Lies
First Invocation

Just before things got messy, Raya's phone rang. “Sorry, excuse me for a moment,” politely and then move out of the dining room.

Karan and Varen continue the conversation, but Karan occasionally drops his eyes on the door where Raya was last seen. Who would dare to call Raya at this hour? Is the man the new target of Raya? Karan became agitated. He didn't like something that happened out of his control like this.

The answer to Karan's question came 15 minutes later when Raya returned to her seat. The woman told Varen about the contents of her conversation with the caller who turned out to be her manager. Raya said her cooperation with three local products failed. This means that in a month Raya will not do anything because she lost her job.

“I'm really upset, Varen. They ... I mean those entrepreneurs just canceled the cooperation.” The voice of the Kingdom sounded high. He gulped his saliva, clearly trying to control his frustration. “Now I have no job.”

That voice, Karan liked the tone of Raya's annoyed voice. Moreover, he wanted to hear it when they were on the bed and filled with desire was panting to call his name.

Goddamnit! At times like this, his brain was thinking dirty. Karan really did not understand what spell the Kingdom had implanted 12 years ago until his brain was just filled with the woman every day.

“I know you're upset, honey. We'll talk about it again. You forgot we had guests here?” varen said as he stroked Raya's head to calm her fiance.

Raya's tanned eyeballs lead to Karan. He nodded then smiled wryly. “Sorry, I didn't mean to spoil the atmosphere tonight,” he said full of regrets.

Karan shook his head. “No. You didn't do anything wrong.” Yeah, because the wrong thing is Varen. The man dared to snatch the Kingdom from Karan, but was instead unable to please Raya. In fact, just giving the job even Varen was not able to. You son of a bitch!

But, wait a minute! Isn't this a good opportunity for Karan to act? He could use the job reasons in order to get close to the Kingdom.

“Eum, can I offer you something?” chirps Karan again.

Raya tucked her hair behind her ears before answering Karan's question. “Offer what?”

“Before I apologize. I didn't mean to interfere with your problems at all. But I've already heard about it and by chance, I'm looking for a model for my company's women's watch brand ambassador. If you don't mind, do you want to work with my company?”

Raya is a little doubtful. Soon she glanced at Varen, asking for confirmation from her future husband. When Varen nodded his head as a sign of approval, Raya replied, “You sure you want to make me a brand ambassador?”

“Of course. The main model of my company abruptly canceled our cooperation three days ago for health reasons. And I think you deserve to be the brand ambassador of that product,” Karan told a lie.

Sick? So ridiculous. Just a few hours ago the model confirmed she would come to Indonesia for a photo shoot in the near future. However, Karan did not care about that. He will cancel the contract with the French model as soon as possible so that Raya can fill his position. Although Karan had to pay a considerable fine for breaching the contract.

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The company lobby of KR Watch looked busy that day. Karan, the CEO of the company will hold a press conference about his cooperation with Raya Drisana. How strange. Usually they do not do press conferences in the company lobby but rather in the media office owned by the Karan family. And even more strangely, Karan was present directly there instead of having the marketing director of the company as they had been doing all along.

After a few minutes of waiting, the members of the media invited by Karan gasped. They were excited after seeing someone emerge from the direction of the outer door of the lobby. Raya Drisana; varen's fiancee. A sweet and innocent girl whose body became a very beautiful woman. The only woman in the world who deserves both love and hatred from Karan.

Wrapped in a white satin dress above the knees, straight shiny black hair and flaming red-heeled shoes, Raya stepped closer to Karan. Not only did the camera shot accompany the woman's footwork, the eyes of the visitors, including Karan's employees, followed in her footsteps. The famous super model has just arrived. Who does not know the woman who won the title of Indonesian Beauty Princess in 2017?

“I'm sorry for being late Mr. Karan. My car tire had deflated and had to be taken to the workshop first,” greeting Raya when dealing with Karan. His hands were stretched out as a sign of politeness. Today Karan's position is not a friend of the lover Raya, but rather his partner. Raya must use standard language to appreciate the CEO in front of many people.

“Ah, yes. It's okay,” reply Karan jerked.

Raya is so fragrant. Karan can be drunk kepayang smell the smell of vanilla that burst from Raya's body. Plus the woman spoke to him with a slight whisper which made her voice sound so sexy. Really, it felt like Karan wanted to take off the tie around his neck, tie Raya's hands together, drag her and fondle the super model inside his room.

While suppressing his manly turmoil, Karan took a deep breath several times, giving himself time to be able to wake up before saying, “Come, please sit.”

They were already sitting in front of the media crew, but Karan's eyes remained fixed on Raya, more precisely on something in the woman's body. Karan was really troubled to see it even though Raya herself looked nonchalant and calm.

“Sorry with my presumptuous action.” Karan opened his suit abruptly and placed it on Raya's knees.

Raya gasped to find the Italian-made suit on her lap and covered her exposed thighs. He slowly looked towards Karan and threw a question mark on the man.

As if he could read Raya's mind, Karan chimed in again on her words. “Too many cameras are highlighting your body. I think you're not comfortable with it.”

Raya blushed to hear Karan's words. A sweet man, he thought. As soon as possible Raya took her eyes off the CEO. It was a shame if the public saw his reddened face. Especially the blushed face he showed to other men when on his ring finger was already coiled an engagement ring. It's just a job. You must not forget his professional attitude.

“What's your reason for choosing Raya as your company's brand ambassador, Sir?” ask a reporter to Karan when Ian has opened a question and answer session .

With a stunning smile the man replied, “Cantik.”

One word that was so short that it made Raya aghast and suddenly turned her eyes to Karan. But coincidentally, Karan was looking at him until their eyes clashed with each other in a few seconds, before Karan added his sentence.

“I've been observing Raya Drisana for some time now. Her beauty and hard work coloring the world of models is in line with the spirit of our company's latest product, the power of time. I am sure Raya Drisana can bring our products to its glory point.”

A faint smile rose on the face of the beautiful Kingdom. The woman looked back at the camera as her consciousness had recovered. Honestly, Raya almost fell asleep with Karan's words when he called her beautiful. And Raya was so angry at herself for that strange thought. What the hell happened to him? Could it be that he was fascinated by the man who praised his face? Oh, come on Raya! Social media followers alone have almost touched the figure of 20 million. Every time it appeared in the media, there were millions of pairs of male eyes praising her beauty. Why is he now stuck on Karan's speech?

“How about you? Why decided to work with KR Watch?” This time the journalist threw a question to Raya.

Without any nervousness at all, Raya replied, “Tays.”

Raya's speech was able to make the audience rumble, a response that was almost the same when Karan praised Raya's beauty. That word was deliberately thrown by Raya. He wanted to make the opinion that throwing compliments between him and Karan was common, so that in the future, there would be no rumors that would interfere with his relationship with Varen.

“During this KR Watch always put forward the mission to make male consumers look handsome. And this time in the launch of a new product specifically for women, I was lucky to be selected as a brand ambassador. I hope that with my presence, KR Watch not only presents good looks for men, but also beauty for women.”

Karan likes to hear Raya's explanation. A small vibration crept onto him as Raya sighed. Even when the woman tilted her head while fixing her messy haircut, Raya looked beautiful, like a tulip.