AS A SLEEPING FRIEND

44. The Party (Author POV)

Later that afternoon, Javier takes Elin to the cemetery where Arbei is buried. He had seen the look on Elin's face that looked sad again, maybe the girl remembered her past with her mother. Javier also tried to entertain and divert Elin's mind by inviting her to chat about silly things.

"Mom, it's Elin. I miss you, Mom." Elin stroked the tombstone that printed Arbei's name with a photograph of the woman while alive.

"... I came here with Javier's brother" said Elin who looked up at Javier at a glance. "Mother must know Javier well, right? I heard it was my mother who had been looking after him since childhood" he continued.

Elin placed the bouquet of flowers she was carrying in her mother's belly button. "I also brought my mother's favorite flowers, these are lavender and Lily. I like it, don't you?"

Elin wiped her own tears, she suddenly remembered that her mother was happy to plant lavender flowers on the rooftop of their first home. Immediately the shadows and memories of the past with his mother flashed in Elin's memory.

Javier patted Elin on the shoulder, trying to calm him down.

"May I continue?" javier asked Elin and the girl nodded.

Javier's crouching on the side of the tomb right now. He smiled softly as if he could imagine the peaceful face of Arbei who had always been patient in facing all his behavior when he was small.

"Auntie, I've come here to ask for your blessing so that your aunt can grant you my marriage to Elin." Javier paused his speech, it is not denied if he also felt lost the figure of Arbei who was once present in his life as well. "I ... Javier, the boy you've been foster with, Bi. I wish you well if I marry Elin. I will keep my promise to look after Elin by risking my own life so that she can be happy" he said solemnly.

Elin cried again when he realized the seriousness of Javier, he did not expect if Javier would promise such a thing to his mother. Risking life for her happiness is no joke, Elin thought.

Long enough they were in silence and prayer in each other's hearts. Afterwards, the two left the burial area.

Without both of them noticing, there was a pair of eyes highlighting their presence there. Of course he heard clearly that Elin and Javier are getting married soon and it just makes him interested to make this a fun game.

"I told you I'd still be looking for you, Elin. Even if you're with Javier now but that won't stop my steps and determination" Liam said with a sly smile.

...****...

"Are you going to the party?" Javier sees Elin moody since returning from her mother's grave, intent on comforting Elin by inviting her to a party.

"What party?" replied Elin indifferently.

"When one of my relationships, at first I did not intend to go there and just wanted to send Jack or Carla. But seeing you continue to moody it's good we go to the party."

"What is a party for the rich?"

Javier chuckled at the girl's question.

"Jawab, brother! Ah, surely the answer is yes. Where could you be attending a lower-middle-class party," Elin's circus.

Javier laughed again this time even while shaking his head.

"Come on," Javier asked.

"I'm not used to being in places like that. I'd be so awkward and could embarrass you."

Javier stroking Elin's cheek. "You'll soon be my wife. Being Mrs. Gladwin and you should start getting used to this. Hows it? You wanna try it?"

"If it turns out I really embarrassed you how, brother?"

"will not. You're gonna draw a lot of attention there because you're so pretty."

"Where did you learn to seduce like this, brother?" elin Scorn.

Javier laughed softly. "My mom used to say that my Daddy was a master seducer, maybe my talent dropped from her" she replied, sniffing her shoulder.

Elin is chuckling now. "Well, I'll be prepared and don't blame me for embarrassing you."

"No way," said Javier confidently.

Half an hour later Elin was ready with her appearance. Her clothes are very elegant. A long black dress with a high hemisphere. The front was covered but the back of the dress revealed Elin's fully smooth back. Elin's hair curled upwards added to her aura of beauty.

"You're so beautiful, my dear," praised Javier when he saw the girl.

Elin smiled shyly. "This I got in the wardrobe, so I put it on."

Javier remembered that all the clothes in the closet had just been purchased by Carla to replace the clothes Elin left in the house that Elin had rented at that time.

"good. You look so stunning. Are we leaving now?"

Elin nodded and immediately took Javier's arm which also looked very neat and handsome tonight.

"You are also very handsome and dashing, Brother," whispered Elin.

"Don't seduce me or I'll ruin your lipstick" Javier joked.

Elin rolled her eyeballs. "I'm not seducing you, brother. I just praise you," he said.

"Just the same. All your words to me sound very testing and teasing to me" he said with a dikulum smile.

"Haiss.. let's get going!" gerutu Elin later.

Javier clasped his arms around Elin's waist as they arrived at the hotel where the party was taking place.

Their arrival was greeted politely by the show's owner.

"Mr Hallo. Gladwin.thanks for coming. I'm honored that you would attend this simple party." The man sounded humble, even though the party was very luxurious.

Javier only responded to the man in front of him with a bright smile, then said briefly.

