Love, Maybe
Chapter 28's
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Daniel parked his silver sedan in the courtyard of an all-white cafe. This cafe is where the young man eats his lunch on the weekend.
As soon as Daniel ordered spaghetti bolognaise and a cup of hot greentea latte as his lunch menu today, the young man sits himself on one of the wooden cafe benches and is attached to the cafe wall, and lined with thin velvet pillows located right on the side of a large glass window in the corner of the room, a place that is his favorite every time he comes to this cafe.
After being busy with his phone for a while, Daniel put the phone down and threw a glance out the window. The dark net captures the sight of pedestrians passing by and several vehicles that are occasionally seen passing. Meanwhile, his ears were spoiled with pop music from the song ‘If the Word Was Ending’ owned by JP Saxe and Julia Michael.
While listening to the soft music, Daniel's mind floated on the night where he last met Seena, the girl who had filled his mind a week ago.
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the flasback -
That night after Felix's birthday party ended at the cafe, everyone there said goodbye and one by one left the cafe.
Daniel and Seena were among the later ones to leave. The two walked out of the cafe to the parking lot.
They were overwhelmed by a silence that felt so awkward. Daniel felt anxious and occasionally glanced at the beautiful girl who was walking next to him. Indeed, the girl smiled broadly when saying goodbye to her friends, but Daniel realized and remembered very well how the girl was more silent throughout Felix's birthday party. He was really curious as to what was on the girl's mind at the moment.
Daniel realized that he was wrong and had acted very rashly by uttering such lies in front of his friends. But at that time Daniel did not know what to say anymore considering there was Jane, who was none other than Seena's superior. Those words just slid from his lips, words that honestly made himself very shocked too, let alone this girl beside him.
What came to Daniel's mind at that time was what Felix's wife would think if she saw Seena who in fact had no special relationship with Daniel but could instead appear in the special events like this?
“Hmm, Daniel,” Seena's voice distracts Daniel, breaks his daydream and makes the young man stop his steps, the same thing is done by the girl.
Seena who had just walked in silence with her head slightly lowered now looked up, making her eyes meet Daniel's clear eyes. Daniel could see clearly, there was a huge sense of curiosity and confusion from the look in the girl's eyes.
“I want to ask, what did you mean earlier?” the question finally came out of Seena's lips.
Daniel's face stiffened and he cupped part of his face with his right palm. He should have expected this question to be posed by Seena. He should have also arranged the words to explain to this girl what she meant. And, oh, did this girl just come back to talk formally to him?
“What do you mean to say that I am your future wife? You know, if I'm not–”
“I'm serious,” cut Daniel fast, then he sighed softly. For a moment, Daniel looked at Seena with a sad look, and then he turned his face away.
In contrast to Daniel, Seena now widened her eyes in shock. “What?”
Daniel looked back at Seena fixedly, hoping that the girl could see earnestness in his gaze as well as his words just now. “I'm serious about what I said earlier. I want you to be my wife, Seena.”
Seena immediately scrunched her forehead and looked at Daniel in disbelief. “How can? We have only met a few times for work. We are not too close to each other either. The closeness between us is just a working relationship, we are just colleagues who are undergoing a cooperative relationship.”
The furrow on Seena's forehead became increasingly clear, and the girl slowly stepped back. “Sorry, Daniel. To me you are just a messenger from the president of Allure Corporation. And shouldn't I have more relationship with you.”
“Why? Why that? The president sent me because he believed in me, and I'm sure he would never once forbid me from having a special relationship with someone from the company he worked with. I'm sure your boss is like that too,” Daniel said, taking a step closer to Seena.
“Sorry. I hope you can distinguish personal and work issues,” reply Seena. Not taking it anymore with this conversation, Seena turned around and stepped quickly away from the cafe area. Daniel is after him.
“Seena, wait. Can't you listen to me as Daniel, not as Allure's representative speaking to Chandra Corporation's assistant vice president?” daniel said to Seena's back that was getting away.
“Sorry, there's nothing else I want to hear. I have to go.” Said Seena while opening the taxi door that was mengangkal in the street in front of the cafe. Seena rushed in and was about to close the door, but Daniel moved faster to hold the door and stick out his body, making Seena could no longer dodge.
“Then, I hope you will think about my words well. I'm really serious about saying it, Seena.” Daniel said slowly. There was no answer from Seena, the girl just looked at Daniel with a frown still visible on her forehead.
Daniel slowly straightened his body and displayed a thin smile on his face. “Good night, Seena. Be careful on the road, and see you again.”
After saying this, Daniel closed the taxi door.
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“Excuse me, your order, Mr.”
Daniel's daydream was disturbed by the voice of the servant who came to bring his order. Daniel looked up at the waiter with a friendly smile, letting the man's waiter arrange his lunch on the table.
It was only after the servant left that Daniel broke his black hair in frustration.
For the umpteenth time, he was worried. She was really worried, Seena had not contacted her for a week at all, and she did not dare to contact the girl first either, fearing that would even make the girl even more upset. Daniel was worried whether after this Seena still wanted to see him again or not.
Daniel sighed somehow for how many times today. Lazily, Daniel grabbed the fork in front of him. He put a large mouthful of spaghetti into his mouth, and began to chew his food while throwing his gaze back out the window.
Drrt... Drrt...
His phone is vibrating on the table. The young man put down his fork and immediately put the rectangular object into practice. His eyes were also drawn to read the message he had just opened.
‘Can we meet briefly today?’
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...- Daniel & Seena - ...