Helper Pervishes
Chapter 38. Munchies

Morgan was sitting alone in his office. The room lights were intentionally left dark. While barking a cigarette and then puffing the smoke out of his mouth, his left hand held a glass of vodka. Morgan's gaze was only fixed on one point of the other towering building lights that glared from the window of the room. He looks very frustrated.

Then Jerry arrived there after being contacted by Morgan. His personal assistant and best friend was always there in the worst times of his life.

After pressing the switch of one of the dim lights in the room, Jerry approached Morgan. The man clearly looked very upset. The glass in his hand was pressed down once again a sign that he was thirsty for alcohol to ease the burden of his mind at that time.

Jerry took the initiative to take a clear colored bottle in front of Morgan. He then pulled a glass from Morgan's hand, poured vodka into it and drank it. Seeing Jerry's actions, Morgan immediately looked at him.

“Hmm, I just helped you finish the contents in that bottle,” Jerry said then sat on the chair next to Morgan.

Jerry waited for a moment before Morgan started talking.

“You believe that the child in Selvie's womb is my son?” ask Morgan then.

“She's your wife. Of course he?!” said Jerry steady.

“I never touched it.” Morgan said firmly in order to brush off any doubts in Jerry's mind.

“Bro, almost two years you guys were together. You sure you never touched it?” ask Jerry like a friend.

Now the distraught man stared fixedly at Jerry's face. “I know how I feel. You think I'll sleep with her just because of lovemaking. If she was, of course I've been fucking her since we first got married,” Morgan said.

“So long you are on the same roof, no one believes that the child in the womb is not your child,” Jerry said again.

Yes no one does not believe including Utari!

Remembering Utari, Morgan squeezed her hair which already looked messy.

“We roomed, but I slept in the clothes room,” Morgan said weakly.

“What? For two years you've been like that?” jerry was shocked.

“Ckck, there must be something wrong with your brain. You never once saw him naked?” asked Jerry who had first heard the confession from his best friend.

“I...” Morgan once saw him naked when he came home drunk that night. But he was very sure if nothing happened between them even though there were many red marks on Selvie's chest at that time.

“Bro, which man is not tempted by your wife's beauty? Everyone will find it impossible to hear that,” Jerry said again.

“I roomed with him just for wanting to keep his dignity in front of the servants who were dozens of people at the time. I never had any intention or interest in him,” Morgan said.

“No, don't tell me you're interested in same-sex,” joked Jerry.

Morgan stared intently at Jerry's eyes to make him close his lips.

“I love Utari. I kept imagining his face. Surprisingly it happened after Utari went to Surabaya. I had brushed off that feeling, I thought I was feeling for her just because I wanted to protect her. After my marriage to Selvie I was more and more convinced by how I felt about her,” Morgan said.

“From that adorable little girl?” said Jerry.

“She's not a little girl anymore. He is 21 years old now. With a baby almost 9 months old,” Morgan said. His speech is now weakening. Every time He remembered the figure of Utari and Miracle he became very sad and missed them.

“So how are your plans? You certainly have to admit the child in Selvie's womb is your child,” said Jerry.

“If I do that then I will lose Utari,” Morgan said.

The vast room began to fog up with cigarette smoke in Morgan's fingers. At that time Jerry immediately pulled the cigarette that was almost exhausted and then threw it into the ashtray.

“So what do you want me to do?” ask Jerry seriously.

Morgan thought for a moment…

“Investigate Selvie! Find out if he's met anyone in the last month. Check the CCTV in the shop. Check the background of anyone who is close to him. Check also the background of her maid named Wiwi. It could be that he knows something,” Morgan said.

Jerry understood. “Tomorrow I'll ask Arlek here. And, what about Uncle Niko, if he merges with Mr. Hutama. We could have a big loss,” Jerry said.

Morgan held his right hand. Like her he has been trapped in Uncle Niko's game. Uncle Niko accidentally asks for a contract marriage with his daughter Selvie with a replacement so that the foundation of the company's children gets stronger. Instead he planned to use Selvie to enter the parent company.

Now Uncle Niko owns most of the shares in the company's children they built together. He used a fictitious company and then took over the shares little by little.

It turns out that Morgan had only been made a stepping stone by Niko to soar to gain the trust of other big entrepreneurs.

“Now I can only think of ways how to maintain the parent company. I was forced to release the company's children into the hands of uncle Niko,” said Morgan.

“But, in the parent company there is still interference because there are shares Selvie,” said Jerry worried.

“I hope that none of the investors are willing to merge with them. If that happens I can go bankrupt. To build the branch I have taken trillions of rupiah from the bank, I cannot access that much funds anymore for the Milano group. I was in debt, and..” Morgan closed his eyes imagining how trusting he was towards uncle Niko. Uncle who had been the place where he learned to do business often helped him make decisions in the company turned out to have an evil nita.

Morgan took a deep breath then threw it away in unison.

“Partially where there are parents who could let his favorite daughter only marry a contract for two years. Turns out the whole company is their target!” said Morgan.

“Status you and Selvie as husband and wife can still be untangled. If you admit the child in Selvie's womb, Selvie might be able to side with you,” Jerry suggested.

Morgan looked at Jerry. “You're crazy. That kid is not my son!” asserted Morgan. At the most difficult time of his life, even when he was almost bankrupt, he was reluctant to accept Selvie and the child in his womb.

“If you divorce Selvie, she will definitely,” said Jerry who was worried about something.

“How can I divorce her? We don't have a marriage license.” The atmosphere became silent for a moment. “The only way I have to prevent anyone merging with uncle Niko.”

“But, the relationship of Mr. Hutama and Pak Niko the end of the end is very good. Yesterday they were seen together out of the Exchioo cafee. Mr. Niko booked Mr. Hutama, he even willing to consume Miras every day to serve the habits of Mr. Hutama,” said Jerry with a thousand doubts. It seems that this time Morgan must really try his hardest to get Mr. Hutama and Mr. Niko to cancel cooperation.

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Seriate…