Genius Children: Between Hate and Miss
Jonathan's Request

This meeting ended with a lunch together at one of the famous five-star restaurants in the South Jakarta area. Tania who is a representative of the company was warmly welcomed by Jonathan, CEO and owner of V Pramono Group. Tania's former in-law Laura and the team involved in the shopping center construction project treated Arsenio's biological mother so well that even Jonathan seemed very attentive to his former son-in-law.

"Eat nutritious food so that your body does not get sick easily. Especially in this transition season a lot of diseases appear due to erratic weather," Jonathan told Tania. The man was sitting opposite Tania in a VVIP room.

Laura as well as the five employees who were members of the shopping center construction project team seemed so surprised at how attentive Jonathan was to Tania despite the graceful woman with a new Korean-style thumb hairstyle several times meet, but the attitude of the two shows as if they have long known. Understandably, Laura and the five employees began to join the company after Tania and Xander were declared officially divorced by the religious court.

Tania feels clumsy getting more attention from her clients. There was a sense of unease in the woman when she accidentally caught two women who were members of the project team staring cynically at her.

Relax Tania, control your emotions. Do not be easily provoked, then do something silly that even harms you and also the company owned by Mr. Johan. Remember, you are in the current position for the opportunity given by him. So, don't let her down, inner Tania.

Tania commented a faint smile. "Thank you for the attention of Mr. Jonathan. I'm sure the employees in the company will feel at home and comfortable because they have such a good boss to the employees."

The laughter of the bloody American man broke out to fill the corner of the room. The company employees as well as some servants even turned their heads towards Tania's former in-laws. "You praise me too much, Miss Tania. However, I was flattered by the compliments given to me. Thank you, Miss Tania Maharani." A smile on his handsome face.

"Oh yes, Miss Tania, I haven't had much conversation with you after five years of not meeting. At that time I even forgot to say hello and ask how you are doing" Jonathan said. The man sliced the steak into pieces, then fed it into the mouth.

"No problem, Sir. I can understand why Mr. Jonathan behaved so to me a while ago."

"Ehm .. By the way, can't you use non-formal language when we're out of the office? I feel stiff when I have to talk using the words 'me', Master, Miss and You. My tongue felt faint when I was about to say those words," Jonathan said half-jokingly.

Tania took the time to steal a glance towards her former father-in-law. Jonathan's attitude from the past until now has never changed, still good and friendly even though the woman had hurt Xander's feelings. However, there was not the slightest bit of hatred in the silvery-haired man.

"I'm sorry, sir. But--"

Not yet finished Jonathan spoke, the man's hand was already in the air interrupting Tania's conversation. "You can call me 'Master', but when we're alone and out of the office, call me Om Joe. However, we've had a relationship in the past, Tania."

Tania was embarrassed. I don't know, he doesn't know what Jonathan's saying. "Ehm .. will Tania try, Om." She looked like the wind in autumn.

Jonathan glanced at the five employees involved in the shopping center construction project team. They secretly steal a glance and sharpen their ears to hear the conversation between Jonathan and Tania. Although he only had a pair of eyes in front, but the man could tell that at this time he and Tania were the center of attention of the five people.

"Laura, please find them an empty table because I just want to talk to Miss Tania in one eye" Jonathan asked Laura, secretary Xander who is now his personal secretary during the time the prince was suspended for negligence.

"Om shouldn't have kicked them out. What if those five employees think negatively about the two of us? Tania was afraid that it would cause trouble in Om and Aunt Miranda's household," Tania complained shortly after Laura and the five company employees left

"They would be very presumptuous if they thought so, Tania," Jonathan replied as he reached for the glass of drinking water on the table. "At any rate if that happens, Om just tell them that you're my ex-daughter-in-law. However, due to the stupidity of my children, you are separated. Even during these five years you just disappeared like you were swallowed up by the earth."

Jonathan's words made the regret on Tania's face increase. The woman pressed her hand against the fork and knife in her hand. Feeling insinuated because all this time he had cut off contact with Vincent Pramono's family. He had promised to tell Jonathan before he and Xander divorced.

"I'm sorry Tania, Om. However, Tania is forced to do it all because she does not want Xander to be more hurt if Tania keeps telling Om. Instead of that happening, Tania should stay away from all of you."

Jonathan put an empty glass next to the plate. He stared intently at the brown iris of his ex-daughter-in-law. "Then, what about your own heart? Aren't you sick when you parted with my son, Alexander?"

That second also Tania's mouth shut for a moment. The woman's tongue was unable to say anything. Jonathan's words were like a loud slap hitting his body.

Alexander or commonly called Xander was the first man who managed to win his heart. Xander is also the only man who gives genuine love and affection regardless of who, social status and where both of Tania's parents are today. That's why Tania fell in love and was willing to be the man's companion even though she knew that many small pebbles would come in the way when their love was united in an umbrella called marriage.

"Tania, Om knows how you feel about Xander, son. You must also be sick, right from having to part ways like that?" jonathan said with a glare. "Therefore, you deliberately disappeared from us. Right so?"

Again and again Tania was silent. The head goes deeper. The eyeballs start to glaze over and the nose feels sour. He did not want to show his weak attitude in front of his former in-laws.

Jonathan breathed a rough sigh to get rid of the heavy burden felt during these five years. "Tania, son. Om knows how hurt you are when Xander insults and divorces you in front of everyone. However, do you have no desire to re-knit the story you once created together?"

"Om would be very grateful to you if only you would be willing to reunite with Xander. You and he rebuilt the household in harmony until death do you part" Jonathan continued with hopeful eyes.

Tania's head shook her head. "I'm sorry Tania, Om. However, it seems that the dream can not be realized Tania. Tania was already comfortable living alone without anyone accompanying her. After all, Tania could not be the dream daughter-in-law of Aunt Miranda because Tania was just a poor, orphaned child who had been living in an orphanage since childhood. Both of Tania's parents did not know where she was at the moment. So it's better that Xander marry someone who's equal to your social status."

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