The Love I Don't Miss
Part 49 ( About Zio )

Reuniting with his old friends at the office, the face of the man who had just faced his boss did not look as bright as long ago.

It was Zio Alfaro!

Five years have passed. He returned to the capital a few months ago. But it was only today that he reappeared at the company after getting the call.

The handsome face of a Zio did not fade, still the same as before. It's just that the face isn't as bright as before. Like many wounds in the pendam. Or even a lot of tears that he tried to hold so as not to fall.

I don't know... That handsome face was too sour to be interpreted by those around him. But he also refused to discuss it with anyone.

The elevator door opened, a room that five years ago he came back to every day he saw in plain sight. There's been some change. Starting from the arrangement of the table, also the installation of glass walls for the divider. Make it pangling to pervert.

Walking forward, he turned to the right, approaching the glass door where inside was a room for division work he led five years ago.

Chest rumbles, longing and guilt re-engage in the chest. The right hand pushed the door handle, seen there the same people. People used to always be under his control when monthly meetings took place.

"Welcome back, Mr. Zio!" greet everyone in the room with a boisterous applause while everyone stood up from his seat.

Either, it's a mock applause or a happy applause. Whatever it is, Zio still smiled faintly. Staring one by one the faces of employees who still remember his name. And the eyes stopped right at a table where he didn't know who the girl was.

It was the table that Naura used to occupy. The table that used to be the main target of his eyes. The one at the table all changed. The accessories he did not recognize at all.

Zio's heart was beating faster than ever. He closed his eyes to hold all the turmoil in the chest.

Zio walked over, crossing the table that Naura used to occupy. The girl behind the table looked down respectfully at Zio, as the manager on the floor.

"What's your name?" ask Zio.

"Titania Azzahra, sir!" replied the 28-year-old woman.

"Who am I calling you?" ask Zio.

"Zahra.." she answered smiling sweetly.

Zio nodded in understanding, "alright, continue with your work." he said then passed from the front of the table of the woman who replaced Naura. Naura has been fired by Kenzo.

Zio entered a room that his secretary showed him. The same secretary when he was there.

"Welcome back to work, Mr. Zio!" secretary said.

"Hem.." replied Zio with a listless smile.

Secretary Zio is back out. While Zio froze in a room that was actually no stranger to him. Only a few things seemed new and changed positions.

Zio stared at the work desk, where he used to struggle with the business affairs of the Adhitama Group. And at the table he used to sit Naura. Then make out a friendly, without fear of anyone disturbing. Of course as long as there is no CEO or President in the office.

While in the rotating chair, he used to hold Naura who was spoiled. Or even he himself who sometimes wants to be spoiled by his wife.

Zio closed his eyes deeply. Feel the debaran that he always felt when he was with a beautiful and graceful woman named Naura Azalea. The woman who managed to awaken the love in her heart. Eventually a drop of tear fell on her cheek.

With a gontai move, Zio approached his desk. Combing every corner of the table using his sturdy fingers. He turned the chair showing the position of the owner in the company.

Slowly he sat there. Back to the soft black chair. Last time he closed his eyes. Re-experience the beautiful moments that were once engraved a few years ago.

He opened his eyes that were still wet with tears. He looked straight ahead. At the door there, a beautiful graceful figure with a work shirt that makes the woman look very smart.

Zio's thin lips smiled faintly. Welcoming the presence of the shadow figure of the wife who always loved him with sincerity.

But then the beautiful figure disappeared. Ending the daydreaming session and the shadow of his past.

Now Zio turns to the glass windows that show how vast the Capital is. When looking out there, then he recalled another figure.

A naturally beautiful woman who had once made her heart tormented by feelings of regret. The woman he once saikiti, until finally gave up by the circumstances.

"China... Where are you now?" his murmur stared blankly at the towering building out there.

No answer from anyone. Including his own mind. Zio is going to Calina. He can't get that woman anymore.

The village flower is now 31 years old.

Sighing heavily, Zio now looked at the pile of maps on the table. A laptop that is ready for use.

Before restarting the activity, he turned to the signboard listed. His name, title and position were again embedded in the table. After five years replaced by someone who knows who.

"Welcome back, Zio!" his murmurs were encouraging themselves.

He turned on the laptop at his desk. He opened a special email manager that he had also used since long ago. There are many incoming emails that have been completed by the replacement manager. And at the top, there are some emails that are now back to their duties.

Jemari is solid, and her smart brain is back to work. Zio's job is one hundred percent smart and honest.

Time keeps going. The afternoon that was the first day working for Zio was over. The 34-year-old man walked out of his study.

Looks like the workspace under his leadership began to quiet. Some of the employees seemed to have gone home. Leave a few. One of them is Zahra.

The woman appeared to be still struggling with the computer in front of her. Zio glanced. He remembered that Naura used to wait for him at the table to come home from work together.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Zio!" greet Zahra when she finds out that Zio is looking at her.

"Hem.." replied Zio again facing the front, and left the division workspace.

Zio is ready to go down to the lobby using a special elevator. And when he entered the elevator, he met Beni who was also just finished with her work. Beni is an old friend who is also a manager.

"Zuo!" beni smiled happily.

"Hi, Ben!" answer Zio.

"I'm glad you're back!" said Beni along with the elevator that moves down.

"I'm also happy to be back here! The company that made me reach the position I dreamed of!" zio replied smiling.

"Don't waste it, Zi! I'm lonely there's no you on the weekend!" kekeh Beni's.

"Yes.yaa.. I knew! And I regret it!"

"Good!" said Beni. "How does it feel to be back here? Nothing has changed, right?"

"There!" answer Zio quickly.

"What?"

"I just found out that Mr. Kenzo already has such a big kid!" he said, "when I left, he wasn't married, was he?" ask Beni.

Beni lifted his shoulders, "we don't know, Mr. Kenzo is married or not!" answer Beni. "Whenever he arrived about 3 years ago, Mr. Kenzo came with Miss Clarice and a baby siter to the office," he explained, "which left us all confused, Miss Clarice called Mr. Kenzo Daddy!" beni continued.

"So Mr Kenzo is married or not?" ask Zio curiously.

"I told you! No one knows about it!" answer Beni ketus. Annoyed that Zio was repeating the same question. "Even we never know who Miss Clarice's Mommy is!"

"What!" pekik Zio couldn't believe it. "Why could that be?"

Not feeling both of them had gone out of the elevator and walked in the lobby to get out of the building.

"It looks like Mr. Kenzo is hiding a meeting about his personal life! Including who his wife is! It's all just a puzzle."

"Also if Mr. Kenzo is married, his wife must not be hidden! Who would not be proud to be the wife of a Kenzo Adhitama!"

Zio nodded - nodding his head in understanding. Although in his mind still stored a million questions about the puzzle of his boss.

"Sir Kenzo really is mysterious!" mumble Zio.

"Indeed!" sahut Beni flat.

"So Mr Kenzo's son is Clarice?" ask Zio.

"Yes... He said so."

"Who said?"

"Nobody said it! It's just that we've heard Mr. Venom call her Miss Clarice!"

"Ooh..." Zio nodded back.

They also arrived at the car park. Beni towards his black Pajero car. While Zio towards his new car which is red.

Zio sat behind the wheel with a long sigh. He recalled the moment his eyes met the little girl called Kenzo's son.

But after that he shook his head. He restored his full consciousness. With renewed vigor, he took the car out of the parking area. To go back to the new home he bought a few months ago.

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