"Come... sit with me, I brought our favorite lava brownies.... Reksa led Aneta to sit on the sofa in the room.

"But, I'm working, it wouldn't be good if the CEO or other friends saw us relaxing here," Aneta tried to resist, while Reksa unwrapped the brownie he brought earlier and put it in Aneta's mouth to make her stop talking.

"I'll take responsibility," relaxed Reksa as he stuffed a piece of brownie into her mouth.

Suddenly the door opened to reveal a handsome man with a style that could be considered quite casual with what Reksa was wearing at the moment.

"Oops ... sorry, I didn't know that ....'' With a bar and cool style, the man deliberately came to find out what the friend who was highly esteemed by his cousin and superior was like.

"Say it quickly, and get out of here.

"Relax man... I'm here to ask for your autograph. Jasson deliberately walked into the room and ignored the sharp gaze of the man who was actually the CEO.

Aneta watched their interaction with surprise and embarrassment, ashamed that she had been caught relaxing during work hours, and astonished at their attitude as if Reksa was the leader of the company, but then again she thought that maybe the man who was now stealing glances at her was just an ordinary employee like her at the moment.

"Let's get out of here," Reksa pleaded after signing the file Jasson was carrying and throwing it roughly at the man's chest, intending to stop Jasson from staring at the woman sitting on the sofa.

Jasson leaned closer to Reksa and whispered. "She's pretty... but her appearance needs a little tweaking.

Suddenly, those words made Reksa furious and immediately pushed Jasson's body out of the room.

But the one who was pushed was busy smiling at Aneta, and Aneta felt embarrassed.

After closing the door and sending Jasson out of the room, Reksa went back to Aneta and resumed the conversation that had been delayed, and that's when Reksa thought about Jasson's whisper earlier and he just noticed Aneta's appearance which he thought was far from decent for Aneta who he knew came from a family that was not as rich as her parents, but Aneta's parents were also respected and respected people in the community where Aneta lived, because her father was a lecturer where she used to study and Aneta's biological brother was a candidate for the Navy at that time.

"Net, can I ask you something?"

"Ask Reksa, just ask for permission," Aneta shook her head while enjoying the brownies that Reksa had bought for her.

"Where have you been all this time? Seven years ago, I went to your house as usual. I played at that time, but uncle Cahyadi said, you don't live there anymore, did you guys have a problem at that time?"

Aneta immediately stopped chewing, with difficulty she swallowed the food left in her mouth, like swallowing a bone, very difficult even impossible.

As quickly as possible Aneta neutralized her heart and mind and changed her face to show a smile that she was fine.

"Actually, there was a little problem, but I can't tell you everything, the point is that I'm fine now, don't worry.

There was an awkward feeling in Reksa's heart, but he didn't want to force Aneta to tell him about her problems, he just wanted to see his best friend happy, because after all, Aneta was the only one who always accompanied his ups and downs, including helping with his romance with Karina, the girl that Reksa really loved, as well as their best friend.

Yes...back then, when they were still in high school, Aneta, Reksa, and Karina were best friends, but would you believe that if best friends consisted of a boy and a girl, could they be purely friends without carrying each other's feelings, the answer is no. The same goes for the three of them, Reksa and Aneta.

Reksa likes Karina, but Karina doesn't know Reksa's feelings because Reksa is too cowardly to express his feelings to his own best friend, while he chooses Aneta as the place to express all his feelings to Karina.

And Aneta, it was clear that she had been feeling for Reksa for a long time, but no one knew about her feelings for Reksa, and she chose to keep quiet because she knew how much Reksa adored their best friend Karina.

From then on Aneta always kept her feelings to herself, even crying silently at night when Reksa called her just to tell her what happened with Reksa and Karina at school.

And that was back then, when Aneta never thought that her future life would be as complicated as it is now.

***

"Happy birthday Mom..." Aneta breathed a sigh of relief when she found Gabriel busy arranging the brownies on the plastic plates they had in the kitchen.

Aneta put on her best smile for her favorite son, she approached Gabriel, aligned her height with the little boy, then hugged him tightly, a clear drop fell on Aneta's cheek, she was very panicked earlier when she got news from Aunt Ranti that Gabriel suddenly disappeared after being briefly left by Aunt Ranti to go to the shop.

Fortunately, when Aunt Ranti called, it was already time to leave the office.
Actually, Reksa had invited Aneta to go home together, more precisely to take Aneta with the aim that Reksa knew where Aneta lived now, but for various reasons Aneta refused Reksa's offer, and Reksa could only sigh, unable to force his will on Aneta.

Aneta quickly wiped away her tears before Gabriel realized that Aneta was crying. I don't know if that child is very good at reading her mother's mind.

For a moment Aneta looked at the little boy's face, a face that she thought was exactly the same as the face of the man who had whined about asking for Aneta's cell phone number at the office.