hello it's me

chapter 2

                it's already three days since I stay in that hotel, I hope I can meet him again but he disappears like a genie. I try to ask the receptionist but they forgot his face because many people were coming to this hotel for holiday.  I walk out of the hotel and come back home. I feel better than before so I decide to work. 

            ''good morning boss,'' I greet my boss who is arriving at the office a while after me. My boss is a very handsome man, he has a tall body and wide shoulders. He has so many fans at the office. I am one of his fans but some rumors say that he is gay. Nobody has ever seen him with a woman, and I don't know who spread the rumors. 

            ''My phone keeps ringing and it's Kian. I avoid his call because I think I don't have anything to say to him. ''what Kian, I'm still working and if you keep calling me like this, how can I focus on my job?'' I answer his call angrily.

            ''We need to talk Alice, where have you been during these three days? you didn't answer my call. we have to talk, this is about us Alice,'' his voice so soft and he sounds begging. I finally agree to meet him. he waits for me at our favorite restaurant after work. 

        ''Alice,'' he's waiting for me in front of my office. ''I can't wait to see you.'' he pulls me into his embrace. I miss this perfume, I miss him a lot.  we then go to the restaurant, which is a private room in that restaurant so we freely talk without worry someone might be eavesdropping on us during talking. 

        ''I won't marry her, I will wait until the baby is born and I will marry you like our plan, we will raise the baby together,'' I'm shocked when he says that without even thinking about Clara and my feeling. 

        ''I don't want to, I want to raise my own baby who is born in my womb, not another woman baby,'' I raise my voice. I'm angry with him. how can he think that simple? my hands are shaking, I lost my appetite because of his words. "you have to take responsibility to Clara, marry him no matter what because you're the one who makes her pregnant. don't lie to me Kian, when you slept with her you did enjoy right? she told me that you really need so you did that to her a whole night.'' I can't hold it anymore so I say everything that Clara told me. 

        ''and now you said that you love me? can't live without me huh?!!!!.'' I don't love a lier Kian!!!!." I go out of the room and leave him alone. I don't eat dinner because my anger is bigger than my appetite. I walk along the street, again I"m crying. I don't know why this time I really want to meet that strange man. I really want to lean on his shoulder. I sit at the bus stop waiting for the bus coming but I keep missing it. 

        ''why every time I feel sad it always rains?'' I think God knows how I feel right now. I walk under the rain, I still crying but the rain makes it faded. when I'm about to cross the stress a car hits me and I don't know what happens next because when I open my eyes I'm at the hospital bed in an emergency room. this is my fate? why don't I die by the time the car hits me? I can see the nurse clean my wound, I feel numb, this pain is nothing comparing to the pain in my heart. 

        I got a broken leg, so I have to stay in hospital for at least a week to get better. I didn't tell my parents because I don't want them to worry about me.  I only tell my boss that I got an accident. 

        ''Alice, how can you hit by a car?'' my boss comes to see me in the hospital. His name is Marco. Marco is a good man, he let me rest until I recover and ready to work but he still pays my salary.

        ''I was crying at that time, and I didn't notice there was a car so that happens,'' I grin at him causing him suddenly plant a kiss on my forehead. It's not surprising to me because I know my boss is gay so it doesn't matter. "it's good that you only got a broken leg not a broken brain.'' he's mocking at me

        ''be a good girl and I will be back tomorrow, just call me if you need anything and forget that stupid man who hurts you. You can find a better man than him.'' the one is surprising me. how can he know that my boyfriend hurts me? when he left me, I can smell a familiar perfume and I think I have ever smell that kind of masculine perfume. That scent full fills the room, it the same scent as the strange man. sadly when I met him at the park, he was wearing a mask and hoody so I couldn't see his face. 

        I'm alone because I didn't tell anybody about my accident except Marco. I tell him because he is my boss. when I'm about to sleep, someone opens the door and it's Marco.'' boss why do you come here late at night?'' I don't even let him sit but I already give him so many questions. 

        ''it because I know that you have nobody to visit you so that's why I willing to come here bring this for you,'' hands me a bag of food. it smells good makes my tummy growl. I smile at him, I feel secure every time I with him because I know he will never harm me. nobody knows that Marco and I are close because we never show it when we are at the office. 

        he stays in the hospital until morning and goes to work from the hospital, I don't know why but I feel comfortable with him, for a moment I can forget about Kian and Clara. I decide to be strong, accept this fate of mine, and try to make a new life with a new mindset. it's been a week I stay in the hospital is the only one who keeps visiting me is Marco. He will come during the day and will back at night sometimes he sleepover. I don't know why but I think all the bosses will do something like that to their employees. 

        today will be my last check-up from the doctor and if the test says i"m better, I will recharge from the hospital this afternoon. ''how do you feel today?'' doctor visits and examines my broken bone. I feel like smell the same scent between Marco and that doctor but I know the doctor's name is William. ''maybe this is only a coincidence,'' I talk to myself and smiling at the doctor. Doctor William says that I can go home because my condition is good. Doctor William has a perfect body, when he touched my skin I feel like the same touch of Marco's even his hand is similar to Marco's. the one that I don't know is doctor William's face. 

        so many things happen to me during this month. So when I at home, I promise myself will forget all the bad things that happen to me. I decide to cut ties with people who hurt me, it's not because I hate them but it's because I deserve to have a good life and I choose to be happy. 

        two months pass by and now I can walk like normal. the first thing that I do is visiting the park when I met that strange man and I can lie I hope I bump into him there. I sat there for almost one hour but he doesn't come. when I turn back it was Marco behind me, he smiles at me putting his hands in his pockets. he looks so handsome with the casual outfit. 

