Next Bed

Dear Call

"It's nice to work with you." Daniel shook a man's hand as his new business partner this time.

Daniel bowed as a sign of respect. After he got up and was about to move to another place after an impromptu meeting at a restaurant.

"There's still fifteen minutes left, sir. Should I contact the Big Lady?" tawar Vano who was already standing next to Daniel.

"No need. I'm going over there. Take care of my schedule for the next thirty minutes" Daniel said.

"Good, Sir."

Daniel put his hand in his pants pocket and looked outside to move into the house. Surely his grandmother would scold him for canceling dinner last night, so Daniel would give a gift as a bribe.

But only stepped a few times, Daniel stopped his steps when he saw someone he knew was not far away from him. Daniel frowned, then thoughtlessly stepped in the direction where the person was.

Daniel blocked that hand. A surprised look from the recipient.

"What are you here for?" daniel asked intensely.

A shocked Alin held onto his chest. Then he took off Daniel's check in his hand. Keep your distance from that guy. It cannot be illuminated when Daniel begins to look from top to bottom.

"CV? You want to apply for a job? Have you been having financial difficulties all this time?" Daniel guess.

"What do you care?" cynical Alin. The woman looked very uneasy when Daniel questioned her.

"What about Arlo? Is she okay?" ask Daniel to divert. Some days Daniel is busy taking care of work, so he has not been able to visit Arlo.

"good. She's kind. What are you asking her for?" ketus Alin's.

"As a good father-to-be, I have to get used to it."

Alin's words managed to make the woman's eyes round. Alin immediately looked at Daniel with an unusual gaze that was immediately greeted with a sly smile of Daniel.

"C-prospective dad? So, you're planning on marrying Nola?" Alin was still trying to calm down.

"Not him, but you," Daniel answered, managed to get Alin to die.

"I won't marry you." Alin is still puckin.

"I don't need your approval." Alin's hands clenched hearing that.

"How can you marry a woman you don't love, huh? We're over that night anyway." Alin remained steadfast, while Daniel seemed to be smiling cunningly there.

"As you know my heart" replied Daniel briefly.

"You–– whatever, I still don't want to." Alin looked away.

"I'll force." The easy answer from Daniel was to make Alin ride apitam.

The woman was about to make a sound, before she saw someone she hated being in the same restaurant as her–– so Alin turned to revenge. Seeing Daniel standing not far from him, he immediately approached and held Daniel's hand and clung to the man.

Daniel's down there. He was still intensely staring at the woman who was currently leaning on his shoulder comfortably. Almost Daniel held his breath for a while because of the treatment of the woman who rejected him raw.

What's actually going on?

"Daniel," called out to the gentle Alin who was able to shake Daniel's heart.

'Shit, what happened to me? Why is my chest racing so fast like this?' daniel's mind is in between his nervousness, but he still displays a flat face so as not to be discovered.

"Mr Daniel?" say someone.

Daniel is distracted from his long thoughts about Alin's attitude. In front of him stood a well-dressed person greeting himself.

"You ...."

"Include, Sir. I'm Raka, from LeeDesign company." Raka reached out to shake Daniel's hand.

Daniel accepted.

"Alin, you ...?"

"Darling, didn't we have lunch? Hurry up, my stomach has rung since," Alin told Daniel. Gently tighten his grip. Without answering any questions from Raka.

Daniel who saw that just raised his eyebrows. He was confused, and shocked. It became unbearable when Alin swiped his head against Daniel's arm.

"Mm, then how about we eat together?" raka proposal.

Alin looked at Daniel. "How, Honey? Don't you mind?"

The darling? Raka shuddered hearing that. He looked at Daniel who was silent.

Unlike Daniel, the man almost fainted on the spot hearing the friendly call. Especially when he saw the beautiful face of Alin who shone today, increasingly makes Daniel nervous.

This is not good for Daniel's heart health!

"B-may," Daniel broke up. Then guide to one of the tables that previously where Daniel was meeting.

Daniel sat with his hand still held by Alin. He was a little troubled, especially when this time looked at by others, Daniel was increasingly uncomfortable.

"Can you just take it off for a second?" ask Daniel.

"Ummm, I don't want to. I'm gonna go with you today." Alin shook his head funnyly, looking at Daniel intensely. Without realizing it, someone there was clenching their hands tightly.

Daniel cleared his throat, then took the food menu on the table.

"What message do you want, Mr Daniel? All I ordered," said Raka.

"Umm, it seems like it's enough of a shrimp creole. Are you advancing too?"

"Whatever you ordered." Alin nodded.

"Didn't you not like seafood?" Raka answered. He stared at Alin there intensely.

Alin and Daniel stared at him. Alin who understood that immediately looked at Daniel affectionately.

"As long as my lover likes, I will like" Alin replied without taking his eyes off Daniel.

"Love?" Raka asked cynically. Snorting asphalt.

Daniel cleared his throat, then he suddenly got up from the chair with a reddened face. He was so nervous that he wanted to escape.

"I-I'm going to go to the toilet for a second" said Daniel.

"Daniel!" call Alin. Strange, he thought.

Now there is awkwardness, there is only Raka and Alin there. Until his order came, no one opened their voices at all.

"How are you gonna eat it? Don't you like everything that smells of seafood?" Raka looked at Alin.

"Now like it" replied Alin briefly.

"Mmm, is it true that you have a relationship with Daniel? Angela's ex-girlfriend?"

Alin. "Why? Am I not entitled? Isn't Angela the same, taking you from me?"

"Alin, the problem of the day was actually––"

"It's okay. I won't remember it anymore." Alin looked away.

"I'm sorry about that. I'm the guilty one, but can everything we've been through be forgotten? Don't you love me anymore, Alin? Please forgive me and give me a chance that we can be together like we used to be" Raka said.

Alin stared fixedly at Raka. That guy has a point. Is not man the place of sin and error? Can we, as other human beings, forgive him?

"I want to."