
Tok tok tok tok
The sound of the door of the room being knocked by Fero blew away the concentration of Andares. He unwittingly spent nearly half an hour digesting the decision Celina had taken. Should be the mind Andares feel relieved because the thing that has been bothering him has been able to finish.
“Why did he receive it that fast?” inner Andares.
In the midst of thinking, Andares was startled by the knock of the door that sounded.
"Can I come in, sir?" ask Fero from outside the Andares room.
"Come in!" answer Andares.
Fero opened the door and entered the Andares room. He held out a large brown envelope that appeared to contain documents.
"What's this?" ask Andares.
“This is the document you requested, Pak” replied Fero.
Andares seemed satisfied with Fero's performance. He kept the document in his desk drawer. Meanwhile, Fero, who was still standing quietly in front of him, was trying to ascertain something.
“Pak, please speak as cousin of Andares!” said Fero.
“You sure you will marry Celina?” ask Fero.
“How else? I can't refuse my mother's will. He himself would want to. I don't maksa” replied Andares.
“But, Res.. We just know how many days” said Fero.
“Fer, you know you can't wait anymore. And you know I've been looking for how many girls but they're all zonk” Andares said.
Fero looked a little riled up. Because after that, Andares told him to do something unexpected. Something even Fero himself doesn't know yet.
Fero was actually a cousin of Andares who worked as his secretary. Andares' mother was the older brother of Fero's father. He decided to become the secretary of Andares to protect her after she contracted DID or Dissociative Identity Disorder. Common people call it multiple personality disorder.
Andares contracted the disease after his mother and father always treated him differently. Not infrequently small Andares beaten to battered by his father. Since then Andares has had an extraordinary trauma to make him suffer from this rare disease.
***
Meanwhile on the rooftop, Celina and Aksa were still continuing their conversation that was starting to reach the top.
“What do you mean go to Korea?” ask Aksa.
"That means, what else?" answer Celina indifferently.
"Suddenly? KOREA?" Aksa was a little screaming.
"Udahlah, Sa! I've decided to accept it" Celina said lethargicly. He did not want to spend his precious energy and time fighting with Aksa.
"Did your brother know this?" cecar Aksa who was not satisfied with Celina's answer.
Celina nodded while Aksa just sighed and left Celina's room. He still could not accept the decision of his friend.
While Celina feels guilty for having lied to Aksa by saying that she will go to Korea. He did that because it was impossible to tell Aksa that he would marry, especially his own boss.
Celina rushed down after getting a call from Fero telling her to go to his room.
“What's up, Fer?” asked Celina after arriving at her room.
“I've been horrified from Mr Andares, he said you sentin nerima his offer?” said Fero.
“Ah, you already know the looks. Yes, Fer. I decided to accept it” Celina replied with a wry smile.
“Why, Cel?”
Celina began to tear up, her voice began to choke because she felt unable to talk about everything.
“I need a lot of money, Fer” said Celina Lirih.
Celina tells him the main reason that led her to accept the offer, as well as the lies that she used to cover it up.
“That's finally not a lie, Cel. Andares asked you to go to Korea with him” Fero said.
“Hah?”
Like falling on a ladder, Celina cursed her fate which was hit by accidents many times. Something that comes true and is no longer a lie is that Celina will actually go to Korea on Andares's orders. Celina would have to do that if she was willing to marry Andares.
But Celina could only resign. He could do nothing but obey. Here his life is already fucked up. If he could marry a rich man, his life would be guaranteed, earn a lot of money, his brother would be operable, could go abroad, why should he refuse. Without him realizing it, Celina's heart and mind were already covered with shadows of the ease she would get. Once again, he was already fed up with his messy life.
***
The sound of Celina's phone sounded very loud filled the room, although the volume on her phone was actually very soft. One more loss, he had just found a new contract he paid with the rest of the money Celina had. But he's gonna leave her. Depressing.
Celina picked it up from the table and read the incoming messages in her favorite chat room.
I want to talk to you. I'm up ahead
The message was from Aksa. Celina is actually still lazy to meet with Aksa. Especially after she lied to him by saying she was going to Korea. But after the lie became real, he decided to meet her, after all he would not be able to continuously avoid Aksa. He picked up his jacket and rushed out.
Outside Aksa's house was waiting in front of the fence. Just standing leaning on the hood of her car alone had already amazed and regretted Celina, why she wasted Aksa just for that bastard Dion.
Celina and Aksa have been rumored to be dating, but the fact is that only Aksa likes Celina. Because Celina only considered him a friend and he was eyeing Dion at that time.
Seeing Celina come out, Aksa immediately approached her.
"Hi!” aksa's greeting was awkward, moreover Celina only returned it with a slight smile.
"You, you want to sleep yet? I want to take you to drive" asked Aksa base stale.
"Not yet, but don't go far. I'm tired" Celina replied.
Aksa nodded and rushed to open the car door for Celina. And soon Aksa's car disappeared in the middle of the city of Jakarta.
Almost thirty minutes drive, only the sound of the engine from inside the car. They were silent and no one dared to start a conversation. Celina who did not want this awkward atmosphere to continue, finally opened her mouth first.
"Well you talking here?" ask Celina.
"No, we stop in front" Aksa replied as she pointed her car towards where she meant.
They stopped at a location that resembled a city park. After parking her car, Aksa and Celina walk to the middle of the park.
"By the way, Sa!" said Celina and immediately stopped her steps.
"Okay, about yesterday.”
"Don't discuss it again, Sa!” sahut Celina's.
“You really want to go?” ask Aksa again.
Celina smiled wryly and nodded.
“Cel, can you cancel that plan?”
“Why?” ask Celina.
Instead of answering Celina's question, Aksa instead pointed her hand at Celina's waist and pulled her until they looked at each other in a very close distance. While Celina was still gnawing in surprise, Aksa immediately kissed Celina's soft lips.
A few minutes later Celina was able to escape the hug and kiss after Aksa took it off. With a gasping breath, Celina's hand reflexively slapped the right cheek of the man who had presumptuously kissed her.
“What the fuck are you, Aksa?” shout Celina.
“Sorry, Cel. I can't hold it anymore. I don't want you to go” replied Aksa.
“Crazy! What kind of woman do you think I am? Remember you already have.”
Celina's speech was interrupted by Aksa's shout.
“I KNOW! I know I'm dating Ellen, but I can't escape my feelings for you, Cel”.
"Well, you made me look like someone's girlfriend, Sa!”
"Honestly, my feelings haven't changed in the past, Cel. Even when you rejected me first"
Celina turned her head to hear Aksa's words.
“I want you to wait for me, Cel. Right now I can't leave Ellen, but can you wait for me, in a minute!” aksa said with a glare.
"Basic jerk!" said Celina lirih.
"I'm going out with Ellen because I had an arrangement with my parents, Cel. But I can't forget you" Aksa said, looking down.
"Hh.” Celina just sighed so inexhaustibly with words coming out of Aksa's mouth.
Aksa stepped closer to Celina who was already at a loss for words. She hugged Celina. While Celina only let herself be hugged by the man who had always been there for her. He could feel the sincere warmth from Aksa's embrace.
But want how, even though his heart had shuddered because Aksa kissed him, he had chosen to marry Andares. And all because of money. Celina felt she had no right to call Aksa a jerk, because she herself was also a jerk.