HATE Before LOVE
No more talking in the bathroom.

This morning although Elif had nothing to fear for not coming to do his duty of preparing breakfast for him, Ardan's heart still flowered. Throughout the morning his lips kept whistling, then singing, then whistling again, then singing again. Even up in the car Ardan looks so happy, to the point of making Teddy worried because he saw his boss intermittently smiling, intermittently laughing, then smiling, then humming.

Do I have to convey this sight to the big madam? Teddy thought.

Arriving at the office, Ardan greeted everyone, from security, then the ground floor repressionist, cleaning service, he also replied to the greetings of his employees not only nods but with the question, "Have you had breakfast?"

The person being asked was nervous and confused. Is this their notoriously cold and annoying CEO? Is he having a good jinn how?

"B-b-yet Sir."

"It's not good to leave breakfast" Ardan said later. "Teds,"

"Yes sir?"

"Now, I will treat all the employees to breakfast and lunch in our cafeteria, and announce also to the canteens that I will pay for all the usual income they can get, triple that."

The nervous employee was so surprised, not surprised because Ardan treat all employees or pay the income of the canteen as much as 3 times, but shocked by the strangest behavior he had ever seen.

"Good Sir." As usual, Teddy never protested any of the orders given by Ardan, although his mind was really noisy asking himself what was happening to his boss.

The elevator door opened, Ardan's attitude was still as friendly as ever from the ground floor. He exits the elevator to his room, where Sonya and Elif are at the desk right in front of Ardan's door. Sonya stands up as usual every time Ardan comes, but not with Elif. The girl was still indifferent and remained focused on working on something.

"Good morning, sir." said Sonya.

"Forward, Sonya."

Sonya was just like the other employees who were shocked by Ardan's return greeting.

"Have you had breakfast, Sonya?"

Sonya was shocked. "It's already sir."

"Good, don't eat breakfast. Breakfast is good for health."

"I-yes sir."

"Don't forget lunch in the cafeteria, I treat everyone."

"Really?" Sonya widened her eyes.

"Right dong, do I look like a liar? I am a very honest and sincere person, Sonya." replied Ardan. "Why would anyone think I'm insincere, that hurts so much."

Elif suddenly stood up and left the table indifferently at Ardan.

"Sir Ardan, I'm sorry, if I may know, are Mr. Ardan and Elif fighting? Because since coming earlier, his face really like a person who does not know how to smile" said Sonya.

"Calm down, Sonya, fighting in a relationship is like a complementary spice." replied Ardan casually as he passed and entered the room.

"Sir Teddy," Sonya called Teddy in a low voice.

"Hem,"

"Is Mr Ardan okay?"

"You think?" Teddy answered with a question that did not help at all, because it was not uncommon Sonya threw a fist in the air when Teddy turned around. Sonya's behavior must have seen Teddy from the reflection on the window glass that Sonya was not aware of, and made Teddy's expensive lips curved up to make a smile.

Inside the bathroom, while Elif was washing her hands, a triumvirate of gossipers came in, they looked a little surprised to see Elif there, they also seem to not continue what they are talking about until it makes them laugh.

"Eh, there's Miss Elif" Kinan said.

"Oh yes, Ma'am, please say thank you to us yes, to Mr. Ardan, have a contract for all of us." said Ayu, who is equally familiar.

"But it seems that since Ma'am Elif worked here, a lot has changed from Mr. Ardan, right?" Connect Nanda.

"Yes, Miss Elif really great can melt Mr. Ardan, yes." Kimpal Kinan's.

Elif turned off the water, picked up the tissue then looked at the triumvirate in front of him with a look of dislike.

"Are you a kind of hypocrite or something?" elif said with his cynicism.

False smiles on Kinan's face, Ayu and Nanda faded.

"Eh, what do you mean, huh, Ma'am?" ask Kinan.

Elif grinned cynically. "Just yesterday you were gossiping about me in this bathroom. And now you're praising me."

"Sir Elif heard from whom? We never talked about Miss Elif in the bathroom" Nanda said.

"Oh yeah? Then where do you usually gossip about me?"

"Duh, Miss Elif, it's like sensi again, yes." It was like trying to melt the atmosphere.

"Ah, yes, also, since I am sensi, do I have to complain about what you guys are talking about me to Ardan? Like you said, I'm great at knocking Ardan out, so it is not difficult to ask Ardan to fire you and put your name on the blacklist in the office world throughout Indonesia or maybe also abroad. You know, it's not that hard for Ardan."

