The Love I Don't Miss
Part 78 (Prospective Mom Cla? )
Clarice picked up a small ball but had little mass. So that if thrown with full power, it will be able to reach a considerable distance.
"Father! take this!" clarice threw the ball in her hand towards the Papa.
But who would have thought the ball was actually hit the back of a woman who sat back to her and the Papa.
Clarice probably doesn't really remember who hit the ball from her. But the woman clearly recognized herself very well without any gaps.
"Miss Clarice!" squealing shriek Zahra when he saw the child that Zio meant was Clarice.
It felt like a dream for a Zahra who had absolutely no idea what had just happened between Zio and Kenzo.
Zahra stared into Zio's eyes, after realistically hearing that Clarice was calling her GM Papa. Isn't Clarice the CEO's son in the office?
Zio immediately got that look from Zahra. He did not expect to meet the office person on the first day carrying Clarice on the street.
And even more so, why Zahra? Don't the people in the office number in the hundreds?
The Circle seemed to just spin there - that was it for Zio.
"Why did Miss Clarice call you Papa?" asked Zahra who was currently standing with a look of disbelief at Zio.
Sighing deeply, "Long the story, Zahra.." replied Zio softly.
Zahra tried to pin down Zio's answer. But all just like a complicated thread that is difficult to describe inside Zahra's head.
"Father! let's throw the ball!" clarice shouted for the second time.
"Yes, Honey!" replied Zio immediately took a swipe to throw a small ball that was already in his hand.
"Yeah!" clarice exclaimed when she caught the ball thrown by Zio.
Zio approached Clarice and requested that the girl play herself first. Because he wanted to talk to Zahra. The employees under him are late - this end stole his attention.
Seeing what Zio was trying to tell Clarice, Zahra finally called her daughter. And brought in to get close to Clarice and Zio.
"Let Miss Clarice play with Felia, sir" Zahra told Felia to get acquainted with her boss's son.
Not to look for opportunities, to be closer to the Adhitama family. Their children are their age. It's natural to know each other, right?
After all, without bringing Felia closer to Clarice, Zahra had already started to know Gilang. Because Gilang who apparently likes the twin brother. Both of them live in one apartment.
"Yes! you're right!" answer Zio. "Darling, this is called Felia. Felia it's Clarice! you two play together, right?" zio Pinta.
"Main over there, huh?" Zahra responded by pointing to a space covered by a net, with a pool filled with balls - lightweight plastic balls of various sizes.
"Okay, Ma!" reply Felia.
"Okay, Papa!" answer Clarice.
And go two 5-year-old boys to get into the ball pool which is quite large. Leaving their parents to chat together by both of them still sitting in the playground which is very spacious.
"So what can I know, the story about Miss Clarice calling you Papa?" tanya Zahra opened the chat. "Aren't Mr. Zio and Miss Clarice just getting acquainted?"
"You're right, Zahra! we are just getting acquainted." replied Zio without looking at Zahra. The focus of his eyes remained on the princess who looked directly familiar with Felia.
"Then why did Miss Clarice call Mr. Zio Papa? And again, he just went alone with Mr. Zio. Is Mr Kenzo not angry? Especially wife..."
Zahra's mind still looked very confused. He deliberately attacked Zio with many questions. For that complicated thought to be immediately answered and turned into an open mind.
"You know, why Mr. Kenzo's wife never showed up at the office, nor was she introduced?"
Zahra only shook her head at Zio's question.
"Because it turns out that Mr. Kenzo's wife is Calina, my ex-wife" Zio replied sounding heartbreaking and miserable.
Zahra's reflexes covered her mouth using both palms. I couldn't believe the first truth he heard.
"And when we got divorced, we didn't know that Calina was pregnant" Zio said, speaking with tightness in her chest.
His eyes were blank towards Clarice. But it was not Clarice who was the focal point.
"So Miss Clarice is Mr Zio's real child? Being with Mr. Kenzo is... child connect?" zahra asked doubtfully but was very curious.
