TIME (For A Taste )
CHAPTRE 85

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A device called an intercom reads on one of the cubicle tables on a floor in an office building.

The intercom that sounded like it was an intercom in Malia's work cubicle.

“Ya?.” Malia said after she lifted the handle of the intercom unit on the cubicle table Malia work, which she immediately put in her ear.

“Mba Lia, something new.” A voice from the intercom.

The voice belonged to the receptionist on the floor where Malia's work division was located.

Hearing the words of the receptionist named Icha, made Malia frown small.

“Who, Cha? ..” asked Malia at the receptionist named Icha.

“Long standing Mba Lia said.”

Icha answered Malia's question.

“My old menu?”

Malia asked again.

Malia scrunched her forehead.

‘My old menu?’ inner Malia. ‘Who?’ then wondered for himself in his heart.

“Iya Mba,” Reply Icha.

“Name?”

“Irsyad.”

“Hah?! Who?!”

Malia jumped, until she cried out spontaneously, to make the friends of the division near Malia suddenly look at her, without Malia realizing it.

“It's really the name of the person who was looking for me, Cha?!” Malia.

Malia couldn't believe what she had just heard.

Besides Malia really felt surprised by what was conveyed by the receptionist on the floor of her work section.

“Iya, Mba .. This guest guy Mba Lia said that his name was Irsyad ..” said Icha.

‘This is the real Irsyad that came with?’ Malia really does not believe that Irsyad came to her place of work to deliberately meet her. ‘Ga maybe Irsyad apart from Irsyad that I know and know right??.’

“Mba Lia want to meet ga?” tanya Icha then, who made Malia gasp from her daydream just a moment ago.

“Eh, yes .. tell wait.”

Malia answered, standing up from her seat.

Then Malia walked a little quickly to get to the lobby of the floor where she worked, ignoring the questions of her close co-workers, as well as several other Malia co-workers who noticed the panic-looking Malia gelagat in their eyes.

Because what's in Malia's brain right now is wanting to ascertain what it really is if it's the Irsyad Malia knows who's coming to see her now. Malia was curious, and her heart felt a little careless. ‘Keep if it's really Irsyad, why did he suddenly come here to meet me?.’

Malia wondered in her heart.

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MALIA

I can't believe what my eyes are seeing right now. The irsyad Icha said - the melodious-voiced receptionist, was really the only Irsyad I knew, that I knew. Who was now throwing me a smile, when he saw me coming from the inside of the floor where my division of work was.

“Hai, Lia ..” Irsyad who had stood up and smiled at me when he saw me appear, greeted me by not removing his smile.

“K-sister Irsyad,” I greeted back with a surprised look.

“How are you, Lia?” Irsyad stretched out his hand to shake with me.

“Good Brother.”

I answered naturally and welcomed his hand.

But I realized that I and Irsyad were shaking hands for a little while.

Until I realized it, then I first pulled my hand slowly.

“Sorry yes, I interrupted your working time? .” said Irsyad.

“No problem, Brother.”

Once again I answered reasonably, revealing a smile that I felt was also at a reasonable rate.

Irsyad also threw a smile at me.

A little wider than before.

While my brain was thinking, my heart was wondering, in connection with Irsyad coming to my office.

Irsyad really deliberately came to my office, it was to meet me, is it? ....

I think he's back in London.

“Eeumm-s. Brother Irsyad came here---“

“Mau found you, Lia ..”

Irsyad who seemed to know what question I wanted to ask, immediately cut my sentence.

“For?” I asked Irsyad. I asked normally, but my heart was quite surprised. Irsyad really came here to see me.

But for what?.

And I was waiting for Irsyad's answer, regarding his interest in coming to my office purposely to see me here.

“You chat aja Li .. We haven't seen each other for a long time, and no communication either .. And I lost your number (And I lost your number ), when I moved apartment.”

I pulled the corner of my lips when Irsyad answered my question.

“Maybe my old phone fell somewhere, when I moved. When there is free time and want to try to chat with you in the messenger, your icon is always invisible .... And I forgot to ask for your phone number when we met in Groove.”

“Oh yes, yes... We had a very short chat in Groove ..” I chimed in the words of Irsyad.

“Iya ..” says Irsyad. And a moment later, we threw each other smiles. Smile awkwardness.

“Uuummm, Brother ..” call me on Irsyad.

“Ya? ..” sahut.

“Sorry very much in advance ..” I showed Irsyad a smile.

It felt a little bad, but I have to tell Irsyad.

“It's still my working hours. So I don't think I can spend a long time seeing Irsyad now ..”

