CHAPTER 4 : LUNA MY FRIEND

hat morning, Candy had a jogging, she had it almost every morning. Suddenly Hanson came up and ran together beside her " Hey where have you been, why did you suddenly came up here ?"

"I was having jogging a while ago but then I saw an old man fell down while having a walk at the park, so I helped him get up and accompany him for a while. Then I saw you came here, so I'm back to my track again now." he replied her while still running beside her.

Candy suddenly stopped, she worried about the old man "Oh , so how is the old man now, is he OK ?"

"Yes he's fine now, he's sitting on that bench, can you see him ?" he pointed at a bench about 200 m aways from them.

"Well, OK then, let's continue our jogging !"

"So, what will you cook for today's breakfast ?"

Candy thought for a while "Mmm... maybe just fish with corn soup, why ?"

"Sounds yummy, can I have it some ?" he got interested hearing her menu, he tried to be close to her, since he interested on her.

"Sure" deep down in her heart she's wondering "Why this man suddenly want to try my cooking ?"

But to Hanson "Ah... it's a good chance to get closer to her !"

They went back to their apartment half an hour later. Candy had a shower right after she got into her apartment, she began to prepare to cook for her soup after it.

She heard the door bell rang while she was cooking, she opened the door and Hanson was there.

He came up with a bottle of orange juice "I have orange juice here, let's have it together !"

"Oh that will be great ! Thank you, please come on in ! I haven't done cooking the soup yet. Just wait for five minutes."

"No problem, Do you need some help ?"

"No, just wait for a while it's almost finish." she left him back to cook.

The smell of her shampoo and her body wash refreshed him when she back to the kitchen, he followed her behind and seeing her cooking. Candy felt disturbed by his existence "Just sit in that chair sir, I'll be finished in few minutes !" He went back to the chair then and waited her patiently.

They had their breakfast together that morning, Candy did all the dishes by herself. "How is the taste ? Do you like it ?"

"Hmm your soup taste good ! You should try my cooking also another time OK ?"

"Sure ! It's a good idea !"

Hanson suddenly thought an idea "Don't you think it'll be great if we take turn to cook for our meal then we eat together like this ? It can save time and money."

She thought for a while "Well.... sounds interesting, let me consider about it."

Hanson tried to convinced her in advance "How about we go shopping tonight, after office hour, before we go home ?"

"Let's see what time will I finish my work today. I'll inform to you later"

Hanson was still trying to push his idea to her "Just don't work till late at night ! Or you can take your work home, maybe I can help you with it ?"

Candy felt she's been invaded by him "Let me think about it OK ?"

She said to herself "What's wrong with boss ? Why he insisted to be together with me all the time ? Ouw scary !" She was trying to figure out how to make a distance between them.

Hanson felt Candy was trying to draw a line between them, he understood with her positions, he didn't want to make gossips of them, it would ruined his reputation also. It's just sometime her existence tempted him to get closer and to know her better. But for now he realized he had to endure it and not crossing the line too much, it would scare her.

That day his mom Selina called.

"Han, do you have time this week end ?"

Hanson replied her back "What do you want from me mom ?" He had thought her mom would set him a blind date again.

Selina tried to make an appointment with him "I want to see you this Saturday, can I have lunch together with you ?"

Hanson had guest her motive "Do you plan to set me up to another blind date again ?"

Selina denied him "No, I just want to see you, it's been a while I haven't seen my son. I miss you son !"

"Why don't you just go to see me in my apartment then ?"

"Well, I want to have a nice meal together with you ! How about we meet at that nice restaurant inside the mall near your apartment ?" she's still trying to persuade him

He finally gave up "OK I'll see you this Saturday at 12 noon."

"OK see you there son !" Selina cheered up with joy in her mind "Yes, I did it !"

Hanson saw the clock already at six, everybody had left the office, only one or two people left, he saw Candy still working on her desk. He texted her to go home now. She couldn't reject him, she knew his text is an order, so she texted him back to wait for five minutes for her to wrapped things up. Then they went for shopping that night before they got into their apartment.

She told him she had ordered take away food at the office and had ate her dinner. Hanson a bit disappointed, but he insisted her to join him breakfast tomorrow, he would cook for both of them, she agreed to him finally.

