
The basketball court was empty. There were only about 20 students left, including Claudia and her friends. Endra had already gone home because of business. Claudia, Rose and Diana. They were about to walk out of campus. But Claudia's steps suddenly came to a halt as she saw the figure of the man just coming out of the Dean's room.
The man who was none other than her husband walked followed by the Dean behind him. The sight the two met, Adam looked at Claudia coldly. Claudia did not even blink looking at her husband. To be honest he was happy to see Adam on campus, because he really wanted Adam to see his action that expressed love to him. Claudia is planning something. But what he feared was the meeting of Adam and the Dean.
The Dean would tell Adam the truth, that he was Adam's wife. But Claudia had already asked him to shut up at that moment.
"Sir Adam, this is actually just...."
"I want you to get him out soon, if necessary next week." Adam's words cut off the Dean who wanted to explain Claudia to him, but Adam wanted Claudia removed from campus.
Claudia suddenly broke down, she was so satisfied to see the annoyed face that Adam showed. Claudia almost laughed while rolling around on the grass, but the Dean warned her from the room, Claudia could control herself.
"Is this all Claudia?" The Dean asked as Claudia had already approached the Dean's room. "Do you know why he came here?" Continue the Dean who again asked in a soft voice so that no more rumors or problems occurred.
"How do I know? The father should have told me." Reply Claudia.
Sebenarnya setelah pertandingan tadi, Adam akan mengadakan konferensi pers mengenai jersey yang diproduksi oleh perusahaannya dan juga menjadi sponsor terbesar acara itu. Tapi, Erik, bertanya sesuatu padanya.
"Master, may I ask you something?" Erik asked and a nod of the head was answered by Adam. "Why do you hate that girl so much?" Erik asked, but he already knew the answer.
Adam looked at Erik for a moment before he finally looked at his phone.
"Because she's a modern girl who's very unethical and also looks more like a delinquent." Adam then replied.
Erik smiled, "but isn't she the only girl who has such a trait in this entire world. Why do you just hate him?" Ask Erik again.
"Actually 80 percent of the people in this world have traits like her. But I hate him so much. For stealing my first kiss." Adam said without feeling awkward.
Inwardly, Erik was very happy to hear his boss's words.
"First kiss?" Erik's birthday.
"Yes, first kiss. You know exactly what kind of relationship I've been in all this time. I never had a boyfriend. I never had time to make out. Ah, I did it once, but never to kiss on the lips. And I stopped connecting with anyone after marriage. I never kissed anyone or kissed anyone. I never planned to get married either. But everything just happened, one day I got married. And my wife left me a note saying she didn't want this marriage without any explanation. But I still have a gentle side that hopes to build a family with her, I want my first love, my first kiss with her. Well even though we've never met once. But still for the first time I wanted to focus on our relationship in addition to the focus of work. But the fuck he stole it, he stole my first kiss." Said Adam at length with a face that was so upset.
"Do you know your wife is the same age as him." Erik.
Adam looked at Erik, "why? It doesn't matter, but don't ever compare my wife to that delinquent."
Erik wanted to laugh a lot, but he kept trying to hold back.
"By the way, your wife is also studying here, same as that delinquent." Erik tells Adam that Adam can find out about his wife and find out the truth on his own.
That's why Adam was on Claudia's campus to meet the Dean about his wife. How could he not have met the Dean after finding out his wife was studying at the place where he was at the moment. If only today was not a weekend, where the students had a holiday, it was confirmed that he wanted to meet in person with his wife.
"Hi Om, how are you?" Adam asked the Dean when he had just arrived in the Dean's room.
"I'm good Dam, you're finally back." Reply Dean. "I'm so upset with you over all this. You let him go through everything on his own, you don't know what he's been through."
"But he wants all this. He wants me to stay away from him." Reply to Adam in a regretful tone and his head lowered.
"But at least not too far from this country. Especially for two years."
"I know Om, but I'm very busy there." Adam was more sorry.
The dean sighed.
"By the way, let's sit down. I think I know why you're here."
"Om, how is the development of learning on campus?" Ask Adam.
The dean again looked to have let out a long sigh, he looked annoyed and also disappointed.
"He's a very smart student. But he doesn't like to learn. That is no doubt. He was always absent during the exam. Never collected assignments, even came to college when he wanted to. Now you alone can imagine how the final results of the test will be."
"But why didn't anyone tell me about this? Why did he not care about his education. All I know is according to Papa's story, he had a big dream. She's an ambitious girl. Then why did he become like this? What's he been doing all this time if he doesn't come to college?" Adam asked with a disappointed expression.
"Are you there, so people can report everything to you?" The Dean asked back. "You are his guardian, the one in charge of him. You should have been there to guide her considering you were married. I keep thinking, if you had been there with him, I'm sure things would have been better."
Adam was very disappointed in himself.
"But I think it's too late now." Continue Dean.
Adam was surprised.
"Too late? Why is Om saying that?" Ask Adam.
"He's decided to quit college, he wants to work. He wants to be independent, he doesn't want to live with the money you give him. I've tried to persuade him, but I've always failed." The Dean shook his head in disbelief.
