The Sweetest Harsh
Episode 9 of Alpha Rage

Arriving at the photo studio, Alfa was greeted by the laughter of her friends on the second floor who reached her ears when she was just on the first floor, after parking her car in the basement area. Stretching without burden, using one by one long stairs in front of him, until he arrived in a spacious room with a long table and chairs arranged facing him. There is a white screen that has been pulled open to the bottom, ready to display any view with a larger image. The window blinds have been closed, but the lighting is still on.

Alfa who came wearing a casual t-shirt wrapped in a thin jacket with her arms rolled into a distraction right then and there.

"Wah ..wah ... has finally come also that we have been waiting for." Dony approached and shook hands with Alfa, the two hands intertwined like a panco fight for a while, a sign they were very familiar.

"I will not break my promise. And this isn't my first presence, I've gone straight off the island, even on my honeymoon." Alfa said with a look of reproach and eye polishes that glanced at Dony.

Dony chuckles. "I've already said that it's a direct request from the company's marketing division. You agree and that's not a problem for you, is it?"

"OKAY. All gathered together? Let's just start the meeting right away, "just switch the conversation.

"Why don't you just bring your wife here, hey? So you don't have to rush like that. There's a lot more to talk about later. So, you can't say goodbye in the middle of the road on the wife's excuse." Alex who was opposite replied while pointing at him in a joking tone.

"I won't lose my professional attitude just because I'm married" she said with half a smile. "Of course, I'm still the same as before, why do you seem to accept the presence of strangers here?" Both of Alfa's open arms showed a relaxed attitude.

Alfa certainly understood the attitude of her friends, because, she was the only member of the team who was married and they only intended to tease her. But once again, Tiara's situation with such a verdict is still very disturbing until she is easily provoked by emotions lately.

Dony as the team leader finally mediated by directly starting the meeting. Guided seven of his men to sit in the available seats, turned off the room lights and turned on the projector, then led the meeting.

The meeting was peaceful for almost 3 hours. Talk to each other and give opinions to each other about planning the latest promotional themes that they will hold.

Until the end of the event, when Dony displayed a slide of a wedding photo as the theme cover, Alfa straightened her seat tensely and stared at the screen with a squint. All eyes were on him, but the man was still focused on staring straight at the white screen.

"What the fuck?" Alfa looked at all her friends. Showing dislike without cover-up.

His seven friends threw questionable glances at each other. It is more than unexpected that the Alpha reaction would be like that. They had originally suspected that Alfa would smile with great pride, her wedding photo being the cover for their team, but, what was up with Alfa this time?

"Why do you guys put such an unqualified inscription?!" Alfa got up from her seat. His friends' prankster activities really pissed him off.

Back all of them direct their gaze to the white screen and reread the sentence written there. There was the company name of his father and the Tiara family company, as well as Blueict Company with italic prints.

But, as will surprise Alfa, the full screen automatic display that runs with a rather long timing it re-opens, displaying more surprising photos there.

Alfa spread her mouth open, her tongue thrown to and fro at the side of her mouth. Marking the man was like he was going to blow his anger in a moment. Both of his hands clenched on either side of his waist clenched inwardly, before then he kicked the table but with a lowered look. Amidst the precarious situation of Alfa's anger, Davian instead let out his chirp in a joking tone.

"You weren't charged yesterday for shooting at the wedding reception, so, this way you're gonna have to pay. Make your photo a cover. You should be proud, why are you angry?" Ask casually.

"Pay? I have to pay with my own picture like this? I feel like I'm debunking my own scandal with the son of the official whom I made my wife!" His head lifted and went straight to where Davian was sitting. "Other than that?!" Pointing rudely to the walking look showed pictures of his wife in feminine clothes looking beautiful.

Alfa actually just doesn't like to be associated with her father's company when it comes to work. His wedding was indeed held lively by inviting many people, but closed the media access to come. He did not want to bother to respond to the news that sprung up in the media later and became the subject of speech especially he had become a blasphemy for many people because it decided unilaterally his relationship with his previous lover and assumptionsthe presumption regarding his wife who is now a third party. He did not want these things to reappear on the surface after being buried deeply.

"Why are you guys, huh! It was as if he was planning on his own without me and was about to step in without my knowledge! Especially my wife!" Annoyed again.

Silent.

"Where can you get a picture of my wife like that?! Huh huh? From where?!" Alfa really could not hold back the anger and continued to curse nonstop.

"Why are you even asking us who's here? We thought it was a photo from your own camera because of course we know, only you can take a photo of your wife like that.” Brian added with a frown, realizing that what they were doing this time seemed to be wrong.

“What do you mean?” Alfa lowered her voice.

Immediately, Dony showed his phone screen in front of Alfa. The man threw his body back into the previous chair, staring at the contents of Dony's cell phone. The shocking news about his wife's fashion company, that the real icon of Pearl Fashion, Tiara Nichole has shown itself the latest fashion designs.

Alfa gripped the phone tightly to reveal her whitened knuckles. His expression turned violent and his molars tightened, holding back with all their might, a burning emotion within. Almost Alfa forgot to immediately slam the phone in her hand. As soon as he remembered that what he was holding was Dony's cell phone, he simply placed it on the table with his eyes glaring somewhere.