"Of course, Mr. Scoot." Scoot."

The man Javier called by the name of Mr. The scoot glanced at Elin and took a big smile.

"Is this your lover, sir?" tanyanya.

"Yes, she's my future wife" Javier replied confidently.

"You guys are a very compatible couple."

Javier reviews a thin smile, then Mr. Scoot asked them to enjoy the arrangement of the event, along with all the snacks that were there.

"Here, drink ..." Javier gives Elin a drink he takes from the trays of passing servants to serve guests.

"Thank you," said Elin, taking the stemmed glass.

"Is this alcohol?"

Javier chuckles. "That's wine. The alcohol content is only 12 to 15%, Elin," he explained.

"But it's still alcohol, right?"

Javier nods.

"I don't drink it."

"You won't get drunk if you just drink a glass. Trust me," Javier said convincingly.

Finally, Elin tried to take a sip and he liked the taste of the drink.

"It turns out it's delicious."

Javier laughed softly. "You like it?"

"Well, I'll drink it again."

"So you didn't want to" Javier's circus pointed his glass at Elin.

"Are you ashamed that I look like a village?"

Javier always finds it funny with the words Elin says, this girl is always unexpected.

"Of course not. I'm proud to have you, honey."

Elin lowered her head timidly just because Javier called her 'Darling'.

"Elin?" Someone there said hello to Elin. Elin could not believe that anyone recognized her in such a lavish party.

"You're Elin, right?"

Elin stared at the girl who greeted him there and at that moment she recognized the woman.

"The gladys?"

"yeah. Of course you still remember me," Gladys said with a smug smile. "What are you doing here, Elin? Do you work part-time as a waitress at this party?" continued.

Elin laughed softly, she took Javier in her arms right then and there. Gladys is a schoolmate, actually their relationship is not good enough because there is always competition between them. Actually, Elin never considered Gladys a rival, only Gladys was always willing to compete with Elin's intelligence. Although in the end Elin who always ranked first and Gladys always below it.

"I'm here with my girlfriend, meet her, she's Javier."

Elin thought, now is the time for him to act in front of Gladys, because usually the girl who always underestimated and scorned him.

"Well, really?" Gladys looked at Javier in awe, acknowledging the man's good looks in his heart. But he still underestimates Elin, he thinks Javier is just the man who paid Elin. Well, it's possible that Elin is already working as a paid girl now, she thought.

Gladys reached out to Javier who was not welcomed by Javier, the man just looked at Gladys' hand and said quietly.

"You're Elin's friend? I'm Javier, her future husband."

Gladys pulled back his hand with a look of annoyance, in his heart he was eager to know what the position of the man in front of him was. Why is being so arrogant to her just because of Elin?

"City ... Mr. Gladwin?" A new man came in and took a position behind Gladys-greeting Javier there. His face seemed as friendly as possible.

"Darling, you know Mr. Gladwin?" the man is talking to Gladys now.

"I just knew him. She was Elin's lover, my old schoolmate," Gladys said with a forced smile.

Elin immediately concluded that the man was Gladys' girlfriend.

"Meet me, I'm Frederick, Gladys' lover."

Elin wanted to welcome Frederick's hand, but was certainly prevented by Javier as soon as possible, because he did not want the man to touch Elin even if it was just a handshake.

Finally Elin just put on a big smile because Javier prevented his hand from reaching out.

"Oh it's okay. Can we talk business, Mr. Gladwin?" Frederick looked back at Javier. He knew if he established business with the Gladwin company then the catch is no longer anchovies, but whales.

Gladys looked at his lover questioningly, as if to know why Frederick had to cooperate with Elin's lover? Is he that important?

"You can talk about it with my assistant later. Excuse me." Javier immediately retreated, increasingly hugging Elin's waist tightly in fear that the girl would leave his side.

"Do you have to work with him? Elin's lover?" gladys asked his girlfriend, as soon as Elin and Javier had moved away.

"Yes. His company is one of the best in the country."

"really? Does Elin date a guy like that? It was impossible," grumbled Gladys who was re-envy of Elin.

"Can you ask your friend Elin for help, so that Mr. Gladwin want to accept my cooperation request?"

"You kidding? I'm not that close to her!" sulk Gladys.

While on the other hand, Javier looked at Elin with a dikulum smile.

"I know your relationship with that girl wasn't very good, right?"

"Where did you know that?" ask Elin.

"From the way you look at him. How obvious you don't like him and he also looks so arrogant in front of you."

"That's how it is" answered Elin.

"Why?"

"He was always envious of my ability which was always on top of him. I never considered him an enemy."

"Yes, yes, there will always be people who don't like us even though we've tried our best to make it touched. Whatever you do will always go wrong in the eyes of people who don't like you" Javier said wisely.

...Connect ......

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