The Unexpected Love Journey

ARC II: CHAPTER VII

“Haduh, when there are still more than a week. Why go home so soon?”

From Incheon Airport until now; while they were waiting for their luggage, Dimas continued to ramble asking why they had come home and ended their vacation so quickly.

“Lah you why even join the cave? Kan you can continue the holiday alone or together with Stefani or Brandon,” Andre who was a little upset finally replied with a slightly raised voice. He also could not say that the reason they came home was because his mother told him and Yunita to go home immediately on the grounds that there was an emergency.

“How to proceed if the cave girl always follows the schedule of the girl lo. Eh Yun, can you find another assistant, right? Let Stefani schedule kosongan little,”

“Basically you are,” Stefani replied as she reached out to Dimas, “Not to think of his nonsense ni people who are not clear, just focus on your affairs both today,” Stefani said then to Yunita without removing her hand from Dimas' ear.

“Well, at least now this big class playboy got a girl who can make him afraid. Thanks to Stef,” Brandon said, winking to Stefani.

“Good, rather than being a burden ortunya mulu right with rumors ngak clear that he made,”

“Basic friends do not have the character of both of you yes..” grumbled Dimas who now holds Stefani's hand so that his ears are not pulled too hard.

Andre, Dimas and Yunita seemed to be indifferent to Dimas who started babbling and focused on finding their luggage among the suitcases that passed through them; for it was not their sudden return, they only have business class so they have to take their own baggage.

Her joking laughter turned awkward as they stepped out of the arrival gate. Outside, without them expecting it, many reporters with cameras immediately ran up to them; especially Yunita and Andre.

Quickly, Andre instantly pulled Yunita to hide behind him. Meanwhile, Stefani, Dimas and Brandon were standing slightly behind Yunita to block the reporters from behind who had surrounded them.

Various questions were thrown from the mouths of journalists who swarmed them, but all the points were the same, questioning the gossip of Andre and Yunita's engagement, as well as the love triangle of Andre, Yunita and Christopher.

“Sorry yes, about any gossip we no comment,” Andre replied when not too much is talking. The answer is actually in accordance with what his mother told him to come home yesterday.

The disgruntled journalist's reaction—and indeed their nature as it was—l went on raining down Andre and Yunita various questions again. Andre who had enough experience with something like this just kept walking while calling Mr. Budi, giving a sign to pick him up. Not long after, about 5 minutes later, Alika with some people who looked more like bodyguard—from her stocky body— approached them all.

“Sorry friends everyone, for an official statement later we will give you a moment later. So, please cooperate, let them rest after a long journey yes,” said Kak Alika with a slightly tangled shirt; because it must be crowded with journalists to approach Andre and Yunita.

Mr. Budi who was a bit late came together when they arrived in front of Yunita's SUV. “Yunita will come with me first brother, there is something we have to talk to my mother,” Andre said when he saw Mr. Budi who opened his car door.

“Ok, please, I also want to go there because,” Kak Alika's answer is not surprising to Andre. Because already know the nature of his mother who will solve a problem as soon as possible.

And, journalists who saw Andre and Yunita riding in Andre's car immediately photographed it, some of them were seen starting to get busy with their notes and cellphones.

***

Arriving at the company of Andre's parents, Yunita and Stefani was amazed to find out that the entire building— which has at least 20 floors— belongs to Andre's parents. He thought, like the office tower, the Andre family company only rented a few floors. However, as was the case with Alika's sister, she didn't seem surprised at all as if this wasn't her first time visiting.

Just like in the dramas he watched, to pass through the loby area and access the elevator, they had to have special permission—-like ID Card— to pass through the doorstop; which of course was not necessary for Andre, because as soon as they got closer, all the bars opened.

While waiting in line for the elevator, the people around occasionally glanced towards them; some were even heard gossiping in very slow voices. But of course, if the gossip is about Andre and Yunita.

Naturally, in addition to Andre rarely come to the company of his parents, rumors are increasingly circulating about their engagement both as if to be gasoline that makes the gossip fire bigger. Until Andre and the others came out of the elevator, people were still gossiping.

