Waiting for Love for Me

53 SECRET ADMIRERS

"Dim, I'm having lunch here. Don't forget to have lunch soon too."

After putting down her empty lunch plate, Alila took her phone out of her pants pocket and sent a message to Dimas.

"I'm waiting for you, Al. After this I'll order food." Reply Dimas.

While waiting for a new message from Alila, Dimas who was lying in his bed opened the app to order food online.

"After this there was an event around the valley, Dim. I'll call you later tonight."

"Be careful, Al. I don't want you to be there."

"Yes, Dim. I will always be careful. There are you with me who always take care of me here."

Alila sends a photo to Dimas, where in the photo is seen Alila's left hand wearing a ring given Dimas middle holding a necklace Dimas proposal adorning his neck.

Dimas smiled broadly at the photo. Although there is no visible face of Alila there, but the photo is enough to make her happy because Alila is always looking after and paying attention to the gift.

"I miss you even more, Al. Time passes when you're not with me like this."

"I feel it too, Dim. I always miss you."

"Take care of yourself, Al. I love you."

"Sure, Dim. I love you too. I'll turn off the phone first. The show here will start soon."

Alila finishes the last message she sent to Dimas and turns off her phone immediately. And before continuing her activities, she climbed the stairs leading to her room to save her phone first.

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Activities in the afternoon to evening are natural activities around the tourist valley. All groups are required to follow the trip in the open according to the route determined by the committee.

The activity is the most awaited activity by all employees, because they can all walk and spoil the eyes to enjoy the beauty of the environment.

Exactly at two noon the journey began and is planned to end at around four in the afternoon. Alila group is the third group that departs from a total of twelve groups that have been sorted by the committee.

Alila's group made an elongated row in two. Two men each were at the front and back of the line, while two others joined in the middle along with four female members.

Alila was walking parallel to Nadia. But suddenly Nadia stopped because her shoelaces were loose. And the opportunity was used by Bayu who was behind Nadia to precede Nadia and teach Alila steps that seemed surprised by the presence of Bayu next to her.

"Don't be afraid, I won't bother you, Al. Stay focused ahead. The road is getting rocky."

Bayu is calm even though in his heart he is happy because he can walk with the woman he has admired for a long time.

Yes, the man had admired Alila a lot since he first saw her on their first day working in the Pandawa Group building. Not only because of the handsome face of Alila, but also because of the elegance and simplicity of the attitude of the woman who looks very attractive in her eyes.

In the end, that admiration slowly began to turn into a different taste in his heart. A love. Yes, she's in love with Alila. The same feeling he had felt years ago to a girl he could not have.

"Revelation, Al...!!"

Bayu caught Alila's shoulder and held her right hand quickly, as the woman's body darted towards him.

Alila almost slipped down as her right leg slipped on the dry river rocks they were crossing.

After her body was back upright and felt her legs were not experiencing serious problems, Alila immediately released herself and moved away from Bayu.

"Thank you." Alila said as she grabbed Nadia's hand and pulled her forward to her side.

Bayu who understood his point, immediately shifted and gave his place to Nadia to walk with Alila again, while he retreated and followed behind Nadia while continuing to pay attention to Alila.

"Are you okay, Al?" Nadia asked Alila who immediately shook her head.

"It's okay, Nad."

They both continue their journey with their group by holding hands to keep each other because of the steep and rocky road conditions.

Until without feeling half their journey through. Their group arrived at the location of a waterfall that is not too high but very beautiful panorama, with a clear water flow below it that paved the river to the surrounding.

After the whole group arrived there, they were given time to rest and enjoy the provisions that had been provided by the committee in the cool atmosphere.

Alila invited Nadia to sit on one of the mats around the river, which was provided by the committee to rest while enjoying the beauty of nature in front of them.

Some people joined one mat with them, including Bayu who always followed behind Alila. He did not do anything, but his attitude made Alila feel disturbed because it was constantly monitored and followed.

Bayu can feel the gelagat Alila that looks uncomfortable with its existence. Yet for some reason, for this time he could not help himself from continuing to approach Alila.

There might not be another chance for him at another time, to be able to get close to Alila like this. Her heart was completely selfish this time, wanting to stay beside Alila no matter what.

