THE SECRET OF EDMOND'S LOVE
Lunch

After closing the laptop in front of him, Lerry stretched out his hands. "I feel like I want to go back to Australia. The permit problem has come out so the project can go. How about we take a vacation?"

The recently finished Edmond put some files in his briefcase staring at Lerry. "Where to go on vacation?"

"Yes where is that. Bored in the company. How about we go to Hong Kong?"

"Mahira is pregnant."

"The age of the child is still small. So can you go."

"I don't want to make him tired, ***."

"How about a vacation to a beach near here? I'll ask Angel to book a hotel for us."

"Can too. I'll tell Mahira."

"OK." Lerry called Angel on his cell phone.

"Angel please book two hotel rooms near the beach like the brochure I showed you huh? From Friday to Sunday. Ok." Lerry put the phone down. "We need a vacation. He said there's a diving spot there too."

"Oh yeah? It's been a long time since I've dived."

"me too. Remember the old college days. We go to various countries where there is a diving spot. The most beautiful is Bunaken. Oh, yeah why isn't Ica here?"'

Edmond shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know."

'Well he didn't tell you?"

"Indeed. Never mind. The important thing is that the meeting went well, right? Now order lunch. It's already two and a half."

Lerry smiling. "Message? Didn't Mahira offer lunch? Come on to the mess and we'll enjoy your wife's lunch."

"Lerry!"

"Lho, is that right? Instead of having to wait for an order that comes in almost an hour, better to mess that is not until 3 minutes we have arrived." Lerry stands.

"Sofia will be looking for you."

"Sofia is on an outside assignment. Come on!"

The two of them stepped out of the meeting room. They're good at Lerry's car to get to mess.

When Mahira opened the door, she smiled. "I was just about to call to ask if the meeting was over or not. But there is no network." said Mahira.

"What card did you use?" ask Lerry.

Mahira mentioned the mobile card he used.

"Why not use a card that is commonly used by all residents of the company and factory? Ed and I used the same type of mobile card when we were here." Then Lerry mentions one type of mobile card.

Mahira was surprised to hear that. Edmond has another number? Why doesn't he know? As Mahira glanced at Edmond, the man looked ordinary. Mahira smiled too. Trying to look ordinary even though his heart is full of questions.

"Let's go in. I finished cooking 2 hours ago."

Edmond and Lerry walked in and headed straight to the dining room.

Juminten instantly prepared the cutlery when he saw the two handsome men had already entered.

"Who did you learn to cook from?" asked Lerry as the first mouthful went into his mouth.

"From Oma's. In the past, oma was a chef in one of the restaurants. I learned a lot from Oma. But food recipes are sometimes the result of my own experiments. Like chicken soup while you enjoy this." Mahira said a little shyly.

"It's the most delicious chicken soup I've ever eaten" said Lerry, raising both thumbs.

Edmond seemed a little dislikeful to see how Lerry praised Mahira so wonderfully. He knows what his best friend is like. Very clever seducing and his sweet attitude made the girls fall in love with him. Although Edmond believes that Mahira is not the type of girl who is easily seduced, Edmond still does not want Mahira to be close to Lerry. Moreover, Lerry's girlfriend is a very jealous type of girl.

After lunch, Lerry and Edmond returned to the office.

"***, you're not interested in Mahira are you?" edmond asked as he walked into Lerry's room. He sat in front of Lerry's desk.

Lerry, who was reading the documents, raised his head and looked at his best friend. He smiles.

"I'm sure all the men who saw Mahira would say that your wife is sweet. Her beauty is not phenomenal like an artist or a photomodel but her beauty radiates from her heart. I was thinking, what if Mahira knows the truth?"

"He won't know if you don't open your mouth."

Edmond stood up. "If the document is finished you read, we will discuss it together." Then he left Lerry's room. His friend just shook his head.

Just as she was about to read the document back, Sofia walked into her room. "Honey, where have you been?"

