Old Love Hasn't (Surely) Returned
CLB(t)K 13

In the morning Annisa is ready at her desk with Joshua who is still loyal to accompany her to work, they have been busy preparing schedules for Reenan in the next few days.

"Is a boss' schedule really this tight every day?" Annisa asked Joshua.

"Not every day, but often it's this dense, why?" Joshua asked back.

"Is Mr. Reenan not tired?"

"Ask him yourself!" ask Joshua.

"I'm not that crazy to ask such things," replied Annisa lazily.

It has been a week since Annisa started working with Reenan and Joshua, she has started to adapt to the rhythm of her boss' work.

And it has been a week since she kept getting messages from her ex-husband that suddenly became a concern for her.

Annisa is not like women in general who can melt with little attention especially from someone who has become an ex like Damar.

But he also did not immediately reject the attention of Damar, he only replied to him, for him this is strange because suddenly after a long time Damar became very attentive to him.

Reenan calls Joshua into his room, moments later Joshua returns to Annisa's desk with a face that is difficult to decipher.

"Is there a problem?" ask Annisa.

"There!" reply Joshua quickly.

"I have to go to the branch office to do something, you're fine here, don't go against the boss's orders until I get back!" Joshua's orders.

"I'm also not interested in making trouble with Mr. Reenan,"

Not long after, Annisa's turn is called Reenan to enter her office.

"What's up, sir?" annisa asked when she was in front of Reenan.

"Now the company's anniversary, all employees will be invited including employees at the branch office so look for a hotel that can accommodate all employees!" reenan's orders to Annisa.

Annisa nodded. Previously Joshua had given a list of hotels that provide a spacious ballroom and often the company uses so that he is easier to find when getting orders like this from Reenan.

"Okay sir, I'll contact the relevant party immediately,"

Annisa exited Reenan's room and immediately contacted the hotels that have been used by the Reenan company.

"Have you got the hotel?" Joshua asked while sitting next to Annisa.

"Already" replied Annisa.

"There are some real problems at the branch office, and tomorrow's corporate anniversary opens up fraud at the branch office" Joshua said.

"Then?" Annisa asked curiously.

"I'm going there now to do some checking and surveillance there" Joshua said.

"What's bad?" ask Annisa.

"You think?" Joshua asked back. Annisa just nodded.

...****************...

2 Days before Joshua's corporate birthday comes to the office with a serious look.

"Annisa, come with me inside!" Joshua's orders.

Annisa stood up to follow Joshua into Reenan's room.

Inside the room, Joshua took some valid evidence of fraud and some of the things that employees do to make the branch company always falter.

Annisa was only dumbfounded to see the evidence in front of her. He did not expect that such individuals could still escape under the power of Reenan who was notoriously merciless to such people.

"What's the company's birthday too to open all this up?" ask Annisa to Reenan. Reenan nodded for sure.

...****************...

The company's birthday is finally on the title. With careful preparation, especially from the company leadership, no one will think that today big things will be revealed.

Annisa applies as a receptionist near the entrance with Joshua.

"Gita?" annisa's not sure.

"Who else? It's me, Gita,"

"Geez, how are you?" annisa's asking is just a stale base.

"Well, what are you doing here?"

"I work here" replied Annisa.

"really? as what?" ask Gita curiously

"Secretary Mr. Reenan." replied Annisa honestly.

"Wow, how can it be? Is it as easy as being a boss secretary?" ask Gita nosy. There's an implied question like it's behind Gita's sentence.

"Whatchu mean? I also did a series of tests just like the rest of the staff,"

"What do I mean? I didn't say anything" Gita replied with a mocking smile.

"You're a widow, after all, even if you can come in here honestly but it could be that some gossip is spreading fast, right?" Gita is back.

"Everything will be under control if someone does not deliberately spread cheap gossip" Joshua replied.

"Please enter, if you just want to find a commotion please come back!" continued Joshua.

Gita looked at Joshua and Annisa alternately, a feeling of dislike seeping into her.

Sure enough, Gita is now friendly with all employees he knows familiar from branch and central companies.

Moments like this are perfect for spreading the news that will horrendous the company Gita thought.

Starting from one person to another, the Gita keeps spreading rumors about a widowed Annisa and can crawl to the secretarial table with ease.

They believe, by showing photos that Gita and Annisa are friends since college, many finally believe the news that Gita spread.

"Today I thank you all for your dedication and loyalty to the company...." Reenan stood gallantly on the stage to give a speech.

"Some things may not be in line and against the existing rules, but it does not matter if we can immediately get rid of some small obstacles in our lives, right?" ask Reenan to the audience.

They nodded in unison, some people looked pale when they knew which way the CEO was talking.

Reenan held back his sentence so that the party could go according to what he had planned.

All employees are busy with party events and dishes provided by the company.

Visible Annisa and Joshua walked closer to Reenan, it made several pairs of eyes directly staring fully in the direction of Annisa.

"How's it?" ask Reenan to Joshua.

"Aman restrained, after this I will go up to the stage to give them a surprise, the police have also arrived and I have given pictures of people who will be secured by them later" obviously Joshua.

"Good, Annisa you can sit here and not follow Joshua you're not the tail so being separated for a while is okay!" reenan said insinuating the two humans who were in front of him.

Not without reason Reenan said so, but during work they were always as yes as a word, not separate.

Even sometimes they make video calls with Joshua's wife during the break, so there is no jealousy Joshua said when Reenan asked why Joshua did it.

Annisa who realized that what had been done was realized by her boss just smiled shyly while looking down, but she still did order Reenan to sit next to her boss.

Somehow being next to Annisa can make Reenan's focus a little divided, according to him Annisa is not as beautiful as the woman he has known, but somehow seeing Annisa does not once make Reenan bored.

His face, he said, his manners and even his smile never bored Reenan, even he always wanted to see it every day.

There was something comfortable in Reenan's heart when he saw the smile on his secretary's pretty face.

Until a message came in, Reenan shifted his eyes and growled.

[Don't forget to blink boss! he'll think you'll eat it if you see you like that, and don't forget to keep your saliva from falling! X_X]

"Joshua fucking," he said as he looked at Joshua who was laughing full of satisfaction next to the stage.