chapter 01

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Juliana walked quickly to find the door of the room, as soon as she managed to get out of the room, Juliana took a deep breath. It's crazy! The new boss is really crazy.

The girl shook her head a few times trying to regain her senses. Juliana walked back to her desk languidly, then sat down with a face that still showed an expression of surprise, looking very disheveled.

"Ma'am, why? Why are you confused?"

Someone tapped Juliana's table with her long fingernails, the woman's voice seemed to pull Juliana back to the real situation at that time, several white plastic folders had just been placed on Juliana's table.

"Here, the file that you asked for earlier, I've tidied it up and printed it too, is there anything else?" asked the woman while returning to offer help.

"Oh, okay thanks Dev, just this." Juliana massaged her temples for a while then smiled at Devi who was always standing next to Juliana's desk.

Devi seemed to frown a moment after seeing Juliana's face.

"You're really pale, are you really okay? Do you want me to make some tea or something?" Devi again offered to help Juliana, this time the woman looked really worried.

"It's okay Dev, you just go back to work on something else, or you ask someone else to work first, ok? I can still handle my work." Juliana finally smiled and nodded, trying to convince Devi that she was really fine, Juliana just needed some time to be alone.

"Okay, Ma'am, if something happens, just call me right away." After saying this, Devi left immediately, the woman returned to her seat in the corner of the room.

Devi is one of the interns this year, she is the nephew of Mr. Abimanyu, Mr. William's father is also the owner of this company. The young lady this month was about to finish her apprenticeship and could be placed in the sedentary division later, she was a diligent child and was not at all arrogant, not even hesitating to offer help to anyone in the office. Even though Devi is the niece of the owner of the company, the child is really not distinguished from other apprentices, she even tends to offer herself a lot, her parents really haven't been educated wrongly. Juliana really likes Devi, that's why they are quite close.

Juliana just didn't know what to do at the moment, she couldn't possibly talk about what had just happened to Devi, who incidentally was William's own cousin.

"Hufttt." Juliana exhaled heavily, the woman returned to struggling with some of the files that Devi had just brought earlier.

The company, Guntoro Hospitality, owned by Mr. Abimanyu, is a fairly large family company. The company is engaged in the luxury hotel business as well as quite prestigious residential areas which are still under construction. Mr. Abhimanyu is the owner of a five-star hotel that stands majestically in the middle of the city. Voir Luxury hotel, the hotel is visited by many foreign actresses who come for holidays or just reporting activities as well as other tourists, not a few domestic actresses who also use the hotel's services as a meeting place or just enjoy the food served at the restaurant inside.

The Voir Luxury Hotel is located 200km away from the head office where it handles all activities. Meanwhile, the Voir Royal housing is managed by Mr. Abimanyu's younger sibling or Devi's mother. Juliana has just worked as a secretary for Mr. Abimanyu himself for about three years, now how long will she have to work with William? Juliana felt increasingly uncomfortable.

Actually Juliana didn't want to bother, it's just that she kept thinking about many things. After all, what did Mr. William see in Juliana? The woman was far from luxurious, unlike the woman that Mr. William should like.

Drttt... Drttt...

The vibrating sound on Juliana's cell phone again made the woman aware, Juliana immediately picked up the phone when she saw the name written there.

"Hello honey? Talita and I are already in the basement, have you finished work?" The hoarse voice on the other end sounded hoarse.

"Yes dear, just a moment," said Juliana, starting to rush.

Juliana immediately tidied up her belongings that were still scattered on the table, daydreaming too much, the woman did not realize that the tables that were filled with people working were now empty, what time was it? Has everyone gone home?

"You're not home yet? Do you want me to take you? It's late." As soon as a familiar voice sounded, Juliana immediately looked towards the source of the sound, her blood was throbbing violently.

Mr. William was now standing right next to his desk, a tall man in a shirt who already looked untidy looked at Juliana with a look that was difficult to decipher. Juliana immediately shook her head to reject Mr. William's invitation just now.

"No need to bother sir, my boyfriend is already downstairs." Juliana smiled as she looked down slightly.

Juliana's eyes accidentally caught the presence of one of her friends, Nabila, the woman was standing not far from the glass entrance at the other end, making Juliana scream with joy in her heart, finally there were other people apart from herself and Mr. William in this room and Juliana had an excuse. to hurry up.

"That's my friend who's been waiting for me, I'll say goodbye, sir, good night."

"Oh yeah, good night too Juliana, be careful on the road."

"You too."

Juliana smiled and then the woman immediately left William.

William smiled a little when he saw Juliana drag her friend away from that place, didn't Juliana really want to just say hello to William that she looked in a hurry like that? It's a shame that the woman's damn boyfriend had already picked her up, so William didn't have much time to just stare at Juliana.

"Why are you tugging?" Nabila, who realized that her hand had been forcibly dragged by Juliana, finally asked a question. The woman's disheveled face made Juliana immediately let go of her dragging.

