Wira, surprised to see Riana choking, reflexively gave her some mineral water. However, the fact that Riana herself was slowing down made him realize what he had done. Wira immediately lowered the hand that was still floating in the air and pretended to take a drink for himself. Unfortunately, Darmo, who was standing next to him, had already seen it. "Be careful, Riana," Darmo said. "Sorry, sir." Riana looked down in shame, she was hungry and didn't remember that she was eating with the boss. Darmo smiled at the young woman in front of him. From time to time he looked at the boss, it was obvious that Wira was being mistreated by him. After the meal was finished, Riana excused herself to go home. There the awkwardness between Wira and Darmo could be seen. "Actually, I've liked Riana for a long time, it's just unrequited." Wira explained after getting into the car, even scratching his neck, which did not itch. "So far, do you still like her?" asked Darmo. Wira answered Darmo's q
"Shut up, Serly! If all you can do is insult me, you'd better go home!" Reynald snapped in a booming voice. Serly who was frightened when she saw Reynald's red face, cowered and immediately said goodbye to Mayang in a whisper. After the woman left, Riana and the others were silent, no one made a sound. "Did you see Serly's reaction? How she insulted me, a manager married to a lowly worker like you? If she did that, what about the others?" Reynald spoke with bated breath, he was very angry with Riana. "But, as long as no one knows I'm your wife, that's okay? Isn't that what you said?" Riana tried to remember Reynald's words, because if she stopped working, her life would indeed be very difficult. "Whatever you say, just be careful until you find out that you are my wife. You're finished!" Reynald threatened. Deep down, Riana didn't want people to know that Reynald was her husband. After all, it wouldn't do anyone any good to know that fact, except for a few insults. "Just ru
"It's as if Mr. Wira only wants Riana." Lia suddenly came over to talk to them. "A demon is coming. Let's go, Riana." Kiki pulled Riana's hand away from Lia's. "From body to face, I'm definitely more attractive than you, Riana. So don't dream of getting Mr. Wira or anyone else here," Lia scoffed. "Why should I want Mr. Wira or anyone else? I already have a husband," Riana said, not accepting Lia's accusation. "Who knows if you want to find a replacement husband because your husband is poor! That's why you work here, if you were well off you wouldn't want to work so hard". Riana slapped the smooth cheek that Lia was always proud of. "If you don't know anything, you'd better shut up!" Lia was stunned by what the woman in front of her was doing. The incident had come too suddenly for her to parry Riana's slap. "What the hell are you doing?" Lia asked, holding her red cheeks. "You started it, next time don't speak carelessly!" Riana let Lia go, upset by the slap she had gi
"When did mom get here?" Wira opened her eyes slowly, still looking sleepy."Can you explain what this is?" Desi put down her cell phone, which showed a man and a woman smiling happily."This is Riana," Wira replied quietly."Yes. I know she's Riana, what I'm asking is why is Riana's picture the wallpaper on your phone?" Desi looked sharply at her son. "Is that what I think it is?" she continued."Yes, Mom. I've known Riana for a long time, she and I went to the same college, and I have feelings for her, too. I even expressed my love to Riana, but she refused because there was already a man who had become her lover first," Wira explained at length to Desi, his face also looking depressed when he remembered Riana's rejection."You know this is wrong, Wira? Riana is married, so it's not good for you to have feelings for a married woman!""I just love her, Mom. I'm not going to force my feelings on her anyway, and she doesn't recognize me now. Please, Mom. I just want to see her from a d
Wira heard the commotion as she passed Reynald's room, just in time for the door to be open so she could see clearly what was happening.Reynald who saw Wira, became agitated, his hands even clenched tightly. It was just that the boss couldn't see because he was covered by the desk. "I called Riana earlier, but this woman came instead. I didn't want to tell her at first, but she kept insisting and I was forced to ask her to make the coffee not too sweet. What came instead was very sweet coffee, I really don't like very sweet coffee, so isn't it natural for me to be angry?" asked Reynald, who was actually asking for justification."Then why do you want to tell Riana?" Wira asked with a puzzled look on his face, but at the same time he didn't like the idea of Riana getting tired of being told what to do.Reynald scratched his head, which wasn't itching, because he couldn't think of a suitable answer. "Um, it's because she's so good at making me coffee!" Reynald replied quickly.Wira c
Riana took a deep breath, which she let out roughly. "Aren't you the one who doesn't want children? Then why do you say that I'm the one who didn't give you a child?" the question that came out of Riana's mouth made her heart ache.Riana had told her husband several times that she wanted children, but he always said later, later and later. So now Reynald was saying that Riana couldn't give him children? Really, if a man didn't want his wife anymore, there would be a thousand reasons to say that she wasn't good or suitable for him."Since you got your paycheck today, you can start looking for a place to rent yourself," Reynald said."What do you mean?" Riana looked at Reynald for an explanation."What Reynald means is that you pack up all your stuff in this house and leave. Just like that, you don't know!" snapped Diandra, she was extremely annoyed with Reynald for not speaking clearly."You're kicking me out? For her sake." Riana pointed shakily at Diandra."Yes, because I'm serious a
