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Back in the study- “Treasures, mommy and daddy have something important that we want to discuss with you.” Emile and Chris sat opposite to Chris Jnr and Emm so that they could see the kids’ reactions and intervene appropriately. “Mommy, is this why we came to the study before?” Emm asked twisting her little chubby hands that were placed on her lap. “Um” Emile nodded with a serious expression. “Oh” Emm covered her face with her chubby little hands. “Then, did little treasure just confess without being caught?” Emm peeked through the slit between her fingers. “Um” Emile nodded with an amused smile. “That…. Mommy….” Emm tilted her head and looked cautiously at Emile “can you not punish little treasure considering she confessed before you even caught her?” “What do you think?” Emile folded her arms and hooked eyebrows, hiding her smile at the corner of her lips. “Can we punish her just a little then?” Emm negotiated, blinking her big eyes; she turned her puppy eyes towards daddy k
The Burke spared no effort to advertise the opening of the House of Dupont, Burke and Walter fashions. They had sponsored a ramp walk associated with the opening where international models walked the ramp wearing their latest models. All the elites across the country were invited to the event. It was even grander the opening of the previous House of Dupont, Burke and Walter fashions, both in Dupont’s home front and Chris home front. “What a grand opening?” One of the socialites commented looking around as she walked the red carpet that was extended all the way from the gate to the entrance of the building. The structure of the House of Dupont, Burke and Walter fashions building was that of fairytale castle; today it looked especially magnificent with the outline of the building was decked with lights. “The Burkes really know how to spoil their sister.” Another socialite commented with a sour tone. “Sister??? Che!!!” Another sneered with her nose pointing to the sky “It’s just a poor
Michelle’s words were like pouring salt over his wound. He glared at her as he pulled his hand out of hers in annoyance. “Why are you looking at me so fiercely?” Michelle pouted with grievance and muttered “I am not the one who has forgotten about you and living happily.” Daniel didn’t respond to Michelle’s provocation, not because he felt guilty but because he was lost in thought. He was thinking of the best way to appear in front of Emile. He imagined the sweet silly smile that adorned her face every time he surprised her in the past, the short, sweet time when Michelle was away. He wondered if she would have the same smile this time when he surprised her by suddenly appearing in front of her. He kept playing in his head the different scenarios of how he would appear in front of her and the lines he would be saying. However, he wasn’t satisfied with any of them. He kept racking his brain when his gaze met with Chris's. He could see the blatant provocation in his smile and the pos
“Long no see, Emile.” Daniel extended his hand, as he flashed a charming smile. None of the impatience from before could be seen on his face. To be fair, it was justifiable for anyone who waited in line for such a long time to have some irritation but to Daniel’s credit, his mannerisms were impeccable. “Hello Mr Holston.” Emile smiled, the same smile she wore all evening, without skipping a beat “Hope you enjoyed the show tonight.” “Emile….” Abbey called out from the side before giving anyone a chance to continue the conversation. Emile looked towards Abbey and seeing the anxious look on her face, misunderstood that there was a situation that required her presence. She turned back to face Daniel with the same business-like smile “Excuse me Mr Holston.” She then turned to Chris, the ice on her face melted at a speed not visible to the naked eye as she pouted coquettishly “Hubby, can you manage the guests here?” “Um” Chris nodded with a doting smile. “Mr Holston, I will leave your r
The Burkes and Walters didn’t come forward to join the fun even though one of their ears and half their soul was at the entrance with Chris where the hubbub was transpiring. The Burke brothers were keeping the other major customers entertained although all of them marked this debt in their hearts while the Walter siblings were keeping their mother distracted so that this episode didn’t attract any more negative impressions on Emile. Emile sat distracted on the way back to the hotel, her mind kept reeling on the Chris and Daniel’s exchange at the entrance at the end of the event. Chris didn’t interrupt her thoughts. He silently accompanied her till they reached their suite. “Wife, can you tell me what’s wrong?” Chris asked once they were resting in the lounge after checking on the little ones. “I am fine.” Emile raised her head and smiled sweetly. “Wife, you know me I never intrude on other people’s privacy or thoughts….” Chris paused before continuing “But you are my wife.” “Wife,
Daniel woke up the next day disoriented and with a hammering headache. He looked around in confusion before he calmed down as he saw that he was in the guest room at Ron’s place. He tried to yawn and whimpered in pain. He got up to look in the mirror trying to figure out why opening his mouth hurt like hell. “What the @£?@***?” Daniel cursed, half coherently as he saw his bruised and slightly lopsided jawline. “Are you up?” Ronald came in with a coffee mug as he heard Daniel’s grunt. Daniel pointed to his jaw as he hooked his eyebrows. He knew Ron would understand; it was painful to repeat himself. “You got punched by Chris.” “He what???” Daniel mumbled in shock. Although he knew Chris’s gentleness was a façade and that he was more ruthless than all the Walters put together when dealing with enemies, hearing that he actually punched him and that too in front of everyone shocked Daniel’s understanding of Chris. “What else should he do to the man who unscrupulously slandered his wi
