That XX
Hunt

Tamara—

Theodore Salim is a man with charm that no one can resist, especially women. It didn't take long for him to pull the woman into his arms. Almost all clubs in Jakarta have also been visited, and almost the entire female population has also slept with him..

Make no mistake, I am not among those women. Yes, I also have a nature that is not much different from Theo, but somehow I am not interested in him. Yes, he is handsome and has an appeal that is unbeatable by any man. It's true that way, but all I know, he's just a fierce manager who always gives documents that must be completed.

Believe me, that annoying nature alone has covered all the charisma he has. At least that's what I've been thinking all along working with him, but after meeting us a few times at that bar, slowly all those opinions started to change a little bit.

The most important of course is because of the bet. Although only a Kate Spade can of course be bought if I want to save, I can also ask my two best friends, they will be happy to give it. But, this is a bet, my pride is at stake here.

“So how?” ask Gita.

This lunch break, Gita and I decided to have lunch in the cafeteria instead of going out of the office just to eat. Just a waste of time, after all, the food in this cafeteria is also quite good. At least it can still be accepted by my very cheap stomach.

Would you believe me if I didn't like cheese and steak? I'm pretty sure one hundred percent if you won't believe it. How could a very proud Tamara not like the two foods that are quite classy? But seriously, I don't like it. Therefore, my stomach is very cheap, I can accept any type of food except the two foods, and I will be fine.

“What is it?”

Gita must have asked about this ongoing betting development, I know, and I chose not to say anything. Because in addition to my pride, there is an ego that I also have to think about here. It's hard to be myself.

“Yakin deh, if you just pretend aja. I had time to wriggle you with Mr. Theo at the club.”

“So?” I shrugged my shoulders indifferently, deliberately to provoke the anger of a Gita. My job is to create the emotions of others with all my sentences.

“This is why Mr. Theo hates you so much, you do it like gini,” said Gita.

I laughed at that word. “So I sat down with one of the fans from Theo, nih?” godaku's.

“But you're really serious about Mr Theo? This bet?”

I turned my gaze to Gita who was looking at me in wonder. This woman suggested making a bet, but she herself was also unsure of what I was doing.

“So this bet is not serious?”

“Serious, but look at you as Mr. Theo makes me a hanger myself. If you are suddenly fired because of this problem how?”

There's a difference between me and the women who worship Theo. Our calling way. Others will call Theo as sir to maintain politeness, only I call him directly like that.

“You're afraid I'm fired or you're afraid that Theo has a girlfriend?”

“You also can't be that fast for dating, right? The same thing I did yesterday.”

“I just want Kate Spade, Git. After that it's up to you to like how,” break me.

Because honestly I don't really care about men, let alone who's been my bedmate. There was never any excess feeling I had for them, I called it self-mastery. There's a reason why I'm like this, but it's not quite right if I say it right now. Bad memory is better if it is stored for yourself, not spread.

“I wonder why you are so immune to Mr. Theo, want to say you are not normal but your sleep is very much.” Gita shook her head with a sentence she made herself.

I just laughed when I heard that phrase. Is it a big mistake if I'm immune to Theo's charm? Not just Theo, but almost all the men I met. None of them can make my heart move to have a serious relationship.

Maybe I just haven't found it yet, because everything needs a process.

**

My hunt for Theo's heart is not over, my journey is long for it. Besides because I don't know Theo's nature well outside of work, so I'm a little difficult to determine the pace. All I can do is stand guard at the regular bar every Friday’at night.

Over time I was sure that Theo would realize that something was wrong with me. How can it be a coincidence repeatedly? At the same place and hour?

If it's like this, I usually just give up my pride a little. I can't possibly use my ego to get a cold, annoying guy like this. I, who was busy playing my phone, was suddenly surprised by a glass of cocktail served to me.

“I have not ordered my drink,” I said to the bartender who just gave me this clear drink.

“I ordered.”

I turned my body around, and found Theo with her sweet smile. A crocodile man with a sweet mouth seems to always give a sweet smile to cradle all his victims. I'm lucky I'm immune to all this.

“It looks like you came early,”.

Theo sat beside me with a smile that never escaped his lips. He only wears a white T-shirt and jeans, but just like this his good looks have become so. My eyes acknowledged his good looks, but my mind was still able to think clearly.

“I just want to chat further with this very interesting new friend of mine.”

“Really?”

Okay, if right now I look shy and my cheeks are flushed, then I'm totally crazy. Tamara blushed in front of Theo? I want to drown myself in the Mariana Trench.

“How was your day?” ask Theo.

Right now, the one sitting next to me was Theo who was completely different from the one I had met in the office everyday, and strangely I was comfortable. Though I was used to cursing all his deeds in the office. Do I have some kind of psychological illness?

“Quite annoying because of the nature of my boss.”

“Tell me about your boss then.” Theo looked at me with a meaningful smile. I don't want to look any further at the meaning of that gaze, there's no way that I'd put all the junk out in front of him, would I? He will fire me Monday.

“You sure you want to hear it? There's nothing good about him I can tell you.”

