Solar Throne
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"That's very dangerous. I think I should be careful." Gina replied with a small laugh.

"Right, you should be wary of me. Because I'm getting greedy now." Gina blinked her eyes many times hearing Surya's words which she did not understand.

"Serakah what?" Gina asked softly because she suddenly felt afraid of what was on Surya's mind at this time.

"Who for wanting to make you my wife again." Gina looked at Surya who was also looking at her straight. The brownish eyes that were in the dimness of the night with the lighting just from the street lights were like tracing his feelings and making him pound again faster than before.

"Surya..." Gina didn't know what to answer. He then turned his face and looked down at the half-baked corn in his hand.

From there Surya stared at Gina's unusual body gestures and facial expressions. Gina suddenly became silent and said nothing but then ate her grilled corn. Surya understands what Gina is doing right now. He also let Gina be in that situation. Until when their corn has both been exhausted and there is no word between them, Surya also invites Gina to go home.

There was no conversation on the way either. Surya concentrates on the road in front of him and Gina enjoys the ride by staring out the window of the car. It was as if they were in each other's minds.

Surya's car enters Gina's yard after a security guard opens a fence for them. Surya stops the car right in front of Gina's door and turns off her car engine.

"Thank you." Gina stared at Surya for a moment to get out of her car.

"Good, Miss." That was all Surya said while smiling as their eyes met.

Gina goes down and enters without waiting for Surya's car to leave. Surya really felt there was awkwardness between the two of them. He took a deep breath and took his car backwards to get out of Gina's yard.

Gina peeked out from behind the living room curtains and made sure Surya had gone from her front house. He moved out of his place and walked towards the inner house. His mind was still fixed on Surya's words earlier.

"Who for wanting to make you my wife again."

That sentence filled Gina's head and created a pressure on her chest. He is convinced by his feelings and interprets that he loves Surya. But for some reason when Surya said he wanted to take her back suddenly there was a fear of crawling her heart. Either because he felt it was too early to talk about the marriage with Surya that he had just dated some time ago or because he did not want to be tied to the marriage with Surya and wanted to live their relationship with relaxed or maybe because Gina has not been so sure of her own feelings given her habits so far which often change girlfriends, she said, Gina is afraid that her feelings for Surya are still the same as her feelings for her previous girlfriends. Gina knows she likes Surya but she doesn't know for as long as her feelings last.

Gina breathed heavily while climbing the stairs to her room. He did not expect that Surya would talk so soon about marriage with him.

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Gina was walking towards her room followed by Hanna behind her. He made short steps so that Hanna could follow him casually. Since finding out Hanna is pregnant, Gina tries to adjust to Hanna's pregnancy. When she finds out Hanna can't eat certain foods, Gina won't take Hanna to a place where Hanna becomes nauseous. Or if Gina really wants to eat food that Hanna does not like, then Gina will ask to go alone without Hanna's company. He feels Hanna is his employee, but that doesn't mean he can make Hanna do whatever Gina wants without caring about her feelings.

"Hanna, how many minimalist shelf productions were we talking about at yesterday's meeting?" Gina asked as she walked slowly waiting for Hanna who looked pale due to her pregnancy which seemed to drain her energy.

"There's about 1000 pieces, Miss."

"Add 200 more pieces for stock reserve. The shelf has good quality and unique design. Flexible shapes will make a lot of interest. Our marketing target is buyers with minimalist homeowners and boarding children who live in small rooms."

"Good, Miss."

"By the way, who made this shelf design?"

"That's... Bayu, Miss."

"Wood?" Gina asked as she turned around because she felt she knew the name as someone she and Hanna knew.

"That wood?" Gina's done make sure.

"Yes, Miss." Hanna nodded her head assenting as understood by Gina's intention.

"He's switching divisions?"

"Yes Miss, since a few months ago Bayu filed a mutation into the production division."

"Oh yeah?" Gina felt new to know about it because the division move was handled by the HRD section.

"It looks like he really showed his talent there."

"Yes, Miss." Gina then walked back to her room at the end of the hall without discussing the person she thought was Hanna's boyfriend.

Gina heard Hanna's phone ring as she almost opened the door.

"Yes, baby, I just had lunch." Hanna's voice answered the phone she received. Gina's vegetables could hear it before she entered her room.

From that Gina knew it seemed like Hanna and Marco had completely made up. No matter what moves Marco has made until now Hanna has been able to accept it again. Whether it was because Marco really showed her remorse or Hanna who was too kind-hearted to easily forgive her husband whom Gina considers to be ignorant.

Shortly after, Hanna enters Gina's room and walks to her desk. Gina notices Hanna who starts to show changes to her body.

"Hanna, why don't you just wear a dress? Look at that fatter belly of yours. How can you let your baby get pinched. Nantu if his nose becomes pug what?" Hearing Gina's last words, Hanna laughed.

"Miss could have been. How could my baby have a snub nose while Mama and Papa have this tall nose." Hanna was still laughing. Actually Gina was happy to see Hanna like that. He was a lot different to a while ago when he was in trouble with Marco.

