
PART EXTRA: NOT JUST A THUMBS UP
The rest of the holiday in the Maldives became very colorful after that historic night. Ev and Darren really spent their honeymoon time well. They use the rest of their time to have fun together. They also use this honeymoon to heal for a moment from the fatigue of the world of work. So that when returning to the homeland, they are both fresher and full battery. Ready to return to meet their daily activities that are both super dense.
“Why is the lower staff so weird during my one month stay?”
The question that came from the beautiful man with the initials DAX seemed to make the assistant confused. “Meanour?”
“Staff downstairs looked strange when I saw me coming,” said the beautiful man who today wears a dark blue suit, shirt, vest, also pants with matching colors. “Is there anything strange about my appearance today, Dam?”
The bespectacled man standing next to him was seen shaking his head. “No.”
“Then why do they keep watching me?” confused Darren. Since his arrival on his first day of work after the honeymoon leave, the staff downstairs immediately made himself an object of observation. There was not a single staff member who did not look at him. But why do they argue that way?
“Maybe due to different master aura today.”
“Aura is different? Meaning?”
The man who works as an assistant then cleared his throat. Realize that he just slipped. “Master exudes a very positive aura as today more smile.”
Darren's jaw almost fell hearing that. “Only because of it?”
Damian nodded back in response. “If I can be honest, the aura of the master before and after going honeymoon is indeed very different.”
Darren seemed to be hearing it. The aura is different, isn't it? Maybe because he's been happier lately. So his body produced more positive aura. Especially this morning he started his day with the existence of the wife. Who else if not Evelyn Xander. From the beginning of opening his eyes, the beautiful woman was swiftly preparing the needs of the husband. Even though Ev already has his own routine, the beautiful woman still put forth her duty to serve the husband.
If you remember that, Darren can't help but smile. Maybe this is how it feels to be in love. Ah, or maybe this is how it feels to be a newlywed who is drunk in love.
Even if you can request, Darren wants to request additional vacation allowance in order to spend more time with his wife.
“Ah Yes, Dam.”
“What's up, sir?”
“There are some changes I want to make.” Darren who had just sat himself in the seat of his greatness had only remembered one thing. The man's soot eyeball then glanced at a glass wall that was the barrier between the CEO's room and the outside area, more precisely the area where the secretary was located.
A brunette-haired woman in a formal suit greeted her arrival in a friendly manner, she could see sitting behind the monitor screen. He is Elise. His secretary has French blood. Partner staff with his benefits in the dream world that Darren had stopped by.
“I've read the report one month back that you sent last night. Through the report I found some problems caused by the lack of employee loyalty.”
Damian nodded in confirming. Last night he did send the report Darren requested. The report includes a job turnover that occurred one month back, during Darren's absence. Through the report Darren also thought of a breakthrough to minimize the occurrence of internal problems, such as those that occurred when he was in the honeymoon in the Maldives. After further investigation, the problem arose because some irresponsible staff who had committed time corruption and eating blind paychecks, even though their work was not much.
So as a leader, Darren has thought about the best decision to address the problem, while anticipating that such a problem will not happen again in the future.
“Take out the people who are on the list. Take them out well, because when they join this company, they also join in a good way. Don't forget to give them a proper severance.”
Damian nodded as he took over the file Darren had just filed. It would be a lie if Damian wasn't surprised by the order. Damian was surprised because suddenly the boss issued a large number of staff. Damian then stared at the list of people who had to be removed from the company. His eyeballs almost jumped out while reading the list.
“Why?” darren asked when he saw the assistant's expression.
“You ...not wrong?” Damian looked unsure now. “Most of the staff on this list, female staff?”
Darren nodded calmly. “Yes, ten percent of the staff has entered middle age which has begun to be unproductive. I acknowledge their services to the company, as long as they work here. But over time, their work loyalty began to be questioned. From the recap of the report provided by the HRD, most of them began to often be absent for various reasons, ranging from health reasons, family, to trivial problems.”
