
"Yuk Al came in" he said as he walked ahead of me.
I followed him into his apartment hesitantly.
"Look Al... Why is it still there?" he asked me when he saw I was still in the middle of the entrance.
"Mmm... Did my gapapa Cel get in here?" ask me with hesitation.
"Why is Al, any problem?" ask by showing his confused face.
"I'm a normal man Cel, aren't you afraid to tell me to go inside your apartment?" I explained my hesitation when I was about to enter Celine's apartment.
Not that Celine was angry or thinking about what I said just now. He laughed at what I just said to him.
"Al's.... Al. I know that you won't do anything to me. Really right?" he said while chuckling.
I never thought about doing more for Celine even though I loved her so much. I just want to protect her, protect her soul, protect her body, protect her pride and protect her honor.
Ah... I was so upset when I remembered that her honor had been taken by Gio who had been her husband at that time. If only I had it....
But it's not a problem for me. I won't bother her because I'm not her husband, my job now is to protect her as a close friend.
Gio, that damn guy always pisses me off and gets emotional. His name was clearly recorded in my brain. How dare he hurt Celine's heart and mind which I've been guarding so much for so long.
"Come on Al.." said Celine as she walked over to me and pulled my hand to get inside her apartment.
"Cel, you're not gonna force me to do that, are you?" I let out my joke on him.
Celine halted her steps and turned to look at me who was behind her.
"You are Al" Celine replied with a chuckle.
"Not enter? If you do not enter also gapapa anyway," he said while again chuckling.
There was doubt in my heart to enter her apartment because I didn't want Celine to be said to be a no-no by someone else. But somehow my feet moved on their own to step inside this apartment.
It's pretty! As beautiful as the owner. The decoration and arrangement are very beautiful. My eyes wandered around looking at this whole apartment. It wasn't the first time I entered this place, but I didn't pay attention to this detail because I was too focused on my return meeting with Celine.
"Al, did you have a fight with them?" suddenly Celine's melodious voice stopped me from paying attention to the rest of the room.
"I'm the one who's leaving the cafe. I'm lazy to look at them" I replied as I sat on his living room couch.
"Orange juice, right?" he said while putting two glasses of orange juice on the table in front of us.
I smiled, picked up my glass containing orange juice and said,
"You know exactly my favorite Cel."
"And we've been friends for a long time Al, so I'm sure I know what your favorite is," he said with a smile and also grabbed his glass from the table.
"There's something you don't know Cel," I said unconsciously.
Celine seemed to think and scrunched her forehead for a few seconds, then she said,
"What is Al?"
God, for God's sake I said it. I berate myself in my heart.
Insolent mouth! Why do you want to talk like that? What if Celine gets mad at me?
I dare not look at Celine's face. I'm afraid he'll be mad at me for what I said. Because she's not a stupid woman who doesn't know how I feel about her all this time.
Come on Alex, you already expressed your feelings a few days before your wedding day with Diana, I cried out in my heart to wake myself up.
I haven't heard from Celine in a long time. When I had to bow my head before, I now dare to look at his face.
My eyes were a bit wide-eyed because now I saw Celine smiling sweetly at me.
She wasn't angry, she smiled at me, my heart cheered in celebration.
"Why are you Al?" tanyanya while chuckling.
"E-not Cel," I replied clumsily.
Suddenly my phone rang startling me in a clumsy manner in front of Celine.
"But Cel, I picked up the phone first" I said, revealing the phone I took from my pants pocket.
Celine nodded her head allowing me to take my call and I immediately walked to another room to receive my phone call from Diana, my wife in the capital.
"Diana Cel," I said after I finished taking my call and went back to sitting on the sofa that I had previously occupied.
"She's your wife Al, you don't have to ask my permission to take her call. And also you don't need to report to me who just called you," he said with a smile and drank his orange juice.
I was flabbergasted, it turned out that Celine was not only good, she was also an adult. Even more mature than Diana who incidentally is a mother with two children.
It turns out that a person's maturity cannot be viewed because of age and also status. Now I believe that my heart's choice is right. But what power, I can't reach it. I have a wife and two children. And I can only be Celine's best friend.
Maybe this is the path of fate that makes me like this. Hahaha, I really laugh when I talk about fate.
If you talk about destiny, it reminds me of my stupidity all along. My stupidity in choosing a life partner, my stupidity that can easily get caught in the game of a Reni Wijaya and my stupidity that can follow the game of Reni so that the fate of my household becomes like this now.
"I know Cel, I'm just telling you, not that I'm reporting to you. Because you're not my boss. You're too confident, miss," I said with a chuckle and I was blown away by Celine's laughter, which left me unable to blink when I saw her.
Is this what love says? It's so beautiful. Until every day I feel my love for her growing, growing and getting harder to get rid of.
Oh God.. Please help me to overcome this feeling. I don't want to be away from her, but I don't want her to be angry because I left my family, especially if the reason is because of my race to her.
"Cel, I have to go home. Laura was sick, this morning she went to the hospital, "my face turned serious when I remembered about Laura, my daughter who was only about two years old.
"Sa-sick? What pain is Al? Hurry home Al, pity the children must really need both parents. And surely your wife is also in dire need of your present presence. Go home, I pray here that your son will recover quickly and be able to go home again to gather with you," said Celine, who seemed panicked and anxious when she found out Laura was sick and in the hospital right now.
"Alright Cel, I'll go home first. Always be alert and careful, because he won't let you go" I said before I stepped out of his apartment door.
"Yes-you mean..," said Celine hanging in doubt.
"Later Cel will definitely explain to you," said I who then walked quickly to the airport.
Unfortunately I am in a hurry to not pay attention around me. Someone's been stalking us. I don't know, who is he talking to, or stalking Celine?