While the detectives searched for his wife's whereabouts, Richard slowly got up and started his normal life again. Although his life never really returned to normal after the disappearance of Christabell, his soul mate.
Today Richard is busy with various meetings and reports as if catching up with everything in the past week. As a result, Richard had to spend more time in his office, although he never missed the time to contact the detective he hired for updates regarding the search for Christabell.
That afternoon, at about 2. pm, Richard was sitting at his desk when someone broke into his office room. Richard stared at the door while a woman in a white dress and black stilettos walked into his office room followed by Richard's secretary.
"Sorry, sir." The secretary looked overwhelmed.
"It's ok. Let her in." Richard raised his hand, asking him to come out of the room.
The woman smiled triumphantly as she turned to the secretary who was walking out of Richard's office room. "Hi Rich, long time no see, you're more and more charming." She said as she walked over to Richard's table and sat on the table with his legs crossed.
"What are you doing here?" Richard asked coldly.
The woman smiled broadly between her full lips. "You don't seem surprised by my presence." She said.
"I have nothing to do with you anymore Mrs. Zein," Richard said formally.
Gabrielle slime, "Oh you don't call my first name again Rich, is that a bad sign?"
Richard rose from where he was sitting. "Get off my desk." He said as he walked over to the sofá in his room and sat down, forcing Gabriel Zein down from Rich's table and following him to sit on the sofá.
Richard took a deep breath. "I've married Mrs. Zein," Rich said in a low voice, but the reply he got was a crunchy laugh that sounded insulting.
"You're suddenly being stupid, Rich? Where's your crazy principle?" She asked.
"Don't make me throw you out, what do you want, just say it and go," Rich said.
The woman shamelessly squeezed her head toward Rich, rubbing the man's face with her soft fingers. "Oh, Richard, you've never been this rude before." Unfortunately, the same body scent Rich had tasted almost every day for years seemed to awaken memory mummies that had long slept in peace. Richard closed his eyes, part of him trying to find a trail of Christabell to get rid of Gabriel Zein but unfortunately to no.
Gabriel brought his face closer, with his lips half-open, he kissed the corner of Richard's lips so that the man could hold his breath.
"You're just wasting my time." Richard pulled away, he immediately stood up while Gabriel smiled broadly as if he was not bothered at all. She rose to her feet and once again pressed herself against Rich.
"We've been together for a long time, Rich, so long, without you even knowing I was rooted in there." Gabriel pointed at Richard's chest with his forefinger and pressed very deeply as if it were piercing beneath Rich's clothes.
"I know you're so thirsty for Rich, you're so thirsty for touch." The woman whispered, like a devil disguised as a snake, this time she was transformed into a beautiful woman who was ready to shake Richard's resolve.
"I'll leave the address of my apartment here." The woman took something from her bag and placed it on Rich's desk. "You remember, my door is always open to you." He said before leaving Richard.
The man took a deep breath, he swallowed hard then adjusted his tie before sitting back down at his desk. Richard even seemed to be holding his head for a while before pulling out his desk drawer and finding a photo of Christabell smiling broadly which he took from his personal cell phone and he printed and framed it with a small frame that he had bought while on their vacation from an antique shop.
"Where are you?" He whispered, rubbing the photo "Give me a sign, tell me how to find you, lead me please." The line is still in a whisper.
***
Gabrielle Zein felt very confident that Richard would come to see her tonight. Although Richard seemed harsh at first, Gabrielle felt that Richard still had feelings for her from the way Richard looked at her. The gaze was still as deep as it was when they were still together.
With great confidence, Gabrielle prepared a special dinner for herself and Richard. Apart from ordering menus from five-star restaurants, Gabrielle also deliberately bought new dresses and lingerie for her to wear tonight.
Gabrielle's been dress up early. She even had time to take a milk bath and put on her best perfume. The perfume with the scent that Richard liked best when they were together. All that she did so that Richard would remember all the good memories when they were together.
Gabrielle was well aware that getting Richard back would not be as easy as turning a palm. It took a long and hard struggle to make Richard remember all the happy memories between them before it was destroyed by Gabrielle's greed who wanted more and Richard chose to leave her.
"I'll get you back Richard Anthony, I'll do everything to get you back," Gabriel whispered to herself, just as she was looking in the mirror after putting red lipstick on his full lips.
After finishing her appearance, Gabrielle went down to the first floor of her apartment and made sure the dining table was neatly arranged according to her wishes. The romantic impression is so thick with candles and flowers that fill the balcony. Apart from the food that Richard likes most, which is already served on the table.
"Perfect." She said when she visited the table that was deliberately set up near the glass wall overlooking the balcony of his apartment to have dinner for the two of them while enjoying the beautiful panorama at night.
Gabriel looks back and forth waiting for his apartment bell to ring and hopes that Richard is the man who stands behind the door with a beautiful bouquet of flowers like Rich often did in the early days of their relationship. Richard really did treat her like a queen. Not just a physical relationship, Richard also treats the woman like a partner. He was truly a lover, he will do something best for her woman and stay loyal.
If Gabrielle had been satisfied with her position by then, she might still be the only woman in Richard Anthony's life today. She would still wake up in the same bed as Richard and enjoy had sex with him whenever he wanted it. She also might still be able to enjoy the treasures that Richard had generously given to her. Richard was never stingy with the women he dated. Almost every luxury thing that Gabrielle wanted, Richard give her as a gift. The biggest regret in Gabrielle's life was being greedy, it made Richard feel disgusted and decide to break up with her.
Half an hour passed and no one came. Even so, Gabrielle still firmly believed that Richard would come. She waited impatiently, whispering inwardly. "I hope you come this time, Rich. After we meet, you will remember the wonderful past we went through together. You will remember how much you wanted me." She whispered to herself.
"I want to be the one who is by your side now and forever. I will not repeat my foolishness, for me just getting you back is enough."