Yup! I Love You, Sir!
Part 83's
Jericho looked as if he was dissatisfied with what Olivia said, until he said again,
"Olivia...! I know it was my fault that I did not comply with your request, so as not to interfere in your dealings with Angelo. But, is it just because of that, that you don't like me?
... Or is what Angelo said true? If you can assume I exist, just because of Jonah?"
"Oh, please! Forgive me, Sir ... But you don't act stupid. All this time, I cherish and respect you as my boss....
... But all I know is, I never said that I like you, especially in romantic terms, right?" olivia.
"Then what should I do, so that you can really fall in love with me? I love you, and I don't want you to be indifferent to me" asked Jericho.
Olivia was wide-eyed, shaking her head in disbelief, and then saying,
"Why should we talk about this?"
"Do you know? Because I don't want to talk about things like this, so I prefer to avoid you" continued Olivia.
"Olivia...!" said Jericho, who looked clear.
"The sir! ... I'm still confused to find a new way to deal with Angelo, so he doesn't mess up. Especially if he involves Andersen's....
... So, I hope you can stop talking about romantic things like this again, which only makes my head hurt even more" Olivia said.
"If I can handle the threat, can you see me?" ask Jericho.
"Oh, gosh!" olivia said, patting her own forehead.
"I'll talk about it with daddy" Jericho said.
"I told your daddy. Everything was. In addition to your meeting and Angelo's, at Hansen's restaurant at the time. Because I don't want you to 'lose your face', in front of your daddy," said Olivia.
"So I think you can probably stop acting like a kid. Because there must be something more important, that you can talk to your daddy. And let Angelo's business, be my personal business" continued Olivia.
Olivia knew that her words to Jericho were harsh enough, but according to Olivia, if she could sober up Jericho, then it wouldn't be a problem.
"I don't know if you got that close to daddy" Jericho said.
"Many things you don't know about me. Instead, you should rethink what makes you feel that you love me....
... Because it could be, if what you think, that you feel for me, that's actually just a delusion" Olivia said.
"You think I'm stupid? ... I've been in love with you since I first saw you. I can even feel very jealous, because you hold daddy's hand, and you seem very considerate to him....
...I only refrained from revealing it to you, because I was not confident in my status, who was a one-child widower....
... Especially after some time I spent with you, and then I found out that you were in love with Louis" Jericho said.
"Didn't you think, why until I tried to protect you, when you almost embarrassed yourself in front of Louis and his girlfriend....
...That's what I do, because I love you. I even hated myself for meeting you late, while you were in the same office as me....
...If there had been no stupid call from Louis, when I put a necklace around your neck, I would have kissed you right then and there, so Hansen would have been no chance to get close to you....
... I acted foolishly, seeing Angelo, because I don't want to be late anymore, from among those who like you, then I might actually lose you" Jericho continued.
"Sir—" Olivia did not have time to finish her sentence, because Jericho interrupted her, saying,
"I don't have to make sure I feel for you. But you are the one who has to make sure. Just try to think again....
... If I had kissed you at the time, regardless of your phone ringing from Louis, you would have wanted the same thing as me, right?"
"I don't think about it, and I don't want to think about it either" Olivia said.
"Olivia...! Am I that low in your eyes?" ask Jericho.
"You can fall in love with Louis, even considering Hansen, but you can't see me?" jericho, again.
"Then what do you want from me?" Olivia asked back, in a cynical tone of voice.
"I won't force you to fall in love with me. But at the very least, give me the same chance, so that I can prove, that I too deserve your love" Jericho replied.
"Oh, my gosh!" olivia was frustrated. "As if I would choose shoes, then you want that you can come on display? That's what you mean?"
"You've got to be kidding! ... Why would you want something like that? What if I don't choose you? Isn't what you did in vain?" olivia.
"But at the very least, I was still given the chance to come along. Elected or not, that's business later" Jericho replied.
Olivia let out a deep sigh, then exhaled slowly, until repeatedly to calm herself down, before she finally said,
"I'm not holding a contest, to choose who is the best, so you have to try to perform."
"Sir...! I think you're a good person. Jonah, your son, is also a good boy. Regardless of your status, you are still a handsome, smart, and successful man. There must be a lot of women who are interested in you....
... Rather than waiting for the uncertain, wouldn't it be better if you forgot that stupid thought? Then try to see another woman, who will definitely accept you, without her going to procrastinate, and make you have to wait?"
Olivia tried to speak as clearly as possible, to make Jericho think long.
But Jericho did not seem to listen to him, and instead said,
"You seem to have missed one of the most important things. You forget, if I have experience. I don't want to be fooled again, and go into the same muddy hole...
... That way I would know better, that it would be better if I chose to wait for you, who I thought was the right person, than I tried to open my heart to the wrong person."
Olivia was out of words to refute Jericho's statement, because Olivia actually had to admit, if what Jericho said there was a point.
For a while later, no one said anything, and it seemed Jericho had felt victorious in his argument with Olivia, as he was finally seen developing his wide smile.
"Don't avoid me anymore, okay? I'm just gonna ask that from you. I promise not to force my feelings on you....
... Although maybe in the end you didn't choose me, but at the very least, I can feel a little valuable, because you are still considering my existence" Jericho said.
"Huuufft...!" Olivia did not respond to Jericho's words, and only gave a rude snort.
Jericho suddenly stood up, walked into the house, through the back door, and for some time, he could not be seen returning to the back porch of the house again.
Olivia, tired of her own thoughts, lay down on the hammock, closing her eyes.
If only she could fall asleep, Olivia might feel a little better when she wakes up.
"Are you asleep?"
A voice whispered in her ear that suddenly, until a breath that hit her cheek, made Olivia hurriedly open her eyes.
Jericho's smiling face, plastered with a distance very close to Olivia's face, so Olivia pushed him away.
"What are you doing, sir?" olivia said, then tried to sit down.
Olivia, who had difficulty getting up because the hammock was swaying, was finally helped by Jericho.
"I checked Jonah and daddy. They both took a nap. Are you sleepy too?" jericho said, while sitting on a hammock.
"You saw me lying down and closing my eyes, didn't you? If not sleepy, then what else? But you still bother me" said Olivia, ketus.
Because of Jericho sitting next to her, Olivia thought about switching seats, but Jericho held her back.
"Sit here only ... I won't bite you" said Jericho, then moved the hammock, swinging slowly.
"Are you not tired? The journey to this place is quite far, while you drive yourself. You better rest first" said Olivia.
"I'm tired because I travel with a feeling of annoyance. But when I could make up with you again, my tiredness instantly disappeared" Jericho said.
"Yeah, right!" sahut Olivia, perverse.
"Pffit...!" Jericho laughed restrainedly. "If I knew this place was fun, then I'd come here sooner."
"You'll be back with us tomorrow?" jericho.
"I'm still on holiday, because I just took an annual leave. So, I will stay here, until my leave expires" replied Olivia.
"Then, I'll ask my assistant, to manage the leave for me. So that Jonah and I can stay here longer" Jericho said, smiling.
"You've got to be kidding! You're just interrupting my day off!" olivia, ketus.
"Please...! One or two days ... I need a break from my job, and a vacation with Jonah, okay?" jericho said, as if he were beating.