Wira who saw Riana next to his mother, hurried to hide behind the sofa, actually he always wore full clothes at home. It was just that he had taken a shower in the outside bathroom because the hot water didn't come from there, then after bathing he felt hungry and remembered that there was fruit and snacks in the living room."I thought you wouldn't be home today, so I brought Riana here to stay.""Riana is staying here?" Wira stared in disbelief."Yes," Desi replied briefly, she didn't feel comfortable telling Wira about Riana in front of her own people."If you have any objections, I'll find another place to stay." Riana looked down, embarrassed to see Wira still shirtless.Even though the man was already hiding behind the sofa, Riana was still embarrassed and misbehaved when she saw Wira's six-pack abs."I told you it's dangerous for a woman to be out all night, Wira won't have a problem with you spending the night or even staying here. He's rarely home anyway, isn't he Wira?" Desi
"This is it. You stay here with me, don't go anywhere." Desi held Riana's hand.Riana couldn't stand it, so she nodded her head in agreement, which made Desi smile happily. Wira who was behind the wall, felt the same way. Because he was so happy, he accidentally shouted, causing the two women to turn to him."Hello, yes. I'll be right there." Wira pretended to receive a call from someone. "Mom, I'm going to work first, I have an important meeting at the office," Wira said to Desi."Isn't it Sunday?" Riana looked at her boss in surprise and unconsciously asked a question that embarrassed Desi and Wira."He's always working, Riana. It doesn't matter if it's Sunday. Even yesterday was Saturday, right? Well, he's still working, it's just that because other companies give Saturdays and Sundays off, he's forced to do so because he doesn't want to make their employees tired," Desi explained.In fact, Wira's company always has Saturdays and Sundays off. Only workers like Riana had Sundays o
"Going home with Riana and Mr. Wira?" Kiki asked hesitantly. She didn’t mind going home with Riana, but sharing a car with her boss felt awkward."Yes, so you can get home safely. Otherwise, Riana might worry about you going home alone," Wira replied. He didn’t want Kiki to refuse his offer."Please say yes, Ki?" Riana pleaded. She didn’t want her friend to take public transportation by herself at such a late hour.Kiki looked at Wira, wanting to decline his offer because she felt uneasy about sharing a car with the young CEO. But, when she glanced at Riana, her friend gave her a pleading look, silently begging her to accept Wira’s offer so she could get home safely."Alright. But just drop me off at the entrance of the alley, okay? My dad might misunderstand, and get angry if you go any further," Kiki reluctantly agreed."Okay. Let’s go before it gets any later," Wira said, checking his watch, which already showed 10 PM.Wira was glad he had followed Riana to this shop. Had he gone s
"What exactly is going to happen?" Riana asked curiously. It was the first time her friend had spoken so seriously to she.Kiki leaned closer to whisper to Riana. "I noticed Lia pacing back, and forth in front of your office, and Mr. Wira's. I feel like she's observing something, waiting for the right moment. I have no idea what she's planning to do.""Maybe, you're just misunderstanding. It's not good to think badly of others. Perhaps she was looking at something else, and you thought she was watching our offices," Riana replied, refusing to believe Kiki's words."You have to trust me, Riana. This isn't the first or second time I've seen her do it," Kiki insisted, trying to convince Riana to believe her."When exactly did you see her?" Riana asked again, wanting to confirm something."For the past two days, I've been seeing her pacing around, watching you both," Kiki responded."If she was really planning to do something, wouldn't she have done it by now? Let's drop this topic. It's
All day at work, Riana only discussed work matters with Wira. The man seemed very indifferent toward her.Wira was sulking because Riana had been too lenient with Reynald. He wanted her to imprison her ex-husband instead of letting him get away with the grave mistake he had made—one that had tarnished her reputation.However, deep down, Wira wanted to talk to Riana. But he was too shy, and confused about how to start, especially since she seemed upset with him. And why wouldn’t she be? It was his own doing. Riana didn’t even know what she had done wrong to deserve to be ignored by him.“Riana,” Wira called softly.One hour before the workday ended, Wira wanted to speak with Riana.“What is it, Mr? Do you need something?” Riana smiled sweetly at her boss.“Never mind,” Wira replied.For some reason, Wira felt he smile was forced, even though it wasn’t.“If you need anything, please let me know. I’ll get it for you immediately.”“There’s no need,” Wira declined.Wira thought that since
"Has it been two days since I want got the file we talking about?" asked Wulan, sounding a little angry with Lia's slow progress."What else can I do? If a lot of people are watching me, Mr. Wira is always with Riana. When they separate, each of them is only in the room, not going anywhere." Lia scratched her head, feeling frustrated."Stop making excuses!" Wulan said angrily.Wulan handed over the file to Wira's rival because she didn't want to be unemployed for too long. She was always teased by her other friends."Then you take it!" Lia said angrily. She didn't like being ordered. She hated it because it was very annoying.Wulan hearing that Lia didn't like being ordered, immediately started thinking of ways to get Lia back on her side again."Don't be like that, Lia," Wulan said sweetly, hoping Lia would soften."Whose fault is that! You know that I'm often watched because I keep watching the two of them," said Lia, remembering that Kiki had been watching her for the past two days
"It's great to see this." Reynald clapped his hands as he looked into the car with the open window."What do you mean by seeing the view?" Riana asked, feeling a little provoked. She felt that Reynald was accusing her of doing something with Wira."What do you mean? If not doing the husband-wife scene we used to do when we were together," Reynald said, grinning."I'm not that bad to do that without being married!" Riana growled. Riana felt that her ex-husband knew she was not the woman people thought she was."How times have changed! You could have wanted our boss's money or looks, so you seduced him with your body," Reynald laughed loudly, thinking Riana's face was so funny because she had successfully mocked him.Riana clenched her hands into fists, eager to slap her ex-husband, who was being rude to her now. But of course, she would lose to male power, and Reynald could also use the law against her. Now, people will bring their problems to the law, even if they are the victim. Thi
"Oh my! I overslept." Riana rubbed her eyes, which felt heavy.She was still not fully awake because she had just woken up and looked up to see a man staring at her. "Mr. Wira! When did you get here? Why didn't you wake me?""I just came here; I didn't feel like waking you up because you looked so tired," Wira said as he stared at Riana."Still! How can a subordinate like me sleep during working hours? That's not good, Mr!" she scolded, feeling her boss was too lenient with her."Then what should I do? Do you want me to get angry, and nag you like I did with the other employees?" asked Wira in surprise."Yes." Riana nodded slowly."Um, unfortunately, I can't do that to you, even if you asked me to. Because I love you so much, I couldn't bear to scold you," Wira said."That sounds like a seduction," said Riana, who did not want to answer further."If that's what you think, that's fine. I can't force you to believe that what I'm saying now is from the heart, not just a flirt." Wira look
"But Reynald told me to ask you, so you have the money! Do you want me to refuse to marry your son? I have nothing to lose if I don't marry your son; many rich, and handsome man still want to be my husband; of course, they will pay for all this wedding business." Diandra threatened as she sat back on the sofa. Indeed, she thought there were many handsome, and rich men besides Reynald.Diandra felt that she would easily get one of them.Mayang stammered; she was beginning to think that it could be bad if she didn't get a son-in-law like Diandra, who had a big income! Especially if other people caught her, they would all laugh at her for not getting a model son-in-law because she didn't want to spend a little money on their marriage. After all, she would benefit greatly from having a model daughter-in-law with a lot of income so that he would ask Diandra for compensation one day."Em, bb-well," Mayang said, half uncertain."Good!" Diandra sat down c
"Wasn't I supposed to be invited in first? Instead, I'm just left standing in front of the door like this!" Diandra grumbled.Ironically, Diandra refused Mayang's offer of a drink, forgetting that Mayang needed to change clothes before leaving. Being accustomed to always wearing fine clothes, Diandra was always ready to go out without changing.Deciding to wait in her car, Diandra sat in the vehicle she had earned when her modeling career first took off. Now, it was just a relic of her past, so she was eager to marry Reynald, a manager at a prominent company."That old lady is taking forever; it's already been half an hour since she started changing clothes." Diandra glanced at the watch on her wrist, already frustrated from waiting."Sorry for making you wait so long," Mayang appeared, decked out in flashy attire, and dripping in gold, resembling a walking jewelry store."Ugh, taking so long just to look like a clown," Diandra muttered irritably."What did you say, dear Diandra?" May
"How do you expect me to react?" Riana asked, surprised by Diandra's response. "Aren't you jealous that the wedding I'm having with your ex-husband is so elaborate? Whereas yours was very simple," Diandra said without realizing it. She had hoped that Riana would be jealous of her wedding story. "No, I'm not. Why would I be jealous of a story that is over? Even if I were jealous, wouldn't it be impossible for me to return to your lover? Even if I were to return, I don't want to go back to that house," Riana said casually. She was not as passionate as when she first met Diandra. "Huh! At least be a little jealous!" Diandra still insisted on hoping that Riana would be a little jealous because she wanted Riana to feel the same way she did when she was a few years old. "For what?" Riana looked sarcastically at Diandra. According to her, envy did her no good at all. "Yes, for what I don't know! At least you show me a little bit of envy like I've been feeling for a few years now when I