Adam was surprised and confused, but he did not show that expression on his face.
"Calm down, Om, trust me. I will not let him give up on pursuing his future. I will fulfill the promise I made two years ago. I am the one responsible for him. I won't disappoint you all. I promise, he'll be the best this year." Adam Say.
"Adam, are you serious? He didn't go to college this year, only a few months. Don't promise anything that can't happen." Said the Dean in disbelief.
"I'll make it all happen Om, trust me. I will make his future shine and secure. I knew I had made the mistake of leaving him alone. He was too young to face it all alone. I just realized it now. But don't worry, I'm here now. And Om has to help me make it all happen." Adam was optimistic.
"of course. We all want him to be happy in the end, and Om knows you want that. So, we will always support you."
"You better find out for yourself. He warned us all not to give you his picture, nor to tell you about information about him. I know it's childish. But that's how he is. She thought that she had grown up and matured, but still in the end she was still a young girl. I'm telling you, this is all a challenge for you. You have to find out about your wife alone." The Dean smiled.
Adam is smiling.
"He wanted me to give up on him. She wanted me to find out for myself about her, absolutely childish yet adorable. All right, I'll hunt him down, I'll find him myself. But, can I know what his features are?"
"Claudia is a beautiful girl. His skin was white with hair that was always tied high. That's all I can tell you." Answer Dean.
"Okay, Om, thank you. At least you told me a little bit about him. Even Erik and Naomi wouldn't tell me." Adam said with a smile on his lips.
(What do you think of Adam and Claudia? How could they marry but never see each other. Especially Adam who does not even know his wife's true identity.)
But the Dean didn't tell Claudia everything. He just said that Adam's arrival to the campus just to check about how the development of learning Claudia on campus.
To be honest in Claudia's little heart, she was happy because finally the husband came to her campus to ask her the Dean.
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Elsewhere, Lisa had made a terrible mistake. As Claudia walked into the campus area the next day, everyone looked at her and started talking about her. It was nothing new for Claudia, so she ignored them all and continued walking towards the basketball court.
As Rose dashed towards her, Claudia looked puzzled.
"Who's after you? Is it a ghost or a handsome man?" Ask Claudia.
Diana ran behind Rose.
"Si, you're in trouble." Rose said with a panicked face.
Claudia looked at her two best friends lazily.
"Otherwise now? Did I kill someone in my dream?" Ask Claudia.
His phone suddenly rang, a call from Naomi.
"Di, what is all this? Prank what have you done? Why are you always looking for trouble by testing his patience?" Naomi asked, which confused Claudia.
In an air-conditioned room, in Adam's company building, Adam was having a meeting. He was conveying some of the data he saw from his laptop connected to the projector.
He receives a notification from an unknown email, about a link that Adam himself does not know what it is. Without a second thought, he immediately clicked on the link because in the email it read, 'see what this girl did to Adam Wijaya'.
Suddenly, the meeting room that had been quiet and quiet like the Sahara desert turned noisy because of the screaming sound from the video.
"I LOVE YOU ADAM WIJAYA."
A girl sitting on a tree branch yelled out feelings for Adam.
Everyone was shocked, including Adam who was shocked for a few seconds. Adam could hear the sounds of shock from the people in the meeting room. But his face showed no expression. It still looks cold.
Adam stopped the video and continued the meeting.
"So far as we were..." Said Adam who made the meeting atmosphere back quiet.
The meeting was over. Naomi and Erik run to Adam trying to say something.
"Sir..."
Adam raised his hand, making Erik not continue.
Naomi and Erik looked tense and scared. Lisa has uploaded the video to the internet, and it didn't take long for it to go viral on social media and even television. People started gossiping about Adam and Claudia's relationship.
Naomi knew, to assuage Adam's anger, she only needed to tell Adam the truth. But he couldn't do all that because Claudia would be mad at him. So, both Naomi and Erik chose silence, because problems like this were not so great for Adam. It would be very easy for him to finish everything.
"Erik, find the video spreader within 24 hours. I don't have much time to take care of all this. I had to arrange a time to meet Claudia so I could ask her to continue her studies. I also don't want Claudia to think badly of me because of this video. Remove all videos that have been spread immediately." Tell Adam with a calm face.
Naomi and Erik looked surprised. They thought that Adam would get angry.
Naomi rushed to see Claudia and showed her the video. Claudia looked surprised. He didn't expect Lisa to go that far.
Naomi suddenly laughed which made Claudia become confused.
"I thought you'd scold me and ask me to apologize to him. Why are you laughing?" Ask Claudia.
Naomi stopped laughing and took a deep breath then started explaining.
"Because everything you've done is beyond my expectations. Thank you for doing all this. You've done everything yourself. By doing all this, people will start to find out about your relationship. And that means Adam will very easily know who you are. And to clean up all this mess you made. Me and Erik just need to make a little statement to the media." Naomi. "Guess what we're gonna say."
Claudia fell silent.
"We just have to say that Adam's wife is expressing feelings to her husband. So, there's nothing wrong with that?"
Claudia's eyes turned wide.
Seriate....