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84. Bian Prasetya

...You must not go anywhere beside me, I must always be in your heart. There's a myriad of reasons for that....

Ah Orchid forgets one thing, He is dealing with an unfinished 'book' to read.

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I stepped back to see the figure in front of me, Bian. How long had I not seen him, As if this was just a dream that was present for a moment and then would disappear.

Bian was still standing waiting for me to approach him. He smiled with those dimples. His body again leaned on the door leaf.

"Grand, do I have to pick you up from the stand?" that voice, Oh my God, I miss him.

My lips force a smile, Awkward. I dragged a step towards the door entering the room in black and white. The distinctively masculine fragrance of Danar oozed out of the room.

The body seemed to float while sitting on the black Danar sofa. My hand reached for the sofa cushion with a vertical line motif.

The body felt vibrating I disguised by hugging the pillow and rendering it in the hands of the sofa. Bian was sitting on the couch next to me.

"I'm fine, how are you?" my voice seemed to be stuck in the throat inversely when answering Danar.

"Your news is good, Orchid? Is this what makes you good?" Bian grabbed my hand and played his finger on Kenzo's ring. Her net was staring intently at my bead of eyes.

He added "Now I'm not doing well, Orchid"

I pulled my hand but Bian held it tight.

"Bian let go you're engaged and have even proposed to another girl" if according to my heart then I want Bian to hold my hand for now. Only my logic refuses to do that.

I feel like this is a mistake. Bian belongs to Tasya and I still have a commitment to Kenzo. My logic does not accept this. Against a struggling heart wanting to stay here.

"You're engaged, not me!"

My eyes narrowed at Bian's words. Kenzo just proposed to me in person. Not yet officially because of the condition of his parents who have not allowed to do a proposal.

"you mean? aren't you engaged, I saw your engagement photos on social media Diandra!" I turned my face when I said that. Didn't want Bian to read how broken this heart was when he remembered the photo.

"How long have you been looking at that picture? You don't want to know what happened next? you blocked all my phone numbers, social media never even returned all the signs I gave you,"

"No more communication between us. Everything is clear, If you want to talk, why don't you find a way? I can't buy another number. I used to pick up an unknown number,"

"really? do you want to talk when I call you? why didn't my birthday video get a response? even his account disappeared because there were reports as spam. All my signs you never miss let alone just contact me to ask why I did."

My eyes blinked many times. I know I can't dodge, if he calls me I'll obviously never pick up. His message would never be read by me because I was afraid to see him married.

"You don't want to talk to me anymore, Orchid. While I was there I worked on everything. I knew I'd been making mistakes all along. Being a coward who ran away from trouble but when I arrived in Jakarta I fixed everything,"

"Yes,"

"Yes what? you don't know anything!"

"What should I know, Bian?"

"You should know that I've kept all the promises I've ever made"

"Ehmm, Promise? what are you keeping! there ain't! I'm here fighting alone. Sorry Bian, it's too late. Your promise is just an emptiness like a piece of paper without writing!"

I stood up from the sofa, There was anger when he said keep the promise. He promised to fight for me, to recover when Setya messed up, he said he would protect me always. It's just a lie.

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"Where are you going?"

"It's over, Bian, stop because there's nothing you've done to keep your word!"

"really? nothing I do?"

"Yes, Nothing!"

I looked back at Bian's bead. Without him the peace I've got, now he'll come back. How long ago I was defeated by feeling now my logic takes over.

Just now my hand reached for the door handle when Bian's voice sounded different.

"My assistant says you have agreed to rent our property on Sudirman Street. Where to use for your restaurant. There's no lease agreement in the next two years,"

As soon as I froze, my hand was unable to move the door handle. The assistant? my brain is processing that word. I have trouble breathing hearing this.

"I do not mind to provide rental fee waivers with payment through installments, Make renovations as you wish. Will you cancel the agreement agreed through my assistant?"

