Whiter

The Part 18

Shanon smiled bitterly unable to turn around and looked directly at the face that was so missed. He must be strong for himself. Not giving up, he was just doing something right using the pull-string system commonly used by kasmaran women. Besides, he was still upset and wanted to repay Jared's mistake in this way.

"Learn to stop" replied Shanon very strongly.

"I'm already out of my mind" said Jared slowly.

Shanon was eager to calm her down by saying 'I'll hang by your side if that's what you want.' But he will not be strong if again Jared changed his mind and left him. In order to protect herself, Shanon said, "Don't be selfish just out of a moment's desire."

After saying that sentence Shanon actually stepped away leaving Jared alone there. He will let the man decide his own choice. For now he will wait.  How exhausting it is to wait and wait again.

"Shanon, what's wrong with your hand?" hans asked who suddenly appeared in front of him.

Shanon gaped and nervously watched his hand.

"Oh I accidentally nudged hot coffee."

"Let me see," Hans reached out his hand intending to check but spontaneously Shanon moved backwards avoiding the man's touch.

"I've treated him. Thank you," explained Shanon with a faint smile. "I have to finish some work, Hans. Excuse me."

Jared who saw Shanon's departure was still silent on the spot. He had seen Shanon's long hair that did not want to turn around to see him. The shadow of Shanon's back that left him suddenly made his head dizzy. Jared frowned but the vague silhouette of a woman leaving him instantly appeared in his mind.

"Mrs. Jared, are you okay?" asking someone made Jared immediately control himself in the midst of the shock of his mind's discomfort.

"Yes." Yeah." Jared looked at who was standing in front of him. Apparently Hans.

Without further ado he immediately left Hans there.

In his room Jared thought again about a woman who suddenly appeared in his memory. Whose shadow is that? He still doesn't understand. Why did Shanon's move suddenly bring up such a strange memory?

Feeling anxious, Jared gulped down his mineral water. Maybe it was just his delusion as a result of a few days of not sleeping regularly.

Jared recalled the words of Shannon.

Don't be selfish he said?

He was barely sane because he thought of just that one woman. All the time he tried not to think much about Shanon. But what is the outcome? Nothing, just like doing what he knows the results will be in vain.

Jared was tired of holding back and now is being selfish with a momentary desire?

The woman needs to be taught about the meaning of momentary desire.

The long-awaited weekend of Shanon has arrived. This is the day he can be himself. Viella knows everything so she doesn't have to hide and cover everything.

Now Shanon has prepared with a black tight dress that is quite sexy on his body. He deliberately did not growl his hair because the weather today was quite hot.

Like her dark heart, Shanon wears black shoes. Brava!

Now he was wearing everything black.

Arriving at bar 88, Shanon's eyes skimmed every side of the room looking for his best friend. As usual, this bar is always crowded especially on weekends. This situation made it even harder for her to find Viella.

It was fortunate that the barkeeper was familiar with his face so he could casually ask, "Has the friend who used to come here with me already entered?"

"Yes, miss." He pointed to the other side of the bar. "The lady walked over there a few minutes ago."

"Okay. Thanks." Thanks."

Shanon walked in the same direction as the guard said.

He is forced to use his eye to trace the whereabouts of Viella and bingo!

He was sitting down enjoying his drink.

"Viellaa!" hug Shanon from behind.

"God! You surprised me," his best friend protested, gently patting his hand.

Shanon releases Viella and sits next to her. "Bir" he told the bartender.

After the drink was placed, Shanon immediately gulped it down.

"How's your job?"

"It's exhausting" Viella replied as she rolled her eyeballs. "What about your new job?"

Shanon grunting. "That's how."

"That's how?" he didn't want to stop there. "Is your job a taboo subject to talk about? Is it because Jared's there?"

He raised both of his eyebrows making Shanon dumbfounded.

"Vi! How can you say that so casually?" chirping Shanon. His best friend always doesn't think before he speaks. Sometimes it's fun, but sometimes it's really annoying. "I'm lazy to talk about it."

"Why? Come onl. I'm very curious. Have you met?"

Shanon squinted. "Do you think as a receptionist I've never met the director of the company? Impossible."

"Then how? What's his reaction?"

"Don't I tell you he doesn't recognize me?"

Viella sneers."Tsk... How much has your face changed over the past 4 years? I don't remember you ever having plastic surgery."

"Stop teasing me" said Shanon then sipped his beer again.

"You suck, Shany!"

"Why?" Shanon put down his glass firmly.

"You'd be crazy to wish you could be with her again." Viella pats Shanon on the forehead. "He is married and has children. Just find another man."

"Nobody said I failed to move on here."

"Me" replied Viella. "I know you've had a hard time forgetting about it especially after you meet again. Mon Shany. Wake up..life must go on."

"I know."

"You don't see so many good-looking men here?" He pointed at the crowd. "Let me show you how to get one of them."

Viella got off her chair. Seeing that Shanon immediately pulled his arm. "Stop Vi. I-i understand. You don't have to show it to me."

