BEING THE WIFE OF HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW
CHAPTER 29. CURIOUS
"Good morning, sir!"
A male voice was heard greeting loudly for a moment before Rama opened the door of his room. He turned his head and then smiled when he saw the person who had greeted him was Samir, his best friend and personal assistant now.
"Have you started working today?" ask Rama.
"Already Sir!" answer Samir.
"Good then. I've said it before, no, that things will go well."
"Yes Sir. After all who would dare to go against the orders of the CEO of Amarta's Group. Although a bit of grumbling is also behind," said Samir with a smile as he recalled the incident where his previous boss signed his transfer letter but with a grumbling mouth. Rama, who understood the meaning of the words of his personal assistant, also laughed.
"That's it. Come on, come on in my room. We will start working together today" Rama said, opening the door to his room. The CEO walked in, followed by his new personal assistant.
Rama kept his bag at the table and sat on the chair. His hand immediately grabbed some files that were already lying on the table, opened them and examined them.
"Have you had any trouble being my personal assistant?" rama asked without looking.
"Hmm, I've just been a father's assistant one day. And it was just that. thirty minutes ago, said Samir, looking at the watch in his hand.
Rama smiled and then patted his forehead slowly.
"You can always make me smile" said Rama. His fingers he wiggled towards the personal assistant.
"Sorry sir?" samir did not understand.
"I mean your jobdesk must be different from before, right? Are you having trouble?"
"I can't answer, sir. As I said before if I had only worked about thirty minutes ago. So I cannot make a decision yet" Samir replied again. Rama breathed out slowly.
"That's it. No need to answer anymore. I wonder why until now I could never win against you?" rama and Samir smiled.
"What's our schedule today?" ask Rama back.
"Today we have a meeting outside with a client to talk about a new project" the assistant replied.
"Then?"
"Check all the files in the office."
"alright. What time do we leave?"
"Hour 10, sir."
"Hmm, there's still time. All right, you just get everything ready. I'll check some of these files first" Rama said.
"Good Sir."
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That afternoon, Rama and Samir had just finished from their outer meeting. As usual, everything went well. This is the first client meeting for Samir since he became Rama's assistant. And the CEO of Amarta's Group continues to provide new lessons for the man.
"You have to keep learning to deal with your clients. Because maybe one day, you will replace me to meet them," said Rama while sitting and playing mobile phone in the back seat of the car.
"Okay sir" replied Samir, who was sitting behind the wheel.
The car was boarded by two friends but different positions was stopped when the traffic lights showed red. Rama, who was sitting in the back seat, was still a henchman with his cell phone. Samir stared around the still crowded street. Understandably it is time for a break for office workers.
"Lian," muttered Samir softly. The murmur was slightly heard by Rama but not so clear.
"Yes?" said Rama who immediately turned to the assistant.
Samir was just about to tell his best friend and boss about what he saw, but his words stopped when he saw a man coming closer to Lian and immediately hugged the girl from behind. Samir's eyes glared back as he also saw if the man kissed Lian's cheek.
"wait. Just sec. My eyes never made the difference between the two of them. I'm sure it was Lian. But what was he doing there? With a man? And kiss?" batin Samir monologue.
The man shook his head without speaking a word. And it managed to make Rama frown.
"What's Samir?" ask Rama again.
Samir. He wondered if he should tell this to his boss? Wasn't Lian Rama's wife? If the man knew what his wife was doing now, would it be good?
Samir decided not to tell him everything. He was curious to find out what had really happened here.
"There's nothing, sir," replied Samir. He returned to his car after the green traffic light.
"What's really going on? Why did Lian meet another man? Does Rama know this? Do you know about this? Aaahh why don't I have her phone number? How'this? Did I just ask Rama? Maybe he knows his cell phone number. Aren't they in law, are they?" Inner Samir continues to monologue.
Along the way Samir's eyes continuously glanced at Rama through the rearview mirror. And it was also realized by Rama. Finally the big boss closed his phone and refocused on his assistant.
"What's Samir?" ask Rama.
Samir glanced back at Rama through the rearview mirror and their views finally met. Rama could see clearly that there was doubt on his friend's face. But his assistant only smiled wryly and shook his head. Rama knew and understood very well if there was something hidden by his best friend. He took a slow breath.
"Samir, I've said it before, don't think of me as your boss if we're at work and a lot of people. But if we're just the two of us even if it's in working hours, you can just think of me as your best friend." explained Rama.
"Hmm," Samir simply replied with a mutter. Then back to silence.
After waiting for a while and his best friend was still silent, making Rama talk again.
"Samir," he called.
"Yes, sir" replied Samir.
"I order you to tell me what you're hiding right now!" rama's word and it managed to make the assistant laugh.
"What kind of government is that?" samir said in his laughter.
"It's up to you" Rama swung his lips and was about to refocus on his phone when he finally heard Samir speak.
"I'm sorry, Ram. I didn't mean to hide anything from you. I just wanted to ask, do you have a cell phone number?" ask Samir at the end.
"Kian?"
"Yes Kian. Your sister-in-law,"
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