Veronica sat cross-legged on the sofa. She had just returned from somewhere. She was preparing to clean herself and dress in a women's suit before going to work but suddenly she was stopped after Azmar called her.
After 20 minutes of waiting in the living room, Azmar still hasn't shown a glimpse. He has already started to cry. He quickly got up from his sofa.
"Veronica?!"
Azmar's loud voice was heard shouting after stepping into the house. Veronica saw a glimpse of Azmar walking towards her. A bouquet was also held in his hand.
Azmar's face turned red. Without delay, he threw the bouquet of roses on the floor. Veronica was surprised to see Azmar's shocking actions in front of his eyes.
"What's wrong with you?"
Veronica asked. His face began to contort with anger after looking at Veronica's face which seemed to betray him all this time. A hand swung to Veronica's clean white cheek. Quickly she grabbed her cheek which Azmar slapped hard.
"Why are you here?!"
"What's all this?!"
"What do you mean? Why did you suddenly slap me?"
Veronica's anger also erupted. Eyes met each other.
"Who..who is the man with you now?!"
Lost all their spoiled nicknames. Veronica's eyes widened with that question.
"What..what are you talking about?"
"These flowers..someone sent this on my desk. Are you trying to cheat on me now?!"
He screamed in anger at Veronica. Veronica reached for a bouquet of roses on the floor. She tried to check something in the bouquet. The card was still stuck there and read it. To her surprise, the card was beautifully written with expressions of love for her. Her hand began to tremble.
"Tell me now?! Who is that guy?!"
"Azmar..please..please don't believe in that nonsense. This is all untrue. Please listen to my explanation.."
Veronica said in a trembling tone. Azmar seems to have lost faith in her now.
"So, all this time you... cheated behind my back?! You are a disgusting woman!!!"
"Azmar! This is all untrue. I think.. someone is trying to trap me. Please don't believe all of this."
She said while holding Azmar's hand but was pushed away hard. Anger was burning in his heart.
"I can't trust you anymore. Cut off your relationship with that man. Or.. you lose your life in my own hands."
He said before leaving from there.
"Azmar!!!"
Her screams were not heard at all. Azmar left without turning around. Veronica felt disappointed by Azmar's words. Now they are not the same as before. Azmar began to lose faith in her. Her thoughts were immediately confused. Who was the man who was relating to her in silence?
***
"What?! Their relationship is getting strained?"
Rosalina was shocked to hear the news from Hazre himself. Suhaimi was also there. The three of them gathered at a luxury cafe close to the Office Star company.
"Yes. It seems like a plague. Veronica doesn't come home every night. Azmar suspects she has another man behind her now."
Hazre said as he took a sip of the water. They were silent for a moment.
"How do you know that she has another man besides Azmar?"
Suhaimi started asking questions.
"It is. For now, we have to make them both fight each other. That will weaken their strength when they are at odds."
Hazre said planning. Rosalina just nodded her head.
"If we want to attack a strong enemy, we have to attack from the inside first. Persuasion and temptation will surely weaken our target. That is called betrayal. Loss of trust between them is a sign of an opportunity for us to attack."
Hazre said that it was implied. Suhaimi and Rosalina understood what it meant. They are now learning how to remove the trust between their two targets.
But unbeknownst to them, someone who was sitting near their dining table was eavesdropping. Was their secret heard by him?
***
Sharul walked quickly to Azmar's office. After knocking on the door from the outside, Azmar let him in. It looked like Azmar was standing calmly looking at the view outside the window. Sharul immediately approached.
"Sir. I have bad news to tell you."
Sharul said with a slightly worried face. He was sweating a bit.
"What is it?"
Azmar asked without looking back.
"Mr. Ikmal and Mrs. Alina.. met with Mr. Hazre's former secretary earlier."
Hearing the news, Azmar immediately turned towards him.
"What do you mean?"
"They met..with Suhaimi who had worked with Sir Hazre before."
Azmar was shocked to hear the news. He knew Suhaimi very well because they had met before. He became more interested to know.
"Why are they meeting?"
"I'm not sure. I didn't hear what they were talking about."
Sharul said honestly at that time he could not identify their conversation.
"Investigate more about them. I'm a bit suspicious of both of them. Please investigate again about the fire. What I'm sure of is that they're both dead."
He said giving instructions.
"Yes, sir."
Sharul said and left immediately. Azmar looked out the window again. His face was etched full of suspicion thinking about Ikmal's presence in his company. Was Azmar successful in unraveling Ikmal's true identity?