Because I Don't Want to Lose
18 - Both

Early in the morning, Ridwan vented his anger at Anaya over the phone. He accused Anaya of deliberately denying it, so that the figure of himself as the father of Naira was not considered.

“I know, you and your husband deliberately poisoned Naira to stay away from me!”

“Don't accuse me recklessly, Wan. Me and Izzar never vilified you. After all, the photo was just a sudden school assignment that must also be collected. We also did not have time to take pictures together, right?” Anaya tries to dampen Ridwan's emotions.

“You always find excuses! Why didn't you tell me? I'll definitely defend meeting you for a picture! It was you who intentionally wanted Naira to forget me!”

Anaya scratched her forehead. The quarrel with Ridwan always made him dizzy. He just silenced the expressions of Ridwan's annoyance spilled in his ears. He did not want to argue, let alone defend himself by saying that the photo was pure desire Naira. Because he is still to blame. In fact, he can not manage who can steal the heart of Naira and considered the most meaningful in his life

“I'm his real father, know!”

Ridwan's last sentence, tight pierced Anaya's ear until he kept his phone away.

“So what do you want?” ask Anaya. Tired of listening to Ridwan's repeated tirades.

“I want a longer time to meet Naira!”

“The court ruling obviously only allows you to meet Naira once a week, right?”

“Current! That's why Naira's not close to me!”

“OK!” Anaya jerking. He became annoyed with the high tone of Ridwan's endless voice.

“This week, I let you be with Naira for two days as compensation for your disappointment with her photo assignment. Pick him up Saturday morning, give him back Sunday afternoon! Just this week!” anaya said firmly. He wants to end the debate immediately.

After Ridwan picked up Naira on Saturday morning, Anaya became confused about what to do. The office has no events this weekend. He wanted to take Sandra to the street, but his best friend was going to Surabaya to meet his parents.

Anaya is bored in the narrow house of Izzar. Since deciding work from home, he has rarely left the house other than taking Naira to school and shopping for household needs.

“What do you want today?” asked Izzar who was preparing to leave.

“Ngga knows,” Anaya shrugs.

“You're coming with me?”

“Where?”

“See home, run it out to my new office for a while, eat, continue.It's up to you where.”.

Anaya was immediately interested. In addition to wanting to know the condition of his home now, he really wants to go out to enjoy the outside atmosphere.

Fifteen minutes later, Anaya was ready. He changed his clothes with jeans, a loose-sleeved earth tone blouse, sneakers, facial moisturizer and thin lipstick.

Izzar was impressed with Anaya's simple style. Just this time, he found a woman who only needed a short time to dress up to look attractive.

Maybe because it is basically the face of Anaya is beautiful, so a simple polish is enough to make it shine.

Anaya's house was half-repared. Fragile frames have been dismantled and are awaiting replacement. Fragile wall layer, has been scraped to be re-plated. A completely overhauled kitchen and dining area is in the stage of erecting a new wall.

“When is it all finished?” ask Anaya to Izzar.

“At most five months until final finishing.”

“Can be faster?” Anaya can't wait to move back to her house.

“Hmm... attempted,” replied Izzar. “Why do you want to hurry? Not staying at home?”

“Go!” answer Anaya as it is.

“Same. I also miss my bed,” said Izzar

while holding his smile.

Anaya laughs. Although in his heart he also pity with Izzar who was forced to sleep on an uncomfortable sofa bed.

A young girl, sitting in a room that serves as a waiting room. Her face, which was framed by a peach veil, instantly brightened as soon as Izzar arrived. Anaya silently watched him. He had seen the girl somewhere.

Izzar greeted the girl kindly. Instead, the girl seemed timidly responding to Izzar's greeting and instead turned clumsy to Anaya's presence.

Anaya refuses to interfere with Izzar's work. He had seen there was a coffee cafe in line with the office of Izar.

“I'll just wait in that cafe yeah!” anaya said to Izzar.

“Ngga are you waiting there?” Izzar hesitated.

“Ngga anything!”

“OK! I'm just for a second, man! I'll kusulul!"

Anaya nodded, then passed with a smile and looked at the young girl. Again a clumsy feeling emanated in his attitude. But, Anaya felt no need to care.

He waited for Izzar accompanied by a glass of Thai Tea. Grateful he brought his tablet along, so unsaturated. Because this week was a quiet week at his company, he just checked the incoming emails, then filled his time by watching one of the movies on his whistlist.

An hour later, Izzar showed up and took her away.

“Sorry you have waited a long time! I have to give a briefing first to the new employee earlier.” Izzar started the engine of his car.

Anaya.

“We had lunch, yes! I'm hungry.”

”You're the deal?” anaya fishing rod.

“Iya. Where do you want to eat?”

“Have started to get rich a lot of money again like, nih.

Have you got a big project?” Anaya meredek Izzar's.

Izzar laughs.

“Project from Bu Erlina?”

“Not.”

“Kukira, he will give you a job, so that time ask you to come to his office.”

“I didn't think of coming to his office. I've decided I don't want to work with him anymore.”

There was a bitter tone in Izzar's voice as he said his reluctance. Anaya wanted to know the reason. But then Izzar told me something else.

While waiting for food orders at Japanese restaurants, Anaya could no longer bear her curiosity.

“Izzar, why don't you want to work with Ms Erlina again?”

“Hmm... Are you sure you want to hear?”

Anaya nodded. But the responsibility of him already knows enough about the life of Izzar, why not all of you.

“I've known Ms. Erlina for a long time. Since I started my internship as an architect at his company. At first he was good. Moreover, then I dated his nephew, then continued fiancee. In a few months to get married, I suddenly got a case and a problem that you already know the details.

“Many people are avoiding me. One of them is Ms. Erlina. In fact, if I want to bring it up, I've helped him a lot. Which makes me even worse, when I needed the support of my future wife, Ms. Erlina instead instigated her nephew to leave me. Like I'm a man who doesn't mean anything anymore.”

Izzar immediately drank the mineral water that had just been served. His speech so make Anaya pity as well as cause curiosity about the figure of the woman who once filled the heart of Izzar. What's he like? Gorgeous huh?

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