“Eh, listen to the internet here using satellites that can reach 100 Gbps?” chirp DImas while they are walking a hallway that along the right left of them is the office room of the highest executives of the company, ranging from COO, CMO, etc.

“Udah from a year ago, now again trial, and it's only in theory yes, not necessarily so in everyday use,” explained Andre Yunita, when talking a bit seriously like that it looks kind of cool and a little charismatic.

“Means all servers here use Satellite all?” ask Dimas back, please,

“No, just make a backup on Satellite. Still use fiber optics here mah. But it might be 50:50 use,” explained Andre back.

“Just right bokap you want an IPO plan, the momentum is very fitting. Bayangin, your company may be the only one in Indo that has a satellite with a bandwidth of 100 Gbps. Must have been hard. Especially if it is fried the same media so excited. Goks is definitely the result,” said Dimas back.

“IPO is not that easy. Many need to check, financial audit, management system, GMS, ..”

“They are still SMA but the language is already that level, it is different class with us - we are?” stefani said while Andre, Dimas and Brandon continued to talk about the IPO.

While listening to Andre, Dimas and Brandon. Yunita felt like they were living in a different world to the three people in front of her and as if to tell her that there was still much she did not know about Andre.

About a few minutes walk, they finally stopped in front of a room that had a glass door on it that was plastered with the words,”President Director/CEO.” One thing that is cool and makes Yunita amazed, is when Andre put his finger on a scanner to open the glass door. He suspected that only people with registered fingerprints could open the door, like those in scifi films.

Passing through the glass door, the first room they passed was a fairly large room with 4 workers who were the secretary of his father Andre. Before they finally entered a super large room with a long sofa; a pool table; a super large and thin TV that looks to blend with the wall and of course there is a large table that is definitely owned by Andre's father.

“Welcome, how does it feel to first come here?” Andre's mother greeted them all with a big smile on her face. While his father Andre seems to be busy with someone through his phone.

“Big aunty, I thought it was only a few floors,” Yunita replied with a bit of embarrassment; Stefani also just nodded and smiled because she did not know what to say.

“Wah, the more beautiful you are every day,” Andre's father, once done with his business, immediately praised Yunita's beauty.

In fact, Yunita only wears casual clothes; only t-shirts covered in brown sweater— so as not to get cold on the plane— and gray trousers that are rather thin but not translucent. “Indeed, you have a keen eye for a beautiful girl yes,” Andre's father said then while glancing at Andre.

“Come, sit down first. Must be tired, will the long journey end? What do you want to drink?” asked Andre's mother who was seen pressing something on Andre's father's desk. Shortly after, a woman who was one of her father Andre's secretaries entered.

The first few minutes, about 10 or 20 minutes, they were just talking about the holidays; fun or not, there were problems during the holidays or not, well just pleasantries. Newly, after their ordered drink came, Andre's mother got up from her couch, walked up to Andre's father's desk and took something from inside the desk drawer.

“Ok, no need to linger anymore. Please lock the door,”, said Andre's mother. And Brother Alika, without answering, he immediately locked the door according to the orders of his mother Andre. That, of course, is a question mark for Yunita, ‘since when did Kak Alika know her family Andre’, and ‘What is their relationship really?’.

As she was, Yunita was wondering what was happening right now to the point of having to lock the door. Andre's mother then put a tablet on the table and along with it a large TV screen that was fused with the wall was lit.

“Yunita and Stefani, you two may not know what's in front of you right now. About 2 weeks ago, this went to WA aunt, WA private that no one knows except family only,” after his mother Andre finished talking, W. A. private, a selfie photo featuring Yunita and Christofer is in bed with a blanket covered body plastered on the screen—but very clear if you want to give the impression that they have done perverted— is not there, so, beside him was also an email that threatened to give some money so that the photo did not leak.

“Basic jerk, which madman the hell dares to be rich gini?” seeing the photo was not as good as it was, Andre immediately went up and almost threw a cigarette ashtray on the table. Fortunately, Dimas and Brandon immediately held Andre's hand.

