The Hot Boss
Lunch
"Are you okay ?" Tanya Raya from behind her wheel. Currently he and Melisa are driving across the road to the lunch spot that has been ordered before. Not only that, Raya also said there was a surprise for Melisa.
Compared to the surprise that Raya had mentioned, Melisa thought more about Riland and her fiance.
Melisa did not expect her joy now changed love because she felt heartbreak with great at this time. Melisa wants to cry and ask for an explanation to Riland but she has no right to do that.
"Mel, aren't you pa-pa ?" Raya repeated her question.
"Eh, oh ?" Melisa was surprised because suddenly Raya clasped her fingers.
"I-I'm fine," Melisa replied lying while pulling her fingers slowly from Raya's hand.
"Keep why daydream m ?"
"Mmmmmm... Biasa much work," Melisa replied reasoned.
Raya nodded her head as if understanding. "You work there ? Why not find a more prestigious place ? I know that you are a really cool person," continued Raya while looking at Melisa for a while before she returned to focusing on the streets.
"Huh ?" Melisa furrowed her brows not understanding.
" Yes you... Are you looking for another job ? Is it satisfied just keep the store while contending ?" Ask Raya again and Melisa really does not like it. Melisa felt Raya was degrading her profession. Maybe Raya thinks that Melisa works as a shopkeeper because she is often behind the window counter with Leah.
"First... I like my job. As long as it's halal, I don't think it's a problem to work as anything" Melisa replied.
"So-sorry, I don't mean it," said Raya, who now feels bad.
"Secondly, I work as a store manager. And making content is one of our marketing strategies, not just a fad of no work. The result is also beyond our expectations" continued Melisa later.
"Third, the salary I get is also quite large. Especially now this is coupled with sales bonuses that shot sharply. So I love my job so much" Melisa said.
Hearing Melisa speak in a cold tone made Raya know if the girl sitting next to her was offended by her remark . "Sorry, I don't mean to make you angry" Raya said.
"Am I too much ? Am I overreacting?" Melisa in the heart. The matter with Riland made her feelings so sensitive at this moment.
"I'm the one who should be apologizing" Melisa said.
Silence then, there was no more talk between them until the two reached their destination for lunch.
"Come, they've been waiting for us" said Raya.
"They?" Melisa furrowed her brows not understanding. Who is waiting for his arrival.
Without saying much Melisa followed Raya's steps. Since a small dispute in the car, the two of them no longer talk much.
I don't know, but Melisa felt dislike for the attitude of Raya who looked down on her work.
"Hi, sorry to make you wait. The streets are jammed" Raya told a group of people sitting in a circle.
4 Women and 3 men. Judging from his appearance, almost all of Raya's friends are businessmen or office workers such as Raya.
" This is Melisa that I've been telling a while back," Raya explained to her friends.
"Some time ago ?" Melisa in the heart. Though he and Raya had only met a few times and it was not long ago.
"Mel, do you remember them ? Rise up, Enzi, Arsha, Qila, Zia, Naura and Rara," Raya passed on the names of her friends.
"Oh my goodness," Melisa covered her mouth with both hands as she realized they were her High School friends.
Not exactly friends, but Melisa remembers because they were school celebrities in the past.
"Come huh? Several times the Kingdom was clear about you but I don't remember either. Now there is a shadow about you even a little," said Zia.
Melisa just smiled stiffly hearing it. Want him to protest because he was offended but for what ? What Zia said for what it was. He is an ordinary student. Not like them.
"Sit Mel," Raya rewinds the chair for Melisa to sit on.
Although Melisa felt uncomfortable but it was impossible for her to escape. Melissa felt foreign at this moment.
"Congratulations, Mel. I see your name getting known today. Didn't expect to be a selebgram" said a man named Enzi. He is also one of Melisa's class mates and is a close friend of Raya. They were in the same circle of friendship.
"It's just a marketing target, I'm not a celebgram," Melisa denied trying to stay humble.
"It's great if I say, the hot boss became a trending hashtag several times and I can't believe when Raya said that Melisa was one school with us" the others and Melisa just forced a smile to respond. Was he so invisible in his old school days.
"Gue can this is.., I can it," they put each other away as if they do not want to lose.
Somehow Raya can survive in friendships like this and what does it mean to invite Melisa to meet them. Lunch this time felt like torture for Melisa.
"Patience, it will soon be over and we can go" whispered Raya. He realized that Melisa did not feel comfortable there.
Melisa smiled blandly and tried to be more patient as Raya suggested to her.
Sure enough, shortly after that lunch was over. Everything was compact leaving the restaurant together and heading towards the parking lot where their cars were neatly parked and in the same row as if competing.
"Omg... The gini is also a rival ?" Melisa couldn't help but comment and that was enough to make Raya smile meaningfully.
"See you, see you later, yeah,"
"Okay, tell me where and when,"
They put each other apart. Only Melisa did not respond because she did not want to meet again with everyone.
Raya opened her car door for Melisa to enter and the girl breathed a sigh of relief when she could no longer see her friends.
Raya ran a little towards her own door and immediately sat her ass on the steering wheel.
Melisa sat down uneasily, could Raya guess if the girl was impatient to leave this place and parted with friends Raya.
Raya starts the engine and immediately drives her car as she exits the restaurant area to return to deliver Melisa.
Silent during the trip, no words came out of their mouths until finally the car had to stop at a red light.
"Sorry... You must not be very comfortable with them," said Raya broke the silence.
"I don't think, how can you keep the same old friends ? How can you feel ?" Melisa really can't control herself to say that.
Raya smiles faintly and immediately knocks back her car as the traffic light turns green.
"Eh.. Sorry... I didn't mean to offend you" Melisa regretted.
Raya was silent, while focusing on the streets she did not immediately respond to what Melisa said.
"Actually they are good," said Raya.
"Really ? Do you really like it that way ?" Melisa asked in amazement.
"Hu'um they are good," replied Raya.
"Initially we did that to encourage each other, we hoped that every achievement achieved by someone from us could be a boost for others to move forward. But for a long time we were getting swept away and even boasting of each other," explained Raya later.
"Finally so habit (habit) huh ?" Melisa asked and Raya nodded her head justifying.
"Then why do I know them ? to be honest (to be honest n), I don't like people like that. People who like other people because there is something that is not what it is" said Melisa.
She turned her head and looked at Melisa who was sitting next to her. He wanted to say something but it seemed that the man was hesitant.
"Raya, why did you meet me with them ? From the school era too, I'm not familiar with you and your friends and maybe then do not want to see them again" said Melisa honestly.
Again Raya did not immediately answer, all he did was pull his car off on a quiet road so as not to disturb other road users.
"Because I used to like you, Mel. Since we were still in the same high school," replied Raya.
"Huh ?" Melisa covered her mouth with both hands in disbelief.
"I've always liked you,"
"But you never dared to reveal it because I'm too ordinary for your friends ?" Cut Melisa and Raya just fell silent.
"And now you dare to bring me to them because now I have become someone who is well known to many people so that there is something of me you can be proud of?" Melisa asked in disbelief.
"I love you, Mel. If you want, I can leave them for you,"
To be continued