Calista: Pursuing the Love of the CEO

11

Kalista increasingly frowning which makes himself even more mocked. They had long pleasantries and asked a lot about him, before then Julio invited him to go take the rest of the birthday cake they had leeked.

"What am I talking about, brother?" namel Kalista while her hands were busy scooping the birthday cake. "My feelings were among the highest in school. I also don't have a babyface. Why do you think I'm an Junior High?"

Julio just held back his laughter and saw Kalista puffing his cheeks constantly.

Yes, that is the reason he is considered a Junior High because even though he is tall and not babyface, the aura around him seems clearly still a boy. Mature women clearly do not puff their cheeks in the party crowd.

Maybe that's the reason why Rahadyan was overprotective with her son.

"Well, if you're not a kid, would you like me to take chocolate milk?"

"Oh, Brother Julio mah!" Calista whining. But then smile. "By, chocolate milk."

Julio shook his head inexhaustibly. Go get a chocolate milk kalista that he said was left for the children's guests.

While Kalista was alone, someone suddenly approached her, deliberately spilling a drink onto the girl's clothes.

Clearly, Kalista was dumbfounded.

"Ups." The woman smiled. "Not intentionally, sori."

Kalista's face suddenly pale. Of all the places, why did he even meet Astrid here? Why did she come to the birthday of her friend Julio's sister?!

"What's going on here?" kalista asked quietly, not caring for a moment about her clothes.

"Well?" Astrid shrugged her shoulders. "It's because it's my cousin's birthday."

"What?!"

"Relaxed. Don't squirm me like I deliberately ngintilin you just to cuss drinks. I'm not a psychopath who's an apprentice to seduce his boss."

Kalista instantly glared. "Lo obviously accidentally swore a drink to me just now."

"I told you, not intentionally," Astrid replied without hiding the impression that she was very deliberate. "Somehow, should you excuse me dong? Consider me a little revenge bales because somehow, suddenly Sergio nyonggung cancel our engagement AGAIN and it turns out very fitting same time you intern at Julio's office."

Kalista growled but tried hard not to mess up people's events. Huft, patience. Later Julio can ilfil if Kalista rampage.

"Urusan Sergio wants to break up because he's clumsy with a macem lo girl," Kalista hiss annoyed. "Mending lo self-conscious deh lo maksa-forces guys to nikan lo lo lo."

Astrid tilted her face. "Says who, huh? Girl who is nervous with Julio sampe-sampe does not realize that he makes uncomfortable."

"Lo tuh—"

"Talent nyokap tuh nurun to the child, well? Habits, especially." Astrid snatched the glass beside her, flushing the Kalista from above her head.

Of course Kalista gawking kagok.

"Gue tau nyokap lo mistress who died of a disease so often gobbled-up guys, but denger well, Cheap, so often, mending lo away from guys if you do not want to repeat the past. Or do you have a desire to live nerusin nyokap lo??"

Julio who had just returned was surprised to see the condition of Kalista. The man immediately approached, grabbing Astrid's arm.

"What the hell are you doing?"

Astrid pulled her arm leisurely. "Just tell the girl Kegatelan not to mention fiancee people."

*

"Kalista, aren't you pa-pa?"

Calista shrugged his shoulders relaxed. "Udah is ordinary," he said unconcernedly, wiping water droplets from his face. "Sir Julio see what Medusa is? No wonder Sergio wants to kill him."

Julio's mouth opened and clenched repeatedly. That's not what he asked. He asked about Kalista's feelings.

But Kalista's reaction left Julio unable to ask.

"Sorry." Julio hurriedly removed his tuxedo, pairing it onto Kalista's body. "I didn't think you were with Astrid by her side."

"Follow me." Julio felt so guilty not being more protective. He slightly relaxes the supervision because Kalista looks like the kind that if disturbed will bite.

But it doesn't matter now. Julio takes Kalista upstairs, asking permission to take her to the restaurant toilet. Her hair looks limp and annoying so Julio feels she must be uncomfortable.

"Bersihin used to be sticky. Your clothes too."

"Sir Julio overreacting, deh." Kalista laughed while cleaning her face and hair. "Okay, seriously. Still more mending than he yells saying I called Sergio so it's still a profit."

Julio's dumbfounded. "Kalista, why are you?"

"What?"

"Why do you want to be watered?"

"So I have to do something? Nyirem back?"

Julio was getting more and more confused. "I mean, once that you can't remember but swearing in your head in front of you—kamu why did you just?"

Seriously why is he waiting for her to be watered? The glass was not as heavy as concrete which if he patted then his hand could break. But Julio's question, why is he silent? Not about flushing back but why isn't he tepis?

Wh why?

"I don't know what do you mean, Brother." Kalista was confused.

"I should have said, Kalista. What do you mean you don't know?"

Kalista was silent. Long the girl was silent while continuing to wash her face and hair slowly, then suddenly Kalista turned her head.

"I have to bales what?" he asked as if he really didn't know.

"You—"

"I'm a concubine's son, brother."

Julio was made silent for a moment.

"Mama died of an illness, emang. Because he was constantly yelling at each other. And in fact," Kalista gulped, "i call her fiancee so ... What must I bales?"

Julio's mouth opened faintly so astonished. "So you think .. you think you desire this? You pantes were braked in public, said son of a mistress and blablabla that she was talking about?"

"I also call her a girl who makes a guy make a marriage break even, right?"

Julio shakes. "The son of a mistress with an obsessive girl is heavy her nickname is different."

Kalista suddenly backtracked. For Kalista, the name of the concubine's child is ordinary. In his ears it was like the nickname 'basic long-haired child' and the like. Something that is factual and mediocre.

But when Julio reacted like this, Kalista suddenly remembered that there were indeed quite a number of people who were anti against it. And Kalista had been away from those who were uncomfortable with the nickname of the concubine's son.

Calistas understand their feelings. You don't want to get close to the children of the women who are cheating on many husbands, right?

"Sori, Brother." Kalista really feels guilty if she feels weird and disgusting. "Sori, I don't mean—"

When Kalista retreated as if she was frightened, Julio realized that this child felt threatened.

Julio recalled Sergio's words about 'Calistas are victims of bullying that look like perpetrators'.

Before Kalista retreated even further in fear, Julio pulled the girl into his arms, clutching her tightly.

"I'm angry" Julio whispered to him. "I'm angry to squirm you just not disturbed by the same talk like that. I'm not mad at you, let alone at you."

He shouldn't be quiet. It wasn't Julio hoping he'd yell back and grab Astrid's hair like a wild monkey, but she shouldn't have received the call 'gundy' all the time.

He shouldn't feel worthy.

*