
“Hm... orders are still many?”, asked Dimas to Erin, his employee who was on guard at the cashier.
“Engga Sir, only two more left and it's finished, just wanted to be delivered, sir.
“Oke..it looks like lunch hour is long past yes. We briefed first 10 minutes, can?”, asked Dimas to his employees at the cashier table.
“Good, Sir. Tumben, usually the briefing night or morning, Mr.”, asked Erin.
He's been working at Dimas's Cafe for 6 months. This cafe does have a Manager to manage other employees when Dimas is not in the cafe. Because Dimas has 6 branches of Cafe even to 7 if the Cafe located at the Mother and Child Hospital successfully launched. Even so, Dimas chose his own employees who worked at the Cafe.
So, for the recruitment process remains through him and the employee is not under one Cafe but one brand entity directly. Dimas could have moved one employee to another cafe for some reason.
Although Dimas is the owner of the Cafe, but he maintains a close relationship with his employees including those at the base. In the office he set up in his garage.
“I forget this morning, then tonight I already have an event. “, replied Dimas casually.
“Iqbal where?”, ask Erin.
“Again in the warehouse sir, checking the goods. I call ya, Mr.”, reply Erin.
“Oke, all call Candra when it's done between ya.”
“Good, Mr.”, Erin replied.
Dimas then immediately sat at one of the tables that he would use for a briefing later. He opened the note on his phone. The point is he wants to give awareness that next month they will start a new concept for packaging their coffee. However, Dimas also did not want to throw out the existing stock. Therefore he asked Iqbal to check the stock first.
Next, they will begin re-branding packaging as a step to reduce carbon emissions. As he was adding some points he wanted to convey, someone contacted him.
“Ya... hello.”, replied Dimas.
“I want to talk to you.”, who else called her at random hours like this if not Sarah.
“What else, Sar? I'm in a meeting. Let's talk this afternoon, yeah?”, Dimas said slowly.
“I'm already in front of your Cafe.”, said Sarah who was staring at Dimas' back from a distance.
“Welcome.”, greet Erin who already knows who the woman standing in front of her.
Erin wasn't always at this cafe. To keep its employees in a new mood, Dimas will perform a special employee shuffle for waitresses every quarter. Erin had met this woman often in another branch of the Cafe owned by Dimas.
Sarah's been seeing him there more often if she doesn't want to meet the people in this office.
“Hah.. I already told you, don't meet me at business hours and without notice.”, said Dimas sighing.
Sarah, that woman was always willing. They are not invited but they must be sent home.
“Why not hire a secretary, so in the future I can contact him to arrange a schedule to meet you.”, said Sarah who is very good at playing words.
“Good. What do you want? Talkin? Can you wait for me to finish the meeting with my employees first? Only about 10 minutes.”, said Dimas who finally gave up.
“Hm. Alright.”, he said take a seat in the back corner where not too many people pass by.
“What do you want to drink? Erin will make.”, says Dimas offers.
“No need. I'm not here to get a free drink.”, reply Sarah.
“Why should you say it like that. All right then.”, said Dimas let Sarah take a seat as she pleases.
The meeting lasted about 30 minutes. Longer than expected. However, at least all points can be conveyed well. Longer also because in the middle of the meeting there were one or two employees who ordered coffee. Luckily, they ordered a takeaway.
“Not that Miss Sarah?”, asked a woman who was on the sidelines of a Dimas meeting, ordered coffee with her co-worker, a man.
“Hm? Miss Sarah?”, the man asked confusedly.
“You... ah.. Yes, you are only 3 years old to join our company. Sarah's mother was his wife, uh one of his ex-wives Mr. Arya. A year before you joined, they officially divorced. I saw him a few times in the office. Even when outing employees he also had to follow.”, explained his colleague.
“Thank you, mba.”, said one of them when their coffee order came.
“Hm..classy sassy really her.”, comments the man beside her.
“Hn.. different from Mr. Arya's current wife. Well. prettier anyway, but the aura's more clean. Hahaha.”, he commented with a laugh and left.
Dimas, the man immediately stepped onto the table where Sarah was sitting.
“So, what do you want to say?”, asked Dimas directly to the point.
“Who is that woman?”, asked Sarah. He's no less to the point than Dimas.
“Women?”, Dimas of course confused, he did not understand at all what Sarah meant.
“Women you're dating now.”, says Sarah clarify her question.
“I'm not dating anyone. Besides, if there is, why do you ask? You're not working? Why can wander in hours like this.”, said Dimas divert his conversation to others.
He knows what Sarah's nature is. They've known each other for a long time. As far as Arya knows her, Dimas believes she knows Sarah better. Dimas is not ready if Sarah knows the whereabouts of dr. Rhymes.
They had met, but Sarah had not known that the woman now close to her was dr. Rima, the same woman he met at the club some time ago.
“I don't know if I want to work or want to play. I want to play or I want to work. Some time I lost all my toys.”, he said.
Dimas knew exactly what he meant.
“You did not meet Dika's wife, the man you met was not it?”, asked Dimas carefully.
“Dika? Who her? That man no longer thinks of me. Why did I meet him or his wife. What's in it for me.”, Sarah said.
“I hope you have nothing to do with this incident that has been happening for some time to Dinda.”, Dimas said, this time he was more assertive.
“Dinda? Wh who? Ah.. Arya's new wife? Ha-ha now I even call that woman Arya's wife. No. gabe.. I didn't do anything - what.”, Sarah told Dimas.
“I hope you're really telling the truth.”