"I'm too lazy to talk to him earlier," said Juliana honestly, her lips looked a little pouty, Juliana wasn't lying, she really wasn't excited to do anything.

"Who is he? You mean, Mr. William?" asked Nabila curiously.

The two women were in the elevator heading to the basement, the elevator was empty at that time, because the clock was showing past the usual hours after work.

Today, Juliana will go home with Wira, her lover. But Nabila and Talita also got a ride in Wira's car. The four people had made friends since their school days, it had been a long time until finally Juliana and Wira agreed to have a serious relationship, their two friends also supported Wira and Juliana's relationship. Going home together for them is nothing new, it's been a long time. Wira and Talita work in the same office or even in the same division, while Juliana and Nabila work in the same office but in different divisions, causing Juliana and Nabila to rarely meet at the office, at least only when there is a joint meeting or just having lunch together at food court only.

"What's wrong with Mr. William? You don't feel comfortable with him?" asked Nabila who was already very curious.

"In fact, I don't really feel at home," answered Juliana casually, the woman was actually very lazy to talk about Mr. William.

"Uncomfortable because of what?" asked Nabila again.

"Often angry, his work is also often not right, just keeps annoying me." Juliana has been harboring her feelings for a long time, finally for one week, Mr. William really has a lot of shortcomings when compared to Mr. Abimanyu. However, some time ago Mr. Abhimanyu himself told Juliana to help William because the man had been out of work for almost five years. As a result, this is where Juliana is now, having to work twice as tiring plus Mr. William makes Juliana's heart become restless and anxious.

As soon as she found Wira's car, Juliana immediately tried to open the front passenger car door, but the door was locked, until someone inside opened the glass window a little.

"Jul, I'm sitting in front of you, I'm feeling nauseous." Talita looked pitiful, the woman looked at Juliana with hope.

"Oh okay." Without wasting any more time, Juliana finally followed Nabila into the passenger seat at the back.

"Why don't you sit up front?" asked Nabila.

"That, Talita is feeling nauseous," said Juliana casually. Nabila then just nodded and turned seriously on the cellphone in her hand when the car started to move leaving the basement of the office.

"How was your day honey?" Wira, who was driving, occasionally glanced at Juliana from the rearview mirror in the car.

"You seem so gloomy," joked Wira with the corners of his lips showing a small smile.

"It's a good day, but there was a little problem earlier. How are you? Was it working well?" Juliana was finally able to smile after feeling uncomfortable at the office all day, the woman began to move herself closer to Wira so she could chat intensely with her lover.

"I had a good day, earlier Talita and I got a good tender too." Wira seemed excited to tell about their new tender, while Juliana smiled happily in response.

"Wow! Congratulations, the tender is big, isn't it?" asked Juliana hopefully.

"Very big, two billion." replied Wira with a proud smile.

"Huh! Does that mean you get a big bonus too if this works?" asked Juliana, starting to get excited too.

"So what if Wira gets a big bonus, Jul?" Nabila, who had been busy with her cellphone, now started joining in. The woman raised and lowered her eyebrows as if teasing Juliana who discussed bonuses, making her look a bit mercenary.

Juliana just smiled a little, "yes, to add to our savings for marriage, right dear? We've been saving for a long time but we're still not rich enough, if you borrow from the bank, you'll have a headache with the bills later."

"That's right, you guys are getting old right, I'm afraid that if you've been married for a long time, you won't get a baby quickly."

"It's like you're not even old! You're even worse, you still don't have a boyfriend, look there." Juliana teased Nabila, the woman who was being teased just turned her face lazily and then seemed to be fixing her hijab which was starting to fall apart.

"Duh, can you three be quiet for a minute? I'm getting dizzy, it's so noisy." Talita, who had been silent all this time, now began to speak, making her three friends silent.

"Yes, sorry ma'am," Nabila commented teasingly. It's normal like that.

Juliana immediately backed away when there was nothing else to talk about with Wira, the woman then started to lean back to feel a little comfortable then started opening her cell phone, checking all the emails that she had not had time to read, maybe there was something important tucked in there.

Having been struggling with the e-mails piling up for a long time, Juliana's gaze seemed to be diverted to a bubble chat notification that had just arrived, Juliana's eyes almost popped out.

*Mr. William's office*

I'll send the dress for tomorrow's dinner to your apartment address, Juliana.

*Mr. William's office*

The dress is from mom, not from me...

After reading the latest chat from the man, Juliana finally started stroking his chest calmly. She would absolutely not wear that dress if it was really from Mr. William. Maybe Juliana would prefer to return it directly today.

However, Juliana had to start limiting interactions between herself and Mr William, she didn't want slander to arise in the future, especially with Mr William's position in having feelings for Juliana, he had absolutely no intention of cheating on Wira. Mr. William expressed his feelings for Juliana. Juliana felt as if she had betrayed Wira. It really bothered Juliana.

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To be continued