Almera's Gigolo

31.The gift of Mr. Smith.

In the afternoon Miller was just driving me home from Mr. Smith's farm.

A day with the old man was not enough, but tomorrow I have to go back to Indonesia, so after accompanying Mr. Smith to enjoy an afternoon snack I asked Miller to take me back to the hotel.

"come back when you come to America" he said as he walked me to the car Miller was taking me back.

"i will definitely visit you later" I promised him.

"hopefully while in Indonesia you can meet my grandson"

I just smiled when I heard him talk like that.

"excuse me Mr. Smith" I said, holding his hand warmly before boarding the car.

I saw that he was still staring at me even though the car Miller was carrying was moving away.

"it looks like the big master really likes you Miss"

I just smiled at Miller's question.

I leaned my head in the car seat trying to enjoy the view during the trip home that afternoon which took quite a long time.

"Miss.., wake up" Miller shook my shoulder trying to wake me up, it turns out that during the trip I was asleep.

"em, our killer has arrived" I asked by opening my newly opened eyes.

"yes, sorry to wake you up"

"no papa, I said and stepped out of the car.

"Miller thank you" I said to step inside the hotel.

"wait Miss"

"what's happening Miller" I had to cancel my intention to enter the hotel.

"big master leave this gift to you" Miller handed me a blue sapphire velvet box.

"what is this"

"i don't know, the big lord just asked me to hand it over to you when you got to the hotel".

You old man, my inner man, he must have known that if he gave it to him directly I would have rejected him.

Miller seemed to be waiting for my answer to tell Mr. Smith.

"tell him, I'm so grateful for the prize" he told Miller to leave.

After Miller's car drove away, I stepped inside the hotel.

In the hotel room I opened the gift box Mr. Smith gave me.

It turns out that the contents are only gold necklaces that look inexpensive but beautiful with a very simple shape suitable for daily use.

There's a small note in the box written directly by Mr. Smith.

"Just a small gift as a thank you for accompanying this lonely old man, so I hope you don't mind taking it."

Ttd

Old Smith's.

I smiled as I read the sweet message from the old man.

While facing the mirror in my room put a gift necklace from Mr. Smith.

Beautiful, I muttered with a smile looking at the necklace that had been attached to my neck.

This will be my favorite necklace from now on, I'll call Mr. Smith and say thank you in person.

"thank you if you like it, it's just the necklace I bought as I walked down the street in the small market, but when I saw it I remembered the pretty girl I just met" she laughed on the phone.

"i never look at a gift based on the price, which is important I like it, thank you very much when I visit you I will definitely give a reply for this gift"

"i'll gladly accept it when you give it later".

"See you next time, Mr. Smith" I said, ending the phone call with him.

Soekarno Hatta Airport, Jakarta.

"good afternoon ma'am" said the driver who picked me up in the airport.

"please put the briefcase in, and we're going straight to the office right now" I said to her.

"well mom".

Yesterday before leaving I had told Anggela that I will immediately hold a meeting when I get to Jakarta.

"you sure will go straight to the office when you get to Mer"

"why?I want this to be over quickly, so just do what I ask"

"well then I'll have everything ready by noon tomorrow, the driver will pick you up at the airport tomorrow when you land"

"hem" I replied before turning off the phone.

When the lobby of Anggela's office has greeted me with uneasiness.

"how did Mike come" I asked directly as I walked up to the elevator to immediately go up to my office.

"already, 5 minutes ago he arrived and I told him to wait for you in the conference room"

"we're there now"

"well" he replied following my steps from behind.

Until the meeting room I saw Mikw was waiting for me there.

"Almera"he said to me.

I just nodded back his greeting.

I don't want to be so stale as before, so just head over to the issue to discuss the investment I managed to get from Smith Corp.

After a few hours of discussion we finally finished and I decided to go alone to Bandung to oversee the course of the project.

"Almera survived because you were able to get a cooperative investment with Smith Corp." he said as he shook my hand.

"thank you" I said smiling sincerely accepting Mike's handwriting.

"Almera from where did you get that necklace" Mike asked, pointing at the necklace I was wearing around my neck.

I immediately felt my neck and realized that since yesterday I had not released the necklace from old master Smith.

"oh this I bought it while I was in America yesterday, why?"I asked to go back to him.

"it's nothing, it's just that when I saw it I remembered someone who had a necklace like that first"

"you mean?"

"my female cousin used to have a necklace that looked like that, and she always wore it, but it must have been a coincidence" she said, looking a bit sad when she said it.

"yes, because I don't know him"

"when do you plan to go to Bandung" he said, shifting the topic that seems a bit sensitive.

"in these few days, after everything's settled here"

"i will visit you when I have the chance" he said as he escorted me out of the meeting room and walked into the elevator.

Before the elevator closed I could still see him looking back at the necklace I was wearing on my neck.

While sitting in my room I thought about whether it had anything to do with old master Smith and Mike, or not Mike was the grandson of old master Smith.

"Signon my room now" I told him.

anggela soon entered my office.

"there's something I have to do Mer"he just stepped inside my office.

"you see this," I said, pointing at the necklace I was wearing.

"yes, you just bought it"

"no, this is a gift from there Smith to me"

"what...!!"

"but that's not the problem"

"then"

"let's see if Mike is Smith's grandson" I said to him.

"why do you think that Mr. Ronald is his grandson"

"let's see this necklace" shows me the necklace I'm wearing on my neck.

"what's wrong with this necklace" The female looked puzzled by my request.

"it's a necklace from there Smith before I got home, but when Mike saw me wearing it, he kind of knew this necklace so you're trying to figure out if he's Smith's granddaughter".

"all right I'll find out for you".