Let Go or Pretend?

Tears, chest heaving up and down look congested and pitiful. Fortunately, this work corridor contained only her and Leo. So, there is no need to be afraid if there are employees who see their current fragility.

Unsteadily, Azrell began to enter her study which was never locked. Heartbreak day? yes, it all ends right on this day.

She plopped down on the couch, not yet in a good mood to start over again struggling with the piles of paperwork waiting for her to quickly finish her work.

"If it's like this, it feels very different, huh," Azrell muttered while exhaling very slowly. Making the pain that scraped the heart immediately issued a tightness that made her breath catch.

Imagine if in the past she needed something, Leo would always be there for her. Asking for this and that, even ordering junk food voluntarily without a lot of offer and small talk. Especially when she was bored because she was alone working in this room, the man quickly opened her office door to accompany her.

But from now on, they are back to being professional workers regardless of the relationship ending.

Throwback

The day is quite sunny, the AC wind sweeps every corner of the room with a cool breeze. Azrell with pen in hand pondering stared blankly at the smallest object in front of her.

"I'm bored like this, I'm drunk on work documents, I don't have friends to talk to, it's annoying," she muttered as she had just placed her pen on the table. On the wall clock, it was still half-past two.

Suddenly her thoughts drifted to Leo. She immediately rose from her seat with a smile that began to break. "I'd rather just work there, ah," she said, picking up the tote bag that contained her many valuables and starting to grab the work documents and carry them out of the workspace.

A door that used to always make her hot and cold because inside there was a very hot and sexy male figure, who else if not Leonardo Luis? the man who reportedly holds the title of the richest person with the position of President Director.

But now, she has free access to the workspace because she's managed to win Leo over and their relationship is now moving towards the first date month.

"Dear, I'm coming!" Azrell exclaimed as she opened the office door with her elbow because her hands were already full of stuff from her workspace.

Leo was seen sitting in his seat of power. "Hi dear. Please come in, you must be bored again, right in your workspace alone?" he guessed with a chuckle. No wonder Azrell suddenly came to his room carrying a lot of things.

Azrell nodded her head while pursing her lips very cutely. "Yeah, and it's so boring. I don't even know what to do to fill my void," she said as she walked to the sofa that was there. Starting to arrange the things in her hands right on the table.

After that, Azrell immediately landed her buttocks and looked for the most comfortable position.

"Have you had lunch? I've been waiting for you, but during recess, there was no sign of you," said Leo.

"Yes, I'm too lazy to leave my workspace and choose to finish my work. And yes, now I'm hungry, Leo .." Azrell replied, she whined at the end of her sentence while showing puppy eyes which unfortunately made her face more beautiful and sweet.

"Okay, then in fifteen minutes your pizza will come."

"How come? You haven't even ordered yet."

"Yes, I will call my bodyguard,"

Azrell cursed herself for always being impatient and ended up saying a strange sentence. She finally laughed and patted her forehead. "Oh my god, I'm so stupid," she said as she looked at Leo who also had an amused smile on his face.

"Would you like to order something other than pizza?"

"Can I make a request?"

"What's your request? You don't like any of the ingredients in the pizza?"

"That's not it, I want to ask that in the next few months, we will still be together."

Throw back off

Smiling bitterly, Azrell threw the sofa cushion beside her firmly against the wall. It was as if a Leo was standing tall and staring at her without the slightest interest. "YES, I WAS WRONG AND I AM SORRY!" she shouted in a shrill but slightly hoarse voice.

Her eyes were starting to get puffy and she didn't want to stop the tears flowing, instead, they got heavier and looked sad. And now her nose is starting to look red.

Letting go is not easy, let alone letting go of someone whose name is still imprinted on the heart.

Azrell has never been caught in a case of falling in love like this. Usually, when dating, she always wins.

But this time, it seems that the 'winner' has turned into a 'loser', sounding pathetic.

'That's not it, I want to ask that in the next few months, we will still be together.'

It was a stupid question because at that time she had been consumed by love and affection and money, Azrell was sure now she regretted her unfulfilled request because of her own doing.

'Yes, I will defend as best I can. But if one day we break up, I will never return for any reason.'

