Hidden Marriage With My Imperfect CEO Chapter 973
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"Auntie, don't you think Maya and I get along really well? Maya is your niece and I am your godson. If I marry Maya, we really will become family."
"Who wants to have a family with you? Sabrina is pregnant and Della will give the Mawardi Group to her. Maya will be the CEO of Mawardi Group. How could she want to marry a boy like you? You are still very young and anything can happen in your future. You better not hope for something impossible," said Jenny.
"Maya is only three years older than me. I think we match very well," Rio looks serious.
Jenny turned to her son. "Is it true that today's young people are like you?"
Jason shook his head. "No. It's only him."
"Rio, it's not like I want to look down on you. But it's possible that Maya looked down on you. Her current position in the company is quite high and soon she will become CEO. She is the granddaughter of the Atmajaya Family and the successor of the Mawardi Group."
Jenny said frankly that Maya's current situation made perfect sense to find a much more mature and stable man for her.
"I'm not bad either. My family company is not inferior to the Mawardi Group and I am the only son. One day, the Aditya Group will be mine."
"Maya is 24 years old, while you are still 20 years old. You can't even count. There's a 24 year age difference between you two!" Jenny interrupted.
"Mother, it's not that I can't count. I'm 20 years old. There are still three years to go until I turn 24. 21 years, 22 years, 23 years old… After that, I will be 24 years old. Doesn't that mean I only need three more years?" Rio said seriously.
"Hah?" Jenny looked confused. "That's right..."
Jason shook his head looking at his mother who was so easily deceived by Rio's words. His mother sucks enough at math and will forget her original purpose of reprimanding Rio.
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"Mother, wait. The question is not how old Rio and Sis Maya are, but Sis Maya says that Rio keeps bothering her. If Rio bothers her again, both of us will be kicked out of the Mawardi Group. I'm enjoying my job now and I don't want to leave," Jason said, trying to bring the attention back to the main topic.
Jenny felt that this was a very good opportunity for Jason and Rio to intern at Mawardi Group. They can learn a lot there!
If Maya kicked them out of the company, they would just go for walks all day drinking and playing games. What if they missed this opportunity?
It was better for the two of them to go to work than to give Jenny a hard time. She didn't want to keep an eye on the two teenagers.
"Rio, do you really like Maya that much?" Jenny asked.
Rio nodded. "I really like her."
"Ordinary men wouldn't be able to put up with her nature. Why would you want to go after such a woman?" Jenny finally realized that Rio actually had a type.
After he returned to Indonesia, he had already had scandals with three women.
Be it Sabrina, Maddison, or Maya, the three of them are women who are difficult to catch.
When Rio was chasing Sabrina, they were just acting. But when he chased Maddison, there was so much trouble, and showed that Rio was serious.
Now, he turned to chasing Maya. Jenny discovers that Maya and Maddison are cousins so their personalities are quite similar.
It can be concluded that Rio actually likes the type of woman who is strong, independent and domineering.
"Mother, don't I have good eyesight?" Rio raised his eyebrows. "Indeed, beautiful and intelligent women should be difficult to pursue. If it's not hard to catch up, it will be boring. I like challenges."
"Your eyesight is indeed good, but unfortunately, Maya's eyesight is much better than yours. She won't like you. If you really want to fall in love, I can help you," a thought suddenly popped into Jenny's mind.
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Rio's face immediately looked bitter. "Mom, I don't want to fall in love with you."
"Hey, what do you mean?! That's not what I mean. I can help you make a short film. An hour and a half or an hour will be enough to make you fall in love," said Jenny.
"In that case, okay then. The female lead must be similar to Maya and of the same type as her. Find a great script writer and director so that I can learn to chase women," Rio made his request.
"Alright," Jenny's plan finally made Rio calmer.
After that, Jenny immediately called Maya and explained the plan.
When Maya heard that, she had an idea, "I've been worrying about Rio at the office. He's always lazing around. Aunt, you helped me a lot! I can arrange commercial shoots to keep Rio busy."
"In that case, okay. Just arrange it however you like," Jenny breathed a sigh of relief.
The next day, Rio was set to start studying acting. After that, he started meeting with the director and choosing his co-stars.
He was so busy that he didn't have time to meet Maya.
…
On the side of the Atmajaya Family, Bima contacted Anya privately, wanting to match Adrian with Maya.
"Father, Adrian and Maya are not interested in each other. Did you call me to force them to marry?" Anya asked helplessly.
"Anya, Adrian and Maya are amazing kids. They are also good friends. It's a shame that they're not together," Bima took a deep breath. "If those two don't feel the spark, why don't we just help out?"
"They have their own lives. More importantly, take care of your health. Adrian and Maya are still young. We'd better take care of Aksa and Mason's marriage first, then think about Adrian," Anya had no other choice but to change the subject.
After hearing Anya's reason, Bima finally felt that it made sense and then asked quickly, "Does Aksa already have a girlfriend?"
"Looks like he has a girlfriend. I will meet her today. If there is good news, I will tell you," said Anya with a smile.
When Bima heard this, he was also happy. "Tell me what her name is. If Aksa finds a good woman, it's better if he gets married quickly."
"Okay," Anya felt a little uncomfortable lying to Bima. The girl Aksa approached isn't necessarily a good woman. Even Anya suspects that she is a fraud.
At 10 am, she arrived at a suburb.
It wasn't hard to find the girl. Today, she will be conducting a drone test in the outskirts of a city that has not many trees.
"Mother, that one with a white shirt and jeans is named Lili," Adel handed Anya a telescope.
Anya accepted the telescope and looked into the distance. That girl is indeed very beautiful. She looks like a strong and independent woman.
"How about it? Isn't she beautiful?" Adel said with a smile. "Actually, I also idolize her. She is very famous."
"You're not playing with drones are you? How did you know her?" Anya asked.
"She is very good at boxing and opened a gym for one. I'm already a member there," Adel said with a smile. "By the way, she is also very good at cooking. Sometimes she shares her recipes with me."
"So you want to accompany me not to help me, but to defend her, huh? Why do I feel there is a conspiracy here?" The more Anya thought about it, the more strange she felt about things.
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