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The meeting ended 10 minutes ago and Rachel felt a bit relieved because Seungwoo left the room as soon as the meeting ended. But some people were still being inside the room like three people from investor company who were compiling some documents with two people from Rachel's team. Lana, Ryan and Rachel were also still there to discuss some small details.

Another 10 minutes passed, Lana and Rachel finished their discussion. They were ready to leave the room to have lunch together. Rachel walked in front of Lana. When she stepped outside the room, someone with a familiar voice called her, “Rachel.” she turned to direction of the voice that was from the left side of the door and found Seungwoo standing there with his flat expression. An expression she knew he would made when he was nervous. She was just standing there, freezing. Her mind was blank.

“La? Ada siapa? Lo kenapa?” Lana asked Rachel when she saw her angrily surprised showing from Rachel's face. Lana stepped out from the room and finally saw Seungwoo too. “Pak Seungwoo? Kalian saling kenal?” Lana asked Seungwoo. Lana looked at Rachel to get an answer but Rachel was just standing and staring at him coldly. “Kami teman lama.” Seungwoo answered Lana's question with a deep cold voice, his eyes never left Rachel's. Rachel took a deep breath upon hearing his answer because she was afraid he would answered differently that would make the situation worse. She relieved that he answered Lana's question that way. “Punya waktu sebentar?” Seungwoo asked Rachel. “Bisa tolong kasih kami waktu sebentar?” he asked Lana. “Gak! Lana ayo kita pergi dari sini.” she said to Lana who was still clueless of what was happening between her friend and work partner but Seungwoo managed to pull Rachel's hand after she only walked a step from there. She tried to pull off her hand but he was just too strong. “Lepas!” she told Seungwoo to let go off her hand in a stern voice. He did not budge. “Ini ada apa sih La?” Lana asked Rachel. Then asked Seungwoo to let go off her hand. “Please Rachel, just a moment...” he begged Rachel in a softest voice he could make and still ignoring Lana's existence. “...Aku...” Seungwoo could not find the right word to start the conversation. “Okay wait. Lepasin tangan aku dulu.” she said to Seungwoo. “Na, lo tunggu gue aja di ruangan lo. Gue gak apa-apa, nanti gue jelasin semuanya.” Rachel asked Lana to leave her with Seungwoo so that she did not need to get involve in whatever Seungwoo wanted to talk about with her. “Lo yakin gak apa-apa?” Lana tried to make sure that Rachel was okay because her face turned pale. Lana stole a glance to Seungwoo because she wondered who he really was and what he could possibly do to Rachel if she left her alone with him. “I'm okay.” Rachel answered. “Okay then, kalo ada apa-apa telepon gue ya.” Lana stole a glance again to Seungwoo whose facial expression was hard to read. “Saya tinggal Rachel di sini dengan Anda tapi tolong jangan macam-macam.” Lana said to Seungwoo and he just nodded then she left both of them.

Seungwoo gestured Rachel to get inside the meeting room. “After you,” she said. Seungwoo walked inside the room followed by Rachel. “Duduk dulu Hel, aku...” Seungwoo has not yet finished his sentence but Rachel cut him right away. “No need, what do you want?” she crossed her arms and her face was hard. She used all the strength she had to face him alone. Seungwoo was standing there staring at her, the guilty feeling that he buried deep inside his heart broke out. There were so many things that he wanted to talk about but no words coming out from his mouth.

“Kalo gak ada yang mau dibicarain, aku pergi. Gak ada gunanya nunggu.” Rachel walked out but finally Seungwoo said the words, “Aku minta maaf.” Rachel stopped walking. She did not turn around to face him. “I'm so sorry for what I did. I get it if you can't forgive me yet but let me fix everything.” Seungwoo cut the distance between them. He tried to reach her arm but she pulled it quickly. She turned around to face him. She was so angry and afraid and in the verge of crying, she tried so hard to keep herself calm. “Don't touch me! And listen...” she looked at Seungwoo straight into his eyes and continued, “...there is nothing you can fix anymore, Han Seungwoo. You damaged everything beyond repair.” and then she left the room, leaving Seungwoo in despair.

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Rachel's watch showed the time was 7.45 AM. Rachel and her teammate were already inside the meeting room. Her team consisted of 10 people including her company 'big bosses'. The room was big and there were two long table with space in between and a projection screen in the front for presentation. Rachel sat in between Lana and Ryan. They were preparing some documents for the meeting while waiting for the people from investor company to come. The time showed 07.55 AM, 5 minutes before the meeting started. This was Rachel's first big project, she felt so excited to have some new big experiences yet she was more nervous of the thought of meeting Seungwoo. Then one by one the people from investor company came into the room and seated across Rachel's team table. There was two chairs left across her. Her big boss welcomed the members of the inverstor company and asked where was their Vice President and they said he would arrive soon.

It was 08.05 when someone came into the room. A tall man in a black suit, making an entrance and smiling while sweeping his gaze to everyone inside the room yet his stern look on his face did not fade away until his gaze fell to Rachel, he was hesitant whether it was actually her but he managed to keep a poker face and walked straight to his designated seat. “Oh this is the Han Seungwoo that we talked about the other day.” Lana whispered to Rachel who was seating beside her. “I know.” Rachel said, a cold answered slipped through her lips and made Lana raised an eyebrow to her.