Not to throw him out, but I'm just trying to be professional at my place of work.

I can't be relaxed about receiving private guests at my work hours.

“Iya ..”

Irsyad.

“Sorry yes interrupt your working time, Lia.”

“Ga what, Brother ..”

“I'm here because I want to invite you to chat later after you work.”

And Irsyad's invitation surprised me a little.

“Can?” asked Irsyad while looking at me.

“Iya, may ...” I reply, and Irsyad instantly creates a smile.

“About what time?...” ask Irsyad again.

“Uumm .... I can't give you time for sure, because you want a meeting. Fear long and not in time to return home hours after the meeting ...”.

“Ga problem anyway.”

Irsyad still spoke without taking off her smile.

“I asked for your contact number huh? ....”

“Iya ...”

I also typed my contact number in Irsyad's phone, which he put to me.

I refused because I thought Irsyad was looking for me in my office.

At once wondering in my heart, why did Irsyad bother looking for me and want to see me again?.

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My phone shook after my meeting was over.

I immediately grabbed my phone that I kept in my work blazer pocket.

The floating message on my phone lock screen was a chat message from Reiji.

‘Yang, later I can not pick up ga what?. I was in Cengkareng anyway, but there was a bit of trouble and I had to attend a meeting. Meet at the apartment ya?’

And I also answered Reiji's chat message with, ‘Ok!’.

Here are the thumb emoticons that come with it.

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And I saw one more chat message under Reiji's contact number.

Irsyad.

‘Sorry disturb Lia. Just want to make sure you have any time to meet with me today.’

I forgot about my appointment with Irsyad.

I'm in a real dilemma. But .....

‘Oh yes sorry Brother I just finished meeting. Where to meet?’

I finally accepted Irsyad's invitation.

Not long ago my chat message to Irsyad got a reply from him.

Irsyad asked about our meeting place.

‘PP?’

I proposed a mall that was in the area of General Sudirman.

Irsyad agreed to it.

I'd like to suggest meeting up at Groove actually, but I thought if I chose that place, as if I wanted to reminisce about my memories and Irsyad, here's the guy I'm going to meet later that afternoon.

And now, my thoughts were on Reiji.

Should I tell Reiji about Irsyad? .....

Again I'm in a dilemma.

I want to be honest with Rei actually.

But I was worried that Reiji would be prejudiced, like I was once prejudiced by Shirly.

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Malia's working hours are over at her office.

After the meeting, Malia was no longer preoccupied with her work. Just clean up the file that was the meeting material only.

So until the working hours are over, after a file of material that is not how much Malia neatenkan, he berleha-leha in the cubicle and chat casually with friends of one division that has been close to him.

As well as answering their questions about Malia's anger before the meeting.

“There are old friends I came here. Haven't met for a long time, then he came here, yes I was surprised aja.”

As soon as Malia's answer to her division friend who saw Malia's anger earlier.

And Malia's colleagues who asked that only responded with a lot of joy.

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MALIA

‘We meet in PP or do you want me to pick up?’

A chat message from Irsyad after I agreed to make time to meet him, and to have determined our meeting place.

‘Find there aja.’

My reply to Irsyad.

‘Place?’ ask Irsyad again in his chat message.

‘Kak Irsyad only choose.’ The answer I wrote and sent to Irsyad, who was soon to reply.

‘Ok.’

A reply from Irsyad, after which he sent the name of his restaurant of his choice as our place to meet.

The dilemma I felt again.

Why should I accept Irsyad's invitation for us to meet again and ‘chat’?.

Chat .....

He didn't make the call to 'chat' after he got comfortable in London.

Why just now?.

And shouldn't I reject the invitation to ‘chat’, so that my heart no longer feels disturbed?.

But the other side of my heart wants that.

Meet and ‘chat’ with Irsyad.

Time ‘chat’ which why new Irsyad cetuskan now?.

By the time I've become ‘belonging to people’.

Oh no, I don't need to regret for some time lately about Irsyad not having time to ‘chat’ with me.

Maybe the side of my heart who wants to meet with this Irsyad, is encouraging me to finish my ‘chat’ with Irsyad. Perhaps, my heart is tired of being disturbed by that one name. Irsyads.

As part of my determination, to make Irsyad the past.

The past one hour later I met in a restaurant, ah not a restaurant, because on the way Irsyad said if he would wait for me in a coffee shop.

A coffee shop whose name is, why does it sound like satire, or whatever it is, to me.

Why should Irsyad choose a place that has the ‘Kemangan’ appendage behind it?!.

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