Our Story: The Sudden Chancellery
41. Are You Okay?

Indra stuffed her hand into her pants pocket, staring at Gala intensely with narrowed eyes.

“I've seen you. You are ...”

Cold sweat was pouring down Gala's forehead. He prayed desperately in his heart that the bastard would not recognize him. He grew nervous as Indra began to raise her index finger to point at Gala's face.

“Eng.. My feelings are possible..” Indra said as he pulled his index finger in doubt.

Gala was relieved. And he was freer when someone distracted the depraved man from him.

“Pak Indra!”

Indra immediately turned his head towards the direction of the sound and found someone standing outside the room. “Ah... There's Mr Eko!”

Eko walked in, embracing Gala with a little hard on her shoulder. As a nephew, Gala just mout when his ‘Om’ squeezed his shoulders with anxiety. “Oh have met my nephew?”

“This is Pak Eko's nephew?”

“Hayuk, give polite greetings to Mr. Indra. He's GM here!” hardik Eko who was staring at Gala sharply.

“Oh, Yes Om .. Good morning Mr. Indra. It's my first day working here, please guide her and thank you for receiving me here.”

“Ya, good morning too and welcome to Rapidash Express .. Diligent work huh?”

“Iya Sir!”

Eko directly placed his palm on Indra's back. “Come, we go to my room, there's something we should discuss for a while, Mr.” While Eko stared at Gala at a glance, and immediately took Indra away from the room followed by a woman who had stood outside the room.

The beautiful, tall and crazed woman tailed behind Gemma's husband obediently. Her beauty really caught Gala's attention, but not as an attraction between the opposite sex.

“Mbak Daniar?” call Gala on the Procurement Admin. “Pak Indra does like to come here huh?”

“Mm. Sometimes anyway. Why then?”

“Nothing, Ma'am. Just doang. Who was the girl behind him?”

“Oh, her name is Ranita, Mr. Indra's Assistant. Why emang? Fancy ya?”

Gala thought about what she should answer. Given that today his disguise was almost exposed because he had already answered the origin, he decided to just follow along and let the people he met be sure of their own assumptions. “Hehehe... The person is sweet, Ma'am.

“Mbak Ranita is very beautiful. Many have a crush on him ..” said Daniar smiled while not removing his eyes from his computer screen. “But don't get whistled, no one has!”

“Who has?”

“E-em .. Don't know either. What I heard so!” daniar said as he left his desk and rushed to Gala to teach him.

Some hours were passed Gala by learning about the work system, about the flow of making Purchase Order and many other things that are the main work of an Admin Purchasing. There's nothing strange about all this, it still looks normal.

But in the afternoon, when Gala was too tired after learning something new today, suddenly her energy was recharged again when she saw a different scene in the building.

“Gue says yes!” daniar said with spirit. He took out a large key from his bag before lightly patting Gala's back who was preparing to go home as well. “Do not forget matiin stavolt!”

“Iya Mbak Daniar,” says Gala with disdain. Although Daniar was younger than her and even though she had warned him not to be too polite to her considering Gala was much older than him, Gala still behaved that way, according to the instructions Mr. Hasan gave this morning to him.

“Just be polite with everyone, Sir, don't call your name directly. Call Mas /Mbak /Kak aja. Don't get caught!”

Indeed besides Felix and Mona, Mr. Hasan is another person who knows about Gala's disguise here. Gala really remembered and learned all well from Mr. Hasan.

He turned off the stavolt and headed out of the office building to a busway stop just a hundred metres from Rapidash Express.

When his foot had just reached the security gate, Gala saw a new Honda CRV slide from the car park. His window opened and featured a Daniar waving at him. “Gala, I first ya!”

“Iya, Ma'am. Be careful on the road!” reply Gala politely.

After greeting the security guard, Daniar went smoothly to the highway. Gala's eyes could not be separated from the car until the four wheels disappeared from his view.

But, is an admin with a salary and benefits that are not up to 6 million able to buy such a car?

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After a long traffic jam, Gemma finally arrives at Viani's school.

The woman looked at her watch which was already showing at half 5 pm with a worried feeling. He had been waiting in front of Viani's school for about 30 minutes already, but there were no signs of the child's appearance at all.

Exasperated and worried, Gemma took her phone and called Viani, who she had been doing for five minutes. But the ring remained untouched and ended without being lifted at all.

The woman got out of her car and approached the school security guard. “Excuse me, Sir. My son, Viani, has not come home yet?” tanyanya while showing a photo of Viani at the middle-aged security guard.

“Oh, Viani was picked up.”

“Picked? Who's pick up?”

“It looks like it's mbak deh, Bu ... Emang, I don't know?”

Gemma did not receive any news from Viani at all. He also felt that there was no point in staying here and immediately returned to his car, pulled out his phone to contact Indra.

“Mas ... I can't meet Viani. Said picked up sama—“

“Assistant me picked up. What the hell are you, Gem? Why did you take so long to pick him up? Viani has been waiting for you for a long time, you know?” cut Indra directly.

“Old? Mas, I've said the same Viani was a bit slow to pick him up because the direction to Viani school was jammed. I asked him to wait at school and it wasn't too long, Mom! Why am I not being told? I'm his Mama!”

“You should have picked him up earlier dong! I don't want to debate, Gem. Now Viani is in the apartment. You better go home now! Watch out if I hear you going anywhere! And make sure I've seen dinner on the table before I go home!”

Tut's…

Gemma stared at her phone whose call was just cut off by Indra. He also obeyed Indra to go home to his apartment without stopping by again. Unfortunately, he was also stuck in a severe traffic jam that made him come home very late.

At 7 p.m., Gemma hurriedly got out of the car. On the road, he was forced to buy fast food because it was no longer possible for Indra or Viani to wait for him to cook longer. His heart felt uncomfortable at all because it was too late.

But when he gets to his apartment, all the tired screams of Gemma go to waste. Indra and Viani had sat on the chair while eating the food presented on the table with great pleasure.

“Big son, swear! Thanks Auntie!” cheers Viani as she tasted the woman's cooking. A long smile did not Gemma see from the face of his son when eating the food he made so far.

The woman turned around and took off her apron. He sat down in front of Indra and Viani to enjoy dinner together. As if no one was aware of his presence, they ate like a whole happy and friendly family.

"Eat a lot!" said the woman.

Gemma's heart immediately throbbed with pain as she watched her presence as a stranger in her own family. There is jealousy, that should be there is her as a housewife.

Slowly, he retreated without their knowledge. Get off that floor to the lobby. He intended to throw away the 3 boxes of fast food he had just bought, but when he saw a security guard, receptionist and a cleaning service, the intention was snuffed out.

"Loh, is this for me? Thanks Mom!" each of the people who received thanked Gemma who then passed to the basement.

He was trying to calm the emotions in his rumbling soul. Feelings of sadness, anger, disappointment mixed into one. But he didn't drop those tears for now.

He looks at himself. Maybe something's wrong with him right now. Maybe she's less sensitive as a wife. Maybe he's lacking attention to Viani. Maybe, maybe and maybe…

As he was about to dissolve in his mind, a car came into the basement. From there came two familiar figures. Felix and Gala…

Gemma opened the windshield when the two men walked past her car unaware of her presence. Without a second thought, he got out of his car and called out to the man in a somewhat loud voice. “Gala!”

Felix and Gala immediately turned their heads together.

“Gem?” As if sensing that something was not right, Gala left Felix, and approached Gemma. “Are you okay?”

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