And Leo's answer back then which sounded classic made her heart scream in pain for now.

"As far as I know, if you lose, you will always have a second chance, right? Otherwise, you will become a pest."

...

While Leo is on the other side...

Since Azrell departed from his room, regret has never crossed his heart. Still sticking to his principles, he wouldn't change it just because a woman looks attractive or has a high level of attention.

If he has been dumped, Leo has the right to find a new owner of his heart because he feels uncomfortable with the treatment of the old owner who just because of news just got him thrown out. What if later he worked at the Luis Company in New York? certainly, Azrell will not want to have a long-distance relationship with him.

Taking a deep breath, Leo reached for his cell phone. Looking for the phone number he just got yesterday, and dialing himself with the owner of the number on the other side.

The first ring passed, as did the second ring which showed no sign that the call would be connected.

"Hello, sir? What's the need to call me?"

The soft voice of a woman on the other end immediately filled Leo's ears. He almost thought negatively because right now the woman's breathing was irregular.

"What are you doing, Fe? Are you doing something?" Leo asked, raising an eyebrow, he just wondered why his breathing was a little irregular.

"What do you mean sir?" Instead of answering his question, Felia asked back.

Leo took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly. "Why is your breathing irregular? At this hour, is it time to exercise?" he asked which made the words that came out of his mouth clearer.

"No, sir. I just finished tidying up the cleaning supplies shed, and I think it was Mr. Sam who called me," replied Felia on the other side in a slightly shrill tone because the woman slowly adjusted her breathing to return to normal breathing.

He doesn't know where the funny side is, this time Leo put on a smile that seemed to add to the points of his handsome face.

"You'd better drink first," he said, leaning back against the head of the chair.

"Yes, sir. Oh yes, why call me at this hour of work?"

Leo looked at the clock on his workspace wall, even though it had only been half an hour since office break ended.

"I just wanted to ask, how did you decide for this weekend?" He asked. He still needs reassurance, and yes, so that later he can arrange a schedule to go to important locations with Felia such as the Eiffel tower and others.

There was a chuckle from the other side, "I don't know, sir. I haven't decided anything yet, and why talk about it now if there's still tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I happen to remember it now, so it's fine to ask that, right?"

"Yes, that's true, but I'm working on a lot of work and I'm still not done, sir."

"It seems that if you call me by name, it's much better. Don't use 'sir', are you my employee?"

Leo looked at his laptop screen which was still on, there was an incoming email from Azrell indicating that the woman had sent a document that had to be checked for him first.

He straightened up, then reached for the mouse to move the laptop cursor.

"Just calling you by the nickname Leo would sound very strange, sir."

"Then get used to it so you get used to it."

Leo's eyes narrowed as he looked at the documents that seemed to be different from the previous documents he had to check before piling up. There was no opening line or anything, not even a letterhead on it. Still in the process of downloading the document must be 100% downloaded.

"Why doesn't Sir work? My answer is still the same as yesterday, after all, I still have time to reconsider."

"It's me at work, then goodbye and see you."

Pip

(phone line ends)

Without waiting for a reply from Felia on the other side, he immediately ended the call and put his cell phone on the table, right next to his laptop.

He opened the email message from Azrell, then there were several words arranged into sentences.

—

Message content :

Sometimes, prayers and hopes are not necessarily achieved. Like us, who have followed the path of destiny but are still lost in the end.

God had a surprise, made me an intermediary. Happy running life, without Azrella Farisha Wallie.

—

Leo was sure that if it was like this, Azrell would bury her affection for him. It was the woman who was whining so he could still fall in love with him. Ah yes, women are the most unpredictable, annoying.

"In that case, what should I do?"

Before, he had never had a hard time stepping up when a woman left, but this time why did pity appear in his mind for Azrell? although this wasn't entirely his fault, of course, he felt like a bad person instead.

All right, just ignore it.

Leo immediately threw away the file from Azrell that was downloaded from his laptop. Then do not want to heed the message via email earlier. Azrell is always confused to decide something.

"The hardest choice is not letting go, but letting goes of something that still holds our hearts tightly."

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