
Morning is approaching. The sun still does not show its light. The atmosphere is still dark out there.
Stefano was awakened by the deafening ringing of the alarm clock. This morning he woke up excited. He remembered that yesterday his father had promised to give him one chance. He was determined to make the most of the opportunity. He will take the sympathy of the father so that the father will forgive him and forget all the mistakes he has done. He knows, his father cares most about the company because the company is the result of his achievements.
Stefano rushes out of bed to the bathroom to clean up. Out of the bathroom, he walked towards the wardrobe. He chose the best suit he had. He wants to look stunning this time, so that everyone is hypnotized at his appearance, and forget the scandal he once made.
Suddenly someone knocked on Stefano's door. She didn't flinch, she knew it wasn't her mother. Because if the mother, he must have directly broken through the room without the need to knock on the door. He is still busy with his activities, there is no intention to open the door to the room. A few moments later, he heard someone speak, "Sorry sir, you've been waiting for the lady in the dining room".
"Well, tell mom I'll be right down" Stefano said from inside her room.
After feeling that his performance was good enough, Stevano rushed down towards the dining room. There he saw his mother setting a dining table assisted by household assistants.
Ratih, the mother smiling at him, Stefano rushed up to the mother and kissed her cheek. "Hello mother!", he said excitedly.
Ratih looked at Stefano happily, thankfully his son had returned cheerful. There was nothing she was more grateful for than that, seeing her son slumped was really painful for her.
"Let's eat son", take Train to Stefano. "Would you like breakfast fried rice or bread?", asked Ratih again.
"I want some bread, with some peanut butter" Stefano replied. Ratih rushed to pick up a piece of bread then applied peanut butter on it. He also poured the child's favorite cup of coffee.
"Thank you Mom" said Stefano. "Mother is the best" he continued. Ratih smiled in response.
After breakfast, Stefano turned blue and walked out.
"You're going to the office with the driver, Stefano" said the mother. Stefano was surprised, his forehead wrinkled then looked at Ratih as if asking for an explanation.
"Mother does not want similar events to repeat, you must remain under the supervision of the mother" Ratih said firmly. Stefano sighed, annoyed, yet he could not say a word. What Ratih said was something that was absolutely done. Stefano had no choice.
"May all be well, son", the mother prayed.
Along the way to the office, Stefano could not hide his face due to the mother's decision. The streets were still deserted because Stefano left so early, causing them not to take long to get to the office.
Thirty minutes later the vehicle carrying Stefano had entered the parking lot of his father's company. He rushed down as soon as he reached the entrance. The company's security appeared to have posted his body as soon as Stefano passed the entrance. Some of the female employees looked stunned at Stefano. Some employees seem busy talking about something in a group. Stefano did not want to take a headache, he continued walking towards the elevator, he intended to go to the father's room.
Stefano finally arrived in front of the secretary's room, Sofia. Sofia who was busy with some documents immediately turned her face up when she felt the presence of someone right in front of her. Instantly he was fascinated by Stefano's appearance, but then soon came to a realization. "Sorry young master I barely know you, you look different this time. Mr. Surya is waiting for you inside" Sofia said.
"OK thank you Sofia", Stefano tried to be normal even though her little heart was eager to tease Sofia, but she did not want to cause new problems.
Sofia stood up from her chair then walked towards Surya's room, guiding Stefano. After testing the door of Surya's room, Sofia opened the door slowly.
"Sury Lord, Mr. Stefano has arrived", then Sofiq invited Stefano to work. Sofia leaves the father and son both in the room.
Stefano walked in stiffly, there was still a hint of fear inside him. Moreover, the face of the father impressed still not friendly. The usually friendly face looked still flat and cold with no expression.
Although Surya has not allowed him to sit. Stefano has chosen to sit on the sofa face to face with Surya's desk. Surya only paid attention to the behavior of the child. Then Surya took a heavy breath and exhaled slowly, as much as possible he tried to regulate his emotions. Surya thought that he should test the child to assess how serious he was to change.
Surya straightened his body trying to find a more comfortable position in his chair then he folded his hands on his chest, his eyes sharply fixed towards Stefano. Stefano just looked down, he did not dare to look directly into the eyes of the father.
"Do you know how much power and effort I have to put into keeping this company stable in the wake of the scandals you've made? Do you have any idea how many companies have cut their cooperation and investment in this company because of the scandal you made? Even an international company that has agreed to invest in our company, suddenly cut ties unilaterally because of the scandal you made.
Yesterday I promised to give you one chance to prove that you really will change in the future. You know one of our branches in the city of P has been pioneered since a few years ago, but the company there is just stagnant there is no meaningful progress. Some time ago our company submitted a proposal to a large company that has an international scale, the Safaraz Group. This company started from a regular company in the city of P which then developed into a large international company, growing rapidly in many cities and even began to spread abroad. Finally Safaraz Group moved its headquarters from the city of P to the city of J. I did submit a proposal to his headquarters in the city of J. But it seems they have not been willing to provide investment and cooperation from the headquarters. They gave us a cooperation project with Safaraz Group company located in P city, it looks like they want to test and see the ability of our company from cooperation with P city company first. For that you I submit the responsibility to manage the cooperation project in the city of P", Surya ended his explanation. Staring at the child, waiting for Stefano's answer. He had no choice but to sacrifice this important cooperation to test Stefano's sincerity.