EMBRACE YOU: Presence & Poison
Episode 209's

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“Good morning bu Icha!” Greeting the guards - brother Ronald-greeting when I was near them both. Dani looked up and smiled before returning to clean up the broken glass.

“Pagi.”

“How is bu Icha?”

“Good, don't worry about this.” I replied to glance at my left hand because Mr. Ronald and Dani had glanced at the buffer of my hand.

“Icha!!” The voice of Camila that I had not heard for a long time was heard behind me. I turned around and found him with Tiwi and Rima.

“Nothing, Cha? Though rest first at home.” Tiwi said worriedly watching my hands as the three of them were already in front of me.

I nodded and smiled widely. “Where does work? Is there a problem?” I try to shift the subject.

Suddenly Rima pulled me away from Ronald and Dani who were still watching us. “What's true?”

“What?” Camila and Tiwi had already followed our steps up the stairs towards the second floor of the building.

Rima glanced around fearing anyone would notice, before the four of us stopped in the middle of the deserted stairs and this woman continued. “I heard rumors in the center, they are holding a meeting this morning to introduce a new director who bought half the shares of the group.”

I frowned between surprise and surprise. Rima was indeed one of my subordinates who was familiar with the central people and she always knew any news there. “I don't know those rumors. After all, why did they sell half the group shares?”

“I heard this is one strategy to cover two branches that last months suffered huge losses. Also tax issues.” Rima was still whispering. I nodded, hoping that the two directors would not affect our work system.

“But not too sudden? We suddenly have two directors in the center.” Tiwi said as we started to step back up the stairs.

“Whatever it is, the important thing does not affect our working system.” My answer.

Upon our arrival in the room, Bela and Kiki were already in front of their respective desks and like Tiwi's reaction, the two women told me to go back home and rest.

“I'm right it's okay. This is just a condition that I am allowed to return to work, actually my hand is not as severe as you think.” I answered while sitting in the front seat of my desk. I miss being in the office.

“What Yudha has not come?”

“But.” Bela and Kiki answered simultaneously.

“But by the way, I want to apologize to you guys first. Lately I often do not go to work because of personal affairs.” As long as Yudha has not come, I want to tell them about my marriage, they deserve to know because they have been with me for more than four years.

As I expected, when I told him about the blessing that was held last night suddenly and personally, they protested simultaneously. No, I'm not disturbed, I'm happy.

“Suddenly because something important happened. The event was planned by both of our families, I don't even know anything.”

“Try telling me, are you guys in a match?” Kiki was already sitting next to me, her face showing interest in my love story compared to others.

I rolled my eyes, thinking for a moment. “No but can say yes. I mean, he and I have known each other for a long time, we've been friends since childhood and only a few months have we met again but I also just found out that both of our parents are also old friends. Seeing how satisfied my father was with him, I thought that maybe in his mind he had long wanted to match me with his friend's son. Like that, without a doubt they quickly married us in addition to an important thing that happened that requires us to get married quickly.”

“Then, why are you at work now?! You guys should be on your honeymoon soon!” Camila exclaimed excitedly remembering among us who were married were Rima, Tiwi and Camila.

I'm shaking. “Because suddenly, he has not applied for leave and there is an important task, I have also been on leave too long.”

“So, even you guys haven't enjoyed time as a couple less than twelve hours?” Kiki asked dramatically.

I could only chuckle softly and not argue. “Everything happened too suddenly. I still don't really feel the difference, it's just that now next to my bed is not empty.” They all cried out and laughed at me.

Our conversation came to a halt as the door of the room opened from the outside. The face of Mr. Ginanjar, the head of the marketing division appeared, as usual he invited me to speak in his room.

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“Bye.” I waved at the five women who all day forced me to go into more detail about how my wedding was last night. It seems that the topic of me getting married impromptu is more interesting than the news about some of the shares of this group of companies has changed hands on the new director.

Mr. Ginanjar had discussed that this morning when we chatted, he said he had made sure that there were people who did buy some shares of the group this morning. Because all day long my work has been waiting, there are many reports that must be checked and must be given, no one talks about the news anymore. In addition, it turns out that Yudha did not enter today, he asked permission for a sudden personal business.

The door of the room closed in a sudden silence. The clock shows at five o'clock exactly and in this room only I myself am still busy checking files and data on the laptop. I let them go home on time considering they've been working hard these past few days.

The sound of clockwork seconds sounded louder in my ear in the tailings with the sound of a laptop keyboard I pressed accompanying a quiet room.

My left hand had been freed from the arm sling harness since this morning, although it was slightly numb in the spot where my wound was sewn, but I could not bear to type with one hand.

Five minutes later, the vibration of the phone shocked me a little. I glanced at the lit screen and found prof Bora there.

“Halo.”

“Cha. You're in the office?”

“Yes. What's wrong prof?”

“Can meet now? There's something important I want to discuss. We're heading to your place.” I've never heard prof Bora's panicked voice like this.

“Yes. We met at a cafe near here. I'll send the place via message.”

“OK. See you.”

Feeling that this must be important, I quickly cleaned up all the files and closed the laptop while sending a message to prof Bora where we met.

But what did he say? We were?

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“After finishing here, I'll pick you up.”

I smiled a little reading a reply from Bayu. He said that at the base, his business was almost done and would pick me up here after he found out I met prof Bora. That meant he had not yet left for his important task given his promise earlier this morning to go home.

Right now I'm sitting alone at the table of a cafe near the office, prof Bora hasn't come yet, imagining the streets must be jammed because it's home time.

A waitress came to deliver drinks and snacks that I had ordered, until half of the food was finished then prof Bora came in a hurry with a girl beside him.

“Sorry Cha, the streets are jammed.” Prof Bora gasped like he was running.

“It's okay. I also ordered a drink first.”

My eyes glanced at the girl who was still standing, looking at her face up close felt familiar. He looked back at me with a big smile.

“Ya right! He's prof.” He told prof Bora.

I glanced at the two of them in surprise, but did not ask because I was still trying to remember where I had met him.

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