"Al, are you uncomfortable with me being here?" Ask Bayu who managed to shift his sitting position to the right of the woman he admired and now loved.

Alila glanced at Bayu and exhaled her breath.

"Truthfully yes." Answer's short.

"I'm sorry." Saying Bayu is equally short and after that they return to silence.

Nadia who sat to the left of Alila only listened to the stiffness between them. Eight months working together and friendly with Alila he has understood the attitude of Alila who does not like the existence of talks that offend her personal problems as small as it is.

Nadia turned her attention to the friend next to her. They talked about work in the office and activities this time.

"I don't deserve to be admired." Answer Alila quickly.

"Yes. You're right, Al. You don't deserve to be admired, because you deserve to be..." Say it seriously.

Alila's throat was blocked for a moment. Not a word was said from his lips even though he wanted to reply immediately and end the conversation he did not like.

"But unfortunately, it's not me who will have you, but someone else." Bayu continued to complete the sentence he said before.

In her heart, Alila was grateful because Bayu knew himself and even knew that he would belong to someone else, someone he loved so much.

"Would you be surprised if I told you that I also know your future husband, Al?"

And as Bayu suspected, Alila's face changed and expressed his surprise. But again Alila did not budge at all.

Along with the increasingly rigid situation between them, a call was heard using a loudspeaker from one of the organizers who asked the entire group to prepare to continue the journey.

Without waiting any longer, Alila and the others immediately stood up from their respective places and re-formed a row according to their group.

"Later tonight I want to talk to you again, Al. I'll say something about Dimas. I hope you're ready."

The dimas? Bayu mentioned Dimas' name, making Alila even more surprised and turned to look at the man. But as if no longer concerned with Alila, Bayu walked away and followed into the ranks of their group.

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After dinner and continued with the closing ceremony, the entire group is welcome to meet on their own and spend the night without an agenda from the committee again.

It seems that most employees choose to remain in the inn yard just mingling and joking together. Some others choose to sit together in the dining room and some choose to immediately rest in their rooms.

Alila herself actually wanted to rest in her room immediately, but Bayu first approached her and invited her to speak outside the inn.

With a little forced Alila followed Bayu who invited her to sit on the terrace of the inn. The night wind that since the closing ceremony had felt so cold, the more the night felt piercing to the bone.

"I want to rest soon." Alila first gave a warning if she did not want to linger there.

Bayu who understood the meaning of Alila's words only nodded his head and started the conversation.

"I love you, Al."

The confession that made Alila instantly kept their body at a distance and prepared the answer she had to give the man.

"But long ago it seemed like I was destined to be just a secret admirer of the women who loved Dimas."

Alila remained silent listening even though her heart began to wonder about Bayu's relationship with her future husband.

"Me and Dimas are high school friends. And at that time, we had a triangle love affair with a girl named Indah. I love Beautiful, but Lovely love Dimas very much. And Dimas himself.., he never loved anyone."

"I've been secretly admiring our classmate's girl since first grade. And in the third grade I ventured to express my feelings to Indah and she rejected me. We are both heartbroken. I was rejected by the Beautiful and Beautiful in no way ignored by Dimas whose attitude was very cold and rigid."

Alila remained silent without showing any reaction. He felt increasingly cold, but still tried to hold him by clutching tightly to Dimas's jacket he wore.

"And now I'm experiencing it again. I admired you for so long that I fell in love with you, Al. But once again I have to accept the fact that you love Dimas. And this time, Dimas had the same feeling as you. You love each other and become lovers who are about to get married."

Alila, who could not stand the cold of the night in the valley, stood up and stepped away from Bayu without saying a word. He entered the inn and continued walking towards the stairs and climbed one by one the stairs with shivering bodies and trembling legs.

When his legs almost reached the last rung of the stairs, suddenly his body was limp and...

Bruukkk...!!!

"Ali...!" Bayu shouted from the doorway of the inn.

While elsewhere...

Pyaarr...!!!

Inside his house, Dimas dropped the glass he was holding after taking drinking water from the kitchen.

"Ali..."

Unknowingly he immediately mentioned the name of his lover with a bad feeling.

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