BETWEEN THE CEO AND MAFIA 2

Business and Dinner

Bayu and Jimmy have arrived at Hotel Casanova. Their arrival had already stolen the attention since entering the hotel lobby. The eyes of women cannot turn away from those handsome and charismatic faces. One of the employees approached them and guided them to a meeting place to be held at the hotel restaurant Casanova.

"Standing foot in your hotel always evokes memories of my past."

"Ah, this must be about Prita again, right?"

"Think, huh? I had lunch with Prita and Leo at your restaurant."

"Yes, I know. Leo also told me. He said it was fun all day spending time with you guys. It made me jealous that Leo was praising others in front of both of his parents. From that day on I cut down on my busy life and tried to make time for Leo. Having both parents busy makes Leo always feel lonely."

"When you're committed to having children, take responsibility. Children also need affection not just material."

"Hahaha, I was like listening to a lecture from someone who had already had children. You won't know how complicated it is to try to divide the time between accompanying children to play and taking care of office files."

"I don't need to be a father first to be able to say that. Because I'm talking from the point of view of a child who's lost a parent's affection."

Bayu's words were indeed a reflection of himself in childhood. Jimmy remained silent.

"By the way, next week there will be an offsite meeting to Singapore. Are you interested in coming?"

"Eitherway! Maybe if the office business isn't too much I'll come along."

"Who knows there you can meet Prita."

"Hahaha..must I kidnap her again?"

"Oh, seriously... "

"Just calm down, I'll hold my word. I won't interfere with his life unless he comes near me."

"That's impossible."

Ting.

The elevator doors opened and they reached the floor of the restaurant. Seems like there's a lot of people there. Maybe Bayu and Jimmy are the ones who are the most late.

"Wood." said one of the women who participated in the event.

Bayu was stunned and wondered inwardly. Why is Karla there?

"Jim, why is that woman here?" whisper Bayu to Jimmy.

"Oh, you know him? She's Mr. Adriyanto's young wife. I also don't know why Mr. Andriyanto took his young wife."

Bayu glanced towards Mr. Andriyanto. As she recalled, Karla's husband was a photographer who was the same age as her. While Mr Andriyanto is almost 60 years old and Karla wants to be a second wife?

"I'm sorry, Mr. Andri. As hosts we came late."

"Hahaha. I deliberately came early because my wife seemed very enthusiastic to taste the menu of the hotel Casanova. He said he'd eaten here before and it tasted good."

Bayu and Jimmy join us at the dinner table. The dinner was attended by 8 people, Bayu, Jimmy, Mr. Andri, Karla, Mr. Reno, Mr. Kevin, Tatiana, and Revi. Tatiana is Pak Reno's secretary while Revi's secretary is Mr. Kevin. Instead Mr. Andri brought his secretary instead brought his young wife.

Canape is an appetizer consisting of various food ingredients. These food ingredients consist of animal, vegetable, fruit and nuts. The ingredients are placed on pieces of toast or biscuits. The basic ingredients of canape are bread and biscuits. Canape is included in cold appetizers because the ingredients used in making canape are served with cold temperatures.

Karla's existence greatly disturbs Bayu. He could not concentrate either on the food or the conversation about the business they were going to run.

Since then Karla has been looking at him, giving a smile that I don't know what it means. Karla's worse than she ever knew. Karla has loved it for a long time. But Bayu doesn't have the same feeling. He only used Karla as a sleeping companion when he felt lonely. No matter how much money Karla asked for she always gave as reciprocity because Karla always came when she called him.

Since being with Prita, Bayu has never been in contact with Karla or any other woman. In fact, after Prita married Bayu chose himself. Karla once asked him to marry her, but Bayu refused. Eventually, Karla decides to marry a photographer who often takes her pictures.

Long time no see Karla, it turns out she was married again to a man who was old. Bayu doesn't even know when Karla divorced her first husband.

"Wood... Bayu... Boo!" exclaim Jimmy.

"Ah, yes Jim. What's up?" Bayu woke up from his daydream.

"Sir Andri asked, can you join the offsite meeting next week?"

"I'll try to come along" Bayu said as he extended a smile on his lips.

Actually it does not really affect the existence of Bayu there. Because his intention was only to help Jimmy to launch his business. Jimmy asked Bayu for capital assistance to invest in a restaurant to be built by Mr. Adrian and other business partners in the city of J.

"Offsite meetings are sometimes important so that we are not saturated with regular routines. You can refresh and walk. Later I will invite you to visit my restaurant in Singapore" said Mr. Adrian.

"Oh, you open a restaurant there too?" Mr. Reno looked amazed.

"The restaurant is in a strategic downtown area, Mr. Reno. Close to the office center so it is always crowded every day. I have been there and it was a good place. The food is also good." praise Mr. Kevin.

"Haha... You could have been. The taste problem is relative depending on each person's taste."

"I'm sure investing in a restaurant that you'll build in City J has nothing to lose, Mr. Andri" said Mr. Reno.

"All business people want to profit from their business. And I will try not to disappoint you as investors."

"Byu, by the way, my wife told me a lot about you. He said you were the son of Sir Samuel Bagaskara, right?"

"Yes, right." Bayu was a little lazy to talk about his father.

"It looks like your father is overwhelmed taking care of his business. Why don't you just help with the effort?"

Bayu smiled, "Get down the effort is common. My father must have had his own way of dealing with his problems. I also learned to manage my own business here with the knowledge my father gave me."

"Oh, your father turned out to be a good person in educating children. She must be so happy to have an independent child."

"Em, so, Mr. Andri. Are all restaurant construction permits granted?" Jimmy tried to shift the conversation because it seemed that Bayu did not like the topic about his father.

"Oh, yes. I almost forgot to say it. Yesterday I cleared all the necessary permits. You don't have to worry because this isn't the first time I've built a restaurant."

The discussion back to the original track discusses the plan of building a restaurant. Bayu breathed a sigh of relief. It felt like he no longer wanted to hear about his father who only stirred up anger in his heart.