one in the ethan samperin when you get home. Okay, come on when? How are we supposed to throw a fire party?" Nattali's enthusiastic voice was heard on the phone.
"Siip, great idea. Yaudah I'll tell Ethan, brother also help me tell him. Tau set up ethan very difficult at the party," said I tekekeh.
"Whoever, that's easy".
We talked long on the phone, but suddenly "Alana, do you think papa has given you all the assets so you can work as you please, do you?" Papa shouted as he entered my study.
I turned off my phone, "I don't need any assets from you, even if you fire me this second, I don't care at all." Say it back to sitting and sipping orange juice.
"Stop being silly Alana, you have to check all the documents. This week the company's finances have declined, and the inventors are protesting against our work." Papa looks very worried about this company, I smile.
"What is it now that we are worried about the company? Don't the days usually just play and play with all the women? No need to bother thinking about all this, because this company started from a mistake will definitely end up with a mistake. That's how the laws of nature work" I said lightly, playing my phone.
Papa snatched my phone and threw it on the couch, "Your engagement is going to come, you're going to meet in four days. This company needs power to cover all its losses, and that power is the vano family company. Prepare yourself and stop throwing a tantrum." Papa said and left my office.
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The sound of music was very noisy, I saw Nattali pouring drinks into the glass. Among the three of us, Nattali is the one who can't drink too much. But seeing that I had drunk almost one bottle, I shook my head.
Yes, the three of us were at the club to celebrate Ethan's return to Indonesia. Ethan, me and Nattali were in this place three hours ago, so we didn't feel like chatting.
"Yok, yok gaes, chers." Nattali said with a glass of drink, I just chuckled at seeing it like this. "Has this attitude not changed? So much to drink, but also not strong drunk." Ethan touches Nattali's forehead, who is now half conscious.
"You know, I've been busy lately. Yes work, not to mention preparing for marriage. Dion was busy with her, too, where there was time for happy happy gini." Nattali smiled broadly.
"Sister, three glasses already. Watch out for me when I get to take care of me." I took a nattali glass as he was about to pour another drink.
"Yaudah, nyemil aja, noh while looking at a jogger." Nattali glanced at me lazily, which I responded with a headband.
"You don't drink? From earlier the feeling was just ordinary pesen drinks," said Ethan gave me a glass filled with drinks that was going to nattali drink.
"Drink anyway, just reduce a little habitual drinking." I answered, I received the drink Ethan gave me, and I drank it. "Al, since yesterday I saw, a lot has changed. Is there something bothering you?" Ask Ethan again.
I glanced at Nattali who was now asleep on the sofa beside me. "I know what happened to you, your papa's problem and the engagement problem right?" Ethan asked again, this time looking at me seriously.
"Hmm, I was thinking about how I'd end that damn engagement." I said to ethan. I poured another drink into the glass and gulped it down, I was very upset when I talked about this.
"Tell me what to do, Al. I'll do anything, I can do anything to stop the engagement." Ethan.
No, I can't get Ethan involved in this. After two years he finally returned to Indonesia, even then because there were problems with his papa company. I'm not foaming Ethan any harder and burdened by my problems.
"I've got some way to stop this, don't get involved anything with them, brother. Moreover, papa, do not touch anything that has become his decision. Trust me, I'll finish this off as soon as I can. Stay here, you and nattali." I stared at Ethan.
I saw Ethan exhaling, "Al, you've been through everything yourself. Now that I'm here, I can do anything to help you."
"Please promise not to get involved with my problem!" I pointed my little finger in front of Ethan. "Fuck," Ethan snorted averted his gaze.
I laughed seeing Ethan sulking like this. While I was teasing Ethan, my eyes unintentionally turned to two people dancing. It looks like the woman is drunk and I seem to recognize her man.
They both walked out of the club, I don't know what made me so curious that I followed them both. "But, I'm going to the bathroom" I told Ethan.
When I was outside I didn't find them both, where they went. I scratched my head, I definitely did not see it wrong, it seemed like I recognized the man. But who is it? Dareels? Could it be Dareel? Nope, no. Dareel is very anti to be in a place like this, my mind.
I'm walking towards Ethan's car that's stuck in this club area, I'm going to get Nattali's jacket left there. When I got in front of Ethan's car, it turned out that the two people I saw were in the car parked right next to Ethan's car.
I approached the red car. It's true what I thought, that guy Dareel. It felt like I was hit by Dareel kissing the woman in the car right in front of me. Even the three buttons on the woman's clothes were open showing her cleavage, then my eyes saw Dareel kissing the woman with his eyes closed.
No alana, you shouldn't have seen this. You should go, hurry up. My brain said so, but my legs were still fixated on seeing this kissing scene. Without feeling my tears dripping, and I quickly wiped them away.
I turned around and immediately walked back into the club. Fuck who Dareel kisses, what they do I don't care, it's none of my business. To me, Dareel was a total stranger to me. She's the one who broke me, I should have hated Dareel. Yeah, I hate her so much, but why is it so crowded to see her kissing another woman. Damnit.
"Sister, it's late, are we going home now?" Ask Ethan when I get there. "You want to go home? All right come on, I'll drop you off." Ethan pulls Nattali's hand and helps her walk. I put a jacket on Nattali's shoulder, my mind still fixed on the incident.
Dareel, you said you'd have done the old dareel. Every time you're next to me, I feel like eight years ago. All the attention that you give to me lately began to make me waver and make me slowly a little forget the pain that you used to give.
But, what did I see just now? Did these eight years change you? Are you deletin me again because of your guilt?
Stupid Alana, you must not let Dareel enter again in your life. Want to be destroyed again for the umpteenth time? Once a jerk will be a jerk, remember that's alana, I told myself.
I glanced at Ethan who was focusing on driving beside me and Nattali who was asleep in the back seat. You have two best friends, you can be happy with these two best friends, don't remember anything that breaks you. I said again in my heart, I closed my eyes hoping this tightness would end.
...TBC...
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