Michelle sat fuming in the lounge area after Ron dropped her off. She had never been so humiliated in her entire life. She couldn’t even understand what so great about Emile that two of the most outstanding men she knew had to be so smitten by her. “AAHHHHHHH” She screamed at the top of her lungs to let out her frustration. She didn’t hesitate to take and smash the glass vase that was sitting on the dining table. Having found an outlet to vent her anger, she couldn’t stop throwing all the breakable crockery from the dining table whenever she thought of Daniel’s humiliating behaviour. What did he take her, his fiancée for? She wanted to let go of everything and walk away when she thought of how Daniel offered to give her to Chris. Although Chris was a better choice by a thousand miles, that had to be her choice…. Not him giving her away like a commodity that could be bought or sold. As the thought occurred on her mind, she couldn’t calm down anymore; she looked around the apartment,
Walters left as planned in a week; Chris and his family of four shifted their stay from the hotel to the Burke residence as they planned to stay back for a month to stabilize business operations of the store before heading back home. Night Wing and Abbey also followed them to the Burke residence. Little people Chris Jnr and Emm were the most happiest people with the move to the Burke residence as they now had a battalion of little people to accompany them. First uncle's three kids, seven-year-old Philip, four-year-old Rob and two-year-old Leo, second uncle’s kids, five-year-old Trevor and three-year-old Melvin, third uncle’s kids, four-year-old Lucas and two-year-old Liam and fourth uncle’s kid, three-year-old Joshua. The uniqueness of the Burke residence was that in addition to adult family apartments, it had an apartment just for kids with around 12 rooms where the kids could choose to stay rather than with their parents. All the Burke kids naturally would stay here till they got m
The rest of Burkes followed suit without waiting for either Chris or Emile to respond; curiosity had gotten the better of them.Little baby was not stupid. How would he dare question little aunt? He looked over nonchalantly before making a gesture with his meaty fingers to indicate payment.“What do you want?” Both Harry and Addison asked in excitement.“I am very rich for the time being, so I will let Leo choose.” Little baby responded with a smug look and passed the honours to Leo.“Take us all on the trip to the Alps when fifth Uncle Walter is taking them.” Leo didn’t have to think as he told Addison what he wanted.Addison agreed without a second thought and walked back into the room the adults were seated, humming a song only to be despised by his mother, which he totally ignored and sat down happily with a thick skin.The fate of the rest of the Burke brothers were similar; no one was spared. Henry who was complacent looking at the miserable fate of his brothers, got a rude wakeu
“Where are you going?” Henry teased as he caught the little overlord and hurled him in the air.“Put me down.” Bruno frowned, flailing his legs anxiously “I haven’t finished discussing with little uncle.”Everyone laughed as Henry put Bruno down, who promptly ran to Chris, looked up at him curiously, awaiting his decision.“Hur…hur…hur….” Chris chuckled “How would I dare renegade on a promise to our little overlord?”“Then when can we go?” Bruno asked seriously, taking no offense to the title, to him, this was recognition of his ability.“When we get back and whenever you say the word.” Chris never had any qualms indulging his nephews and nieces.“Where are we going?” Leo asked curiously.Bruno looked towards Chris who shrugged “It’s up to to the owner of the reward to decide, I am just the charioteer.”“Then let’s go to the ocean king’s castle.” Bruno didn’t have to think twice to make a decision.Chris “”Everyone burst out laughing, only the little ones looked curiously at Chris.“I
He was smart enough to decipher big treasure's cryptic message that he could find the answer by testing them himself, after sulking for a while, thinking about big treasure’s words over and over again. He rushed to Chris’s room once again, pulled Big Treasure aside and whispered hurriedly before running away. He then ran off to the apartment where the Burkes where resting. He went over to call Leo and Liam to play with him in the backyard with a crafty look in his eyes. All the Burke kids followed Leo and Liam to play, the main intent for the older kids following them was to keep them safe.He turned around to look at Leo with a guilty look in his eyes as he asked cautiously, “Would you stop talking to me if you find out that I landed you in trouble to test you?”“Why do you want to test me?” Leo demanded with a frown.“Because it is very important to me.” Bruno blinked his eyes, lowering his gaze as he whispered, “Like life and death situation that grown-ups talk about.”“Well, in tha