Rachel and Seungwoo sat accross each other. Both made eye contact, Rachel could see his confuse expression before he changed it into a cold look. Rachel looked away, her body trembled. Cold sweat sent chills to her body but she needeed to keep her mind focus. She shut her eyes tightly for a second to shake what just happened and hoped that she just looked at the wrong person. She took a deep breath. “It's him. It's really him in front of me.” she thought. She wanted to cry and leave the room but she tried her best to control her feelings and kept being professional. Her face showed cold expression to cover her sudden blast of painful memories.

Seungwoo cleared his throat and gave some words to start the meeting. Lana was the representative of her company to do the presentation of the project. During the meeting, she could feel his gaze at her from her corner of the eye but she kept trying to concentrate so she would not mess up this important meeting over some personal things.

Thankfully the meeting went smoothly and the agreement was made. The contract would be 5 years long. After this, there would be many things to be arranged between the two companies. As part of the team, Rachel and Ryan would be involved in any kind of activites related to the project in the future as Lana's assistants. It was a new challenge for her and she was thankful for being a part of core team but the thought of 5 freaking years she would be dealing with things that connect her to Seungwoo gave her an extra additional stress. The dilemma hit her but she could not be bothered about it. Sometimes in work-life, it is not about the pile of works that need to be done which stress you out but the circumtances.

When she thought that everything would be okay without him and it did, but then he came out of nowhere like a thunder in a broad day light. It surprised her to the bones that never in her wild dreams that she would meet him again in her life. She never knew that seeing him again would bring back those painful memories about him. People always say that 'wounds healed but scar will always be there'. She never thought that it would happen to her.

Han Seungwoo, the man who torn her heart into pieces, who left her like he never existed, just popped up before her eyes.

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“Eh Ela, elo jadi sama si Johnny ke galerinya?” Asked Lana, using her own nickname for Rachel. Both Lana and Rachel were having lunch together at a small restaurant near their office. “Engga, dia tugas keluar kota sampe minggu depan...” Rachel said. “...Gue disuruh bareng sama elo tapi kan elo sama Kak Yeol.” She continued. “Ih dia juga ga bisa, ya udah bareng aja yuk?” Lana said while munching her food. “Lelaki-lelaki itu kenapa sih pada sibuk banget!” Rachel rolled her eyes, Lana just laughed. “By the way, kita meeting project kapan deh?” Rachel asked Lana. “Kayaknya sih ya kalo belum diubah lagi hari Senin depan. Gue juga lagi nunggu approval, mungkin sore ini gue bakalan terima approvalnya.” Lana said and continued, “Gak sabar gue mau ketemu head projectnya.” Suddenly Rachel chocked on her food. “La, lo kenapa? Minum cepet nih!” Lana handed Rachel her drink. She drank it and still coughing. “Lo makanya kalo makan tuh pelan-pelan.” Lana gave Rachel tissue. “Sorry...” Rachel coughed. “Lo gak apa-apa kan?” Lana felt a bit worried. “Gak gue gak apa-apa.” Rachel drank again. “Gue mau terusin cerita nih.” “Yaudah terusin. Lo kenapa emang gak sabar mau ketemu head projectnya?” Rachel asked. She knew the head project from their partner company was Seungwoo. “Penasaran aja soalnya kan lo tau sendiri selama ini kita belom ketemu langsung sama Beliau ini, ya kecuali Pak Dira, selama ini cuma berhubungan lewat sekretarisnya. Gue liat-liat dari cara dia handle dokumen segala macem kayaknya orangnya agak 'demanding'. Tapi ya gak tau juga kan...” Lana shrugged. “...Gue pernah ngecek gitu sih di company profile, Beliau ini orang baru.” She continued talked about Seungwoo according to the what she found on his company profile. Rachel just nodded and responded with “uhuh” here and there, just souless responses. Rachel just kept on shielding herself not to let slip a word about Seungwoo to her because it is not the time yet, she has not ready yet but she would, one day. “Capek ah gue ngomong terus. Jam berapa sih?” Lana sipped her iced lemon tea. “12.50.” Rachel said after checked her watch. “Masih ada waktu 10 menit lagi, mau beli kopi dulu gak? Eh, lo udahan kan makannya? Kok ga abis?” “Udah kenyang. Ayo kalo mau beli kopi.” Rachel just lost appetite when Lana talked about Seungwoo. It was not her fault though but recently she just did not feel so good about this whole Seungwoo returning to her life out of the blue. “Makan dikit banget sih lo, kita tuh lagi banyak kerjaan, lo jangan kayak gini nanti sakit.” Lana furrowed her eyebrows. “Iya Bu Bos, tapi emang gue kenyang karena itu porsinya banyak.” “Apaan banyak, standar kok itu. Lo biasanya juga abis terus masih bisa nyemil abis makan.” “Udah ayo ah jangan nagging di sini, berisik.” Rachel dragged Lana out from the restaurant and headed to coffee shop. Lana was just worried because that was her personality to give more attention to people on her surroundings and really a caring person but sometimes still clueless on what is happening to the people around her. Lana was one of Rachel's bestfriends beside Calysta, yet she did not know about Seungwoo and Rachel never brought this topic on their conversation. As bestfriend of course they talked about their relationship with their current boyfriend, sometimes their ex, Lana's ex-boyfriends. But Rachel only talked about general things like how long they dated and the reason they broke up but only “we did not get along that well so we broke up” and Lana commented that their relationship was rubbish because why started a relationship when they did not get along in the first place then she added, “ah, young love.” Rachel met Lana when she was already close to Johnny so she always talked about him more to Lana rather than talked about her past relationships. She felt sorry to Lana about it but she just could not tell her because it was so hard to talk about it, she even has not yet tell Johnny about it. But she promised to herself that she would tell them on a right moment.

