Dollar Girl

Chapter 54 Double Dating

"What are you doing here?"

"I should ask you that, what are you doing here?" reply Ratna.

They stared at each other in disbelief while Ian and Sela could only be confused.

"Do you know him?" ask Sela.

"Of course, he is.. "

"Neighbors!" ratna said quickly.

"Neighbors?" reset Ian.

"True, our house is neighboring. We haven't been dating for a long time and haven't had a chance to introduce you to my friends, it's a coincidence that we met here. Let's introduce her name Ardi!" answer Ratna.

"So, greetings know me Ian" said Ian reached out.

Ardi welcomed the hand despite the unpleasant feelings in his heart, of course because Ratna turned out to have a boyfriend without her knowledge. They sat down and ordered food.

"As the saying goes, the world is not as wide as a moringa leaf. Turns out our partners know each other, if I may know since when you guys dated?" ask Sela.

"That's... "

"Very new, actually we are one school and have known each other since a few months ago. But for this status we only started for about a week, honestly when he expressed love I couldn't answer because he had a lot of fans and one of them was me. Being shot by your own idol was like a dream, so I needed time to answer" Ratna replied as planned.

Ian could only waste a sigh of relief hearing Ratna was able to answer smoothly, there was not the slightest doubt that made Sela suspicious. While he can only be a stupid goat conge, due to excessive worry when he finds out Sela's boyfriend is neighbors with Ratna.

"That's what it looks like" Sela said.

"What about you guys? Ardi, you're so cruel! having a girlfriend so pretty you kept it to yourself without even introducing her to me and the others, are you afraid that the master will snatch it from you?"

"Don't joke! since when do you care who my girlfriend is?" reply Ardi was irritated.

"At least you should introduce her to me, I'm honestly traumatized by the Yuni case. Lucky this time I already have a boyfriend"

"Who's Yuni?" ask Sela.

"Oh sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned his name. He's just a shitty past, you don't have to worry about that" Ratna replied.

I don't know why Ian felt such a cold aura, it was from Ratna but he had no idea why. If he looked carefully he realized Ardi did not stop looking at Ratna, as if there was something between them.

"We should start eating, it's still hot" said Ian melted the atmosphere.

"You're right, can you please get me a sambal?" ratna.

Ian immediately picked up what Ratna asked, slowly pouring the sauce into her soup. Because the sauce is still hot with Ratna slowly blowing it in the spoon, Ian who saw Ratna's hair fall down and almost got in the way because Ratna's down head immediately took the hairband that she had kept in her pocket and tied Ratna's hair.

"Thank you" Ratna said with a smile.

"Sama-sama" Ian replied to that smile.

Ardi and Sela who were staring at the romance began to feel hot, deliberately Ardi took food and fed Sela in front of the others to retaliate.

"How does it feel?" ask Ardi.

"Don't kid!" sela replied in a spoiled voice.

Of course it provoked Ian's emotions, while Ratna did not care because she only focused on the food that had been served before her eyes. For the charade he did for Ratna, he deserved good food and a lot of money.

"agree! the food here is delicious!" reply Ratna plain.

"Do you like the food here?" ask Ian.

Ratna replied with a nod of her head as her mouth was full of food.

Haha

"Alright, later we come again here" said Ian could not help but laugh because Ratna looks so funny.

"really?" ratna asked after swallowing the food she chewed.

"Of course"

"Can I order another meal? I want to taste another meal, if I order now I'm afraid my stomach will explode from eating too much"

Haha

"You're all right, well then don't forget to empty your stomach before eating here"

"Mm I understand!" answer Ratna.

Ratna's sweet face, her pleasant smile and her innocent manner made Ian dissolve on his own. Anxious he rubbed over Ratna's head, it was like having an adorable little sister.

Sela who saw the smiles of the two men realized that their smiles were not made up, as an ex-lover she knew very well the nature of Ian. In his mind thinking that Ian had apparently found a replacement for him, Ian seemed to spoil Ratna and look happy with her.

He should be happy, because now he also has the same handsome girlfriend. Ardi was smart and quite popular as well, but somehow his heart hurt. His status with Ardi, the relationship between those who are said to be lovers strangely he did not feel the right happiness. It was like their relationship was fake.

"Ah...my stomach is really full" said Ratna leaning her body on the chair.

"You spent all the food here, of course you're full" Ardi said.

"Once the food is good"

"It doesn't mean you have to spend it!" reply Ardi.

"Of course we have to, we've paid it so it's a pity if it's not spent"

"What if your stomach explodes?"

"Calm down, you see I'm fine" Ratna replied casually.

"Hmm, it turns out you guys are quite close" said Sela.

Instantly Ardi fell silent, he forgot that there was someone else besides himself and Ratna. Indeed, when it comes to Ratna sometimes he forgets his surroundings.

"Well, we were pretty close. But you don't have to worry because I already have a lover" Ratna replied while holding Ian's hand.

The action was enough to make Ian shocked, but when he saw the expression of Sela who seemed unhappy made Ian reciprocate Ratna's treatment by stroking her hair.

"What if we go to the lake? seeing the reflection of the moon on the surface of the water isn't it very beautiful?" sela.

"That's a good idea, you want to go?" ask Ian.

"If I'm with you, I'm going to go" replied Ratna.

They left, it didn't take long to get there. The place is very beautiful with tents available for couples, there are also those who rent out mats and sellers of various foods and drinks.

They chose to sit under a tree with a mat, even at night but the view in that place was very good.

"It's pretty cool" Ratna said, rubbing her arm with both hands.

