
Deka was driving her car fast, not one bit she glanced at Starla let alone talk to the woman, her handsome face looked cold and unfriendly. Starla who was feeling scared and nervous, could only be bowed while squeezing her fingers.
After being quite far from the white-haired man's house, Deka pulled the car over abruptly.
Starla was shocked by the man's actions and stared back at him, "Why stop here, Bang?"
Deka was still staring straight ahead as she clasped tightly onto the steering wheel of her car, "Who are you really?"
Starla's heart immediately thumped, she had guessed that Deka would definitely have a problem with Reyhan's words earlier.
Starla fell silent in fear, she suddenly gagu.
"Java!" snapped Deka, Starla was shocked.
"I-I'm sorry, Bang. I can explain everything" said Starla trembling.
Deka stared at Starla cynically, "Come, explain!"
"Actually I am not a victim of human trafficking, nor am I coming from Pekanbaru recently, I am a native of Batam and who have been chasing me all along are my papa's men. I'm ...." Starla paused her speech and swallowed her saliva because her throat suddenly felt dry.
"I ran away from home because Papa wanted to match me to an old man who was married for their business cooperation, but I didn't want to" continued Starla with teary eyes.
Deka gasps at Starla's story.
"Then why did you lie to us?"
"I'm afraid that if Brother and Bang Dani know who I am, you'll take me home. I don't want to be married to that old bandot." Starla sobs.
Deka immediately felt pity and guilt, "If we knew the truth, we wouldn't take you home either if you didn't want to. You should have been honest from the start, because I hate being lied to!"
"I'm sorry, Bang. If you're angry and hate me, I'll go." Starla opened the door of Deka's car and was about to get out, but the man quickly closed it back down, bringing them very close.
"Where are you going? Did I tell you to leave?" deka asked, his breath hitting Starla's.
"So Brother said, if you hate being lied to, it means you hate me" said Starla getting nervous because she was very close to Deka.
Deka flicked Starla's forehead with her finger, "Stupid base! It's as if you've come to your own conclusions!"
Deka pulled away and moved away from Starla.
"Sick, Bang!" whinek Starla rubbed his red forehead.
"That means from now on you can't be trusted."
"Why?"
"Because you're such an accomplished con man, you managed to fool me and Dani. So everything you say I have to prove the truth first" Deka said.
Starla's face turned sour, "I'm not a fraud! This time I lied and that was because I had to!"
"Whatever the reason, you're still a fraud!"
"I'm not a fraud!" starla denies not accepting.
Deka just put his shoulders up and then turned the engine back on and drove away. Upon hearing Starla's explanation, Deka's emotions and anger evaporated just like that. The woman always managed to make her mood improve again.
"You still owe me an explanation, after this you have to tell me all about yourself." Deka becomes curious about Starla's identity.
"I told you that already."
"I'm sure there's still a lot you're hiding, so if you don't want me to throw you in the street, you better tell me everything" Deka replied.
"Yes-yes, that's cruel, anyway!" starla grumbled with a sullen face and Deka did not rub his chatter.
Starla's stomach began to feel hungry because since morning she had not eaten anything.
"Hem."
"I'm hungry, I haven't eaten anything in the morning" Starla complained as she held onto her rumbling stomach.
"Yes, we eat first." Deka was looking for a place to eat, to be honest he also felt hungry because this morning had not had breakfast.
"Gaziness!" Starla squealed in excitement.
Deka just glanced at him at a glance, then refocused on driving.
***
Deka and Starla stopped at one of Minang's signature restaurants, ordering two servings of rice along with a cold sweet tea.
"So how's Bang Dani doing? Is she okay?" ask Starla suddenly.
Deka nodded without looking at Starla who was sitting opposite him, she was engrossed in playing mobile phone.
"Thank God. If you're your own brother, is it okay?"
"It."
"But you have to keep the wound clean and dry, let it heal quickly."
Again Deka just nodded without looking at Starla, making the woman a little annoyed with her indifference and coldness. But it makes Starla curious about Deka's personal life.
"Bang!"
"Hem."
"Did you have a boyfriend?" ask Starla.
"No" said Deka.
"But you've been dating, right?" Starla.
"Not really."
Starla gasps, "Masa, anyway? Don't-don't you be abnormal, huh?"
"Maybe," Deka replied casually.
Starla was astonished, "Ih, it's appropriate that Brother's attitude to the woman is cold as ice."
Deka did not reply to Starla's taunts, she just smiled faintly.
"Beautiful, well-established, and a fighting whiz. But not normal." Starla babbles herself, and Deka still doesn't care.
A servant came to bring their order.
"Please" said the waiter.
"Thank you" Starla replied, while Deka was silent.
Starla instantly devoured the food before her quickly, she was completely starving.
"Eat slowly! Later you can choke and die," said Deka.
"I'm so hungry, Bang."
The heads looked at the woman's behavior.
***