Solar Throne
Gathering

Gina took a breath while looking out the window of her car. The streets were lit by lights that were already on. Shops and places to eat began to look striking with lights that sparkle. Gina was in the back seat being ushered in by the driver. Surya is still attending meetings with relations so he has to go home alone this time.

Last afternoon when Gina was about to finish her work, Surya called.

"Miss, I'll be home late so a driver will drive you home. You're going home to Papa's or..."

"To your house." Gina answered quickly while glancing at Hanna to see her reaction.

She didn't mean to make Hanna jealous or anything like that because she would be a bad woman in silence. Gina had already admitted her love for Surya at that time and she felt it was enough. Although at that time Gina did not know that Hanna had a relationship with Surya but after she found out, Gina also did not regret making Hanna know. Gina felt innocent about it. He liked Surya who at that time he thought did not have a lover so, he would pretend so until now. She will become an evil woman by attracting Surya without her knowing and without the knowledge of Hanna, her lover.

"All right, Miss." Surya answered from his phone.

"I'll order you dinner because I won't eat at home. What do you want to eat?"

"No, I'll do it myself. You don't have to worry about me. I can take care of myself."

"Are you sure, Miss?" Surya's tone of voice was alarmed because Gina had never lived alone. She always gets the services of Madam Yuyun while in her own house.

"Related..." Gina reassured Surya.

"If you need anything, don't hesitate to contact me."

"Yes." Yeah."

This is one of Gina's ways to attract Surya's attention. She will be a brave and independent woman. Despite being alone at home and without being served by a domestic assistant, Gina must be able to.

The car that Gina was riding in had already reached home. Gina immediately got off after thanking the Surya Driver. Gina immediately unlocks the fence of the house Surya. The Solar House is already bright. Gina saw all the lights on even the garden lights in the yard of the minimalist Solar house was lit. Gina circulated the gaze to all the places her eyes could reach right now. Everything looks so bright. Surely Surya is controlling the flow of electricity in his house by using a remote power control system with his smartphone.

"He was showing off. The house is smaller than Papa's but it's more sophisticated." Gina muttered as she walked closer to the door. The door also uses a code key, not a manual key.

"Papa's house still uses a key that's already rusting." Gina chuckles remembering her big and luxurious house but has not been touched by technology as sophisticated as Surya's house.

Gina can enter by dialing the code that Surya gave yesterday. The variation of the number that Gina remembered and it turned out that it was now of some use.

"Please remember this door code, Miss." Surya said yesterday as they were about to enter the house.

"Why? I won't stay here forever."

"Maybe be useful in certain moments."

"You're not afraid I'll rob your house if I know your door code?"

"You won't be robbing after entering this house, Miss."

"Why?" Gina asked in surprise as she followed Surya into the door she had just opened.

"Because there are no precious possessions to be robbed. Nowadays thieves do not want to bother stealing a TV let alone a refrigerator. That's very troublesome." Surya then chuckled. Gina was weaving her lips in response to Surya's joke.

And tonight Gina enters Surya's quiet but warm home. With the appropriate color of wall paint and lighting, Surya house feels very comfortable. Entering the living room, Gina then sat on the sofa and turned on TV to make the atmosphere not too quiet. Gina then enters the room to change her clothes with Surya's. He then headed back to the front of the TV to pick up his phone and order the dinner menu online. But Gina just remembered not knowing the exact address of this house. Gina starts to open Surya's contacts and calls him.

"Surya, give me your home address. I have to order food."

"Miss can share location only."

"No, sometimes it's not accurate. Just give me the address."

"Alright, Miss. I'll send you a message." Surya ends his conversation with Gina.

Surya is currently in a fancy restaurant. Facing a table with a cup of coffee in front of him and at the end of the table sat a woman who looked straight at him.

"What is that, Gina?" Ask the woman to guess.

"Yes, Ma." Surya replied to Mary, Mother-in-law.