She really didn't want Tiara to be a model. Being a woman who likes to expose her whole body on the camera of people who enjoy her. Especially his relationship with Nelly who is a model that is like giving his own trauma for him. He vowed to never know a model again.

Tiara now without even asking for her consideration had decided to wrestle in that world?

What the fuck?

“OK enough. Besides Alfa, I hope to leave the room.” Dony decided to stop the meeting this time. Everything in the room was silent and went silent without a sound. Leaving himself alone with Alfa.

After convincing all his men to leave the studio and no more noise down there, Dony dragged a chair and confronted him to Alfa.

“Tell me what really happened. Maybe I can help.” Dony finally dared to ask.

Alfa freezes for some time before the sound of the calling phone breaks her daydream.

******

Tiara was standing in front of the mirror. She covered her face with more cheerful make-up. He plans to have dinner outside today. Alfa said that she would go to the studio until nightfall.

Time has shown at half-time seven in the evening and Alfa is still not home. Maybe he will just meet at the dinner location instead of having to wait for Alfa to get home. He did not want the man to get tired because he had to go home and restaurants.

The woman opened her locked phone screen. No word yet from Alfa. Maybe her husband is not done with his business. Tiara decides to contact her husband first, hoping Alfa will agree with his idea and forget to be protective by picking him up.

Tiara attaches the phone to the ear when the screen has shown the call mode. Unexpectedly, Alfa immediately picked up her phone call. However, the man fell silent and gave no greeting to her.

“Alfa?” Call her. There was only the sound of breathing there.

“You there?” Said ensured.

“Yes. I'll pick you up.”

“How about we meet at the restaurant? I'm ready and I'm leaving.” He said he quickly interrupted.

“Yes. I'll be here any minute. Wait there.”

Tiara's face furrowed at the unusual tone from her husband. There are no jokes and tends to Alfa is lazy to speak. He will see it for himself later and will not buy time so as not to be late and make their return from the restaurant become too late.

“Good. Be careful on the road," she replied with a smile.

Tiara then put her phone in the bag, grabbed the motor key on the table and rushed out of the house.

******

Waw. Alfa turns out to have first arrived at the restaurant where they were about to meet. Tiara happily approached Alfa who had greeted her with a smile that fascinated her.

Kissing her husband's right cheek before sitting in front of Alfa.

“Looks like your day wasn't so good? You look very tired.“ Tiara looked at the entire face and half of her husband's sitting body.

Before long, a servant came and brought the food that Alfa had ordered before Tiara came.

“Eat," he ordered after seeing Tiara staring at the food in front of him, smiling in silence. Tiara must have been surprised that Alfa ordered the food as she expected.

“Iya.” The woman immediately took out a knife and fork and began to feed the food voraciously.

Alpha is just watching. His appetite is gone. He would start the conversation but was afraid Tiara would choke, so decided to wait for Tiara to finish her meal.

Feeling stared at earlier, Tiara briefly stopped her hand that was about to feed her food.

"You don't eat?”

Alpha breathed for a moment. “I'm already too full," he replied in a short nonchalant manner which made Tiara stop her eating activity and then sip a drink in front of her. Feeling another sensation from the man in front of him who had spoken in a cold tone since speaking on the phone.

“Em .. I brought good news today," Tiara said after wiping her mouth with a tissue, then reaching for Alfa's fingers.

Those words sounded pleasant to Tiara. However, without the woman knowing, his words thrust an invisible knife into Alfa's heart, making the man impatient to say, "Why don't you ask my opinion first as usual? Do you think this will be a pleasant surprise for me?” The cold tone is very clear there.

“Asking ... your opinion? What ... what do you mean?” Tiara was puzzled by the direction of their current conversation.

Both of them have clearly been carrying out a pregnancy program for two months. And he should ask for Alpha's opinion first? Does he not want to have children anytime soon? Why do they follow a pregnancy program?

Tiara took out a small white envelope from inside the bag and was about to show it to Alfa, but, in a hurry the man interrupted.

“You want to be a model? What exactly is your motivation Tiara? Why did you become like this?” Alfa asked a series of questions that made the woman completely clueless.

Tiara clasped her hands to the table as she placed the white envelope, which did not succeed in getting Alfa's attention.

“Model? Me? Where do you think I'd think that?” Tiara was completely inexhaustible with what this husband was talking about.

“You haven't seen the results?” Alfa then shows her the phone just like Dony did to her.

Tiara. He looked at himself in the fitting room in his office. Are trying some examples of production clothes that want to be marketed. He has done all of that for a long time. Tiara certainly refused to be the brand ambassador her uncle wanted her to be, but, given Tiara's taste, she could easily judge the exact output, he eventually became an internal model to try the finished product that was ready. Assess carefully, what is lacking, what should be addressed and so on. Of course, the activity is done in secret, only special staff know about it.

So, any intruders trying to take his picture in secret?

“I never asked someone to photograph my activities in the fitting room. You know, things like this I still do in private and I can't possibly do that for me to become known as a model.” Tiara stood up from her seat and left Alfa alone with the same timelessness.

Alfa simply stared at his wife's departure to the doorway, exhaling an annoyed breath and clenching her fingers. But a moment later, the man's attention was fixed on the white envelope that had been removed by Tiara from his bag. Take the envelope slowly and open the contents.

Alfa was shocked beyond measure and guilt instantly perched in her heart. The man then left some money as payment on the table and ran after his wife.