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Been two weeks since the board meeting. After she was done with her draft at that time, she finally got the courage to learn about this company that would invest for her company's new project. She found out that the name of this company had changed since 4 years ago. Current name of this company was HAN ENTREPRISE. The name of this company's CEO was Han Sera. Rachel searched for the company profile and there were some pictures including the CEO's. Rachel remembered that she was Seungwoo's aunt from his father's side. She never actually met her before but she heard stories about her from Seungwoo.

This company was one of the biggest companies in the country. In one click on the search engine, you would get many informations. Then the current news of the company appeared on the screen was an event happened a month ago and there was his photo standing with all the VIPs from the company. Rachel could not believe her eyes. She searched for another photos and that was him, it was really him. He did not change at all. He still had that strong intimidating aura and sweet smile which could intoxicate that used to make her fell in love with him. “It is really him.” Reality hit her hard. She kept staring on her monitor. “This can't be real.” She shook her head in disbelief.

His images on her mind flashing like moving pictures in her head and sent shivers down to her spine. Everytime his image flashed in Rachel's mind, it hurt her. Like spikes grew suddenly inside her chest. After all this time she was trying to forget everything, then she realized it was all in vain. She was afraid that she would meet him, face to face, since she was part of this new project. There were so many possibilities that they would meet sooner or later. Even before meeting him for real, it gave her so much stress but she always tried to be professional on anything related to this project despite she always got this panic attack and uneasy feeling plus she also needed to cover this up from everyone around her, especially Johnny.

She was mentally drained from work load and the thought of meeting Seungwoo. She did not know what was she feeling about knowing the fact that her past might appear before her eyes anytime soon. She felt frightened but there was a bit of excitement which made it more stressfull for her because she did not understand why the hell she felt a bit of excitement in this nightmare.

If she met him what would she do? What would he do? What would Johnny think? These questions hammering her brain.

“Sayang? Hei.. Rachel?” Johnny snapped finger in front of Rachel's face. She was staring blankly into space. “Ya? Umm.. Sorry...” “Bengong terus dari tadi. Udah sampe nih, ayo turun.” Both of them got off the car and walked inside the restaurant. Johnny picked up Rachel at her office earlier to have dinner together. They decided to have dinner at the restaurant that they visited frequently before going home.

When they were walking to their seats, they passed 2 people who looked like a couple. Rachel made an eyecontact with the man. She immediately looked elsewhere because it was so awkward and looked back again out of curiosity because he looked like someone she knew. “Kenapa?” Johnny asked. “Huh? Eh...gak apa-apa.” Rachel said but she felt like she had met him before but she could not recall.

They sat on their table and ordered some foods. While having dinner, Rachel kept thinking about that man. She felt like she met him before but he might also a different person. But she quickly ignored that feeling because she had enough problem to be worried about.

After dinner, Johnny drove Rachel home. He stopped at the apartment complex before the entrance of Rachel's apartment unit. “Kamu ga mampir dulu?” Rachel asked. “Ga dulu deh, ada kerjaan yang mau aku selesain di rumah.” “Yaudah kalo gitu aku masuk dulu. Kamu hati-hati di jalan.” Rachel hugged Johnny from passenger seat. “Aku telepon nanti.” “Okay.” Johnny drove away, Rachel walked into the entrance of her unit.

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Rachel arrived at the reserved parking lot for residence at Johnny's apartment. When Rachel came out from the car, she could see Johnny was waiting at the entrance. She called him when she was almost arrived. Johnny smiled widely, Rachel walked towards his direction and hugged him. “Kamu pulang cepet ya hari ini?” “Yep!” They released the hug, walked to the elevator. “Pak Bos bebas sih ya.” Rachel mocked him, Johnny laughed. “Kamu bawa apa? Sini aku bawain.” Johnny took the totebag that Rachel carried. He held Rachel's hand by his left hand and totebag on his right. “Eskrim, roti sama cemilan aja.” “Kok tumben ga minta temenin belanja?” “Engga itu buat kamu semua kecuali eskrim. Buat nanti abis makan.” “Hah?” “Iya abisnya 2 hari yg lalu aku cek kulkas kamu kosong isinya cuma air sama bir. Makanan cuma ada sukro.” “Ya kan aku ga sempet.” “Bukan ga sempet, kamu males.” “Yaudah weekend ini temenin belanja. Makasih loh udah dibelanjain.” Johnny kissed Rachel's hand that he held. Soon they arrived at Johnny's floor.

