
Just a few minutes ago Mama Metia left Atayad's office. But now a message sent by Mama Metia just read Atayad.
"Remember tonight don't be late to attend the inauguration of your new venture, you don't want to come alone. Take Ara and remember mama didn't accept any excuses." ~~ Mom
Atayad really made do not understand the way the mother's mind, because Mama Metia always have an idea to make himself close to his future wife.
This was not the first time Atayad had received orders to get closer to Ara. Since his first meeting with Ara at that time, his mother had already ordered him to do so.
Lucky because some time ago Atayad can still refuse on the grounds of work that cannot be left alone.
But this time it seemed like the mother had never run out of sense. Once there is a chance, he will take advantage of it. Although his expectations were very small, it never dampened his wishes.
***
The large clock that was attached to the wall of the room on the second floor, the needle was already pointing at the number four over fifteen minutes. That means soon he and six employees will soon close the two-storey shophouse where his online shop and go home to rest their bodies that have been invited to work hard all day.
After Ara tidied up her desk, she was seen coming down the stairs with her hand tote her briefcase.
Those who worked with Ara, were already waiting for her downstairs. "Everything's sorted out?" ara asked as she gathered with her workers.
"It's gone" said Sari, one of the names of workers at her online shop Ara.
"Have the windows checked and the back door locked? the lights?" ask Ara again to make sure.
"Had dong mbak" this time Agil answered.
Ara was seen nodding her head when she heard the answers from her workers who seemed to uphold a sense of family.
There are no social boundaries between Ara and her employees. They always act like one family, looking after each other and loving each other.
Ara herself never behaved as if she was a boss to be respected, a friendly smile always spread for them so they did not feel any social differences.
"Tomorrow payday yes" said Ara break the silence created between them, the feeling of fatigue was clearly drawn on their faces.
"Well, yes, I think we can get a bonus, the turnover this month increased, yes it was mbak" said Sari while pulling down her eyebrows thick like caterpillars.
"Yes, he was given a bonus." Ara's words were greeted with a happy laugh. "Thousand bonuses" said Ara again.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh" they answered in unison with the saddest face in the whole universe.
"Udahlah Gil, your face is less cute than there do not need to be made worse again" said Ara with a tone full of jokes that were greeted with laughter by others.
After closing their work with prayer, one by one they left the shop.
Ara who today chose not to use her personal car was seen sitting on a bench in the shophouse yard to wait for her online taxi order to come.
While waiting for an online taxi to come, Ara chose to read the book she had just bought this afternoon with Shelly.
Ara was too washed away by the series of words she read that she did not realize someone was standing and looking at her with annoyance.
"E,em" A voice made Ara surprised, what else once she shifted her gaze from the book to the source of the sound.
"You" said Ara when she saw Top looking at her annoyed with lips that did not stop clucking.
"Yes, me, why? be surprised? no need to put on such a surprised face. I already know very well with facial expressions like this, pura pura was surprised even though her heart was cheering right" said Atayad with eyes that may not be friendly at all.
"There is no need to talk a lot cepetlah come with me" said Atayad with a tone that sounded haughty.
"No, I don't want to come with you" Ara said as she sat back down and opened the book she had closed earlier.
With an annoyed facial expression Atayad instantly snatched the book that Ara was holding.
"I told you to come with me" Atayad said, pressing his jaw firmly showing that he was upset.
"Hey, don't force me, I'm waiting for my online taxi, I'm the one who likes to act on his own. Basic man is strange" said Ara after pulling back his book from Atayad, without paying attention to the expression of Atayad who did not accept what he said.
Just now Ara was about to land her body back on the bench, but she paused it when she saw someone walking over. Looks like it was the online taxi driver who booked it earlier.
"Excuse me, is it Almira?"
"Yes, Mr Asep?"
"Yes, I am an online taxi driver who was booked" said the 38-year-old man who had just been identified if his name was Mr. Asep.
Ara put the book she was holding into the bag, then hooked the bag on one of her hands to step following the driver.
"Wait sir" said Atayad stopped the steps of the online taxi driver who had turned his back.
"You walk by the order and here's the payment" Atayad said, offering several hundred thousand dollars.
"But sir" the driver did not immediately receive the money offered by Atayad, he glanced at Ara for a moment and looked back at Atayad.
"This boy will come home with me" Atayad said as if he understood what Mr. Asep was thinking.
"No, I want to go home alone" Ara said as she walked toward Asep's car.
"This is sir" Atayad said, forcibly giving the money and immediately pulling Ara into his car.
Maybe they are a couple of lovers who are fighting, that's what the online taxi driver thinks.
***
Ara and Atayad were in the same car. Quite a long time silence ambushed both of them.
"Let's see if you dare to do anything like that, I'll report you to papa and brother Fery" ara said as she turned her eyes to Atayad and pointed her index finger and eyes filled with threats.
Atayad pulled one corner of his lips until a sinister smile was painted there.
"I've never been interested in a spoiled girl like you" Atayad said in a flat tone, but Ara was really offended by the word spoiled.
"Marijuana? he said I was spoiled?" said Ara in her heart.
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