Love, Jerk, and Affair

Two weeks later...

It's been two weeks since Adriana stayed at her mother's house. She runs a shop owned by her family and asks her mother to stay at home to look after Evan. However, sometimes her son came to the shop because it was not far from the house. Amanda who is still in college sometimes helps her when she is on holiday.

Adriana also asked Mark to immediately take care of their divorce proceedings. Even though her husband objected, he was forced to agree because of his mother and Maura's insistence.

Margareth was even happy to see Mark in a relationship with Maura. Of course, the middle-aged woman agrees, because Maura is an accomplished girl and comes from a famous family in contrast to Adriana, who is just a simple girl who did not graduate from college and comes from a mediocre family.

Dave is annoyed because ever since Adriana took Evan out of the house, Maura always came. Her attitude is like a queen, making the man lazy to be at home. He decided to take a vacation abroad with his friends.

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Today, early morning Adriana left for the shop. she wore blue jeans combined with a white t-shirt and wore a hat that she deliberately wore facing backward. The young mother looks more relaxed and tomboyish.

Adriana walked towards the shop with a more peaceful and calm mood, even her friendly smile at the people around her complex as if she had been living a new, comfortable and happy life. Separating from Mark seemed to make her feel lost. of course, because she also didn't have to accept the scorn of her tiger-like mother-in-law.

When cool walking, Adriana's steps stopped when a car stopped beside her.

she let out a harsh sigh as the owner of the car got out and smiled back at her.

"Adriana," said Zach, smiling at Adriana who looked fresher.

"Hem," said Adriana lazily

"Where are you going?" asked Zach

"To the shop," said Adriana.

"Oh, now you are running the shop?" asked Zach, who had always known that Adriana's family had a shop that was not too big.

Adriana just nodded, then looked away. she looked at the atmosphere of the roadside which was planted with palm trees neatly.

"Then, let's go together," said Zach as he opened the car door.

"Hahaha ... I only need to cover a distance of 50 meters until I arrive, no need to ride your car." Adriana chuckled. because the shop was not far away and Zach gave her a ride instead. had that man forgotten that her shop was not far from the house?

"Hem. Isn't it bad, you can save energy?" Zach leaned back and leaned against the jet-black body of his Jeep.

"I just walked while burning calories, because the morning walk was healthy," said Adriana then continued walking.

"Hem ... you're right. Then I'm going with you." Zach follows Adriana.

Adriana immediately stopped, sighed as she turned to the man who was following her. "Where are you going, Zach?" she asked curtly...

"I'm going to my friend's photo studio, just happened to be this way," Zach replied with an eyebrow raised.

"Then go away, don't even come with me!" exclaimed Adriana, then went back to walking.

"I want to chat with you, just for a moment." Zach continues to follow Adriana.

"I'm busy, Zach. Delivery car is coming, let's talk another time." Adriana walked again with a faster step leaving the man just like that. she was reluctant to talk to him for a long time, for fear of being carried away.

As the woman he was talking to kept avoiding, Zach got back into the car and drove. When he passed Adriana who was still walking, he stopped for a moment and opened his car window. the man waved his hand while smiling at the woman, then left.

'Stop teasing me, Zach,' thought Adriana as she continued walking. For some reason, it was very difficult for her to avoid a man who seemed to come deliberately with an unclear purpose.

Arriving at the shop, Adriana immediately opened the red rolling door, then swept the yard. There is a cherry tree in the yard of her shop, so every day the leaves fall and

she can't help but sweep it.

In that shop, usually, there is a male employee who will help her, but this morning hasn't come. After sweeping, Adriana immediately busied herself by checking things in her shop

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A boxcar came to Adriana's shop yard. it is a car that will unload goods for sale in her shop.

"Jeez ... even one employee is not clear where," muttered Adriana irritably walking over to the owner of the car.

"Just drop in here!" exclaimed Adriana, pointing towards the store terrace.

The owner of the car was a handsome man with neat hair and a smooth jaw without a beard. He immediately asked the employee who came with him to drop the goods to where Adriana indicated.

"Are you a new employee?" asked the owner of the boxcar. he continued to stare at Adriana who was focused on taking notes on the things that were unloaded from his car.

"No, now I run this shop," said Adriana without turning or looking at the man.

"My name is Bryan." the man stretched out his hand to greet Adriana.

"I'm Adriana," Adriana greeted Bryan for a moment then immediately took off.

"Are you here alone?" Bryan asked, glancing around, looking into the shop and around.

"Yes, my employees are not here yet," said Adriana

"Nice to meet you."

Bryan continues to pay attention to Adriana, even though the woman is indifferent to him. Could he be interested? If so, Adriana will only ignore him because she is still tired of the relationship.

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After the goods were unloaded, Adriana immediately calculated the price with Bryan. even during the count, the man never turned his gaze to her. Made her feel uncomfortable and immediately paid for it to leave immediately

"Do you have a lover?" Bryan asked as he took Adriana's money.

"I'm married and have a son," said Adriana honestly.

Bryan nodded in understanding then immediately left with an expression of dislike. Maybe he was disappointed because the woman he had seen earlier was already married. He didn't know that Adriana was going to get a divorce.

'Would all men be like that when they saw a new woman known? ask about romance and keep on staring. Does he think I'm okay with it? ' Adriana thought as she looked at Bryan who was getting into the car, then driving.

After Bryan had left in his boxcar, Adriana sat in the chair. she let out a rough breath staring at the pile of cardboard boxes and rice sacks that had to be moved into the shop.

"Hugh! Do I have to move all that myself?" Adriana chuckled irritably. she immediately reached into her pocket for a smartphone to call her employee named Lucas.

many times Adriana contacted Lucas, but there was no answer at all. The young mother snorted in annoyance and decided to move the items herself into the shop.

"Take it easy, maybe it won't be too tiring," she thought as he started to lift the goods while no customers were coming.

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"Mommy...!" shouted Evan when he saw his mother was busy lifting things.

Adriana, who saw her son come, smiled and immediately put the cardboard into the shop. she immediately approached the kid who immediately fell into her arms.

"Aren't you going to college today, Amanda?" Adriana asked when she saw her younger sister accompanying her son. The young mother immediately picked up her kid and kissed her chubby cheek.

"No, Sis," said Amanda, then sat down on the chair. "I just remembered, my professor is not present today."

"You just happened to come, Amanda. Help me move these things, Lucas somewhere didn't come and didn't give me any news!"Adriana chuckled irritatedly and took advantage of Amanda's arrival to help her.

Amanda nodded in agreement, then glanced at her nephew and asked, "but who will be starting at Evan, I'm worried he will run into the street?"

Adriana snapped her fingers, "that's easy. I'm going to invite him to come inside and play a kids' song on Youtube. he definitely won't run anywhere. "

"Great idea." Amanda smiled and gave her thumbs up.

Adriana immediately invited Evan to enter the shop, then played a video of kids' songs on Youtube. Her son happily watched. after that, Adriana immediately came forward and started lifting things with Amanda.