"Yes, you're right!" answer Zio. "But Mr. Kenzo has been with Clarice since she was in the womb." - Zio sounded very raucous.
"What is Mr Zio?"
Seeing Zahra who seemed very enthusiastic about the fact, Zio also stared fixedly at the widow of one child. Their eyes met in a straight line. Makes the strange swish inside the chest feel more real.
Equally - could feel something strange inside them. Something that is difficult to articulate, is also difficult to reveal.
Zio looked back at Clarice, then he told her all about the reality of what he had just faced. Starting from his strange feeling when he first saw Clarice in Kenzo's study. Until the time he saw Clarice with Calina in the shopping mall. Lastly, when he came to Kenzo's apartment yesterday.
"Now I can only be grateful, because Clarice is willing to accept me without having to go through a difficult drama" Zio said. "I'm now convinced that Calina and Mr. Kenzo take very good care of my son and are very affectionate."
"I can also feel that Mr. Kenzo loves Miss Clarice very much." said Zahra.
Zio let out a long and relieved breath. Because there is a place for him to share his story, other than just telling a picture of Naura which will never get an answer.
"Then...What if the people in the office see this like me?" ask Zahra. "Is everything prepared? I'm afraid some people will assume Mrs Calina is the woman who took advantage of the situation."
"No one would dare to gossip the boss's wife, would they?" ask Zio. "As long as they need a job, I'm sure no one will dare to talk about Mr. Kenzo and Calina."
"Yes, I hope!"
"Father!" clarice ran over to Zio.
Zio also swiftly spread his hands to welcome the baby. What peace Zio was at, as Clarice landed in his arms.
"What's up, honey? Papa's most beautiful son!" zio's gnawing kissed Calrice's smooth genbul cheeks.
"Cla's thirsty!" answer Clarice.
"Mama!" felia cried out to Zahra.
"What's up, son?"
"Shy!" reply Felia.
"Wait here, let Papa buy you a drink.
"But it is forbidden to bring food and drink in, sir." said Zahra.
Zio thought for a moment, "Then how about playing it already. We change roads, buy ice cream and have dinner.' Zio bargained for her daughter.
"May.." replied Clarice following Papa's will.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zio. Please continue the road event with Miss Clarice." said Zahra because she felt bad.
"Huh? why don't we just go together?" ask Zio. "Every child is happy to be back playing together" said Zio. "Isn't that right, Clarice?"
"Yes, Papa!" clarice replied happily.
"Would you, Felia?" ask Zio to Zahra's son.
"Yes, Om! Felia will." replied Felia no less enthusiastic than Clarice.
"Come on!" invite Zio to look at Zahra who seems to still be hesitating.
"Alright, Mr. Zio." replied Zahra after weighing - indecisive.
That night passed with dinner together, between Mas Duda and Mbak Janda. Which each brings a girl with an age that is only a few weeks different.
***
Late at night, Clarice returns with Zio to Zio's house. The house that must have belonged to Clarice anyway.
The journey with Clarice is still fun with a glass of viral ice cream in her lap. While the father, focus on driving while occasionally glancing at his son.
"Are you happy tonight, honey?"
"Yes, Papa! Clarice is so happy!" clarice answered with a hand that didn't stop putting ice cream in her little mouth.
"What if it's Saturday, we'll walk again?" tawar Zio's.
"Where?"
"Animal garden, will you?"
"Can! Cla wants!" exclarice happy. "Yeah! Yea! yeay!"
Zio smiled seeing his son so happy. But immediately the smile turned into a wry smile, when remembering if tomorrow Clarice had to go home with Kenzo.
"Who was that Aunty, Pa?" ask Clarice. "Mommy Clarice's candidate?" asked Clarice innocently.
Zio was flabbergasted by the adorable 5-year-old boy's question.
He really thought that the child could have such a question, even in his heart... Expect it.
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