The other night, Hanson called her to his apartment to worked overtime since the deadline was getting closer. She was hesitate at first but she had to obey him and she saw the deadline was getting closer, so she tried to get used to it after few times spend some time at his apartment and had breakfast together with him.

She said to herself "His cooking not bad ! I'm not that good like him, it will be a good idea to have his breakfast next time !" Then breakfast time made them getting closer to each other day by day. Candy began to feel relax when she was with him after a while.

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That saturday Candy was planning to have gym in the morning then she planned to go shopping some new cloth. She didn't had breakfast together with Hanson that morning. She had jogging first then she continued to have some exercise at the gym, there she met Marvin.

"Hi Candy ! Are you regular member here ?"

Candy was surprised to see Marvin in there "Hi Marvin, I'm just new here, are you member here ?"

"Yeah I've been regular member here since a year ago."

"Do you live here in this apartment ?" she began to worry.

"No, I just member in this gym. Do you live here ?"

Candy said to herself "Thanks God" she felt relieve.

"Oh No, my friend live here, and she asked me to accompany her to have some exercise here." she lied to him, she didn't want Marvin to know she lived there, at the same apartment with their boss. It's one of the luxury apartment in town too, she wanted to stay low profiled to other worker, she didn't want to show her real identity as a daughter from rich family.

Marvin asked curiously "What's your friend's name ?"

Candy thought as fast as she can and all she could think just her best friend's name.

"She's Luna Gu."

"hmmm....I've never heard her name before ?"

"Maybe she's confidential." Candy was getting nervous, now she had to call her friend Luna to back up her plan.

Candy said good bye to Marvin "OK, I'm finished for now, see you on monday !"

"Bye...see you."

Candy went back to her room to had shower, then she called her friend Luna "Hi Luna how are you ? It's me Candy."

"Oh Hi Can ! Long time not hearing from you. I'm fine here, what's up Can ?"

"Have you got back here in China ?" asked her.

"Yup just two weeks ago, why ?"

Candy felt relieve "How come you didn't contact me till now ?"

Luna chuckled "Hey I was still busy with my parents. I was planning to call you today, but you call me first ! Galen had came back here also few days ago."

Candy felt excited "OK ! Let's meet up then !"

"OK how about next week on friday ? I'll take Galen with me too." she replied her.

"OK deal !"

Their phone ended and Candy was getting ready to go to the mall, she met Hanson at the lift.

Hanson greeted her "Hi, are you going somewhere ?"

"Yeah, just to the mall, maybe I need to buy some cloth, the weather is getting colder now. Are you going somewhere too?" she asked.

Hanson got frowned "Yeah, I'll meet my mom in the restaurant inside the mall. I had bad feeling about it !"

Candy laughed "Why ? What's wrong ? Don't you feel happy to see your mom ?"

"I've told you about her habit to set me up a blind date right ? I think she has a plan about that too this time." he sighed. He then offered her to walk together with him to the mall " How about we walk together there ? We have the same destination right ?"

Candy felt uncomfortable, she rejected him "No, You can go first sir, I'd like to go to the receptionist first. I have something little things to do here with them."

"Oh, OK then, see you around." He walked slowly to the mall, hoping Candy would catch him back soon. But Candy was intended to go on separate ways with him.

She went to the mall beside their apartment building fifteen minutes later after him. She didn't want to disturb his mom and son meeting, moreover if it's really blind date that his mom had set up. She felt guilty to his mom if she showed up together with him at the mall, it would ruined his mom plan.

Candy walked slowly while she looked around to some shops at the mall alone. The mall was not really crowded, it's just a smaller mall compared to the other big malls in the downtown. She enjoyed her relax time while sightseeing to some new arrival wears, she used to be comfortable in casual wear, but since she worked at the office she had to look for formal suits, she picked some skirts and trousers suits.

She used to be a tomboy girl, actually she's more comfortable wearing trousers than skirts, but since she's an office girl now, sometimes she has to wear skirts as well to meet special clients. She just picked two skirts suits and three trousers suits. She chose mostly black color for her suits, cause it's natural color for formal wear.

When her hands had already full with her shopping bag she decided to go back. She didn't notice someone on her back coming after her, while she walked on her way to her apartment. She forgot about Hanson meeting with his mom earlier. Suddenly she got shocked someone grabbed her shopping bag from back then held her hand tightly.