LAZY TO RESPOND

After a while, Vivi stopped crying and sat down next to the man again. Vivi sat a bit away from the man because they didn't know each other yet.

"Why are you crying? It doesn't look like happy tears from getting a job?" the man asked curiously.

"Nothing. It's our family matter. Em, can I really work at your cafe?"

"Yes, you can work at my cafe. You see there?" The man shows the cafe being repainted. The previous owner of the cafe moved places. And the man who sat with Vivi had just bought the cafe building. "But tomorrow is going to be a tiring day. Since I'm just about to open the cafe, tomorrow must be tough."

"It's okay, as long as I can work and raise money," said Vivi with a big smile.

'Interesting girl. I can't wait to be her work partner.' The man muttered to himself while looking at Vivi's sweet smile.

"Then, thank you, Boss. I will come tomorrow," said Vivi. Vivi then walked away leaving the man. Vivi must go home immediately and tell her mother that Vivi has got a job. Vivi stopped a taxi that happened to be passing by and got into the car.

The man smiled as he watched Vivi's taxi leave. The man got up and returned to the cafe to watch the workers who were painting the walls of the cafe.

***

Stevi was already standing in front of Tristan's gate. She looked around the house. So many bodyguards guard Tristan's house. Usually there were only four guards, but this time what Stevi saw was more than four.

"What kind of girl does Tristan need to be so closely guarded?" Stevi stood beside her car and muttered in surprise. She curiosity grew. Stevi was sure that the woman Chris and Tristan were talking about was in the house. "Alright, let's see which girl and I are prettier." Stevi also stepped closer to the security post at the edge of the gate.

"Miss Stevi," said the gate guard.

"Uh, sir. I want to come in, may I?" asked Stevi with a fake smile.

"Yes, but the young master is not in," said the security guard. He had known Steve for a long time. Since Stevi is still dating Tristan. Tristan used to often bring Stevi to the house. At this time, everyone also knows that Stevi is Tristan's fiancé. So how dare the security guard forbid Stevi from entering the house.

"It's okay, Tristan is in a meeting at the office. He told me to wait at home," Stevi reasoned. She entered the house after the gate was opened. With a very curious heart to see the girl named Haruna, she stepped up to the top floor. Just as Stevi's hand was ready to turn the doorknob, a maid called out to her.

"Miss Stevi, the door is locked. And only the young master holds the key," said the maid.

Steve sighed in disappointment. The more curious Stevi was, she went downstairs and sat on the sofa in the living room. Stevi is treated like a madam by the maids. She felt that the behavior of the servants was excessive. Stevi was sure that the maids were hiding something from her. When the waiters gathered in the kitchen, Stevi quietly stepped into the kitchen and listened to the chatter of the waiters.

"What exactly is Mr Tristan, huh? I really don't understand. He already has a fiancé, but still keeps a girl at home. Isn't he afraid that Miss Stevi will find out?" said one of the waiters.

"That's right. It's a good thing Miss Stevi didn't open the room. If not, I don't know what will happen to the poor girl?" said another waiter.

"Yes, I'm sad for the girl who was held captive by the young master. I heard that the girl had tried to commit suicide by jumping from the bedroom window. That's why two special guards were placed under her bedroom window," said the first maid.

"She has a name! Why do you call her that girl? After all, she is someone young master love. So, don't say anything careless or you will know how angry the young master is," said the maid who had just arrived. She was the maid who delivered the food to Haruna's room this morning.

"Sorry, senior. But, is it true that Miss Haruna is the girl Mr. Tristan loves? Then what about Miss Stevi?" asked the first waiter.

"That's master's business. We're just doing well enough, got it!" said the waiter who was called senior by another servant. Because the maid was the maid that Tristan had appointed as the butler of his house.

From behind the kitchen wall, Stevi heard the words of the waiters with clenched fists. Stevi stepped away from the kitchen and went back upstairs. She stood in front of Haruna's room angrily. She was angry that Tristan dared to hide a woman in the house. Stevi is sure that Haruna is just like the girls who always accompany Tristan every day. It's not unusual for Tristan to change women every day, because Stevi knows when Tristan turned into a playboy.

Check!

Stevi turned the doorknob and found it was open.

"Eh, the door is not locked? That maid lied to me, how rude of her."

Stevi pushed the door slowly and entered Haruna's room. She saw Haruna who was fast asleep on the bed. Immediately, Stevi's blood seemed to be turbulent. Anger, jealousy, all mixed in Stevi's heart. She remembered what the butler said that Haruna was the girl Tristan loved. Stevi did not accept it, and Stevi angrily took a glass of water on the nightstand and poured it on Haruna.

"Ah! Damn it! What else do you want?" asked Haruna, who thought it was Tristan. However, when Haruna woke up, she looked at Stevi in ​​surprise. She could only be silent. Haruna could already guess, Stevi must be Tristan's lover. If not, how is it possible to act like this now? Haruna was silent as she wiped her face which was wet from being splashed by Stevi.

The pillow above the place was also wet because of the water that Stevi poured quite a lot. Haruna just kept quiet and sat back quietly. She was too lazy to argue with Stevi because it would look like they were fighting over Tristan. Something Haruna didn't want to do at all. She listened to all the cursing words that came out of Stevi's lips, like a child being scolded by her parents, in her right ear, out of her left ear.

*CONTINUED*