
After driving Joanne back to the boarding house, Jayden immediately drove his car to Melisa's boutique.
The place was still quiet when he got there. Jayden was no wonder considering it was only eight past a quarter. There were only a few employees who were cleaning when he opened the glass door of the boutique.
One of the officers approached with a friendly smile on his face. "Good morning, Brother. What are you looking for?" he was a little surprised to see the man in front of him carrying a backpack. Fortunately, his face was handsome and his appearance was quite classy, otherwise Nadira would have thought people were asking for donations.
"Oh, I'm looking for Melisa's mother. I'm a photographer who'll work with him."
"Miss Melisa's not here yet. Let's sit there." Nadira then drove Jayden to the sofa in the middle of the room.
"Thank you." Jayden smiled a faint smile.
Nadira nodded, then withdrew after serving a cold drink.
In one corner of the room, among a row of neatly hanging dresses, three employees occasionally stole a glance at Jayden.
"Beauty, Sis," said one of them.
"Ganteng, anyway, handsome, but if there is already a gang with usually not fun," said the others.
"Shhh! Nadira came here. Disperse, disperse."
The three women immediately returned to their respective positions as Nadira went around to check their work. Nadira is Melisa's assistant. She was thirty years old, but not married. With a beautiful face, proportional body, plus its firm nature that deserves thumbs up. Nadira is truly the image of women today.
After nearly thirty minutes of waiting, Melisa finally revealed the trunk of her nose. Jayden stood up as the woman walked up to him.
They mince words for a while before Melisa takes Jayden to her study which is located a little inside.
Jayden was flabbergasted. The boutique that looks small from the front is actually so wide on the inside. There was a set of sofas with many mannequins lined around as well as some rooms that he did not know what the use was.
"The last one is his mini studio. We'll just go there one time, yeah, let's adapt."
Jayden followed Melisa. He also helped when the bob-haired woman had trouble opening the door.
"Thanks," Melisa said as she stepped inside. He grabbed the AC remote and set the room temperature.
Jayden circulated a glance, busy observing the place that would become his study for the next few days.
"Where, Jay?"
The man nodded a few times. "I set the lighting to the camera, yeah, Tan."
"Can, can."
When Melisa was watching Jayden who was taking out a DSLR camera from the bag, the sound of the rafters caught her sense of hearing. Melisa walked towards the door and turned her head. Two of her models, Priscilla, Bobby, and Zevanna, have arrived. He turned to Jayden, saying, "Jay, Auntie lives first, yeah. If thirsty take a drink in the refrigerator decket sofa only."
"Yes, Tan," Jayden replied, momentarily taking his eyes off the camera.
Melisa was out of the room, and now the woman was welcoming her "children" with excitement as usual. However, his gaze instantly changed as soon as he saw his daughter who had already left the house without asking permission first. Well, even though she went to her ex-husband's house, aka the father of the child himself, but still made her a little upset.
"Mom wanna talk to you for a second, Ze."
"Ma, please, deh. I want to work."
"Priss, auntie pinjem your employees for a second, huh?" Melisa asked permission from her daughter's boss.
"Just aja, Tan. It's okay to be behind, too." Priscilla laughed at the end of her sentence.
Zevanna snorted at the sight her mother looked back at her. Lazily, he followed the mother to the workspace.
"You if you want to stay at Adrian's house say, dong, Ze." Melissa began her short sermon. "Mama won't have to worry. Adrian also so no need to contact Mama."
"Not Mama? So, there's a chance to talk to Papa, right?" Zevanna knew very well that her mother was in love with her father. Yeah, how is love not dead? Adrian and Melisa were dating since they were white gray, college, until finally getting married and having two children. For decades they did nothing together, and now part ways because Adrian turned to Lily.
"Males! Mama is males. Mending abisin time for joint work. If Adrian can be cool, Mama can too. Especially now that Mama has a new activity." Melissa denied her heart. This kind of trait also decreased to his daughter.
"You're it! That's why little attention with Mama, Ze. Do not see from when the day Mama has been back and forth looking for fabric suppliers until finally the product is so and later stay promotional here and there." Melisa keeps chattering.
Zevanna regretted asking. However, his heart was a little relieved considering his negative thoughts were unproven. "Yes, yeah. So now what's Mama asking me to do?"
"Yeah, do not mind actually just want to pesen from now on if you go everywhere please say, including nginep at Adrian's house. Inget, Ze, Mama now only has you here. Your brother is far away in Singapore." Melisa put on a face.
"Yes, Ma. Don't be sad, please." Although her mother sucks, Zevanna still loves her and is sad whenever the woman who gave birth to her pours out her grief. Zevanna knew exactly how sick it was to be left by someone she loved because she had felt it when Jayden left her for no apparent reason. "I went to the toilet, yeah. Abis is straight to work, not good to each other."
"Mama wants to check on the others too."
The mother and son stood up. While Zevanna went into the toilet in her mother's office, Melisa who had just left the room along with Jayden who also came out of the mini studio.
"Shy, Jay?" ask Melisa.
"Eh, yes, Tan. Auntie wants a drink too?" Jayden.
"Can."
The man took two cold drinks available in the refrigerator and gave one of them to his boss. The interaction of the two is heard until the makeup room grabs the attention of the people in it so they scatter out.
One of Melisa's models named Keynara who first interrupted, "Tante, now the production of men's clothes too?"
"No. This is Jayden, she's not a model, but our photographer" Melisa replied knowing where Keynara was going.
Jayden who was awarded a beautiful face plus height that is also above average is indeed more suitable to be a model, than a photographer. Maybe someday if Melisa has penetrated men's fashion, she will ask the man to be her model.
They except Bobby nodded their heads. "Know, I'm Keynara. Commonly called Kekey." Keynara introduced herself as she extended a hand.
Jayden returned a helping hand in front of him and smiled faintly. "Jayden's."
"I'm Priscilla, call me Prissy." Replace Priscilla who introduced himself, and Jayden also repeated the same thing as before.
"Ribet you two. I know, I'm Gwen and the most beautiful man himself is Bobby." Gwen glanced at the man next to her.
"You want me to botakin you say it's like that" Bobby said.
The caramel-haired brunette girl just laughed. Gwen was the youngest, but she was also the nosiest.
"Eumm .. The place is ready. Maybe Auntie wants to see first" Jayden told Melisa.
The woman nodded. "You're spit, yeah," he told Keynara and the others.
Just when Jayden and Melisa step into the mini studio, Olive who also modeled for today's photo shoot appears with Zevanna who just cleared from the toilet.
"Woahhh .. late both of you," said Gwen in a fiery voice. He is indeed the most enthusiastic when it comes to handsome men.
"What touch?" ask Olive lazily.
"There's a handsome guy. This time the photographer is a handsome pol. I'm swear." Gwen held up her index and middle fingers.
"Bang Indra's? Doi's a handsome man," Olive replied as she sat her body in the soft chair.
"Not Bang Indra. Tuh, his voice sounds." Gwen didn't land her ass. He walked back to the door to steal a glance. "here, here. The guy's nongol again. I think I'm going to Aunt Melisa's room, deh."
"Whose name?" asked Olive who was now standing behind Gwen.
"Jayden, his name is Jayden."
Hearing Jayden's name, Zevanna who had been indifferently slid her eyes towards the door. And precise! Jayden who just passed the makeup room with his mother is the same Jayden as his ex-girlfriend.
What the heck? Zevanna's chest rumbled.