
"Sway Arsha? No man has surrendered in his cage. I think you know about it too." The boy still spoke calmly from the corner of the sofa. From the look in his eyes, I could see the firmness of his words. There was no intention for him to obey and retreat.
"Yes, I know. But no man will back down if he dares to cross his opponent's cage" I reply using the equivalent idiom.
"maha!' The boy laughed. Laughter and full of confidence. "Please drink Mr. Armand." He pointed to the mineral water provided on the table. "You must be thirsty now."
"Don't underestimate me!" I didn't relax the gaze on the boy who felt on this wind.
"Sir Armand, according to Tsun Zu, an ancient Chinese war expert. A good fighter is one who is aware of his own abilities and the abilities of his opponent." He paused his sentence for a moment and took a sip of the bottled mineral water that was in front of him. His attitude was really trying to intimidate.
"You look around you, this is my cage. And you can see this uniform, I'm on duty. And our job is to keep the agency marwah. Everything I do now will be a reflection of the agency. With all these conditions do you feel I'm going to soften?" The eyes of this boy became serious.
"I'm just asking you to stay away from Arsha!" Again I repeat. I'm not afraid of the threat.
"What is your capacity to ban me?"
His words are quite striking. Right, what's my capacity now? I'm not Arsha's man either. I acted like this because I was consumed with emotion. There was anger and unwillingness, seeing this boy with Arsha. Is this really just the feeling of an older brother protecting a younger brother? Or is there another feeling? It's impossible to be jealous, right?!
"He's my subordinate directly. I have to look after her."
"Hahaha, unreasonable reason." Saka changed her sitting position to lean towards me. "If I had come to your office and made the same request. What are you doing?"
I stood up, it seemed like this conversation did not need to continue.
"We set a time to meet again outside."
I walked towards the door and turned around as soon as I heard what he said.
"Rather than busy taking care of subordinates, why don't you just focus on taking care of the wife who will give birth, Mr Armand?"
"Wife? There is no wife I need to take care of. You said you'd defend Arsha? Thank you, your words have made me aware. I will fight it too. Let's see who he'll choose in the end."
Without waiting for the answer, I went straight outside and left the man without looking back.
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It does. Meeting that man made me realize this feeling. This is not the feeling of the superior protecting the subordinates. Not the feeling of a sister with her sister. Or a form of responsibility because it is given the mandate to maintain. This feeling goes beyond that! This is a man's affection for women!
Why have I been so stupid all this time? There have been so many signs, yet I have always brushed it off. Always take refuge in the relationship of subordinate superiors or sister brothers. What am I trying to deny?
I like Arsha. Loved her. Most likely, I loved him too.
You idiot! Why did you realize this feeling for so long? Is it not too late to tell?
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Happy Reading 😅🙏
NB: Mangap for short 2 😂🙏 After this POV Author yes 😁