TANTRIC

Chapter 38

This morning Tantra is preparing. There is an important meeting for a large project worth hundreds of Billion for a subsidiary of ArdTara corp engaged in mining.

Tantra started opening the laptop to make sure all reports had been sent via email. But there is one thing that disturbs Tantra. An email notification told him about the withdrawal of money in his account.

Tantra opened the Notification and read it. It was the notice of Bilyet's thawing of the giro that he gave Laura.

So he gave the money to Mike!

Tantra found out that because of the money transfer was recorded into an account in the name of Mike Bourdon.

Tantra closed her laptop. He rushed out of the apartment without saying goodbye to Laura.

Even so, he could hear Laura's voice shouting telling him that his wife was going to see Stella.

Not wanting to vent his anger, Tantra chose to leave and ignored Laura's words.

Tantra left for the main residence. He must pick up the great sir. The investment value for the project is huge and the Big Master as Chairman must know all the plans before his company held by Tantra decides to invest.

They both left in one car. The luxury car belonging to the Grand Lord drove towards the hotel meeting place.

The meeting will soon begin. This meeting was also attended by several businessmen and local officials who participated in the implementation of this project.

Tantra and Mr. Ardikusuma as the main guest sat on the oversized chair. Meeting commences. Some people presented their plans. Start a geological team that explains the accuracy of the drilling point to an ecological team that explains the impact of the project on the environment.

The meeting continued with discussions and questions from the parties who will invest, including Tantra.

When the meeting was urgent. Suddenly Tantra's phone rang. He immediately received the call.

Tantra spoke while whispering. "Yes Laura? I'm still meeting. Can-" Suddenly Tantra fell silent. 

He was silent because he heard Laura's crying voice sobbing.

"Mantra.. hiks.." Laura's voice sobbed from across the phone.

"Laura? Wh why? You why?" Tantra began to panic.

Laura did not answer. He was crying more and more.

Tantra could not bear to hear Laura's crying voice. "Where areyou? Send location! I'll be there soon."

"I'm-I'm in the city park." Laura answered while sobbing.

"Wait there! I'll be there soon!" Tantra then said goodbye to the lord Ardikusuma who was sitting next to him.

"Pa, I have to go. I need to see Laura." Tantra.

"This is a big project! You should be able to be professional by differentiating which one is more important to do! Don't over indulge Laura's childish will!" Resist Mr. Ardikusuma with a soft but firm voice.

"But Laura needs me now. There's nothing more important than that, right, Pa? Isn't the main task Papa gave me is to look after Laura?" This Tantric speech is enough to make Mr. Ardikusuma unable to refute.

"Go! Cover her! I'll handle the contract for the project." The decree of Mr. Ardikusuma is directly carried out by tantra.

Politely Tantra stood up and resigned to leave the meeting. Tantra rushed out of the room and ignored all the negative opinions of the people present at the meeting. According to them, the attitude of Tantra this time is less professional.

Once on the sidewalk in front of the city park, Tantra rushed in and looked for Laura.

Tantra headed for the chair where she found Laura when she first came to the city park.

Sure enough, Laura was there. Laura sat alone while crying sobbing. A heartbreaking cry made Tantra not bear him.

Tantra walked over and sat next to him. Laura looked at him. 

"I am, I am broken.. I am broken.." Laura cried again.

Tantra pulled Laura's body and grabbed her. Tantra doesn't want to say anything. He just wanted to protect Laura and calm her down. Tantra let Laura spill all the tightness in her chest in a tantric hold. While occasionally he stroked the soft hair on Laura's head.

Long enough Laura sobbed until her tears soaked her coat and Tantric shirt. After the tightness in her chest subsided, Laura started to open her voice.

"She.he betrayed me! Being with me just because I want my treasure!" Laura came back sobbing.

"I love her Mantra! I love her sincerely! But why is he so hearty?" Laura was lamenting her love.

He felt so hurt. He trusted Mike a lot. Loving her sincerely for thinking that Mike had dared to sacrifice for her.

"I'm willing to do anything! Because I know, Mike has sacrificed a lot for me. He was willing to leave his country for me! But truth? He did that because he wanted to get my Papa's treasure! The treasure! Not me!" Laura's tears seemed reluctant to stop.

"And that made me more broken. The friend I trusted, was willing to betray me! He's playing with Mike behind me!" Laura's cry became.

"Why Mantra? Why is no one sincere to me? All because of Papa's treasure! They're approaching me because of Papa's treasure!" Laura started screaming. "This is unfair! This is so unfair! I love them so much! But why are they so happy? Why Mantra?" Laura cried while patting Tantra's chest.

"I love her Mantra! I really love her! He's the first man who can grab my attention! He was the first man to fill my heart!" Laura hugged Tantra's body.

Tantra doesn't really understand what happened to Laura. Laura's story is just a piece. But what Tantra sees and can feel, Mike has made Laura hurt. Laura looks so fragile and broken.

Tantra deliberately just kept quiet without asking anything. He did it so that Laura felt comfortable and ready to pour out all the feelings that made her claustrophobic.

Tantra was still hugging Laura. He stuck his wife's head on his chest. Gently stroking Laura's head, Tantra said to take her home.

"We're going home?" Tantra helped Laura stand up. He guided his wife to walk out of the city park with his hands always on her shoulders.

Laura walked very slowly. His body looks very lethargic. His bones were hard to support his weight. Tantra patiently led the wife.

The clouds suddenly turned dark. Rainwater starts to fall. Tantra doesn't want his wife to rain.

"We're looking for shelter, aren't we?" Because of Laura's slow movement, Tantra took the initiative to hold his wife. Tantra raised Laura's body by holding her bridal style.

Tantra walked quickly to find shelter but there was no place in the garden that she could use. Half-running, Tantra exited towards the sidewalk.

Tantra saw a stop she could use to shelter. Tantra rushed there because the rain water had started to feel heavy.

Tantra managed to take Laura to shelter at the stop even though their clothes were slightly wet due to the rain.

Tantra called the Great Lord's driver to pick her up. He sat down next to Laura. Laura's gaze was blank, her body was weak as well. Tantra leaned Laura's head on her shoulders. He held onto Laura's shoulder with one arm. They waited until their pick-up car arrived.