The Sheen of Love Alzarin

Chapter 44

𝙏𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙠

Zetta's room door was knocked. Dennis appeared with a sour face staring at Zetta. Just two days Zetta has joined the family company, but it has made Dennis angry because of his actions.

"Dragon, what's wrong?"

"You think you don't know what you're doing? You're the one who's been spreading news about Alzarin?" cycar Dennis's.

Zetta. It was too lazy to argue with the older brother just because of the woman, he thought.

"Zettaa! Answer Brother!"

Zetta stared hard at Dennis. "Just because that cheap woman is brother to this anger? Is she still in love with him?"

Dennis rubbed his face rough. "It's not about love! It's about the family's good name. What would happen if my mom and dad knew what you were doing? They will be ashamed. And just so you know, before you act you should think carefully who you are dealing with."

Inexplicably hearing Dennis' explanation made Zetta a little scared.

"What does Brother mean?"

Dennis shakes. "Don't understand you either? You are dealing with Arion Nusantara and Argantara. Do you know who they are? They could be looking for you!"

"Well?!" Zetta stunned. He realized that what he had done to Alza had awakened the sleeping lion.

"Don't scare me!"

"I didn't do it. I just reminded you. And I can't help you until they find you. You take care of it because of what you did!"

Dennis walked out of the room after saying something extreme was heard by Zetta.

"𝘚𝘪𝘢𝘭! 𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢. 𝘏𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘩! 𝘒𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶? 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘢! 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘬𝘶𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯."

Zetta suddenly panicked and frightened. He grabbed his cell phone and called his man.

"𝘕𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘵𝘶𝘫𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘪𝘧. 𝘈𝘵𝘢𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢. 𝘊𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪."

Zetta was upset and slammed the phone.

"ARGH! How'this? Don't let him get caught."

Zetta paced back and forth in her room. Imagining how horrible Arion is, makes Zetta swallow. It remains clear in memory how Arion cunningly separated Alza and Dennis.

"It seems I picked the wrong opponent! The alza... I should how?"

Zetta continues to mutter to herself by imagining her next fate at the hands of Arion and Argan.

...***...

In her room, Alza looked dreamy. Thinking about what happened last night with her and Argan made Alza sigh.

Luckily Alza managed to stop Argan from doing more for him. Even though last night both of them were overcome by passion to have each other.

𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳, 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘩 𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘳. 𝘒𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘬 𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘣𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘯𝘺𝘢.

𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢, 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢. 𝘉𝘢𝘩𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘫𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘢. 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢. 𝘎𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘮. 𝘐𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘪 𝘬𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯. 𝘐𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪.

𝘒𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘢, 𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘫𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩. 𝘚𝘦𝘬𝘶𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘢 𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘩 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘨.

"𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬, 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘯𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩!" 𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘴.

𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳. 𝘐𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘩𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘳.

"𝘖𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘬𝘶 𝘫𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘪!" 𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘬.

𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳. 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘪 𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺𝘢. 𝘐𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘱 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘵.

"𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳. 𝘔𝘢𝘢𝘧𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘬𝘶, 𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢. 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘩!" 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘬 𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢 𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵.

"𝘔𝘢𝘢𝘧𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘬𝘶... 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶 𝘖𝘮𝘢. 𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘶 𝘬𝘢𝘯?"

𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯, 𝘈𝘭𝘻𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘶𝘬. "𝘐𝘺𝘢, 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨. 𝘒𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢."

Alza closed her eyes in light of last night's events. Love is intoxicating. Love is blinding. But the perpetrator of love must keep his sanity.

𝘿𝙧𝙧𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙩 𝙙𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙧𝙩

Alza's phone is vibrating. A message came in from Argan. Alza.

Alza breathed slowly. He smiled and replied to Argan's message.

"𝙄𝙮𝙖 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙜. 𝘼𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙪𝙜𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙞-𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙞 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙖. 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙡𝙪𝙥𝙖 𝙟𝙖𝙜𝙖 𝙠𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙜. 𝘼𝙠𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙜𝙖 𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙖 𝘼𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙜..."

Message sent. Shortly after, Alza's phone shook again. An incoming call was plastered on his phone screen.

"Oma Ratna?" Alza. With a firm heart, Alza answered a call from Argan's grandmother.

"Hello, Oma..."

"𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘶 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘵𝘶?"

"She, Oma."

"𝘉𝘢𝘪𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘩. 𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘪 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘥𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰 𝘟𝘠𝘡 𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘪."

Oma Ratna immediately turned off the phone without hearing Alza's reply. Alza regained her breathing.

Lately, a lot has happened in his life.

"Oma must want to talk about my relationship with Bang Argan. Hopefully I can convince Oma of my feelings for Bang Argan..."

...***...

When lunchtime arrived, Alza rushed to the agreed resto with Oma Ratna. Alza drives her own car today. It would be more practical to use your own car.

After driving for a while, Alza arrived at the XYZ restaurant. Alza went down while neutralizing her heartbeat. Her footsteps felt heavy as soon as she entered the resto door.

"Miss Alzarin?" A servant ran over Alza.

"Yes, I'm alone."

"Miss has been awaited by Mrs Ratna. Please come with me!"

Alza nodded. He followed the maid into a closed room.

"Please come in, Miss. Lady Ratna is inside."

Alza nodded back. He could not even say anything until he entered the room and saw the figure of Oma Ratna sitting quietly behind him.

Alza took her breath. "Geez!" greet Alza with a friendly smile.

Oma Ratna just smiled faintly. "Sit down!"

Oma Ratna asked Alza to sit opposite her. Alza according.

"How's Oma doing? Sorry I rarely come to visit Oma."

Oma Ratna mangosteen. "It's okay. You are busy now. You're holding the director's position now."

Alza. Surely all that Alza got was thanks to Argan and Oma Ratna.

"I'm glad Oma's in good health." Alza is stale.

"We eat first and then we talk."

Alza agrees. They both ate in silence. Alza's mind was filled with a lot of speculation as to what Oma Ratna would talk to him about.

"You know Argan is my only grandson. And he's the only one I rely on to take care of my husband and his father's legacy."

Alza was silent and lowered. I think he's starting to understand where Oma Ratna's talking is going.

"Oma wants the best for Argan. His name is on the rise right now. His career is on top. Just a little bit of her getting tangled up in a dime scandal, her career could be ruined. You understand, right?"

Alza is still tight-lipped.

"If you really love Argan, love Argan. Then... Stay away from him. Leave her. I'm sure if you stay away, Argan's gonna forget you..."

Alza's eyes glazed over. He looked at Oma Ratna with trembling lips.

"Oma, i..."

...***...

*𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚣𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝙾𝚖𝚊 𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚊? 𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊?