Ch 4: The Secret Affairs

Rina is surprised by the president's sudden appearance, his caramel skin and tall muscular build made him stand out among the crowds. He came in with a handsome man she never met before. He's slim but well built, the man next to him clings to Eka affectionately. Rina came to wonder whether Eka swings that way as well.

"I only hope he didn't recognize me" Rina sighed.

"What's with that long sigh? You're letting your fortune slip away" Kevin rubbed her hair.

Rina feels uncomfortable with the presence of that forceful man inside the Sweet Kiss Nightclub. She tries to hide herself by tying her hair in bun style. She added a tattoo sticker on her left cheek, not sure if it works out to camouflage herself though. Kevin only laughed at Rina panicked actions, he pinched his junior flustered face.

"Ouch!" Rina pouted.

"You're so cute Rina, I can glomp you" Kevin still pinching his cheek.

Kevin can come off as quite affectionate and that made her coworkers ship both Rina and Kevin together. Although Rina knows that Kevin claims to swing the other way, sometimes even she was moved by his gentleness.

"Hey bartender, I want Sex on the beach" that cold voice emanates from her left.

Rina didn't realize while she was fooling around with Kevin, Eka appears out of the blue with his usual smug look. Kevin whistled playfully as he left the scene, he signaled her to talk to Eka for him.

"As if I could" Rina sighed.

Rina looked at Eka confidently, with a smile she started to mix the drinks for Sex on the Beach. Eka narrowed his eyebrows, focusing his cold gaze toward Rina's face. Rina becomes pretty bothered by his gaze, she didn't dare to speak because she's afraid of him finding out.

Eka has been glaring toward Rina shaking the drinks expertly. However, he suddenly grabbed Rina's wrist. The bartender was taken back by Eka abrupt grip, she gasped as the mixing bottle landed on her hand perfectly even with Eka rough grip.

"You're pretty" Eka said out of nowhere with a smirk.

There was something about his words that carried maliciousness and bad omen. Eka's smile grew wider as his grip slowly tightened around her wrist. She pulled Rina toward his direction, he grinned sinisterly as he gazed at Rina's surprised face.

"You look so familiar bartender, where have I seen you before?" Eka 's malicious smile made her spine shiver in fear.

There was a certain weight in his voice, as if he trapped her like a mouse. Rina put up a brave front while squirming in his strong grip.

"Oh? You can't talk?", Eka sneered.

Before Rina managed to reply back, she was interrupted by Kevin's sarcastic tone. She looked behind her, only to see Kevin's angry face.

"Dear customer, violence is not allowed in our nightclub", Kevin smiled in hostility toward Eka who is gripping her tightly.

"So what? I am the rules", Eka smiled sinisterly to Kevin glare.

Kevin is obviously annoyed by Eka antics, he's about to explode in anger. Rina decided to barge in between them and stopped their fight.

"Stop acting so childish, both of you", Rina said sternly.

Kevin nodded to Rina scold, he knows that Rina is strong enough to handle the petty guest on her own but something's not quite right with that particular guest. Unlike her usual independent and stern persona, she's scared of him.

"Hey bartender, I want to order sex on the beach, bloody mary, and a martini", Eka ordered Rina.

Rina nodded without a word, she wanted to limit her speech if it's possible to avoid suspicion. She's not entirely sure whether Eka already notices her identity, even so it's dangerous to act without thinking. Eka has been gazing at her in front of the table bar, as if in deep thought. The drinks were finished in a matter of minutes, Rina was known to have fast hands in the bar.

There are lots of people who anticipate Rina acrobatic mixing ability, however, none of those people come to the front thanks to Eka intimidating presence. Rina silently gave the cocktails to Eka who had been staring at her.

"Skillful hands, wish you could do that on bed", Eka replied while drinking his bloody mary.

Rina's face stiffened, she tried her best to smile back but she's overflowed with anxiety. The surface of her skin was brimming with cold sweat. As if he could read Rina anxiety, he brings her closer to him and then chokes her with a glass of martini he ordered. Her body staggered toward the table. She coughed loudly as she could feel the alcohol going inside her throat.

The smell of the alcohol intoxicates the intimidating president, Rina still holds her ground and glares at the president courageously. Excited by his prey, Eka chokes yet another glass of cocktail to the courageous bartender. Rina coughed due to Eka rough treatment to her, fortunately Maya is around and decided to push Eka away from Rina. The glass Maya carries spilled on the president's suit.

"What are you doing to her?" Maya glares at the cold president.

Eka licked his slender fingers who got spilled with the alcohol Maya spilled on him, he stood up and reached Maya's collar. Maya is frightened as the President pulls her uniform until few of her buttons come loose. Alan, enraged by the president's action toward his girlfriend, he's about to land his fist on the intimidating president's face.

"That's enough Alan! Maya!" Rina finally snapped.

Rina snapped and surprised Alan and Eka, Alan bowed apologetically to Rina. Rina pulled Maya from Eka's grip and patted her head. Maya was about to burst into tears from Rina's kindness and bravery, Maya soon hugged her boyfriend Alan. Alan rubbed her girlfriend tightly, comforting her with his warm embrace.

"You do know I can sue you" Eka looked at the couple coldly.

Rina stands in front of him trying to put up a brave front, she decides to protect her coworkers from the tyrannical president. Rina sharpened her gaze and hissed at the intimidating president.

"Leave them alone", Rina hissed.

Eka smirks grow wider as she pinned her on the wall. She lifted her chin sensually as he gestured to his friend to come closer. His friend that Rina didn't recognize carried a bottle of Gin in his hand.

"Yes Eka?" he asked the cold President.

"Give me a glass of Gin" the president replied intimidatingly.

His slender friend poured a Gin on the empty glass he had on the table. As soon as his friend finished pouring Gin, Eka snatched it and forced Rina to drink the alcohol. Rina gulped the alcohol he forced on her, her throat felt burned and her visions are getting blurry. She feels the alcohol is getting on her senses, her body feels hot, and she's losing her composure.

Eka grabbed onto her wrist to avoid her collapsing on the floor. The crowds are gathering around Eka and Rina conflicts, worried about the fainted girl.

"Sheesh, you're so weak and yet you pretend to be strong my wife" Eka whispered to his drunken wife.

He looked at his friend, giving him an authoritative look.

"Bring me wine" he said.

His friend handed him a glass of wine, he drank it in one gulp satisfied with his wife's weak state. However, he soon found himself drowsy and unbalanced. His eyelids are getting heavier as he landed his face flat on the ground.

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Rina blinked a few times before she could realize what's happening. She noticed that she's no longer in the nightclub anymore and instead she's in a third-rate hotel. She rubbed her eyes and that's when she realized there's something wrong with her stomach.

"The alcohol is making me nauseous" Rina sighed.

She looks down and notices yet another surprising fact that she's naked like a baby. She almost screams but instead she covers her upper body with the warm blanket. She tries to process what's happening around her, she decides not to panic and think with a clear head. She remembers that Eka has been forcing her to drink his Gin.

However, her trains of thought soon disturbed with a man waking up next to her. There was someone under the bed cover, and yet she's unaware of it. Rina backed away while covering her naked boy with the blanket.

"You idiot, don't hog the blanket for yourself" that cold voice emanates in the tiny bedroom.

She knows the source of that cold voice, it is none other than the Kikanasih President Eka. She hissed in hostility to Eka, thinking that he might have defiled her body.

"You!" Rina hissed.

"Oh my, if it isn't my wife" Eka smirks.

His voice remains cold and unaffected by Rina hiss, he stands up naked not caring that Rina is present in the room.

"What did you do?"Rina asked the uncaring President who is in the middle to pick a bottle of water on top of the night table nonchalantly.

"Nothing, I was drugged" Eka answered.

"You were wha-".

"Someone is trying to ruin my reputation, and the reason that you're here as well is to make the mass think of me as a womanizer who cheats on my wife", Eka gulped the glass of water slowly.

"Unknowingly that you are my wife" Eka laughed sinisterly.

Rina is still wary of her husband's intentions, and will always be wary. There is something about him that is unsettling. Despite the current hard circumstances, Eka is still sleazily drinking a glass of water on the bed. Rina covered her eyes shyly, thinking that her husband must be a nudist.

"I see you're still as relaxed as ever" a voice of a woman emanates from the door.

All of the sudden a beautiful looking woman came in, along with a timid looking man behind her. She wears a very sexy looking glitter dress that reveals her voluptuous breast, overall her appearance screams attention especially her breast and galaxy hair.

The man however, seems familiar for Rina. She feels as if she met her before in the past, Rina rubbed her chin continuously.

"Rina? Is that you" the man spoke softly.

The moment he uttered her name, she realized the familiar man in front of her. He was her long lost childhood friend and her first crush.