
The next day, Frans came to the office a little bad luck. After checking his work at a glance, he could not bear to not talk to Zahra. He contacted the girl on his office phone call knowing that Zahra had returned to work at the headquarters today.
"Ra, can you email me about the latest project to be launched? I wanted to research him first," he said as Zahra received a phone line from him.
"Good, Sir!"
"Ra, don't call me that. Let's just say it's the same as in Singapore."
"I can't, Sir! In this office, I am a new person. It's not good to hear the other subordinates."
Frans laughed softly. "Alright, it's up to you," he said.
Zahra's job position at the head office should be the same as his job in Singapore, namely the idea design staff who are members of the Bagas company's successful team.
However, because Zahra is a newcomer to the headquarters, Frans wants to take advantage of the situation to move Zahra to the part he can control.
"Ra, you've been told Mr. Soni about your work here, right?" frans fishing rod, of course, all he has arranged in such a way that Zahra works under his direct auspices - who serves as General Manager in Bagas company.
"Ehm .. Yes, about that I want to ask you further."
"What do you want to ask, Ra?"
"Why am I appointed as Assistant? My job capacity is not that, sir..."
"I know you're pretty awkward here because there aren't many people you know in your division. Therefore, I think it would be better if you just work with me! We already know each other and everything will be easier" Frans gave a reason to get closer to Zahra.
"But, sir. i-"
"Here you go, just send me the email I asked for! After that, move out of your cubicle and occupy the room near my room!"
Frans spoke normally and acted like nothing happened between him and Zahra yesterday. He made no mention of Zahra's refusal and he spoke only about work this time. However, behind all this he has a plan to get closer to Zahra and of course there will be a cunning plan that he will play later.
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Zahra was quite surprised to find the transfer of her duties from the design staff of the idea to Assistant Frans. Besides this new job was not his value, his unequivocal rejection last night on Frans, also made him want to avoid the man.
In fact, he was faced with a job like this.
After sending an email at Frans' request, inevitably, he also began to arrange his goods that he actually also just stacked on his cubicle table this morning.
All this he did because he had no other choice, he was bound by a contract of work, and he also had loyalty and a sense of professionalism in this company.
He asked Mr. Soni - the man who gave him the info this morning about his new job - about the existence of Frans' room. The middle-aged man, too, was instantly willing to deliver him to his destination.
"This is Mr. Frans' room, Ms.." said Mr. Soni politely-before leaving it in front of Frans' room.
He nodded in understanding. He took a look at the other room around Frans' room, hoping that there was a room Frans had intended - as his new room.
But there was only Frans' room and another one was the room that read finance division.
"Then, where's my room?" murmured Zahra to herself.
With a heavy heart, Zahra knocked on Frans' door.
"Lake in!" Frans's voice was heard.
He ventured to enter, trying to behave like Frans who also behaved like that.
"Ra, you seem to be." said Frans semringah.
Zahra lowered her head, looked at the box of her bathing goods that she was holding, her head was filled with curiosity and wanted to ask the room that Frans meant to her by telephone.
"My room, sir?" tanyanya complained to Frans who was still sitting in his great chair-looking relaxed.
Frans seemed to smile, then stood up from his seat and approached Zahra.
"Your room, here with me, Ra!"
"What?" Zahra looked at Frans with her eyes puffed up.
The man nodded. "My room is pretty big, Ra. Later I will ask for a new table for you" he said slowly.
"But, Mr-" Zahra tried to protest, but Frans shook his head in a gesture to reject the protest that Zahra was about to make.
"Why then have you appointed me as an assistant?"
Frans only smiled slightly to respond to Zahra's question.
"Waiting for your table to arrive, how about we have lunch first It just so happens to be lunchtime?" tawar Frans's.
"But-"
"Don't avoid me, Ra! Like our deal, we can still be good friends, don't think about anything that makes you uncomfortable. If you can't think of me as a friend, consider this the boss's invitation to take his assistant to lunch together!" Frans said as he walked out of the room of his greatness.
Zahra let out a long sigh, then she followed Frans' steps to do a lunch session.
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Amidst Zahra and Frans' lunch at a cafe near their office building, Zahra's cell phone rings and Zahra can guess who the call is from.
"Assalamu'alaikum .." said Zahra calmly.
"Hoam... Where are you?" Ken who called Zahra while yawning long.
Every call always asks for whereabouts, like no other sentence.
"Again lunch at the cafe near the office" Zahra replied at last.
"Good, I'm there..."
"Why what?" zahra whispered quietly because she saw Frans who began to divert attention to her because he received this phone call.
"Lo forgot? You still owe me the same explanation!"
"I'm still at work, anytime!"
"Lo think I care?"
"Don't do it, Ken!" zahra said slowly and as a result of calling Ken's name - Frans who was opposite Zahra immediately stopped his eating activities, he knew if the one who called Zahra was Ken.
"As far as you are! But I can't right now." Zahra disconnected the phone call. Again on the side.
Frans smiled at Zahra after Zahra stopped talking on her cellular connection.
"Ken called you?" ask Frans.
Zahra just nodded faintly.
"Where do you know him?" ask Frans.
"We were in high school."
"Oh ..."
Zahra only smiled clumsyly, but Frans was still curious about Ken and Zahra's relationship.
"Have you ever had a relationship in the past? I mean... Is it ever close?" search Frans.
"We're just friends, Frans..: is there something wrong with that?" zahra asked, trying to return to talk casually to Frans because they were outside the work environment.
"It's not so, Ra. I just want you to be careful with Ken. I'm afraid he's approaching you now because there's a certain intention."
"meaning?"
"I told you, if our relationship wasn't so good. I'm afraid you were harassed by Ken for wanting to repay me" Frans explained.
"Frans, I don't think Ken is like that. Besides, it's a problem between you guys, it has nothing to do with me. You take it easy, everything's gonna be fine."
"But, Ra .. you look too much at the positive side. Ken's not that good!"
Zahra just kept quiet and didn't answer. He chose to continue his eating sessions, because for Zahra, he knew Ken well enough and believed that the man could not possibly harass him just because he intended to repay Frans.
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