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Gina had just closed the refrigerator after picking up water when her house bell rang. It must have been the courier who delivered her dinner.

After receiving the order, Gina then went back inside the house. Bring the food to the dining table and pour water again into the glass. A pizza with smoked meat and mozarela cheese toppled the aroma, which made Gina's stomach even more rumbling. Then he took the first cut and bit it. It feels like for a long time he did not eat a crowded food called from Italy. Now the second piece had also gone into her stomach but Gina still did not want to stop. Until finally one piece left and Gina began to give up. His stomach was already full of that medium size pizza. He got up from his seat and went to the bathroom.

Just like his simple house, Surya's bathroom was the same. It is much smaller than the bathroom in the house. The first time Gina entered Surya's bathroom, she found only soap, shampoo, facial soap and toothpaste. There's nothing else. But at this time he entered the bathroom turned out all the things Gina needed to take a shower was neatly arranged on the shelf. Starting from shampoo to body scrub already exists. There was even a therapeutic scent candle in the corner of the bathroom that Gina could turn on anytime. Gina smiled seeing that. Surya really meets all his needs.

He treated me this well, I would have gone crazy if I couldn't fall in love with him like this. Think Gina.

Gina came out of the bathroom with the hair she had bun up. Surya's clothes that he wears cover his body that feels fresh. He saw the clock in Surya's room showing at nine p.m. Gina intends to wait for Surya while watching TV. But as he came out of the room, he heard voices from the dining room. Gina walked up to the room slowly. When he got there he saw Surya was packing up the rest of the pizza Gina had eaten.

"You just got home?" Said Gina and made Surya instantly turn his gaze towards her.

"Yes, Miss."

"Is the meeting good?" Tanya Gina tried to show him that she was attentive.

"Good, Miss."

"But why did it last night?"

"We continue with the dinner, Miss. This kind of meeting would not be able to just end. We still had to have dinner together and also to the entertainment venue until very late. But I went straight home after dinner last night."

"Good, if you're coming to the entertainment establishment too, how can I sleep tonight." Gina's voice weakened imagining that Surya had actually left himself alone in his house until midnight.

"I wouldn't do that, Miss." Surya is approaching Gina.

"I'm sorry for making you home alone." The words Surya after being near Gina.

"It's okay." Gina was suddenly nervous when Surya was that close.

"Oh, are you going to take a shower first?"

"Yes, Miss."

"Alright, take a shower first. I'll watch TV." Gina then retreated from where she was standing and walked into the TV room and sat down on the sofa. Surya follows Gina but then he heads to the bathroom to take a shower.

There was a rumbling sound outside. Lightning also began to snatch. Gina looked outwards. From where he sat he could see drizzle began to wet the porch of the house. But Gina then ignored it and went back to see the TV show in front of her. Now he changed his position into a slide with a pillow he put on the end of the sofa. His body feels more comfortable in this position.

Surya came out of the bathroom and heard like there was a boisterous noise outside. When he opened the door, he saw that the glass door on the side porch was wet with rain. And his eyes also caught another sight there. Gina who fell asleep while grasping the TV remote on the sofa.

Slowly Surya approached the sleeping Gina. He saw Gina now getting to bed earlier. It's not even ten in the night yet but Gina is already sleeping very comfortably. Surya thought about how exhausting it was to make him sleep every time his head touched the pillow. Gina's slumbering face looked very peaceful. The face that usually often seemed fierce was like there was no more. Change the sweet and adorable face.

Surya was still looking at Gina's face as a giddy sounded out loud. But it didn't seem to affect Gina at all. He is still sleeping in his most comfortable position at the moment. Surya then went into the room and returned with a blanket that he then used to cover Gina's body. Getting something to cover her body that felt warm, Gina felt more and more comfortable. He squirms for a while then pulls his blanket to cover his neck and curls up very funny. It makes Surya can't stand it if he doesn't smile to see it.

