Trapped in the Love of the Employer
An old love story

The phone alarm goes off, when the clock is six o'clock. Jeje who heard her phone ringing, felt the nightstand with her left hand and turned it off. He blinked, and restored his dream-borne consciousness.

Slowly he shifted the body of Fira who was in his arms. His right hand that was used overnight to hold Fira's body, felt a tremendous ache.

Fira's face was not disturbed at all, as Jeje moved Fira's body on the bed. At the sight of Fira's face, Jeje simply smiled. Jeje recalled this now-slumbering woman, not sleeping at all last night. He chattered like a child, all night, and it made Jeje dizzy to listen to him.

Jeje uncovers her blanket, and goes to the bathroom, cleans up and gets ready for the office.

When he was done, with his morning routine, Jeje saw that Fira did not wake up at all. Jeje who could not bear to wake him, chose to go to the office without saying goodbye.

*

Fira opened her eyes slowly, as the sunlight that pierced through the thin curtains in her room disturbed her. Fira looks over to the side of the bed, but does not find Jeje there. In his circular view, look for a wall clock attached to the wall of his room.

"It's nine o'clock" Fira's eyes, which were initially still sleepy, opened wide, when she woke up so late.

Fira goes to the bathroom, looking for Jeje, but doesn't find him there. Then Fira turns to the kitchen, but she doesn't find it either. Fira just thought, if Jeje has gone to work.

He's looking for his cell phone, to call Jeje. But he had not had time to contact Jeje, he saw a message on his phone that Jeje sent on the front screen of his phone.

Fira opened it, and saw the contents of the message that Jeje sent, the first message said, if you ask me why I am not beside you, the answer is that I have left for work, in bubai emotion love behind her. Fira saw the message delivery clock, and it was written at eight.

Fira turned to the second message, which read, If you ask me why I did not wake you, the answer is because I did not have the heart, seeing you who was fast asleep. Fira saw the time of sending the message, and it was written eight more than 1 minute, it means this message was sent in a row.

And turning to the last message, which read, I've already ordered food for you, and I put it on the dinner table, so eat it.

"He already knew I was going to ask this" Fira laughed at Jeje who was very expert at guessing herself.

When he was busy opening Jeje's message, Fira saw one message that was listed number only, entering his messaging application. There was no profile picture in her, so Fira didn't know who the number belonged to. Fira opened it and read it. The message says, I miss you so much. Fira immediately frowned, she was confused as to who sent such a message. But at once he dismissed his curiosity, because he thought, maybe just the wrong person sent or maybe a prankster.

Finally Fira went to the dining table, ate, ate the food that Jeje had prepared. While eating breakfast, the tone of the message in Fira's phone rang, it was a sign there was an incoming message again. And guess what, Jeje sent the message. Fira reads it, and it turns out that Jeje asked her to have lunch together.

After having breakfast too late, Fira continued to clean up and prepared for Jeje's office.

*

Fira looked at the clock on her wrist. It turns out that the clock is eleven-thirty, and it hasn't been in Jeje's break. "Still at this hour" murmured Fira as he walked into Jeje's company building.

"Miss Zhafira," Valeria said as she looked at Fira, in front of Jeje's room.

"Hi Miss Varleria," Fira smiled back at Valeria's greeting.

"Do you want to see Mr. Gajendra?,"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Pak Gajendra and Mr. Reza have not returned from meeting the client," explained Valeria, "Why if you, wait in Mr. Gajendra's room only," he bargained, and immediately let Fira into Jeje's room.

Fira enters Jeje's room, and sits on the sofa in Jeje's room.

"Do you want a drink?" ask Valaria politely.

"No thanks," rejected Fira subtly, "Can you accompany me," the lazy Pinta Fira waited alone in Jeje's room.

Valeria nodded, and accompanied Fira in Jeje's room.

"Yes, I feel right here,"

"Don't be too formal, I'm not your boss" said Fira, who heard my words used by Valeria. Valeria agrees to Fira's request.

"How long have you been dating Jeje?" suddenly Fira hesitated to ask Valeria. Maybe because there is no chatter to talk about anymore Fira thought.

Valaria chuckled, "Lumayan lama, but only status," Valeria replied to Fira.

Both of Fira's eyebrows are raised, confused by the word only status thrown by Valeria. "meaning?."

"She asked me to be her lover, because she wanted to be seen moving on?" Valeria explained.

Fira remembers a little how she came to Valeria's party. Jeje also makes her a pretend boyfriend, just because she wants to be seen moving on. It seems that it is Jeje's habit, inner Fira.

"Did you love her?, when she was her lover?" Fira, who was aware that her relationship that started from pretending to be serious, was moved to ask as well.

"We just seem to love each other, but in fact we think of our relationship more, as friendship."

"Why can that be," Fira is increasingly confused by Jeje's past.

Valeria chuckled, "Because I love other people and vice versa Jeje,"

Fira is increasingly confused by Jeje's old love story. They are dating but they do not love each other.

"I was betrothed by my father, and I loved that man, even though he ended up betraying me," Valeria was so sad to remember that, as she continued her story.

Fira who saw Valaeria was sad, feeling bad. "I'm sorry, I brought up your old love."

"It's okay" she replied smiling.

Fira had not yet asked who the woman Jeje loved, the door of Jeje's room was open.

"Honey," call Jeje when you see Fira.

Fira, who saw Jeje enter her room, was shocked and immediately stood up.

"Have you been a long time?" he asked, kissing Fira's head.

"No, not yet" he answered briefly. Fira feels bad for Valeria, as Jeje shows his affection in front of Valeria.

Valeria who was looking at Jeje and Fira, just smiled. And say goodbye to coming out just after Jeje came.

"Are you tired of waiting for me?" tanyanya played Fira's hair as the two of them were already sitting on the sofa.

"No, because Valeria was with me."

"What are you doing with him?"

Fira who gets the question is confused, willing to answer what, because there is no way he answers discussing Jeje's old love story.

"Just ask, whether he feels at home working here or not," Fira was forced to lie.