
In front of the brown door bearing the name 'Ratna Renata', Kayla stood with an irregular heartbeat. It was not easy for the twenty-five-year-old woman to lean her feet against those who stared snidely while whispering with sharp eyes piercing the heart.
Kayla is the center of attention of all employees who work in Top Model Agency, one of the famous model agencies in Indonesia. An agency that often gives birth to talented model seeds in the modeling world, one of which is Kayla Lestari. An orphan girl who grew up in an orphanage foundation, transformed into a beautiful woman who has a myriad of achievements in the model world both domestically and abroad.
"Kay, quickly knock on the door so we can get out of here. Honestly, I'm not comfortable in this office" Mona whispered right in Kayla's ear.
During this time, Kayla and Mona rarely come to the agency office. Normally, Ratna and Kayla would discuss matters of work outside the office while enjoying lunch or dinner together. Only occasionally did the model come to the office, if there was urgent business then Kayla came to the office.
Kayla took a deep breath trying to control herself so that the woman's mind returned clear and the mood returned happy. To be honest, Kayla also felt uncomfortable being in the agency office. However, he tried to act calm while putting on an forced smile.
"Excuse me." Kayla's cry echoed along with the sound of knocking on the door.
"Lake in!" tell someone behind the door.
Kayla's hand grabbed the door handle, then turned the object made of iron to make the door open wide. The model stepped in slowly, Mona followed behind.
Ratna who was busy staring at the monitor screen looked up at the head, looking towards Kayla with a hard to interpret gaze.
"Please sit down, Kayla!" The woman confirmed the position of the glasses perched on her nose.
Without being ordered a second time, Kayla sat her crazy ass in the soft seat in front of Ratna. Put on a friendly face by poking at the special sweet smile he gave to his manager.
The mood is a little awkward. Usually Ratna will be friendly, kissing the right and left cheeks while asking the news of the number one model in the agency. This meeting was different this time. Ratna's attitude changed 360° than usual.
Manager Kayla's eyes re-focused on the screen in front of her. Letting his golden child sit with an erratic feeling.
The long wait made Kayla even more unsettled. Fidgety face mixed anxiously into one. The woman dared to open her voice.
"Bu Ratna, my arrival here would like to discuss the plan for the extension of the beauty product advertising contract that we discussed a few days ago" Kayla said softly.
Ratna turned a glance towards Kayla, then refocused on her work. It made Kayla wonder why her manager's attitude had changed. Did he make a mistake to make the most meritorious woman in his career angry?
However, all the questions in Kayla's mind were answered when Ratna's fingers tautly thrust the iPad fruit logo torn in front of the model.
"Can you explain, what does this video mean?" ratna asked full of questions.
With trembling hands, Kayla grabbed the flat object. Kayla's irregular heartbeat, cold sweat began to emerge from the woman's temples.
Kayla stared at the brown bead that belonged to her manager. The look in the eyes showed how disappointed Ratna was with the famous model in the agency. Only through the eyes of Kayla could tell what was really going on. But he dismissed that prejudice. I wish it was just his feelings.
Kayla's hand started to press the play button. So appeared a video featuring two beautiful women figures were fighting mouth in a famous cafe in Bali.
A dim atmosphere is visible on the screen. The woman's eyes pinched, she moved her face forward to clarify her view.
In the video scene it is clear how Kayla talks to Arumi. Arrogant, arrogant and proud attitude he showed in front of his former best friend because he managed to snatch the husband from the woman.
And not only that, there is also a video showing the quarrel between himself and Arumi in a mall. As the woman pretends to fall on the floor, hoping that Mahesa will feel pity and scold Arumi.
Kayla's heart stopped beating. He did not expect many videos to appear that showed when he and Mahesa were walking alone while making out.
"Bu ... this .. s-me .. can explain everything," elak Kayla stammered. Trying to explain to Ratna before the woman takes a unilateral decision that will harm Kayla herself.
But Ratna doesn't want to know. He immediately interrupted Kayla. Raised his hands into the air, saying. "Enough! I don't need any explanation. Through that video alone I already know what really happened."
