The Temptation of the Former
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After taking a shower and dressing casually, Johan comes back down to lunch with his mother and Jihan. Arriving at the dinner table, he was stunned to see Jihan with her hair bun up preparing food on the dining table along with several other maids.

"Ehm .. I'm ready, I'm very hungry" Johan said.

"What ... oh this, a little more done, please sit down first," said Jihan.

Johan sat in his chair as usual, he just kept staring at Jihan, watching every move Jihan made, Johan knew this was the same feeling as before, after hearing Kinan's story yesterday, after hearing Kinan's story, the once buried love is now slowly resurrecting.

"Joe!" mary exclaimed as she found her son daydreaming.

Johan immediately realized from his daydream, "Mother Just be surprised," said Johan.

"Ever time you daydream until the moment, mother called until she did not hear" said Maria.

Jihan came with a piece of fruit that had been prepared by the waiter who was in the kitchen.

"Jihan .. Come here, we eat together" Maria told Jihan.

Jihan was sitting next to Maria, actually she was so awkward to eat with Johan at her house. If it wasn't for Johan's mother being so kind to him, maybe he would never have wanted to.

"Eat a lot of Jihan," said Maria.

"Yes ma'am .. thank you," said Jihan.

"I'm a little uncomfortable if you call me madam, just call aunty or mother is also okay," said Maria managed to make Jihan choke on water.

"Are you okay?" ask Johan khwatir.

"Yes, sir, I'm fine" said Jihan.

Calling Mary mother, making an impression too close for Jihan, he did not want to be too shackled in the mass entanglement along with Johan, this was all purely as a form of respect for Mary, and so he was ready to come.

Jihan glanced at Johan at a glance, for some reason Johan looked very cheerful today, unlike Johan who always acted cold and arrogant while in the office, it's like rediscovering the figure of Jo's sister whom he loved first.

"Well from now on I'll just call my aunt" Jihan told Maria.

"That's better to hear" said Maria.

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After lunch, Jihan decided to go home. Jihan was given various kinds of food and cakes by Maria, but she only gave Maria a banana sponge, but when she came home her hands brought a lot of paper bags containing food.

"Thank you, Jihan, play again next time" Maria said.

"Yes aunty" said Jihan.

"Sir, please send Jihan home" said Maria to her driver.

"Let me ma'am, I have a little business outside, " said Johan who suddenly came.

"No sir, I'll take a taxi" Jihan refused.

"It's jihan, don't refuse" said Maria.

"All right," said Jihan.

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Johan and Jihan are on their way, but Jihan looks straight at Johan, as Johan takes the opposite path to return home.

"This is not the way to my house" Jihan said.

"We need to talk for a while" Johan said.

Johan thought this was the right time to have a serious talk with Jihan, to make things clear, to finish the unresolved, to the point of not having to drag on like this.

Jihan looked at Johan with a thousand question marks, what other things would Johan talk to her, every Johan made her curious like this, like this, he will feel anxious because he really does not like this condition.

Johan parked his car in a parking lot of a fairly tall apartment building. Johan and Jihan get out of the car, and Jihan approaches Johan with a thousand question marks.

"Why are we here?, isn't this an apartment?" ask Jihan.

"Follow it, you'll know for yourself" Johan said, then grabbed Jihan's hand, clasped her tightly so that Jihan walked in her footsteps.

Jihan was panicking, because Johan wasn't talking about why Johan brought her here.

Johan did not flinch he continued to pull Jihan's hand until entering the elevator to the twenty floor, the apartment.

Arriving on the twentieth floor, Johan again pulled Jihan's hand, to walk after her, until she reached the door of one of the apartment units.

Johan took Jihan in by force. Arriving inside, Johan releases his hand from Jihan's arm.

Jihan who had wanted to curse Johan, but he seemed to forget that when he saw the contents of the apartment, every detail, wall, furniture, every edelweiss flower displayed in every corner of the room.

"Do you remember this" Johan said.

"What does this mean" said Jihan, stepping over, watching every corner of the room that was exactly the same as her dream.

"I know you must remember, this was part of our wonderful plan in the past, when I was in America, I bought this apartment, I bought this apartment, and design every corner of the room in accordance with your ideals first. I thought when I came back to Indonesia, I had a place to vent my frustration when I remembered you again, I've been imagining slamming every item that's in here when I'm upset to remember your betrayal" Johan said.

"I'm sorry but I'm not who you imagined me to be" Jihan said.

"Yes, I know that, I've heard everything from Kinan, I'm so sorry for Listening to Vita's words back then" Johan said regretfully.

"I've forgotten it, so you don't have to regret it, it's all long gone, it's nothing to remember, it's just my wish that I don't want anymore, Johan Alexander and brother Jo are two different people" said Jihan who now turned to Johan.

Johan turned to look at Jihan, he put both hands on both sides of Jihan's shoulders, Johan's eyes to the point of tears considering all the humiliation he had given Jihan.

"Give me one more chance, to fix it all" Johan said, staring intently at Jihan who was now only a short distance away from him.

Jihan shook her head, then pushed Johan away from her, "No. I can't, I can't" Jihan said as she lowered her gaze.

"Why?" ask Johan lirih.

"I'm not ready to start a relationship with anyone even with you" Jihan said.

"I'll wait" said Johan.

"Don't wait" said Jihan.

Johan, grabbing Jihan's hands together, then grasped her tightly.

"Well, if that's what you want, I get it, but I'm sure one day you'll come back to me, I'm not forcing it or waiting for it to flow as it should. Can I hear you call my name like I used to, I miss it so much.

"I. .. can't" said Jihan.

"Again," Johan pleaded.

Jihan closed her eyes for a moment, breathing quite heavily.

"Sister Jo," said Jihan.

Johan instantly flashed his smile, he really couldn't help it anymore, Johan grabbed Jihan's neck, and with a quick movement they fused together, feeling each other's sense of taste now clashing, and the sense of touch, Jihan looks stiff and thrashing at first, but the deeper she gets, the more she is able to keep up with Johan.

If this is the last one for me and him, let me forget, who I am and who he is" Jihan said.

Johan pushed Jihan's body against the wall, deepened, and faster, Johan paused, took a breath, then went back to doing it again, as if venting longing seven years apart.

After a while, Jihan pushes Johan's body away from her, as she is already out of breath, and is more than enough.

"I want to go home" said Jihan.

Jihan walked, about to get out of the apartment, but was immediately prevented by Johan.

" I'm sorry. Promise me one thing, you won't get angry and stay away from me" Johan said staring fixedly at Jihan.

"I wouldn't get angry and stay away, if you could keep your attitude, let's just say it was our parting gift seven years ago. Please let me live quietly without demands, I beg you," Jihan said.

"I understand, will obey all your wishes" Johan said.

"My first wish, I want to go back to the financial staff section" Jihan said.

"If that's what you want, I'll say it" Johan said with a heavy heart.

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