Love Because Love
WORKMATES
Tonight Laurel was totally misbehaved, not knowing what to do. Currently in front of him sat a beautiful woman in her early 50s and a beautiful girl aged 1-2 years under him. From the way the woman and the girl dress it seems that they come from quite a wealthy family, but the problem is not that, but the status of the two people that make Laurel uncomfortable. One was the mother of her late husband, and one was the sister of her late husband.
"How are you Laurel? At that time we had not yet met, "The woman named Rosalia smiled kindly at Laurel, making the guilt on Laurel's chest grow.
"I'm sorry for visiting you today when you have returned to Indonesia since 3 days ago,"
"No aunt, it should be Laurel who apologized for not having had time to visit auntie," Hearing the apology of the deceased mother of her husband made Laurel's face as if getting a hard slap. He should have been to his former father-in-law's house to apologize even to him, should not have been a friendly smile, but the abuse he received, for humiliating their family, in fact, you could say maybe she was one of the causes of her husband's death. Imagining it made Laurel even more guilty.
"Please, don't call aunty, call me mama," This time those words were enough to leave Laurel speechless again and her eyes were teary with guilt that had really hit her hard, she said, especially considering that every mistake he made in the past was already beyond repair because the person who should have received his greatest apology was no longer in this world.
"Sorry, Laurel doesn't deserve to call you mama" Rosalia's hand stretched out toward Laurel, stroking Laurel's shoulder gently.
"Until any time for mama, you are mama's daughter-in-law, the only girl your child loves, just think of you as her replacement for mama," Hearing those words the embankment of Laurel's eyes defences instantly broke, making her cry as she could, Rosalia approached Laurel and hugged her.
"Sorry.I'm sorry Laurel..sorry..." It felt like no matter how many times Laurel said an apology it would never be enough, Rosalia patted Laurel's back gently, she said, while Denia who saw the incident could only be silent and tried to sweep tears on her cheeks which were also difficult to hold.
"Already, what has happened do not remember again, mama hope in the future you can find your happiness," Rosalia took off her embrace, opened her bag and took out a folder from her bag, then put it on the table.
"Laurel, the map contains the original certificate of your father's house, bpkp car in your name, as well as a number of deposits that are passed down to you," Laurel's eyes widened, even though he was so fond of his papa heritage house, he was very fond of his papa house, and he was very fond of his father's house, where perhaps she received it back in this way, not to mention the car inheritance and the large amount of deposits from her late husband, it was clear she did not deserve any of it.
"Ma..., Laurel doesn't deserve any of that, please bring everything back,"
"Sister has advised that Sister Laurel will accept it, since the beginning of the house is a wedding gift for Sister Laurel, even her brother has changed the name of ownership of the certificate of the house to the name of Kak Laurel," Laurel is stunned to hear an explanation from Evelyn, her late husband's sister.
"But I don't deserve all this" Rosalia and Evelyn took a deep breath at Laurel's refusal. With Laurel's guilt, of course, she will not want to accept all the gifts, especially Laurel also does not want to be labeled as a matre girl.
"If Brother Laurel won't accept the car and the deposit is not a problem, but if Sister Laurel refuses the house, brother had ordered that the house be demolished and built an apartment on it to be sold to someone else." Laurel was shocked. Demolished? This house had so many memories of his father, he naturally would not have willing the house to be destroyed.
Laurel glanced at Denia who seemed to choose to be silent, as she felt she had no right to decide anything in this regard. Laurel took a deep breath.
"Alright, I'll accept the house, but for the car and the deposit, I don't want to accept it" Rosalia and Evelyn looked at each other, staring at each other as if exchanging opinions, until in the end they both nodded their heads, a sign that they accepted Laurel's decision.
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"For Laurel's doctor," Luciana patted Laurel's new shoulder to leave the parking lot to enter the hospital quietly, making Laurel immediately turn to him.
"Morning as well, just call me Laurel," Luciana smiled sweetly.
"Ok, sippp, you should also call me Luciana without frills,"
"For Lusiana alone without frills," Suddenly Feri was standing together trying to follow the steps of the two girls, making Lusiana immediately pat her shoulder a little hard, making Lusiana immediately, resulted in Feri grimacing a little because of holding back pain.
"Aw, what's with Luciana without frills today? More PMS huhaaa?" Feri giggles at seeing Luciana glaring at him, preparing to hit him back, but Feri quickly steps away to dodge.
(PMS\=Pramenstrual Syndrome, Premenstrual syndrome is a group of physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms that generally occur in the last week of the luteal phase (a week before menstruation). Symptoms of PMS or menstrual disorders usually do not begin until 13 days before the cycle, and are completed within 4 days after bleeding begins. Some of the symptoms of PMS include: breasts become tender and swollen, tender, irritable, moody, emotionally unstable, uninterested**, periodic acne, abdominal bloating or cramping, headache or joint pain, and, difficulty sleeping, difficulty defecating).
"Review you are Fer," Not to mention Feri's laughter stopped, suddenly from the back appeared Arnold who immediately hugged Feri's shoulder.
"This early morning don't upset Fer's girls, ruin the hospital atmosphere today, dampen our morale," Hearing Arnold's words, Feri immediately pretended to hit Arnold's arm. Seeing the jokes of the doctors that morning made Laurel smile, in this hospital she has colleagues who feel will make her feel at home working at this hospital.
