Rose puts a cup of a tea in front of me. "You seem tired. What happened? Maybe I can help." I took off my glasses and rubbed my eyes.
"I need to make a big decision because… some of my employee not meet my standard."
Rose holds my hand, smile. "Can you tell me why?" She asked.
I opened my agenda and shows her a note. "Some of them asked me to upgrade their equipment. I asked the IT department about this, and they denied that gave them not latest software." Rose nods.
"Did you already checked their computer yet?" I shook my head. "Why so?" She sits next to me.
"Whenever I want to check, an additional problem always came."
Rose hummed and nodding her head. "I have a friend that could help you. Do you want it?"
I believe Rose has already taken on the role of my wife, even though it's my business. When does your friend doesn't feel like they were your friend? That's what I feel right now.
Rose hold my hand tight and rubbed it. "Why you bought that company, then?" I need the reason. Why purchased the failed company instead a share of successful company?
"I thought it would be easy to re-build and manage a failed company." She put her head on my arm, "the damage is already done."
Rose slaps my head. "Did you have experience before?!"
"I worked as CFO and took care severals big contracts in my dad's company. Also, I have basic knowledge of the trucking route and basic price."
"I thought you didn't have any experience before." She said. "Why you did not take a break?" I sip my tea.
"No plans or destinations in mind." I said.
Rose pulled my arm and slap it again. I already get used to taking a slap, pinch, or punch in my arm from her. It's a consequence if you have muscle in your arms.
"Let's we… have a staycation at my house!" For God's sake, I don't fucking want.
"Why your house? Is that something special about that place?" She slaps me again.
"I should clean my house because my mom will discharge from the hospital. We just talked about it an hour ago, Lobak. Are you having dementia?" I face palmed and giggling.
"Sorry." I took a deep breath. My heart racing fast. Oh, God.
"What's wrong?"
I shook my head. "N-nothing. I just… want to searching a nearby motel or hotel I could rent."
Honestly, I don't like to have a staycation inside other people's house. Even get inside of their houses, I don't like it. Rose raised her eyebrow and sighed. "Is that because you are my client?"
"I don't like to have a staycation inside other people's house." I said as I looked into her eyes.
"Chill, duh! I don't bite you, anyway."
She will not bite me. I don't want Rose misunderstood about it. Since when I care about what I will say to her? Huh, maybe it's obvious I fall for her. I keep scrolling through the page. "Do you hear about… your friend, Wahyu? He worked for me." Her expression change.
Her face was pale. "Wh-what?!" I took a deep breath and realised it slowly through my mouth.
"I… assumed you have a problem with him?" I raised my eyebrow.
Rose did not answer my question. Her body starts to trembling. I hugged her tight. What is she afraid of? A ton of questions inside my mind. I wanted to ask her, but I couldn't find the words.
"Hey," she lift her head. "Let's we go somewhere. Just us." I know it seems cringe.
"Where?" she asked.
"Somewhere in Anne Arbon, there's an empty parking lot. Where she likes to go, and look up the moon. Ask herself where things went wrong and why she feels so caught." I wiped her tears, "and hope that thing, start changing something soon."
She chuckling. "Somewhere in Anne Arbon by Anson Seabra." I nod my head.
"Do you want to share your story?" She shook her head.
"I don't want to talk about it yet. I'm so sorry, Lobak." She wiped her tears on her cheek with her pajamas.
We both have a dark past that we won't open. Neither of us wants to talk about it. Maybe we just need to escape from reality for a while. "Let's we have a date tonight." She looks at me.
"A date?"
Shit. I face palmed because Rose realized we're not a couple. Why suddenly does my mouth said that word?!
"Y-yeah. I just… want to entertain both of us. If you… want to split the bill is fine by me." Accept or rejection, I don't care. I just want everything not awkward between of us. Fuck. This is tense.
I rubbed my nape. "If you…" she puts her finger front of my mouth.
"Okay. Split bill."
I widen my eyes. I'm not expect her to accept my invitation. "Let me…" I hold her hand and pulled her closer. Our eyes meet. I can feel her breath on my cheek "….change my clothes." I try not to hold my breath, but her chocolate eyes bewitched me. As if I forgot how to breathe, I observed her eyes.
"Lobak?" I hummed. "Can you promise me something? I mean…" I combed her hair with my fingers. "Can I trust you?" We stared at each other.
"It's depend. I can trust you, but can you trust me?"
My cats meowing and bite my leg. "Meow!"
I giggle and grabbed Toba. 9 of my cats died because scabies. Luke and Toba were the only my cat, who can survive. I hugged him while petting his head. "Let's put you to sleep because I want to have a date." I walked to his bedroom.
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I put a tray in front of me and sit. "It's your order? I don't know that you like to eat so much!" She puts her phone away.
"I don't like to talk without munching something. What about you?" It's been a long time I'm not eat kebab. I bought three variations of kebab, shawarma, and this. Prata bread.
"Yeah, same." She continued to devour her meal.
"Why are you not mad if I ate this shawarma and kebab? It's lamb and has high cholesterol."
She simply shook her head. My last ex will be furious, and controlling what I eat. Once I had spicy food, she did not send me a message for a three days. "You're a human. I know it bore you to death." She puts on a bowl of salad on my tray. "Where we want to go next?"
I rubbed my face, then my mouth. "Take you to midnight driving, but before that. We should go shopping for snacks. You come with me?" She nods.
A band on the stage plays my favorite song. Make You Mine by Public. Maybe it's time to open a new page? I'm not ready yet. We continue to talk while we smile at each other's face. Her smile is cute and contagious.
"Okay, let's go!"
"I haven't finished my salad!" She rolled her eyes and pulled my hand to the parking park.
TBC