The Love I Don't Miss
Part 91 (Have to be Fast! )

It's still early enough. Even the work entry hours for Adhitama Group employees have not clinked. When several cars of the company officials have started to enter the company parking area one by one.

Coming down from the iron horse, Zio immediately stepped his foot towards the right side of the building. Although he could enter the company quickly through the back door, in fact Zio did not do that.

Of course, because there is a reason why choose a path that is even 2 times further than entering through the back door.

There, two blocks of parking for cars there is also Zahra who began to walk towards the exit row of two-wheeled parking. And that woman was the reason Zio didn't enter through the back door.

As teenagers fall in love, the two try to find each other in silence.

Although not looking directly, Zio's tail eyes can see if the woman occasionally also glances at him. Unlike Zahra who also realizes that Zio is stealing - steal a look at him.

It felt so awkward to meet, after what happened yesterday.

Two adults, even the same - both hold the status of widows and widows, but now like high school children who are kasmaran, or are backstreet. Establish a relationship behind employees who already suspect the two have a relationship other than co-workers.

Or even HTS, relationship without status!

Getting closer to the front of the company. Although the same - the same misbehavior, but there is no other choice but Zahra nodded first.

Greeting first the man who is none other than his boss, as well as the man who yesterday asked him to be a wife.

Considering himself was the subordinate of the man. As a form of respect...

"Good morning, Mr. Zio." Zahra smiled sweetly as usual.

"Morning!"

Zio nodded with a confused smile. They wanted to smile, but they were in a public place. Wanting a cold smile, afraid that Zahra would be offended then stay away from her. Because he takes himself not seriously with what he said yesterday.

Zahra deliberately shortened the distance between his legs, so that Zio could walk first on his appeal. If necessary give a considerable distance, so that there is no worse gossip than yesterday.

Zio realized that Zahra deliberately gave distance, so he chose to speed up the steps, until he jutted Beni who had almost reached the front steps of the lobby.

"Hunt, Zi?" asked Beni who felt arrived - Zio was beside him.

"Not really," he answered. "I just want to go into the office with you." she said.

"Huh?" screeched Beni because she felt Zio was not acting as usual. He glanced at Zio using his eyes.

"It's been a while, hasn't it? we don't talk when we enter the office?" ask Zio. "Are you deliberately avoiding me because of the cases I've made?" goda Zio on Beni.

"Loose crazy!" sahut Beni nudged Zio's arm a little hard. "What am I doing to keep you away, huh!"

"Haha!" Zio chuckles then follows Beni anyway. "Who knows!"

"No substitute yet?" ask Beni when it starts to pass through the glass moving automatically, aka the main entrance of the lobby.

Getting the question, Zio immediately turned to the reception desk. Where yesterday he was being talked about by the female employees there. Where their rant managed to make Zio feel inferior, even if only for a moment.

And when Zio turned to the reception desk, the two receptionists who had been on standby would not want to end up having to smile kindly to greet Zio. Because they still feel guilty about yesterday.

If Zio usually smiled briefly, then that morning Zio seemed indifferent to the two women. He looked up when the two women nodded and gave a friendly smile.

Of course, what Zio did made the two women look at each other with a heartbeat that was not because of. For fear that what they did yesterday would end up with a call from their boss.

"How is this?" ask a receptionist to a friend.

But his friend just shrugged both shoulders together, with a face no less panicked.

***

"There's a picture, but I don't know if she's going to marry me with this many flaws?" zio replied in a hollow tone as the two passed the reception desk, to enter the elevator passageway.

"Who?" ask Beni.

"If I say his name, there you will make fun of me!" ketus Zio while getting into a special elevator with Beni.

And when the two were already in the elevator, and the door was about to merge again, Zahra flashed to approach the elevator door of an ordinary employee.

When Zahra was in the middle of the special elevator door, Zahra turned to the left side, where Zio was right standing in the middle of the elevator. And that's when the views of the two meet in a straight line.

All will be more pronounced damage, if demonstrated by actors and actresses and given a slow motion effect.

The doors of the special elevator shut perfectly, along with the disappearance of Zahra from the view of the widower.

"I didn't think Miss Clarice was your son." Beni told Zio as the elevator started to crawl up.

"Have you heard it?" asked Zio glanced at Beni.

"Yes... Brenda told me, ", Beni replied. "And he heard from his secretary Mr. Kenzo.

Sighing heavily, "I still feel that Clarice is a miracle sent by God, when I no longer have the spirit to live!" zio replied blankly staring at the elevator floor. His tone sounded very heartbreaking to anyone who heard.

"Both of my parents died just a few days apart, then Calina left, and Naura died. While my only sister is still in the Mental Hospital. My life feels very lonely and ruined" said Zio to make Beni concerned. "Sometimes I think I'm allowed to live if it's just a kara!"

"Until I finally found out that Clarice was my real daughter from Calina. That's when I had my spirit back. And I'm also thinking of finding a new love. A woman who can love me like Naura loves me. Especially loving my son, like his own son."

Beni patted the coworker's shoulder a few times slowly, "I pray you get Naura's replacement, Zi!" said later.

Zio just nodded and hoped that if until do'a Beni granted God, seomga Zahra was the woman chosen by God to be his life companion. As a substitute for Naura who loved him until he died.

Similarly, he hopes to be a good man for the next couple. No longer disappointed the woman.

The elevator opens on the floor where Zio works. Zio left and immediately stepped foot towards the door of his study. Just three steps away swung, the elevator door for public employees opened. Zio who had already stepped forward, was able to guess who would come out from there.

