Romeo always has the answer to cover up mistakes when joked by Julie, his girlfriend. This afternoon for example. Frankly, Julie saw Romeo holding the other girl's hand out of the bookstore located in the biggest mall in their city. After the shocking sight, Julie ran down the escalator and tried to follow those who nearly disappeared behind the crowd of visitors.
Julie had just arrived at Romeo when the handsome boy waved at a stranger who had been taken away by an online taxi. Romeo was a little surprised indeed. But only a moment before you can be calm again.
"She is my cousin, Darling. Just arrived from out of town and asked to be accompanied by shopping. If you get jealous, you will be more beautiful," Romeo said when Julie bombarded him with questions.
"Which cousin? Sarah? Zee? Esca? Why did I just see? Then, should I hold hands like someone dating?" continued Julie.
Romeo puts on a sweet smile again. "Lah, you know that my mother is a big family, so I have a lot of cousins. I guess you didn't know that before. I got the name hanna. I will introduce you sometime," he continued.
Romeo then holds Julie's hand. "Now, when we meet here, let's find something to eat. It's really hungry," he said again. "After that I'm just getting ready to broadcast."
Julie just remembered, yes this afternoon the schedule of Romeo broadcasts on one of the favorite radios of young people in his city. The radio station's homebase is on the fourth floor of the mall. He was melted and resigned to Romeo's invitation.
Not even a week later, Julie found Romeo with Hanna in Romeo's apartment. Julie has a duplicate key for Romeo apartment so he can freely enter and leave the apartment.
The plan was actually going to make a surprise to Romeo, because he apparently went home a day earlier than the office service outside the city.
but what happened? It was precisely Julie who was surprised because in the apartment, Romeo and Hanna were alone with almost naked conditions. Romeo only wears boxers and Hanna only wears bra and super short pants. Various bad thoughts immediately crossed Julie's mind.
Hanna, who felt uneasy, hurriedly put on more appropriate clothes and then left.
"Sorry, Sis. I'll excuse myself first," he said curtly and coldly before leaving the apartment.
Again and again Romeo defeated Julie's emotions with his tactical answers.
"Don't get me wrong, baby. Me and Hanna were very close when I was a kid. So I'm not shy anymore looking like this. How come you didn't say you want to go home earlier? If you knew I could pick you up at the airport. Sorry if it makes you sad huh. "
Romeo hugged Julie tightly afterwards. Julie, as usual, finally melted again, especially in the position between Romeo's biceps warm and soothing.
After leaving Romeo's apartment, Julie just felt strange. There is a conflict inside. On one hand he felt Romeo was betraying him so he had to leave Romeo immediately, but on the other hand his love made him unable to stay away from Romeo.
Because of being immersed in the inner struggle, he became no longer focused on the steering wheel of his car, and the accident was inevitable.
Unconsciously Julie violated a red light and a high-speed car hit his car from the right side. Julie died on the spot in the deadly collision.
After Julie's death, Romeo just felt lost. He just realized all this time he had wasted love between them by continuing to go on a romantic adventure behind Julie and lying in front of him.
Flogged with guilt and loss deeply made Romeo try to find a way out on his own. He thought by continuing to adventure with other girls, he could momentarily get out of his mind. But it can't.
One cold morning, another girl with a naked body under the blanket screamed hysterically looking at Romeo's already stiff body hanging from the ceiling. Romeo has made a choice he will never regret again.
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