The triple-bladed icep was made to die of style by Elif who was in a bad mood at the time.

"Mr... Miss Elif, this must be a misunderstanding"

"I'm in there hearing everything you're talking about."

Kinan, Ayu and Nanda immediately gasped in shock. They did not expect there to be an Elif there when they were so keen to gossip about the relationship between Elif, Ardan and Gavin.

"Sorry Mom, sorry we are Ma'am." Kinan instantly fused his two palms together, pleading.

"Yes, Ma'am, we're khalaf Mbak." continued Ayu.

"Please excuse us Ma'am." Nanda joined his palms together.

"Pray you guys, get to the table later my mood is good, otherwise. Well, you guys get ready." replied Elif as he passed about to get out of the bathroom, but Kinan quickly prevented Elif from coming out.

"You have a problem what the hell are we?!" Omel Kinan's.

"I? With y'all? Not back, is it? You guys who have the same problem as me to spread gossip and slander my name."

Kinan laughed loudly.

Elif was aware, of this triumvirate, Kinan was the chairman. Because the other two did not dare to stop Kinan when Kinan raised his index finger so that Ayu and Nanda did not stop the action.

"We don't slander you, but a girl like you is easy to guess."

"Oh yeah? You don't even know me!"

"No need to know you, I can already see that you are the type of woman who until the apocalypse will not be able to get a man like Mr. Ardan or Mr. Gavin, all you can do to get it is to do something with your body and threaten them!"

"Geez!" Elif chuckles. "You guys are incredible imagining it. There is no evidence, no complete data, but you can deduce something that could be damaging and detrimental to the lives of others."

"Allah! No need for holy shit! What are you going to do by complaining to Mr. Ardan it could also be damaging and detrimental to the lives of others!" Snap In Kinan.

"But you deserve it!" No less Elif snapped back. "With this, do you think I will forgive you? Nah! I'm going to go straight to Ardan without a second thought."

"Damn it! Fucking chick!" Maki Kinan then his hands very lightly grabbed Elif's hair to make Elif strayed. Kinan's body which was indeed taller than Elif was easy to avoid Elif's movements to resist.

Ayu and Nanda try to calm the already dark-eyed Kinan.

"No, Kinan, no!" Pekik Ayy.

"Stop Kinan!" Nanda Pinta.

"Don't interfere! Or I'll spread your vulgar vidio!"

"What?!"

"Are you crazy?!"

"That's just silence!" Kinan yells at Ayu and Nanda.

"Well, asking the type of woman you mentioned earlier is better for you to give your friends, not me!"

"Whisper! Just die you!"

Plaque!

Kinan slapped Elif so hard that it made Elif's lips break and bleed. Not only that, Kinan dropped Elif to the floor and kicked him in a row, as Kinan almost stepped on Elif's stomach with his heels, Ayu and Nanda immediately pulled Kinan.

"Quite Kinan! Look, he fainted! You can kill him!" Ayu said in fear.

But it seems Kinan is not satisfied. He did not care about the Elif who had fainted. He crouched down, releasing the rough Elif shirt until all his buttons were scattered.

Ayu and Nanda were surprised. Then with a casual Kinan brought an Elif shirt, then took the usual small knife to tidy up the eyebrow fur, and casually he tore up the shirt. Then the laughter was satisfied to see what he had done to Elif who was now lying on the floor of the cold bathroom with a half-naked body.

Kinan then mirrored, tidied his hair, touch up his lipstick color again as if nothing had happened.

"Are you not a hair roller?" he asked very casually to Ayu and Nanda, who were reciprocated with a simultaneous slit of both. Probably not out of thought with what their gang leader is doing.

After finishing with his appearance, Kinan pulled out his phone and photographed Elif's state, while chuckling to himself.

"Remember, no one should know about this" Kinan told Ayu and Nanda, who now fear Kinan more than the company's entire blacklist in Indonesia.

Ayu and Nanda nodded.

"Good girl!" Kinan smiled sweetly. "Your secret will be safe with me."

Ayu and Nanda no longer know what to do.

"Let's go back, I'll have a coffee, you want?"

Ayu and Nanda shook their heads.

"okay." They came out of the bathroom, and Kinan locked the door from the outside, then brought the key.

At the corner of the ceiling that led to the road they were on, a CCTV camera that was several days damaged turned out to have been repaired by a technician overnight. And none of them realized that.