"Eat in Edmond's mess."

"Is Monalisa really there?" sofia asked and took a seat in front of Lerry.

"No. The Mess was renovated by Edmond very well. Mahira is there. He's the one who cooks. The cooking is so good."

Sofia pouted. "You are, deh. Praising other women for their cooking. I can't cook. I don't like Mahira anyway. She's a matre girl. Surprised by Edmond's wealth it would hurt other women."

"Darling, don't be. Mahira is a good woman. Edmond loved him. He was Edmond's first love. They seem happy."

"Happy above the suffering of other women?"

"Who is suffering? Monalisa's? Come on, baby. Monalisa looks ordinary. Besides, Monalisa herself doesn't want this to happen?"

"Based on you fellow men so his mind is the same." said Sofia.

Lerry stood up and approached his girlfriend. "Honey, we have agreed, as colleagues, we will not interfere in each other's personal affairs. Ed has chosen his path like that."

"But Edmond loved Monalisa. They both love each other. Is their togetherness for 2 years nothing to Ed?"

"Here, ah." Lerry sat on the table. Right in front of Sofia. "This week we're going on vacation to the beach. We need refreshing after a long struggle with our business license. How's it?"

"I'll tell Mona Lisa."

"No dear. Ed and Mahira will come."

Sofia poked her lips. But she smiled as Lerry kissed her lips. "Now, let me read this document first, huh? Edmond's been waiting for me to talk about it."

Sofia nodded. He kissed Lerry on the cheek and then walked out of the room.

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Mahira can't sleep well. The cellular card problem really bothers him.

After Edmond proposed to her, Edmon returned to this place. Edmond rarely contacted him on the grounds that his net was lalod. But it turns out there are other cellular networks that can be used here. And so too when they are married. Edmond rarely contacted him for the same reason. He was busy and his network was not good.

Did Ed lie to me? Is there something Ed's hiding here? Relating Monalisa?

"Darling, how come you're daydreaming? I say hello but not reciprocated." Edmond had suddenly climbed onto the bed and joined Mahira.

"Home home?" mahira asked as she stared at the wall clock which showed 3 o'clock past 10 minutes. The woman was sitting with her feet on the bed. His back is resting on the head of the bed.

"Hours home from work at 4. But since there's nothing else I have to do so I just go home. You see, at lunch, I felt like there was something you were hiding" Edmond said, grabbing Mahira's hand. "Surely you're thinking about the mobile card issue right?"

Mahira surprised. How could Edmond know what Mahira was thinking?

"Me, me..." Mahira didn't know where to start.

Edmond took his phone and gave it to Mahira. "Here is indeed just the mobile number that Lerry said earlier, which there is a network. But I am lazy to use that type of mobile card because it cannot be used everywhere. My family, friends and all my business colleagues only know this number. It's the same number I used when we first met. You must not keep it anymore, right?"

Mahira looked into Edmond's eyes. He saw sincerity there.

"Darling, do you still doubt me? Just imagine, when the Princess called me, I without a doubt came straight to Manado to see you. I was telling the truth when I said that the taste I once had for you never told me. I don't know why either. I've dated a few girls but no one can take your name out of my heart." Edmond kissed Mahira's hand very gently. He then looked into Mahira's eyes with a difficult look Mahira could understand. "Don't be afraid to have my love, dear."

Mahira immediately hugged Edmond with an erratic heart as well. Did he start loving this man so much that he couldn't bear to ask about Monalisa?

Edmond put his hand on his wife's back. He kissed Mahira's head repeatedly.

"We're on holiday this Friday, yuk! Lerry's taking us to the beach. You want to come, right?"

Mahira let go of her embrace. She nodded with a smile towards her husband. Edmond looks happy. He looked down and kissed Mahira's lips. The two of them were immediately lulled in the long kiss without realizing that there was a pair of eyes staring at them from afar through the open glass window.

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Good night...

finally it can come up

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