They got inside, Johnny went straight to the kitchen to placed stuffs that Rachel's bought in the refrigerator. “Aku mau ke toilet ya.” Rachel said then went to Johnny's room. Johnny was preparing the foods that he ordered before when Rachel came out from his room. “Yang, mau langsung makan? Udah aku panasin nih.” Johnny asked from the kitchen. “Iya.” She was in the living room, turned the tv on. “Makannya mau di mana?” “Di situ aja.” After flipped through some channels, she stopped on news channel then walked to the kitchen. “Ini kamu beli apa masak?” Rachel asked Johnny after saw the foods. “Beli hehehe mana bisa aku bikin makanan kayak gini.” “Sudah kuduga.” “Udah makan cepet nanti keburu dingin.”

They chitchatted while eating the dinner but Johnny noticed something off with Rachel. She did not eat a lot and talk much. Rachel, in a normal condition, would eat and talk a lot with him. Even if just nagging, it would take a long time. But tonight she was a bit off.

After dinner, Johnny did the dishes. Rachel offered to help but Johnny refused, he said, “It's okay, I'll do the job, you enjoy your ice cream.” Then kissed her lightly. [Red: I cringed] Rachel sat on the sectional sofa, holding the ice cream box on her lap while waiting for Johnny to join her after he was done with the dishes. Rachel's eyes were on tv but she wasn't focus. It was just a blank stare and she did not even realized that a pair of eyes staring at her from the kitchen.

“Kalo gak mau dimakan eskrimnya mendingan simpen lagi di kulkas.” Johnny took the ice cream box from Rachel and put on the lid and spoon on top of it then set it on the table. Rachel surprised that suddenly Johnny was already sat beside her. “Um.. Sorry.. Eh.. Iya simpen di kulkas aja deh.” Rachel faltered. Johnny took her hand and clasped it with both of his hands. “Kamu kenapa? Ga enak badan?” He asked Rachel and moved his hand to Rachel's shoulder while the other one still clasping Rachel's hand. “Aku gak apa-apa kok.” She said, because she also did not know how to describe her feeling. “Okay.” Johnny said but deep inside Rachel knew that he would not buy that because she knew Johnny was sensitive at thing like this but she ignored it. She could not tell him anything, yet.

They stay like that for a while, not much talking only cuddling when suddenly Rachel told Johnny that she needed to go home. “Why? Just sleep here.” Johnny said. “No, I need to go home. Besok aku ada meeting pagi.” “Yaudah besok aku anter aja. Kamu tetep tidur di sini. Udah malem Sayang.” “Baru setengah 12 kok, gapapa kan aku bawa mobil.” “Yaudah klo mau pulang, aku anter.” “Apa sih John? Nanti. Mobil aku gimana? Masa ditinggal di sini? Besok aku ngantor mesti pagi-pagi.” “Pake mobil kamu, nanti aku pulang gampang naik taksi.” “Udahlah ga usah repot-repot kamu istirahat aja.” “I insist. It's late Rachela. It's either you stay here or I drive you home.” Johnny's stern voice coming out but he still could control it. “Okay.”

Both had gotten into Rachel's car. The tension was not really good. Rachel kept looking at the window avoiding Johnny. She was in confusion because she had been panicking since she read the name written on the documents, but on the other side she also couldn't tell Johnny what was going on with her. This made her sensitive even over a little like before. She could be staying in Johnny's place but she needed time to be alone so that she could get herself together and Johnny did not need to know about it.

But Johnny knew something was off since their phone call. Rachel's voice, her response, it just did not feel right. When Rachel came with all those stuff, his assumtion faded and he only thought that his girlfriend only tired from work. But it was getting clearer again that something was up with Rachel when they were eating the dinner and when they were cuddling.

Johnny tried to break the ice by taking Rachel's hand while driving. Rachel surprised with that because she was just too focused looking outside the window. “Kamu kalo capek sama kerjaan, atau hal apapun cerita sama aku ya.” Johnny said but his eyes still focus on the road. Rachel just stared blankly to her hand that Johnny was holding tight.

In no time, they arrived at Rachel's apartment. Johnny walked her until in front of her apartment door. “Aku ga masuk ya, di sini aja.” Johnny said and then hugged Rachel. “Maafin aku ya, thanks for driving me home.” “Sshhh, it's okay. I was just worried.” He released the hug, he cupped Rachel's face with his hands, “Istirahat ya Sayang...” He kissed her lightly, “...I love you.” He said after kissed her. Rachel hugged him once again, “Kamu hati-hati di jalan ya. Kabarin kalo udah sampe.”