"Tck.." Viella's lips. "You dress up this beautiful just for a drink and keep quiet? That's not cool at all, Shany. Let's use your beauty for something useful."

Shanon. Viella is a demon. He always teased her.

He should be able to hold back for his good.

Without a second thought, Shanon ordered a full bottle of beer to spend alone.

Half a bottle had been successfully gulped at him when a foreign man was sitting beside him.

"Hey lady, are you drinking alone?"

Shanon looked over with an unhappy expression. No one answered so rudely, someone did it for him.

"He's with me."

The heavy, cold sound made the susana uncomfortable instantly.

Shanon and the stranger looked back. There stood Jared in his casual suit. He looked bright even if he only wore a dark brown shirt. Shanon swallowed with difficulty especially when his body warmed up suddenly.

"Oh, Sorry man. I thought this lady came alone." He looked at Shanon. "I guessed it too. There's no way a woman as beautiful as this comes alone."

Jared didn't reply. He only looked with a flat expression at the foreign man.

"Okay, have a good night guys!" said the man then passed leaving the two of them there.

Shanon and Jared stared at each other for a long time. Shanon is preoccupied with his chaotic thoughts while Jared only looks at the beauty of Shanon in front of him.

This woman's.

The his wet dream.

"What are you doing here?" Started Shanon still with a hostile tone. After their meeting in the company kitchen, Shanon goes to great lengths to distance himself from Jared. Everything worked except tonight. Of all the bars in New York, how could Jared be in the same place?

Shannon never believed in coincidence and she was convinced this time it was no coincidence.

"This bar does not forbid me from entering," responded Jared still with a distance of two meters in front of him.

Shanon clucking cynically. "It sucks!" He resumed his drinking without a care for Jared there.

"So you're drinking at the bar every weekend?"

"It's none of your business sir" replied Shanon, grumbling.

The answer made Jared come closer and pull Shanon's chin until they looked at each other again.

"Stop that formal call." Highlight Jared's deep eyes touched his heart.

Shanon shook his head releasing that touch. "Aren't you the one who always demands a formal attitude?"

"Woman naughty," snorted Jared almost inaudibly to Shanon.

He narrowed his eyes.

"You followed me all the way here?"

"I just found a bar that looks interesting to visit."

Shanon rolled his eyeballs and got off the bar stool intending to leave Jared alone. His intention was certainly not going smoothly because Jared pulled his arm and squeezed him on the bar table. This is what Shanon wanted from the start. He finally gets Jared's attention. Why is he so nervous?

"What do you want?" hiss Shanon with lips tightened.

Jared's beautiful eyes traced her face filled with curiosity. "I want to know the reason for my madness."

"What?"

The corner of Jared's lips formed a thin smile indentation. "As I said before, I can't stop thinking about you. The more I try, the more shadows you have come into my mind. So now I decided to satisfy myself by looking at you."

Shanon attempted to rebel by pushing Jared but when his hand touched the chest of the field, his focus disappeared. His mind immediately fancied the hard muscles under the clothes.

"Tell me why you're here. You following me?"

"No." Jared looked at him for so long. "I overheard you talking on the phone at the time."

"Oh."

"Oh?"

Shannon tried to turn her eyes in another direction. It's good that Jared heard the talk at the time. If not, maybe Jared won't show up here.

"Can you step aside now? You're inviting people's attention."

Jared raised both eyebrows. "Isn't this the right place to do anything without protesting from others?"

He returned his attention to Jared with an annoyed expression. "Keep away."

"Why?" Jared put his face closer. "You're still angry because of what I said?"

Shanon tightened his lips. A poignant look he deliberately displayed to invite guilt was present inside Jared.

"Should I stop harboring?"

"You're vengeful?" Jared brought his face closer and Shanon's heart beat uncontrollably. Jared's breathing grew longer and more pronounced on his cheek. He swallowed with difficulty.

Again Shannon shifted her eyes. "You mustn't be selfish" he murmured in a trembling voice.

"Who cares about selfishness at a time like this?"

"Remember your family" Shanon said with a heavy heart. He did not want Jared to stay away from him at all but to test this man's resolve he was forced to raise the topic.

Jared clucked with a slanted smile on his lips.

"You think I'm gonna change my mind with that phrase?"

Spontan Shanon set his sights on Jared who is now 5 centi in front of him. Really hearing? This doesn't sound like Jared usually.

"You...."

Jared wrapped his hand around Shanon's slender waist then with a serious face said, "I've thought about a thousand times about all the possibilities to retreat but the more I tried, the greater the desire took hold of me." He stroked Shanon's smooth cheek with one of his hands. "I'm tired of resisting my wishes. I can't refuse it anymore."

"Ap__what?" Tanya Shanon stammered.

Jared moved towards his right ear. His voice was soft and clear in Shanon's hearing. His heart was pounding very quickly making himself drunk.

He doesn't believe this. He couldn't believe Jared would say, "I want you Shanon. Let me have you."