“….”
“Ten percent more, female staff who work more gossip than making financial reports or sales reports. I don't need a staff like them. Plus their appearance does not reflect the appearance of office women.”
Damian who still chose silence, patiently listened. He was somewhat surprised by the reason the boss took the staff out. Since when did the boss become very attentive to the staff. Especially the female staff. Though all this time Darren cuek-cuek only if accidentally cross paths with female staff who use clothes that do not meet the standards that have been set.
“The rest of the male staff whose performance is still in question. Their work during this time is not much, while salaries and bonuses every month still flow into their accounts.” Darren smiled slightly after ending his explanation.
“One more time, move Elise to Data Analyst section. I want you to take Elise's place as secretary. Besides Elise is also more suitable to work in the section.”
Damian's shock grew when Darren suddenly asked for his secretary to be replaced. Not yet had time to voice his surprise, Darren was already back in the sound.
“You can also appoint one staff to be your assistant. Find a competent, deft, disciplined, and trustworthy.”
“Good sir.” In the end, Damian as a subordinate can only say yes.
“Not male, Dam,” Darren added. Multiplicate.
Damian nodded back in response. Fiction, something has changed from the boss. Perhaps his mindset or point of view, Damian also did not know for sure. However, he was convinced that Darren doing all this was definitely not without cause.
Unbeknownst to Damian, Darren does this as a form of reform. As much as possible he created a conducive work environment, and kept away potential candidates who could have made such events staff with benefits happen. The issue of employee screening has long been a PR for Darren. Because he knew very well among the thousands of employees in the company he managed, there were many irresponsible individuals whose duties were only leha-leha also eating blind pay.
In the future, Darren wants to bring the company he manages to grow. Darren has also prepared some savings and insurance through his personal lawyer on behalf of Palacidio Daniel Adhitama Xander. His future baby Ev. He prepared all of that as a form of future investment. Even Darren has also decided to plant shares in some educational institutions for his future baby assets.
“Basic greedy humans,” lamented Darren who had just returned to his room.
The hour hand had already shown at one o'clock in the afternoon, whereas he had just attended the meeting to all that he had to attend today. Plus there are some grapevine heard in the ear, that there are some staff who feel objected because it was suddenly issued. Darren gets fed up with himself, because they're not self-conscious. Just got kicked out? They are the ones who are not aware of their own mistakes.
As a result of having to clean up the problem, Darren became a badmood himself. His stomach has also started rumbling, ask to be filled. So with the spirit that still remains a few percent, the handsome man took out a cellphone from his pocket. Contact Damian to order food from his place of eating. Darren wants to eat food cooked by the wife's hand, but he is self-conscious if Ev must be busy on his first day back to work. So he didn't want to expect more. However, not yet had time to realize the idea, suddenly there was one call coming in. The wife's name is on the screen.
With the spirit of 45, Xander's descendants immediately shifted the green icon. “Halo, darling?” sapanya girang's. Instead of getting a reply, Darren instead gained silence for a few seconds.
“Honey? Hallo's? Can you hear my voice?” ask him again. His forehead was tied because he did not get a reply. “Ev?”
“Iya. I heard you sound your Darren.”
A continuous smile was created on the lips of the descendants of Xander when he heard the voice of his beloved wife who sank slowly. “What's hm? Tumben you call me first?”
Tumben indeed, because usually Darren who contacted the wife first.
“You're in the office?”
“Iya. I just finished a meeting. Why hm?”
“I'm in lobby.”
“Hm?” darren's eyebrows linked to hearing the sentence.
“I'm in your company lobby. I just called to make sure you were in the office or not. Then I'll hang up the phone first. See you.”
Darren, who had just realized from his shock, had not been able to reply to the wife's words because the phone connection had been cut off.
Darren was surprised to hear his wife was in the lobby. It was as if God knew his desire to meet the woman and now granted his wish.
