NOT PERPETRATORS
Who Is 'Ve'?

The man still looked at me in full search. My steps stopped five meters from him. The man was big, his hair was flaky, and had been overgrown with gray hair. The man's face seemed to be aging, probably due to the tired effect of constantly working. For a moment we looked at each other.

Some of the employees who had come were looking at me. All eyes looked at him with unfamiliar eyes. Maybe, like this it feels like coming in as a new person. This is more frightening than the MOS (student orientation period) that I have done when entering Junior High School and High School. If I used to be afraid of the fierce senior brothers. This time I was more scared because there was one fierce-looking eye. Yes, he was Mr. Wibowo, the father of Dimas Adi Wibowo.

"Who are you?"

That voice called me once. The voice sounded heavy, because in every sentence that appeared at that time contained prohibitions, and threats. So that I give up. For me to back off. So that I would no longer love her son.

"Who are you?! Why just shut up?"

Why are my legs riveted? I should have continued my steps. Go to him, and meet him. Throwing a sweet smile, or a thin smile. But now, don't smile. Just look at him I'm scared.

"Hey!!"

He knows my name. That's not the way to call me. Or maybe he forgot, that I was the girl, whom he once threatened with sadism. Which he had hurt his feelings. He had forbidden to love his son.

And when I'm down. A stranger in my eyes came, approaching me.

"Saraswati Imania?"

Suddenly I widened my eyes. That woman knows my name. The woman called my name. Who else is he?

"You, Imania Saraswati, right?"

"Yeah. I'm ...."

I again ventured to stare at the large tall man standing in front of the lobby table. It's like he's thinking. His eyes seemed to be remembering something.

"Me, Vera Amalia. Just call me 'Ve'." The woman extended her hand.

"Secretary Ve?" ulaku. Then shake his hand.

"Yes, you can come with me first."

"Alright," I replied as I took off his hand.

"Ve, who is he? I don't seem familiar with his name?" ask the man whose age is certainly more than half a century.

"He's a new employee here, sir?" answer the secretary Ve.

Mr. Wibowo went into his room. For a moment he looked at me. Did she forget that I was the girl she had been with for years?

"Come with me!"

I followed him to the inner office. Secretary Ve told me about various things related to the work I was going to do. The woman I estimate is about 40 years old and explains the rules during her time at this private bank.

In addition, he informed me that I would be included through the MT Program (Management Trainee), ODP (Officer Development Program), or PPS (Staff Development Program). Secretary Ve said that the entry qualification of this pathway was already based on the S-1 diploma I had. All explained by Ve's secretary very well.

"understand?"

"Understand me, Brother Ve," I replied.

"You call me 'sister'?" ask the secretary Ve who is sitting opposite me at his desk.

"Sorry .. So what should I call you?" my many.

"The call was exactly like Dimas' call to me" he replied with a smile. "Did Dimas ask you to call me that?"

I shook my head slowly.

"Then call it like that. I'm bored, most of the employees here call me 'aunty'. Isn't that too old? I told them to call me 'sister. But they keep calling me 'aunty'. Although there are some who mempelesetkan the name for me, namely 'Miss Ve'," he lamented while pursing the lips menggincu flaming red.

"You're beautiful, it's worth Dimas liking you," she said suddenly.

"Sir Ve ...." I looked at him not understanding. How did he know about our relationship?

"Me and Dimas were very close. No wonder I know almost everything about you two" he said.

It's unsurprising. This woman is just a secretary at this bank. But he knows about our relationship. In fact, he was once very close to Dimas.

The woman seemed to know what I was thinking. He looked at me carefully and attentively.

"I used to be just a baby sitter in Mr. Wibowo's family. That's why, me and Dimas are very and very close. He was like my own son or sister. Until Dimas was a teenager, he often told me about his girlfriend. That's you."

I opened my mouth to say something. But for some reason, a voice won't come out of my esophagus. The look in her eyes was enough to hint that she knew quite a lot about me.

"Dimas loves you very much. She doesn't love Doctor Vanessa" she said, looking at me gently.

I don't know what to say. So, I just kept quiet while listening to him talk.

"Dimas men are hard to fall in love with. But when he likes someone. He'll be hard to forget. He loves you so much." Secretary Ve put on a smile at me.

"You know a lot about us" I said, returning a gentle smile from her sensual lips.

The woman with the pixie-wavy hair style moved from her seat, then approached me. "I don't just know about you guys. Even about the Wibowo family, I know almost everything" he said, leaning his ass against my front desk. So that her white feet dangled beautifully before my eyes.

"I've been in the Wibowo family for a long time. From a baby sitter, to being a secretary like today," she continued.

"Well, no wonder you know so much" I said with a smile.

"And ... Of course you understand, why am I taking care of you here, right?"

"Yes, it's Dimas's wish, right?"

The motherly-looking woman smiled as she nodded. "really. Dimas asked me to take care of you here. And you know what? Mr. Wibowo is the Chairman of the Board of Directors here, as well as the owner of this private bank. He's very fierce. You have to be mentally strong to deal with it. Moreover. .. He doesn't like you."

I was very surprised to hear Ve's secretary's statement. "You also know that Mr Wibowo doesn't like me?"

"It is not easy to take his heart. Actually, the decision to bring you into this office wasn't the right one."

"Why?"

"Because .. if you're not good at regulating your emotions. You'll just be humiliated here."

"What do you mean?" my question is not to understand.

"The Wibowo family is not a random person. To enter the family is also not arbitrary. I hope ... You can digest well these words of mine."

I don't understand what that means. But Secretary Ve came straight down from my front desk. And stand beside me sitting.

"I'll give you his work uniform tomorrow. So, for a while, you're wearing clothes like that first" said the woman with a sexy appearance.

So ... is there a special uniform for work? Then why did Dimas ask me to shop a lot yesterday? Did she want to change the way I dress?

"If you understand, come with me to your workplace. I'll show you the tasks in more detail."

The woman went outside the room. And I followed his steps.

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