If You Met Me First...
Hugo and the Ramadhan Family

Adrian Workspace at Koenigsegg Factory Stockholm Sweden

"Hugo, I haven't given your full blessing and I want to see how earnest you are with Thea. I haven't spoken directly to Thea yet about how she feels the same way you really are and you have to deal with her mom and Stefan, her twin brother. Can you?" adrian asked coldly.

"God willing I am ready, Mr. Ramadan. I will pay a visit to your home and meet Mrs Ramadhan as well. After this I will go to Coventry to see Stefan" Hugo replied firmly.

"Goodle. Tomorrow night, come to my house..." Adrian gave share the location of his house. "Seven night hours. And don't be late !"

"Good Mr. Ramadan."

***

Coventry, England

"So Hugo's to Stockholm?" ask Stefan to Thea when they make a video call. Coventry was five hours ahead of New York and now at seven in the city where Stefan works as a Land Rover mechanical engineer.

"Yes, he said he wanted to see Daddy and Mommy." replied Thea.

"T, are you sure about Hugo? First, he was a widower with a legal case even though he was finally free from the law because he was innocent. Second, Daddy and Mommy would have been much more strict about interrogating Hugo. They don't want you to get a bad partner .." said Stefan who has a different physical with his twin.

If Thea looks like the mommy with exotic skin, Stefan is the opposite. He was very, very Scandinavian like his mother's ancestors. His skin was mixed with the skin of his white Asian father. No wonder many do not believe that Thea and Stefan are twin brothers.

"God sure Stefan. Hugo's a good man and I've been investigating while he was still with his late wife, he's known to be loyal. So did Larry's witness, whose editor said the same thing."

"T, did Larry say that because he's Hugo's friend?" Stefan looked at his sister for a few minutes.

"No, Stefan. Bang Omar also said kok ... There's no way Omar's gonna lie..."

Stefan took a long breath. "You're really in love with Hugo?"

"Originally because... Confused as to why a man as good as him was betrayed in such a way... But the more I come here the more I see that he's good, Fan. He's a gentleman." Thea's smile with a reddened face.

"You guys slept together?" Stefan looked seriously at Thea.

"Astaghfirullah ! No Fan ! I'm still taking care of myself... Can you beat my Daddy !" Thea looked at Judes to Stefan. "No, Fan, I can't be that crazy !"

"I just want my sister to stay..."

"Stefan, although we are not direct descendants of the Pratomo family, but we were all raised in the Pratomo family way. I'm sure, not only our parents are raging, but also all our older sisters" Thea said.

Stefan smiles. "Alhamdulillah... It's nothing Thea, the widower was teasing.." seduced the blond man.

"Stefaan !!!" peekik Thea's upset.

***

Ramadhan Family House in Stockholm Sweden

Hugo finally knows where Thea got her exotic skin from, because Lovisa Wallin Ramadhan has the same skin as her daughter. Hugo sees twin sister Thea who is very different from both parents even though the white is obtained from Adrian who is white for the size of Asians.

"Welcome Hugo." Lovisa's smile. "How's Stockholm?"

Hugo Salim to Lovisa as Thea taught. "It's very different from New York and it's fresher here."

"The Scandinavian country is arguably more concerned about the environment so that there is not much pollution even though we are also known to have factories" Lovisa smiled.

"I only know IKEA, Spotify, H&M and Koenigsegg" Hugo replied.

Lovisa who was walking towards the dining room turned her head towards Hugo. "It turns out you know Spotify is Swedish..."

"I found out." replied Hugo clumsily.

"Have you come, baby?" adrian asked who had just come out of his study. "Hello Hugo. Sorry, I had a call from the factory. Come on, sit ..."

Adrian and Lovisa sit in the dining chair followed by Hugo. The guy saw this dinner menu was very Swedish.

"I mentioned the rules of eating. Opening artsoppa & Pannkakor or soup peas (a kind of peas ), then Swedish Meatballs like in Ikea and dessert there is ostkaka or Cheese cake and kladdkaka or chocolate cake" said Lovisa.

"That sounds all delicious" Hugo smiled.

"Tasting my wife is so good, Hugo. It used to be culinary school before the swing of the steering wheel as a housewife" Adrian smiled while holding his wife's hand.

Before long the waiter, issued an opening meal and Hugo admitted that the cuisine was very tasty. Moreover, his Swedish Meatballs main course is more delicious than the one in Ikea. Hugo has a kladdkaka as a dessert and they are enjoying coffee and tea while eating dessert.

"So you're the author of the novel Stranger in Windows?" ask Lovisa. "I love that story."

"Mrs Ramadan also read it?" Hugo did not expect his mother Thea to read his first novel.

"Yes. I really like the storyline and you piss me off, Hugo !"

"Why baby?" ask Adrian who did not have time to read novels or comics because of the dense work.

"I guessed wrongly who the killer was ! I love the way you make the storyline, like Agatha Christie just that your plot twist is so much more complex than the mystery queen" answered Lovisa Manyun.

Adrian shook his head. "Astaghfirullah's... Cyrain. Hugo, I want to ask you a question. If you can make a mystery story, why don't you realize your wife's behavior?"

"I never thought badly of Bila, Mr. Ramadhan. I strongly believe in Bila... Almost five years we were together, there was no change, but the different ones were indeed the last six months and I was not aware of the signs that already seemed." Hugo replied.

"Because you really believe in Bila?" ask Lovisa.

"Yes. I'm the type of man if I love someone, then I'll love him for life. But when I know the fact that when I have an affair with a person who is also a criminal, my love for him immediately disappears without a trace. There is the deepest disappointment." replied Hugo and the Ramadan couple could see the look of a sad face... Wasn't... What an outrageous rage.

"Hugo, if Thea is with you, and ... May our daughter not be like Bila, will you feel the same way?" Lovisa's eyes stared intently at Hugo.

"Mrs Ramadan... I know Thea is not the same as Bila. Thea is an independent, intelligent and kind woman. Thea's personality is much different than when... And another one that distinguishes..."

"What's that?" ask Adrian.

"Thea is a member of the Pratomo family and I'm sure that your hereditary upbringing is known to be very firm and good, will not make Thea the same woman as Bila. Thea is Thea and I really love your daughter both ... She's a great girl..."

Adrian and Lovisa looked at each other.

***

Land Rover Manufacturing company Coventry UK ... Two Days Later

"Stefan !" call someone to Stefan who is enjoying lunch at the cafeteria.

"What's wrong?" answer the man.

"Someone's looking for you."

"Who?"

"Hugo Melker's. The novelist."

Stefan smiles.

***

Hugo waits in the Land Rover lobby and sees a man with a Scandinavian but Asian structure, walking up to him.

"Welcome to Coventry, Hugo. I'm Stefan Ramadhan, Thea's twin brother" Stefan's smile that looked similar to Thea as he extended his hand.

"Hugo Melker's. I finally met you, Stefan" Hugo replied as he welcomed Stefan's hand.

Introducing Stefan Ramadan

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