The Devil's Touch
#150
Tessa enters a restaurant. Last night Daniel asked her to meet at one of the famous restaurants. The man said he was interested in some Tessa paintings.
Daniel waited for Tessa while sipping a vape in his hand, then Tessa came and sat down in front of Daniel.
Tessa looks not excited to meet the man, the reason if only interested in the painting he made no need to bother meeting with him, the article, there's someone who's Tessa's right-hand man taking care of the painting.
"I don't want any further ado, if you're interested in one of my paintings, tell me which one, after payment I'll send it to your house ..."
Daniel smiled wryly. "Hey, be friendly with me. I'm buying not stealing ..."
Tessa gave a rough snort and leaned her back on the chair and chose to throw away the face of Daniel who was staring at her.
A restaurant waiter came to their table.
"What do you want to order?" ask Daniel.
Tessa looked over while clucking. "I'm not here to eat with you, why offer me!"
"We can talk while eating ..." Daniel turned his head towards the servant standing beside him.
"Bring up anything good in this restaurant .." Daniel said.
"Well sir .." the maid bowed her body about to leave.
"I want a spicy one, anything!" tessa keeps the waiter from leaving.
"Neither Miss ..." The woman's maid bowed back to Tessa and left the table.
Daniel pulled the tip of his lips smiling when he saw Tessa bend her face sullenly while turning her face the other way with both hands on her breast and sitting cross-legged.
Daniel then keeps a novel on the table, Tessa turns her head towards the Novel. She loved to read and the novel was the novel she wanted so badly.
Then Tessa turned to Daniel. "Where did you get it? The novel is still in the process of publishing."
"Novel is what you want? you're very much waiting for the third novel of the struggle series ..."
Tessa nodded. "You also like reading Mr D's story?"
Daniel nodded.
"Why were you the first to get the novel? after I wrote it, the novel is still in the process of publishing. Have you read the third novel?"
"Lost .." - Tessa.
"Yes, Mr. D felt a deep loss but he was able to take Bubu with another man, although Bubu had come only to ask for help in order to be close to the man he loved ..." Daniel smiled bitterly explaining the contents of the novel in the third book of the struggle series.
"Why can you explain so much detail about those three novels."
"Because I'm the author" said Daniel casually and then took a vape at the table letting Tessa widen her eyes in disbelief.
"Don't lie!"
"Because loving someone else's property is like grasping a knife, you'll get hurt if you don't let go ..." Daniel smiled.
"You read that part too, didn't you read Tessa?"
Tessa just hides in disbelief.
"My pen name, O'Brien. Don't you realize that's my last name Tessa? Daniel O'Brien."
"But ..."
"I love to write from childhood, you remember when you and little Miwa, Miwa always got a red letter from someone. Maxime and Arsen get angry because Miwa always gets letters from strangers, even though Miwa is only eight years old. And you know .. I sent Miwa the letter."
"What ..." Tessa's eyes widened perfectly.
"Yes, you read my novel entitled struggle, right? There in the story, Mr. D always sent Bubu letters since childhood, trying to invite Bubu to talk when Bubu is in the courtyard of the mansion and follow Bubu secretly when Bubu runs away from the mansion to play with his friends, he said, Mr. D just wants to make sure Bubu's okay."
"And Mr. D by which I mean. Daniel .. and Bubu is Miwa. You and Miwa have a little cat named Bubu, which is why in the novel Miwa's name I changed to Bubu."
"The second novel is titled surrender, Mr. D relented when the match between himself and Bubu failed because Bubu did not like Mr. D and chose another man, there is also a story about how Mr. D had a difficult time when Bubu decided to choose another man. And Mr. D had stress because he felt like a loser man who did not dare to express his feelings directly to Bubu ..."
"And this third novel is about loss. Finally, Mr. D began to dare to let go and forget Bubu, although the sense of loss was really disturbing his life. When he began to recover, Bubu instead came to ask for help so that the man Bubu loved could tell his feelings to him. Worse yet Bubu came with his Twins, namely Maxime ..."
"You know Tessa, I really liked Miwa from childhood but I dared to give up and lose when my struggle failed ..."
"And who's the man Miwa loves?" tessa asked Daniel to be silent for a moment. Tessa's eyes looked at Daniel waiting for an answer.
"Arsen."
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