Love is Second

7. Rumours.

As the mother ordered, Norra finally brought a large bag of goodie bags containing several jars of dry cookies to give to Allen and Willy.

So, this morning while welcoming the arrival of her protege at the entrance of the building, Norra was watching every vehicle or person who came. Until a while later, a luxury sedan car that he had memorized out of his head, went inside the school gate.

Norra rushed over to Allen and Willy who had just got out of the car.

"Good morning, handsome boy," said Norra kindly to Willy. His delicate hand stroked the head of the eight-year-old boy.

Willy replied to Norra's elusan by hugging the body of the homeroom teacher for a while. "Good morning too, Miss!" sahutya cheerful.

"How did you sleep? Wakeless?" ask the girl later.

Willy nodded in spirit. "But I barely had breakfast this morning. Because, Papa made my breakfast charred, because it was too busy talking to someone on the phone!" the boy replied while glancing at Allen who could now only grimace in embarrassment.

"You don't have to tell me that much detail, Will," scolded Allen.

Norra laughed a little. "Then you can bring it too!" the 24-year-old exclaimed at Willy, while prodding small sets of chocolate cookies he had taken from inside a goodie bag.

Willy received the jar with pleasure. The boy immediately went to class, after some of his classmates called.

After Willy died, Allen thanked him.

"My mom made these cookies yesterday. I hope you like it too." Norra offered the goodie bag to Allen.

Allen raised his eyebrows high. "Make me there too?" ask the man.

"Of course." Norra laughed a little. A sweet-sounding laugh in Allen's ears.

Allen accepted it with pleasure. Not to forget, he also left a greeting for Rose, and promised to come again to buy snacks there.

"My mom must be happy" said Norra.

Soon, Allen went to the office.

...**********...

Sebastian again looked at Allen with astonished eyes. Because, since his arrival to the office this morning until now, the man never took a smile off his face.

All this time Allen was known as a leader who was friendly and smiling. But this time it seems something different. What's more, on his desk there are now two jars of colorful cookies.

Sebastian had wanted to ask him for the cookies, but Allen hurriedly removed Sebastian's hand from the jar. The man even warned anyone not to touch the two objects.

"So, who's the girl, bro?" Without further ado, Sebastian immediately asked what he had withstood a few days ago.

Allen, who was busy eating his food, turned to Sebastian. "What do you mean?"

Hearing that, Sebastian grieves. "You think I don't know. The whole house knows you and Willy haven't been home in time in the last few days."

Allen did not answer. He resumed his lunch without speaking.

Allen almost choked on his own food as soon as he heard Sebastian's curse. "Know where you're from? Don't tell me, you're following my activities and my son's!" exclaim the man sniffed.

"Don't be so confident!" sebastian is not defeated. "Of course I know. Willy never hid anything from me knowing. After all, I've also bought cakes there several times on Bob's recommendation."

Allen fell silent. The face still looked annoyed.

"I know that the pastry shop has been in operation for a long time, and is very famous in the region and beyond." Sebastian once again opened his voice.

"I already know!" sahut Allen back in.

Sebastian just shrugged his shoulders. "I'm just talking to myself." The man then continued the information he got from Bob, such as how old Norra, how old my son, and so forth.

Allen looked unconcerned, but he actually put his ears on nicely. However, Allen felt very upset, because it seemed that his best friend knew more about Norra than he did.

Siaal! inner Allen.

...**********...

Since then, Allen and Norra's closeness has become more intense. Sometimes, Allen not only picked up Willy to school, but the girl as well.

This of course causes rumors in schools to spread, especially among teachers, school staff, and parents of students. Understandably, who does not know the West family, the owners of dozens of tourist attractions and five-star hotels spread across the country. As the sole heir, Allen certainly met the perfect criteria for most women, even though he was married.

That's why, not everyone is happy to hear the news of Allen's closeness with another girl, after the death of his wife. What's more, the girl came from a simple family.

Norra was in seclusion, when slanted talk began to spread painfully. Like he who said he only used Allen's wealth. In fact, other rumors also say, that Norra and Allen actually have long been in a relationship since Winstley was alive. Given their closeness only a few months away from the death of the kind woman.

Allen, of course, did not remain silent. The man gallantly put up a body to refute all the skewed rumors that existed. He even asked these people to respect their privacy.

"What's wrong? Is there something you're worried about?" allen asked Norra. They had just gotten into the car, after Allen picked her up at home. Since the two were close, Allen and Norra did go together more often, even if it was just dinner.

Norra shook her head. "Nothing." The girl replied briefly, without looking at Allen.

Allen clasped Norra's hand, for the girl to return her gaze. "You sure?"

Norra grimacing. "Not really. I just ... You know, some shitty rumors still pop in my ear," he said languidly. "Now they're talking about our age gap too much" Norra said. Understandably, Allen's current age is 39, while Norra himself is still 24 years old.

Allen smiled knotingly. "When it's about that, it looks like they're right."

Hearing Allen's words, Norra turned her head. "You mean?"

"Yes, you are a twenty-four year old young girl. Our age has a gap of fifteen years, and I am a widower. It's impossible we can be together, right?" Allen shrugged his shoulders.

"Who said! Age and status cannot be used as a benchmark for someone to be together!" Reflexes, Norra answered Allen's statement. However, a second later, Norra shut her mouth tightly with a flushed face.

Allen laughed quite loudly. "Then, you agreed with my statement a few days ago, right?"

Norra silences.