LOVE THE RECEPTIONIST

33. Forgive Me

"Why Leon, why are we doing it?" asked Monaliza to hold back her tears that would spill, she lifted her thick blanket that covered her body to the top of her nose. His shoulders seemed to be shaken by the cries he was trying to hold and suppress.

Leon was still silent, he was confused what to say, Monaliza's question was very heavy, he was unable to give an answer, because it was not him who did it. He could only clench his hands behind the blanket, considering Dirga's face that had stained her lover.

"Leon, I'm scared" said Monaliza starting to cry stifled, her voice sounding trembling. He is still in a lying position in his original place.

"Fear, afraid why? leon asked to look at Monaliza who only showed a pair of eyes to the hair of her head.

"I-I'm afraid of getting pregnant with Leon. Because we-we've done it before marriage. What if your parents don't approve of our relationship?" said Monaliza faltered, she began as he pleased, her chest felt very tight because trying to suppress the sound of her crying that wanted to explode.

Leon could only be silent for a while, he again felt the pain in his chest seeing Monaliza who tried hard to hold back her crying voice so as not to come out. Leon shifts, intending to hug Monaliza to comfort her, but she soon regains consciousness and uncovers her intentions. He remembered Monaliza had not worn anything under her thick blanket.

Leon got up, and came out of the blanket where he lay, his hand rolling the blanket over Monaliza's body. After that, he grabbed the body of his lover who had been wrapped neatly into his embrace.

"What if mom finds out? Mom must have been disappointed in me Leon, I've given my full confidence," sobs Monaliza finally burst into the young man's arms.

"I'm sorry Mona, I can't take care of you very well" said Leon, his voice shaking with a pain in his chest that didn't go away from last night. Her hand gently stroked Monaliza's hair, and increasingly tightened her embrace.

"You, deserve to be mad at me Mona, I won't protest, this whole thing is my fault. I'm the one who persuaded you, insisting on taking you, even though you've given so many reasons not to come to the party," said Leon regretting everything that happened, he could only resign.

"That guy is Leon, he's gonna rape me. Why Leon, why are there so many bad guys doing that to me lately?" monaliza said in her tears.

"And you came to help me Leon. Then the forbidden act happened to us." continued Monaliza still crying in Leon's arms.

Leon let Monaliza cry as she could, spilling all the emotions in her pill cry. He knew how badly his girlfriend felt. Leon did not dare to imagine how if Monaliza knew that the culprit was his own boss and not himself.

If only he had not brought Monaliza to the party last night, maybe the bad incident would not have happened to Monaliza, her mind full of regrets.

After a while had passed, Monaliza had already looked calmer, her cries had also started to subside. He looked at Leon's face, which was still holding him tightly with his eyes.

"Leon, I have to go to work today, I've been on leave for a week because I'm sick" Monaliza said on the sidelines of the rest of her crying.

Leon thought for a moment, he did not want Monaliza to meet Dirga at the office, worried that the man would tell him that he was the culprit, Monaliza could be shocked to find out what happened, he thought.

"Mona, I asked your friend for permission, saying you're still sick today. Please, rest for today, tomorrow you can work" Leon said.

"But Leon, I haven't been at work for too long, I can't add to my cut anymore" Monaliza insisted.

"It's up to you" said Leon resignedly.

"I'll help you in the bathroom" Leon releases Monaliza from her arms and crouches down to raise Monaliza's body to take her to the bathroom.

"No need for Leon, I can do it myself" Monaliza refused. Leon did not insist, he only noticed Monaliza who was inching from the middle of the bed towards the edge of the bed with a grimacing face.

Leon immediately turned his body, when he saw the bloodstains on the white bed sheet where Monaliza was lying, his heart was getting sicker, as if pierced by an indelible.

Although he was surprised, without much talking Leon turned around, and immediately carried the body of Monaliza who was still wrapped in a blanket. Leon looked at Monaliza's clumsy face in her arms, unwilling to look at her face.

"Is 'it' really that painful?" ask Leon to be bold. Monaliza nodded slowly, still unwilling to look at the face of Leon who continued to pay attention to her.

"Is he too rude to you?" asked Leon who was back to feeling upset in his heart at Dirga.

"What do you mean Leon? What kind of question is that, like some other guy did it to me. Didn't you do it yourself, is it that easy for you to forget?" Monaliza gave a sharp look at Leon.

"Ahh, I-I'm sorry, I mispronounced" Leon said. He took a deep breath, he did not expect the stupid question to get away with it because it was too carried away by the feeling of his irritation to Dirga.

Leon dropped Monaliza off her carrier after they were in the bathroom. "Call me when you're done bathing" Leon said.

"Hmm," muttered Monaliza softly. He watched for a moment as Leon left and closed the bathroom door tightly.

Leon hurriedly grabbed his phone that rang on the nightstand. He rolled his eyes when he saw who was calling him.

"Hallo Ma" said Leon shortly after sticking his phone in his ear.

"What time is this Leon? Why haven't you reached the office yet? Five more minutes of meetings with the board of directors and shareholders will begin." Gamsonrich's voice boomed. Leon was forced to keep a little of the phone away from his earlobe.

"I'm sorry Leon Ma, Leon can not attend," said Leon flat and impressed calm.

"What do you mean Leon? Mama's not joking." Gamsonrich's voice went up.

"Leon is also not joking Ma, Leon is taking care of something important," said Leon was still flat, he was still trying to calm down because he was dealing with his mother, however, he said, as a child, he should respect his mother.

"There's nothing more important than our corporate affairs Leon. So in five minutes, you should be in the meeting room." said Mrs Gamsonrich.

"I'm sorry Leon Ma, Leon can't" Leon said. Without waiting for an answer from his mother, Leon immediately disconnected his phone connection unilaterally.

His eyes stare at the bloodstains on the bed sheet he had seen before, his anger rising again. With all his strength, Leon punched the glass of the wardrobe that was nearby until it was smashed into pieces on the floor.

"Leon?! What is that sound?! Are you all right?!" monaliza shouted from inside the bathroom, her tone sounding worried.

"Me, I'm fine!" sahut Leon shouted so that his voice could be heard by Monaliza. He immediately called someone from his phone.

"Hurry up, get some people here to clean up the mess in my room" Leon ordered from his cell phone.

"Okay, sir" said someone from a phone call.

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