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"If I were to follow your two terms. Am I officially your boyfriend?" juno asked while propping up his chin looking at Aruna who was still eating her breakfast.
"Not really." Aruna shook her head, then drank some water. Aruna finished her breakfast.
"Why? Kan, I've given you your terms." Juno straightened her seat. Staring at Aruna while frowning.
"I want to see how sincere your love is. Oh, aye. You told your parents that we broke up, right?" When Aruna paid off her debt to Juno, the woman did ask Juno to say to her parents, if they had broken up. To be free from that pretend relationship again.
"Udah, but I'd like to tell them that we're back."
"Don't!" Aruna is fast.
Juno squinted her eyes, "You want to play me, huh?" tanyanya.
Yep. Aruna was eager to answer that word. In fact, he had no intention at all to accept Juno to be his lover. However, due to the attitude of the man who is too confident and arrogant. Saying that if he is able to give Aruna whatever she wants, Aruna wants to try to test the truth.
"I have to work. You're taking me to the office, aren't you?" Instead of answering, Aruna switched the conversation. Aruna remembered that she had to solve her problems with her friends. Demanding their answer to the incident that happened last night. Why did his friends suddenly disappear?
"Answer my question first!" juno urged, but Aruna stood up.
"If you don't want to stop me. I can go alone." Aruna insisted and was about to leave, but only a step did she turn around again. "You got a hair tie, don't you?" tanyakanya.
"Where might I have that kayak." Juno thumped lips. "Are you really not going to answer my question?" lick Juno again. Aruna shook her head.
"If you really love me. Show me an attitude that will impress me! I like being forced." Aruna's words succeeded in making Juno lose decisively. He did not dare to ask again.
"What do you want?" Juno asked when she saw Aruna curling her hair and then picked up the chopsticks available on the dining table.
Aruna did not answer. He continued his movement to stick the chopsticks on his hair that was curled in the middle of the head. "I told you, I don't like having my hair cut out." That was Aruna's next answer. Then rushed out Juno's house. Juno could see Aruna's behavior. A rough gust of breath was thrown into the air.
"Let me take you." Juno is chasing Aruna's long stride. The girl was also arrested. Then nodded slowly.
"I wait outside" he said with a forced smile.
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On the way to Aruna's office, some had no conversation between them. Both were awkward and didn't say much. Aruna was confused by Juno's attitude towards him. Thinking about what he had done made the handsome young man fall in love with him. Juno too, in his brain stored a lot of questions. Not the same question that Aruna had in mind, but a curiosity about why Aruna did not immediately accept her love. Is the level of popularity now reduced in the eyes of women, or the level of good looks is not enough to hook women? That's how Juno thought.
"Since when?" Aruna opened the conversation. Juno slightly flinched then turned his head for a moment.
"When is what?" ambiguity question.
"When did you start loving me?" That question Aruna wanted to ask first, but was previously held back by prestige.
Juno smiled faintly as she stared at the highway, after which she turned a glance at Aruna. "Since we first met in front of your company bathroom back then. Since then your face has always been in my eyes."
Aruna turned her head towards Juno who was sitting beside her. His memory goes back to the time it happened. Aruna tries to find a memory trace that impresses Juno. There are no special events that Aruna captures in her memory, but why does it make Juno fall in love with her.
"It looks like you have to wear big glasses, because your eyes have problems." Aruna's words made Juno laugh, and Aruna was stunned staring in surprise at Juno.
"My mother said, 'the love doesn't need to be asked why she came. Just as magic does not make sense, love is the same. When the heart trembles when we say its name alone, perhaps love has taken hold of its heart. Like a creature who loves his God, without the need to see the form he loves, but he is willing to do anything in the name of his love'." Juno recounts the mother's advice.
Aruna is still flinching. His eyes were filled with sadness. If it is so sublime the meaning of love, why did his parents have to separate when the marriage happened not long ago? Even Aruna was very small back then. More painful, the father had to marry another woman who even had children from others. It makes Aruna does not believe in the word love.
"It's okay," said Aruna turning her gaze towards the front. Trying to hide the already glittering crystal grains in his eye fertilizer.
