
Time goes by so fast. A month ago Amanda lived in the Bagaskara family pavilion and a month also she worked in the company became secretary Ardan replaced the old secretary who resigned because he had to follow a husband who worked in another city.
Although Amanda had been Ardan's secretary for a month, she did not necessarily make Ardan's cold attitude melt away. He kept talking as necessary and Amanda didn't bother him at all. Every day they leave together, but Amanda always asks to be dropped off at a place not too far from the company so as not to arouse suspicion and whispers from employees.
"Amanda, please make me and Rio some coffee, take them to my room!" tell Ardan through a wireless intercom that connects directly to Amanda's desk.
"Good, Sir." Amanda, standing up from her chair and stepping into the pantry to make coffee ordered by Ardan.
"Rio, how's your search going? have your men found the woman's whereabouts?" asked Ardan with eyes that remained focused to the monitor screen in front of him.
"No, Dan! it is very difficult to find it, because we have absolutely nothing that we can use to find its existence. Everything is gray." said Rio with a face without a smile, feeling failed to do the order from Ardan.
Ardan sighed with a single bang and rubbed his face violently. "The time given by my mother and father is two months away, has the woman been found in these two months? it seems very impossible, and inevitably I have to keep my promise, to accept whoever the woman who is betrothed to mama and papa."
"As long as there's time, don't be pessimistic, Dan.I will keep trying to find the woman as soon as possible" said Rio, steady.
Tok .. tok .
"Lake in!" yelled Ardan from within.
The sound of the door opening did not make Ardan turn his gaze towards the door, because he knew, what came must be Amanda. It's not that she doesn't want to see Amanda, it's just that she doesn't want to, if she looks at Amanda, she can't control her heart, which has recently been infiltrated by Amanda's name. So Ardan decided to build the highest wall by always being cold to the woman with the two children.
"Here's the coffee, sir," Amanda put a glass of coffee on Ardan's desk.
"Emm," said Ardan coldly with eyes that remained focused toward the monitor, trying to dampen the beating heart rate twice as fast. Moreover, the fragrance of the perfume worn by Amanda reminded her of the perfume worn by the woman she had been looking for all this time.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ardan, Mr. Rio," Amanda bowed a little, then swung her leg, stepped out. Ardan's eyes moved, staring at Amanda's back. And this did not go unnoticed by Rio.
Before Amanda reached the door, someone suddenly opened the door, which made Amanda banged on the forehead and almost fell backward. Ardan reflexively stood up wanting to capture Amanda's body, but he lost quickly to the person who had just walked into Ardan's room.
Without Ardan noticing, his hands clenched, and his jaws hardened looking, the man who was embracing Amanda's waist, let alone Amanda's neutrals clinging to each other. Amanda was surprised, while the man with an enchanted look on Amanda's face.
"How long are you two staring at each other like that?" ketus Ardan with cold and sharp eyes.
The man let go of his embrace, and developed the sweetest smile towards Amanda.
"Eh, sorry, Miss. I didn't mean it!" exclaimed the man with an undated smile from his lips.
"It's okay, Sir. I'm sorry I wanted to go out first" Amanda leaned over and was about to step back out.
"Wait a minute, Miss! If it's not wrong I've seen you on television. You are the mother of two talented children, right? introduce, I'm Bagas," extended her hand towards Amanda and was politely greeted by Amanda.
"Amanda," Amanda's voice sounded soft as she mentioned her name, making someone standing near her great chair feel sultry and claustrophobic, to the point that she had to loosen her tie.
"Emm, do you have a pen?" ask Bagas, who feels ambiguous in Amanda's ears.
"Pena? Mr. Ardan must have, sir. If the pen is on my desk," said Amanda, as it is.
"Oh, is your pen on your desk? but if it's a phone number, now there's got to be, right?"
Brakkk
Ardan subconsciously slammed the documents on the table, making Amanda and Bagas and Rio jump in shock.
"Sir Bagas, isn't it your goal to come here to talk about cooperation? So, don't bother my secretary, she's got a lot of work! __ Amanda you're out now!"
Don't forget Rio, who was smiling faintly, realized that Ardan was now feeling what he called 'jealousy'.
"Ah, you're not cool, Dan. I just want to get to know him. You will know for yourself, if I have been a widower for a long time. Widows meet widows, it's really fitting Dan," chirped Bagas, which makes Ardan's jaw harder.
Yes, Bagas is one of his best friends who is also the CEO also in a property company. Bagas is a widower without children. It's been two years since he divorced his wife who cheated on him.
"Sir Bagas, if your arrival is only to disturb my secretary, you should leave here and come back after your destination is purely for business." Ardan's tone was very cold, even he was acting very formal, inversely proportional to Bagas' relaxed attitude towards him.
"Eits ... eits .. You why the hell, man? sensitive highly. You're coming by the moon again?" Bagas, threw a joke that was completely incapable of making Ardan laugh.
"I don't have time to serve you for jokes. Now let's just talk about cooperation," Ardan's cold attitude has not yet melted away. There is a sense of wanting to hit Bagas face, when remembering the incident that just happened.
Bagas turned his gaze towards Rio, with an eye bead, which was full of questions. "Why him?" although Bagas' voice was not heard, Rio was able to catch and understand what Bagas was asking.
And Rio just shrugged his shoulders, in response, which signified that he did not know either.
Ardan did not look excited when talking about cooperation with Bagas. In addition to still being annoyed with Bagas, he also condemned his stupidity which could be upset, seeing the incident between Amanda and Bagas earlier.
"How, and are you interested in this cooperation?" ask Bagas.
"You just ask Rio, if he agrees, I agree, too" replied Ardan covering himself who had not paid any attention to what Bagas was talking about with Rio.
"It looks very interesting. All right, we agree!" sahut Rio's.
"In that case, I'll return first, I'll have my assistant take care of the contract of cooperation later." Bagas stood up from where he was sitting and went out, after Rio nodded his head assenting. Ardan did not respond at all.
After Bagas came out, Ardan deftly looked at the monitor screen that had been connected with CCTV to Amanda's desk.
Ardan saw, Bagas did not go straight home, instead approaching Amanda to his desk.
Unknowingly, Ardan punched the wireless intersection connecting to Amanda's desk.
"Amanda come in now to my room!" her word.
There was a knock on the door from the outside, which Ardan was sure was none other than Amanda.
"Lake in!" Amanda opened the door slowly and closed it again.
"What's up, sir?" ask Amanda politely.
Instead of answering, Ardan actually focused on looking at the monitor screen in front of him. He smiled faintly, looking at Bagas who was smiling wryly. Bagas let out a disappointed sigh and left Amanda's desk.
"Yes, you can come out now!"
"Did?" Amanda clenched her forehead, staring puzzledly at Ardan. She tried, turning her gaze towards Rio to ask for an explanation, but Rio also pretended not to see her.
Amanda sighed, then twisted her body then stepped out.
"Crazy, what did he call me to try?" Amanda grumbled in her heart.
Tbc