Being Proposed to By a Blind CEO

The sun emerges from the eastern horizon accompanied by its rays that are getting hotter with every passing hour. The hot atmosphere makes the rainwater that sticks to the roofs of houses, trees, or even the streets immediately dry up by itself. Revealing the city of Jakarta without the droplets of water that are dwindling in number.

This can be felt by a girl who is still wearing her light blue blouse, black pants and white sneakers. Although the sun has appeared, it does not mean that this morning the city of Jakarta will quickly increase its temperature, so even though the sun has appeared, the temperature is still around 24 degrees.

The girl kept walking because she wanted to go to work. She was alone, without a single person accompanying her. You could say, she didn’t have any friends at all. Friends may exist, but these friends are usually insincere, causing her to become lazy and better alone.

While she was walking, suddenly a large screen at the intersection of traffic signs displayed the news of Gifer’s disappearance, which was still the center of the search for everyone who knew him. The girl stopped walking, staring at the screen because the girl seemed to recognize the man on the screen.

“Isn’t that… Mr. Gifer?” The girl asked herself. The girl frowned and listened carefully to the news until the end.

“That’s right! It was Mr. Gifer! Mr. Gifer was kidnapped? Who’s the culprit? Damn! I haven’t even approached him yet, and he’s missing because he was kidnapped, isshhh.” The girl was upset.

Yes, that girl was Novaa who was going to work at the Ability to Read Foundation. But because on the way to see the big screen, the girl thought that it would display her favorite idols such as boy bands or girl bands typical of South Korea, it turned out that her expectations did not match the reality she saw. Instead, it was news about Gifer, the person Nova had a crush on all this time.

“Wow, I have to hurry up and tell this to Bang Martin. Who knows Bang Martin accidentally met Gifer.” Nova said.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Nova accelerated his footsteps after seeing the red light that had turned green, which meant he could walk past the vehicles stopped at the intersection. He continued walking until he reached Bang Martin’s Foundation. When Nova opened the Foundation’s door, she was immediately greeted by Bang Martin who had cleaned the entire class. Novaa smiled because her class had also been cleaned by Bang Martin.

“Bang Martin?” Called Nova. Bang Martin who was mopping immediately turned to the girl who was standing in the doorway of his Foundation.

“Did you leave so early?” Asked Bang Martin while still mopping the floor.

“Yes, I have something to tell you.”

“Umm, what is it? Tell me.”

“But before that… I’ll help you to mop everything.”

“Too late, I’ve already cleaned everything. You just sit on the chair by the door!” Bang Martin ordered.

“Ah yes, alright.” Nova took off her sling bag and began to sit on the long wooden bench that was used to wait in line for students to enroll.

“Do you know Bang Martin, Mr. Gifer is missing.” Nova said. Bang Martin seemed to stop his mopping for a moment, thought a little and then resumed.

“Yes I know, I saw it on the news this morning before coming here. What’s wrong?” Instantly Nova’s eyes widened. How could Bang Martin talk like that? When he heard that Gifer was missing, Martin should have joined the search, right? She thought.

“Are you crazy? You have no intention of looking for Gifer, is that it?” Bang Martin stopped his work again after hearing Nova’s question, then immediately answered the girl’s question.

“If I look for him, then who will open the Foundation and teach later, huh? There are only four of us teachers, and even then I still have a hand in it, if not, you guys will be overwhelmed too. So why look for Gifer if we’re still in trouble ourselves. Gifer is already looking, with the news in the media, surely a few hours after that Gifer will be found, believe me.” Bang Martin explained.

“Ah so that’s what you think, well, I’ll look for him myself and help the media!” Nova said irritably while stomping her feet and walking towards her class. Bang Martin just shook his head then digested Nova’s words just now.

“Yeah, why don’t I try to find Gifer? I’ll call Haris first.” Bang Martin decided while taking the foldable flat box object from his pants pocket. He opened the flip phone and searched for Haris’ cell phone number, trying to contact him.

Tut~

‘The number you have reached is inactive or out of range, thank you.’

It was only that sentence that sounded in Bang Martin’s ears that made the man with the bright smile that the man usually displayed. But this time Bang Martin did not show his smile, even his lips were bent downward because Haris could not be contacted at all.

“Why can’t you? Ah, I’ll try again.” He said.

The same thing happened again, only the voice of the operator that Bang Martin heard in his ears.

“Where is Haris? It’s still 6:15 a. m., isn’t Haris still at the apartment? That man usually leaves for the office around 7am, right? That’s strange.” Bang Martin was increasingly surprised by this situation. Haris, who Bang Martin can usually contact so far, can always be contacted as long as it’s not during working hours, eh now he can’t be contacted, Bang Martin thought.

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Meanwhile, at the GF Corp company, there is now Haris who is already neat in his shirt, tie and office suit, coupled with material pants in the same color as his suit and shirt. The black office shoes that Haris used to wear every day had been brushed to a shine. Adding a charismatic impression to Haris.

When the tall man walked into the room that was usually used for meetings, all the staff were immediately made to glare by Haris’ appearance which was very different from usual. His slicked-back hair and hairspray looked clipped and neater. All the staff girls who saw him were instantly mesmerized by his good looks.

“Wow, Mr. Haris is handsome too!” They shrieked while covering their mouths with both hands so as not to be overheard by Haris.

Haris walked with a square smile that could not be separated from his lips. Heading to the meeting room where Mr. George and his secretary were already present. Shook hands briefly and immediately sat down to the seats that had been provided after Taehyung ordered him.

“Please have a seat.”

“Oh yeah, wasn’t the CEO Mr. Gifer at that time? Or has it changed?” George asked.

“Yes, Mr. Gifer is currently unable to attend due to sudden business. How about we talk about business now with me?” Asked Haris with a big smile.

“Oh so that’s it, alright. I just want our cooperation from yesterday to be immediately taken care of and decided, Mr… who?”

“Haris, Haris Kurniawan.”

“Yes, I will leave the decision entirely to Mr. Haris about the matter of business cooperation, if Mr. Gifer is back, hopefully I want Mr. Gifer to accept it so that there is a definite decision, so.” George said.

“Ah so that’s it, well I’ll tell Mr. Gifer later.” Haris said.

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At Belvina and Anggi’s apartment, the two girls were still in their respective rooms. Both of them were still preparing themselves to leave for work at around 6:45 am. They did like to leave early, but never late at all. It was still 6:15 a. m. Belvina had already prepared and just unplugged the chargers from both phones. Why two? Because one was Gifer’s cell phone that had fallen when he was kidnapped. When it was unplugged and placed on the bed, one of the phones rang. It displayed the name of a woman who obviously meant a lot to Gifer, Belvina knew that.

“Mom?” Belvina asked confused.

“Should I answer it?” Belvina looked hesitant to pick up the phone from Gifer’s mother.

But inevitably the girl had to pick it up. Isn’t the mother very worried if her child is missing? That’s what’s on Belvina’s mind right now. Belvina shifted the green button on Gifer’s phone, listening to every word that came out of Gifer’s mother’s mouth.

“Son, it’s you right? In the news, it’s a lie right? You weren’t kidnapped, right? Please answer me, dear.” That’s what Gifer’s mother said, from her voice Belvina could hear that there was worry in Gifer’s mother. But Belvina was still silent, unable to answer. How would she answer? Belvina just didn’t want her words to hurt Gifer’s mother. Tears slowly came out of Belvina’s eyes.

‘Should I tell you what really happened?’ Belvina thought.

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~Continued~