Trial Marriage Husband : I Am CEO's Plaything

The next morning, Kumala prepared breakfast as usual. Bella woke up earlier than she usually did. The girl immediately pulled up the chair on the dining table and sat down with her sleepy eyes.

Lisa's not up yet. She usually woke up earlier than Bella. It seemed that last night's feud made her reluctant to get out of bed and have their breakfast together.

Ten minutes after Bella woke up, Lisa came out of her room. She did not greet Bella nor her mother. 

Seeing her eldest daughter walk to the bathroom, Kumala immediately greeted her. Unfortunately, Lisa ignored her. It looked like her eldest daughter was still angry with her.

Lisa sat on a chair at the dining table with a sour face. She didn't look at her younger sister's face at all. The two siblings were mutually silent. There's no warm atmosphere around them.

Kumala just finished cooking. She brought a bowl of chicken soup and put it on the dining table. She looked at her two daughters looking awkward with a worried face.

"Why are you two silent? Eat up so that you don't feel weak later," Kumala said, trying to break the ice cold atmosphere.

The middle-aged woman returned to the kitchen, carrying a plate of fried chicken and a bowl of rice. She spooned the rice and gave it to Bella, stroking her back.

Seeing this scene made Lisa annoyed and jealous. That's how spoiled her little sister was.

She used a little too much force when she pulled the soup bowl that there was a crackling sound. 

Kumala felt an unpleasant aura from Lisa. She looked at her eldest daughter with a confused face.

"What's wrong with you? Leave what happened yesterday in the past, don't drag it on like this!" Kumala said.

Lisa did not pay attention to her mother. Instead, she deliberately kept quiet so that her mother would know that she didn't want to be disturbed.

After breakfast, Lisa returned to her boarding house. She did not say anything to Bella and her mother. The woman just left without leaving a message.

***

When Lisa returned to work in the office as usual, she still could not forget the hurtful words that her younger sister spewed.

How could her younger sister fall in love with a man much older than her and accuse her of liking Rangga, thus forbidding her to stay away from the tall, thin man? 

'You've managed to baffle me with your attitude, Bel!' Lisa muttered in her heart.

However, Bella didn't know that Lisa worked for Rangga. If her younger sister found out that Rangga was her boss, Bella could be badly jealous and their relationship as siblings would get worse.

Lisa felt her head dizzy thinking about solving this trivial problem that could turn fatal.

If it weren't for Rangga, Lisa wouldn't have been able to survive until now. It's all thanks to Rangga that she was able to land a job in the man's company. Still, sooner or later, her younger siblings would find out that Lisa worked under Rangga.

After thinking about various ways, Lisa decided to face Rangga directly.

She left her desk and went up to the second floor, approached the secretary and asked permission to speak directly to Rangga.

Lisa knocked firmly on the door to the president's room. A man's voice was heard from behind the door telling her to enter.

She opened the door then walked in. This time, she stood with an upright and steady posture like a cop.

"Morning, Lis," Rangga casually said, "What's wrong?"

"No, I want to talk to you. It's about personal matters," Lisa briefly and firmly said.

Rangga raised his eyebrows and invited Lisa to sit down. The woman then approached his table and sighed.

"So, the reason I went to your room is I want to talk about Bella," Lisa said, opening the conversation. She linked her hands and placed it on Rangga's desk.

Rangga moved from his seat, resting on his chin. The man's face looked curious. "Okay, what's wrong with her? Do you need me to help your sister again?"

"No, this doesn't concern the relationship between me and you as good friends. But please, stay away from my sister. I don't want my sister to date at a young age like me. I don't want my sister to have a miserable life like me because she fell in love," Lisa firmly explained. 

Rangga chuckled, he adjusted his seat. "What do you mean, Lis? What do I have to do with Bella?"

"You don't have to pretend to be stupid, I know you're close to Bella," Lisa fiercely said.

The man raised his hand as if he was a criminal caught in the act. "Wow, wow, calm down/ Looks like you've misunderstood me..."

"Don't you know that I think of Bella like my own sister like you think of me like your own brother?" He added, smiling sweetly. 

Lisa didn't understand, she frowned as she glared at the dark eyes of the curly haired man.

"Then what happened between you two during independence day in front of the supermarket near my house? I saw you talking to Bella for a long time. What did that mean?" Lisa asked suspiciously.

The man chuckled again. He blinked then leaned forward, crossing his arms.

"Lis, you really misunderstood. I just came from the same supermarket because I wanted to buy my mother a gift, so I happened to run into Bella. And yes, she also happened to come out from the same supermarket. I didn't know she wanted to buy groceries there, and then she said hello to me. That's all."

Hearing Rangga's explanation made Lisa's heart relieved. "Geez, I thought you purposely approached my sister because you like her!"

"Woah, really? Your younger sister said that she's about to graduate. She also asked me about job vacancies when we met that day so how could I reject her?"

"Well, how come you didn't stop by my mother's house yesterday?" Lisa asked back.

"After I left the supermarket, I had to go to my mom's house and leave the hotel because there was a banquet with company leaders who collaborated with my company. Sorry I couldn't stop by that night," Rangga explained.

Lisa then thought for a moment, trying to grasp whether what the man said was a lie or not. But from the look in his sparkling eyes, it seemed that the man told her the truth. 

"But what you've been talking about just now isn't a lie, is it?" Lisa asked to confirm Rangga.

"Of course not! Why should I lie to you? I don't get anything from lying to my childhood friend, seriously!" Rangga explained, smiling.

Lisa then smiled again with relief. She lowered her head and apologized.

"If I have free time later, I'll stop by at your mother's house. Do you also want to visit her?" 

Hearing Rangga's sentence, Lisa was immediately surprised and fell silent.