The Tarnished Virgin (Danu Alfaendra)
Chapter 9

Danu has to investigate Linda, a waitress at an Andalusian cafe who delivered drinks to Maura last night, but apparently the waitress has resigned.

"Sorry, Linda is no longer working here" replied one of the employees at the Andalusian cafe when Danu asked her about Linda

Danu grew suspicious of the woman named Linda, "So she's resigned?"

"Yes, mas. He resigned suddenly last night, even though his work was good and diligent" replied the cafe employee.

"Hm yes, mbak. Thanks for the information." said Danu, he left the cafe.

Danu got into the car parked in front of the cafe, he immediately fiddled with his laptop, entering some codes to be able to enter the site owned by the Andalusian cafe.

Click!

He also pressed enter.

Eventually Danu managed to get into the site owned by Andalusian cafes, including CCTV footage that was there, he just wanted to find evidence that Linda had included stimulants in Maura's orange juice and look for data on employees there.

"Damn!" Danu snorted in annoyance, apparently the CCTV footage that was removed last night, maybe Linda did it.

Danu is increasingly suspicious of the woman named Linda, she immediately searches for data about Linda on her laptop, so that data about Linda appears on the laptop screen.

Name: Linda

Age: 22 Years

Last Education: High School

Last School: Space High School

Children: 1

Husband: -

Address: Mangga Tiga Road

"Is Linda a single parent?" muttered Danu, then Danu's eyes were fixed on the name of the high school in the data, apparently Linda and her half sister had attended the same High School.

"His former waitress was once a school with Maura, if you look at her age, it looks like they're one class." Is it possible that Linda has a personal grudge against Maura?

Angkasa High School is a very large school and has many classes, so it is only natural that Maura does not remember Linda, because the number of students there is quite a lot. It's possible that Maura and Linda have never been one class even though one class.

That day Danu came to Linda's address, but unfortunately Linda was gone, the house she had contracted to vacate. That woman is truly mysterious.

"Where'd he go?" Danu is not a psychic, he will not be able to guess easily the existence of someone, it makes it frustrating.

Danu tries to find information about Linda to the neighbors who are there, but it turns out they do not really recognize the figure of Linda because Linda may often move rented.

Since it was night, Danu had to stop for a moment to do his investigation of Linda. Today was quite tiring, so he decided to go home to the apartment immediately.

Once in front of the apartment, Danu saw Nadia waiting for him at the door. The woman smiled at the arrival of the beloved. "Hi dear."

"Nadia? Why didn't you say you wanted to come here?"

Nadia is the only boyfriend left, Danu hopes to have feelings for the woman. Nadia is a mature, beautiful woman, and she is also a businessman. What is the lack of Nadia? Danu should have fallen in love with that woman, but why is it so hard?

"I miss you so much, but you didn't respond at all to my message" the 28-year-old replied in a disappointed tone.

"I'm sorry, I'm so busy today" Danu said, inserting a digit in the door password.

As soon as the door opened, Danu and Nadia entered the apartment. Danu immediately sat on the sofa maybe because of fatigue, Nadia sat there, hugging Danu's body.

"Dear." Nadia always calls Danu dear.

"Hm?"

Danu and Nadia's relationship has been two weeks, they became acquainted when Nadia became a client in The Darkness, where Danu worked. Nadia falls in love at first sight with Danu and approaches Danu recklessly.

For Danu no problem, because he is indeed looking for a future wife, who knows Nadia can make him fall in love, because he is looking for a wife, so he accepts Nadia's love on condition that in one month Danu can not love her then Danu will end his relationship with Nadia. Not only to Nadia, but Danu gave these conditions to all the women he had dated, but unfortunately sometimes there are some ex who did not take it for granted, he said, even though they know that Danu is a playboy.

Danu is very ambitious to want to get married first than Maura, maybe because her pride will collapse if she must be stepped over by her half-sister, let alone her two best friends are married and have children.

Danu did not answer, why after he lost his virginity by Maura, making him not eager to do anything, let alone the recording on CCTV it makes him continue to imagine it.

Does he have to take it out on Nadia? Who knew he could forget the hot night that happened between him and Maura.

Drrr!

Drrr!

Drrr!

Danu's phone shook, she immediately let go of Nadia's embrace, read the message that entered her phone, apparently there was a message from the father.

[And tonight your mother cooked your favorite, stopped by here.]

Her stepmother Danu is a very good woman, therefore Danu disagrees if anyone says that all stepmothers are evil, the proof is that Bu Mira always treated Danu very well and raised Danu until this age with all her heart.

"Sorry, Nadia. I have to go."

Nadia was very upset that Danu had cast her out subtly, "Well, that's it. We just met. I miss you so much, baby."

"I'm sorry, I have dinner with my family."

With a feeling of annoyance, Nadia immediately left Danu's apartment. He misses Danu a lot, but Danu instead chooses to have dinner with his family.

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Vishnu and Mira find there is something strange about Danu and Maura's attitude, usually if they meet always like dogs and cats, always fighting. Especially when Danu was still living in one house with them, the house was always noisy with the quarrel of the sister and brother.

To be honest Danu and Maura are very awkward, want to try to forget the incident last night, but still always crossed their minds.

"How's mom's cooking, Dan?" ask Mira to the stepson whom she already considers as her biological child.

Mira thought maybe Danu was so exhausted that she didn't say much, choosing to focus on the food she had for dinner.

"Very good, ma'am." replied Danu, although she actually did not have a taste for food, but she wanted to appreciate the feelings of her stepmother who had cooked her favorite food.

Maura did not want her parents to be suspicious, so she had to behave as usual to Danu. "Kak Danu has always loved chicken tongseng. If you cook chicken barrels, Danu's sister will always eat a lot, until her cheeks are full." He pretended to be chuckling while developing his cheeks.

Danu looked at Maura, from the first he knew that his sister was indeed very adorable and beautiful, it was only natural that many men liked her. But he was annoyed to see Maura's usual attitude, until he thought why Maura easily forgets last night's events, while only himself is tormented.

While Vishnu and Mira laugh at the words of Maura.

"And it's from a small do and eat, but unfortunately his stomach is not bloated. But it's good to have strong muscles like this." Vishnu said as he rubbed his son's arm, revealing his burly muscles.

Maura stopped laughing, she swallowed the saliva imagining how dashing Danu's body was when not wearing clothes, clearly visible the muscular muscles in the body of the stepbrother, making him shake his head, he said, anyway, he had to forget what happened that night.

"That's because Danu works out a lot, not because she eats a lot." Mira responded to her husband's words.

"How about you stay here? You haven't stayed in a long time, Dan?" Vishnu is eager for his son to stay at home, Danu's room and Maura's room are located upstairs, while the parents' room and guest room are downstairs.

Danu and Maura were flabbergasted to hear that, they used to look ordinary sleeping in the next room, even Maura often went into Danu's room if she wanted to confide in her stepbrother, but why now did they feel their hearts pounding was not because of it.

Maura hoped that Danu would not stay at home, she felt very awkward. "Sister Danu's busy, dad. Can't be..."

Danu cut off Maura's words, "Yes, dad. I don't think it's wrong for me to stay here tonight. I miss my old room so much." The man said as he stared intently at Maura.

Maura felt something was strange with Danu's gaze on her, until she thought what was Danu thinking of her? There's no way Danu would want to ask for a re-scene on her?