Hendra had changed his shirt with a new one, rushed to the lift from his private room on the top floor to the fifth floor where the main office of Wenceslas group was.
He looked up his watch several times. It was obvious that checking the watch movement was his daily habit now, especially since Aruna went back to his life completely.
That woman was not only part of his responsibility as was agreed in the marriage oaths but she also came to his main priority. He was working hard on that, sharing the responsibility between his role of the highest position put on his shoulders and the role as the husband of Lesmana's daughter.
Mahendra would try to finish his job as efficient as possible. Several times he refused to attend meetings he considered unimportant. He would rather delegated it to his men instead.
The most concerning thing for him was when his grandfather, Mr. Wiryo, found out what he had done at office. Elderly chief would certainly warn him with his refusal to such meetings under the reason of going home earlier, especially Surya was still off duty.
Somehow, he had to be fully aware at the fact that his company was established under very high dedication, supported by the huge wave of qualified employees who lay their hopes and life expentancy on the salaries they earned every month.
If Djoyo Makmur was inhabited by 2000 employees as a father with some children as his life loads, it could be imagined how big the number of people laid their hope and their future on Wenceslas Group.
If there were 1000 mothers or 1000 singles who were the main supporters in their family as the bread winners, it would also mean the same huge responsibilities for Wenceslas Group upon them
This explains why not so many people can reach success to the top. It is due to the mounted responsibilities carry on their shoulder. And not many people can do that, do it consistently till the end.
Now Mahendra walked out of the lift. He was just like Hendra the cold boss, did not much have interactions with his employees who tried to greet him. He just looked at them and walked away.
But when his mobile phone rang for incoming messages, to their surprise, he smiled, revealing his sweet dimples. It was really once in a blue moon occasion for his employees to see him smile widely.
A woman on the other end was taking a selfie . Aruna was in her class and she looked beautiful with her hair let loose.
The smile on his face made his walk incoherent. Herry pulled him away when he was about to knock at a glass door due to too much focusing on his mobile phone screen. This incident was witnessed by all employees in that floor. They looked at each other when they found out their CEO was different today, looking handsome with smiles on his face.
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"Surya??" Hendra was very excited to see Surya in the middle of corporate secretary team today continuing the unfinished job from lasy night. He hugged him as if a sibling missing his older brother. usai.
"Hey, why are you back to office today?" Hendra asked.
"Dea took too many days off for the wedding preparation. She needs to go back to campus as soon as possible to catch up her missing. I cannot be at home alone though," Surya explained his reasons while giving some inspections to his people's work. "Contact Nara&TV. Their reports are still unbalanced," he instructed his men as he was talking to Hendra.
A few minutes ago the door was knocked. Nana came out to the door. Employees started to talk about them, but Hendra ans Surya had little awareness and sensitivity toward such things.
Nana was delivering invitation cards helped by her assistant. It was a formal invitation for the company's triennial party. Nothing was special from it until one of them opened an elegant golden ribbon card. It was written an engagement party, and that shocked everyone who read it.
"So, our boss really divorced his wife?"
"Poor that girl,"
"But both were having a love affair, weren't they?"
"I don't think so. If we watch the pieces of that video, from the Tania and Danu Umar testimonies, they confessed of being guilty but they refused the adultery."
"Send me please. I want to see it, too,"
"I thought he would go back to Tania. That artist is very beautiful,"
"Secretary Nana is more beautiful, I guess. She is just a bit arrogant, doesn't want to minge with ordinary employees like us,"
"In my opinion, his wife is too much innocent. That is why she is a bit unattractive,"
Surya picked up the invitation card from his people who were gossiping. They stopped talking instantly.
And Surya was so much shocked to see what was inserted in that invitation card: An Engagement of Mahendra & Nana. Surya put the card in his pocket and planned to confirm it with his best friend later.
Right now, Mahendra was going out with his fiancée to be. Someone was looking for him, she said.
***
"What happened to your clothes, Aruna," Dea watched at her look today. The side part of her t-shirt was a bit wet and the outer was put in the plastic bag. Dea thought it might be wet and dirty, too.
"Ah, nothing serious," replied the woman in that blue jeans. She was sitting opposite Dea.
Not long after that Lily came and joined them. She brought three bowls of metballs and three cups of juice of different flavor.
Three of them were having lunch break at the cafeteria that noon.
"How is your married life," Aruna tried to change the topic. Lily was very enthusiastic, too.
"Married is not like what I have expected it," Dea replied shortly. This made the two best friends burst into laughing
"Did you think you would be in heaven after you got married?" Aruna teased her.
"Be in the arms of Surya, that is true," Lily's expression tickled the heart who listened to it.
"Hehe," Dea was embarrassed.
"What happened?" Aruna wanted to know what bothered her best friend.
"Mr. Surya is too neat and that is so uncomfortable for me, you know," Aruna and Lily could not hold their laughter. They laughed out loud. "Thank goodness my mother and my brother haven't moved in yet. I don't know. Mother said we need to adapt to each other first. After we get to know to each other well, she will join us. Now I understand what she means,"
Aruna stopped scooping her food. "That is nothing Dea compare to Hendra. Hendra is much worse! He takes care of everything from my food, my clothes, until my most private things."
"Same as Mr. Surya. He smoothens anything I touch. In his eyes, im just a kindergarten kid and he is the watcher," Dea whined again.
"Helloo…don't you have other topic to talk about? I am single, remember??" Lily grumbled.
"You are too carried away with you broken heart because of Timi, opss Tian Mizan,…emm…what is his real name? I don't know," Dea chattered. "Wait a moment. It looks like I am going to the same office with him," Said Dea as she opened the letter for her internship she just received from the administrative building.
"So am I," replied Aruna, "I was planning to switch with you. You are in product design of Wenceslas too?"
"How is it like to be at the same office with our husbands? For three months?!" Dea checked that letter again. "I suspect they may interfere n this issue too," Lily took the paper from Dea's hand, "Aruna, in remember Mr. Surya ever said that he would try to make you have internship at your husband's office so that you both could be closer again,"
"Dea, don't you know that they have reunited secretly?" Lily lowered her voice.
"Have they??" Dea looked surprised as well as happy. She hugged Aruna happily.
"I prefer Aruna reunited with Damar." Lily did not like Aruna was happy. She still held grudges on Hendra after he bullied her.
"Lily?!!"Dea poked Lily's cheek.
"Aruna's husband is too scary," Lily defended herself.
"By the way, how is Magic Letter if we all have to go on this internship?" Suddenly Aruna brought up difficult problem to solve. They all kept quiet instantly.
***
"Andos, Good. I was about to look for you," Mr. Wiryo's right hand man stood up to welcome Hendra. They both sat in the middle of the room.
"You are instructed to meet Mr. Wiryo, the Elderly Chief." Andos spoke up as he stared at Nana who sat near Hendra.
"I believed he has known to what happened at D floor," Hendra sought for confirmation and Andos nodded to agree with.
"You are also requested to come for the dinner tonight, Hendra," Nana interrupted.
"Do I have to?" Hendra looked reluctant to that invitation.
"It is not Oma Sukma's request but Opa Wiryo's," Nana indicated that the dinner could not be rejected.
"From today's on, you are not allowed to wander around as you like," Andos added.
"Why??"