With great pleasure, Darren waited for the wife's arrival impatiently. He even walked back and forth in front of the door so as not to miss the appearance of the wife. Wanted to catch up, but now the woman must have gotten in the elevator. Not long after, the wait for the handsome man paid off already when the door leaf pulled from the outside made the door open and showed the silhouette of the wife.
“Honey!”
With a big smile, Darren welcomed the presence of his wife. One brief kiss he pinned on the forehead of the woman who today looks dazzling in a dark blue dress. Darren then brings the wife in, not forgetting to lock the door so that no one interferes with his time with the wife.
“You've had lunch?” ev asked in his soft voice.
Darren who was walking beside him shook his head. “I'm starving and just about to order lunch when you call.”
Darren shook his head in response.
“Soalah I brought lunch for you,” tell the wife.
“You cooked by yourself?”
The beautiful woman who had just stored her luggage on the table nodded. “Today I only have an agenda to check some cooperation offers. So I have free time to cook lunch.”
Darren's smile endured hearing that. Today God is very good to him. Seeing Ev deftly pull out his luggage, Darren became increasingly aware of how great the woman he was marrying was. Ev that looks untouchable from the outside, it turns out this can be as careful. Darren is really lucky.
As a wife, Ev really superiority of the husband above all else. If in a dream that Darren had stopped, Darren tended to be selfish desires, causing various disasters. Whereas in the real world, as much as possible Darren ruled out even negating his egoistic desires.
“I cook Indonesian cuisine today. It's nothing, ‘kan? You see, I'm afraid you're bored if you eat western food.”
“I'm an all-around eater, Ev.”
Ev could not help but smile when he heard the husband's words. “Masa? Since when?”
“Since my wife you.”
Ev was no longer smiling now, but laughing. The opium laugh that made Darren crazy. He likes it when Ev smiles, especially to laugh. It felt so amazing when he saw the smile or laughter, because his heart so warmed.
“Today you cooked what Ev?” ask Darren later. There was quite a lot of food that the wife brought, and everything looked very tempting.
“I just cook chicken rica-rica, fried flour squid, white fried noodles, chicken dumpling soup, same stir-fry chickpeas with shrimp. Chicken rica-rica is also not too spicy, so you can still enjoy.”
“All looks delicious, Ev.”
“May you like yes,” Ev said with a smile. She painstakingly prepared lunch for her husband.
A stack of white rice that is still warm accompanied by tempting chicken rica-rica, flour fried squid, white fried noodles, and stir-fry beans with shrimp ready to spoil Darren's tongue. With pleasure, the handsome man began to eat the wife's cooking.
“You didn't eat?” ask Darren before eating his lunch.
“I ate earlier pa—“
“For you only eat oat porridge and a glass of milk, Ev,” cut Darren fast. He knew very well the profession of the wife demanded the woman to take care of the bentul body of her ideal. However, Darren personally does not like to see his wife have to limit the food he consumes in an extrime.
“Let's eat together,” he said later while offering a spoonful of rice and side dishes.
“Tapi—“
“No buts, Ev. You don't have to worry about your weight going up,” sidelines Darren fast.
The wife does have an important agenda in two weeks. The beautiful woman appeared at the New York Fashion Week. Ev will also bring clothes from famous brands to wander on the catwalk. So Ev is very concerned about the condition of his body to always fit, fit and remain ideal. However, later the husband randomly invited Ev to eat, even after midnight.
“I'm sure your weight will not increase, because you are diligent in sports. Both in the morning, and in the evening,” added the husband who is constantly making Ev widen the eyes of disbelief.
Seeing the response of the wife, Darren only laughed witfully while bringing a swoop in his hand to the front of the wife's lips. “Let's open my mouth, my hands start to cramp, dear.”
“I-ya,” replied Ev in the end.
Darren smiled happily because in the end Ev was willing to accept the bribe. The man then prepared a spoonful of rice and his friends to his own mouth, using the spoon of his ex-wife. There is no word of disgust for Darren who incidentally is a lover of cleanliness. After all, eating or drinking using the same equipment is not a taboo for married couples like them. They've even been used to exchanging saliva since honeymoon.
