LOVER MONSTER!
73. Suit.

Tears don't stop pouring from Angela's pair of chocolate beads. The girl cried without a sound, her usefulness was still the same. He has not been able to digest or even receive the information he has heard today. Jake Allendale is in a relationship with his boss, Jessica. Jake-his lover-had forgotten about it.

Angela felt her heart pierced. He has been betrayed by the man who once promised to love him eternally. The man he gave his heart to. Angela didn't expect that much Jake turned away from her.

Instantly, all his romantic experiences with Jake were back in his head. Reminds Angela how sweet the man used to be, pure of his words, tenderly gentle of his gaze, warm of his every touch. Angela remembers all her memories with Jake and asks herself about what went wrong here?

Why did Jake leave?

If the man's love is eternal, Jake should not be in a relationship with anyone, even after Angela leaves him.

Angela can't accept this, because if she accepts the fact that Jake is actually dating Jessica, it means that Jake has lied to her.

Jake can't lie.

The man really loved her. Jake just loves her.

"Demian.., what should I do! Tell me this is all bullshit, right?" Angela cried while holding Demian's hands together. The man is Angela's only support now. The only man he can count on.

"I don't know, Ange. I don't know anything" Demian said. The man was not much different from Angela, he was struck by the information that Jessica put in front of him. It was as if the woman was spitting on him.

Demian felt his heart stop beating right then and there. Surprise, disillusionment and fury filled his head, dominating him.

If there were no Erthian there, no demons watching and waiting for his reaction, Demian would probably smash Jake's face to the brink. He would break the fingers that had dared to touch his Jessica.

Had Erthian not been around, Demian would have gone after Jessica with a million questions. Making sure that what he said was just a lie.

Oh, how Demian wished that information was a lie? Is the girl's heart really anchored to Jake?

"I have to go now, Ange."

Demian tried to pull her hand out of Angela's grasp. Demian could not linger in the woman's apartment room. Demian needs to visit Jessica and reconfirm what she said was a mistake. Demian wants to see Jessica, now.

"Go-away?"

"I understand your situation, but I can't linger here. I brought you here so you could rest and calm yourself."

As if deaf to Demian's words just now, Angela looked at the man with an angry face full of sadness. "After what happened to me today, you want to leave me too? You want to get away from me, Demian? Is being with me so annoying that you won't accompany me?!"

"It's not like that, Ange..."

"Aren't you aware of my condition right now? I'm a mess, Demian. My heart is broken. You should have accompanied me! You said you loved me, didn't you? Why are you as cruel as Jake now?!"

"Ange, look...., I don't understand what I'm supposed to do here? What you want from me, I don't know anything!" demian's voice rose in emotion. "I'm so tired here! I'm..."

I'm sick!

"You must hate me, huh?" Angela drew the conclusion at will. "You raised your voice to me, you definitely hate me, right! Just say it, Demian!" Angela's anger exploded. He grabbed whatever was in front of him and slammed it all onto the floor.

Fractions of glass, plastic bowls and flower pots., all objects close in his reach he slammed hard onto the floor. Demian - as a witness of Angela's uncontrollable anger - attempts to calm the girl down.

"GO!!! IF YOU WANT TO GO, PLEASE GO, DEMIAN! I'M GONNA DIE HERE. I'D RATHER DIE IF NO ONE CARES ABOUT ME ANYMORE! YOU AND JAKE KILLED ME!"

"Angela, calm yourself..." Demian was a little worried after hearing Angela's words. The girl's emotions were out of control, who knew she would actually hurt herself? Demian didn't want that to happen.

"Don't say anything stupid, Angela. I care about you, okay? You can't be like this..."

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, DEMIAN! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! IF I KNEW EVERYTHING WOULD BE LIKE THIS, I WOULD NEVER LET JAKE GO! IT'S ALL MY FAULT! MY FAULT!!!"

Demian sighed. There were already no words that Demian was able to say to ease the woman's rampage. The girl was so immersed in her own thinking, there would be no sound capable of reaching out to her and calming her down. Her...

With a decision in mind, Demian took wide steps toward Angela.

"I'm here, Angela." she said, before pulling the girl into her arms. He clenched the body that was shaking coldly in that anger and calmed it down with a gentle swipe on his back. "I'm here" whispered Demian back.

"..."

"I won't leave you," Demian said, accompanied by her close and warm embrace - how-to relieve Angela's anger. The girl clasped him back and cried loudly in her chest.

"You have to promise, Demian. You have to promise not to leave me."

"..."

"Demians..."

"I promise, Ange. I promise."

With the decision he made that day, Demian was forced to swallow the disappointment of not being able to visit Jessica right now.

Demian could not leave Angela who was in an unstable state. Demian didn't want anything bad to happen when he left. Angela-after all-is her best friend, the woman who once filled a special spot in her heart.

*

On the other side...

Dania and Jessica continued their girl's night show that had been confused before. This time, the location for the girl's night was Jessica's own room.

With the bowls of snacks that Elliot had prepared for them, now Jessica's room shares the same aroma as Elixir's kitchen.

Dania-still in her work clothes-stretched in Jessica's room while throwing seductive gazes at her pal.

"I have a lot of questions for you, but.., before that, let me praise you girlssss..." Dania was anxious and amazed. Her pair of eyes scanned Jessica from toe to head.

