"Jie jie, please come back!" Gabriel wailed on the floor, gripping his sister"s dress."Gabriel, stop being a child and let your sister go." Mrs. Bai sighed exasperatedly. It was amusing to see her youngest being childish but, she couldn"t help but be a bit embarra.s.sed still.
"Not until you and dad let her come back to the company! I don"t want non of this in the first place! Give me back my youth!"
Surely, everyone was wondering what on Earth happened? Well, it all started when Gabriel Bai explode from too much paperworks. He had enough working as an acting CEO and doing nothing but reading and signing files after files.
He did not choose IT engineering to work as a freaking businessman! We want to work with computers, not papers!
Just thinking how his sister endured all of this baffled him. Why hadn"t she gone crazy from boredom and the continuous cycle of reading, signing and listening to boring meetings and reports?
The one thing Gabriel looked forward in working at WPE were the games"s developments. He get to be the first person to play new games and use "Nightingale" and "Mystique"s updates like the power-ups, armors and many more cool stuffs.
But, the majority of the CEO"s work was all about the company"s management, progress and such. In short, Lillie"s former, pristine office was stuffed with loads, mountains of unfinished paperworks.
Even his own father wanted him out of the company and hoped to have his daughter back working. The company"s progress was being implicated because of Gabriel"s tardiness. If it was Lillie who was sitting on the office, the paperworks would be finished in less that 40 minutes.
She would even have her father"s share of paperworks, that was why Alexander had a smooth life ever since Lillie took over.
If only he had the guts to oppose his wife.
He"ll receive a huge smack on the head and a ticket to the doghouse [1] if he did.
Lillie pulled her brother up, saving him from further loosing face in front of Tranquil Villa"s servants and Ethan. Nanny Ying offered them some freshly picked peaches that were cut into quarters.
Gabriel tearfully munched on the sweet fruit, the sorrow he felt diminished into content. Flowers even bloomed behind him with every chew.
Mr. and Mrs. Bai sighed, relieved that their only son had calmed down.
"What is it that you two have come for? Clearly, it isn"t because you wanted me to come back to the company, isn"t it?" Lillie gave her father a look, causing the older man to inwardly jump.
Mrs. Bai glanced at her pale husband with an accusing glare. Is that why he wanted to visit Lillie?
"Of course not, little flower~.Your "father" and I just really missed you." The French woman cooed, answering so that her husband no longer have a room to dare oppose. She won"t let them ask for Lillie"s help.
She wanted to foster Lillie and Ethan"s relations.h.i.+p so that by next year, she"s already carrying a bundle of joy that holds either her daughter"s or son-in-law"s resemblance.
Lillie observed how her mother"s facial expression turn from menace into a giggling school girl with cheeks dusted pink. She started to feel concern of her mental well being.
Is work back at Dazzling Castle that busy? Maybe she"ll ask her to take a vacation with her father. If they made her take a vacation, perhaps she"ll do the same for them.
"Mother, how about you and father also take a few days off with your work? You and father are acting....tense." Lillie innocently offered.
Mr. and Mrs. Bai blinked. "Huh?"
"Good thing Gabriel already have the experience as an acting CEO." She continued.
Gabriel joined her parents. "Huh?"
"I"ll call Elliot to get you two a reservation at borbora, while Gabriel and I take care of the company."
"Huh?!"
"M-mon chérie, this is a misunderstanding...mommy don"t need a vacation, so does daddy! Right, honey?" Mrs. Bai stealthily glared at her husband with a hidden message that said "disagree and you"re dead."
Mr. Bai, who still valued his life, nodded obediently. In his eyes, Mr. Bai saw his wife as a female demon, with a pair of sharp horns, red eyes and pointy teeth. But, as soon as she faced her daughter, a soft and warm smile appeared, that even angels wanted to blow their trumpets for.
"You don"t have to worry about us, my dear. It"s you who needs a vacation! Specifically, you and Ethan." She grinned.
Lillie tilted her head in confusion before turning her attention to Ethan, whom did the same. "He had work to do—"
"That can be arranged!" Mrs. Bai quickly interjected, phone magically appearing on her hand and made a quick call.
"Hm! Uh huh! Yes, of course! Thank you, Lucy!" [2] Mrs. Bai ended her call and gave everyone a bright (sly) smile.
"That was your mother, Ethan. I told her to forc—ask your father to let you have a few days off. Your mother even booked a flight to France and called the hotel you owned there to prepare the presidential suite!" She said, ecstatically.
It"s all up to Ethan now, if he failed to bang—cough, send his little ones inside her daughter to create her bundle of joy, she"ll definitely ask her mother, Lu Ru s.h.i.+, to send him in a mental asylum!
If everyone heard her thought, it"ll be her who"ll be sent to the mental asylum! What mother would purposely send her daughter alone with a wolf?!
Well, either it"s Lillie"s fortune or not, Agathe Crevier Bai is her mother.