Restore Your Smile

Between Friendship, Promise, and Love (2)

The next day, just like two weeks ago, Darrell went to the mall where he met Cecilia. The goal is still the same as his first arrival. He still wants to complete his failed mission, which is to find souvenirs as bribes for subordinates in his division. In addition, he also wanted to see Cecilia in his boutique.

Arriving at the boutique, Darrell met one of the female employees who served there. "Mrs Cecile is there?" tanyakanya.

As soon as he saw Darrell, Si Karyawati immediately remembered the man. It can't be easy to forget the impression of a Darrell, right? A handsome alien man who could be the man's 'friend' of his boss, speaks the language of a planet he doesn't understand, and becomes a savior when their boutique runs into electrical installation problems.

"Mom Cecile? Oh .... Miss Cecilia means yeah?" Si Karyawati asked back after she was relieved because the man asked her to speak in Indonesian.

"G .... Yes .... Ms. Cecilia. Any?" Darrell repeated the question. He only realized that he had been calling Cecilia with Cecile based on the pronunciation of the name in French.

"The whole hour of Mah Bu Cecilia is in his house, Mr. Mister .... Later around the end of dinner, he just came back here again, "answered Si Karyawati.

"Lho's? Is that time there?" ask Darrell.

"At that time he was forced to arrive early because we reported there was a light-off incident here, Mr. Mister .." replied the woman again. Darrell beards a sign of understanding.

"You may know, what business is Mr. Mister looking for Ms. Cecilia? If it's important, do we want to call you?" si Karyawati's.

"G .... Not necessary! It doesn't matter!" Darrell refused. After thinking for a moment, he continued his sentence, "There's paper and pen?"

"Oh .... There, Mr. Mister. This ..." said Si Karyawati as she handed him a blank piece of paper and a pen.

Darrell took the paper and pen, and wrote something down. Then, he folded the paper in half, and gave it to Si Karyawati. "Please give this to Ms. Cecilia if she comes later yeah .." she said.

"Okay, Mr. Mister!" answer Si Karyawati.

After saying thank you, Darrell excuse me. He continued his plan. Buy souvenirs, eat dinner, then go to the airport to return to his city.

Around 19:30, Cecilia returned to her boutique. The woman handed him the paper Darrell had left her.

Hearing Darrell come to look for him at the boutique, it made Cecilia's feelings turbulent. His heart rate was boosted as he unfolded the folds of paper Darrell gave him to read the contents.

There only written a short sentence and a row of numbers that turned out to be phone numbers. Selon ma promesse, which means 'As promised'.

Cecilia could only fall silent after reading the writing. First, he didn't expect Darrell to still remember the promise he made. Second, he doesn't know how to deal with this right now, after he finds out that Darrell is the one who was betrothed to Rebecca.

Of course he was happy because Darrell kept his word. As Darrell said back then, their third meeting had already taken place unplanned. Does that mean they are fighting?

But what if the fact that is betrothed to the man is his own best friend? Is that sentence still? Is this phone number still in use? It seemed like everything was in vain, just like his feelings were blown away just like that.

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Darrell has arrived at his house. He was cleaning up and ready to go to sleep. His eyes were shifted to the HP from earlier located on the table in his room. He took the HP and checked if there were any messages that he had not read.

No new messages there. Darrell smiled realizing his behavior. Actually, what is he waiting for? Is that as big as his head until he believes that the girl will immediately send a message once she gets her contact number? Or maybe the woman forgot to deliver her message paper to Cecilia?

Darrell laughed at himself. Since when did he become a man who messed with things like this? What did he expect from the girl? Yes .... Maybe he was sure the girl liked him before? What then? What after the girl found out that he was a man who was betrothed to his own best friend?

Not to mention the impression of himself in the eyes of the Friend is not so good. He was even doused in drinks by his Friend. It could be that Rebecca told Cecilia about the incident, right? Thus, there is a possibility that the view of the Ileran Girl to him also changed following the view of the Cat Girl.

Darrell put his HP back on the table. Then he slammed his body on his soft bed. Whatever. Why did he think too far? At least he did what he thought was right. He has walked with the flow. Hasn't he been living his life that way?

The message was sent from a foreign number that had never been in contact. But without seeing the profile picture of the Sender, he can already guess who sent the message to him.

Various feelings arise in Darrell's heart when reading the short message. There is clearly a pleasure and a pride, for few of his guesses are right. The girl called him today, even though it was late at night.

Maybe the girl was busy and just came home from her boutique. Or maybe Si Karyawati just remembered giving the paper when the boutique was about to close. There are many reasons, right?

Or most likely what happened was that the girl was hesitant to contact him. The girl's feelings were implied in the sentence of the message she sent. A question that confirmed the allegations that were milling in Darrell's head earlier. A question that implies a hope to deny reality.

'Are you really Celine's cousin's man who was betrothed to Rebecca?'

Darrell realizes that this is the first time in their private conversation, Cecilia uses Bahasa Indonesia while talking to him. Yeah .... That's a natural thing. Today the girl realized that she was not just a tourist who was walking in her city.

Yet for some reason, there was a slight sense of loss arising in Darrell's heart. He lamented the times when he communicated with Cecilia in his mother tongue. Probably because not too many people master French in this country. However he knows, French is not as popular as English.

'Yes, right. I didn't expect our next meeting to be like this either, Fille qui bave ..' (meaning: Ileran girl) Darrell decided to be honest. The facts are revealed and they must learn to accept reality.

The two blue ticks sign on the app, indicating that the message has been opened and read by the person concerned. But the Reader did not immediately reply to Darrell's message, although the girl's status was still visible online. There was also no sign that the girl across the street was typing a reply message.

Darrell decided to wait a bit. If in five minutes the girl did not reply, she decided to put her HP back on the table and go to sleep.

Five minutes turned out to be quite a long time to wait in uncertainty. It was unclear whether the girl was intending to continue their conversation or not. If not, however, the girl's online status is a little annoying for Darrell to close the app. Finally Darrell chose to stay waiting at the time limit he set himself.

Fortunately, in the third minute, the wait was answered. The girl was apparently typing a reply. Not long after, the typed message appeared on the screen.

'Well then. Good night, Darrell.' A short message that may not be worth the wait he did earlier. But back again, what did he expect?

'Good sleep too, Fille qui bave ...' (meaning: Ileran girl) After sending a reply, Darrell exited the application, put HP on the table, and re-layed himself on his bed.

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The next morning, as happened two weeks earlier, Andreas came to Darrell's room to ask about the development of his relationship with his friend's daughter.

"How is your relationship developing? How about a walk to the garden? Pleasant?" ask with great enthusiasm.

"Walk is fun. Our relationship ... doesn't seem to be well developed, " Darrell replied as is.

Seeing the question and disappointment in the look on his father's face, Darrell immediately continued his sentence. "How else would it look like our characters don't match? This relationship is still working, Papa. But honestly, don't expect too much. But Papa can rest easy, instead I've prepared an alternative plan."

"meaning?" andreas asked not to understand.

"I've gotten acquainted with his friends who of course have a family background that is as strong as Papa's friends. Even if my relationship with Papa's friend's daughter does not work, I just move to one of his friends. No one of them I've managed to get to?" bright Darrell.

Andreas laughs. Satisfied with his son's plan. "good. Goody. You are Papa's son. Continue with that plan! Papa trust you completely!" andreas said as he patted the Son on the shoulder.

Darrell only greeted Andreas with a smile on his face. Whether what kind of smile he managed to display in front of the Father, Darrell did not want to think about it.

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