Flowers In Summer, Trouvaille 2
Personal Life
"At least you proposed to me in a romantic way, not in bed." Tania muttered before falling asleep from exhaustion.
The girl then falls into a dreamland, exhausted from playing all day with her fiance Mark.
Ever since Tania fell asleep, the man lying next to her was busy staring at the ceiling of the room. It was as if searching for something missing and hiding there.
"I have to how?" lirih, the man muttered inwardly before finally joining his dream realm.
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Jakarta, 2020 (currently).
The hot and hot weather does not dampen human activities along the city streets. This is evident from how congested the highway is. Jakarta is always like this, managed to make the community grumble impatiently because of traffic jams.
Unlike a girl who sits quietly in an online taxi that has not shifted even an inch from the position a few minutes ago. Angel, the girl was focused on her computer screen, as if this jam was the safest thing to do her job. Meanwhile, the driver, along with enjoying this traffic jam since realizing that passengers who now rent their services are not too time-hunted.
Suddenly the silence in the taxi was disturbed by the sound of the renter's cell phone.
"Hallo," Angel answered the call with a flat face.
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"Gue again Jack's work."
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"Where? The apartment?" frowned when he heard the man had now arrived at his residence.
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"No body in there. I'm not home, so naturally there is no door open for you."
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"Gue's still in the cab online."
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"What the hell is loe? didn't I tell you I was working?"
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"No.no... No need to follow me everywhere. Mending loe's coming home now."
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"Yes, I'm still a long time. Don't wait!" tell the girl.
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"Bye Jack" he said before disconnecting the phone with the man there.
"Just bother me. Fortunately, I took the initiative to work in a taxi. Try me still at home, can bete all day I ngadepin tuh son." Angel grumbled at length without caring about the driver who was busy with the road in front of him.
Avoiding her own best friend does sound strange, but that's how Angel is. Ever since Jack only chased her with the lure of romance, this sweet girl started to feel uncomfortable. And for the sake of avoiding Jack, this is not the first time he has chosen to rent a Taxi online. Angel did it many times.
Why take an online taxi? Of course because Jakarta is prone to traffic jams, which means he will linger on the road. Even Angle does not hesitate to directly choose the most jammed route when determining the point between them. And before the driver intends to take an alternative road, Angle has been warning them before the taxi starts to drive.
"Sir, don't use alternative ways."
"But neng, this hour again jammed."
"I pay 100 grand an hour. You must be disturbed to pull right if we go through a jammed path and this order completes a long time?"
"More neng."
"Then, we're on the regular line and I'm paying 150,000 an hour for the father's loss due to traffic jams." Angel raises her offer.
"Please sir, that's beyond the fee on the app. A kind of tip." the girl added.
Do not want to release the windfall, usually the drivers will agree to the request and offer Angle.
Why didn't the girl choose a cafe or other place to relax? Because Angel doesn't want to lie if Jack calls to look for his whereabouts. That way the idea of an online taxi is really very save Angel from Jack the pursuer of love.
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A girl was running around in her room, trying to find clothes that felt suitable to dress her appearance today.
Today is different from other days. If on another day Angel is busy working with gadgets inside an online taxi, today the girl has to visit one of the private television stations. It has been a full year that Angle was contracted by the company as a content creator at one of their events. That requires Angel to attend the TV station twice a week. And of course, this also means a chance meeting for Jack.
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"How are you?" ask the man who is sitting opposite Angel. Don't forget his enthusiastic expression at this moment.
"stttt.. keep your voice down Jack."
"We're in the cafeteria. Just relax."
"A lot of people here anyway. Be a little bit mature."
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Both of them were silent for a moment and were busy enjoying their drinks. The menu provided by the TV station canteen does have a good taste.
"How is your job?" Angel asked to throw out the silence between the two of them.
"Don't forget An. Loe rejected my feelings and job application.
"Jeez Jack, stop talking about it. Can't you find another job?"
"But I want to work with you."
"No. Once not fixed not Jack. Loe can work in a company owned by her own family, right? Until when do you want to play?"
"Gue's on leave."
"What leave?" Asking resentfully realizes the word leave Jack meant is resign from his position in the office and struggling to work for him.
"Bas crazy ya loe." Murmuring slowly remembering the truth behind Jack's leave word.
"Let's calm, after all papa won't go bankrupt if I don't work at his company."
"God Jack... Jacks.. I don't think the same about you."
"So how? I'm not accepted."
"No Jack."
"But An..."
"There's no buts. I'll be gone next week anyway."
"Where's Loe going?"
"Korea Jack."
"Rapain again An?"
"Gue there's work there."
"From the TV or create your own personal content?"
"There's other business, Jack. Content problems are a problem."
"What the hell is An?"
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Angel did not answer Jack's question because he did not want this man to interfere too much with his personal life.
"Don't, without me knowing this loe the CEO of a company that's disguised as a regular person huh?"
"Ngaaco... You know me since when? Not since the days of Siti Nurbaya?" Angel asked with a serious look.
"What is the Nurbaya? Mah aging, if the time is Siti Nurbaya. I've known you too since the time of the endangered dinosaurs."
"Loe's right. Sorry I forgot." replied Angle before their laughter broke filling the canteen.
The two were still laughing even though several pairs of eyes glanced at them, as if they wanted to know what things Angel and Jack were laughing at.
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Korea, 2020 (currently).
Mark walked slowly out of the meeting room. Followed by her secretary who is beautiful and very sexy. Miss Kim, so people know her.
"Master wants lunch outside?" ask the secretary while balancing Mark's steps.
Mark paused for a moment looking like he was thinking.
"What's my next schedule?" tanyanya.
"Meeting at the XS TV branch office at 16:00 to discuss the master's international culinary project, besides that there are no other important appointments."
"I'll eat at the office. Please don't let anyone interrupt after lunch" Mark recalled some of the work he had to finish today.
"Every sir." bowed politely.
Mark continued his steps back to the CEO's room in this building. While the secretary just followed with a hasty step behind his boss.
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Mark finished his lunch. The secretary had also tidied up his master's room again. In his work chair in slow motion Mark pulled one of the drawers trying to find a pen. But suddenly the man's gaze was fixed on a photo that he had not seen for a long time. The pain is now ambushing, approaching the man's chest.
to be continued..
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