
“Sial, why did he follow me here?”
Ben walks up to Nathan with a bag that Nathan already knows is a book and a laptop inside.
“Why are you here? Did papa tell you to?” nathan ketus asked.
“You have answered your own question!” said Ben while sitting on the chair on the terrace of the house bi Lilis.
Nathan had no choice but to study business, following his father's wishes. This time he could not argue anymore like he used to because his papa had helped him to find Alyssa.
“Alright, we start the lesson now!” Ben was about to pull out his book and laptop from the bag.
“Hey, don't be so cruel! At least give me time to have breakfast and shower first before starting to learn!” nathan's Protest.
“Then please do what you said earlier!” said Ben with a flat facial expression.
Nathan clucked in annoyance. How can he have breakfast if bi Lilis and Alyssa are not at home. I don't know where they went, Nathan doesn't know. He finally decided to take a bath first while waiting for bi Lilis and Alyssa to come.
A few minutes later Alyssa and bi Lilis who had just returned from the market were curious about the car parked in the yard. But their curiosity just disappeared when they saw Ben who was already sitting on the porch of the house.
“Wah, apparently there's Ben here. How are you?” tanya bi Lilis is friendly.
“Good bi! Sorry I didn't come here to tell aunty first”.
“Nothing, surely you are here on the orders of Mr Rudi right? Oh yeah, you came here looking for Nathan or Alyssa?”
“Nathan bi!” answer Ben briefly.
Bi Lilis smiled and invited Ben to sit inside while waiting for Nathan to take a bath. Bi Lilis headed for the kitchen, made a drink for Ben.
Alyssa just quietly heard the conversation between bi Lilis and Ben. He had known Ben before when he met Rudi. And it was Ben who drove her to Lilis' house.
“Nathan, breakfast first. Aunty has made fried rice for you” said bi Lilis when Nathan came out of the room after bathing.
“Biya! Aunty and Alyssa where were you?”
“Aibi and Alyssa were to the market buy needs to sell tomorrow”.
“Why do tomorrow? Aunty is not selling today?” nathan asked as he pulled out a chair and sat down afterwards.
“Today ponakan aunty wedlock, so aunty want to be there for a while!” reply bi Lilis while taking the fried rice for Nathan. “Alyssa, please call nak Ben, invite to breakfast with” continued bi Lilis.
Alyssa who finished putting her groceries in the kitchen rushed to the living room to call Ben. Not long after, they were all gathered at the dinner table. Actually Ben had breakfast on the way even with just bread, but because it is not good to refuse bi Lilis finally he had his second breakfast that morning.
Nathan finished his breakfast in a fit of annoyance. How not to be upset, it should be today he could be alone with Alyssa at the house bi Lilis but Ben came to disturb his day. Nathan felt it was a bad day for him because Ben would have told him to study from morning until afternoon.
After breakfast bi Lilis gets ready to go to her bangs wedding. The taxi driver was waiting in front of the house. Fifteen minutes later Bi Lilis had left with her motorcycle taxi driver after bidding farewell with Alyssa, Nathan and Ben.
Sitting in the living room, Ben has started taking out his laptop and book while Nathan can only resign. Although still feeling a little difficulty in understanding the business but Nathan looks there has been a little progress. That day was really a study day for Nathan. He who initially felt annoyed at the arrival of Ben, suddenly so the spirit of learning because several times he had seen Alyssa was watching him during the study. That made Nathan even more serious in learning to make a good impression in front of Alyssa.
Alyssa started cooking for lunch with so many questions. Why did Ben suddenly come to Lilis's house? What is Nathan learning? Why do he and Ben look so serious? He actually wanted to ask, several times he went to the living room to ask Nathan and Ben but did not do because he saw Nathan was so serious with his lessons.
At lunch, they didn't talk much. They eat quietly. After eating, Nathan and Ben return to the living room to continue their activities. While Alyssa cleaned the dirty dishes and after that she went into the room to rest.
Nathan's grades for the lesson this time were pretty decent. He can answer half the questions Ben gave him correctly. Since this was his highest grade, Nathan felt quite satisfied.
“Ben, you will stay here?” nathan asked after ending the lesson that day.
“No, I have to go back because tomorrow there is a very important meeting and I have to present” Ben put his laptop and book back in the bag.
“Tomorrow I will send you some questions that you have to answer by email. And your answer tomorrow will be directly judged by your own papa!”
Nathan swallowed his saliva roughly. Will he be able to answer all the questions tomorrow? What if he can't answer?
Ben was in front of the house followed by Nathan and Alyssa.
“Ben, should you have dinner here just got home? You will know for yourself the journey is very far” said Alyssa.
“I'll stop by the restaurant later while on the road!”
“Alright, then you be careful ya!”
Ben says goodbye to the two after that he got into the car and started driving his car leaving the house bi Lilis.
“Nathan, can we talk to you for a minute?” alyssa asked after Ben's car was not seen again.
“Why just a minute? Long time is also okay” replied Nathan.
Alyssa did not respond to Nathan's remarks anymore. He went back into the house and Nathan followed him. They sat facing each other in the living room. Alyssa wanted to ask all the questions that had been in her head since Ben's arrival.
“Why did Ben come here?” alyssa asked without a stale base.
“To teach me business!” Nathan answered honestly.
“Why did you suddenly learn business?”
“Please want to!”
“Lying! I know you've never been interested in business and it's very strange to see you learn it!” Alyssa did know very well from the beginning Nathan never liked the business and for that reason became one of the causes of cracking his relationship with om Rudi.
“What is all this because of me?” Alyssa continued.
Alyssa recalled Alvin's words shortly before he returned to the city. Alvin tells him that Nathan has succumbed to his ego for his sake. He has a hunch that Nathan asked for his whereabouts address to Rudi and in return Nathan will begin to learn about the business.
“Why not answer? What did I say was true?” ask Alyssa again.
“It's true! But I can explain everything” Nathan said hurriedly so Alyssa wouldn't get mad at him. Nathan felt that Alyssa had started to become suspicious about his arrival in the village as if it was just a coincidence to meet him.
“I was so desperate to find you and I finally came to papa and asked him for help to find you. I know with the many men that Papa has is not a difficult thing to find your whereabouts. And as my gratitude to papa, I obeyed my desire to start learning about business!” nathan said honestly.
Alyssa saw no lies in Nathan's eyes as she explained them. He knew that Rudi had used it so that Nathan would obey all his wishes. And to be honest Alyssa became a little guilty of Nathan for making him do things that he disliked so much.
“What does that mean that your relationship and Rudi's om have improved?”
”Slight!” Indeed that is the reality, the relationship Nathan and his father has improved a little thanks to the escape of Alyssa.
“Sorry!” alyssa lowered her head.
“Why apologize? I should have apologized to you because I lied to you from the beginning. I made a plan for our meeting here to be a coincidence!”
“I'm sorry for making you do things you don't like!”
Nathan felt very sorry for hurting Alyssa before. How can Alyssa apologize to him just for this while he does worse to Alyssa. What a love for Alyssa is getting bigger and he does not want to lose the girl in front of him at this time.
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