ROMANCE ALIVE
16. Doubt it.

...~Happy Reading~...

The next day, Kaliana set out to meet Mr. Adolfis at the place he had been told. A famous restaurant with a delicious and prestigious western menu. Many people who want to eat there, but have to make a reservation first.

Kaliana arrived at the restaurant's parking lot, dressed in his great clothes. Bright color shirts, black jeans, boots entitled 5 cm, and also wear his favorite vest to be ready to work.

When he got out of the car, he saw Danny's car go into the parking lot. 'It turns out Danny was also invited.' Kaliana said in her heart. He doesn't get into the restaurant, but waits for Danny to get out of the car to get into the restaurant together.

Kaliana approached Danny who had gotten out of the car. "Sir Danny was also invited by Mr Adolfis?" Kaliana asked who was already standing near Danny.

"Yes, Mother. I didn't expect Anna to be invited as well. If you know, let's make a deal to come here together." Danny felt bad, didn't check first. He thought that only he was invited, so it was not nice to ask Kaliana. So did Kaliana, thinking the same. It's not good to ask, if only he's invited.

"I also don't think to harass Mr. Danny. I thought, Mr. Danny has become Ms. Chasina's lawyer, so he wasn't invited by her." Kaliana thought that Danny had signed a letter of appointment as a lawyer, so he was in direct contact with Chasina.

"If we're both invited, we might want to discuss Ms. Chasina's case and her possible sentence." Said Danny, then took Kaliana to walk into the restaurant. Kaliana nodded in agreement to what Danny said.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the restaurant, they were greeted by waiters. Danny calls them Mr. Adolfis's guests, when asked the name of the reservation. Hearing the name of Mr. Adolfis, they were immediately ushered into a private room. Special room for lunch and business meetings.

When they entered the room, they were greeted warmly by Mr. Adolfis, but the two men next to him remained seated. Kaliana thought, maybe it was Mr. Adolfis' lawyer or assistant.

Seeing their unfriendly attitude and the other one seemed indifferent, Kaliana and Danny immediately sat in an empty chair in front of them, after being invited to sit by Mr. Adolfis.

Mr. Danny and Ms. Kaliana introduce; this is Mr. Yan, our family lawyer. While the one next to him was, Bryan, my son, Chasi's brother." Mr. Adolfis introduced the family lawyer and his son who had arrived from Canada.

'Bryan is very different character from Chasi and Pak Adolfis.' Kaliana slammed when introduced by Mr. Adolfis. 'In addition to being indifferent, haughty tendrils, his face was also different. More bule, probably following his mother. Chasi looks more like Adolfis.' The first impression that Kaliana judged, made her uncomfortable and alert.

"Me introduce, I'm Danny, Ms. Chasina's lawyer." Danny introduces himself with confidence, as his status is clear after Chasina signs her letter of appointment as a lawyer in the case at hand.

"Include me, Kaliana, private investigator." Kaliana introduced herself briefly, without further ado. Bryan looked at her with a surprised face, as he thought Kaliana was Danny's assistant or secretary.

"Yeah... This is Kaliana's mother, whom Daddy said earlier. He's gonna help Chasi." Pak Adolfis said with a bad feeling to Kaliana, because his son asked in front of his person and heard everyone.

Seeing Bryan's attitude and acceptance that is not good and unfriendly, Danny also became unkind to Kaliana. He looked at Bryan with an unhappy face. But Kaliana was only silent, calm and relaxed. He was used to the acceptance of people who doubted his skills as a private detective.

"I'm sorry for my son, Ms. Kaliana. I haven't been able to tell all about you to my son, because he hasn't been here long." Mr. Adolfis apologized, because Bryan's attitude doubted even tend to underestimate Kaliana.

"No need to apologize, Mr. Adolfis. I'm used to such responses, from people who lack picnics. So it's nothing new to me." Kaliana said calmly and casually, without seeing Bryan who suddenly looked at him. He also wanted Mr. Adolfis not to feel guilty because of his son's attitude.

Mr. Adolfis went awry hearing what Kaliana said. "Ooh yes, sir. While all professions are available for all genders, there's no harm in a woman being a detective, right?" Kaliana put more emphasis, but remained calm in response to Bryan's dislike gaze. He wanted them to judge his performance, not his gender

"Looking at your appearance, it doesn't really match your very sharp and impolite speech." Bryan was surprised to hear Kaliana say, as if he did not know who he was dealing with.

"Sir Bryan, seeing your appearance as well, is not very suitable for young people today. Don't-don't, you are Mr. Adolfis's father, so as not to know the development of the present. There are many career women in the field of work that are not common to women." Kaliana returned Bryan's words while looking at him, without blinking. Danny, who is used to hearing Kaliana say during the GP, restrains his smile by looking in any direction.

"Are you making fun of me or insulting me?" Bryan asked his emotions and his face began to turn red, while staring at Kaliana ferociously. The lawyer sitting next to him began to shrivel, then pulled his body back, so that Mr. Adolfis could provide a code to stop Bryan's anger.

But Mr. Adolfis was staring at Kaliana in a gasp. As Bryan had said, Kaliana's face was so innocent and beautiful it could utter such sharp words. Mr. Adolfis himself was surprised, hearing Kaliana's words to Bryan. Kaliana's first warm and friendly impression upon arrival, disappeared instantly. Now, although calm, his attitude was very cold and bold.

"Sir Bryan, if you don't want to be nudged, don't nudge. If you don't want to pinch, don't pinch. We are both walking on the ground... Mr. Bryan hasn't walked on the clouds, has he?" Kaliana asked again regardless of Bryan's anger or Pak Adolfis' gaze. The four men in the room immediately looked at Kaliana with different feelings.

Kaliana was thinking fast, if he was not pleased with his attitude, he was ready to leave the room. He doesn't want to work with people who don't respect others. Especially with a gaze that tends to be condescending and underestimate, just because it looks at the sex, before knowing the results of its work.

Pak Adolfis who saw the bad news from Kaliana, immediately broke up by calming Kaliana and signaled that Bryan did not answer Kaliana's question. He thought, Kaliana already disliked Bryan's attitude and ready to leave them. Right now they need Kaliana, not Kaliana who needs them. So Mr. Adolfis had to be more patient in dealing with situations he did not expect.

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