A Sugar Baby
It's Complicated
"Mas."
"Mas Dan, I'm sorry I'm mas."
Daniel walked quickly, Lea's mistake was completely unforgivable to him.
"Mas, I'm sorry. I just got this wrong, mom."
Daniel remained unmoved, even as he looked colder.
"Mas And."
Leah blocked her husband's arm and Daniel quickly rebelled, until Leah's body was pushed against the wall.
"And."
Someone shouted, it was Richard who was accompanied by Ellio. Since this morning the two friends were in the event, because they were both taking care of work. They had also seen the matter of Lea coming making a scene.
"Lo doesn't have to be rude like that" Richard scolded Daniel, while Lea was now in fear and of course sadness.
"Don't interfere in my business, Richard."
Daniel yells back in front of his best friend, while Ellio tries to pull Lea.
"Your anger against him is unnatural" Richard said again.
"Would that be called natural, when he humiliated me in front of everyone?"
"And, you're talking as if you've got it wrong with him. If you don't have an affair with your secretary, why should you be so angry like this."
"Should there be an affair first, then can I be angry?. Huh uh?. Naturally I am angry, I am the leader in my company, and that was we all met important people. I was humiliated in front of a crowd, by a snot boy like him."
Lea was getting jolted, honestly she was already very anxious to cry. But he did not want to use his tears to draw sympathy.
"Just because he's a boy, you should be able to understand all of that."
"Understanding what?. About what he did?"
"And, she's not Grace."
"Of course she's not Grace, Grace never did that to me in public."
"That's exactly what you should understand because Grace is all grown up and Lea hasn't."
"Why do you insist so much on him, you should support me to educate him."
"And, I...."
Daniel looked at Richard deeply.
"Lo has feelings for him?"
This time Daniel really wanted to know the answer. Of course, this made Lea and Ellio stunned. How could Daniel think so of Richard.
"And you're wrong. It's not what you thought."
"Pantes, if I ask for help about him. You never refuse."
"And, stop with all your bad thoughts. I love him as a brother, it's nothing."
"Oh yeah?"
Daniel looked deeply into Richard's eyes.
"Then what does it mean to you?. Am I not your brother?. Why is he so important to you?"
Richard sighed, he really did not want to continue this misunderstanding. He loved Leah, but what Daniel was accusing was not true.
"No one talks to me, I want to be alone."
***
In one place, a few moments after the incident.
"Lea, if Daniel is angry. You don't have to fix it right then and there. Give him time to be alone, for he is ugly when he is angry. Look he was rude to you."
Lea nodded, at once bowing. He listened to Ellio's words with a face still sad.
"Never humiliate him in public. Whatever his faults and how much pain you may have. Because Daniel is difficult to forgive all that, if you want to noisily wait at home. Daniel's very high self-esteem, especially earlier. You do all that in front of a lot of people who are even very respectful and disinclined as he is. It's only natural that he's mad at you."
Lea grew quiet and looked at Ellio deeply. He wanted to say that he really didn't know about Daniel meeting his client. Because they all wear ordinary clothes. Lea didn't know it was a meeting of company bosses. Lea wanted to say, but her lips were as though she was a mute.
"Om not defending Daniel, just because we were friends for a long time. But I'm just telling you, that's Daniel's nature. Besides, I don't think Daniel's cheating. He is if you love women, this is all knowledge om yes. He will not betray. Daniel rarely thinks of women, his brain is just work and achieve achievement."
As Leah realized her mistake, she promised that she would never do this again.
"Slowly learn to be mature. It's not easy, especially your whole life. Later om will also nasehatin Daniel, so that he can put his anger appropriately. So that he knows when to be angry, and when to give up. You're patient, yeah."
Lea nodded, and again lowered her gaze. He just hopes this is over quickly.
***
Daniel was sitting quietly somewhere, he was really thinking about this. While Richard was in the car, and remembered his quarrel with Daniel.
How can Daniel accuse him of liking Leah. What he did to Leah was for Daniel. He knew Daniel was busy and could not watch his wife at all times. Richard just wanted to help his best friend.
But, after this incident. Richard thought in that direction. Did he really like Leah more than he thought?.
Richard started counting down, whatever he did to Lea. And now he began to wonder, whether his feelings of affection were purely affectionate to his brother, or not.
"Oh, what kind of thought is this." Thought Richard.
The man immediately started the engine of his car and left the place.
***
"Where is Lo?"
Ellio called Richard when his best friend was on his way home.
"Gue back." Richard told Ellio.
"Lo don't take Daniel's talk. I don't know Daniel's nature if he's angry."
"Yes, I just need to calm down for a second."
"Yes, be careful on the road." said Ellio.
Before long the man walked into the parking lot, Lea had been driving home in an online taxi since a while ago. He refused to be escorted on the grounds that he did not want to trouble more.
Ellio stepped towards his car and went inside. When he got out of the basement parking lot, he saw Marsha who was walking near the highway. The girl was about to stop the taxi.
"Marsha, I'll take you home" Richard told the girl. Marsha was silent for a moment, then got into Ellio's car.
Along the way the two were more silent, and tried not to discuss the incident that had been experienced by Marsha. Ellio escorted the girl to the lobby of her apartment.
"You live here?" ask Ellio.
"Yes, sir. Do you want to stop by first?" Marsha makes small talk, but Ellio knows the girl is still angry about what happened to her. It was evident from his heavy voice and sounding lazy.
"Other times." said Ellio.
"If so, I say yes sir."
"Yes." Yeah."
Marsha gets out of Ellio's car, while Ellio drives away.