            ''Why are you here boss?'' I smile at him and he sits right beside me and we are too close, I even can feel his warm breath. I know him for almost four years but this is the first time I feel like my heart is nearly jumped out of my body. My heart beats so fast, maybe he can hear it. what happens to me? it isn't normal and why?

            ''you think that you're the one who allowed to come here?'' he smirks and this is the first time I see him read a book. ''stop starring at me and when will you go to work?'' he looks at me with his handsome face getting closer to mine, he snift and says'' I love to smell your perfume. Deg my heart beats even faster now. 

            I pinch my tight so I can wake up from my wild imagination,'' ah tomorrow I will go to the office, thanks to your kindness so I recover soon,'' I giggle showing my white teeth. 

            ''Nothing is permanent so don't stress yourself,'' he suddenly caresses my hair, smelling my hair, and kisses it. I try to make a distance with him so that I'm not too close to him. it's so confusing when your own boss who usually cold and a little bit weird now he's clingy at you. honestly, I enjoy my togetherness during these years, but I always try to hide that weird feeling of mine because at that time I still have a boyfriend. 

        I nod at him, let him sit closer to me.'' you know, I met the doctor when I was hospitalized and I think the doctor uses the same perfume as you because the scent is the same.'' I look at him and his hazel eyes are staring at me, which makes me really nervous. ''not only that doctor but also the strange man that I met here last two months, I almost think that the three of you are the same people.'' I'm talking with him but I do not dare to look at his eyes.

        ''Maybe we're the same person but you can't recognize us. ''who knows, ''he shrugs and back to read. his words are confusing. 

        ''ha ha ha ha,'' I force myself to laugh try to believe him. "it's getting late, I have to go and see you tomorrow at the office.'' I stand up and leaving him behind 

            ''yeah, don't let a strange man took you to the hotel because you fell asleep here,'' he said slowly waving at me. I glared at him. How can he know about that? Is he spying on me all this time? He knows too much about me. What is he? A pervert? I have so many thoughts in my mind about my boss, my weird boss. 

            walking slowly, enjoying the fresh weather at night while looking at the moon through a clear blue sky, I really feel better than before.'' yes, every day is a good day to start something better.'' I cheer myself up. 

            This is Monday morning, the sun is shining brightly and the weather is nice. I can hear the birds singing and the people busy with their activities. ''Let's go. Arriving at the office, I can't find my boss around. He usually tells me his whereabouts so I easily find him but not for today. I sigh deeply and sit on my desk. Today everything seems weird, but I try to ignore it. 

            while finishing my job, my phone rings ad it's him my boss.'' yes boss, where are you?

            ''I'm right behind you,'' I turn back and see him smiling. We look like a couple but ahhhh in my dream only. I approach him, asking maybe he needs me to help. ''you look so happy when you see me, why?'' raising his eyebrow, gives me a weird look. He bent slightly and brings his face closer to mine, so he is at the same weight as me. He puts his hands on his pockets and whispers.'' am I smell like the doctor and the strange man?'' then he leaves me freezing in my spot, which makes me shiver. 

            I'm tailing him to his office and he suddenly turns back it makes me accidentally bump into his chest. I can smell his manly scent which I miss a lot, it's so refreshing. I stick my cheek on his chest, smiling imagine that when I was leaning on that strange man's shoulder.'' have you done yet? 

            ''ah'' my face is getting red as a tomato. ''so what should I do?'' I try to change the topic without having eye contact with him. 

            He gives me an invitation letter'' I found this on your desk last Saturday, open it.'' he looks so curious. I open it, and it was a wedding invitation from Kian and Clara. This time finally come a time where I should be wise and accept the truth. I smile but my tears falling down my cheeks. "I need to go to the toilet,'' I convince him that I'm fine. 

            Suddenly he pulls me to his embrace'' if you want to cry, just cry. I know crying won't change the fact that your boyfriend married your best friend but it's good for your mental health.'' I burst into tears in his embrace. I let out all the things that stuck in my mind all this time, he's right crying makes me feel better. ''you can cry as much as you can, but promise after this you'll be the new person and ready to have new life because life must go on.'' he caresses my hair softly.  

            I strengthen my heart to attend the wedding, to be honest, I'm not as sad as before, I walk to the married couple and greet them. I meet Kian for the first time after three months and does Clara.'' thank you for coming.'' Clara hugs me. I hug her back. I feel weird that I wasn't sad, in fact, I am happy. 

            ''ah you come,'' Kian hugs me, his gesture to me is also change. I feel it is a hug from a friend.

            ''Be good to her and sorry for the things that I have done to you,'' I smile widely at him showing how happy am I seeing their marriage. I don't want to be there any longer because I avoid being the center of people's attention. Some people who attend the wedding know I was Kian's girlfriend and we both plan to get married next year. But God has another plan for Kian and me the one who gets married to him is Clara my best friend.

            I walk out from the hall where the wedding hold, inhale, smiling'' ok Alice you have done a good job now let's start a new life,'' I say to myself. I leave them behind never look back and keep walking.