Skyra felt something different this morning when she entered the company building, that woman greeted each other with several employees who were passing by, and some even saluted her as the new Manager of the marketing division in this company. And now after arriving at the workspace that is already filled with employees who are focused on their work behind the cubicle desk. The woman was still standing with the corners of her lips slightly curved, there was a feeling of emotion to seeing the employees who instilled a high discipline attitude, and this could not be separated from the attitude of the number one person in this company who was so firm and hard when disciplining his employees. If anyone disobeys of course the penalty is dismissal, and there's no way they could waste a dream job at a company that so many people want.
Skyra continued to walk towards the desk, put away the bag she had been carrying on the table, then exhaled slowly, while the corners of her eyes stared at the clock on her arm overgrown with fine hairs. There was still time to go to the toilet before starting his work this morning, the important thing was that he didn't come late.
Skyra went to the toilet and easily gave a smile to the employee who had just arrived with a slightly pale face. She knew the fear she was feeling, of course, they didn't want what happened yesterday to happen again. They must maintain discipline if they do not want to be dishonorably fired.
Even though she worked for the Rumpaka company for almost two months, she felt a very significant difference when she worked at the previous company and here. It may be true, that if a company, start-up business, or online marketplace wants to progress or become a large company, of course, it must instill a high level of discipline, led by a leader who is responsible, firm, and with integrity, although in this firmness it is often misunderstood by some people who are considered rude and inhumane if they do not understand the primary attitude of a leader.
Along the way to the toilet, Skyra's mind was filled with admiration for Rumpaka's attitude and was able to discipline his employees. Although inside her gaze was frightening, no one dared disobey the man's orders.
However, her footsteps stopped with her facial expression starting to change, when in front of him there was a woman who had always looked at him with a cynical and disliked look since yesterday. Who else if not Nathania, Rumpaka's secretary, and a woman with a special relationship with her superiors.
Skyra was surprised, she didn't have the slightest problem with him, didn't even have any enemies in this company. However, why did she seem to dislike him? Skyra wasn't Nathania, the woman tried to smile and say hello, although she didn't care, and preferred to cross her arms over her chest.
"I heard you were at Mr. Rumpaka's private apartment last night?" asked Nathania who went straight to the point saying things that made her heart inflamed, because she was so in love with Rumpaka, the woman dared to do anything including finding out what the man was doing, where and with whom to spend the night. And to be honest, after finding out that Rumpaka took Skyra to his apartment, the woman rebelled. She, who had been close to the man for a long time, was never invited to a private apartment, while the woman was able to see the contents of the room, which was quite a secret by Rumpaka.
Skyra was quite taken aback by Nathania's question, a look of jealousy was shown in the woman. She couldn't lie or evade, because the facts were true. However, what made him wonder how Nathania could know about her whereabouts last night in the man's apartment. Did Nathania hire spies to spy on whatever Rumpaka was doing?
Skyra tried to be calm and not to be fooled by the situation that cornered her.
"Yes, but it wasn't my desire to spend the night in Mr. Rumpaka's apartment, but the man who invited me, how dare I refuse orders when the man threatened to fire me. And one more thing between us didn't do anything," Skyra explained so that Nathania wouldn't think anything bad about herself and Rumpaka.
"Wow, you dare to enter a room that is very secret to him, I am so surprised what you gave to make Mr. Rumpaka take you there. There's no way you don't give him anything." Nathania's tone was already different, more piercing than before, even with the look in her eyes that kept an eye on her appearance.
"What does it mean? Didn't I say nothing to do with it? Did my answer not make you believe it?" Skyra started to get emotional with Nathania's words.
"Who knows with all that, did you give your body as a guarantee to be able to work here? Because it is so difficult for ordinary people to get a position in this company. Or did Mr. Rumpaka already buy your body at such a high price that you were only used as a puppet?" asked Nathania who was out of control.
Skyra was silent for a moment while holding her heart, which was pierced by Nathania's words, quite emotional, and wanted to say something harsh. However, she tried not to feel right about serving someone like Nathania, especially because she was in the office. And now the woman is looking for the right answer to keep her mouth shut.
"Both of your guesses are completely wrong, I'm not a cheap woman who easily gives up a body for money. Once I emphasize, there is no relationship or hot romance between me and him. We even slept separately last night! Don't turn the information you know into cheap rumors!" Skyra snapped bravely and continued to walk past Nathania's body who still had an annoyed expression on her.
One sentence from Nathania made Skyra remember the words of the man who brought her this morning. Dave said that if she was the first woman who managed to set foot into the man's luxurious apartment, it was almost the same as what Nathania said, no woman had ever been invited to his apartment by Rumpaka. Should she believe all that?
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"You're not misinformed, Dave?" asked Rumpaka back while talking to his accomplice who had arrived at his room moments ago. Dave informed that Mr. Revan would go with his mistress to attend an important event with some colleagues at a famous hotel tonight.
As an accomplice of Rumpaka, he was assigned to find out about the woman who became Mr. Revan's mistress that until now Rumpaka did not know about the woman. And oddly enough, Revan kept the woman hidden, until Dave and his men found it difficult to find detailed information about a woman who had long hair and was estimated to be young.
"No, Sir, the information I got is completely valid. However, Jerry said that if this time Mr. Revan would bring a lot of bodyguards on his trip, he didn't want the woman's identity to be exposed, maybe for him if the actions you have recently taken have seriously threatened the safety of the woman, in any way, sir. Revan will look after and protect her, or maybe the feeling of great love for him and the woman's life is in Revan's protection."
Rumpaka furrowed his brow for a moment and smiled sadly. Hatred continues to build up in his heart for the actions of Revan and the cheap woman. However, in contrast to one of his hands which were already tightly clenched into a fist, he felt like he wanted to hit someone, but he was confused about who would take a hard hit from him, it couldn't be Dave, an innocent man and the man who had helped him all this time.
One hit landed hard on the table making Dave, who was standing, surprised to hear that.
"I was so curious about the figure of that woman, that my father protected her. Is she a very special woman in Revan's life beyond my mother's love for him! Could it be that she was Revan's first affair before that man married my mother!" asked Rumpaka so furiously that he clenched his teeth together.
"It doesn't make sense, Sir, there's no way she's the same age as Mrs. Dahlia. Because in my observation, if the woman is still young," said Dave, who warded off suspicions from his superiors.
"But, why is he protecting her so much? It's different from the women who are his mistresses," said Rumpaka who sounded frantic.
"Yes, as I have said before, Sir, maybe Mr. Revan's love is so great for the woman, that he does not want the woman to be hurt by anyone, including you, his son," replied Dave.
Rumpaka immediately glared at Dave, there was nothing wrong with the man's answer. However, he hated to hear it, because it was the woman who made his mother suffer so much, though not the only woman with whom his father had a relationship.
Rumpaka promised to find the woman and avenge her mother's suffering all this time. At least he would ruin her life.
To be continued…