As soon as they entered the intersection inside the hospital, from the intersection to Laurel's right saw the figure of Dave walking towards them. For some reason since first meeting the man Laurel was so difficult to take her eyes off her figure. During in America many male friends in his campus who come from various parts of the world that can be classified in the classification of handsome men, but see the figure of Dave, who is, it felt like Laurel would inevitably have to admit that she was the most handsome man she had ever met and made her not get bored to look at him, enjoy the charm of that man, and enjoy the charm of that man, if Dave's attitude wasn't that cold to him maybe from the beginning Laurel would have fallen in love with the man.
"For the boss," As soon as they cross paths, Feri, Arnold and Luciana immediately greet Dave with a slight nod of her head to show respect. Despite not coming out her voice, Laurel lowered her head slightly to show that she also greeted Dave.
"Doctor Laurel, after the apple this morning please stop by the office," Laurel was slightly jolted at Dave's order.
"All right, sir," Without looking back at Laurel again, Dave immediately walked away from them. Luciana directly nudged Laurel's waist slowly.
"It looks like the boss is serious, what did you do wrong?" Hearing the words of Luciana, Feri and Arnold immediately set their eyes on Laurel with questionable faces.
"I? What can I do wrong, right? These two days obviously I spent more time with you and Mira for the introduction of the hospital, not even a single patient that I handled," Luciana nodded her head, nodding her head, a moment later his head slightly moved to the side, showing the face of a thinking person, trying to second-guess what had really happened to Dave.
"But it's really weird, as much as I'm the boss of a friendly and generous person with a smile, but at the time of giving orders to you, his gaze was a little horrible. Aren't Fer? Ar's? Why would you?" Feri and Arnold who was asked for her opinion by Luciana just nodded her head.
"Maybe......" Feri hung his words, making others seriously look at him, but then Feri immediately shook his head in ignorance, making Arnold immediately clenched his head slowly, while Luciana clenched her hands as if she was going to punch him.
"I answered probably because the boss is PSM like Luciana you must not believe,"
"Basic!!!!!" This time Luciana actually pointed her fist at Feri's arm although not at full strength, as a result making Feri grimace again while stroking his arm.
"Ah, my arm, don't you know as a gynecologist my arm is very important?" Lusiana just laughed amusedly at Feri's moans, and without caring about it Lusiana pulled Laurel's arm to take her away from the two male doctors.
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"Lake in!" A voice of answer rang out from inside the room as Laurel knocked on Dave's room door. After opening the door, Laurel slowly entered the room. As soon as she entered the room, Laurel saw Dave sitting in the chair behind her desk with both hands resting on the table, her blue eyes staring straight ahead, as if deliberately waiting for her presence. Although there is no smile and hospitality on Dave's face, Laurel must remain honest with herself that Dave is a charming male figure.
"For the sir,"
"Please sit down" Hearing the orders of her superior, Laurel's hand moved to pull the chair in front of Dave's desk, and then gracefully sat there, subconsciously Dave slightly held his breath looking at the figure of the girl in front of him.
"Yes sir, you call me, how can I help you?" For a while Dave did not respond to Laurel's question, instead his blue eyes stared at Laurel without blinking, making Laurel feel clumsy.
"Sir...." Seeing so long there was no response from Dave, Laurel ventured to call Dave.
"I've never agreed with the call of the sir you put me on" Laurel was a little surprised to hear Dave's words.
"I'm sorry, so what should I call my boss?" Dave furrowed his brows, making his face look really serious and far from being friendly, unlike what heralded the employees here that Dave was a friendly and pleasant leader.
"Are you the kind of person who doesn't care about the people around you?" Laurel is again surprised by the question back from Dave who impressed cynical.
"meaning sir? Uh...." Laurel was misbehaving, not knowing what to say, it felt like everything was wrong, Dave's face seemed unhappy with what Laurel had just said.
"Have you never noticed how the clerk here calls me?"
Oh my God..... Laurel cried out inwardly, This leader of hers is truly an unpredictable person. According to the info of all employees, the head of this hospital, who is now looking at him sharply is a handsome man, wise, friendly, kind, generous, and blah blah blah, it feels like a lot of praise from the employees here for Dave, but what Laurel sees now is that none of the images of this man match the reality that he is facing right now, except one, about him being a handsome man, of course Laurel could not assume that was not true, because honestly for him the man before him right now was indeed really handsome.
"Boss.... They call you boss." Dave nodded quickly.
"It looks like you're learning fast, it's nothing to lose I'm hiring employees as smart as you. Ok, please get back to work, "This time Laurel's eyes unconsciously glared.
What the fuck? Just because I didn't call him boss but sir, he called me to his study in person and rebuked me? As if I made a fatal mistake? Or as if I've done malpractice? Laurel took a deep breath, holding back her emotions from appearing on her face and quickly forced a smile on her face.
"Well boss, sorry to have made this inconvenience, excuse me," Without seeing Laurel's face, Dave nodded, took the map over his desk and opened it, concentrating on the file inside the map in front of him. Laurel could only hold her breath and immediately turned her body walking in a slight haste out of Dave's room.
As soon as Laurel turned around, Dave lifted his head, leaning against the back of his chair as he looked towards Laurel's body walking away, watching Laurel with a smile on his lips.
