Zahra's Last Port
23. Zahra's Explanation

On the way Ricard seemed to be speechless, he focused only on driving and never once asked Zahra a word. Zahra who knew if Ricard was angry with him began to break the silence in the car.

"Ricard, sorry! I know I'm wrong but I really don't mean to worry you" Zahra said guiltily.

"Here you are, you need not apologize to me, I am nothing to you and I have no right to be angry with you." Ricard replied seriously without turning his gaze towards Zahra.

Hearing Ricard's words, Zahra's heart was like that of a thousand knives. "His words are true, but why does my heart ache when it speaks that way." - Zahra.

Looking at Zahra who opened the car window and pulled out her head immediately Ricard stopped his car.

"What are you trying to do! it's late at night! it's not good to be exposed to the night wind" Ricard said and immediately opened his seatbelt and pulled Zahra's shoulder.

"You! you're crying!" ask Ricard.

"No!" answer Zahra briefly.

"Ra, I'm sorry, maybe my words just made you sad" Ricard said, erasing the clear details on Zahra's cheeks.

Zahra's heart rate instantly boomed when faced with Ricard with such a close distance. "Ra, I love you! I know you may not be able to forget your ex-lover, but please give me one chance to be happy for you" Ricard said while cleaning up the remaining clear details on Zahra's cheek.

"Ricard I'm sorry, but I can't forget Donny, nor do I want to look selfish and accept you with my heart still in love with others." Zahra replied honestly.

"Well, I'll always wait for you until you accept me!" ricard said back and immediately pulled his body away from Zahra and drove back.

"Sleep! I'll build you when we get here." Ricard said.

In the next day Zahra chose to cook breakfast for friends and also to her three brothers.

Almost an hour in the kitchen, he finally finished preparing some dishes for their breakfast. Zahra who was still sleepy chose to sleep back on the sofa after preparing breakfast.

Nora, Prily and the others who had been up and had finished bathing chose to sit together in the living room but all looked surprised to see Zahra sleeping on the sofa.

Surprised they saw not only Zahra, but some dishes on the dining table. They smiled and admired Zahra without waking her up.

Fahreza, Novan and the others immediately headed to the Zahra Apartment but they were detained by Naysila.

"You want to go in it's okay but don't be noisy" said Naysila.

"What's the matter, baby?" ask Fahreza.

"Zahra looked tired, after ordering us breakfast and he was sleeping on the sofa" said Nay.

They came in and sat together in the living room. Until the moment Zahra woke up he looked surprised to see everything was staring at him.

You guys have breakfast first! I'm gonna take a shower." Zahra ran to her room because she was ashamed to see the gazes of all her.

"When we woke up, Ricard wasn't there." Fahreza replied.

After all finished breakfast, they chose to regroup in the living room. Everyone stared intently at Zahra and Adri. But Zahra and Adri with normal expressions only returned their gazes.

When Adri and Zahra looked towards their older brother who was staring at them like they wanted to eat immediately shouted.

"OK okay we will explain everything." cried Zahra when she saw Fahreza who was about to advance towards her and Adry.

Zahra took a deep breath and began to tell me. "Sister, this isn't the first time I've been lost hiking, but I really don't want to worry you guys. But every last day of hiking, I walked around the peak to get some photos that later made me an inspiration when I painted. And as for Adri ka, who did not tell the brother was my request." Zahra knelt in front of Fahreza and the others.

"It's all my fault, I can't take care of him. It's up to you to punish me." Selah Adry and pull Zahra to stand but Zahra does not want to make Adry exposed to the anger of Fahreza.

"You stand on your knees like that, brother doesn't like you kneeling like this! but you have to promise not to do it again and you're Adri you won't get your monthly stipend for next month" Fahreza said and walked forward to pull Zahra to his feet.

"Thank you brother!" adry said happily even though he would not receive his month's money.1

Zahra hugged Fahreza and said. "Silver thank you" said Zahra, hugging Fahreza. Afterwards he walked towards Adri and said slowly. "Relax I will give you monthly money" she said, winking her eyes.

This time Alfian spoke up.

"Actually the breakfast was, not in deliv but rather the cook's beloved." s3ru Alfian.

Prily and the others looked in disbelief and looked towards Zahra. Zahra smiled at the expressions of her friends.

"Since when! Boss tau cook" asked Nora and Rere.

"Actually I have a couple of restaurants here near the center of the conversation and are supervised by Prily. I've been running this business for a long time since I earned my chef title in California." explains Zahra. Prily seemed overwhelmed because as long as she lived with Zahra she never knew if her boss was good at cooking.

"And what's the connection between you and Dr. Bimo?" ask Fahreza.

"My relationship with Dr. Bimo is only a friend. Every time I have trouble Dr. Bimo is always there for me, at first I admire him but only to admire him no more."

"But ever since he made his feelings known, I started to keep my distance from him because my friend Lilian loved him so much. So I chose to go back to Indonesia, about a year or so I didn't communicate with him." explained Zahra.

"A month when I was coming here for a study I accidentally met Dr. Bimo at the restaurant. I also asked Dr. Bimo to sit with us for breakfast, slowly the land of our friendship began to improve when I was about to leave even he who drove me to the Airport. It's just that it's nothing more" explained Zahra honestly without exaggerating or reducing the words Adry said at the top.

"All right!" fahreza

"Our boss is back first" said Rere and others simultaneously.

"Thank you! and sorry to bother you." Zahra replied with a smile.

"That's our duty" they replied.