"What the hell, my sisterrrrr? Your look is so pretty today. As expected, you'd be better dressed than those old jeans in your closet. You look more aesthetic like this."

"I'm serious, you're like an insta girl. If you create an insta account, I believe your followers will be higher than that Angela."

She loves Jessica's looks today. Not only because the green dress was very fitting on her body, also because Dania TAU Jessica would definitely look very beautiful with a dress. Dania has been advising Jessica on fashion choices all along, but her boss remains deaf.

Maybe a broken heart made her become fashion conscious, I don't know. Whatever the reason Jessica changed, today's change is very, very obligatory to find all thumbs up.

"I'm not interested in being a selebgram" Jessica said. He sat on the couch and picked up a strawberry cupcake. "Let's say, my face and personality aren't suited for that kind of thing."

"Hey, your face is very beautiful and unique tau. Also, what's wrong with your personality?"

"I don't like being public, that's the problem." Jessica was honest there. Let alone level up as a selebgram, have insta account only Jessica reluctant.

"Well, it's true." Dania muttered after hearing Jessica's reasoning. "OK, then...., putting aside her dress problem now..., I won't make fun of it, tell me, what's going on?"

"What's going on?"

"Jesseeeee, you know what I'm asking! You didn't mean to cover anything from me, did you?"

"I don't mean to cover anything. If you ask about Jake, it just happens."

"Huh?"

"We met last night. I visited him because he was robbed. Poor guy. Anyway, after talking, I felt like we had a match, so well, we decided to make it."

"HUH? How matching?" It can't be that simple!!!

Jessica leaned back on the sofa and was a little nostalgic. "We have different reasons, but our goals are the same. Those kind of things. Jake wants revenge on Angela for hurting him, so he wants me to be his girlfriend to make Angela insecure and jealous..."

"Crazy, huh? Why would you agree to such an evil thing?"

"As I said, I have my own reasons too."

Dania frowned, horrified. What has happened to his best friend who will shed tears when he sees a frog run down on the highway?

"Look.., Dania. I.., I've lost the way to get rid of Demian. I mean, unless I move somewhere else, which is impossible, I won't be able to get that guy out of my life." Jessica gave an explanation.

"I need this relationship to break Demian off. Not only from my life, but also my head" he added.

"What does that mean..., even though you have your own reasons, your relationship...., seriously?"

"Jake wants it that way. He doesn't want to have a fake relationship with me. If we're going to date, she wants our relationship to be real."

"Without love?"

"I'm going to learn to like it. Nothing is impossible, Dania. Stop looking at me like that?"

Just then, Dania looked at Jessica like she was staring at a birthday clown. Silly look.

"So then, you realize that what you and Jake are doing is nonsense? How do you learn to love another man when your heart is with Demian? You love that guy, don't you? Where did our plan go to make Demian fall in love?"

Jessica smiled bitterly.

"I've thrown the plan away, Dania. Look, I don't need love right now. Especially if it's Demian's love. I don't want to get love and sacrifice my pride instead."

"..."

"I'm a woman, I don't want to hurt another woman with my greed." Jessica was serious there.

In his mind, if he continued to pursue Demian, he would end up like female characters that he hated. A cheap woman who has no morals. A woman who is willing to give up her pride for the sake of a man. According to Jessica, he would rather get hurt than fall to such a low level.

"Do you feel like, with you dating Jake, Demian won't come near you again?"

"He won't come near me." Jessica is confident. "When Jake was dating Angela, Demian stopped bothering Angela. At least until the girl calls him back. The same situation will happen to me. Even if Demian doesn't like me, he'll set a limit on not touching people's girlfriends."

"Waaaah, you've calculated this carefully, haven't you?"

"All this for my own sake, I don't want to be rash anymore. I can't be used anymore, Dani. I can't give up on Demian. I must save myself from the love that will destroy me."

"As long as it's good for you, I'll support you. I'm just sorry if now our plan has been dissolved in the middle of the road..." Dania smiled wryly.

"You've helped me as much as you can, you haven't done anything wrong. I learned a lot from you, but..., I can't go after a guy who already has a girlfriend, right?"

Dania nodded. "I understand. So, now you and Jake..., what's going to happen in the future?"

"She asked me to try this relationship with her, tried to open my heart and learn to love each other. Although the reason we became lovers is quite distorted and unjustified, Jake wants me to go through it casually first."

Jessica crossed her arms around her chest. He's a little uncomfortable being Jake's girlfriend, actually. However, if it meant that she was able to get rid of Demian, Jessica was willing to do anything.

"If this relationship doesn't work out, I'll break up with her." Jessica added her explanation there. "At least, until my situation and Demian subside.., then Jake has also achieved his goal.., I thought, if there was no room to love each other, I would end our relationship."

"Well, well, well, thinking about separation when you're just in a relationship is a bit wrong, right?" Dania shook her head, it was not finished with the contents of her best friend's head.

"Yes, right. I think so too." Jessica's smile faded as her gaze fell towards the balcony of her open room. The memories of a man who often appeared there made Jessica feel angry. He was angry at himself who fell easily.

"That's right, too" Jessica murmured. "I'll change my balcony door tomorrow..."

...I have to close the entire entrance that can bring that man to my heart!...

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