Blooming At It's Time
³¹ Bracelet from Bali

Alora obeyed Alden's remark to go around, looking for a new atmosphere. Although she only went to ordinary places, it was important that Alora came out of Alden's apartment. Lately Alora is enjoying her time with herself more. Sometimes he stopped by Genta's bakery and chatted.  This time too, Alora stopped by Genta's bakery which began to attract visitors little by little.

Most of them look very relaxed. The man opened his laptop at the table, with Alora sitting opposite him. Alora sees firsthand Genta's hard work promoting her dream bakery. In each of his gazes, Alora admired Genta after seeing the man still holding firm to his dreams since High School. Inevitably, Alora always compared herself to Genta.

"Why see that?" Genta asked, awakening Alora from her daydream.

"Sir papa. I'm still amazed by you. You can finally achieve your dream. You must be so happy."

Genta smiled, looked at Alora at a glance and then re-typed something on her laptop. "Clearly certainly. I didn't expect to make it this far either."

"Definitely hard?"

"Hmmm..." Genta stopped his busyness to think, then looked at Alora and continued his sentence "Difficult, but I was happy. You know I have no other purpose than this."

Alora gave a small laugh then nodded. Genta has not changed in the past, thinking only of bread, cake, cooking, and this, and that. After a long time without meeting, Alora is now more amazed after trying peanut cookies that she has never tried before. Alora widened her eyes while chewing funny. Genta laughed at Alora's reaction which was still the same as before.

"Nake?"

Alora nodded for sure.

"You still like peanuts?"

"OH? You inget?"

"Where can I forget?"

Alora laughed, then went back to eating her cookies. Genta returns to his job, while Alora spreads his eyes to the tavern. There was a television hanging on the wall. Feeling a fairly quiet atmosphere, Alora tried to turn on the television. Of course with prior permission on Genta.

"Can I go on tv?"

"Nyalain aja."

Without the ba-bi-bu, after Genta's approval, Alora turned on the television. Alora is replacing some channels that only serve ads. While looking at a familiar woman, Alora placed the remote controller on the table. Usually Alora rarely watch gossip shows like this, but the woman quite caught his attention. Alora was watching an exclusive interview with Shellandine about the new film she was starring in. Yes, Shella's Alden's girlfriend.

Seeing such a perfect woman, Alora came to understand why Alden was infatuated with Shella. No need to lie, Alora was indeed a little envious of Shella. Hey, who wouldn't envy a top star like Shella? Every woman wants to be like her, and every man wants a woman like Shella.

"Beautiful..."

Genta raised his gaze to look at Alora, as the woman spoke softly subconsciously. The clapper turned the body, following Alora's line of sight to the television. After seeing a beautiful woman on television, Genta laughed a little and then looked back at the screen of his laptop.

"You're prettier."

"Huh?" Alora showed a big question mark through the look in her eyes, because she did not pay attention to Genta's words.

Instead of repeating his sentence, Genta instead laughed a little while staring at Alora. "Who is beautiful?"

"That's. Sella." Alora pointed at the television.

"Who is she?"

"Huh? You don't know? Artist!"

Genta shook his head, then came back busy, leaving Alora with a million astonishments.

"Well, who doesn't know Shella? Whoa!"

Alora refocused her eyes on the television, until Shella raised her left hand and showed her a simple pink wristband. Then Alora squinted her eyes, trying to pay attention to the bracelet that Shella was wearing. Unfortunately, Alora had to wait until Shella again raised her left hand. After Alora felt reassured, her body immediately leaned limp on the back of the chair.

Although she had no right to be offended, Alora had already felt it. Highlight the eyes that had been cheerful, suddenly turned sad. He knew and was well aware that there would be no feeling between himself and Alden. She is also fully aware that Alden still loves Shella. But seeing that Shella was wearing a bracelet that almost belonged to her, made Alora want to shout in disbelief in front of Alden. He chose the bracelet first, why did Shella get it? He's the one who married Alden, why did Shella win?

Alora only dissolved in her stupid thoughts, and could do nothing about it.

"Why you?" Genta asked, so aware of the change in Alora's eyes.

Alora raised her gaze, looking at Genta who was also looking at her. Alora let out a long sigh, then subconsciously recklessly offered herself to Genta. Alora seems to be losing her mind and wants to do something crazy. If Alden can have another woman, why can't Alora?

"Thank you, Genta."

"You mean?"

"here. I'm gonna apply for a job here."

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The cup!

Alden was surprised and immediately looked at Shella who had just peppered her cheeks. Shella smiled broadly as she waved her hand, then out of the car followed Hana who was busy carrying the top star groceries. Alden's views moved in the direction of the departure of Shella and Hana, Shella's manager. Then, Alden let out a long sigh after the shadow of Shella completely disappeared from its equivalent.

For some reason, lately when he met Shella, Alden always felt very tired. As if his body was forced to work a full 24 hours without rest, even to breathe alone felt heavy. Not wanting to think long, Alden immediately darted with his white car to go home. Again for some reason, lately the journey home Alden feels lighter and more fun.

It was almost midnight that night, and Alden had just arrived at his apartment. On his way to the unit, Alden thinks that Alora must have fallen asleep. So Alden pressed the pin and opened the door very carefully. But when Alden walked into the living room, it turns out Alora was still sleeping on the sofa while playing his cellphone.

"Loh, haven't slept?"

"Where are you from?"

"Huh? From..." Alden did not continue his sentence. He was quite confused by Alora's unfriendly tone. Instead of answering Alora's question, Alden was busy thinking about what happened to Alora.

"Why you?" Finally Alden asked that question after thinking for a while.

Alora lowered her phone, so she could gaze at the ceiling of the living room more freely. Then Alora let out a long sigh, weighing should she ask Alden about the bracelet? Alora did not want to interfere too much with Alden's relationship. But Alora could be curious half to death if not to ask.

Then Alora got up, and sat down on the couch. "More tomorrow I work."

"Oh yeah? Where's where?"

"The bakery has an old friend of mine."

"Goodoo.  Glad to hear that." Alden kept smiling even though Alora was not looking at him. Although he still did not get an answer about what happened to Alora, Alden did not want to ask. He had promised not to interfere too much, then he would wait for Alora herself to come to him.

Alora nodded slowly, then got up from the sofa to walk towards her room. He passed Alden without a word, although Alora was aware that the man's gaze was following his steps. Alora stopped in front of the room door without opening it. He couldn't just leave feeling this agitated. He could not sleep because of his thoughts. So Alora decided to turn her body to look at Alden who was ready to look at her.

"By the way, the bracelet suits Shella."

"Huh? His bracelet?" Alden frowned, trying to digest Alora's meaning.

"Yes. Bracelet from Bali." Alora forced a smile, then lifted her two thumbs into the air. "Celebrities are different..."

Alora lowered her hand, then rushed around the doorknob and entered the room through it. Alden was still frozen in position until a short while after Alora closed the door of his room. Alden immediately checked his phone to find news about Shella. Several articles about Shella's exclusive interview have been published, along with photos of the actors involved. Alden zoomed in on each photo of Shella with his hands raised, and immediately clucked in annoyance. It was obvious that Shella was wearing the bracelet that Alden was supposed to give Alora.

At first Alden immediately walked up to the door of Alora's room, but when he was about to knock, Alden again hesitated. His hands that had been raised, came back down. Alden let out a long sigh, annoyed by the doubt that made him unable to dwell. Then what would he do after knocking on Alora's room door? Explain from beginning to end? No, Alden wouldn't do it. So he chose to turn around to go to his own room.

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