If You Met Me First...
Talk at Cottage

Cottage where Apsarini and Shane stayed

Apsarini looked at Shane who was just smiling sweetly. The blue-eyed girl looked at the blue eyes of Shane who was looking at her gently.

"Is that really Shane?" ask Apsarini. "Do you like me?"

"True and I'm not making it up. I was attracted to you a year ago, at Bayu and Ajeng's wedding. It's just that you work in Finland's Helsinki, so I can't see you at will because I don't have any business there." Shane replied.

"Why?" ask Apsarini.

"For Sari..." Shane approaches Apsarini. "Where did Cinderella completely forget her shoes for the sake of throwing flowers."

Apsarini laughed. "And prince charming came in a hurry with Cinderella's shoes?"

Shane nodded.

"Shane, I'm not a good girl ... My parents were never officially married... I once wanted to snatch Mbak's husband..." Apsarini looked at Shane with a sad look. "How can you like a girl like this?"

"But you chose family, right? Finally you realize that all will be good if we realize mistakes and things that are not in accordance with ethics... I know, we do live in a free country, which often does not care about norms and ethics but you are a Neville, a descendant of Pratomo... Like it or not, there's a lot of good genes in you .." Shane hugged Apsarini's waist. "I already know all about you, Sari. And I know the truth is you're a good girl and I'm not a holy man either. We have our own sin..."

Apsarini looked at Shane's face. "Are you sure this isn't a runaway because Nadya's married?"

Shane laughing. "No, Sari. Ever since I met you, I've never thought about Nadya."

"But Shane... You know..."

"We go first, Sari. If indeed we are a match, all the conditions of your extended family, I will fulfill... After all, the terms they applied for were good conditions. Not a strange condition..." Shane drew his lips closer to Apsarini's. "We're dating?"

"We walk.." Apsarini's voice disappeared as Shane kissed her soft lips. The girl's eyes closed and permeated the taste that appeared in her heart and mind as Shane's lips touched her lips. Apsarini sensed how the man was full of feelings for her.

Both Apsarini's hands draped around Shane's neck, making the man kiss the girl's lips even deeper until Apsarini's back was against the wall. The two were still kissing each other when the girl's ears heard the ringing sound of her phone.

"Mirhane... Shane's... Stop... it's my daddy's phone.." said Apsarini with a breathless tone let alone Shane kissing the niche of his neck.

"Huh?" Shane looked at Apsarini confusedly. "Oom Tristan on the phone?"

Apsarini releases Shane's embrace and rushes to retrieve her phone from inside the bag. The girl took a deep breath to neutralize the vibration of her body just receiving her father's call.

"Assalamualaikum Daddy.." said Apsarini.

"Wa'alaikum salam. Where are you Sari?" ask Tristan Neville.

"In Maine. I am on an American holiday there is a three-day holiday." replied Apsarini with breath arranged in such a way.

"Who's the guy?" ask Tristan.

"The Same Shane O'Grady. Daddy knows..."

"Him cousin Bayu, his nephew mas Abi and mother Georgina. You guys staying together?" tristan Search. Although Apsarini is an adult, Tristan keeps an eye on her because she does not want her daughter to experience the same thing as her mother.

"Get together but each other's rooms, Daddy..."

"Come on, Daddy asked..."

"I know Daddy. Don't worry. Believe the same Sari.." cut Apsarini who knows Tristan until this moment still feels guilty with his fiancee who is also Apsarini's mother.

"I'm sorry Daddy... "

"Daddy, it's okay. Daddy believes in Sari. Okay well? Daddy take it easy."

"alright... Have fun with Shane. Enjoy it" said Tristan. "Greet Shane."

"Let me tell you... Daddy, don't be busy working. Enough rest.." smile Apsarini.

"Wa'alaikum salutations." Apsarini put down her phone and turned towards Shane who was looking at her.

"Oom Tristan healthy?" ask Shane.

"Alhamdulillah healthy. Greetings from Daddy."

"Greetings back. Still busy at Manchester United?" Shane sat down on the sofa and was followed by Apsarini sitting next to him.

"Still be ! Manchester United is Daddy's life." Apsarini smiled as he put his head on the couch.

"What's Sari?" shane asked as he looked at the girl's face.

"Daddy... There's a fear of my own like my mommy ... Pregnant outside of marriage."

Shane tilted his body and supported his head with his hands on the back of the sofa. "Listen Sari, your father's concern is because of the guilt that occurred before and it becomes a fear of its own. Reasonable. Because you're a girl but you're not your mommy. You have two choices, like your mother or you choose not like your mother. Which one, that's all in your hands."

Apsarini turned her head towards Shane's handsome face. "Why would I see you like this, reminds me of Bayu... Serusuh mas Bayu, he's a wise brother if his sisters ask him for an opinion."

"Although Bayu had the blood of Giandra and Blair, he also had the blood of O'Grady so similar. I am not a wise person at all, but all the things I can see objectively and logically. There are consequences before you act. If I take this step, what are the consequences? And other steps too. Which is the more minimal long-term adverse effect, that's what you choose." Shane stroked Apsarini's cheeks gently. "You're a smart girl, Sari. And I'm sure you know what steps you need to take."

Apsarini's blue eyes gnawed as they slightly heated up. "Thank you..."

"I just want to kiss your lips and then we go into each other's rooms because I don't want to be a hypocrite advising you on good things but I took advantage of it... " Shane kissed Apsarini's lips gently. "I also don't want to be branded the destroyer of Neville's girls."

Apsarini laughed. "We have to go into each other's rooms, Shane... I want to rest."

"You're right. I want to sleep too."

Apsarini and Shane got up from the sofa and went into their rooms.

"Good night !" say them simultaneously.

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Cottage where Hugo and Thea stayed

Thea instantly makes hot tea once inside the cottage to neutralize her heart palpitations because for the first time, she is on one roof with a man who is not a member of her family.

"Thea. "call Hugo from the bar table.

"Yes ... Mr Melker?" ask Thea.

"Can we speak from heart to heart?" Hugo looked at Thea seriously.

Thea sipped her tea while looking at the Serbian man.

"You ... What do you want to talk about?" thea answered in the end.

Hugo smiled.

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