The Love of the Maharani

The Day Before the Storm

Daffa continued walking towards Anna and Bella. The two women immediately stood up.

Once Daffa was in front of the two, he greeted the two women.

"Eva? What are you doing here? Shouldn't we have another meeting with Mr. Chen at one o'clock? It's eleven o'clock. You should hurry to prepare all the necessary files. Go!" Send Daffa to Eva (Bella).

Bella was stunned to get a subtle swipe from her boss. In his heart he complained a little.

'Isn't the boss himself telling her to catch up with Anna in the lobby as soon as possible? The Boss said, he should accompany Madam Anna the entire time. And if there is a suspicious foreign man, he should take Lady Anna away immediately. But now he's being cast out like this, ' Bella's inner monologue.

"Good, Sir!" Bella Sahut. Then Bella turned to Anna and gave her a brief nod. "Thank you." said Bella before leaving.

Anna also said "sama-sama" to Bella. And his eyes carried Bella away until her figure was far away.

"What were you guys talking about? Until Eva was clearly seen crying" Daffa asked Anna.

Anna looked at her husband. His mind is at war. Either he expressed his feelings to the young man right now, or not.

After a few seconds passed, Anna only realized the Daffa question. And he finally replied, "just a girl chat. Bias.."

Anna saw Daffa's neat appearance in a navi suit. Anna is reminded of the story of Bella.

Bella did not say the name of the man she liked. Anna wondered, was that man Daffa? If it is Daffa, then Bella is lying.

According to Bella's story, the man also liked her. If Daffa is what Bella meant, does that mean Daffa likes her?

Anna hopes that the man she likes and loves Bella is not Daffa.

'But wait a minute! Didn't Bella just say that the man had called her to tell her that HE WOULD marry another woman? If so, then obviously it is not Daffa. Since Daffa had married her two days ago, Anna was impeccable.

"Anna? You why?" Daffa's voice slowly re-entered Anna's sense of hearing.

Anna realized that she had been daydreaming. In his heart he really hoped his conjecture was true. Daffa is not someone Bella likes. Because presumably, Anna already liked and considered the Sundanese girl as a friend.

"Anna!"

"Hmm..? Yea?" Sahut Anna.

He refocused his eyes and thoughts on Daffa before him.

"Why you?" Ask Daffa repeating.

"It's okay. Just a little chat with Bella," said Anna explained.

"Who is Bella?" Ask Daffa with a puzzled expression.

"Bella's.. Evas. Bella's her real nickname is Eva, Daff. How the hell are you?! I don't know if Eva is usually called Bella by her office friends!" Anna quips.

"Is that so? I just found out. Ah, nevermind! We're having lunch now. Then I went off the island again. I'll probably be home again tonight. You won't have to wait for me to come home. Ok?" Decree Daffa.

"Oh. okay." replied Anna uninspired.

Realizing that his wife was down, Daffa grabbed Anna's shoulder until her body was in her arms.

Anna is back. His sense of smell caught the fresh mint scent of Daffa's body again. The aroma that he slowly began to recognize and disturbed his heart.

"I'll be back, when you open your eyes tomorrow!" (I'll be back when you open your eyes tomorrow)

Anna inhaled the smell of mint deeply. Imagine the rest of this day that he will go through accompanied by a sense of loneliness.

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In one of the restaurants located on the island of Gili Trawangan. A young man in his early thirties is waiting for his phone call to be picked up by his big boss.

While waiting, he enjoyed the view of the beautiful Caucasians dressed in mini-clothes passing by.

'Bohay right body bule-bule it. Distant with local women here. Moreover, the bule-bule mostly wear clothes and mini skirts. This is called the view from heaven!' the tall thin mustachioed man's inner.

He unceasingly drooled as he downed his fizzy drink. But the saliva was definitely not caused by the fizzy drink he drank. But it is caused by the sight of women's bodies that show more skin, than the body wrapped in clothes.

Shortly after, his phone call was picked up by his Big Boss across the street.

Clik.

"Hello!" A heavy voice greeted the man from his cell phone speaker.

"Hello, Boss! That's a great picture, boss!" Said the thin mustachioed man with excessive vigor.

"Mm. yeah. Who?" The Boss' voice sounded a bit breathless.

"Andrew Lawalata, Boss! Big catch, isn't it? Until now, no one had been able to get a photo of her scandal with any woman. And I managed to get a picture of him. It's a hot position!" Exclaimed the fiery Thin Mustache.

"Yes! Yep! Yep! Ahhhh!!!" A woman's voice slipped in from the speaker hole in the Thin Mustache's phone.

At once he swallowed. There was a large clock hanging on the wall of the diner. There the clock shows at half-eight o'clock in the night.

'That means, in Jakarta it is only half seven. Shouldn't the boss still be in the office? But how come the boss has 'healthy wrestling' with girls in the afternoon like this? you perverted boss!' the Thin Mustache monologue in the heart.

After a pause of almost a minute, the Thin Mustache again heard the voice of its Big Boss from across the phone.

"Send the picture to my phone. Let me see first." said the Boss.

"Good, Boss!"

Clik. Connection interrupted.

And the Thin Mustache sent him a picture that he thought was a big catch. Through the wazap messaging app, it sends the image immediately.

About five minutes later, his phone received an incoming call from the Boss. The thin-moustached man immediately lifted him up.

"Where, Boss?" Ask with hope.

"good. But if you can, get even hotter pictures. Find out the identity of the woman. His age, his job, everything about that woman. We're gonna make this into something big. Let's beat the magazine next door with this news!" Said The Boss.

"Ready, Boss! Oya, Boss. An early bonus can be, Boss? Accommodation money.." bargain the thin mustache man to the Boss.

"Aw! Slow down, dear! What if Mimi and Noni get scuffed? When you suck, he's blowing lava again, not milk.." The voice of the spoiled woman, back infiltrated through the speakerphone Thin Mustache.

Glug. This time, Peter Junior's thin mustachioed man woke up. Presumably he listened to the voice of ****** spoiled the woman of his Boss.

'Shit! Why wake up now?!' the thin mustachioed inner man glanced down at his Junior Peter.

Then, again the voice of his boss spoke.

"Yes. I'll send it later. You just get a better picture!"

And click. The phone connection was also cut off.

Hearing the last sentence from his Great Boss, made the thin-moustached man very happy. Hopefully the Boss is being kind, so it will send him a big starting bonus.

'But, I have to take care of my Peter Junior first. It seemed like he refused to sleep before playing around first!'

The Thin Mustache then circulated his gaze in all directions. He was looking for the figure of his quarry who had been a few nights accompanying Peter Junior to play.

Usually the local woman is always seen delivering drinks to the tourists.

And Yes. The man with the thin mustache finally found the woman. He also took his steps towards the woman.

Not yet near the woman, the Thin Mustache had imagined a hot night that he would pass in a moment.

While the hustle and bustle of party sounds loud on the beach suburb of Gili Trawangan. Even though the beach wind that night rippled quite fast. But it does not disturb the preoccupation of the tourists to enjoy their evening party.

They do not know, that a strong storm will hit the exotic island for almost a full day. Making Gili Trawangan Island become an isolated island for the next few days.

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