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“Hel, tolong bikinin draft dulu ya sesuai sama materi yang barusan gue kirim ke email lo yang dari Pak Dira, gue juga udah kirim ke si Ryan. Kasih ke gue EOD ya paling telat soalnya buat meeting besok siang.” Lana said to Rachel in front of her desk. It was already 3PM. “Materi yang dari board meeting?” Rachel asked. “Iya, sorry dadakan soalnya gue juga baru dapet info dari si Bapak.” Lana said. “It's okay I got 2 hours. Ada lagi ga?” Rachel asked. “Ga kok, gue butuh draft dulu. Besok pagi lo sama Ryan ke ruangan gue ya, kita diskusi.” Lana said then walked towards her office. “Okay.” Rachel then checked the email from Lana and started to work on the draft.

Lana was Rachel's direct reporting line manager. Rachel and her were friends actually. Lana was the one who taught Rachel this and that when she just got accepted into this office. She was her senior at the office and older by 4 years but they got along well. Even when Lana got promoted to the higher position they were still remains friends despite they still managed to have this professional relationship. Since then Lana and Rachel got close and being friends.

They both sometimes hung out together just to have some coffee, drinks, or shopping, just like how normal girl friends spent time together. But in the office they kept their professionalism. Rachel did not have that many close friends but Lana was one of them. She had another close friend but she was abroad and had not yet returned for like 5 years. So they just contacting each other through calls, video calls, texts, etc.

Rachel was working on the draft when on the last part she saw a familiar name written on the document. A familiar name that she wished she would never come across in any occasion. A name she wished she could erase forever from her life. She would do anything just to erase a chapter in her life that contained this name.

Vice President Han Seungwoo

“What?!” She unconsciously exclaimed louder that she thought. “What?” Ryan who just returned from toilet break surprised by her voice. “Oh umm.. Sorry.” Rachel apologized to Ryan who sat across her desk. “Lo kenapa?” Ryan asked. “Gak apa-apa.” Rachel smiled awkwardly and hid her face behind her monitor. “No, no, no. It can't be him.” She mumbled. “No, it must be a different person. Yes, it must be a different person with the same name.” She tried to assure herself that it could not be him while trying to gain her focus again on her task. “There are so many people with the same name. It is just a coincidence that this person's name is Han Seungwoo.” She thought. Her mind was so full with any possibilities, her hands trembled. She closed her eyes for a while tried to shut her worries and calmed herself down to focus on what she was doing.

Rachel and Ryan finished their task that was asked by Lana. Rachel was the one that handed over the documents. She knocked on Lana's office door and entered the room. She directly handed the documents. “Thanks ya Hel.” Lana said. Rachel was still standing in front of her desk, hesitating to ask a question. “Umm...” “Ya?” Lana asked. “Lo kenapa Hel?” “Umm.. Gue.. Umm ga jadi deh.” She decided not to ask. “Apaan? Udah ngomong aja.” “Ga deh ga penting.” “Yakin? Soal kerjaan?” “Engga sih. Gak apa-apa he...he.” She smiled awkwardly again. “Yaudah kalo gitu lo udah boleh balik. Ryan tadi udah pamitan duluan.” “Iya yaudah gue balik duluan ya. Thanks ya.” “Iyaa hati-hati lo sama jangan lupa besok meeting pagi sama gue ya.” “Oke Bos!” Rachel gave her thumbs up.

Rachel returned to her desk to tidy up before going home. Her phone rang.

John 💖

“Halo Babe?” “Ya John?” “Kamu udah pulang?” “Udah boleh pulang sih ini aku lagi beres-beres dulu.” “Aku jemput ya? Makan di tempat aku.” “Ketemu di sana aja aku bawa mobil.” “Yaudah kalo udah jalan kabarin ya. Hati-hati di jalan kamu.” “Alright , you too.” “Bye...”

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After received a phone call from Johnny, Rachel asked permission to Lana to get her lunch. She headed to the elevator and pushed G button. Johnny was waiting at visitor parking lot as usual. The elevator was crowded since it was 11.55 almost lunchtime. She rushed to thr parking lot that was located behind the building and saw Johnny stood beside his car, leaning.

“Hi...” Johnny smiled and opened his arms ready to hug Rachel. She hugged him tight, buried her face to his chest. Johnny kissed her head while hugging her. “Pusing banget ya? Hm?” he asked. “Iyaa...” Still burying her face. Johnny then cupped her face so that he could look at her. “...kan ini reprogramming jadi kayak 90% diubah semua. Pusing aku.” Rachel continued, she pouted. “That is the risk Baby. You'll get through it once you get a hold of it.” Johnny said, he smiled. “I know.” She said, Johnny kissed her on the lips, Rachel gasped. “John, not here.” Rachel took Johnny's hands from her face. “Too late, people saw us hugging already and a kiss just a strawberry on a short cake.” He shrugged. Rachel hit his arm and he only laughed. He then opened his car door to get Rachel's lunch. “Ini makanannya. Abisin ya, langsung dimakan jangan nunggu nanti-nanti.” “Waahhhh...banyaakk..asiikk..” She smiled widely while opening the food bag. “Thank you...” She said. “Yaudah sana masuk lagi, dimakan ya.” “Iyaaaaa...” She hugged him. “Jemput ga nanti?” “Aku bawa mobil kok lagian kayaknya lembur deh, tapi masih belum tau sih.” Rachel said, releasing the hug. “Yaudah kabarin aja nanti ya?” He stroke Rachel's hair. “Sip! Yaudah aku masuk dulu ya. Makasih makanannya Sayang. Salam untuk temen-temen kamu ya...bye.” She bid him goodbye, gave a kiss on his cheek and turned to the direction of the entrance. As Rachel walked, Johnny called her. “Rachelaa!” She turned. “Yes?? ” She walked back to Johnny. When she walked back to him, he took some photos of her. “Apa sih? Jangan foto-foto aku lagi berantakaaaan.” Rachel said. “Berantakan apa sih, cantik gini,” he grinned, “udah ah aku pergi dulu, bye.” Johnny got into his car, Rachel shaked her head and walked into the entrance.

