Unforgettable Scent
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"But for that, you and I will have to discuss a lot while you work on the mall design," Gerson continued as he continued to stare at Bella.
Rudi, looking excited, immediately said, "Mr. Gerson, don't worry, sir. Bella will definitely work to the best of her ability and will continue to report the results to you."
"That's what I want. I want her to keep reporting every progress and also report what she wants to do from day to day. Without interruption," said Gerson.
Bella was silent at Gerson's powerful-sounding words.
"How about it, Bella? You can do it, right?" asked Rudi. But without waiting for an answer from Bella, Rudi had immediately turned to Gerson. "He can do it, sir. This project is huge. It's her dream, so she'll prepare well and keep in touch with you for the project."
"Okay. I want Bella to explain the design details as soon as possible. I want Bella to come to my office immediately and she can explain everything there. How about it?" asked Gerson.
Bella looked at Rudi. Rudi immediately begged. His hands were again closed in front of his chest in a very pleading style to Bella.
Finally Bella said, "okay. I will come. When the CEO asks, I will come."
"Good."
**
When Gerson returned from his meeting with Rudi and Bella, he went straight to the CEO's office and called Tony, his good friend and subordinate who was the general director of his company.
"Yo what's up, dude?" greeted Tony as soon as he entered Gerson's CEO room.
"Sit down. I want to talk to you about something important," Gerson said as he pointed to the sofa in front of him. Gerson himself was no longer sitting behind the CEO's desk, he was sitting on the sofa in front of the CEO's desk.
"Incidentally, boss. I also want to report something to you. But, you first," Toni said while sitting in front of Gerson.
"You see, I think I'm Falling In Love again."
Tony laughed at Gerson's words. "Falling in love? A playboy like you can be falling in love?"
"Remember, there are many playboys who will eventually repent. Or fall in love for real after finding a woman he's been looking for all this time. Right?"
"Yes. But you have said several times that you are falling in love. Remember when you first got to know Lestari. You also said that you were falling in love. Then you got to know Pamela who you also said you were falling in love with but in the end you still left them all. Right?"
"It's different now that I know an architect named Bella."
"How long have you known her?"
"Just about an hour ago."
Tony laughed again. "I think your feelings will change in the next week or two or after you sleep with her once or twice. Yeah. Just like always. Right?"
"There's something bothering me, Tony."
"What is it?"
"A scent."
"Aroma? What do you mean?"
"When I was nearby, I seemed to have met that architect named Bella. I recognize the smell of her body. I recognized the perfume she was wearing but I forgot where I had smelled that perfume."
"Try to remember again."
"You know yourself, right. I never sleep with just any woman. The ones I sleep with, are usually my girlfriends, my college friends or my secretary or my coworkers and all of them I know well and none of them have a perfume scent like this girl named Bella. Her perfume is so unique and completely different from any woman I've ever known."
"It seems that such a perfume is very memorable to you?"
"Yes. Very memorable. But I forgot where I once smelled that perfume. Anyway, I didn't smell it in a perfume shop or anything like that but I did smell it on a girl's body but I forgot which one."
"Is it possible that you two met on the airplane? Maybe the architect sat behind you or in front of you and you felt the scent of her body and you couldn't forget her so when you met her, you remembered the perfume again."
"Maybe it's like that." Gerson nodded his head. "Maybe it's like that." But still there was no conviction in Gerson.
"Never mind. I guess we'll talk about girls again in the next week or two, but a girl other than Bela the architect."
"I think this time is different. I think this Bella is very special. But never mind, we'll see. Now, what do you have to report?"
"A hacker managed to break into our security system, Gerson."
"Are our people incapable of fighting this guy?"
"They tried but were unsuccessful. The attack has been going on since yesterday and as soon as the leak was closed by our people, the attacker broke into our security system again from another loophole and it has been going on since yesterday."
"That good?"
"Yes. According to our company's cyber experts, it looks like the hackers who attacked are from a large organization. Because that kind of work is impossible for a single hacker to do."
"Okay. Find him and pay him. If necessary, hire him and fire our previous cyber security people, because they proved to be incompetent in dealing with this attack."
"Okay, boss. I'll try to contact him right away."
"Offer him a high salary."
"Excuse me first. I have to monitor this leak." After that, Tony walked out of the CEO's office.
After Tony left his room, Gerson walked towards the glass window then he looked down. He was reminded of his meeting with Bella earlier.
"I don't think I've ever seen her face but I'm pretty sure I've smelled her body odor, smelled her perfume. But where? Does Bella wear the same perfume as the woman I met?"
Gerson looked straight at the buildings next to his office building. "Or could it be the same as Tony thought, maybe I've met Bella before but we don't know each other maybe we met in a public place, met in an airplane, or in the waiting room of an airplane and I was impressed by the smell of her perfume. Hmmm. That seems to be the case."
After that some of his secretaries came to bring a report that Gerson had to sign.
Gerson was so immersed in his work that after he finished signing, he began to continue his work behind his laptop.
After 3 hours of work, Tony suddenly knocked on the door and went straight into Gerson's room.
"What's up, Ton?" asked Gerson without looking at Tony, as he was still working on his laptop.
"I managed to communicate with the hacker who broke into our security system."
"Good. Give them money or offer them a high-paying job."
"They didn't respond to my captivity but they said something that made me very surprised."
"What was it? What are you surprised about?" Gerson turned his gaze from the laptop to look at Toni.
"The hacker is talking about you, Gerson."
"About me?" asked Gerson as he frowned.
The hacker said, "It's for your revenge."
Hearing that, Gerson was shocked. "I've never had a problem with hackers. Why are they after me?"
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