Her Only Granddaughter

Grandma looks very elegant in her office outfit. Her dark and grey hair is neck-short and a little curly. When Mel asks why she doesn't dye her hair black, Grandma says she looks fancier with gray hair. Grandma is right, she is more suited with that hair tone, even though there are visible wrinkles, but her face still looks bright and beautiful.

Even though she is now approaching 70 years old, she still looks in her late 50s. She also looks fit with her works in her company, and she also has several philanthropic activities with her humanitarian foundation.

Grandma is a very influential person in the city S; even in the country, she was pretty well-known for her humanitarian activities. Last year she received awards from the President and UNICEF for her involvement in many social projects, helping many disadvantaged people in this country and several neighboring countries.

Mel is very proud of her Grandma even though she never tells her Grandma about that.

Most people have a sweet relationship with their father and mother. But, for Mel, what she's got chiefly is her adorable relationship with Grandma. It seems she loves Grandma more than she loves her parents. Even she has long forgotten about her dad.

Grandma has taken care of her since she was a little, teach her to be a brave and independent woman. She remembers his Grandma's advice.

'Mel... you must always follow your heart and not to give up, not easily. You must be strong for yourself so that others will not take you for granted.'

Grandma was the only one who had taken care of her when she had to fight a comma for two years and a year of recovery. After recovery, Grandma sent her to a boarding school in M country. She is very grateful for that. She's now a tough woman; thank you for what Grandma has done to her. A woman who doesn't give up easily. It's all because of her experience of living alone in another country.

"Grandma... I miss you so so much!!" Mel shouts in a spoiled voice.

"Girl, have you had your lunch?" For a moment, she shifted her gaze to Mel then continued to finish her work.

Mel stood in front of her desk. "Yes. I was having lunch with my college friends before I come here. By the way, Windy was there too."

"That's great." Grandma took off her glasses and put them on the table; she got up from her chair and walked over to Mel with her arms wide open.

Mel buried her head in Grandma's arms, and she could smell white perfume on her body; combined with her body musk made her smell uniquely pleasant, "Grandma, I miss you so much" Mel's tone now sounds childish.

Grandma hugged her tighter as she stroked her hair gently. They hugged for a long time.

After a while, Mel let go of the hug. They sit on the sofa while holding hands.

"Grandma, I want to say something..." Mel recalled her intention to meet Grandma, to offer collaboration with Grandma's Recipe.

"Just say it."

"I would like to offer a collaboration proposal between Grandma's Recipe and"

"Collaboration? for the company you work for?" Grandma interrupts Mel but in a pleasant tone while squeezing Mel's Hand, and then she continues to say..." Girl, Grandma doesn't want you to work for someone else. Join Grandma's company, help me growing and expanding this company."

Mel was speechless but only for a second "Grandma..." says Mel before biting her lips; now she was nervous. Grandma looked at Mel with a warm but sharp gaze, her eyebrows raised. "Girl, are you in trouble!?" she's worriedly asking Mel.

"Oh, NO, no, not at all!" She replied quickly with a more convincing tone. "Well, Grandma, the company I mentioned earlier is the company that I set up together with my friend." She looked at Grandma's face, tried to read her expression, try to understand her. But she can't see anything; Mel is looking at her Grandma's warm, calm but unreadable face. Now she begins to worry.

Grandma keeps silent, seemingly waiting for more explanation from her.

Mel continues saying, "So, I'm one of the founders. That's why I want to propose a collaboration proposal to Grandma's Recipe." Mel explained more details about the networking program and application for Grandma's Recipe. At the same time, Grandma is listening attentively and in careful manners. In her mind, she felt very proud of her granddaughter. She has become very independent; She has built her own company without asking for her help.

"Girl, do you need funds? Any money at all to support your company? If you need, tell Grandma. You must remember, you are my ONLY grandchild. Everything I have will be yours one day."

Mel smiles. "I know, Grandma. But my company is doing well. And it would be even better when we could collaborate with Grandma's Recipe." Mel cuddled Grandma's hand and rested her head on her shoulder. "Grandma, your company is very famous, many people want to form a collaboration your company. So, I don't want to miss the opportunity." She smiles.

She adds, "And... I also want your Restaurant open a branch in my company building. So I can eat there whenever I'm starving. What do you think, Grandma?"

"Good idea!" When she heard her granddaughter wanted 'Grandma Recipe' to open a store in her building, she was delighted. "Girl, what's your company name?" she asks.

"MT Group!" Mel said with a big smile.

"You named your company after your Initials?" Grandma stopped talking as if she was thinking about something; a second later, she said, "Earlier you said you founded this company with your friends. But, why the company's name only use yours?"

Mel suddenly frozen, then sat up and looked straight at Grandma. She doesn't want Grandma to know that she is the sole owner of the MT Group. She worried Grandma would find out the source of the funds she uses to build the company from her secret activities as a hacker.

Grandma doesn't know that she makes a lot of money from her identity as a top hacker; she already a billionaire when she was in high school. Mel is much richer than her Grandma.

"hahaha... Grandma, you are so amazing; you pay attention to small details like that." Mel scratched her nape even though it didn't itch.

"Yes, that's right, there are two founders in the MT Group, me and my friend. He gave me full rights to decide the name of the company. So, I named the company MT Group. Meanwhile, my friend is the CEO of the company." Mel said it delightfully and relieved after making a successful escape from Grandma's witty question by making Hiro her scapegoat.

Grandma nods; Accepting Mel's explanation.

After a while, Grandma asked Mel to immediately send the collaboration proposal to related departments at Grandma's Recipe.

Not long after, she said goodbye to Grandma and return to her house. Tonight, she will have to keep her promise to test Black's firewall system.