If You Met Me First...
Two Men Trying to Convince

Manchester England

Tristan Neville looked at Shane O'Grady with a serious look while the Irishman looked a little uneasy in his seat.

"How is your relationship with Sari?" ask Tristan.

"Alhamdulillah, seriously Oom Tristan" replied Shane firmly making Tristan raise his eyebrows.

"Alhamdulillah? Are you..."

"Yes Oom. I have officially converted and witness Bayu and Radeva" Shane replied calmly.

"Are you serious?" Tristan's blue eyes looked at Shane in disbelief.

"So serious, Oom. Here's proof..." Shane gives her cell phone and Tristan sees how Shane uttered the two-sentence creed in front of the imam of a mosque in Boston. There are also Bayu, Radeva and Abiyasa.

"Mirhane... "

"Oom Tristan, I am very serious with Sari even I have been interested since Bayu got married. We met accidentally there and since then I tried to get close to Sari but Sari was working in Finland. And when Sari stopped working, I offered to work in Boston. But it's just my mode of getting closer to Sari." Shane said.

"Are you sure about Sari?" ask Tristan. "Shane, Sari had a sense of insecure without her noticing... Moreover, he felt that he was not a child... We, my mother and I haven't been officially married..."

"Oom, I already know all about Sari and we've talked a lot. I have convinced Sari that she is very valuable, she is a member of the Pratomo family... Never feel that he is an outsider." Shane replied firmly but his blue eyes showed tenderness every time he said Sari's name.

"Mirhane... Sari never made..."

"Oom, it's past. Don't look at the past. If we always look back, when will we look ahead? The past has happened... The future hasn't happened yet and we're gonna fill it..."

Tristan smile. "You're right Shane. And maybe this is the answer to Oom's prayer that hopes Sari gets a future husband who can protect and give a lot of love to her... Moreover, she's Oom's only daughter..."

"Oom can hold my word ... If I hurt Sari, please Oom beat me up and take Sari away."

Tristan looked at the man who looked earnest and nothing was made up. Moreover, the family name O'Grady is known to be very keeping promises and is very typical of ancient Ireland which is only black and white.

"Shane, did Sari know you were here?" ask Tristan.

"No Oom. I'm just saying there's a business meeting in Dublin. But I went to Manchester first ... I'm not lying 'cause there's a family meeting in Dublin next week."

"Did Abiyasa and Bayu come to Dublin?" ask Tristan.

"No Oom. The Bayu family did not participate in the beer business after Opa Rhett sold all his shares to a large family. Opa Rhett retired since Oom Abiyasa chose to work at PRC Group and did not participate in the steel factory and Beer factory. But Grandpa in Dublin still leaves Bayu's stake in O'Grady company. Shares that no-one in the O'Grady family should hold. So every year, Bayu benefits from two of our factories." said Shane.

"Mas Abi and Bayu are already most companies so it is natural that one should be removed." Tristan smiled.

"They are not the greedy family type Oom and I learned a lot from Oom Abi and Bayu..."

"Did Sari say she wanted to marry you?" ask Tristan to get back on topic.

"Alhamdulillah is Oom."

"Where does Sari ask to marry her?" ask Tristan again. "Manchester or Dublin?"

Shane shook his head. "Not in those two cities."

"Then ? Where's?"

"Maine. Sari wants to get married on the beach where we both vacation... There I plan to apply for Sari after a business trip to Dublin. Sari wants a simple wedding, only New York, Boston and Manchester families come... He doesn't want to trouble many people..."

Tristan gawking. "Maine? Like in England there are no beautiful and attractive beaches..."

Tristan finally understood. Her daughter wants her special moment where it all started with Shane.

"So before you proposed to Sari in Maine..."

"I told Oom Tristan first and asked for your blessing." cut Shane with a serious face.

Tristan nodded. "Oom your blessing let alone you have come all the way to Manchester from Boston especially every Oom phone Sari, he always has a story about you. Very different from the old... Sari is now much more open on Oom and not as introverted as it used to be... Good influence gives good results, right?"

Shane smiled broadly. "Thank you Oom. Restu Oom means a lot to me and my move to stay on bended knee to Sari even though we have discussed marriage but I have not officially proposed it before I met with Oom Tristan and talked like it's." it's."

"Lamar Sari the romantic Shane. Don't be like Sari's other cousins.."

Shane. "The proposal is also chaotic..."

"Nah, you know..."

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Koenigsegg Factory Stockholm Sweden, Adrian Ramadan Workspace

Adrian looked at the man sitting in front of him with a semi-official appearance even though Anandhita's twin sister was only wearing a shirt and jeans and sneaker because today is a relaxed Friday.

Hugo was wearing a suit, shirt without a tie and pants matched with his suit.

"You're Thea's client, aren't you?" ask Adrian.

"True Mr. Ramadhan. I used to be a client of Thea because Nelson was busy so when I was hit with a case, he sent Thea."

"What made you so interested in my daughter? Remember Hugo, you weren't two months old when your wife died, but you were interested in Thea."

Hugo can guess for sure it is not easy to convince Thea's father.

"Mr Ramadan...Your daughter is an independent and intelligent woman. I used to love my late wife but when I found out she was having an affair with the man I had faced when I was in the army, my love evaporated somewhere. I was hoping that the deceased would catch a thief and get harassed until he was killed... But the more the NYPD and FBI investigation come out the more it shows that it all started with my wife's affair." Hugo replied.

"I started to get interested in Thea after a month of us taking care of my case together. I honestly didn't expect to fall in love again so soon but Thea's an awesome girl." Hugo added.

"You're not the son-in-law I expected Hugo to be, because of your background that stumbled over the law even though you were acquitted of everything afterwards."

"I've guessed that my path to proposing to Thea wasn't easy. But you can believe in me sir, that I am serious with Thea. I am Duda but you can find my track record that I am not the weird type. If I had fallen in love with someone, I would have loved them my whole life. That's the flavor I gave to my late wife ... Until it's all revealed..."

Adrian looked at Hugo flat. "You know my brother-in-law Jang Geun-moon."

"I know Sir."

"I can ask all about you including your disgrace."

"Please Mr. Ramadan. I have nothing to hide." replied Hugo calmly.

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