The three of them came out together from the fried rice stall.
Dira only brought Rendra's wallet. Meanwhile, Rendra brought a plastic bag containing two packets of fried rice. And Ardian brought a plastic bag containing three packs of fried rice.
"Buy three for your family?" Asked Dira in a friendly manner.
Adrien chuckled softly. "No. I'm staying at Akbar's boarding house. The three of us are staying. Me, Akbar, and another friend of mine named Abimanyu."
"Ah, you're not coming home?"
Adrian shook his head. "No, Dira. It was a promise to stay and play together until late. This is a common thing that happens in male friendships. Because Abimanyu happens to be back here."
"Wait, Abimanyu? I think I've known that name before." Dira said.
"Haha right. He's in the same group chat with us. He's a finance manager at the Tangerang branch. Not here."
"Ah, I see. I remember now. Alright then, see you tomorrow Ardian." Dira said kindly.
Rendra also just smiled and nodded at Ardian.
Then the brother and sister got into the car together. And Rendra immediately directed his car to return home.
After arriving home again, Dira immediately went into the house and opened the two packets of fried rice. He prepared two packets of fried rice into two glass plates. The girl also prepared drinking water in two elongated glass tubes.
Rendra who walked leisurely towards the dining table just smiled faintly at his sister.
The reason is, since meeting Ardian earlier, Dira until now looks enthusiastic and happy. Rendra could tell how his sister acted when she was interested in someone.
The man pulled out a chair at the dining table for him to sit down. "You are very familiar with the man named Ardian earlier?" asked Rendra curiously.
Dira, who had just sat down and was holding a spoon, just stared at him for a moment. "Ah, we are still not very close."
"Really? You've been blushing red since you looked at Ardian."
"Hmm, you know so much!!"
Rendra chuckled. "I know because I am your brother. How old is Ardian?"
"One year above you. Ardian is twenty five years old."
"Eh, it turns out he's a year older than me?"
Dira nodded. "Yeah. But you know that earlier. He's very polite, isn't he?"
He couldn't help but nodded his head. Ardian's attitude was quite polite and very friendly to him.
Dira smiled happily. Then she immediately ate her fried rice which was still warm.
Fried rice is always given a pack of pickles wrapped in a plastic bag. The taste of the pickles is very fresh and makes you devour when you eat the fried rice.
And the fried rice stall that Dira visited was a fried rice stall with quite a lot of customers. Many people like fried rice there. Every day the shop will definitely experience a long queue. Precisely when the curfew was already nine o'clock in the evening.
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One week has passed since Dira and Ardian's meeting at the fried rice stall.
And in this one week, Dira didn't see Ardian too often at the office. They only occasionally side by side but don't realize it.
But it was Ardian who always dared to contact Dira first via personal chat.
Happy? Of course she was happy.
Actually, Dira doesn't really like things that smell like love. She had just experienced something unpleasant to tell. Dira experienced a bad love story several times when she was still in school and college.
For Dira, her love story was never good. There are always bad things that happen to her and her partner. Then break up and blame each other.
Dira was tired of it. She even promised herself that after that she would no longer be in a relationship with a man. But it looks like she broke her promise.
Dira didn't know why when she was with Ardian, her heart felt very comfortable.
"Hey, Dira. What are you busy with today?" Karina asked.
Dira, who was focusing on the computer screen, had to lift her head. "Ah, Karin. Sorry I'm very busy today with core reports that I have to input one by one."
"Gosh, today is Friday. At least ignore half the report."
"Hahaha of course I can't, Karin. What's wrong?"
Karina grinned widely. "Emm, would you like to have dinner with our group later?"
"Ah, with whom?"
"Of course I, you, Dinda, Akbar, Ardian, and Abimanyu. At half past seven at a cafe which will be informed via group chat later." Karina said.
Hearing Ardian's name being mentioned, Dira felt a little interested in joining the dinner together.
However, Nadira still has a lot of work to do. The data that must be input is not even half way through. Especially now that it's half past four in the afternoon. And all of those inputs must be completed by Dira today. She couldn't take it home because the input had to use the company's system application.
Karina sighed softly when she saw Dira pensively thinking about something.
"Dira, how? Can you?"
And finally, Dira shook her head. "Sorry, Karin. I think I have to work late today. I still have a lot of data to input. And I have to finish all of this today. I don't think I can join you for dinner."
"Ah, come on. You can also catch up to the cafe after your work is done."
"I can't, Karin. I think I'll be done by seven o'clock."
"It's all right. You can still join us." Karina said. The woman really forced Nadira to join the dinner.
Then she smiled faintly. "I'm sorry, Karin. I think I'll be exhausted. So I just want to go home and rest." Dira said.
Hearing those words, Karina just pouted slightly then nodded and walked back to her desk.
Meanwhile, Nadira began to feel sore in several parts of her body, especially the neck. Her body temperature also felt a bit warm. However, Nadira continued her work.
At half past five in the afternoon, the other employees had already rushed out of their respective rooms.
The atmosphere in the office is getting quieter and in the General Affairs division there is only Nadira. Nadira continued to stare at her computer screen and her ten fingers were busy on the keyboard.
The girl really worked overtime and worked hard. She didn't care if her office was very quiet. Even the cleaning services have all gone home.
Until finally, Nadira managed to finish her work at six in the afternoon. Turns out she could have finished earlier.
However, Dira's eyes felt a bit sore and hot. She has turned off her computer. But now she crouched limply on his folded arms on the table.
She felt her breath warm a little. Why is her body so weak? And now her head was too heavy to lift. She wanted to go home, but she can't open her eyes.
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