“This is not me kok aunty, know him only yesterday,” Yunita defend herself with a bit of excitement because it is still in shock; do not expect if there are people who can be so evil to do something like this.

“Quiet, aunt also know. Already aunty checks the same expert, and indeed this is a very smooth edit. And, Christofer was also a victim here,”

“Hah? So isn't Christofer the mastermind?” Andre, who had signed Christofer as the most likely suspect, was somewhat surprised by the words of his mother who looked so calm and sure.

“Yap, they are both victims. And it must be admitted, the person who sent it was smart enough, his IP address from abroad for now, whether he disguised it or indeed he lived outside. So it's quite difficult to trace further,” explained Andre's mother, “And another one, while IG you two will be managed by Alika. Moreover, many hate comments that have appeared since the last few days,”

“Already? That all?” ask Andre

“Iya,”

“That can be discussed via WA or video call,” protest Andre,

“Yunita's schedule has begun to be solid starting next week, let her rest so that the suit must be filmed during the night,”

“Tau you Ndre, don't think of a grand holiday. Kasian is also the candidate of your mother's favorite daughter-in-law in the soy sauce,” her father's goda Andre.

The attention shown by Mother and Father Andre made Yunita touched, he did not know what to say anymore after all this time always helped by Andre's mother. He, all this time thought to repay the kindness of Andre's family, but even to overflow himself and make others worried.

“Ah, and from now on, Andre.” said Andre's mother

“Hmm?”

“For a while, you live near Yunita,”, his mother Andre said as they were all at the door, preparing to go home.

“M.. Mak's.. Meaning we live one house so?” yunita's slightly floating mind and thinking about the no-no made her way of speech become a little flutter, her face even slightly flushed.

“Loh, you haven't told him Ndre?”

“Oh you want that?” not caring about his mother, Andre teases Yunita with a naughty smile, “Past time yes mom,” said Andre saying goodbye while holding the hand of Yunita whose face was getting red. Seeing the behavior of Andre and Yunita, Andre's mother only shook her head while Andre's father even smiled to himself.

***

On the way home, Andre and Yunita with Mr. Budi also, chose to stop by briefly at the mall to shop for some needs in Andre— apartment after being explained by Andre, he said, Yunita even back suspected that Andre had been spying on her so that she could know her schedule—while Dimas and others went home with the car that Yunita used to use to the set.

As Alika warned, when they were shopping until waiting in line to pay, not a few people ask for photos with the two of them—but certainly more Yunita—and a little make them both less comfortable.

“You both feel at home with all the frenzy like that,” asked Mr. Budi, who observed them from a distance and only shook his head when shopping.

“Kan was waiting in the car sir,” replied Andre, I have been expecting,

“Sorry yes, I am here to take care of this miss one, not that,” joked Mr. Budi, he said,

“Thank you sir, I'll treat you good-tasting,”

Andre, who wanted to reply to Mr. Budi's words earlier, was interrupted by his cellphone vibrating in his pants pocket. Seeing that it was a phone call from Brandon, he immediately replied, “Why?”

“Wah, do you plan to gokil too? Can you post together rich like that?”

“Aaan anyway? Caves ngak post..” before finishing his words, Andre remembered that his current IG is not only himself who manages, “Wait a while, cave call back later, and then,” added Andre before hanging up the phone from Brandon.

“Why? Any new problems?” yunita asked when she saw Andre who was in a hurry to check on something.

Andre did not answer, he just immediately opened his IG, and was surprised to see the top post on his homepage which was a picture of him and Yunita during a holiday in Korea yesterday.

“..Night, maybe this was too late. But, after look how much this misconception has become bigger problem than before, I think I need to explain the truth. Me and @Yunita_7996 actually dating from 1 year ago. So, what media told you about Yunita left Christofer for rich man (me) isn’ true. And about the engagement. Yes, that’s was right, we have plan for it but not now. The Graduate maybe? I just want to clear all false and fake rumour. So, please say bad things to her. Have a nice day.”

Caption Yunita in IGnya also looks not much different, just a different point of view but the main point is more or less the same. Even the updated photos are the same and at the same time also in accordance with the words of Brandon.