Solar Throne
Scandalized

Siska sat on the edge of her bed with wet hair after taking a shower. He looked at the phone and found a short message from Surya. A message with a good night. Although seeing the message it turns out his feelings still remain uncomfortable after being with Surya earlier.

Surya stopped his car on the side of the road. Siska who was sitting next to him frowned. After his service and the dinner they did, Surya still wanted to buy martabak.

"Let's buy an egg martabak." Surya opened his car door and was followed by Siska who came down as well.

Surya stopped at the hawker center five feet in the direction of the road leading to Siska's house.

"One martabak chicken egg and another duck egg, sir." Surya said to the martabak seller.

He ordered two types of martabak because Siska used to order martabak chicken eggs and Gina liked martabak that uses duck eggs. Surya did want to bring Gina martabak because she likes to eat snacks and this hour may not sleep.

And while waiting for the martabak seller to make Surya's order, he sat in a plastic chair near the non-permanent kiosk. Siska followed Surya sitting on one of those empty seats as well.

"You also know Miss Gina likes duck egg martabak?" Tanya Siska looked at Surya's face.

"Yes, Miss Gina prefers the duck egg martabak because she thinks it can be very thick." Hearing that Siska finally knew it seemed like Surya really wanted to buy martabak for Gina.

"You are a good husband who knows your wife's taste." Siska's sentence implied something and made Surya turn to her.

"I knew this before I became her husband." Surya tried to jokingly break down the uncomfortable atmosphere that Siska had just blown.

Surya understood very well how Siska felt. He must let his lover marry another woman and live together, of course it will be a burden of his own mind for him. There must be worry, jealousy, and various baseless thoughts that often appear in his head. These are the times when Surya should be able to calm him down. Fending off every bad prasangaka that made Siska's mood go bad when with him like this.

"True, maybe you know him better than you know me." Siska's face pouted.

"Hey, I know what this is about." Surya grabs Siska's hand and holds it because he knows his lover is jealous just because Surya knows Gina's favorite martabak.

"Are we going somewhere after this?" Persuade Surya.

"No, your wife is waiting for you at home." Surya smiled broadly at the sight of his lover sulking.

"I'm sorry." Surya's sentence was soft while still grasping Siska's fingers tightly trying to calm her heart that it had no effect at all for Surya. The word wife is only a weapon for Siska to spill her jealousy to Gina who is the current wife of Surya.

"What if you're tempted by him?" Again, the question was raised again to Surya. Either his instincts as a woman or he feels Gina has everything so scared that Surya will be tempted to him.

"What does it mean that I'm tempted that Miss Gina can't even see me as a man." Surya replied casually.

"Then see you as what?" Siska.

"Cat." Surya replied with a big smile.

"Oh no, it looks like the cat is still visible. Maybe more like ants, fleas or much smaller animals." Surya was funny to comfort Siska so as not to get angry anymore.

"I'm invisible to Miss Gina. At times I can be stepped on by him if I'm not on standby." Siska laughed at Surya's parable of how she looked at Gina.

Siska returned cheerful after Surya persuaded her with the cuteness he threw. Surya knows that's the risk he has to take. He had to often calm his heart from the jealousy that hurt him. Surya's decision to help Mr. Rangga had been well thought out so that he was ready with all the difficulties he faced against Siska.

Siska stood up from where she was sitting to put the wet towel back into its usual sunning place. This day he could enjoy time with Surya away from Gina. Gina even had to drive home tonight and Surya chose to stay with her. Given that Siska was convinced that he meant a lot to Surya. Realizing that Siska smiled happily.

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Hanna walks into the lobby of the R-Company after parking her car in the basement. A message came into his phone. He reached into the bag to retrieve the object that just gave a notification inside.

A message from the company. Just a little while ago and there were a lot of messages coming in. Hanna opened it while still walking towards the elevator. Originally it was an image message that after seeing it Hanna became aghast.

"Miss Gina..." Whisper Hanna while speeding up her steps towards Gina's room.

Along her way to Gina's room, Hanna felt worried. He imagined what if Gina knew about this. As soon as she got to the door, Hanna opened it with a slight breath of gasp. He found Gina sitting behind his desk. While looking out the window of his room that exposed the morning sunlight. Then Gina turned her chair to the door where Hanna had just entered.

"Forward, Hanna." Gina greeted with a smile.

"Good Morning, Miss." Hanna walked slowly into the room and headed to her desk.

He fumbled whether Gina knew about it as well. Things related to short messages on Hanna's phone. He even turned off notifications in the chat group at this time so that the sound does not make noise. Group chats today must be very crowded and certainly increase the number of incoming messages. Hanna put down her bag slowly while still looking at Gina. From what he saw, Gina seemed to be fine.