"Morning, Mr. Zio!" greet the employees who are in the same room with him.

"Hmmm.." Zio replied with a flat smile.

"Ra, yesterday there was a package coming, you're home! so I brought it.. this!" the lady who greeted Zio instead greeted Zahra who was a few steps behind Zio. While handing over the package in the form of a brown box.

"Thanks yes, May!" replied Zahra received a package offered by her co-worker.

"Okay, Ra!" the answer.

Unaware by others, Zio can certainly hear what his men are talking about. Especially because it has to do with Zahra. So Zio was interested to hear it.

While Zahra himself only dared to see the sturdy back that was getting closer to the door of the General Manager's workspace. He sat in his chair, with the tail of his eyes constantly following Zio's movements.

And more important than that is, who is the sender?

Who likes Zahra?

Or Zahra's secret admirer?

The obvious do'a Zio is...

' Hopefully the package will only contain Zahra's own groceries. Which is purchased online! '

But inevitably, Zio could only enter with an unrequited curiosity. Soon he turned on his work laptop, to check all the emails he received that morning. Which is where the majority of emails from business associates and centers are sent by Venom.

Half an hour had passed, suddenly an email from the position where Zahra was sitting entered into his email. It has become a routine. But I didn't expect Zahra to send that fast. Soon he opened the data included in the email, and a brilliant idea popped into his head.

At once Zio thought this was his chance to meet Zahra again. So he replied to an email from Zahra with a command line. So that it is not detected by the audit team if there is an audit that checks all emails held by each employee.

' Print, and bring it to my cheats as soon as possible! '

Inner Zio while typing it on top of the keyboard.

"And.. Send!" he muttered while smiling meaningfully.

Yes, Zio is good at stealing time. He used to do it with Naura. With Naura who was then Zahra's age, with the same position as Zahra's. The world of romance of the widower seems to just spin around there.

A minute later, an email from Zahra returned to her email.

' Good, Sir! '

The short answer that Zio had just read made him instantly smile widely. Can no longer resist the burning feeling in the chest. Then ten minutes later the door was knocked from the outside.

"Lake in!" zio exclaimed after getting rid of the smile on his lips. Then he quickly refocused on the laptop and noticed some neatly arranged graphics and data by Ms. Excels.

"Good morning, Mr. Zio."

Zio turned his head towards the door and nodded kindly.

Zahra stepped in closer to Zio's desk, with a red map in her hand.

"This is the report you asked for."

Zahra put the map on the table. Then stand up straight and polite.

Zio opened the map, glancing at Zahra who was still standing, "Sit down." Zio's command sounded flat.

"Thank you, sir!" zahra replied as she sat in her chair.

Zio went back to check the report, and immediately signed after it was done.

"This is." said Zio handing the report back, with eyes focused on observing the woman.

"Good, Sir!" Zahra received back the map she had brought. "Can I help you again, sir?" ask Zahra in accordance with the norms of politeness in superiors.

"There!" zio replied short and without thinking long.

"What, Sir?" ask Zahra seriously.

"Think well of my plea yesterday, Zahra.." pinta Zio stared fixedly at the beautiful face of the woman.

Zahra looked down inside. He himself confused meau answer what. Every time he met Zio, it was enough to make him have to learn to beat his heart.

He even had to prepare his heart and heart when he wanted to enter the room of the GM. And now he is just stared at so closely. How can my heart be okay?

"Give me time, Mr. Zio." replied Zahra later.

Zio took a deep breath, then slowly breathed out.

"This week I'm taking Clarice to Dufan, you and Felia come along. I hope that day you have prepared an answer for me." said Zio with a serious look and tone.

Zahra raised her head with her eyes wide, "But, sir..."

"Please!" Zio cut Zahra's sentence. He did not want to hear the sentence of rejection of participation from the woman. All he wants is one, received quickly or rejected quickly. No need to waste any more time on something useless, which is waiting for an answer.

Zahra only nodded in response to the certainty that she would go to Dufan with Zio and Clarice. Although that does not mean Zahra accepted the offer to marry Zio in the near future.

Even so, Sunday they will be like a couple who have twins!

***

📩 "Sir, let me pick up Clarice.."

The short message Zio sent Kenzo made Kenzo move his lips in annoyance. He was getting ready to pick up Clarice that afternoon.

But Zio is Clarice's real father. And again during this time he who every day to pick up Clarice school, Zio was just once yesterday.

Finally, inevitably, Kenzo also relented. And let Clarice get picked up by Zio.

⁇ ️ "Yes!" reply is short with a pretty sniffy tone actually. It's just because it's just a piece of writing, so Zio can't judge Kenzo's intonation. Moreover, looking at the expression of Kenzo who is currently like a five-year-old child who is sulking.

📩 "Thank you, Daddy Kenzo...."

The reply from Zio really made Kenzo even more anxious and upset at the same time. It's like a quip if the man is much more entitled to Clarice than he is to whom only Dad is connected.

"Review you, Zio!" kenzo wrung his own fingers, with his teeth firmly tightened in his mouth.

With a sigh of emotion, Kenzo moved his great chair to the right and to the left. Both elbows are on the right and left armrests. Eyes staring blankly at the front.

Restless already the heart of the CEO because really feel the love of his stepdaughter to him is now reduced. Not just love, but time.

***

While in the apartment Calina just slept with Galen. A sunny day and the child who is taking a nap, feels more and more soundly when the mother can also feel a deep sleep.

Remove tired, unwind and take off all the load on the shoulders. Without caring two men who seemed to be at war with feelings.

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