The Love of a Billionaire
-EPISODE 03-PAD

May you all be given health and smooth fortune. Always follow the health protocol and wear a mask. THANK YOU~

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Laura sprawled her body on her apartment bed, she was tired, her chest tight, remembering all Zafran's insults to her.

"Damn it..."

Stubby Laura.

Late at night Laura fell asleep without changing clothes, the apartment lamp was not yet turned on.

"The clontang!!!"

I heard something fall outside the room. Laura was surprised, her subconscious was awake, with quick reflexes she opened her eyes, picked up the phone nearby and saw what time it was.

"From 3am."

The whisper is smoothed, then again slip the phone under the pillow.

Laura got down slowly from the bed, opened the door slowly, peered, and skidded.

Seen black shadow, someone was busy looking for something, not seen who it was, which surely Laura remembered she forgot to lock her apartment.

Laura turned on the light and looked at the broom ready to hit the black shadow.

"Dora!!!!"

Shouted the woman while protecting her head with both hands.

"God.... Kate.... !!!"

"You made me hang.. I thought you were..."

Laura has not yet continued her sentence.

"Most?!!"

"I told you I was going to your house, you gave me your address, you were so careless that your door was unlocked!!!"

Kate turns to attack Laura by snapping her best friend's head.

"Aawww!! I'm asleep..."

Laura sat on the sofa followed by Kate who brought some snacks that she took.

"What if the one who entered was not me, but a perverted evil man!!!"

Kate said as she opened the snack and ate it.

"No way, Kate's safe here."

Said Laura.

"Safe but you're scared shitless."

Kate grumbled while chewing her food.

"Because it's the first time anyone has entered my apartment."

"Wait, first time?"

Kate repeated Laura's words.

"Is there anything strange?"

Laura's confused.

"Have you and Zafran never done it here?"

Kate squinted her eyes filled with curiosity.

"Do what? We've been separated for a long time and haven't seen each other in 10 years."

"What?!"

"Don't say it was the first time you guys met again, and don't tell me that you... You're a virgin, you've never done that..."

Kate shook her head slowly her eyes glared at Laura. As if I couldn't believe it.

"It is so."

Laura said as she stood up and wanted to go back to the room.

Kate pulls Laura's hand back to her seat.

"You have to tell me everything, what happened."

That was the first time Laura told the story of her painful love journey to others after a long time she had been alone.

The apartment he lived in witnessed how hard he went through solitude after deciding to leave the house of his parents.

Laura struggles to beg, and begs her parents to bless her relationship with Zafran, but she gets an arranged marriage with someone she never even knew.

Kate listens story after story to Laura, making her feel concerned about how Laura struggles and how tragic their breakup is.

Long time they tell each other and hear each other until the time feels very fast rolling, the time comes the sun is getting higher, the light is peeping in through the sidelines of the window curtain of Laura's apartment glass. This indicates the time when the birds are ready to fly for food.

"It turns out it's morning, I'm sorry Kate told you too long, you sleep first in the next room I'll clean it for you."

Said Laura.

"I'll just sleep in your room."

Said Kate who was still sitting but she held Laura's hand that was about to leave.

"Aren't you staying over?"

Ask Laura.

"I have to come back before dusk, lots of work and photoshoots."

Kate's smile calms Laura.

Laura hugged her best friend.

"Me too, tell me often, don't hold it alone, you can count on me."

***

Laura was driving her car slowly, the girl was very workaholic. Leaving early and going home at the end, because he did not want his mind filled with painful things, he busied with work so that he could forget what made his mind feel restless.

Work is the best place to divert his scattered thoughts and heart. It is not wrong if he has the most diligent employees.

Laura arrived at the office before the other employees arrived. The girl walked gracefully into her room, then sat down at the table she liked the most, which was her place of battle every day, her desk beside the large office window, the corneriest row of tables.

Each employee's desk is lined up only separated by a shoulder to shoulder. Although Laura is in the most basic level of office but she is already grateful enough, because she can get through all the work without difficulty.

Laura was very grateful for her life now, her work never had difficulty even making her momentarily forget her pain and dark memories.

The girl was standing on her left shoulder against the large window right next to her desk, with a cup of warm milk coffee in her hand.

While waiting for time, Laura brewed her warm milk coffee, the more crowded the day, the employees had started to arrive, all talking and greeting each other, but only one or two people greeted Laura.

The girl is indeed more silent, does not like to gather, or clustered with others, she just focuses on working and happy with her own world.

Laura started her job and so did the others. The girl focused on the expensive computer screen in front of her

"Tuk-Tuk-Tuk!!"

A man stood knocking on the divider of their room.

"Are you busy in the afternoon?"

Ask the man.

"Not really, my job is done. What's up Erick?"

Answer Laura.

"Do you want dinner? But if you don't...

Laura thought, maybe now is the time she should start opening herself to others, opening her heart again to a man.

"All right."

Said Laura quickly.

"What?! You accept?"

Said the man couldn't believe it.

"Yes." Yeah."

Laura's words were short, she thought it might be time to open her heart.

***

BBQ restaurant is simple

"Are you uncomfortable, we could move somewhere else."

Erick.

"Not really, it's just... It's the first time I've had dinner alone with a man."

Laura felt awkward.

That night Erick invited Laura to dinner at a simple Korean restaurant. Erick deftly grilled the meat in front of them, the distinctive aroma of the delicious roast made Laura's nose twitch and stimulate her stomach to devour because suddenly her stomach was hungry.

"Are you getting excited."

Erick said as he flipped the meat. She smiled lightly at Laura.

"Yes." Yeah."

Laura said briefly and blushed in embarrassment.

Erick gave the roasted meat with his ripe claws to Laura, the girl ate voraciously without her noticing there was a man who had been observing them for a long time.

"Eat a lot, do you usually drink?"

Ask Erick.

"No, I'm not ordinary."

Laura said as she chewed her food.

"Try a little bit."

Erick held out a small glass of alcohol to Laura.

With doubt Laura looked at the glass filled with alcohol.

"Try it, it'll make you feel calmer, I know you're nervous."

Persuade Erick.

Laura received the glass and drank it one gulp.

"Hhhhhhhh....!!!"

Laura opened her mouth wide and sighed.

"It feels weird."

Said Laura.

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~Connect~