7 Days With Althara

I'm sorry Rey

The next day I have to go to a meeting at the Daniel restaurant center in central Jakarta. All of Daniel's General Manager Restaurant gathered in the office building to discuss the important matters of his monthly stay.

I looked like Daniel's secretary by following him and fulfilling all his orders. All employees in all branches of his Restaurant already know me, because my work is always highlighted by Daniel and made a roll model for all employees in all branches of Restaurant Daniel. They also gossiped a lot about me with Daniel, but I never cared about it.

“Thank ya Al you have helped me a lot, said Daniel when we finished meeting and eating at another Restaurant.

“Sama-sama niel, this is already my work”

Daniel suddenly grabbed my hand while I was eating my food.

I was surprised to see him pull my hand and hold my hand with both hands on the table.

“Alhena. All this time I have always been amazed by your work performance, even you always bring a great evort to my Restaurant, I am always amazed by everything you do, you are smart, smart and also generous. All this time I have put more feelings for you, even I want you to continue to be beside me and accompany me not as an employee but as a friend of life”

I was so surprised that Daniel could be so brave as to say his feelings to me, that even he could to the point of asking me to be his wife.

I fell on Daniel's hand and stroked his hand gently.

“Niel, maybe I'm good at managing restaurants, I'm also good at Restaurant promotions but you never know how I'm out there. Taking care of Restaurant and taking care of the relationship is completely different, I am not as perfect as you think”

Daniel was still silent hearing me speak.

“You only admire me because I am good, because I am diligent, because I am sinter, but you must know, all that I do because of the demands of niel's work,because I still need to work there so I have to make myself as good as possible. You never know how I'm outside, do you? Maybe my nature can be inversely proportional to 180 degrees when we have other relationships later. I feel like we don't fit niel, I don't pantes on sandingin with you”

“But Al.”

“Niel please, don't make me uncomfortable to work at your Restaurant again. I'm sure you can definitely get more from me, for now please let me remain your golden boy at the Restaurant, tetep make me an exemplary officer you do not make me awkward to meet you, I gamau resign there, I still want to work there”

Daniel looked at me sadly. I knew he would be disappointed, but I had to be this firm so he could understand and no longer make me uncomfortable like this.

“But you can like me as well as Niel as long as you don't have my girlfriend”.

Then he smiled and nodded his head. We laugh together.

“Oke Alhena thank you” then we smile breaking our awkwardness.

Daniel drove me home after the meeting.

“See you later ya”

“Oke niel, thank ya anter me”

“OK”

Then I got out of Daniel's car and he immediately drove his car quickly out of my presence.

I turned my body and saw a car in front of my yard. That's Rey's car. I looked in front of my house, and sure enough Rey was sitting on the porch. Rey looked at me with a dirty face.

I walked into my house.

“Hay Rey” said to me as she stood up to greet me.

“Where are you out of?” Ask him weakly.

“I'm out of monthly meetings with Daniel”

“Where?” Her question cynically made me frown.

“In his office” answered I was confused to see him who was holding back this emotion.

“Till this night?”

“So Daniel invited me to eat outside while chatting”

Rey looks disappointed.

“I know I'm nobody you Al, but all this time I've been trying to get all the attention from you, trying to get your heart back. I don't want to until you finally forget all my struggles to be patient waiting for you to open your heart to me. All this time I'm patient enough Al to wait for you but I don't want to suddenly you even open your heart to others”

I felt the disappointment Rey felt. But I think that's not really for Daniel but for Althara who's now back in my mind. It's not Daniel who should worry about it but Althara.

“Rey. I always price your business all this time, even I always obey all your wishes even though I really do not want to, but I also try to make you disappointed by rejecting all your calls. You should know all this time you are just another man I trust to make friends”

Rey silently heard it.

“Udah for so long Rey I was afraid to know a male figure. I'm afraid of heartache and I'm afraid that my frustration is back to how it used to be, I'm afraid of getting to know any guy who will end up just trying to make it in my heart. I don't want the same people who just mode deketin me, all this time I never accept any man for me to make friends”

“But you? I guess you're different from them, you never maxed out my feelings to reciprocate the love you've had all this time. So I beg you, do not make my views change with you, lest I judge you the same as the others Rey”

“Alhena I just..” I barged into the house and locked myself inside.

“Alhena I'm sorry al, I didn't mean for you to think like that” shouted outside the house by trying to open the door.

I closed Gordyn's door to cover Rey behind the door.

“Alhena please I'm sorry, I know my jealousy is wrong al, don't be rich gini”

He's still banging on my door. I'm still leaning on my door waiting for him to leave.

“Alhena open first her door al”

My tears just suddenly flowed considering that Rey had been too good all along. I also do not know why it is so difficult to open my heart to her even though she has been so patient facing me. I admit, in my heart there are still feelings for Althara, and it's hard to get rid of. Especially now that he has come back and is trying to grow my trust like before.

I'm sorry Rey I'm sorry.

The next day I went to the restaurant with all the trouble that had been bothering me.

“Al ayok eat first” take Riani.

“Oh yes” then I clean up my work desk first and follow her immediately.

“Lo why glue gini?” I asked when we got out of the restaurant.

“My problem is getting heavier Ri”

“Why?”

“Rey is getting jealous of me”

“Jealous who is Althara?”

“Yes jealous of Althara Ri, who I hate as Rey if she already knows about me and Althara”

“So Rey doesn't know about Althara” yet

I shook my head.

“Oh my god Al l, keep him jealous who is he?”

“Sama Daniel,em he saw me the same way Daniel in front of home”

Riani shook her head in disbelief hearing that.

“Danger nih Al, Rey lo lo the same way Daniel aja already jealous rich that, especially if you know about Althara”

“Iyaa I also think it's Ri, I have to how dong?” My whine is so confused as to me.

“Kalo I so lo, I will embat all the handsome guy Al, and make them get along all, then later if ngedate me share the day, Monday the same Althara, the same Rey, the same time, Rey, The same Wednesday Daniel, continue to stay waiting for Thursday Friday Saturday aja Al”

I clucked annoyedly seeing Riani respond to her jokingly.