LOVE THE RECEPTIONIST

26. Dirga And Leon

Leon entered his car, he grabbed his phone when he heard a notification sound indicating a message coming in. His face was flat staring at the contents of the message he had just received from his confidant. Leon immediately contacted someone who had been stuck in his head.

"Hallo?" There was the quiet voice of a man from the phone that had been connected.

"I've transferred to your account, refunded all the Monaliza hospital fees you paid today" Leon said flatly without further ado.

"You who?" ask for a voice that still sounds calm from across the phone.

"Leon, Monaliza's lover, I hope you don't forget that" Leon said with emphasis.

"Of course I remember. You shouldn't have to pay back Monaliza's treatment and medical expenses, she's still a clerk at my company" the man's voice explained, citing the reason why he paid for Monaliza's hospital fees.

"Yes, I know that too. But I'm her lover, don't want Monaliza to owe you anything. What else do you need now that you're not in need of big money to finance your little, almost bankrupt company?" leon said flat and always put emphasis on every sentence.

"As far as you go." The voice of the man across there kept trying to calm down. But his heart felt stifled by the sentence Leon offended his company.

"Obviously your girlfriend owes me her virginity, if I hadn't come in time, you would have known what those lewd men would have done to your lover," added the man again who was angry to hear the words of emphasis from Leon who called him.

"Tell me how many rupiahs you asked Monaliza not to owe you any more," Leon felt very angry at the man he called.

"You count the price of your lover's virginity yourself. And I never asked you to pay your lover's debt. But I also don't refuse if you willingly pay for it,"

"I'm sorry, I have to get on with my job, because I don't want my little company to go completely bankrupt for serving your phone." The man actually hung up on Leon.

Leon clenched his palm and smashed the wheel in front of him, he really felt indignant at Dirga, the man who had just hung up his phone.

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At five o'clock in the afternoon, Leon had already picked up Monaliza, after seeing Bianka's mother and her sisters, he took Monaliza away from his home.

The mothers of berdaster peeked out from behind the mango tree where they used to hang out while discussing things that were warm.

"Thankfully the princess continued Bianka's mother, the men who came to pick her up and drop her off, besides being handsome are also not random people." said Riri's mother stared unblinkingly at Monaliza and Leon who would pass near them.

"Hi Mona, you heard you just got home from the hospital" Duwina's mother said as Monaliza and Leon passed by.

"Yes aunty, I just came home from the hospital today" said Monaliza, she stopped her steps with Leon, and always tried to be friendly to her neighbors, although he knows his neighbors are people who like to gossip about him, but the relationship between neighbors must still be maintained.

"Where are you going this afternoon? Get some fresh air with the handsome guy?" asked Riri's mother to join the roost, and always liked to see young leaves like Leon.

"No aunt, just a little need. Excuse me, I say goodbye first," said Monaliza politely.

Leon did not react to anything, even though he knew Riri's mother insinuated himself, he just passed with Monaliza without saying a word. As usual, the young man was always flat-faced every time he came to pick up or take Monaliza home, he did not want to pretend to be sweet-faced in the face of the neighbors of Monaliza which consists of the centile mothers.

"We stopped by Mona first, and you put your makeup on there. I want you to look different tonight than usual" said Leon, who had just run his car slowly leaving a narrow alley, where the modest settlement of Monaliza is.

"Aren't we just meeting your parents, Leon? I don't think it's a problem if I look like this," said Monaliza, she felt a little odd, because Leon intended to make a different appearance.

"Actually tonight is a celebration of papa and mama's wedding anniversary party, I want to introduce you there. The show starts at eight in the evening, so we have plenty of time to prepare" Leon said, driving.

"Leon, I think we only met with your parents at home like you said to mom when asking for permission last afternoon" Monaliza reminded.

"But if I have to attend your parents' second wedding anniversary party, I don't want Leon." Reject Monaliza.

"If I don't know your family very well, Leon, but I know, there must be a lot of honorary guests of your parents who will be present at the party, and you want to introduce me there? We are not approved by Leon, I am afraid of being humiliated in front of the guests later." said Monaliza expressed her concern for Leon.

"I'm Mona, you don't have to be afraid. It's just a good time for me to introduce you to papa and mama in front of everyone, so that papa and mama stop matching me, because I've chosen you Mona."

"I just want you Mona, marrying you is my dream" Leon said.

"But Leon, we-we,"

"Trust me Mona, I will not let you be humiliated in front of your guests papa and mama. I'll take good care of you" Leon promised.

"But I'm not used to being at classy people parties like you, I don't deserve it" Monaliza tried to keep resisting, she was scared, like something bad was waiting for her.

"Monaliza, you're my lover, you deserve to come with me." Leon still did not give up, he insisted on persuading Monaliza. In front of the road, Leon turns his steering wheel to the left of the road into a boutique area and a family salon subscription.

"We're down now" asked Leon, after he parked his luxury car on the left side of the boutique. Despite his doubts, but Monaliza still complies with Leon's words, he steps in with Leon to enter the boutique.

"Good afternoon young master Leon," greeted the friendly Fiotahan, owner of the boutique and salon subscriptions Leon family.

"Good afternoon cie Fio. Introduce this Monaliza. The dress I ordered, please wear it to her, and get her ready for papa and mama's wedding party tonight" Leon told the boutique owner.

"Okay young master," said Fiotahan still with his friendly smile.

"Miss Monaliza, come with me" called Fiotahan, and he walked into the dressing room, followed by Monaliza, who looked doubtfully at Leon.

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