Our Story: The Sudden Chancellery
33. Need a Friend

Gala looked at Gemma who had reentered the elevator with mixed feelings. He was confused now, what to do.

He really did not expect that he would meet Gemma here. Does that mean they're actually neighbors? Why does the universe bring them closer in this way?

His hands clenched until his veins stiffened, a gritted tooth sounded that made my hair stand up. How can Gemma stay with a man who has been tarnishing her for years? It could not be accepted by Gala with her common sense.

Somehow he wanted to spill his anger at this moment. He hurried back to the apartment, looking for anything he could make samsak, but found nothing.

He also wore his running shoes and decided to run around the outside area of the apartment. He doesn't care if anyone says he's crazy or weird, because he still sports at this hour.

Gala had forgotten her tired body that had been working all day. He needed to channel all the jealousy in him that made him completely burn from the inside.

“One hour,” said Gala when she saw her smart watch that had shown at 8 past a few minutes. Crazy one! During that time he ran without pause at all?

On foot, Gala came home and entered her apartment. His emotions had gone down enough, although there was still a little discomfort. He went upstairs, took a bath once more and laid himself in his bed. Tired that whack his body made him instantly fall asleep.

But in the middle of the night, he woke up again. It seems that the emotion still made his nerves stiffen, until almost shorted.

He went to the minibar and poured the wine into the glass, then took a slow sip. But when recalling the incident, he could not cover up the overflowing jealousy.

His hands tightened. The glass can be destroyed if there is no soft sound that breaks the focus. Gala picks up her phone and sees a missed call and a chat message from Leticia.

[Leticia: I'm in the lobby right now. I'm sorry I had to go back to your apartment. I think my card wallet missed, and I just realized that time again buy coffee to use CC. ]

Gala answered by telling him to go up and hold the card wallet that was left behind, which he found on top of the refrigerator. As soon as the bell rang, Gala opened the door and saw Leticia in front of her, already dressed in pajamas while holding her phone.

“That's my wallet,” said Leticia as her eyes looked at the thing Gala was holding at the moment. “Give me..”.

Gala picked up the wallet for Leticia without looking at the woman. "You can go."

But Leticia was unmoved, she wanted to do something. “Gala..”.

“Hmm..”

"Aren't you pa-pa?" Leticia felt a different tension from Gala.

"I'm good."

"But I feel you again, depressed."

Gala was silent, looking at Leticia with narrowed eyes without answering. Indeed, he was dizzy with the affairs of his heart at this time.

Leticia sighed softly. “Good. Let's say I'm chasing you. But ... If you need a friend, you need a place to talk, I'm always there for you."

***

One week later. At 8 p.m.

I don't know how long they've been in this room, Gala's with that woman.

The woman gave herself and her heart, but the 34-year-old can always tell the difference between a relationship worth fighting for or not.

For a long time they have been in this kind of "partner with benefit" situation. But the woman was never able to take Gala's heart.

Gala took a sip of wine, ignoring the whereabouts of Leticia who was now sitting while smoking next to her. The woman was frustrated after Gala again rejected her heart.

All his efforts were in vain. A beautiful face can not shake the man's heart from his frost.

“Guys, following the results of the meeting between the committee and our teachers and former High School teachers. One, our event will be held at the RJ restaurant on January 30th, following the address. Two, following the details of the required funds..”.

Various replies from his class friends began to enter with a frenzy. Gala smiled to herself as she looked at the cute behavior of her friends who were impatient for the reunion.

Something made her smile fade. His heart became more moved when there was one name that responded to the announcement.

[Gemma: Okay.]

There was only one word typed by that name, and Gala's heart suddenly shook violently. Gala directly touched the name in the photo section, to show the picture is bigger.

The photo is a close up with a casual pose. The face was still what it used to be, but now it was much more beautiful and attractive. He immediately kept the woman's number on his phone by writing the woman's name, Gemma.

“Who is it?” ask Leticia.

Starting from Gala who visited the agency company Leticia works as a top model, their relationship continues.

Leticia was struggling spoiled, clinging to Gala's back and kissing the man's shoulder cordially. “Who is Gemma?”

Gala turned her head slightly at Leticia, “ SMA friends.”

“Definitely first love.”

Gala confirmed Leticia's words in silence. Leticia knew, because Gala's facial expression and eye gaze when she saw the photo could not lie.

“Big bad. Look at his face, cut, dull, skinny, like older than his age, not attractive at all. Wait for me,” whispered Leticia while biting Gala's ear.

The man squirms dislikes when his body is touched. “Can you not, you do not need to insult the physical person? You don't know him.”

“But I know you and have been by your side for a long time,” whispered Leticia.

“You can go home whenever you want. I'll be gone in a minute,” said Gala coldly with a careless heart. If it wasn't for the job, Gala might not have been here for a long time.

Gala left Leticia just like that.

Their closeness begins when there is a wild rumor calling Gala gay. As a result, the man often asked Leticia to important events to accompany him as Lady Escort. With a good pay, of course.

Gradually, Leticia put a sense of righteousness. But now what's lodged in Gala's brain isn't that woman.

There was never another woman in the mind of Galandra Putra Aditya other than Gemma Aruna Francius.

She was not in love with the woman, but Gala had never fallen in love with another woman other than Gemma, even after fifteen years had passed.

...***...

After booking a taxi for Leticia and informing her that her taxi was waiting, Gala intends to get off to her car parked in the basement.

But his steps came to a halt when he saw a woman sitting on top of the rattan chair lounge near the quiet pool. The woman's eyes were fixed on the rippling blue water with such a complicated facial expression.

While regulating his uncontrollably beating heart, Gala tried to approach him slowly.

“Hai... Gemma.

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