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Johnny and Rachel finished the dinner that was made by Rachel today. They were washing the dishes right now. Johnny cleaned, Rachel rinsed. “How was it?” Rachel asked. “What? The surprise?” Johnny asked. “That too, but I meant the foods.” “The surprise really got me terus untuk masakannya... Hmmm... Lumayan untuk kamu yang pemula.” Johnny pretended to be serious. Rachel only furrowed her eyebrows and splashed him some water. “Hahaha... Enak kok, serius. Kok bisa?” Johnny asked. “Skill doesn't lie, Honey.” Rachel said it with proud face and Johnny found it amusing. “Woah, that is my badass girl indeed.” “Proud, huh?” “I am, really. Hands down.” He did the gesture, Rachel just laughed. They continued to wash dishes and when it almost finished Johnny asked Rachel to stop and let him finished. “Aku bikin kopi ya.” Rachel said. “Good idea! I'm craving for some.” Johnny said while rinsing the dishes.

Rachel then prepared 3 cups of Irish Coffee and brought them to the living room. “Living room ya.” Rachel said to Johnny. “Okay.” He still had some dishes to be rinsed.

Johnny had finished his work and joined Rachel at the living room, sitting beside her. “Ini kopinya? Kopi apa ini?” Johnny asked then took a sip. “Irish.” Rachel grinned. “Well there some booze in here. You chose the good one, Sayang.” “Rachela's pick. Is it nice?” “Surprisingly yes! How did you even make it?” “Learnt from Joe actually.” Rachel grinned again and took a sip of her Irish. “You took a lesson from him? How? Okay, wait. So how did you prepare all of these stuffs? Why didn't I notice anything?” Johnny felt so lost at this rate.

Rachel told him about how she prepared everything almost 2 months ago. How she learnt to make the Irish coffee, the foods. How she asked Johnny's friends to help her. Johnny was so surprised at this because both Jeffrey and Doyoung did not act strange, just like how they actually acted around him but the only thing that felt a lil bit strange was when they actually spent a night together with nothing special. It was Johnny who decided to stay at Doyoung's last night but Doyoung would have refused on the usual occasion but he let Johnny and Jeffrey stay last night. It felt strange but he just ignored it since he felt really upset and did not want to think about anything.

“Wah, I'm so thankful for those who helped you to make this day meaningful, especially you. Thank you Baby for your hard work. I don't know what to say, really. This is one of my best birthday ever.” “Are you choking up?” “A bit.” “It's okay if you want to cry.” She mocked him. “Not gonna happen, I'm a man.” “A man can cry too you know, here.” She patted her left shoulder as sign that he could use it when he is crying. “How can I cry if I feel so happy like this. I feel like I'm the luckiest man ever.” He kissed Rachel softly. “I love you so much, you know that.” “I know.” She smiled at him.

They continued to talk about this and that and what not including Rachel's presents. She got him a watch and camera. Rachel felt a bit high because of the whiskey in the coffee but she could still handle it. She wrapped her hands on Johnny's waist and put her head on Johnny's chest. They were talking and cuddling like that until their coffee cups were empty. “John...” “Hmm?” “You haven't got my best present yet.” “There is more? How many did you prepare?” “The last gift for today.”

She moved and sat on Johnny's lap with both her legs on either side of his waist. Her arms around Johnny's neck. “Wow..woah...” Johnny shocked by his girlfriend's sudden movement. “Can't I just sit on your lap?” Rachel asked and her face was like only 5cm apart from Johnny's face. “Of course you can. What is the last gift?” His arms wrapped Rachel's waist. She leaned closer to Johnny's body and whispered to him, “Tonight, I'm all yours.” Then gave him a nip on his earlobe and kissed his neck. “What is this is you last gift of today?” Johnny raised an eyebrow. Rachel stopped kissing his neck and facing him. “Do I look like I'm kidding, Babe?” Rachel said with a seducing voice and alluring face. Her face was just about inches from his. “So I better be using this chance real quick before someone changed her mind then.” “You could say so.” Rachel said cooly and shrugged.

