He is, Amaya

How Many Groups Do You Have, May?

The knock on her bedroom door kept Amaya awake and forced to open the door.

"Have you slept, huh, May?" Amaya nodded. She yawns because she is so sleepy, tired after a long day of work and arguments with Lani after they finish lunch. "There's a guest, no, May. He said it was important to see you!" said a friend beside Amaya's room.

Both of Amaya's eyebrows shot up, she peered towards the living room, but saw no one there. "He's on the porch, May!"

"Do you know who he is?" ask Amaya curiously. There was usually no one who wanted to meet him until he came suddenly. Amaya thinks that the person she wants to meet is not someone close to her.

"Know who, yeah. I forgot, his name. But, I've often seen you as she goes together!"

"Torck?" His friend nodded and went to his room.

Amaya sighed softly. He already knew who was waiting for him back then and decided to meet him.

Sure enough Amaya's guess, Leo's the one who came to see him. "What else do you want here?" amaya asked without further ado, even because she was the one who spoke out when Leo did not see, the man was so surprised.

Leo stood up, approaching Amaya who was standing in the doorway while smiling wryly. "May, I have something to talk to you about!" Amaya just nodded. "But can we talk somewhere else? Not here!"

Amaya snorted annoyed. He then walked towards the bench which was not far from the boarding house. Amaya decided to sit there and let Leo sit next to her.

"May, for what Femi said yesterday, I'm really sorry. You must think I'm a bad guy!" Amaya nodded. It is no longer an estimate, but it is a fact for Amaya.

While in a relationship, Leo dared to play with Femi, a coworker he introduced to Amaya, even to get pregnant.

"Honestly, I doubt that Femi is pregnant with my son!"

Leo's words made Amaya look at him sharply. He didn't think Leo would talk that way. "Really, May. I'm sure he set me up. She's been planning everything so I can marry her, May!"

Amaya smiled wryly listening to Leo's words shamelessly corner the woman who is now his wife.

"Le, if you want to talk about it, I don't care. To me what you did with Femi was an affair. Could be, right, if I still didn't know you'd get married without inviting me? You're gonna marry her and keep me your boyfriend?"

Amaya is tired of Leo. He got up and before leaving Leo, who was visibly distressed, he said, "It shouldn't be what you do, you throw away all your mistakes there Femi. You're all wrong!"

"May, wait!" Leo's after Amaya. He managed to grab Amaya's hand and pull her in the arms. "May, please understand me. I had to marry her. I don't love her at all, May!" Leo continued to talk and held Amaya's body so as not to escape from his embrace.

"Let go, Leo!" Amaya's trying to rebel. However, his strength was greatly lost. He continued to listen to Leo's words about his regrets and dislikes for Femi.

"Leo!" The loud noise not far from them managed to make Amaya detach from Leo's embrace.

Amaya pushes Leo's body and almost falls down, but the misfortune she must feel when the woman who calls Leo's name loudly slaps him so hard.

"You purposely told Leo to come here and ask to be hugged, you forgot who he is?" Amaya rubbed her cheeks that felt numb and hot because of the act of Femi. He was so furious that his teeth grumbled to hold back the anger.

"Femi, why are you here?" Amaya saw how angry Femi was, until she could push her husband's body and fell.

"You should know yourself, Leo is my husband!" Femi erodes the distance with Amaya. Speaking with great emphasis to wake Amaya up, even her gaze was so mocking that Amaya still chose silence.

"We're home!"

Amaya lets Leo pull Femi's hand away from her. However, not willing to let Femi hurt her, Amaya approached them with wide strides. He pulled Femi's hair. "May, loose!" pekik Femi is in pain.

Amaya doesn't care. It had been enough for him to be humiliated all this time and he did not want to anymore, let alone to be accused of doing things he never did. To avenge the pain in her blushing cheek, Amaya slapped Femi's face as hard as she had received.

"That's a reply because you slapped my cheek" said Amaya without feeling any fear at all. His eyes turned to Leo. "You better never see me again. Better take care of your wife, keep an eye on her!"

There he was greeted with applause Fhea who looked so happy. "Crazy, really cool you, May, can reply to that Femi!" Fhea gave him two thumbs up.

"That's a reply because it slapped me!" Amaya rubbed her cheek which still hurt.

"It must be really sick, May. I'm helping compress, yeah!" Amaya nodded, she did not want to waste Fhea's offer to compress her cheek.

***

"May, why the same cheek? A toothache?" dave asked in surprise when he saw that Amaya's cheeks looked a little swollen.

Amaya touched her left cheek. The pain is no longer felt, but it is still swollen. "It's not a toothache, sir."

"Continue?" Dave approached Amaya and asked her to sit on the sofa. He looked at Amaya's left cheek and was about to touch her, but Amaya dodged. "Why are your cheeks so swollen?"

"Femi slapped me last night, sir!"

"God. What happens until he dares to do that?" Amaya smiled faintly at Dave's annoyance.

"She misunderstood, thinking I invited her husband to the boarding house. Though Leo came alone and said sorry to have married Femi. It's only natural that his wife gets angry and slaps me like this, sir!"

Dave shaking. He disagreed with Amaya's last words. "Can't do that, May. You don't deserve to be this way!"

"Sir Dave is calm, I'm not silent when he does this. Maybe her cheeks are more swollen than mine and her hair is falling out." Dave raised his eyebrows. "I grabbed her hair and also slapped her back even harder, Sir! I don't want to continue being bullied like I used to be at school."

Dave nodded in understanding. He grabbed Amaya's right hand and grabbed it. "I promise I won't let anyone do evil deeds to you, May. No one can bully you anymore. You believe it, right?"

"certain. But, what would Mr. Dave do if he knew who had been spreading about our relationship in the office?"

"Do you know who did it?"

Amaya nodded. He then told the screenshot that Sekar gave him. "Lani?"

"Yes, Sir. He told all the employees about our relationship in the group that I wasn't in!"

"Actually how many groups do you have, May?" Amaya chuckles softly at Dave's confusion. He pulled his still-held hand and picked up the report that Dave had to check and sign.

"Rather than bewildered at the thought of how many groups, it is better for Mr. Dave to start working! I'll be back with coffee at eleven o'clock!" Amaya decides to leave Dave's room.

"Sir Dave is?"

"There! Lani, can we talk to you for a second?"

Lani who was about to knock on the door of Dave's room disengaged her intention and agreed to Amaya's request.

"May I know why you told all the employees about my relationship with Mr Dave? What do you want?" ask Amaya to Lani.

"You want to know?" Amaya nodded. "Aren't you supposed to thank me, May? And, yes, you should also know the reason I told them!" lani said while grinning sucks.

Amaya goes silent and lets Lani knock on Dave's door. As she was about to enter, Amaya said something that made Lani pause for a moment.

"You want to see the reaction of all the employees about our relationship, don't you? You also want to see who is more worthy of standing with the higher-ups in this company. Aye, right?"