I'm afraid I'll be fired, but I can't tell a lie either. I'm used to being honest under any circumstances, because it's bound to end well for both sides. Just remember that lying is very unpleasant.

“But I heard he is very handsome,” replied Theo.

“How about me?”

I raised both eyebrows, not understanding what Theo was talking about. He still looks at me meaningfully, I don't know what he's looking for out of it all. There was a distance of up to sixty seconds for us to stare at each other.

“Well, just a little weird.”

“I feel the same way too, but somehow I like it so much.”

That smile, for some reason like there was something else in that smile. Maybe it's true what Anas and Dean said, I shouldn't be in this game anymore. Tamara is always rash to decide something, which is always covered by her ego.

In the end I just gave her a slightly awkward smile. It doesn't matter if he knows the bet we made, I'm just afraid there's something else in those eyes. I just have to finish this game and get the prize of a bag that is not comparable actually, and also a sense of pride because it has conquered this man, my own boss.

“How about we stay? My place or yours?” take me.

**

Know what crazy thing I'm doing right now? I took a week off after the incident that night. I have absolutely no face to face Theo anymore. That night was truly an amazing experience for me, as well as the best*** experience for me.

So, for all those reasons, I decided to take a leave of absence on the grounds of illness, I even left Theo just like that in the hotel room we rented that night. I don't need what he thinks of what happened, I just need some time before I get back to it.

“Until when do you want to hide like gini?” ask Anas.

There's only one person I trust so much to run away like this, who else if not Anas. Ms. Nimas was unable to contain the anger because I kidnapped Anas just like that.

“I leave, Nas, not run away,” elakku.

I just went to Bandung to clear my mind a little, and I happened to need Anas next to me. Forget about Dean, because it's a woman's business. It will only make the atmosphere more uncomfortable.

Anas only looked at my answer, he already understood me very well. The last time I bet on a guy, the same thing happened. He is also very poultice, even bored with the nature of Tamara who has been repeated like this. Tamara is a stubborn woman who is very difficult to change.

“Try me if Dean finds out about this, how many talks he'll give you. But free too, because you also will not be horrified all that.”

“Meanwhile I didn't bring Dean here, because I knew it was going to happen. You also do not tell him, I can design all this alone,” said I.

I have not been able to change my bad attitude, I have not wanted to do that either, because the burden of my past is also what I still cannot let go. I always have problems with men, which is why I always sleep with different men.

“I feel that Theo is different, Nas. That's why I became like this, I didn't even dare to meet him after that night,”.

“You are not afraid, if suddenly you are fired by him?”

“That's not the part I'm afraid of, Nas. I just can't make you meet him.”

In this week, I feel very nervous. Neither Theo nor the events of that night, have ever escaped my mind. Until now the incident was still clearly imagined, and it was very disturbing to the mind.

“You like this Theo-Theo?” ask Anas.

“You crazy?!”

Could be times, do not use yell, Ra,” Anas scolding

It's impossible that if I like him, it's not easy for me to like a guy, let alone that guy is Theo. I never imagined I'd like it, maybe coming back with Jeremy would still be better if I had a relationship with Theo.

“Yes, tonight we return to Jakarta.”

“Yes we have to go back, you want Mbak Nimas to go berserk because you kidnap me like gini?”

“Lagian Mbak Nimas not very understanding, I'm also usually like this same you.”

“As far as you are, I want to settle things first,” said Anas. He walked into the room as he said.

There's not much to do in this villa that I hired on purpose. Maybe it's just like walking around the villa for a breath of fresh air, and I've been doing it for a week. It's the last day I'm here, maybe for the last time it won't be a problem.

I've never been around this villa in the afternoon, maybe the air will get better in the evening. Ah, I almost forgot one important thing here. I've got the Kate Spade that Gita promised me, and I'm definitely very proud of that. It's funny because I'm proud of something like this.

During this one week, I completely lost contact with my co-workers after submitting evidence that I was sleeping with Theo. Maybe they also understand that it would take me some time before the dismissal paper dropped by my desk.

“It's crazy of you, Ra, how dare you do this in a conscious state. If you're drunk it might not be a problem,”

It was the first thing Gita said when she saw the photo I sent, and I told her how it happened. I wanted to accept Gita's challenge by making her fall in love with me, but I couldn't get into that extreme. It's too risky for me.

I was stupid for doing that in a conscious state, if we were both drunk, maybe I wouldn't be like this. The invitation sentence I just said was still very foreign to my ears, it was my subconscious that said such a thing.

My steps stopped when I reached the outer page of vyakan. Never imagined in my mind if this man would follow me up here, after all how until he knew the villa I rented? I really didn't say I would stay in Bandung with anyone.

“You know, it's very difficult to find you,” he said.

We were only a metre away, the perfume was still the same fragrance I smelled that night. I think I've really gone too far to fantasize. I turned my body around, hopefully after I did, the shadow of him would completely disappear.

“You want to run again?” tanyakanya.

Only once did I step, and that voice had already made me suddenly freeze on the spot. Is this really real? I mean, that guy standing in front of me was real? Not just a hologram or something, or maybe because I hallucinate too often?

I turned my body again to confirm my vision. See what I got? Theo smiled sweetly at me.

**