In a predicament like this, all Lisa could do was pray and hope that the weird man would let her go. Unfortunately, there were no residents passing by around the alley. Even if Lisa screamed, no one would help her escape from Johan.

Lisa began to panic, the man who she thought was ordinary and harmless turned out to have a terrible dark side. Her heart started pounding with fear. Cold sweat started flowing from behind her temples.

"You bastard, Johan! You... How dare you threaten a girl to accept your love!?!" Lisa snapped, pointing her index finger right in front of Johan's nose.

Just when Lisa pointed her finger in front of him, someone came to punch the man in the face until he fell on the cold asphalt. Blood started flowing from Johan's nose.historical

"You bastard! Stay away from Lisa!" Rangga snapped, stepping on Johan's body. He showed his fist to him so that he wouldn't mess with Lisa anymore.

"Rangga!?" Lisa shrieked, surprised to see a tall, slender man standing in front of her, protecting her from Johan.

Rangga turned to Lisa who was behind him. "Are you okay?"

Lisa nodded, "It's okay, I'm fine."

Johan's nose was still covered in blood, but the man tried to get up and faced Rangga who was on alert.

"Who dares to do this to me? Are you her boyfriend?!" The man changed the way he spoke.

"I'm the one who should ask you, stupid! How dare you do that to her?!" Rangga replied fiercely, clenching his fist ready to throw hands at any time.

"Do you wish to die huh!" Johan sneered as he wiped the blood from under his nose.

"You are so arrogant! If you approach Lisa and disturb her once again, I'll break your leg!" Rangga exclaimed furiously. His voice boomed until it echoed.

"Arrogant? Me? Look at yourself, you bastard! You're not that much different from me and you don't even notice it! Your face even reminds me of those perverted old geezers!" Johan replied with a mocking tone.

Annoyed at being called a perverted geezer, Rangga grabbed Johan by the collar without saying much and punched him again until his eyes turned blue.

"Call me old geezer again and I'll break your tooth!" Rangga snapped at Johan as the man fell on the cold asphalt, holding his bruised face.

"Ouch ... ouch ... okay, forgive me..! I'm wrong, I forced her to accept my love. I promise you won't bother her anymore!" Johan begged for mercy, holding Rangga's long legs like a beggar.

Rangga kicked his leg and said, "You promise it? If I find you disturb Lisa again, just watch! Oh one more thing, I am not an old geezer!"

To close their brawl, Rangga kicked Johan one last time right in the man's stomach, making him cough as he clutched his stomach and groaned in pain.

Rangga immediately took Lisa out of the quiet alley, leaving Johan still moaning in pain. When the two of them got to the crowd, Rangga quickly turned Lisa around to face him.

He looked at her face with a worried look. "He didn't do anything to you, right? He's not harassing you, right?"

Lisa shook her head. "No no, I'm fine. Seriously! I just got dragged there."

Hearing this, Rangga immediately sighed with relief. "Thank God he didn't do anything. My real heart is really broken to have found you like this again! Come on, I'll send you back to your boarding house."

While in the car, Lisa didn't utter a single word, the incident just now made her a little shocked. Rangga then felt the aura around them become very awkward.

"Lisa, are you sure nothing happened? Why are you so distraught?" Rangga asked, breaking the silence.

Lisa gasped from her reverie. She looked at Rangga beside her and answered, "Oh sorry, I was just a little shocked. Wait, why did you suddenly come to Bekasi again?"

"Urgent meeting. You don't seem to understand me, huh? I originally wanted to pick you up at the office. But then I saw you in a quiet alley almost getting harmed by that weird dude," Rangga replied, staring at the street.

Lisa didn't reply, and after a few seconds, Rangga asked again, "Who is that weird guy? Do you know him?"

Lisa took a deep breath. "Yes, he's a colleague at the office. We're working in the same department, quite unfortunately."

"Huh, people like him can work there?" Rangga asked in amazement with his eyebrows linked.

"I don't know that the guy is actually a jerk. Back when I first entered the office, the man was really quiet. The type that wouldn't want to socialize and be there for work only. And yes, he was very diligent and achieved consecutive awards as a model employee! At first, I thought he was just an ordinary guy who liked to write exaggerated poetry. But it turns out that he's a scary guy," Lisa said bluntly.

"Lis, are you sure you don't want to move to Jakarta again? Just work at my office again. I'm worried about you working in Bekasi." Rangga said in his soft voice.

"No no, I'm comfortable at my new workplace," Lisa replied firmly without hesitation.

"Are you sure you still want to work in the same department with a weird and dangerous guy like him? He dragged you to a quiet alley, didn't he? Are you sure you don't want to find a new job? There are more vacancies in my office. Seriously, if you want, no need for an interview and I will definitely accept you back," Rangga asked again. In his heart, he was very worried if Johan bothered Lisa again.

"I appreciate your kindness as my friend. But I can't move back casually. Besides, you don't know what that guy was like in the office, right? Don't worry, I'll be fine," Lisa replied.

Rangga was not surprised at all. In fact, that's the answer he thought Lisa would come up with. She was not someone who could easily rely on others since she was an independent woman with a strong personality.

Lisa never budged in facing her life's problems.

"Okay, I trust you. Anyway, I'm just reminding you, if you really need help, don't hesitate to ask me for help. I will definitely help you," said Rangga. He looked at Lisa with a sweet smile on his lips.

"Thanks, if you hadn't come, I swear I didn't know what that guy might do," Lisa replied while laying her head on the back of the chair.

"Don't hesitate.. I owe you a debt of gratitude because of my mistakes in the past," Rangga answered.