"Hey, it could have happened if you still liked wearing your clothes." Omel Gina started to fuss. Hanna smiled in response to Gina's seeming carelessness that she was so considerate of him.

"Well Miss, I'll wear a loose dress tomorrow."

"Good, you have to make your baby comfortable moving and growing. He must be a healthy and strong boy." Hanna doesn't know what else to do. Gina who was his superior all this time considered him more than an employee but was a friend.

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Surya thanked the visitors who had just stood up from their seats to come out from inside his cafe with a friendly smile. One of the two young women seemed to whisper to her friend walking by her side. Surya could hear the woman saying to her friend that Surya was the owner of the cafe.

"He's very handsome. Really my type." The young woman muttered. Surya smiled as he turned around, pretending not to hear what they were talking about. But right behind Surya it turned out that Gina had been standing there while folding her hands on her chest looking at him sharply. Surya then smiled broadly at Gina with that sinister aura.

"Is it so much fun to spread charm to them?" Said Gina who found Surya smiling kindly to the visitors of his cafe.

"Hey, are you here?" Welcome Surya after being near Gina.

"Oh my God, this is what you do when there's no me?"

"What am I doing?" Surya asked pretending not to understand Gina's words.

"What was that just? You're sweet to the ladies."

"Well, they're just visitors and I as a cafe owner have to be nice to them."

"Oh so." Gina turned her face annoyed. He felt angry whenever Surya was friendly to his visitors especially if what Gina saw was a female visitor.

"Oh, that's just a thank you." Gina did not flinch even though Surya gave her the sweetest smile. Surya then embraces Gina's shoulder and takes her to another corner of the room as there are some visitors and employees who start to notice them.

"Do you know how I get to like you so much every day?" Surya's sentence still makes Gina do not want to open her voice because Gina thinks about where the end of Surya's sentence will be in the end.

"Your judes face." Surya continued while continuing to smile and tease Gina. This time it seems to be working. Gina looked at him with a glare

"Especially when you're angry like this. My God, I think I want to look at you constantly because I feel so fascinated." Gina who is still prestigious to stop her anger suddenly at this time, she still has to pretend to be angry even though her heart is tingling to hear Surya's trivial seduction which turns out to make her happy.

"So, the more you get angry like this, it makes me even more anxious."

"It's so annoying." Gina finally couldn't take it anymore and smiled stiffly because she actually wanted to hold back that smile.

"Well, why is it that when you smile that charm suddenly disappears?" Said Surya while looking at Gina fixedly and put on a disappointed face.

"Hey, you want to die here?" Gina looked at Surya sharply hearing that sentence. Instead Surya laughed out loud.

Gina thought it seemed like she was overreacting to Surya's words about marriage. Everyone who is dating will eventually talk about marriage because the ultimate goal of the approach period they do is to get married. Whether the goal will actually be achieved or will run aground in the middle of the journey, obviously a dating relationship is a very close thing to a marriage. So that his response to Surya was too excessive, Gina finally made up for it by visiting Surya at her cafe. True, at this hour Surya is usually in the cafe because the cafe will be crowded in hours after work like this and make up for his guilt.

"What?" Gina asked back.

"Risoles of mayo shoots." Hearing the name, Gina became curious how the taste of risoles made by Surya cafe.

"All right."

"I'll order it. You please go upstairs."

"Acus?" Gina made sure that what Surya meant was an upstairs cafe she had never been to before.

"Yes, Miss." Then Gina walked up to the stairs in one part of the cafe which on the wall was written in addition to employees were forbidden to go up.

"I'm not the employee, but why can I go up?" Gina muttered to herself and then chuckled. He began to climb the stairs one by one and went up to the second floor of the building.

When he reached the second floor, Gina saw a building that was almost the same as the one in one of the angkringan stalls that Gina had come to. It's just that here the layout is neater and has a wider space. There is a corner that more resembles a balcony with full glass next to the stairs up which outside there are many flowers in the pot. Some were hanged, some were located on the floor. The corner of the balcony looks very beautiful. On one side there is a seat resembling a short-sized sofa.

Gina slowly approached the balcony and opened the glass door that connected with the glass-covered balcony but as if it was open it. Gina began to set foot on the balcony of a bohemian carpet and began to look beyond the glass. From that angle Gina could see the side street of the cafe overlooking the settlement and a famous university campus in the city. The twilight that began to fall gave an orange color in the sky this afternoon. I don't know why, but Gina felt so comfortable being there.

"Order is ready, Miss." Surya's voice suddenly and it made Gina turn to him.

Gina looked at Surya who came up with a tray of risoles that was still reflecting hot steam and two cups of green tea whose aroma could be inhaled strongly by Gina from a short distance away.

"It looks good." Gina said to Surya who placed the dish he brought on the inner table right in front of the balcony that had been the center of Gina's attention since.

"Of course, Miss. Some visitors have already given a review on our social media."

