Mataya smiled at the limited offer Pavlo made to her company, "Does the Constanzo family company want to rule the world? And control it completely to the point of planning to build a large number of planes on behalf of the company?"

Mataya laughed, amused listening to the project plans offered to her company. How could she help a company that would upset the balance of the world's economy?

"Our BCIF company plans to make fighter aircraft for our benefit, Miss Mataya. We will not be a company that disturbs the economic balance in the world. Instead, we will make the world's economy recover, Miss." Pavlo explained to Mataya while showing the cooperation proposal between the two companies.

"Crazy?! What did he say earlier? A fighter plane for the personal benefit of the Constanzo family company? Even the plane was not made for the benefit of his country?"

"And what did he say? The BCIF company is going to restore the world economy? What kind of joke is he saying! Holy shit! What should I do?" Mataya muttered in her heart.

She was baffled and annoyed because she could not guess the way her clients thought and what they were planning to do with him.

"How about Miss? Is the offer we offered acceptable? Or less? You have to say and arrange it. We will agree to all the terms," ​​Pavlo said, breaking Mataya, who was grumbling in her heart.

Mataya was surprised to hear Pavlo's sudden words and showed a confused expression. "Hah?"

"Ah, sorry, Mr. Pavlo. I need some time to accept this absurd offer. I will study the contract further." Mataya suddenly felt thirsty and gulped down the cup of coffee prepared in front of him.

She immediately looked at Vla, giving the code to leave the room, and asked Vla to help him continue discussing with her clients.

Vla, who saw the code, immediately understood and smiled, nodding at Mataya.

Mataya immediately left the room without saying a word of farewell to her clients.

"Very well, gentlemen, I sincerely apologize. Since Miss Mataya has urgent and important matters, she must leave this appointment first. You may continue to explain your project, and thank you very much for understanding." Vla immediately turned the attention of Benvolio and Pavlo, who watched Mataya leave the room.

"Strana ragazza! (Strange girl)!" said Benvolio calling Mataya a strange girl using his Italian language.

"Scusate? Non è una ragazza strana. Presta attenzione alle parole che dici la prossima volta, Signore (Excuse me? She is not a strange girl. Watch your words next time, Sir)." Vla answered Benvolio in Italian too. She does not accept, Mataya is called a strange girl by the stranger.

"Tch," Benvolio chuckled, annoyed at Vla's answer, which indirectly quipped him for calling Mataya in a foreign language.

Pavlo, who saw the situation getting more awkward and starting to make a fuss again, once again melted the atmosphere by diverting the topic of conversation that had caused them a bit of disagreement to explain the company's cooperation project.

"Ekhemm, well, I will explain again about this project, Miss Vla." Pavlo sighed and again explained in detail about the cooperation project between the two companies.

***

A black luxury car driving at a speed above the average normal speed, the car was driven by a woman born in Morocco with unstable emotions. The woman is Mataya Canta.

She needed someone to talk to about her anxiety. But, of course, she couldn't tell Vla right now because Vla was still at the center of her company with the clients. Nor could she tell her twin sister who was lying dying.

Mataya then remembered that she still had Ahmed. So she immediately called Ahmed, "Hello Ahmed? Can you meet me at the usual place we meet?"

"Yes, Taya. All right, no problem, I'll see you there soon," Ahmed answered in the call without saying much and agreed to Mataya's request.

"Thank you, Ahmed. I await your arrival there," said Mataya and immediately ended the call.

She drove her car faster towards where she and Ahmed had intended.

***

The residence of the Constanzo extended family. Milan, Italy.

"Tutta la tua roba è pronta, Tesoro? E sei pronto a lasciare Papà adesso? (Are all your things ready, Honey? And are you ready to leave Papa now)?" Xavier said to Callista, his only daughter.

He made sure his daughter's preparation before leaving for the country her daughter was going to visit, namely China. Precisely in the city of Shanghai.

She explained that she would not be in Shanghai for long time and just would not be at home for the next few months to accompany him.

In the middle of the father-daughter conversation, they heard someone's footsteps heading towards the two of them. Then a woman in casual clothes emerged from the kitchen and brought food that she had neatly packed.

Callista and Xavier simultaneously turned to the woman and smiled at her.

Callista immediately approached her with a warm smile, "Mamma! Cosa porti? Sembra delizioso. L'hai cucinato per me? (Mama! What did you bring? It looks delicious. Did you cook it for me)?"

Callista looks very excited to ask about the food brought by her stepmother.

"Sì, Tesoro, questo cibo fatto apposta per te. Non dimenticare di portarlo, Cara (Yes, Honey, I made this food especially for you. Don't forget to bring it, Honey)," the woman replied to Callista, her daughter.

That woman is Yellena. The greeting of Ellen familiarly calls her. The woman who is almost half a century old is Xavier's new wife after his divorce from his first wife or Callista's biological mother.

She is also the aunt of Benvolio. After Xavier married Ellen, the two decided to adopt Benvolio into the Constanzo family and become his legal guardian. Benvolio is no longer Ellen's nephew but Ellen's adopted son.

Ellen still looks pretty and youthful even though she is almost fifty years old. She has exotic skin that is very charming.

Ellen and Xavier used to study at the same place, namely at Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Xavier is Ellen's senior in college. They are both very close and have loved each other since they were in college. However, they both lost contact for years because Ellen could not afford to live in the United States.

Even though she received a scholarship, she chose to leave when she had finished her undergraduate education from the university and returned to her home country, Indonesia.

Ellen can't afford to live and continue her studies at the university because of the scholarship money that Ellen gets, most of which she has to give to her older sister.

Her older sister loved to gamble and get drunk also borrow money from many loan sharks. All the riots that her older sister caused, she had to solve and deal with herself.

Even Benvolio, the biological son of her older sister, she had to take care of, since she finished her undergraduate education. Because her older sister constantly abused her child due to the influence of the drugs she consumed. And her sister's husband, a laborer, cannot support Benvolio's life and take care of him properly.

Because of that, she didn't dare to tell Xavier why she returned to her home country and just disappeared from Xavier's life at that time. She didn't want Xavier to think that she didn't really love Xavier and only wanted his money.

She also didn't want to use Xavier to help him solve the problems her older sister had done. Therefore, she chose to let Xavier go and let her feelings be buried as deep as possible.

But who would have thought, ten years later, God brought them together again with the same feelings. Love and care for each other. When Xavier's condition fell because of the betrayal of his first wife, Ellen, like an angel sent by God, came to heal Xavier's wounds.

The two did not wait a long time to formalize their relationship on the altar of marriage. Xavier and Ellen don't want to be apart anymore and give up on their feelings a second time. They will not waste the opportunities and blessings that God has given them.

Ellen didn't mind being the wife of a widower with one child, and Xavier didn't mind being a father figure to Benvolio and introducing him into the Constanzo family. Ellen and Xavier never discriminate between Benvolio and Callista. They both love them like a parent figure to their children in general.

Ellen has been Callista's adoptive mother since she was seven years old. She takes care of Callista with love, unlike Callista's biological mother, who always scolds Callista for whatever she does.

Therefore, Callista loves Ellen more than her biological mother and accepts Ellen in her life. Only one thing she never liked, she didn't like to share her parent's affection with others. And she doesn't like having an adoptive brother like Benvolio, who always teases and annoys him.

-to be continued-