In addition, eating and drinking together also includes the sunnah of the Prophet. Bribing a wife also includes the sunnah of the Prophet. The Prophet also said that if a bribe goes into the mouth of the wife, it is a sodakoh greater in value than giving to orphans or poor people. Darren knew all that through articles related to the teachings of the Prophet who he later often read.
Darren not only plans to change the story of his household with Ev alone, but he also wants to change his own personality in order to become a good husband and father for his children later. Darren stressed himself to be a man who can control emotions, have a strong religious foundation, be consistent in making decisions, and have insight. He also now seems to prioritize planning as a benchmark for whatever he will achieve in the future.
After all Ev and Darren have also agreed to postpone having a baby. The decision was taken so that they prepare themselves first, because being a parent is not easy. During the ‘tunda’ schedule, Ev and Darren can also get to know each other more closely.
Actually Darren doesn't mind if they have a baby right away. It's just that he prefers the opinion of Ev, because Ev will be pregnant. Ev has more rights over his body which will be a place to grow and develop their prospective baby. In addition, Ev's work schedule has been tight for this year until next year. Darren does not want to add to Ev's burden, because he reflects on the dream he experienced.
Ev will have a hard time getting pregnant now, as her work in the showblitz world mounts. Not to mention the new Ev dari cooperation to become a global brand ambassador of a famous clothing and jewelry brand. So, the decision to delay having a baby feels right. Ev and Darren have also passed on the decision to their parents.
“Darren, I'm home, yes?”
After lunch together, Ev stayed for a while to accompany her husband in his spare time. However, when he was about to go home, the beautiful man even continued to stick to Ev.
“Do not. You are here only.”
“I still have to go to D’EV three hours later. There is an agenda meeting with Dean—“
“Cancel. I'm not letting you go,” cut Darren.
“Why?” ev's forehead seemed to be interlocked hearing the husband's sentence.
“Because I want you here much longer.”
“But I have to work. If it doesn't work, I'll be expelled—“
“It was good. If you need to just resign from D’EV and I will make you your own agency.”
Hearing the words of the husband who was peppered with jealousy, Ev immediately laughed a little. “Apaan anyway, how childish. Besides I also work professionally at D’EV, Darren.”
“You might be so. What about the CEO of D’EV? it could be that he still harbors a taste for you.”
“The most important thing I'm here is not to give Dean a gap to hope for more. Besides I also just open my heart to you,” replied Ev while touching the back of the husband's hand. “Why are you worried, when you know who my heart chooses?”
“….”
“I'm not a typical woman who falls in love easily, Darren. You should not have to worry when you know that fact.”
Darren sighed slowly as he looked at the beautiful face of the wife. Ever get a dream that seems to happen, making Darren so rather parno. Because of that, the thief who had been well-wishers since he had been, now became rebellious again.
“I'm leaving, huh?” pinta Ev again.
“Hm.”
“Bby?” ask Ev to make sure. Ev abstains from leaving if the husband does not allow it.
“Hm. But kiss first, here,” Darren said as he touched his kissable lips.
Ev chuckled even a red hue could not be disguised on his cheek. Darren who was suddenly spoiled like this really made him ticklish. “Ok. But, just only kiss. Don't ask for more,” says Ev undertakes.
It was now Darren's turn to laugh with satisfaction. While pulling the waist of the wife closer, the beautiful man again voiced. “But if you are asking for more, rajang in the break room we can try dear.”
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Well, loh, the bucin makes others want to move to Mars 🥵
Like this part? already, yeah. As promised. I'll continue the Pilot's stall at NON-MODIFIED. I've revised the framework, and revised a few chapters. Soon I will be updating my routine. It could possibly go hand in hand with the BCT update. So stay tune keep yes & _______________________________ So stay tuned
Sukabumi 27/05/22