After the excitement died down, everyone decided to go out, sight-seeing, like proper tourists. Adam invited his friends who politely stayed back at the hotel sensing that Adam and the rest had family matters to sort out, to join the group. Just like that, the Burkes, Walters, Adam’s three friends, the two masters, Chris’s senior brother, Bai-Min and Lai-Li set off on their wild-life adventure, that they had booked with one of the tour groups. It goes without saying that the group included Adrian and his little family and Neil who dragged Chiara along with him. What was unexpected was that Emm pulled Amy, Abbey’s assistant to tag along with them. Luckily for Amy, she had Beth who got dragged into the family outing by Marcus to keep her company. Her boss had ditched her without a conscience the minute her ‘knight in shining armour’ appeared. On their return trip, even though they were all chatting, what attracted everyone’s attention was little treasure’s soft cute voice “Daddy, is it
The next morning, everyone was in high spirits without even a trace of the anxiety that passed through; although they were still waiting for an explanation, a closure to whole saga. The breakfast table was lively and cheerful. “Son, tell me is Emile really pregnant?” Elizabeth couldn’t hold herself back anymore. She asked once everyone had settled in the lounge area to relax after breakfast. “Um” Chris nodded although he was displeased inwardly; he wondered if his mother had truly changed or whether she was about to revert to her old ways. “Tell us how you know what was wrong with Little aunt.” Miles piped in from the background, turning everyone’s attention towards big treasure and little treasure, after being signalled by Marcus. He didn’t know why eldest brother wanted him to divert the topic, but he still obeyed. He didn’t always have to know the reason; eldest brother was in charge; he would follow whatever eldest brother asked him to do. “Daddy was too lost. We knew we had to
Outside the room, Chris Jnr finally managed to coax little treasure and sighed in relief. There was nothing he could do about it, his little ears and heart hurt from listening to little treasure’s wails. He would compensate his little brother in other ways. “How is your mommy?” Chris asked once little treasure had been coaxed. “She is fine.” Chris Jnr thought for a minute before answering; his mommy looked fine, she was sleeping peacefully. He leaned forward, close to Chris, gesturing little treasure to come close and whispered with a soft voice “Daddy, I touched a dragon.” “A what?” Little treasure’s eyes widened, surprise mixed with disbelief, reflecting in those adorable eyes. “Um” Chris Jnr nodded with all seriousness in affirmation to little treasure but not before he gestured little treasure to be quiet. “Daddy, are dragons real?” Little treasure leaned even closer as she whispered. “Maybe…” Chris shrugged before closing his eyes and mind linking with the two treasures “Da
“Jnr might be a good option.” Chris’s master slowly opened his mouth once he finished sifting everyone’s faces through his mind.Hua Yueren lifted his eyebrows questioningly.“He has been around her while she was away. Naturally, the apparition although only a figment of Azure’s consciousness, it will still be sharp enough to sense a friend from a foe. Also, since he is her biological son, his spirit must have a lingering smell of her essence.”Hua Yueren nodded; he didn’t have any better solution. They would re-think their plans if this one backfired.Chris’s master transmitted his message to Spector who promptly brought Chris in, in his usual manner of teleportation.Chris Jnr greeted the two masters and stood straight, neither servile nor overbearing, quietly waiting instructions; his demeanour brought a glint of admiration to the eyes for both men.“Son, can you see the apparition surrounding your mother?” Chris’s master knelt beside Chris Jnr so that he could level his gaze with h
Emile felt a bit anxious as she entered the room with Chris’s and Neil’s masters. Although she knew them, she wasn’t very familiar with them. She looked towards Lai-Li with an anxious gaze; Lai- Li was the only person in the group whom she knew a little better.“It will be alright.” Lai-Li comforted in a gentle voice as she saw Emile’s gaze resting on her uncomfortably.“Master Walter’s mood might get agitated and that won’t help us.” She explained patiently as she saw that the concern in Emile’s gaze hadn’t dispersed. “Neil is not used to our world, and he will be in a daze and that will not help our cause as we will need to be quick.”Although Emile didn’t fully understand, she nodded. She had seen Chris do unbelievable things before, stuff that couldn’t be explained by logic and science alone.“It will be quick. Everything will be back to normal as soon as you wake up.” Lai-Li coaxed gently as she patted her hands while Emile’s lids gradually grew heavier and finally, she closed her
“Daddy, little treasure is here.” Emm tugged Chris’s pants with grievance. She had been waiting patiently for daddy to coax little baby and carry her, but little baby had no intention of coming down.“Daddy’s little treasure is the most understanding treasure in the world.” Chris smiled as he knelt and carried Emm along with Bruno and headed to wait in front of the door.“Little brother, let me…” Darcy stepped forward extending his hands towards Chris with a sheepish smile. He wondered if he really was not cut out to be a good father; he was happily standing watching the drama unfold when Grace nudged him with a reproachful glare as she gestured with her eyes towards Bruno.“It’s okay.” Chris chuckled looking at Darcy’s embarrassment before turning his doting gaze towards his little treasure and then Bruno.Neither looked at him as they were both looking at the closed door with similar anxious expressions although the cause of their anxiety was different. Little baby’s world only had B