Looking at Gina like that made her remember the moment she met Bu Marina earlier. Surya deliberately lied to Gina about the meeting because Bu Marina wanted him to keep it a secret from Gina.

"Surya, meet me at..."  Bu Marina's voice over the phone when Surya walked out of the meeting.

"Good, Ma." Surya replied obediently then put the phone in his pocket when Bu Marina had ended the phone.

"Fer, grab my car at my place and pick up Miss Gina at the R-Company." Said Surya contacted someone via his cell phone connection.

When I met Bu Marina...

"Surya, you've been working with us for a long time." Said Bu Marina after putting her coffee back on the table. Surya listened to the words of the mother-in-law who had always been cold to him. He knew his mother-in-law did not like his daughter to marry him so Surya behaved as well as he could to honor the mother of his wife.

"You know, my husband even thinks of you as his own son." Each word uttered by Bu Marina, though slowly and very softly, sounded like an alarm of natural disasters that could shake the contents of the universe at any time. Sehigga Surya prepared himself for that.

"Until this moment I cannot understand how much you have with him that my husband never seems to be able to pay you." The sentence Bu Marina this time was still listened to by Surya with great caution just in case it will end in anger, Surya must prepare himself.

"So, stay where you are right now. I think this is more than enough for you to accept. Your position in R-Company is quite good and my husband's love for you are two big things that you accept too much. So, I hope you won't want anything else." Surya started to know where to talk Bu Marina this time.

"You wouldn't be able to be truly our family if it wasn't for the important task my husband gave you. And our relationship as a family will not happen forever. You know that, don't you?" Surya nodded at the words of his mother-in-law who still put on a friendly face even though every word is very sharp and can hurt.

"Gina is our only daughter. He should be the leader of the R-Company no matter what. And in time I'm sure you won't mind giving it away. Because everything has to go as it should. An owner should already hold what he has." It is true what is in the mind of Surya when he received an invitation to meet from his mother-in-law.

Surya just listened to every sentence that Bu Marina said by just answering politely and briefly. He honored his mother-in-law because he respected his father-in-law and his wife. Although her mother-in-law could not consider her family because she knew of her marriage to Gina only to comply with her father-in-law's wishes to subdue Gina and make her turn to R-Company, but Surya still tried his best to maintain his attitude. As long as it is not her pride that is hurt, Surya will obey everything her mother-in-law says.

"And one more thing." Said Bu Marina after she said goodbye and stood up from her seat.

"I know for sure Gina who wants to stay at your house right now." Bu Marina looked at Surya sharply.

"You know not how the war is. She is a girl who falls in love easily. Moving from one heart to another is a habit. Just a little attention he would happily trade with his heart and hang his love on the man." Surya is still listening to what Bu Marina wants to say this time.

"So, I hope you're not getting carried away with Gina. Gina's feelings could have changed very quickly and I could've gotten over it. You have to take good care of your heart. Gina is a girl who is good at dropping hearts but with a painful fall." Bu Marina then left the table and walked away from Surya who was also standing giving him a salute before leaving.

Surya took a deep breath seeing Gina sleeping behind her warm blanket. His memory of meeting his mother-in-law who was Gina's mother-in-law appeared in his mind. There was once a concern from Bu Marina's eyes towards her relationship with Gina. Surya quite understood the meaning of the meeting for Bu Marina. He knew that Bu Marina wanted Surya not to cross his boundaries as the person whom Pak Rangga asked for help to get Gina to want to be in R-Company.

Surya turned his eyes away from Gina's face which lately increasingly seized his attention. He turned towards the glass door of his porch which was still wet by the rain with the wind tonight. He knew this was strange but the tightness in his chest after hearing all Bu Marina's words made Surya even more afraid. It was not that he was afraid of being hurt by Gina but that he was afraid of not being able to control his feelings and being greedy for wanting things that were completely inappropriate for him.