
"Just come home, Audrey?" Zayn's brother's greeting that made Audrey who was still standing on the terrace became shocked.
"Yes, Bang! Stop by dinner outside first" Audrey replied, slipping her hair behind her ear.
"That was the one who drove you, not Kyle Arthur, was it?" Guess Brother Zayn who had seen Kyle's car plate.
"Yes! Audrey's Arthur Company and EO are in a partnership, Bang!" Audrey stepped inside the house while patting Abang Zayn on the back.
"So Audrey and Kyle often met to discuss the cooperation. Especially if Arthur Company wants to hold an event, the more often Audrey and Kyle meet," Audrey tells Zayn's brother who only has a beard.
"Kyle who?" Papa Hans suddenly sat in the living room and played with Zeline, who is now four years old.
"Client Audrey, Pa!"
"Hi, Zeline!" Sapa Audrey who immediately pinched the two cheeks of Zeline, the daughter of Abang Zayn and Kak Thalita.
"This is what, Aunty?" Zeline asked, pointing to the paperbag that Audrey had brought. Its size is quite large, it was able to attract the attention of Zeline.
"According to Zeline what?" Audrey is flirting with the niece now.
"Gift to Zeline! Hooray!!" The little boy jumped up and down in excitement and immediately grabbed the large paperbag, although a little bad when lifting it.
"Zilina! Don't jump around, honey!" Zayn's brother reminded the princess who was now busy dismantling the paper bags that Audrey had brought.
The little girl asked Opa for help because she could not open her gift.
"Where is Thalita? Drunk again?" Audrey asked looking at Brother Zayn who was still sitting casually on the living room sofa and changed television channels several times.
"Sleep, I was vomiting. More fussy is what it is now than Zeline used to be," replied Zayn's brother slightly chuckled,
Currently, Audrey's sister-in-law is pregnant with her second child. And despite entering the third trimester, Thalita was still drunk and vomiting.
"This is Aunty's bag, honey! Not a gift to Zeline." Papa Hans took out a bright red handbag from inside the paperbag.
Zeline looks scowled because she did not get a gift in the paperbag.
"Where's Zeline's gift, Aunty?" Zeline whining at Audrey.
"Zeline wants what? Tomorrow we get a present for Zeline, yeah!" Audrey lifts Zeline into her lap and persuades the four-year-old.
"Zeline wants an ice cream cart with lots of ice cream. But Zeline wants to buy two for her baby sister, one" Zeline replied with a distinctive four-year-old bicycle accent.
"Hmmm. Can baby boys play ice cream? It wasn't born yet."
"Said Dad, soon baby sister Zeline was born. So let's not go back and forth, tomorrow we buy two ice cream carts, yeah, Aunty!" Pinta Zeline poked her little arm around Audrey's neck, then the little girl kissed Audrey's cheek as if she was seducing her beloved aunty.
"Yes, yes! Tomorrow we buy two ice cream carts for Zeline and baby sister!" Audrey replied at last which instantly made Zeline jump up and down in excitement.
"Pamper me!" Mumbled Zayn who had risen to his feet because of the sound of Thalita calling out to him from the direction of the room.
"Only once in a while, Bang!" It's Audrey looking for justification.
Brother Zayn just sneered and immediately passed towards his room.
"Kyle. This is Kyle who does he mean?" Ask Papa Hans while showing him a greeting card he found in Kyle's handbag.
"Where can you get it?" Audrey quickly snatched the greeting card from Papa Hans' hand and the girl's face slightly met red.
"Into this branded bag. Did Kyle give it to him was Kyle Arthur?" It was Papa Hans who made Audrey misbehave.
"That's a by-by, Pa! And as a thank you for Audrey's successful handling of Arthur Company's birthday event last month," replied Audrey who still plays a greeting card from Kyle in her hand.
Why could Audrey not know that Kyle had tucked the card in her gift?
Papa Hans smiled faintly at Audrey's reply.
"Zilina! Come on Opa read the fairy tale!" Papa Hans called out to Zeline who was still on Audrey's lap.
"Getch!" Zeline cheered happily and immediately descended from Audrey's lap. The girl ran up the stairs to her room on the second floor. Papa Hans followed the grandson while watching Zeline's steps to avoid tripping over.
Oh come on, Audrey!
You are no longer seventeen!
Why be so nervous!
Me, you, and time
- Kyle
Just three words and successfully made Audrey furrow both eyebrows. But a moment later, Audrey smiled in a knot and finally felt understood by the three words written by Kyle.
The woman looked again at the bright red bag Kyle had given her, then carried her up to her upstairs room.
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"Where are you going, Audrey?" Mama Hanni asked, when she saw Audrey who was already beautiful and wearing a black evening dress, with the neckline of the halter neck model and the bottom of the dress that intersected A line covering up to Audrey's knees.
"Audrey has an event tonight, Ma," Audrey replied grimacingly at her mother.
"You accompanied Kyle to the company event" Audrey explained to her mother.
Mama Hanni raised her next to her eyebrows.
"You're in a relationship with Kyle now?" A look of happiness immediately flashed on Mama Hanni's face.
Maybe Audrey's biological mother was relieved because Audrey finally wanted to reopen her heart and establish a relationship with a man.
"We're friends, Ma! And a little cooperation in business affairs," explained Audrey who slightly dimmed the expectations in the heart of Mama Hanni.
But maybe Audrey still needs time. Hopefully from this good friendship, Audrey will open her heart afterwards. From the past, a man cannot suddenly invite a woman to a company event if there is nothing between them.
"All right! Hope your show goes well tonight with Kyle," Mama Hanni slightly confirmed the diamond earrings attached to Audrey's ears.
The sound of a car horn was heard from the direction of the terrace.
"That Kyle has come. Audrey's leaving first, Ma!" Pamit Audrey to the mother who just nodded.
Audrey rushes to the porch when she finds Kyle chatting with Zayn on the porch.
Kyke was immediately flabbergasted when she saw Audrey who appeared graceful in a black dress that was perfectly attached to her body.
"Night, Kyle!" Audrey greeting Kyle who tonight is wearing a black tuxedo, matching Audrey's dress.
"Night, Audrey!" Reply Kyle reviewed a smile towards Audrey.
"Please party" said Abang Zayn, who went into the house leaving Kyle and Audrey.
"You're beautiful tonight," praised Kyle who instantly made Audrey blush in shame.
"Let's go!" Kyle then opens the car door for Audrey.
Audrey quickly got in Kyle's car and thanked him.
After Kyle came in and sat behind the wheel, the car quickly drove away from Abraham's residence to a downtown hotel, where tonight's party will take place.
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