Cleo who came almost simultaneously with the departure of Bian to Jakarta to attend the matchmaking. He who offered me the shophouse block when we were almost desperate had not gotten a new shophouse.

Cleo was the one who taught about partnerships and offered relationships to establish partnerships with Miepa. He also made it easier to find the purchase of noodle and frozen food production machines, Cleo also helped negotiate prices so that they get cheaper prices.

It was Cleo who helped give the direction to coordinate the management of Miepa. Cleo is the owner of the shophouse but almost every day she comes to visit Miepa. Wh-wh-what for? I never even thought anything about this.

Back the shadow of the sweet black girl with that shoulder-length hair flashed. Cleo was the one who saw my condition was not healthy and at that time Bian was sending vitamins.

I closed my mouth with one hand, It's hard for me to believe this reality.

Cleo was the one who asked if Dion was my lover because he often saw us together. He stared meaningfully at Dion. At that time I thought he liked Dion, I was wrong.

Cleo saw the ring on my finger and asked if I was engaged. I said that Kenzo applied. He also asked when his proposal would take place.

Yesterday, Yes yesterday. Cleo said that the owner of the former restaurant that I had agreed to rent Miepa would come. He was going to meet me and it turned out that the owner of the former restaurant building was Bian.

I realized that the shophouse on Sudirman Street belonged to Bian standing on his mother's estate. It turned out that he also owned another property on Sudirman Street.

...So tomorrow he's coming, huh, Cleo?"...

..."Aye, Right,"...

..."What'sthetime? tumben finally wants to come usually through you,"...

..."There's something important he wants to do,"...

The conversation with Cleo was back. One day after Cleo found out I was being proposed to by Kenzo. Bian came today.

It's not that many times I've always said it's lucky to meet Cleo. Thanks to Cleo giving a lot of input in developing my business.

Cleo is Bian's assistant. This fact hit me hard. Using Cleo as the one who helped me, disguising Bian's role. It's too risky if Bian goes down straight away helps because Setya won't be quiet.

While telling me from the beginning that Cleo was Bian's assistant. He knew there would be rejection from me. Since Tasya and Bian's engagement, I've closed all communication with Bian. Especially accepting his help.

Bian was behind my growing efforts, he kept the promise that had been said.

"How are you going to get out of this room? I know you won't renege on an agreement that's been agreed through my assistant."

I pulled my hand back from the door handle and turned my body back to look at Bian. He stood while leaning against the desk in the middle of Danar's room.

His right hand plays the map, the other hand is sent to the table. I backed off and held back the body with the door, keeping from falling down to get to this reality.

Bian walked over to the long nightstand that was placed under the window of the room. He went to the electric coffee machine on the nightstand, took two cups, opened his hand and took two coffee capsules.

Then the electric coffee machine fulfilled its task. Two cups of coffee with thin steam have been held by Bian by flanking the map in his hand. He put two cups of coffee on the desk.

"I hope a cup of coffee calms the mind."

He smiled with a meaningful smile. Bian pulled out a chair and let me sit down. He walked towards the chair behind the desk.

"Let's start doing this lease. At first, my plan was to leave this agreement to my assistant Cleo. Only with the name listed in the agreement is Bian Prasetya. I better do it myself. There's more important things I have to do."

I don't know how big my face is right now when I walk and sit in the chair in front of Bian. We were limited to a work desk with a rental agreement and two cups of coffee on it.

"We'd better start the deal by drinking a cup of coffee. I'm not comfortable seeing my prospective tenants seem shaky and so pias,"

I grabbed the coffee cup as it sipped slowly. Bian advanced his body on the table and he whispered the words slowly one by one.

"Grand, you can't go anywhere stay by my side. I must always be in your heart. There are a lot of reasons for that,"

Bian re-advanced his tall body, He was getting closer.

"One more call me 'Sister Bian', I've already told you why and you'll remember."

I forgot one thing this time. Bian is a book I haven't read yet. There are too many things in Bian Prasetya.

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