Travel Stories
Too Good to Be True

With just a glance, everyone would be able to tell that the glasses girl was not comfortable there. Sitting at the end of a large sofa capable of "swallowing" her entire body, the girl looked agitated as she continued to gaze at the various corners of the hotel's magnificent lobby. He had repeatedly looked at the simple watch he was wearing before setting his eyes on the elevator door, which he said was even more luxurious than the house he had lived in for 19 years, to then fix his glasses nervously and re-circulate his eyes all over the room.

The girl's name was Erina, and it would be very natural for her to act like that. For a lifetime, the most luxurious hotel he had ever visited was only a 2-star hotel in his school trip field several years ago, and when compared to this place, it was a very expensive hotel, the luxurious building will only be similar to a simple boarding house.

Until now, the girl still could not believe her luck. His love of ancient and historical goods, which always get scorn and ridicule from many people including his parents, will be able to make it here, in the lobby of this very luxurious hotel. Without him intentionally, he met a grandmaster, or master teacher, or chief, or just call it as you please, obviously, he said, this man was truly a very famous person in the field of ancient items and historical objects, even in the world. And Mr. Jardo Sinclair, the man's name, who happened to need help for an event he was going to host in Indonesia, offered to join. Regardless of the value of the service payment with six figures behind the Euro symbol, which may be equivalent to the accumulated salary of his father for 40 years of work if exchanged currency Indonesia, Indonesia, just to work for 25 days, Erina is more excited when she remembers the opportunity to come into contact with the world of antiques and historical objects at this level. This was more than all, making him unable to feel calm, as if a bird was chirping and jumping endlessly in his heart. Especially when a sympathetic figure with a sweet smile seemed to emerge from the elevator door that he had been paying attention to since 10 minutes ago. Erina immediately stood up when she saw the handsome middle-aged man looking at her and walked over. A luxurious black suit wrapped her body, while the small handbag she was carrying, instead made her look even more elegant. A look and apologetic smile appeared on his face as the man stretched out his hands to shake his hand.

"My dear Mademoiselle, very pleased to meet you. Please forgive my savage behavior to let such a beautiful lady like you to wait for me like this." she said gently.

"Emmm.. A.. It's okay, sir. Not long waiting, really. Um, anu.." said the girl in a panic. His foreign language skills were far from good, and unfortunately, everything he trained for this meeting was a mess everywhere.

The man smiled sympathetically, apparently knowing. He patted her gently, trying to calm her down and allowing her to sit down.

"As Miss Erina already knows, I need an assistant for the auction event that I will be holding. The time is about 25 days, and the service fee to be paid is € 250,000,-. Only, if I may remind you, this job will require a lot of time and energy from Miss, and when the employment contract is signed, Miss Erina cannot back away from it. Is this acceptable?" he said in fluent Indonesian, although some of his "bule" accents remained behind in a few words.

Hearing this, Erina looked even more excited.

250,000 Euros for 25 working days!

And that's for something he likes!!!

"Ah, um, I..."

"I'm also fluent in Indonesian, Miss Erina. After all, even in Indonesia really." said the man with a small laugh when he saw the innocent girl sitting in front of him looking confused about what to answer like.

"Ah, is it papa if I'm not good at foreign languages, sir?" asked the girl with a reddened face, who was immediately greeted with a crisp sound of laughter calmed the man down, which apparently also attracted the attention of many women in the lobby.

"It's not an unsolved problem, miss. I'm sure Miss Erina can use the service payment I paid to develop myself in the process, including Miss's current dress and makeup style." replied Mr. Jardo was sympathetic, as the girl sank deeper into the chair she was sitting in with a reddened face, while her mind burned with the desire to get better with the money.

"Right now, I'm just setting up a contract in English. If you don't mind, let me change it to Indonesian and let Nona learn it first before signing it. I don't want the language gap to cause harm to Miss in the future." continued the man gently.

Erina immediately nodded excitedly.

When else would you find a boss this good?

Inevitably, he slightly regretted the bad thoughts that had appeared before. He thought that Mr. Jardo just wanted to sleep with her and trick her into coming here. And now, the man didn't even invite her to the room and just met her in the Lobby with so many people present like this. After all, with so many beautiful women who are "equal" with Mr. A wistful and seemingly full of hungry glances towards the handsome man, Erina felt a little "out of match" and put away this ridiculous thought.

"Okey, if it so, I will revise her contract, and I will expect Miss Erina's arrival back in two hours if Miss doesn't mind?"

"It is not nice to let such a beautiful woman to wait alone in a place like this." she replied with a smile.

Ah, maybe now this person will invite me to his room and show his bully sense, Erina sneered when little implication of this man's words, but it turned out that his estimation was wrong again.

The man grabbed his handbag and took out a wad of money and handed it to the confused looking girl.

"Please use this money. I was hoping to meet my assistant lady in a more elegant look from now on" the handsome man said as he looked at the plain girl more and more confused. "Sorry, there's a sheet stained with my blood, I hope it doesn't make Miss feel uncomfortable."

"Ah, anu, Eh, you mean?"

"Please use this money to buy clothes and or to the salon. I expected a more decent performance from my assistant. So, I'll be able to see Miss again in two hours?" the man replied, still with a sympathetic smile, though a hint of impatience began to emerge from his voice.

"Ah, Good Sir. I'll look better in two hours." said the girl quickly, though nervously, reaching for the pile of money placed on the table.

"good. Please, I will wait for the presence of Miss." he said as he stood up from his chair and shook the girl's hand, and left the glasses girl who was still standing with growing confusion.

Aih, have not yet started work, and already got money...

Looking at the money in her hands, Erina could not help but feel elated. All the bad things he thought nothing happened. The girl left the place, unable to believe the luck she had. His steps are light looking for salons and boutiques to spend money on his hands. His heart was filled with spirit. He did not notice the figure of the young man wearing a dark jumper coming from behind him and walking straight towards him. The young man suddenly ran over and crashed into Erina who was still drowning in the happiness of the fortune he got, pushing her towards the busy crossroads by the vehicle.

Erina was not even surprised.

The smile still had not disappeared from his lips as his body floated up and was greeted by a speeding car. The muffled crackle of the impact rang out loud, as Erina seemed to be able to hear the crackling of her broken bones, tearing apart the flesh and piercing her internal organs. Quickly, draining the life from his body. A thought flashed as the corner of his eye caught the face of the horrifying young man wearing the dark jumper.

"Why is the young man's face so awful? ah, I haven't had time to buy clothes yet..."

The girl's smile did not even have time to disappear from her face as life slowly disappeared from her.

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"This girl is not very sweet. I was only able to produce a little fragrance for you. Try to find a younger one, Do..."

The figure of the dark jumper youth was still continuously engrossed in chewing from something like the flesh of a transparent colored human hand. A simple watch coiled around his wrist, while his saliva seemed to drip from the edge of his mouth. While the handsome man who usually behaved in such a polite manner seemed attentive, making sure the saliva of the young man's figure was perfectly accommodated in the ancient perfume bottle. He did not pay attention at all to the hiss-like talk of the dark-jumper youth. Highlight his greedy eyes, making sure no saliva was spilled on the floor...

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