"Correctly, a few months ago your body looks more contained it turns out you are carrying a baby from your forbidden actions with someone's husband. Outrageous of you, have been lying to me all this time!"
"But ... Ma-"
"I'm not done talking!" beat Ratna while getting up from the chair. The woman stood looking out the window. "You know, the consequences of your actions have tarnished the good name of our agency in the eyes of clients. They have flocked to sever cooperation and threatened to bring the case to the green table because you have violated the contract agreement!"
"Have you forgotten, the contents of our cooperation agreement hem? During her time as a model at this agency, every model was forbidden to marry whatever the reason remained not allowed. If you want to get married, then quit your job as a model instead of hiding your status as the wife of someone's husband."
Ratna looked back at Kayla with eyes full of disappointment. "Kayla Lestari, you're the number one model in this agency. Look at all the models, but why are you destroying your image as a model!"
"My efforts helped you to be at the highest point in your career as a model, but you destroyed it. You've let me down, Kayla."
Kayla doesn't know what to say. Everything Ratna said was like a loud slap, her body frozen in place.
Mona tried to close her eyes and ears, but a loud sound of Ratna blaring filled the room made Kayla's assistant sit firmly in the chair. It felt like he had come forward, stopped all the quarrels before him but the woman again remembered his promise not to interfere in whatever happened between Kayla and Ratna.
"Bu .. Please give me the opportunity to explain everything. You can't judge from just one angle. I-i"
Kayla's words hung in the air, because Ratna had already opened her voice.
"I don't need any explanation from you. The chairman of the board and some staff have decided to dismiss you from this job without giving you a single wage. Our agency suffered a huge loss in having to pay compensation for the scandal that befell you."
"So, from this second on, you're no longer part of the Top Model Agency."
Ratna pulled out her desk drawer, then handed in a file containing the termination of cooperation. "Sign the file. After that, you leave here and never show your face in front of me!"
The crystal grains began to coagulate spoiled in Kayla's eye pellet. The woman's eyeballs were reddened, her nose was sour. Hard to strengthen himself so that his crying does not break. He did not want to look weak in front of Ratna.
Jemari Kayla grabbed the pen that was on the table. With trembling hands he placed his signature on a file.
Kayla's heart ached, her chest felt tight. Now, his hopes of getting extra money are gone. In fact, she hopes the balance in her account increases so that the woman can continue to be on her husband's side.
Ratna notices Kayla's hand movements when she signs the contract termination papers, and she immediately pulls the file from the presence of her former golden son.
"I still have a lot of work. Please leave this place immediately!" Without looking at Kayla, Ratna kept the file in a drawer. Then he refocused on his work.
Kayla got up from the chair with Mona's help. This incident made his body weak instantly. He didn't have much energy just to get out of his seat.
Kayla's body was taken by Mona. The two walked down the aisle, at the same time a beautiful model stood haughtily before the former number one model in the agency.
"What's it like to be a stepdaughter? Yummy?" The sneery look he looked at Kayla while folding both hands on her chest. "Eat him, if you're that man, don't laugh! The stone itself, right!"
Kayla, who was laying her head on Mona's chest, immediately turned to look at the model. Unease the sharp and killing tattoo.
"What do you mean?" ask Kayla curious.
The known beautiful model named Sania chuckled, her two shoulders moving down and up. Walking slowly closer to Kayla, watching the woman's appearance from overhead to toe.
"That's a fitting reply for a proud man like you. You know, I'm the one behind the viral video. I'm asking people to record everything that happened when you and your former best friend were fighting. Well ... My efforts were not in vain. You were successfully kicked out of this agency and your status as a golden child turned into an unexpected stepson."
"You!" Kayla points her index finger at Sania. His colleagues who have been known to be Kayla's arch rivals in the model world.
Sania brushed off Kayla's hand from the front of her face. "Never point at me with your dirty hands. The dirty hands that rob the husband of his own best friend. Hmh! It's disgusting!"
The woman smiled smirk, then said. "Goodbye to your suffering, Kayla Lestari." Sania stepped up, deliberately bumping into Kayla's shoulder with her own shoulder. "Bye-bye, Actor!"
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