Replacement Bride
What kind of situation is this?

''Excuse me, is there a problem?''

Zoya turned to hear the barinton sound as well as the guard. Zoya's eyes squinted feeling familiar with that person.

''Brother Aiden?'' zoya muttered in a very small voice.

''Sorry sir, this girl forced her way in on the grounds of carrying the file requested by Director Alexander.'' Obviously the doorman. The man's asking eyes glanced at Zoya, his lips smiling kindly but Zoya just kept silent with eyes that kept staring at the man's face.

''Sorry Miss, is there any more evidence that you were asked directly by the Director here?'' said the man Zoya knew as 'Sister Aiden'.

''O-oh, for a second, I'll call her.'' Zoya answered nervously, but before she actually pressed Alex's contact, someone from behind had already called out to her.

''Madam boss?!''

Zoya and the other two men turned their heads because of the call. A man in formal attire, suit and pants in matching colors waved towards Zoya with a smiling face then ran up to her. ''Good afternoon, ma'am, welcome.'' The man who turned out to be Mark.

Zoya does not answer, Mark turns to the two people who were at Zoya's time, and only realizes that Zoya is in trouble.

''What is this?''

''I'm sorry Mr. Mark, this girl admitted to carrying the file requested by director Alexander.''

''Yes then?'' mark asked with an annoyed look at the doorkeeper and the other man cleared his throat to make the atmosphere not too stiff.

''Ekheem.. Good afternoon Mr. Mark, forgive this guard, he's just doing his job, and there's a misunderstanding.'' As a formal looking man like Mark.

''Mr Aiden? sorry to bother you.'' Said Mark.

''And you! also others, never block the way this girl to get into the office, otherwise want to lose her job.'' Mark said again with a slight threat in his words and certainly made the guard bow down in fear.

Zoya gives the file that was in her hands to Mark and received by Alex's assistant well. ''Miss boss, do you want to see Mr Alex?''

''No, I have other business. I'm just dropping that off.'' Zoya and Mark replied, saying goodbye to immediately hand over the files Alex needed and left.

As Zoya and the man named Aiden, Zoya just kept quiet by watching Mark running towards the beautiful winding staircase and realized that Aiden's voice was again calling out to her. ''Sorry, you?''

''Oh sorry, I have to leave immediately, '' said Zoya saying goodbye and will pass, but Zoya's flushed face with a nervous look made Aiden feel strange.

'I understand why Aiden doesn't recognize me anymore, but it's pretty good.' Zoya murmured in her heart.

But suddenly the man named Aiden was holding Zoya by grasping Zoya's wrist and certainly made Zoya surprised. ''Sorry, this is yours, right?'' aiden said holding a bracelet that might have fallen out of Zoya's hand.

''Oh yes, thank you.'' Zoya takes her bracelet from Aiden's hand and wants to wear it again, but due to her nervousness somehow the hook is very difficult to find the hole.

'' Let me help.'' Again Zoya's chest is pounding because Aiden is touching her hand again, but a hand immediately brushes her over and grabs the bracelet that Aiden has held and will he put on Zoya's wrist.

''Sorry to bother you,''

''Mr Alex.'' Zoya Excursions.

''Yes, why not enter give the file itself?'' alex asked, staring intently at Zoya, who had a confused face because of her new call coming straight out of Alex's mouth.

'Yaya' ??

''I'm sorry Mr. Aiden, you've been waiting in the meeting room, let me take care of my lover.'' I don't know what was in the mind of the 28-year-old man, he blatantly called Zoya his lover, moreover why in front of Aiden? Zoya regrets Alex's confession in her heart.

''Well, then excuse me, Miss greetings and see you later.'' Said Aiden who then passed away but Zoya's eyes continued to look at Aiden's departure without stopping.

''Are you done looking at him?'' alex asked in a tight voice as well as a sharp eye.

''Why ''Why?'' ask Zoya.

''Don't ever interact with her again''

''But why?''

''I said no yes no! you can go home, let the driver deliver you.'' Zoya just kept quiet with a flat face and bent her hands waiting for Alex who was contacting the driver to drive her home.

On the way home from work, Zoya keeps thinking about her meeting with a man named Aiden, regretting Alex's confession to her and deploring Alex's cold attitude with Aiden who is just being nice to her.

His memories surfed in his past on a handsome young man who everywhere went with him, from going to school, studying together in the library to eating was always together in the school cafeteria at that time, sweet memories in adolescence make Zoya pensive and sad.

''The sweet memories were finished by the time Aiden's brother left the country.'' Zoya's voice weakens given her memories with the teenage boy who turns out to be Aiden, the man she just met again after five years ago.

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On this day Uncle Louis will come to visit Alex's apartment. Zoya who from morning was busy in the kitchen and also with her phone for watching a cooking show on the red app, step by step she noticed the way the cook cooked a fairly simple dish.

But because Zoya is not good at cooking, Zoya finds it difficult, moreover she is unable to distinguish the kitchen spices like turmeric and which one is ginger, and he was supposed to sprinkle salt but Zoya instead took sugar and sprinkled it in considerable quantities.

The situation of the kitchen was no longer neat, eggshells were scattered, as well as some kitchen spices scattered on the floor, and can be imagined how destroyed Alex's kitchen at that time.

Alex, who had just finished bathing, was immediately surprised to see the kitchen that was not good at sight, spatula that was placed in any place, he said, also the dirty furniture that piled up in the sink made Alex shudder amusedly.

''What kind of situation is this, my kitchen.. Jesus Christ!'' Angered Alex who was walking on his tiptoes on the kitchen floor.

''Mr. Alex, I cooked fish soup with egg mix. Try it, it must be delicious.'' Zoya shows off her bowl of soup, which Alex sees with a strange look. The appearance of the soup that did not promise that it would taste delicious made Alex swallow his saliva forcefully.

Alex took the soup at the end of his spoon and put it in his mouth carefully and Jreengggg'

Alex's eyes whizzed, with a reddened face. What food goes into my mouth? soup? but why does it taste like sweet tea water, there is a bit of spiciness from pepper and there is a sour taste that sticks to the wall of his palate.

Zoya looked at Alex, waiting for her assessment of the cooking results from Alex but Alex just kept quiet by smacking her lips. ''How?''

''You better learn again. Oohh no, not because it is not delicious, just need a little change from the seasoning you use.'' Alex sees Zoya's gloomy face, but she also has to say it's all for her good.

But Alex feels something strange, why does she care about Zoya's mood, why should she bother looking for an explanation so that Zoya does not grieve over her judgment? Alex passed away going into the room by constantly wondering with himself.?-?