Johnny kissed Rachel's lips to her neck, her shoulder. Rachel rested her head on Johnny's shoulder while his hands traveled to Rachel's back to unzip her mini dress. He slowly undressed her. Her dress was hanging on to her waist since she was still sitting on Johnny's lap. They both were busy 'eating' each other's face lustfully. Now Rachel's turn to take of Johnny's clothes revealing his tone abs, those great muscles that she adored much. Johnny's hand traveled again to Rachel's back to unclasp Rachel's bra and took it off revealing her full breasts free. Both were topless, Johnny pressed Rachel's body with his left hand to make it closer to his body. Rachel arched her back made her breast up to his chest. His right hand cupped her breast, kneaded it while his mouth began to suck and tease her nipple on the other. She let out some delicate moans. It was like a song to Johnny and made him harder.

Moments later, they were already in Johnny's room, naked. Rachel's hands grabbed behind Johnny's neck, pulled him closer to kiss him. It let their chests tightly pressed againts each other. Johnny took that chance to open Rachel's legs wider and positioned himself near her warm wet fold. He moaned as he slipped his tip to enter her. He continued to penetrate until he was fully inside her. She whimpered as she felt his hardness filled her. Her legs wrapped around his hips signaling him to start moving. He moved very slowly at the beginning. “I love you desperately.” He said it in a whisper to Rachel which she replied with a passionate and hungry kiss to him and as Johnny moved, Rachel kissed even deeper.

Johnny knew that she meant her words, when she let Johnny did whatever to her body tonight. Usually, she always said whatever that stops him from what he is doing with her, even when she was the one who asked for it, that was why Johnny had a bit of doubtful thought when she said, “Tonight I'm all yours.” Even when he let out the beast that was trapped inside him, he was still being careful.

A brief moments later, the room was filled with their hard breathing sounds. The air was warm and moist and full of lust. They both needed it actually because it had been a while since they spent a blissful night together like this.

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Rachel still managed to plan out everything for Johnny's birthday despite her being busy with her work. She planned everything herself with some help from Jeffrey and Doyoung to keep Johnny busy and stayed with them while Rachel preparing the party at Johnny's apartment. She asked Jeffrey and Doyoung to go somewhere or just playing game together with Johnny until the designated time for him to return to his apartment to celebrate his birthday.

One of her to-do list was to make Irish Coffee for Johnny. She contacted the cafe that Johnny and her went a lot. This cafe provided private course to learn to make coffee. Johnny actually took a course here before together with Jeffrey to make Americano and Capuccino. She went there to learn how to make Irish coffee without Johnny knowing it. Since the owner had known both of them, she asked him to keep it secret until Johnny's birthday.

It was 10 AM and Rachel was at Johnny's apartment to prepare the party by herself because this was just for the two of them so she wanted it as simple as possible. Johnny was not at his apartment, he was at Jeffrey's and still sleeping right now according to Doyoung. They played game until dawn. Doyoung said to Rachel that Johnny was upset because he did not receive birthday wish from her. Doyoung and Jeffrey knew that it was intended, it was her plan to pretend to sleep early last night and not wished him birthday greeting. He was so upset that he did not want to stop playing game. So they went to sleep at 5 in the morning. Doyoung was the first to wake up and as soon as he got message from Rachel who asked about them, he immediately told her everything. Rachel was so thankful that both Doyoung and Jeffrey were so helpful.

After 2 hours, she finally done with the decoration that was full of balloons. She took a break to have lunch that delivered to Johnny's apartment then she went to the cafe to make Irish coffee for Johnny. She was there for 2 hours then returned to Johnny's apartment with the ingredients that she made earlier at the cafe and kept it in refrigerator. She would just put everything in a cup when it was time the coffee to be served and she would do it after dinner.

Rachel then cooked to make some simple foods for tonight's dinner. She spent 3 hours to cook. She was not a good cook but as long as it was just a simple meal then she could do it. But for tonight, she made 3 kinds of foods and two of them were complicated enough for her to make that was why she took longer time to make it. After she was done with cooking, she just placed them in the pots and pan that she used to cook so she could put them on the plate later after showered. Yeah she needed to shower after did everything for the celebration alone. She indeed felt tired but the excitement gave her energy.

Rachel showered, wore a simple mini dress then put on some makeup. Just a simple one so she looked presentable when met Johnny later. It did not matter anyway for Johnny, she always looked beautiful for him in any circumstances. She put the foods that she cooked earlier on plates then put them on the dining table. She also had prepared the cake that she ordered a week ago and took it from the shop when she was on the way to Johnny's apartment from the cafe earlier.

It was already 6.30PM, Johnny should be back. Rachel tried to contact him a few times today but got no answer. Jeffrey told Rachel that Johnny woke up at 2PM and still feeling hangover so he was just resting. He did not touch his phone at all. This time, Rachel pretend to call Jeffrey to ask for Johnny's condition because he would not answer a call from Rachel. So she decided to call Jeffrey to get information about the condition at his apartment. When Jeffrey was receiving a phone call from Rachel, Johnny was in the showered inside Jeffrey's room.

