FORBIDDEN TO FALL IN LOVE

30. Time

Valeda breezes into his mall with Daniel. Valeda finished her work earlier today, so she could get Daniel to buy a suit that would fit the dress he would wear for dinner.

Daniel initially refuses Valeda's invitation to buy a new suit. However, due to Valeda's strong determination, Daniel finally gave up and accompanied Valeda to choose a suit for him.

As usual, the people who knew Valeda's identity as the mall owner, dropped their attention on Daniel. Getting all that attention has become Daniel's food every day lately. He's no longer awkward. In fact, Daniel enjoyed the instant fame he received.

"Val, don't be too expensive" Daniel said as they boarded the escalator.

"You are, you are still carrying," Valeda said. "I have to find a suit that matches the dress that I will use later. You come along."

"Actually, any model suit won't matter, look at my handsome face" Daniel said.

"Haha!" Valeda laughed crisply. "That's so arrogant of you, Master! I'm auctioning too, no one will be interested" Valeda sneered.

"But you want to walk beside me, Miss," Daniel teased.

Valeda turned around and wrapped her hands around Daniel's neck. "Yes, Sir. I love you so much that I don't care about your face" Valeda teased.

"Well, lucky I'm loved by a perfect woman like you" Daniel pulled Valeda's waist up to him. "Look at your beautiful face. Who can beat him?"

Valeda held her breath. His eyes widened wide while his cheeks blushed red. Instead of making Daniel tempted, he was trapped with Daniel's temptation.

"Stop!" Valeda pushed Daniel away. "Smart once you're playing the show. Want me to introduce an agency that gave birth to a great actor?" Valeda turned and switched the conversation.

"really?" Daniel reassured. "If I were that smart, I could be a famous actor."

"You weren't like this before, Dan," said Valeda.

"I'm just trying to be polite in front of people I don't know" Daniel shrugged his shoulders. "Some, now you know me, right? We're just as relaxed as friends in general."

"Hm... I haven't been 'relaxed by friends' in a long time'. I spent time with Celine and Kris."

Daniel crossed his arms in front of his chest. "That's why you don't have a boyfriend. You're too focused on your career" whispered Daniel softly, afraid that someone might hear their conversation.

Valeda guides Daniel into a shop with many displays of men's suits inside. "I'll do it with you" Valeda said. His hands went down the carefully hung coats. He felt the softness of the cloth used.

"Do what?" daniel asked, because he thought like a real man.

"Looking with friends" Valeda said. "What else is it?"

Daniel bit his lower lip, feeling guilty with his thoughts a second ago.

"Welcome, Miss Valeda! You want to pick a suit?" greet an employee wearing a Siti nametag.

"I'll pick myself a suit for my girlfriend. You don't have to bother" replied Valeda.

"Good, Miss. If I need something, I'm right over there" Siti said.

Daniel watched Valeda examine one suit after another that entered his criteria. "What took you so long to pick just one black suit?" ask Daniel. "It all looks the same to me."

"Not the same, Dan. Look at this and this one, "Valeda thrust two suits into Daniel's eyes. "It's different. A good line of jargon will create a beautiful indentation in your body."

"I want to see you wearing a T-shirt" Daniel replied.

Valeda breathed. "And, I wear a T-shirt while I sleep."

"People wear T-shirts at any time" Daniel said.

"Come, Dan! You should pick a suit for tonight!" valeda Protest. "I also have to go to the salon and order dessert."

Valeda again examined the hanged suits, then grabbed one of them. "Try this one!" his orders.

Daniel receives the black suit that Valeda handed him. He went straight to the dressing room to try on his suit.

Valeda sat in a chair provided by the store employee. It didn't take long for Daniel to wear the suit Valeda chose. When Daniel came out, Valeda couldn't move. His eyes thoroughly enjoyed every curve of Daniel's body.

"We take this one, we take it" said Daniel, awakening Valeda.

"Don't try anything else?" tawar Valeda's.

Daniel shook his hand in front of his nose. "Here you. You don't have to waste your time on something so trivial."

"There's nothing trivial about me, Dan" said Valeda.

Daniel came forward and cupped Valeda's cheek with both hands. "Just one, Val," whispered Daniel. The shop employees who saw the friendly scene in front of them, shrieked softly at the same time. "Because whatever I'm wearing, it's definitely going to fit" she added.

Valeda grunting. "You're so confident, huh?" Valeda whispered back.

"I just respect myself no matter what," Daniel smiled.

Valeda held back desperately the awe that began to rule his mind. He could not afford to ignore every innocent behavior of Daniel.

"Yes already!" Valeda pushed Daniel away. He felt uncomfortable if he had been around Daniel for too long. "Sir, I want this one!" call Valeda on Siti.

Siti immediately approached her customers and received a suit from Daniel's hand. "Makasi, Ma'am," Daniel said as he handed over his suit.

Siti nodded awkwardly with a flushed face. It's obvious that he has a crush on Daniel. Valeda, who was aware of it, glanced cynically at Daniel who was even grinning.

"Sir, send it to my apartment" Valeda said before Siti left. "Come, Dan! We're going to the cake shop!"

Daniel's eyebrows shot up looking at Valeda who suddenly sniffled. "Val, wait," Daniel followed Valeda. Valeda even speed up his steps, making Daniel sure that his pretend girlfriend was lashing. "Aah!" cry Daniel.

Valeda looked back and found Daniel kneeling on one leg as a focus. "What's wrong?" ask Valeda, panic. He approached Daniel. "Why your legs?"

"Peek-a-boo!" Daniel grinned, revealing his teeth.

Valeda immediately drowned and fell in front of Daniel. He felt all his strength evaporate when he saw Daniel's smile. Mind empty. There was a strange sense of comfort bubbling up in his body.

"Val, what's wrong with you?" it was Daniel's turn to panic.

Valeda could not make a sound. Tongue's cow. He was ashamed of himself with his suddenly malfunctioning self, like a broken robot.

Daniel drew Valeda's right hand until it was coiled around his shoulder, then spun his free hand down Valeda's thigh. "I'll help you get there, okay?" said Daniel.

'God! I am lucky to diet!' valeda was in his heart when Daniel lifted him up. Although the distance to the bench on the edge of the ballroom is not far, but if until Daniel comments that Valeda is quite heavy, it will hurt his pride as a woman.

Daniel placed Valeda carefully on a pure white bench at some point in his mall. The benches are deliberately placed Valeda to provide a place of rest for people who are tired after shopping.

Instead of sitting next to Valeda, Daniel knelt before him. He looked up to see Valeda more clearly. "Why you?" ask Daniel.

Valeda's heart stopped beating. His spirit had almost left his body at this moment. He cursed himself shamefully.

"I'm sorry, I was kidding" Daniel raised his hand to slip Valeda's hair behind his ear. "You're shocked? I'm outrageous, aren't I?"

'Can time stop for a moment now?' inner Valeda.

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