"Why, Hanna?" Gina asked, still checking the file in front of her without looking at Hanna.

"Is there anything you want to say?" Ask Gina again. Hanna realizes that her attitude invites Gina to be suspicious of her.

"You're wondering if I knew the news?" This time Gina turned her eyes to Hanna and she could not say anything because from there she knew it seemed like Gina had also found out about the message.

"You know, if I knew that." Said Gina who reminded Hanna of her confession at that time that she had known in fact Surya and Siska were dating. It was a good time for Gina to reveal to Hanna that she was more stupid than she was to love a playboy loyal to her. Because Gina even loved Surya who turned out to have been dating Siska since before the wedding with her happened.

"But, it's spread across the company's chat group, Miss. Everyone knows it now." Hanna was very careful when she said that.

"All secrets must eventually be revealed, sooner or later." Gina said with a distant look.

In Surya's room, Siska stood in front of the desk of the lover who was his boss restlessly.

"How is this?" Siska asked a little panicked.

It had been her fear all along that had really happened. Since the beginning Siska had been worried about this. Worrying about what if his secret relationship with Surya is known to many people while Surya and Gina still have not completed their mission. It would be a scandal for them.

People will probably argue as they please. Who does not know will think he is a seductive secretary who seduces his superiors even though he is married. Then if there is any clarification that his relationship with Surya has started since he and Gina are not married, then he will be considered stupid for letting his girlfriend marry another girl and still want to be in a relationship with her as a secret boyfriend. Thinking about it Siska became a dilemma.

"I'm sorry." Surya's words while looking at Siska's face straight.

"Why is it always an apology?" Ask Siska who for the first time spoke informally with Surya while in the office.

"From the beginning it was my fault."

"Then what now?" Siska looks very agitated.

"I'll end this." Surya looked at Siska straight.

"What?" Siska's eyes were glazed over and the tears that hung were already very ready to spill.

In Gina's room, she was actually restless. He doesn't know how to behave. A scandal about her husband spreads uncontrollably throughout the company. The first time Surya and Siska got to her phone was when Gina had just exchanged clothes this morning before leaving for work. Gina opened the message and saw a photo of Surya holding hands with Siska in front of the martabak kiosk. They smile at each other. Anyone who saw that would know what happened between them. A relationship that is more than just superiors and subordinates.

"Surya.. See this?" Gina thrust her phone at Surya who was in the kitchen washing her hands after she finished washing all the dishes. Surya looks at Gina's phone screen and finds a picture of her with Siska.

After seeing that Surya then looked at Gina straight. He said nothing and then turned his attention by inviting Gina to go to work. There was no response from Surya.

"You know, if this gets spread out then we're done. This is definitely going to be a big scandal in R-Company. It's a number I don't know and maybe he has bad intentions towards us."

"It's my fault so I'll solve it, miss." Surya replied calmly still looking straight at the highway in front of him.

"How come? It's about the names of the three of us."

"You and Siska are just victims of what I did. Take it easy, I'll be in charge of all this."

"What are you gonna do now?" Surya did not answer. He just stayed silent while holding the wheel of his car.

"Hey, how's this? If it really ends up being spread out and Papa knows this, what should we do?" Hearing Gina's almost crying voice, this time Surya turned to her.

Surya felt that something was wrong with Gina. Shouldn't this be his greatest chance to kick himself out of R-Company? It is clear that the ugliness of Surya can be used as an affair. With that in order to keep the good name of the family should Gina will firmly want a divorce between them. That way, he can ask Mr. Rangga to fire him in R-Company because it has caused the scandal and he will very freely take his throne in place of Surya.

But what is now seen by Surya is the opposite. Gina who panicked at the possibility of the image being scattered in R-Company and fretted about what was going to happen with the two of them. Surya was really confused. Confused about Gina's attitude that she never imagined would be like that.

Gina who was still sitting behind the table accompanied by Hanna there was slightly jolted as her phone rang. Gina saw the name 'Papa' on her phone screen. Gina shook when she saw the name. He thought his father knew about the photo now. But inevitably Gina must accept that and face whatever purpose her Papa contacted her. After breathing heavily, Gina picked up her phone call.

"Yes, Pa..." Gina's voice trembled slightly, following her heart that was pounding above normal waiting for what her Papa wanted.

In his own room, Surya also got a phone that entered his phone from Mr. Rangga.

"Surya, I'm waiting for you tonight at home."

"Good, Pa." After that, the phone was closed. Surya put his phone back on the table.