Thorny Love

*Chapter 41

"Mas, when did you buy me a house? He said yesterday you want to buy us a new house, on my behalf? But, how come it's still not, mas?" laila asked Rama who was sitting pensively on the porch seat of the house.

"Give me some time, La. I still can't buy us a house because .... " Rama hangs up his words. He could not continue his words because he did not want Laila to know that the company he owned was in a bad condition.

"For what, mas? Because you don't want to buy a house in my name? Aye? You know, I'm not gonna want you moving out of Zia's house."

"Laila, you really have no shame, huh? Do you want to be in Ziana's house? After all, Ziana is my ex-wife. You really want to stay there." Rama was really upset at Laila, to the extent that, he spoke in a high tone to Laila.

"Mas, did you snatch me? Hiks .. hiks .. so you can snatch me, Rama," said Laila in tears.

"I wouldn't have snapped at you, if you had a little mind that you could use. You will not be ashamed of me if you use your mind well" said Rama, rising from his seat and walking away from Laila.

Laila could only see the departure of Rama who left her. Looking at that back, it was getting away from him.

Meanwhile, Zia, who felt awkward about the apartment she had lived in for several weeks, now chose to visit her apartment. As he passed through Zein's room, his footsteps came to a halt.

Zia looked at the room. There was an intent in his heart to knock on the door of the room. However, that intention was thwarted by a voice coming from behind Zia.

"He's not in his apartment."

Such was a voice thwarting Zia's intentions. Quickly, Ziana looked back to see the owner of the voice.

"Risk." Zia looked towards Riska who was standing straight with a sharp gaze towards her.

"Yes, it's me. Wh why? Shocked?"

"No. Oh yeah, if I could tell, where'd Zein go?" ask Zia curiously.

"Go home."

"Going home? Yeah, home. Why?"

"none. I'm just asking. Is there something wrong with my question until you seem unhappy to answer it?" zia asked somewhat annoyed.

"Ti-not really," said Riska, shocked by Zia's back-to-back questions.

Riska did not expect that she would get such a question back. At first, he thought, Zia is a weak woman who is easily oppressed. But the truth is, quite the opposite.

"I know you're a friend, Zein. You know Zein very well. But you shouldn't be cynical with me. If you don't want to answer what I'm asking, then you don't have to answer. Excuse me."

Zia left Riska after saying such words. He no longer wants to deal with strange people by letting them do what they want. The time of surrender was over for Zia.

Meanwhile, on the other hand, Zein was sitting pensively in his room. Flipping through Zia's business cards that she kept from yesterday. However, he had not been able to contact the number listed on the business card.

"Lake in!"

The door opened, a middle-aged man emerged from behind the wide-open door leaf. The man walked towards Zein while carrying the map in his hand.

"What's up, Pa?" ask Zein about the man.

"Papa has contacted you several times, asking you to come to papa's office. But you ignored papa by not raising the call from papa. Papa thinks something bad is happening so you can ignore your papa. But the truth is, you're sitting sweet with a sinless face in your room."

"What! Papa called me? When, pa?" asked Zein in confusion.

"Look at your phone! There must be an answer to what you asked papa."

Zein did what his father said. He saw his phone quickly. At the sight of the incoming call that none of him picked up, Zein raised next to his eyebrows. With a guilty face, Zein smiled while looking at his papa face.

"I'm sorry, Pa. I didn't hear a call coming in on my phone."

"Obviously you're not with Zein, your guy is busy with your daydreams" his papa said slightly mocking.

"Papa's just been around. Oh yeah, what did you bring here just now?" asked Zein when he remembered the map that his papa had brought.

"Oh yes, almost forgot papa with the purpose of papa came here. Papa came to want to submit a contract of cooperation of our company with the company's homeland. Papa is very interested in working with that company. According to the news you heard, this company is a developed company that has a very good name in the business world. Papa wants you to get a signature for this cooperation contract that you brought. At any rate," said papa Zein, handing the map to Zein.

Zein who was shocked by the intentions of the papa, was speechless. In disbelief, he received the map that his father gave him. Then open the map and ask.

"Papa sure wants to cooperate with the company's homeland, Pa?"

"Yes rest assured. If not sure, where maybe you ask you to return to the homeland just want to establish cooperation with the company."

"Tumben really want to establish cooperation with the company of the country. Usually never want, even though many times I offer," said Zein while looking at his papa with a look of disbelief.

"That was before you knew about this company. Once you know the ins and outs of this unique company, you feel very interested in working with them."

"Unique company?" zein asked, increasingly clueless as to what his papa was saying.

"Yes, unique. In addition to this company has a pretty good name among business level abroad. The company is led by a female leader. Rarely, Zein, there are companies that are famous to foreign countries with the leadership of women companies like this company," he explained.

Hearing the explanation from his papa, Zein immediately saw the details of the company. His eyes glared slightly when he saw the name of the company listed on the contract letter that was in front of him now.

"Zaza group?" zein asked as if he could not believe what he was seeing right now.

"What's up Zein? Did you know about the Zaza group's company?" asked her father, curious about the expression Zein showed after seeing the name of the company they wanted to work with.