Little Bride Alvaro

07. Looking for Flowers Part 2

The shock was clearly whipping away at Azlina. Was he not hearing wrong? Fresh edelweiss flowers? Oh, maybe the rich do have a strange level of admiration and taste. He advanced himself to step towards the strange Om who was still staring at him enthusiastically.

"Why choose fresh? Edelweiss flowers are sold only in dry conditions."

It seemed that Azlina's words were just like the wind. Alvaro turned the eyeball lazily in response, having already known what others were saying to him about the intent of looking for fresh edelweiss flowers. There have been some people who say that, and of course Alvaro has been immune and memorized every detail of their words.

They will be informed about the origin of the edelweiss flower, which is a flower that began to be rare and protected by the state. Flowers that come from the mountains of Bromo, Rinjani, or Dieng are commonly hunted by climbers and result in increasingly rare and almost extinct.

Alvaro is not a fool. He must have understood the flower he was looking for. He did not deny the facts and several times revealed by the florist he met. Behind the rare flowers and its many fans, there must be a group of flower growers struggling to cultivate them. On that basis he felt confident he could get the flower, but was still at a loss to find its place.

"So you can't find him? Though I've prepared millions of dollars just to get one bunch of flowers." Alvaro hid his grin, feeling his lure would respond well.

Azlina's eyes instantly widened. Speech will be nominal if he managed to bring edelweiss flowers dancing on the head. Edelweiss flowers are not expensive, only a few thousand rupiah per stalk. And at this moment, the man before him was offering an extremely fantastic number just for a bunch of edelweiss flowers, wasn't that a rare opportunity?

"I can help you." Azlina immediately replied, unwilling to waste the golden opportunity. "But, Om has to take me to that place."

"OKAY. I agree," replied Alvaro with a big smile.

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It was late afternoon when Azlina and Alvaro were still driving in one car to find edelweiss flowers. The lights on the streets seem to start burning which initially only dimmed orange, then glowed as brightly as time. The rain that had previously subsided now began to harden again.

Azlina seemed to rub his palms to just dispel the cold that began to burst into her tiny body. Obviously he felt cold, had rained when out of the Aurora Event Organizer office, then added in a car with a burning Air Conditioner, it gave Azlina enough reason to feel cold.

"Om, keep the AC down." Azlina's voice sounded trembling. He can't cover his shivering body.

"Yes, you're a big deal." With a single tap the air temperature inside the car rose instantly, slightly warming the cold body of Azlina. "So, the place is still far away?" alvaro said later.

Almost two hours they were in the car and it looks like the place Azlina proposed has not looked the end even though it makes Alvaro a little upset. Don't-don't spoil next to him it just wants to play with him. If that was true, he would definitely punish Azlina, making the girl a deterrent for having dared to trick her.

"It looks like it's almost there. Oh, yes, Om, what are edelweiss flowers for? Until Om has to find a fresh one."

"You're still leaking, how do you understand adult issues." Let alone Azlina, he was still curious why the Papa insisted on looking for edelweiss flowers that are still fresh, not other flowers. However, Alvaro would admit his ignorance in front of Azlina. Self-esteem as an all-knowing adult man will disappear when small problems he can not understand.

"Who's that leaky? I've been almost nineteen years, Om. Three months, remember, yeah. It's not a leak anymore."

There was a small ruckus on Alvaro's lips. Everyone who said he was not a leak, it just showed how leaked he was. And that kind of rebuttal just feels ridiculous when it sounds in Alvaro's sense of hearing.

Their debate ended when Alvaro turned his car right in an area of someone's house. There are no signboards or writings that show the identity of the place.

"Rarely here the place?" asked Alvaro who looked a little hesitant about the building in front of his car.

Azlina nodded, reciting Alvaro's words. The girl opened the lock seatbelt, then stared at the building that was right in front of their car.

"This is where we cultivate flowers that are hard to find, especially fresh edelweiss as Om would." He explained without being asked.

"good. Well then, what are you waiting for. Comeondown!" alvaro said impatiently.

The two men of different ages ran around to reach the terrace of the building, seeking shelter from the torrent of rain that seemed to never stop. Though in place Azlina was the rain had subsided, but in this area it was getting busier. It seems that it did rain unevenly.

"Assalamu'alaikum, Brother Asri, Bang Apin!" Azlina knocked on the door while calling out the names of the two people who were residents of the house.

Until when the flash of lightning which is a collision of clouds of different electron charges in the air shimmered illuminated the porch of the house at a glance, followed by the sound of thunder that boomed deafening. Azlina jumped in surprise at the sound of thunder. He was indeed afraid of lightning and thunder, the sounds and flashes were so terrifying to him. Until unconsciously his hands hugged the man beside him with closed eyes.

Deg.

Deg.

Clearly Alvaro was surprised by the implicit attitude Azlina had done to him. He stood stiff and tense as the embrace felt more and more tightly engulfing his body.

Thunder again boomed, along with flashes of light that repeatedly disturbed the peace of humans on the face of the earth. Whether this is a disaster or luck, Alvaro gets the hug of a plain girl who until now he considers as a leak. Until a while the involuntary embrace lasted, instantly turning the bone-chilling cold into a little warm. Either because of the hug or because of the blood flow that feels heated because it reacts with their current position, trying to fuse and conquer the biological reactions that are taking place in his body.