Annie agreed, “Yeah, usually it’s very noisy here because there is always a crowd.”It felt like there was someone important visiting the place, making it difficult for everyone to chat their hearts away.The two girls curiously walked into the canteen. As they walked past numerous inquisitive and scared eyes, they finally saw the couple sitting by the window near the counter.The stunningly good-looking couple were chatting as they took their meals.The man who was usually as cold as an iceberg was now smiling warmly, as though he was baptized by rays of sunshine.“Is… Is that Mr. Maxwell?” Annie asked hesitantly.Britney was also shocked to see this. It was as though she had seen a ghost!She could not believe what she saw. Yet, she could not deny the reality that was happening right before her eyes.She had never seen Conrad smile so warmly when they were together a few years ago. After her “death”, Conrad had treated Fia even better! Just what on earth happened?!No, she c
When they returned to his office, Conrad sat down with Fia to work on her designs, as promised. After finishing working on three designs, a happy smile appeared on Fia’s face.“I’m planning to add them into my grandma's project. Do you think it’ll work?”There was a glint of sorrow in Conrad’s eyes. “You don’t want to work with me?”Fia squinted and hugged Conrad’s arm.“But you do like my grandma's project, don’t you?”Conrad’s Adam’s apple bobbed when he heard this. He could not help but to recall their grandparents’ relationship.And her grandmother… Thea Lawson’s death was his fault because he insisted on robbing that project from her hands via a legal loophole, and it angered her so much she passed away soon after.He did not have the courage to tell Fia the entire story.“Conrad, I want to thank you.” Fia looked at him innocently, “This project was Grandma's gift to Grandpa Maxwell. And yet, Grandma wanted to take it away from the Maxwells because of me.”“Fia, let’s not
Conrad, seeing that Fia had begun to ponder on the matter, knew that he needed to talk with her about it. Or else, she would not set her mind at rest leaving the project to them.“Come here. I’ll tell you about it.”Fia pouted. “No! You’ll get naughty and start touching me all over again!”“Alright.” Conrad smiled and stood up from his seat and walked toward her.Fia panicked and hugged a pillow nearby.“Hey, I’m warning you! You better not slack off from work!”“I’m not slacking off. I just want to pat my dear wife.”“Ah!” He caressed her at those “right” spots again! Fia hit him with the pillow in her hands and pouted. “I’ll get mad if you don’t stop this nonsense at once!”“Alright, alright. I’ll stop.” He scooped her up from her chair and brought her to the guest sofa in the office’s living area.He cuddled with her and warned her lightly. “Fi… If you keep struggling like this, I’m afraid I may just lose it and have my way with you.”Fia froze as she felt that his body he
Fia turned around in Conrad’s embrace and held his handsome face in her palms.“I know that it wasn’t easy for you to get to where you are today. You’re surrounded by enemies who want to take you down all the time. They will unite to go against you. That’s why you must stand even higher… Only then can you protect Maxwell Corporation!”Conrad was feeling quite bad as he looked into the woman’s pure eyes. He whispered, “What about you? Aren’t you afraid that I won’t have time to think about you if I dedicate my time to business?”“Why would I?” Fia tilted her head and held his face even tighter before tapping it lightly with a smile. “The higher you stand, the better you can protect me!”Conrad looked at her speechlessly.“And our baby!” She smiled at him with sincerity.He felt as if part of his heart had been scraped out, and something seemed to have been injected inside of it despite being hardened for close to thirty years. It was warm… And it slowly became hotter and hotter.
When she heard that, she joyfully said, “Eileen?”Conrad didn’t want to kill her enthusiasm. “Not her.”“Then who do I want to see?”“You’ll know later.”Fia wasn’t expecting much.She even thought that Conrad was making things mysterious on purpose.She was led to a restaurant near Maxwell Corporation without much expectation. They arrived in front of a private room on the second floor.Conrad raised his eyebrow and smiled, saying, “You won’t be disappointed, Fia.”The edge of Fia’s lips twitched. “Is this some kind of romantic surprise?”“You can think about it that way.” With that, he closed her eyes with one hand and opened the door to the private room.“Ah!” Thrilled voices of children rang out as Fia’s heart skipped a beat, unable to respond.Next, two voices calling her “Pretty lady” rang, and two little cannon balls rammed into her and hugged her legs.Only then did Conrad let go of his hand covering her eyes.She looked down, and saw Sharon and William hugging eac
“It’s nothing important, but I can’t wait anymore!” Fia smiled brightly.While Conrad had a bad feeling about it, he couldn’t refuse her.“I want to apply for a leave this afternoon. I want to take them out to have fun.”Fia was all smiles. Even when Conrad didn’t want to, he couldn’t refuse.“Let Tiger come along.”“Sure!”As the Lanes hadn’t had lunch yet when they came over from Oceania, Conrad ordered a tableful of Gryphon’s local delicacies.However, Conrad didn’t eat much as he accompanied the Lanes.Because of the two children, Conrad lost the chance to sit next to Fia. They both took the seats on either side of her.Fia was overjoyed as the children surrounded her and called her pretty, busy deshelling the prawns for them.When Mary saw what was happening, she felt apologetic.“Don’t let them get used to it, Fia. They can eat on their own.”“It’s fine. I’m not that hungry anyway. I don’t mind doing it since I have the time.”Conrad would glance at her occasionally.
“She and I…” Conrad was feeling somewhat melancholic. He felt that they had already experienced enough.He didn’t want to experience any of it anymore.However, it seemed like there was a pair of hands behind the curtains that kept on pulling the strings and starting problems for them.He needed to find the owners of those hands as soon as possible. Otherwise, he and Fia could never have a peaceful life.“Conrad, the environment isn’t the most important thing in this case. Your hearts must stand united. You can face and solve any problems that way.”Conrad unbuttoned his collar and said, “Fine, let’s not talk about our private lives. Let’s talk about work.”“Sure.”“Pretty lady, where are you taking us?” Sharon asked in her childish voice.Fia held her chin and gave it a thought before kneeling down.“What do you want to play, Sharon? William?”“I want to go to the amusement park!” With that, Sharon then looked at her mother worryingly.Mary was speechless. “Why are you look
Fia brought Sharon to quite a number of rides in about an hour.Mary asked Tiger to explain what happened between Conrad and Fia.After she heard it all, her brows were locked together tightly.“Your boss really is quite undependable.”“It’s not that he’s undependable. He’s forced by his grandfather at the time of the marriage. He’s innocent too.”“No matter how innocent he is, he’s still enjoying life better than Fia!” Mary was angry. While Tyler was also quite the playboy when she met him, once their relationship had been confirmed, he was loyal toward her and didn’t start any problems afterward. Meanwhile, someone that looked so cold like Conrad was the one that was problematic after his marriage. She never would have thought that he had another lover after his marriage, and he even wanted a divorce because of said lover!“Mrs. Lane, the only reason I told you this is because you care about my madam. However, it’s not for you to talk about my boss like that!” Tiger said with a