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"Just got home huh? How are you doing today?"

His voice came from behind the cellphone that I was holding to my ear, the voice of my lover ... Raefal, who I haven't seen for 2 weeks. He traveled to Tianjin, China, to represent the company he worked for to receive the award.

Again, I am proud of him. You can imagine that of the many employees working at the company, it was Raefal was chosen to fly to China to receive the award. Even though if I recall, he had only been working for the company for about one and a half years.

It turns out that talent and intelligence will not deceive the results. Even though he is counted as a new employee, if his skills can be relied upon by the company, it is certainly not something that even senior workers can beat.

"Indira," he called, I smiled faintly when I realized how stupid I was, even when I'm on the phone fun like this I can still daydream.

"Sorry, I just thought of something," I replied, trying to be honest.

“Thinking about what? You must be thinking about me huh? You miss me?" he asked insistently and sounded annoyed because he was too confident. I'm secretly chuckling here.

"When you come back to Indonesia?"

I tried to divert the conversation rather than having to wait on him, who would get a bigger head if he knew I missed him here.

"Hm, I'm already in Indonesia."

“Huh? Are you serious?" I gasped in surprise. If he had returned to Indonesia, why didn't he tell me?

"Yes, I'm already in Indonesia. It just arrived yesterday afternoon."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

“Deliberately, make a surprise. You're home now right?"

I pursed my lips, irritated by his frequent behavior like this. Secretly doing something without telling me first.

"You are like that. I don't like it, you hide something from me like this," I said a little curtly, deliberately so that he realized my feelings that annoyed him. I heard him chuckle on the other side.

"It's not a surprise if you tell me from the start that you have returned to Indonesia," he replied.

"I don't like surprises like this. I prefer you to be honest with me. Tell me about all your activities with me. I'm like that too, all the daily activities I like to tell you about."

He chuckled again on the other side, successfully igniting my emotions rising to the surface.

"I'm sorry if you like this. The habit of not saying anything when something happened.

I was about to disconnect the phone if only his soft voice did not catch my hearing senses.

"Sorry, I'm not going to hide anything from you anymore," he said. I squinted here without his knowledge.

"Promise first, from now on if there's anything you directly tell me. Don't have anything to hide or keep secret. Tell me directly if you have a problem. We have to share, that's the function of being a partner, "I said at length.

"OK, dear. I promise."

I smiled satisfied hearing that.

"Where are you now?"

"Guess where?" He asked me back in a mischievous tone of voice. I rolled my eyes lazily.

"Don't tell me you're in my house. Are you hiding in one of the rooms in my house?"

I stepped foot through my house. Opening one by one the doors of the room closest to where I was.

"Raefal," I called because he couldn't hear his voice on the other end even after I made sure the phone was still connected.

"Are you hiding in my house? Hurry up, your joke is not funny. Not funny at all, even annoying. I don't like playing cat and mouse like this."

I grumbled while my feet kept moving and my hands kept opening one by one the door to the room in my house. But I can't find his figure anywhere.

"Now try to go to your room," he said, finally coming back.

As I thought, he was indeed hiding in my house. This isn't funny at all.

I obeyed his words, I rushed up the stairs to my room which is located on the second floor.

"I'm going to punch your face in a minute. Here I am already standing in front of the bedroom door.

"If you want to hit, why do you have to say it first? You are funny. I should just hit it straight away, don't have to say it first so that I will be surprised. It's not fun if I rush to know you want to hit me. What if I run before you can hit me?”

“Tsk, noisy. You're annoying," I said annoyed because, on the other side, he was laughing at me.

Without wasting any more time, I opened the bedroom door. Getting ready to throw curses at my ignorant lover. However, I did not find his figure in the room. The room was empty as usual because only I was allowed into this room.

"Why aren't you in my room? Where exactly are you?”

OK, I'm getting angry now. Raefal seems to be bullying me.

"You turn on the radio. You will hear my voice in a moment.”

After that, the phone line was disconnected, and he disconnected it unilaterally. I grumbled looking at the phone screen. Even though my heart is upset, not playing with my boyfriend's ridiculous game, I still follow what he says.

Turn on the radio in the room. Let the music play from my favorite radio station. Have I said that I have a hobby of listening to the radio? Whether it's listening to music or other programs broadcast on my favorite radio station. Therefore, as soon as I turn on the radio, it will immediately connect to my favorite radio station.

I threw the sling bag on the bed. Opening the cardigan that wrapped my body, I left my body wrapped only in a sleeveless shirt and super tight dark blue jeans wrapped around my legs.

I just got home from the hospital. After graduating from nursing school, I decided to work. It's been almost a year since I worked as a nurse in a hospital in Jakarta.

When I thought there was nothing wrong with me laying down on my soft bed for a moment to relieve fatigue before I go to the bathroom to clean myself, I gasped in surprise when I heard Raefal's voice.

Yes, I'm pretty sure I just heard his voice, not in my room, not on the phone but... on the radio.

I quickly stepped away from the bed and switched to a chair that I put right near the radio.

When I looked again, Raefal's voice was indeed heard on the radio. Looks like he's having an interview there. Could it be that my boyfriend is in the radio studio? It seems that he was indeed there considering that this talk show is indeed a live event.

At first, I heard they were discussing business, about the award from China that Raefal's company had received. Until now, they have started discussing Raefal Shahreza's personal life. I'm here still faithfully listening to it, still sitting in the chair that I put right in front of the radio.

"Do you have a lover?"

The question that the host addressed to Raefal sounded strained. My heart somehow beat faster than usual when for a few seconds Raefal's voice was not heard, as if he hesitated to answer it.

"Already."

I breathed a sigh of relief when I finally heard the answer.

"How long have you two been dating?"

"Hmm, not bad. We've been dating since we were in 3rd grade. You could say this is our seventh year of dating.”

“Wow ... that's long. How can it last like that huh? Please tell me the secret. I'm sure viewers at home want to hear it too.”

I gulped my saliva hearing the host's question, more precisely curious to hear Raefal's answer.

"The point is to maintain trust. If we trust each other and try to understand each other's conditions, the relationship will last."

I unconsciously nodded my head, agreeing with Raefal's brilliant answer.

"What type of girl is she?" The host asked again. "Surely she's pretty huh?" he continued.

Again I was nervously waiting for Raefal's answer. You could say this is the first time I've heard Raefal's opinion of me in front of many people.