Srek

"You can catch a cold, put this on!" said Ian dressed Ratna in his suit.

"Thank you" said Ratna, not forgetting to smile.

Once again Sela and Ardi burned themselves to see it, it felt like Ardi wanted to avenge them but did not know what to do.

"Do you want a drink?" ask Ardi to Sela.

"May, I want something warm"

"I want a drink too, can you buy me a sweet drink?" ask Ratna.

"Thank you" replied Ratna.

Ardi and Ian leave together, leaving the girls to talk as fellow women.

"You haven't answered my question" Ratna said without turning her eyes away from the lake.

"What?" ask Sela doesn't understand.

"When have you been dating?"

"Oh that's about two weeks ago"

"That's it, if I may know..who declares love? you or Ardi?"

"I, I first expressed my feelings" Sela replied.

Ratna knew Ardi well, as pretty as any girl Ardi never expressed love first. If you think again even though a playboy Ardi never expressed love which means he never loved any girl.

Hearing Sela's reply she knew Sela had been telling the truth, so Sela loved Ardi. I don't know why he felt it wasn't real love.

"Where do you know him?" ask Ratna again.

"We're one school, just different classes"

"That's it, just like us" Ratna said.

"Honestly, I didn't think Ian could find another girl and even declare his love, we've been dating for a long time and it made me think he wouldn't be able to find my replacement" said Sela, who surprised Ratna.

"Hmm, you know he has a lot of fans? a man like him feels impossible to be single" Ratna said with a faint smile.

"I know, that's why we broke up"

"What?"

"She was so popular that it made me sick of being jealous, until one day we had a big fight because one of her fans sent her a gift she liked. I could not stand it anymore and chose to break up, he was just as upset because he felt bridled by me" Sela replied.

"That's what it looks like"

"You're definitely going to do the same thing with me, the fear of being approached by another girl finally makes you put out all the rules that make her feel constrained"

"No! I didn't do that"

"A.... pa?" ask Sela in shock.

"We hid our relationship from the others, only you know about this"

"Why is that?"

"It's obvious, right? because it would be a problem if until one school found out we were dating, there would be a lot of fans who would purposely approach Ian to make me burn jealous and end up fighting with him."

Aghast at the answer, he realized that someone out there could be unhappy about their relationship and deliberately create problems between them.

"A relationship without trust is nonsense, not a commitment but only a compromise" Ratna said.

"You seem to have gotten the right girl" Sela smiled sincerely.

As a fellow woman Ratna is quite sensitive and aware that Sela is still putting her heart on Ian, but given the reason they broke up it feels like Sela has given up on their relationship. But still Ratna could not bear to see it, Ian was not able to forget Sela was clearly visible from her selfishness who bothered to hire a fake girlfriend to get recognition from Sela.

"Do you still love Ian?" ratna asked which surprised Sela.

"W-what?"

"I asked if you still love Ian? do you still think about it even if there's another guy by your side? are you still burning jealous flames when Ian gets close to another girl?"

"Why... are you asking that?"

"Jawab only!" ratna's orders.

"What if I answer yes? are you gonna let Ian go for me?" reply Sela.

"If you still love him then try to take him away from me, if you manage to do that it means Ian still loves you too but if it doesn't mean he's forgotten about you" Ratna replied.

Sela was really made to not understand by the girl, how could a girl say that to her ex-lover. But the challenge made by Ratna made Sela have a little courage and hope, with a smile he agreed.

Meanwhile, the men were ordering drinks for the girls.

"Sir please two ginger milk" said Ardi ordered.

"He didn't drink that!" sergeant Ian.

"What?"

"So not like ginger, you should buy him coffee" he said.

Ardi was pensive for a moment but then he changed his order, while waiting for their order that was being made Ardi also started a chat.

"You know very well Sela's favorite"

"Of course, we dated for quite a while"

"really? w.... I salute you, have you checked your ears?" ask Ardi.

For a moment Ian thought hard to interpret the meaning of Ardi's words, but then he laughed after realizing what Ardi meant.

"Haha well.. sometimes love is troublesome, I was surprised when I realized it can last that long with him"

"If you think again of course you are lucky, she is very beautiful and her body is good"

"Aren't you lucky to have it?"

"That's how it is, but I don't really care"

"Why?"

"I'm not the kind of guy who likes to be arranged, seeing the nature of Sela maybe tomorrow or the day after our relationship will end"

"You... don't try to maintain your relationship?" asked Ian in wonder.

"For what? girls like Sela often come and go in my life, they just stop by to get my attention."

Ian was quite surprised to hear that remark, if he noticed again the relationship between Sela and Ardi did not seem good. The way Ardi looked at Sela was different, unlike the way he saw Ratna.

"Do you like Ratna?" terka Ian's.

Ardi looked at Ian for a moment before he finally replied.

"We've been friends since childhood, can you think I don't have feelings for the girl I see every day?"

"That's a very small possibility" admits Ian.

"You don't have to worry, I won't take it from you. Although I like her but I don't want to make her my girlfriend, right now I have nothing to make her happy. But a few years later after I managed to change my fate, I would definitely snatch it from any man" Ardi said.

Ian did not expect it turned out that Ardi was a man with an independent mind and mature, Ardi was able to let Ratna walk with anyone at this time so that he was happy. Not limiting her to bad luck, it was secretly trying to make Ratna happy one day in her way.

"Mas, this order is ready" said a trader.

"Oh yes, thank you" replied Ardi.

"Let's go back, the girls must have been waiting"

"Yes" replied Ian.