Mirna looked at Nala who hurriedly walk along the corridor. She felt this is the right time to snare that foolish cousin of hers.
"This is the right time to put her in her place. What a fool. Fool little Nala,you can keep rushing around all you like. You can not run away from me. I got you this time
You are heading toward your own grave," said Mirna in an excited whisper when she saw Nala walked toward Gale's home office. She felt very lucky when she saw that because at a glance Gale's office looks like a mini library and can be deceiving for those who are new to this house. Gale isorma's brother-in-law who is a cold and quiet person. He rarely open the room except for cleaning. If the door to the room is open, it is either Gale needs the room cleaned or the servants forgot to close the door back after cleaning.
Mirna remembered the time she entered the room by accident after the servants cleaned up the room. She admired the room that has a touch of blue and black without realizing that Gale is in there.
"Why are you in here?" Gale coldly asked Mirna before scolding her for her impudence.
"Get out!" Gale shooed Mirna without listening to her explanations. Mirna still remember her heart beat loudly for a while because of fear and panic before she calmed down, just like Sforzando dynamic in the violin class that she took before. It is a dynamic that gets louder with a sudden strong accent on one note before going out.
Mirna followed Nala confidently when she saw her going to Gale's room. She cheered inside because now she can trapped Nala. She hoped Gale is also inside the room so she can trap them together.
As soon as she saw Nala stepping inside the room, Mirna pushed Nala and locked the door behind her.
"Kyaaa!!" Nala shouted because she is startled when someone suddenly push her into the room. She tried to hold to the armrest of the sofa to keep herself stable. In vain Nala tried to open the door but it is not budging at all.
"Is this some kind of smart door?" Nala grumbled after ten minutes passed and
she still cannot open the door in front of her.
Nala sneaked out of the ballroom because she want to write the chapter that she must upload by today. It never crossed her mind that she will ge locked in a strange room when she just want to finish writing her novel.
"This must be one of Mirna's trick again. She just cannot accept that I'm being welcomed kindly by her in-laws just now!" Nala grumbled while starting to type word by word on the novel application that is inside her smartphone. She keeps typing and didn't realize an hour has passed. The party should be almost over and she must hurried to get back home. Well, that is if she can get out of this room.
Nala tried go open the door again and looked around for another exit, but both the door and the shelves is not budging at all. Nala felt helpless in looking for a way out of this room when she heard an ice voice scolded her,
"Have any of you from the Winarto family taught any manners? How could you enter into a stranger's room without any permission."
Nala looked behind her and see a man with handsome face and a pair of dark blue eyes that is as icy as his voice before. Instead of looking at his appearance, Nala looked at the way out behind him. She is getting frustrated seeing the door slowly closed behind him.
"I'm sorry, I did not come here on purpose. I was looking for a place to type my work when suddenly got pushed when I was at the front of this room . Do not put me on the same plate with that snake. We are not the same," said Nala answering him back with the same coldness in her voice. She hated to be accused and likened with Mirna who is full of tricks and intrigues.
"I have been trapped for almost three hours in here, looking for the way out. I also have no interest in going in and rummaging around stranger's room without permission, " said Nala again. Deep inside her heart Nala hoped the man in front of her would be kind enough to show the way out so she can immediately go back home. She is also suspecting the reason Mirna trapped her here is the man before her. If that is true, she has one more reason to go back home and did not fall into her trap. She did not care if the man in front of her think lowly of the name of her mother's family as long as she can get out of this place.
Gale stared at Nala who hold her bag tightly while anxiously looking for the way out. Gale knew Nala is Mirna's cousin from her mother side. He wrongly thought that she entered his room on purpose to rummage around like what Mirna did when the servants were being careless and forgot to lock his room.
"She is different from that cousin of hers," thought Gale inside his head.
"You could get out from here. This way goes directly to where the cars are parked. I will help you this time," said Gale after being silent for a while. He pulled one of the books near him and the door behind is opened.
"Thank you so much. I will never forget your kindness," said Nala feeling both surprised and grateful toward the strange man. She left in a flash after making sure she got all of her things with her.
"Thank God I am able to get out and get away from Mirna's wicked trap," said Nala gratefully. She hurriedly get back home and called Aunt Maria, Gion's mom and Mirna's mother-in-law to apologize for going home early because her body was not in a good condition. Nala felt grateful that everything was fine.
"I hope tomorrow will be better, like a gentle and refreshing wind. Without drama and annoying people around," said Nala wishing to herself while laying her tired body on her bed. All of the fatigue and exhaustion accumulated inside dried away along with her sleep.
Meanwhile Gale opened the other door that connected his office to the corridor and found the headband that he got as a gift for Asuka, Mirna's baby laid on the floor. She must have left it in a hurry.
"What a witch!" Gale growled full of anger. He will not let Mirna get away with this because she has gone too far already. Gale immediately called Mirna's husband,
"That woman tried to enter my office again! This time she tried to trap me together with her cousin!"
"Mirna did that? Bro, you must be mistaking her for the wrong person. Mirna is too soft and kind to be able to trap you like that. Stop thinking negatively about her," answered Gion while looking at the documents in front of him.
"The headband that I gifted for Asuka is right outside my room. I think the CCTV recording will also backed my claim," said Gale getting annoyed at his brother.
From the beginning Gale never like Mirna, not as a friend nor a family member. Mirna is no different than a snake and also a fox in Gale's eyes. She is always ready to attack and keep her eyes on her preys all the time, and it is a pity that Gion fell into that vermin's charm....