Sugantara's Secret

His name is Suga, full Sugantara Lesmana Dewa, a 32-year-old man with a tall and muscular body and a brilliant brain. But despite those few perfect aspects, Suga is not the ideal man. With his thick glasses, many people know him as a geeky CEO. The man who is the principal heir to the company owned by his adoptive father—Daichi Lesmana—is often the subject of gossip among his employees.

That is the figure of Suga that is known in general. Behind it all, there is a big secret. No one would have thought that he was the head of the mafia! He leads a dark association that often trades items or data illegally. No one knows! Because it's a secret, except for a few of his trusted people.

Suga's life is always shrouded in violence, and he never fears when he sees blood. In fact, among his gang members, he is known to be very cruel. There is no mercy for enemies and traitors. Suga always beats them up; he doesn't kill them but tortures them alive! Some of his victims, of course, would choose death rather than feel prolonged pain, but Suga never wanted to end their lives.

Not only that, Suga's victims were used as shields if several syndicates were found out by the authorities, risking the safety of the victim's families as a threat. That way, Suga doesn't have to bother taking care of his involvement. His identity is always safe.

Regardless of who Suga is, today, he is living his day as CEO at Daichi Lesmana's company. His appearance is still geeky, even though the athletic of his body cannot be covered. Many people look at the face rather than the muscular body, which makes Suga unpopular.

"Tsk, if only our boss were the style of Korean oppas, work would be enthusiastic," said a beautiful manager from the highest division in the company shortly after Suga passed her transparent-walled office.

Her name is Ratih Kembang Gayatri. Her face is beautiful; her nose is sharp with thin pink lips. Ratih didn't like Suga because of the man's unsightliness and no hospitality.

Nurma, a subordinate and close friend of Ratih, only smiled. However, it seemed that just a smile was not enough to respond to Ratih's words until finally, she replied, "Don't hate too much, Ratih. You'll like him later, you know!"

"God forbid, I don't want it, Nurma! He is very geeky and bitchy. If not for the CEO, I would not respect him, he is very annoying. You know, right?!" Ratih said fiercely.

"But if you look more closely, actually Mr. Suga is dashing, you know, Ratih. His arms are really big, plus he's tall, as well as his waist is small. Maybe he's wearing thick glasses because there's a minus in his eyes, Ratih. Who knows if you open his glasses, he will be handsome."

Ratih took a deep breath; she glanced at Nurma's face briefly. Ratih confirmed her friend's words. However, Suga's bitchy nature really cannot be contested. No matter how high a position was given to Suga for her, she still didn't like the men.

"Work again! You will not want to step down, right?" Ratih threatened Nurma, who was still looking at her teasingly.

Nurma formed a respectful attitude at Ratih, then nodded firmly. "Okay, Miss Boss!"

"Oh, why should have to ask for Mr. Geeky's hand again, why do I have to use the CEO's signature?"

"Because his position is also high, Tih. Never mind you said you wanted to go back to work!"

"Tsk, huh..."

The two women immediately corrected their sitting position because they didn't want to waste time just gossiping. After all, Ratih's workspace became one with five selected employees. So she has to maintain the attitude of the team leader.

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Arriving at his luxurious office, Suga sat on a high-quality work chair. He took a deep breath to get rid of the frustration. Today he is tired of the amount of office work, not to mention the serious problems within his mafia organization.

"Ah!" shouted Suga angrily. The next second, he took off his thick glasses, and a pair of sharp eyes appeared to imply a sinister aura.

If his face is without glasses, Suga looks very handsome. He's perfect! Unfortunately, only he knows the perfection of his face.

Suga sighed again. "Indeed, who wants to be the company's and syndicate's heir? Hah?! I don't want to! I would eradicate my Dad's life if I could!" he growled.

Suga did not deny his unwillingness to receive two titles at once. His Dad only forced him. His involvement in the syndicate was neither of his will nor the CEO position. Since childhood, he has been trained by Daichi Lesmana—his Dad, even though Daichi is not his biological father!

Daichi Lesmana was once a member of a ruthless gangster, killing his victims mercilessly. The man of Japanese descent then moved to Indonesia because his crimes were almost discovered by the security forces there, and until now, Daichi Lesmana's identity has always been safe. His mother is of Javanese descent, so it was easy for him to find a place to live in the country.

And from his escape, Daichi Lesmana formed a dark association engaged in trading goods, illegal data, and other illegal business. Everything he did was to make a living for himself. As someone already good at crime, it was pretty easy for Daichi Lesmana to build his business. The profits he got from all that he used to create a legal company, and finally, his legal company to be famous.

But gradually, Daichi Lesmana felt lonely but was reluctant to marry. Finally, Daichi Lesmana adopted three children from an orphanage. He chose Suga—that genius boy—and started giving training using a lot of violence. And when Daichi Lesmana was of retirement age, Suga became the successor to the two legal and illegal businesses.

"When did that old man die? How long will I be his accomplice? Surprisingly, even though he is old, his strength still exceeds that of a lion! Of course! The real murderer and amateurs murderer are different! And, I'm only the amateurs' murderer," grumbled Suga over all his complaints.

Suga wanted Daichi Lesmana dead, but killing the man would be impossible. Even though he was cruel, Suga never took someone's life; he only tortured the rest with threats. And killing Daichi Lesmana was impossible. Because apart from being dangerous to his identity, he will live in trouble if he goes to jail.

Suga didn't hear the knock on the door at all because he was busy with his thoughts. As a result, someone entered without permission. When the door opened, a beautiful woman appeared. She is a Ratih Kembang Gayatri.

Just turning around after closing the door again, Ratih was stunned by the sharp gaze of a Sugantara. Their eyes locked with each other in tense silence.

Ratih swallowed her saliva; her body was frozen and couldn't be moved. She needed clarification on the existence of this handsome figure. Who was that man, and why was he in the geeky CEO room he didn't like so much? Then, Ratih's eyes moved to investigate Suga's body, which was now standing.

"M-Mr. Su-Suga...?" She stammered in a small voice barely audible.

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