"really?" Gina widened her eyes in disbelief. Surya then showed his phone screen to the face of Gina who began to move a risoles from the plate into her mouth. Gina saw in the post a few hours ago the same image risoles as she was eating in the social media cafe a lot of positive comments there.

"Well, you're very talented in the culinary business." Praise Gina with a big smile.

"Thank you, Miss." Reply Surya smiled.

"It's really delicious." Gina sparkling eyes enjoy the risoles taste of bamboo shoots with mayonnaise that adds to the taste.

"I have to keep my distance here or I'll be overweight my ideal weight." Surya laughed at Gina's words that Surya could not fully believe. A Gina will not stop eating just because she is afraid of being fat. A person who exercises regularly and always keeps his body shape well, so far never worried about his body shape will change is not ideal.

"This brigade you said earlier as a young trunk. Still young as good as this especially old and cooked. It must taste good." Hearing Gina's analysis, Surya really felt guilty and felt funny. Feeling guilty because he did not explain what the stem was and also feeling funny because what Gina thought was very wrong.

"Sorry Miss, but I'm sure you don't want to eat an old bamboo shoot. Bamboo shoots are not like mangoes when the more cooking the better. But bamboo shoots are young bamboo shoots."

"What?" Gina glared her eyes in order to hear Surya's explanation withholding the laughter.

"So, you definitely won't eat bamboo, right?"

"Why haven't you said that since?" Gina was weaving her lips to see Surya laughing at her stupidity.

"I'm sorry, Miss. I don't think you care about that." Surya instead felt anxious with Gina's annoyed face because she had mistaken it.

The descending twilight had been completely lost and replaced by night. Gina and Surya were still enjoying the dishes that Surya brought along as they chatted. And as always, Gina will dominate their chatter with her stories and Surya will be a good listener.

"By the way, do all your stalls also have a second floor section?" Gina asked after the third risoles went into her mouth.

"No. Just this central angkringan stall and cafe, Miss. Because only these two places are two-story. So that the top I use for where I live.

"So you've been living here all this time?" Ask Gina.

"Yes, sometimes here, sometimes at the central angkringan stall. I am a creature no maden, Miss. Likes moving." Surya then chuckled. Gina now followed Surya sitting on the long sofa in front of the balcony.

"Why?"

"Because I've sold my house, miss." Surya replied with a face that showed a feeling of discomfort.

"Oh..." That was all that came out of Gina's lips. He doesn't know what to say. Looks like Surya felt awkward when she bluntly said that. Actually Gina wanted to pretend to be surprised then asked why Surya sold her house but she felt she had to hold it back because she did not want to make Surya more uncomfortable anymore.

"I had to grow my business so I needed more money. And at that time I was also a single so, not having a house was not a problem. I can stay in the main stall for a while." Obviously Surya.

"I'm no longer the president of a high-paying R-Company, Miss. I am a culinary entrepreneur who is developing a business so my finances are not the same as when I was president of R-Company with a fixed salary and have a part-time business that produces angkringan stalls. Now my source of income is only one so, I have to rotate my finances well so that my business can run smoothly and my life needs are met." Added again.

"You like a challenge." Gina said with a smile on Surya.

"I take that as a compliment, Miss."

"Yes, I admit I admire you, your way of thinking, everything you do to make your life better."

"Thank you, Miss. May I conclude that as one of the factors that made you finally fall in love with me?" Tempt Surya with confidence.

"No, I'm not in love with you because of that." Gina answered and then blushed her lips.

"Then? Why do you like me, Miss?"

"Hmmm... What is it?" Gina pretends to think of giving Surya an excuse. And it makes Surya anxious because Gina now makes him curious.

"Your eyes..." Gina answered and made Surya frown.

"I like your eyes."

"Yes, many say my eyes are beautiful, Miss." Surya laughed at Gina's reason for liking her unique eyes.

"Not because of that." Gina answered and again made Surya surprised.

"Then?"

"Every time I look into your eyes, I feel like there's something different. I don't know what but in the end I realized it was something different. Your eyes make me feel love. Either it's true or because I like the way you look at me, but in fact I always like every time you look at me like this. Yeah, like this now." Surya smiled and took his eyes off Gina's face because he felt ashamed to have been caught by the woman he liked.

"That's my biggest mistake that often can't control my view of you, Miss." Solar chuckles.

"Don't." Gina says ban but Surya is confused as to what.

"I mean, no. That wasn't a mistake. I like that. I like the look in your eyes at me. Don't blame yourself for not being able to control it. I want you to keep losing that control of yours." Surya looked at Gina fixedly. Surya felt he had truly been on the edge of his control and was almost on the verge of what he had been controlling all along.

"Miss, I'd better take you home." Gina gasped at Surya's invitation.

"Why?" Gina was so confused whether she had mispronounced that it made Surya angry and wanted to get away from there.

"We can't both be like this, Miss."

"Why?" Gina asked again because she still did not understand.

"Because I could have lost control even further."

"What?" Gina looked at Surya deeper and tried to deny that what Surya meant was what he currently had in mind as well.

"Marry me, Miss."