LOVATY 1.0
Let's Trade!
“What?”
Calya was pensive as if remembering something.
“Calya?”
“Hmm?” Damian's call stopped his reverie.
“What is it?
“What?” momentarily losing control of his consciousness made him forget about their topic of conversation.
“You said ‘ada’ earlier.”
“Ada? Oh that.”
“Then?”
“You already know about it.”
“About what?”
“About the hotel manager.”
“I don't know the details yet.”
“You can ask directly to Qeiza, she must be a story.”
“Why don't you tell me now?”
“No. I just want to go home. Thanks for the coffee.”
Calya packed her things, making Damian think hard. What reason could have made him hold back the woman's departure.
“Wait!” said the man suddenly.
“Let’s trade again?”
“Trade? What's?"
“If you continue to tell a story, I will also tell you again.”
“What news is more? Never mind. I don't want to hear any more stories.” Calya insisted on ending their meeting.
“You sure? This is about the rumors I said. Why Ray suddenly lost control. Why was he so mysterious and why could he change as he is now.”
It seemed like Damian had managed to touch the weak spot of the woman at this moment. Curiosity will make the woman sit back, she is sure of it. Seen from the look on Calya's face at this time. A face-face sharpening that was thinking hard, weighing between two options.
“OK!” Calya sat down.
That one word made Damian cheer in his heart, of course by holding back the reflexes from his body.
“Let me order another drink, Ice Americano?”
Calya nodded, immediately the man moved to order a drink. Before Calya changes her mind, she has to make him comfortable.
“Please drink.” he said after bringing one glass of Ice Americano to Calya and one cup of Espresso to himself.
“Thank you.” Calya sipped her drink calmly and turned a little awkward when she realized the man was looking at her. “Why?” tanyanya doubt.
“It's okay. Just enjoy the drink first.” said the man.
Calya understood the meaning behind that sentence. ‘I'm waiting for your story, but I can't force you’ roughly like that means.
“Alright, we continue.” said the woman.
“Qeiza is basically a daydreaming type. He imagined all aspects of his life. What work does he want to do. How is life after work. His ideal type, what he wants to date, when he wants to get married and how he lives after marriage. All he always imagined.”
“So, once he feels there are related moments will happen he will be super excited. He carried away the expectation that what he dreamed would soon be realized, and sometimes made him forget that there were many possibilities that could happen. Hence he was often injured because of that.”
“Then his relationship with that hotel manager?”
“Fabian, student executive chairman on campus. From the time of orientation Qeiza was already interested in him. Right after he gave the welcoming speech of the new student. Handsome, tall, friendly, charismatic, all kinds of compliments came out of his mouth for the man.”
“Oh, so.” Damian's tone of voice sounded cynical, and Calya was well aware of it.
“You sure you want to hear about this story? Shouldn't we just stop?” Calya tried to joke around with the man a little.
“Of course! Go ahead. “ replied the man quickly, but still with his cynical tone.
Calya chuckled happily at the man's behavior. It should have been Qeiza who saw this.
“In short, Qeiza who feels Fabian is the perfect guy always tries to get close to that guy. He even willingly joined the student organization so that the plan materialized. And he did succeed, Qeiza got into the circle of his friendship Fabian and often spent time with them. As time went on they officially got in touch, but to be honest.”.
“Why?
“From the beginning I didn't like it. He and his friends, they don't look good to me.”
“You never convey your concerns on Qeza?”
“Of course, ever. Every time he said he would hangout with them I always blang to be careful and do not trust them too much. What is clear I always clearly show my dislike.”
“And they keep in touch?”
“They hooked up long enough actually, until we graduated college.”
“Until that long?”
“I myself also did not think. Though Qeiza had heard bad rumors about Fabian, but Qeiza still trusted the man. I remember that time we accidentally heard the men talking about the famous bet among male students.”
“Bet?”
“Say there is always a big bet among the men on campus every year. We don't know exactly how and who started that bet. Then we vaguely heard, that the bet that year was about Fabian and his girlfriend.”
“What!”
“That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. There has never been a bet on a good thing in this world. Whatever it is they must have been planning something bad there was Qeiza.”
“What did Qeiza say?
“He said maybe it wasn't about Fabian and himself. Hearing that made me angry. I asked him if it wasn't about Fabian and himself then what was it about Fabian and other people? It's just as bad because it means he's cheating behind your back. Even so Qeiza said she still wanted to believe in Fabian. It makes me very frustrated.”
“Haahh... can not be trusted.” even Damian felt the same way.
“But in the end, Qeiza herself proved that truth.”
“What happened?”
“Just after our graduation. Fabian invited him to dinner together not only there, the man also took him to the hotel and booked a room.”
“Barthy men!”
“After the incident Qeiza became quiet and very moody. No babbling from his mouth, no appetite and just staying at home. It seemed like all his expectations and dreams were completely shattered. That situation lasted long enough. Although in the end he returned to how he was, but he so limited his association. And for the matter of romance, I think you also often hear about rumors in the office. About him who often chanced to change partners.”
“Iya. So it's also because of that guy?”
“Iya. Fabian really had a bad impact on Qeiza.”
Damian sighed after hearing the story about the woman. The man regretted Qeiza's decision to trust the wrong man. But that long-overdue incident was also not Qeiza's fault. The woman was just unlucky.
Damian began to understand why it was so difficult for him to open the woman's heart. Qeiza had already lost her trust in men. It was only natural that the woman always doubted her intentions.
Although it will be difficult Damian increasingly wants to win his heart. It was not because of the ego, he was eager to heal the wound in the woman's heart. If possible remove traces of that man named Fabian from Qeiza's memory. He is determined and will make it happen.