"Aruna–" Juno had to swallow back her words, because as she turned towards Aruna again, the woman was leaning on the back of the car seat while closing her eyes. As if he didn't want to listen to anything. Juno could only shake his head. He must learn to deepen and understand Aruna's attitude again. After all, it was his decision to love this woman. Then he has to guess all the puzzles that Aruna is hiding. Juno has to be patient.
"I can definitely make you fall in love, Aruna. Just wait!" inner Juno while reviewing a faint smile.
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Juno's car was parked a few meters away from Aruna's company. It was deliberately done because Aruna did not want to be known by her friends, if she was escorted by a Juno. The largest shareholder in the company. Who doesn't know he's in that company. So Aruna told Juno to leave immediately, after he got down from Juno's car.
Aruna walked towards his company in a shaky step. He wants to meet his friends soon. However, when he was about to enter the main lobby. Someone from behind called out his name.
"Mrs Aruna."
Aruna turned to the origin of the voice. Indira appeared to come to him while showing a row of white teeth. "Ciyeee, who already has a boyfriend. Work is done." Aruna stared in wonder, as the girl instead teased him guiltlessly for leaving him last night at the bar cafe. However, there was a slight sense of unease in his mind. Did Indira see Juno's figure driving her? "Know, dong, same me!" chirp slengean girl who is not polite the same boss. The question seemed to be the answer to Aruna's fear. He was sure that Indira did not see Juno.
"Don't write the topic! Last night, what time did you come home from the cafe?" ask Aruna without further ado. "Why did you leave me?" again with a cold tone.
Indira flinched, "It wasn't Mom who came home first. Miss Dena said, Mom came home to be picked up by Mom's boyfriend."
"What's? Miss Dena said that?" Aruna was flabbergasted with a shrunken forehead.
Indira nodded. "If you don't believe ask Yoga! He was also horrified. Didn't Miss Aruna come home last night?" Indira looked at Aruna's appearance. The clothes he was wearing were the clothes he was wearing last night. "Don't ...." Indira acted as if in disbelief while covering her mouth with a palm. "Ouch!"
One tap managed to land on Indira's forehead. Arun's hand was the culprit. "Don't like bad prejudices!" the owner of the hand.
Indira grimaced in pain while stroking her forehead. He wanted to say again, but Aruna had already left him. "So, play live, si. Though it can be together," great-grandson of Indira. Then walked lazily following Aruna.
Aruna walked in haste, but not until the woman was in her study. His steps suddenly stopped because he heard the voice of someone who was chatting through a phone call in a quiet hallway. Aruna walked slowly without making a sound, she leaned against the wall without looking at the person for fear of being discovered. Aruna tried to steal the person's talk.
"Yes, sir, I'm sorry. But our investors instead signed a full two-year employment contract. Especially now that our financial manager is a little more competent, but it's an easy affair. Looks like he's an easy guy to bully."
Aruna sharpened her hearing. He grew curious when his position in the company was called by that person.
"I'll think about it again. You just calm down. Every project we run will have a leak on your side. This company will not be allowed to grow" the person continued.
Aruna couldn't stand it. His curiosity forced him to ascertain who the person was. However, the sound of a bell suddenly shattered his intent.
"Why are you here again? Our room is there. Wasn't that in a hurry?" She is Indira, a woman who has a bit of difficulty chasing Aruna because of her long steps.
Aruna clucked, and instantly silenced Indira's mouth with her palm. "Sstt ... can be embedded, right?" let Aruna whisper. Both eyes of Indira perfectly rounded. He was surprised and confused, but the woman could only nod obediently while closing her lips behind Aruna's hand.
Aruna looked down at the hallway where the man had called. Sure enough, the person had already disappeared without a trace. It seemed like he immediately ran away when he heard Indira's echoing voice.
"You, si! Next time say the volume is small! So run, right, her." Aruna snorted while releasing her hand from Indira's mouth. Then I leave from there.
Indira who was still confused by the attitude of her superior could only scratch her baffled forehead. His head also looked towards the hallway that Aruna saw earlier. Empty, there's no one there. "Who's looking, si, Miss Aruna? I don't think he has a hobby as well" said Indira.
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