“Thank God it wasn't you. Oiya, a doctor from the Mother and Child Hospital called me. Sorry, I'm just asking now. He said he would not accept treatment from the hospital. What are you sick with? I asked him but he didn't explain because I'm not who - who you are legally.”, Dimas explained.
“Sorry, he forced me to give you the number of someone to call. I was lazy to extend it and give you your number.”, Sarah said.
“He asked me to persuade you to accept treatment. What does treatment mean? What are you sick with?”, asked Dimas. He sounded sincerely worried about Sarah.
“It's none of your business.”, Sarah says defensively instead.
“Why is it none of my business? Obviously you gave her my phone number, which means you want me to know your condition.”, Dimas said, trying to dig deeper.
“I was only forced to give my number because the doctor kept pushy. She thought that just because she saved me once, she could do as she pleased.”, Sarah instead remarked cynically.
“Cannot be. In that case, why don't you just give someone else's number.”, Dimas said in a slow tone.
“What is the father of the baby I born a few years ago. Therefore he asked for the number.”, Sarah arrived - suddenly exploded. Dimas spoke softly and softly to her.
Luckily, the cafe is not too crowded. There are only a few people who are likely not employees sitting at the front desk. They briefly glanced at him in surprise, but resumed their activities.
Erin, the woman was also surprised by Sarah's snaps. All along, he had never seen their interactions like that before.
‘What was that? Father of a baby? Huh huh? Mr Dimas impregnated Ms Sarah?’, Erin shut her mouth.
He was surprised but he repeatedly told himself not to interfere in other people's affairs. Whatever it is, I have to forget what I just heard. That's how Erin thought.
“You better say it or I'll see that doctor at the Hospital and hear from him directly. Is this related to your miscarriage incident when we were in the US?”, Dimas said trying to persuade Sarah to tell a story.
“Not your business. I'm just here to find out the woman you're dating, why you're back to interrogating me. No need to drive me, I brought my own car”, Sarah stood up from her seat and immediately left from there.
Dimas wanted to catch up but he thought it was not the right move. He'll try asking again later. Asking Sarah now would only make the woman make a fuss.
‘Why did Sarah lately like continuing to lose herself?’, said Dimas inwardly looking at Sarah's back who went out of her Cafe.
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“Mas Arya sometimes - sometimes it can be sweet as well.”, praise Dinda who just got off the car.
“Hn.”, Aryan response is very short.
Looks like he's already spent the stock of ‘kejinakan’ and his ‘commantis’ today. He's back on 7-layer ice cube mode.
“Why don't you say you want to buyin. Until I have to beg - beg in front of the restaurant. Until mba restaurant seein. Until I offer everything I have, only Arya will grant.”, said Dinda while holding hands in front of the body of the car waiting for Arya who is still complicated in the car.
“I want to know, how much ice cream is worth. It turns out to be expensive too until you want to give kiss unlimited.”, said Arya with her flat tone.
Dinda just put her lips together to realize that she lost.
“But, everything you offer in front of the resto is valid from now on yes.”, said Arya even took her head out briefly from inside the car to confirm her agreement with his wife.
“Hm. we haven't had time to talk about the period. Every agreement must have a period. One year, one week, one month. One minute. Could the agreement was only valid for a second.”, said Dinda smiling to get the weakness of their agreement.
“You cheated his name.”, said Arya closed the car door and pressed the button to lock it.
Dinda immediately stood up and walked beside Arya towards the elevator.
“Salah itself, so focused want to move his wife, Mas Arya ga focus the same points are more important.”, said Dinda.
Cup…
“Mas Aryans….. This is still in the office.”, cried Dinda when the man suddenly - suddenly immediately kissed her cheek briefly.
“Why? Later at home, you would say the time of the agreement is over. Whereas if you follow our agreement, I can kiss you until satisfied loh.”, said Arya.
‘Hm.. turn part kiss - just kiss, by the way can be one paragraph.’, said Dinda in heart.
“What? You must have said something in your heart, right?”, asked Arya managed to catch his wife wet.
“What? I did not say anything - what.”, said Dinda.
Muachhh.
“Mmmmhhhh mas Aryaa.. if anyone arrives - arrived through how?”, Dinda immediately panicked to observe and check if there are people around or not.
Arya just smiled cunningly.
“Better you make sure the agreement period earlier, or I will kiss you more deeply here.”, said Arya.
“What the hell, mas Arya. at home, ga here.”, reply Dinda again while trying to avoid Arya.
“Gak.”, Arya instead approached his wife.
“Ih.. mas Arya is serious huh? Can't do.. The time is up. It's wrong why I didn't kiss you in the car. It's office hours now, Mr. Arya. Excuse me first.”, said Dinda nyelonong because the elevator information screen already shows the elevator will soon open.
“H.. Hm..”, said Arya getting closer to his wife.
The man had already managed to pull Dinda's waist down but his wife was still trying to dodge. At home, Dinda let Arya do what she wants. But, this is in the office. D-I-K-A-N-T-O-RH.
“Pak Arya, I shouted loh.”, threatening Dinda while continuing to try to press her husband's chest so as not to get closer.
Arya doesn't care.
“Liftnya soon open, if there is anyone in it how.”, ask Dinda panic because the elevator has gone down to the basement and soon it will open.
“1 Week. How's it? The agreement is one week.”, said Dinda finally gave up because she did not want to be caught off guard by anyone.
Ting.
Be late. The elevator door was already open and Arya had not yet released her grip on Dinda's waist. There was only one person in the elevator. SARAH.