BXBX NOVEL Chapter 174 - Who Is The Man With You?
Rangga\'s question made Lisa anxious. What did the man want by visiting her mother? Did he want to approach Bella?
"Eh, what is it for?" Lisa asked, trying to cover her suspicion.
"I just want to visit your mother, can\'t I? Why are you asking me that anyway? It\'s not like you, Lis!" Rangga replied casually.
"I didn\'t mean that, it\'s just that... why am I still not sure about your explanation earlier?" Lisa suddenly said.
"You don\'t seem to know me, Lis! Really, I don\'t have any feelings for your sister except as a family. You should\'ve understood who my heart\'s for," the man glanced at Lisa\'s eyes seductively.
Seeing that gaze, Lisa immediately frowned. She sprung from her seat and said, "No way! Even until the end of the world I will not want to date you!" Lisa explained firmly.
The man laughed at Lisa\'s words.
"I swear! After all, don\'t you still have a connection with your ex named Maria? Try it, just go back with her. Well, I didn\'t mean to interfere in your affairs, but I think it\'s better if you just give your heart to her,"
Hearing Lisa\'s last words made Rangga\'s cheerful face suddenly gloomy. The man turned his gaze to the left then muttered. "Maria, huh…?"
"Sorry, but me and Maria are over. We have been apart for a long time and my problem with he3r is really really complicated. I no longer have a relationship with Maria so I have the right to find a replacement for her, don\'t you think?" Rangga explained, staring at Lisa with a sad face like a kitten asking for food.
"Still, I can\'t go out with you. It\'s really weird, you know. You\'ve been close to me, we have been playing since we were small and we end up going out. That sounds like FTV and I don\'t want our relationship to end that way!" Lisa replied, trying to convince Rangga.
"You rejected me because you still have feelings for Oscar, don\'t you?"
Rangga\'s words just now made Lisa skip a beat. It was difficult for her to answer the unexpected question. If she kept silent, it meant she\'s indirectly showing Rangga that she still had feelings for Oscar. But Lisa was at a loss for words to describe her feelings.
No, she wouldn\'t tell Rangga, not at this time.
The woman cleared her throat and excused, "Oh by the way, can I go back to my room? I\'m done talking about Bella\'s problem,"
Rangga looked at her suspiciously. "Are you sure you don\'t have anything else to talk about?"
"No. Also, I apologize for earlier. Sorry, I got it wrong. I\'m sorry I accused you of having a crush on Bella that I thought you were making a move on her so you could go out with her," Lisa said, trying to change the subject so that she wouldn\'t need to answer Rangga\'s last question about Oscar.
The man shrugged. "Okay, if you don\'t have anything else then you can go back to your room again,"
"Thank you, Mr. Rangga," Lisa said in a formal manner. The woman lowered her head as if Rangga wasn\'t a friend she had known for a long time.
The man snorted, he knew Lisa was thinking of something.
The woman then returned to her desk with awkward steps. Her gaze was blank, like someone in a trance.
She sat in her chair and took a deep breath.
\'Finally! The problem about Bella is finally over! Okay, I can sleep peacefully tonight!\'
***
After work, Lisa found Rangga standing outside of the door looking at the late evening sky. He stood beside the trash basket as he lit his cigarette.
The man puffed his cig and then exhaled the smoke.
For a moment, he turned and exchanged glances with Lisa. The man raised one of his hands to Lisa.
Lisa looked down, maintaining professionalism in front of her colleagues.
"Aren\'t you coming home, Lis?" Rangga asked from where he stood.
"Yes, I\'m going back to my boarding house!" Lisa replied briefly.
The man turned his face again, staring at the crimson evening sky slowly engulfed by the darkness of the night.
All employees in the Colors Advertising company had left the office when Lisa was still on her way to her boarding house. Without realizing it, a black Mercedes pulled over and stopped.
"Lis! Do you need a ride?" Rangga asked from behind the half open window.
"Oh no, no, no! My boarding house is close! I can walk by myself!"
"Come on, a girl walking alone into a quiet alley can be dangerous," Rangga teased.
Lisa couldn\'t refuse Rangga\'s invitation. With a little reluctance, she opened the car\'s door and entered.
Once inside, she didn\'t talk to Rangga at all. She still felt guilty for accusing Rangga. It\'s impossible for her to forgive herself anytime soon.
She didn\'t look at the man the whole way. She just stared at the street with a blank gaze and lonely daydreams.
The woman then fell asleep.
***
Arriving at the gate of the boarding house, Lisa was still fast asleep. Rangga woke her up but she didn\'t seem awake either!
Finally, the man was forced to wait for Lisa in the car until the woman finally woke up by herself.
"You must be really tired, huh?" Rangga asked himself.
The man stared at Lisa\'s face which was covered in her messy black hair. He then put some strains of the black, shiny hair away from her face.
He stared at Lisa\'s tiny face for a long time before the woman finally woke up.
Lisa groaned as she slowly opened her eyes and woke up from her sleep.
She was confused for a moment. Why had the car she rode in stopped?
Lisa turned to Rangga then asked, "Why did it stop?"
"We\'ve been arriving here since earlier," Rangga said in a plain tone.
"Why didn\'t you wake me up!?" Lisa brushed Rangga\'s arm in annoyance.
"I already tried but you didn\'t wake up! I waited until you finally woke up. How come I leave you on the side of the road?" Rangga replied nosily.
The woman then adjusted her seat. Her head suddenly felt dizzy when she lifted it from her sleeping position.
After Lisa regained her consciousness and strength, she got out of the car and waved at Rangga. She waited for the man to move forward and then went inside. "Thank you and just go ahead!"
"What are you doing at the door, Lisa? Just go straight in! I\'m waiting until you get inside," Rangga exclaimed from inside the car.
Suddenly, another black car approached the alleyway from the opposite direction. The car then pulled over.
A pair of long legs wrapped in black cloth pants with expensive brand shoes came out of the black car.
Lisa saw the figure of the man who got out of the black car with a look full of fear. Her legs began to tremble, her body seemed to be rooted in place.
The man then came closer to Lisa while she was stunned upon his arrival.
Seeing this, Rangga immediately got out of his car and held Lisa.
"Who are you!? What do you want!?" Rangga asked in a loud voice.
The man stopped in front of Rangga and said, "Ohoho, look who\'s with you, Lisa....?"