“Halo.” “Hi Jeff, Johnny lagi apa?” “Lagi mandi. Katanya bentar lagi mau pulang.” “Oh gitu? Mau langsung pulang apa gimana?” “Gatau deh dia ga bilang sih. Udah siap semua?” “Udah kok tinggal nunggu Johnny dateng. Gue mau telepon tapi ga angkat terus nih. Gimana dong?” Rachel asked, she started to feel anxious. “Yaudah nanti lo pura-pura telepon gue aja terus nanti gue kasih hp gue ke dia.” “Oke kalo gitu, kabarin kalo dia udah selesai ya.” Rachel felt a bit relieve but still nervous. “Siiipp.” “Thank you ya Jeff.” “You're welcome, Sis.” Rachel ended the phone call and 5 minutes later, she received a chat from Jeffrey that she could contact him again. Rachel immediately called him again and talked to him that she wished to talk to Johnny so Jeffrey handed Johnny-who just came out from bathroom-his phone. “Nih..” Jeffrey gave his phone to Johnny. “Apaan?” Johnny asked. “Rachel. Katanya lo ga bisa dihubungin.” “Udah bilang aja gue tidur.” “Gue udah bilang lo lagi mandi tadi. Udah sih terima aja, ga usah ribet. Kasian tuh nanyain lo mulu.” “Yaudah sini.” Jeffrey then walked out from his room and closed the door so Johnny could talk to Rachel privately.

Johnny who was still in a towel, sat on the side of Jeffrey's bed and began to talk to Rachel. “Ya?” Johnny said with a cold voice. “John?” “Ya.” “Kamu sampe jam berapa di tempat Jeff?” “Gatau.” “Baru bangun tidur ya? Kata Jeff kamu tadi lagi mandi?” “Hmm” “Masih ngantuk?” “Sedikit.” “Tidur jam berapa?” “Pagi.” “Kenapa ga jawab chat sama telepon aku?” “Belom pegang hp.” “Jawabnya singkat terus dari tadi.” “Ngantuk.” “Ngantuk apa ngambek?” ”...” Johnny did not answer. “Kamu mau pulang jam berapa? Aku mau ke tempat kamu.” “Aku belum pulang.” “Mau ketemu ga? Kamu pulang, aku nyusul ke tempat kamu.” “Mau ngapain?” “Mau ketemu.” “Aku pulangnya masih lama.” “Ga mau ketemu sama aku?” ”...” “Yaudah pokoknya aku tunggu di tempat kamu aja ya? Terserah kamu mau pulang jam berapa. Aku tungguin.” Rachel talked with a soft voice. “Ga usah.” “Ini ngambek berat karena aku ga ucapin selamat ulang tahun?” “Engga.” “Mau aku ucapin lewat telepon apa langsung?” ”...” “Aku jemput ke tempat Jeff ya?” “Ga usah.” “Yaudah aku tetep tungguin di tempat kamu ya.” ”...” “Udah ga mau ketemu sama aku lagi?” ”...” “Hm?” ”...” “John?” “Bukan gitu.” “Terus?” ”...” “Kalo diem berarti iya.” She knew she would win this battle. “Oke aku pulang.” He gave up. “Yaudah aku tunggu. Hati-hati di jalan ya Sayang, love you.” They ended their phone call. Rachel then checked everything once again to make sure everything was okay and perfect.

20 minutes later, she heard the door was opened. Rachel immediately turned on the candles on the cake. She heard Johnny uttered, “Kok bau makanan?” when he was walking on the hallway in between the entrance to the living room. The living room was dark, Johnny forgot whether he had turned off the lamp before he went to Jeffrey's.

Rachel was standing on the end of the hallway beside the wall. When Johnny almost reached the end, she turned on the lamp and screamed “SUPRISE!!” Then sang birthday song while carrying the cake and walking towards Johnny who was shocked and speechless.

Johnny made a wish before blew the candles and after that he said thank you to Rachel then placed a kiss to her forehead. “I love you, Sayang.” He hugged her.

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It was Saturday, 11.10 AM, Rachel had been calling Johnny a few times but he did not pick up. Rachel started to get irritated. She kept on calling him and then finally Johnny picked up. “Hey...” He answered with his raspy voice. “Wake up sleepy head. Time to lunch!” “What time is it?” “11.15, what time did you sleep last night?” “Around 3 or 4 I think.” “What?? I thought you sleep at 12?” “Yeah but Jeffrey called and we played online game.” “You could've stopped maybe at 2 or refused in the first place. You need to sleep for godsake, Johnny!” Rachel was really annoyed. “But I promised him and you allowed too. I just didn't know he would ask me to play again at that hour.” “Whatever. I would scold you later. Be ready, I'll be there in 20.” “But I...you want to lunch here?” “What did I say last night? We'll go to JIGEUM then watch movie.” “Right...but baby I'm still sleepy.” “Whose fault is that? Get ready now!” “Okay...” “Bye”

After around 25 minutes, Rachel arrived in front of Johnny's apartment building. She texted him but no reply. She tried to call him again a few times then he answered.

“Hello?” “Did you received my text?” “Oh..no..sorry I fell asleep while waiting.” “Oh my...come down now. Be quick.” “Alright.”

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