The Lior's group

Brenda frowned slightly but quickly switched to a sweet smile. “Oh come on, Matt, don’t act like you don’t want me here.” she said, stepping closer towards Matteo.

Upon her closeness, Leo suddenly closed his nose and squeezed his face in discomfort. Matteo caught his attitude and glanced at him, “Are you okay, Leo?”

“I’m sorry uncle Matt, but this auntie’s cologne makes me want to puke.”

Matteo glanced at Brenda, and looked away. Looking at Leo’s innocent yet straight face, he didn’t know whether to laugh or feel bad for Brenda.

Uncle?

Brenda sniffled her cloth, but felt nothing wrong, then what was this kid talking about? She could have scolded or even yelled at him, but she couldn’t afford to do that in front of Matteo, not when he called him uncle. Scolding him in front of Matte might leave a bad impression on her.

Brenda forced out a smile, “Honey, do you know what you're saying, you know it's not nice to say bad things to pretty aunties..” She said, stretching her to grab Leo's chin, but Leo quickly shook it off.

He got down from Matteo’s laps and took steps away from Brenda. “I'm not saying bad things to you, and I don't even consider you to be pretty. Only my mom is the prettiest, right uncle Matt?”

“Yeah, sure.”

Brenda's frown deepened, only if Matteo could look away for a minute, she would use that opportunity to hit this child and stop him from spilling nonsense.

Leo also felt she was pretending to be nice to him because of Matteo, In fact he disliked her the moment she walked into the office. Leo only showed hostility to people he disliked and Brenda was making it worse by pretending to be nice, when he could clearly see through her anger.

“Brenda, you can leave now. There's couple of works you are expected to submit, yet I've received none, I want them all done by the end of today.”

“What? Not only are you going to watch this little kid insult me, you're sending me off to work on that tons of file? Matt, I'm your fiancé for christ sake.”

“Fiancé? Heh. Listen up, my fiancée or not, I value professionalism right here in this company and since you've decided to work here, you'd adhere to that too.” Matteo said matter-factly, his tone cold and detached.

He couldn't really blame Leo for disliking Brenda's cologne, he was right after all. It was as if she wore a whole bottle of cologne and the scent was too heavy and pungent.

Anger and hatred surged within Brenda, she cursed Leo deep in her heart.

‘This Brat! It's all his fault that Matt isn't giving me attention. He even wants me out of his office…just wait and watch, I'd make sure you regret this, stupid kid!’

“Mommy is back!!”

Brenda was about to leave, when Leo's voice caught her attention and made her turn around.

Amelia was standing next to Asad, her smile sweet, as she hugged Leo ruffling his hair. As it was her first time in the company, Asad guided her around the premises. Returning to the office, she couldn't help but smile seeing Leo was calm and happy, at least he hasn't caused any trouble, she thought.

Brenda's gaze was still fixed on Amelia, she couldn't deny the fact that she was actually really beautiful just like her son had praised her to be. But what exactly was her relationship with Matteo? She thought. She couldn't help but develop hatred for Amelia, not just because of Leo, but she couldn't bear to see a lady more beautiful than her stay close with Matteo. Brenda believed that it would make Matteo not see her in a light of beauty but rather go after ladies more prettier than her.

“Matt, who is she?” She asked, giving Amelia a suspicious glance.

“You seem to have learnt a lot of things here, I'll go ahead then to write a report to your father so that you can return to his company.”

Brenda frowned, her heart skipping a beat. “What? No! I'm leaving, okay…”

With that, she hurried away from Matteo's office.

Brenda is the first and only daughter of the Dawson family, famous and recognized in the city. But she just returned from her place of study in the states and was assumed to have a lot of knowledge about crafting great and captivating designs. Elias Lior, Matteo's father and Jason Dawson, Brenda's father, want to strengthen their relationship as well as their partnership, by arranging a marriage for their children.

Although Matteo didn't give his consent to it, his old man went ahead with the arrangements.

It turns out that Brenda isn't as knowledgeable about designs as her father thought she'd be, causing him to send her to Matteo's company to learn from him. At least she'd get serious and stop acting like a spoiled brat in her father's company, but to Brenda this was only a chance for her to get very close to Matteo and make him fall for her.

So, if Matteo goes ahead to inform her dad about learning a lot which she hasn't, she'd really lose her opportunity to get close to him. In order to avoid that, Brenda hurriedly left his office.

“Now that you're back, I'd arrange a meeting for your introduction, so you'd get to know the rest of the employees and vice versa.”

Amelia nodded, “That would be great, I really appreciate it”

“Hmmh”

“Apart from that, I'm allowed to use my own sketchbook, if there's a need for modification I will then transfer it to the companys’.”

“Sure, that's okay.”

“Thank you, sir.”

“Asad, arrange the meeting right away, so we'd start work on the new project.”

Asad made a slight bow and left the office, leaving Amelia, Leo and Matteo, in the same space.

Staying in the same space as Matteo made Amelia restless, Even though Leo was with her, she couldn't stop the pounding of her heart. Inorder to feel less awkward she took out her mobile phone and started reading news.

Matteo, who was pretending to be reading a file on his desk, was secretly stealing glances at Amelia. He didn't know anything about this woman, only that she lured him to sleep with her and then disappeared the next day, for a whole four years and now she's back and doesn't recall, even a little detail about him.

If doesn't recall anything then he'd surely make her remember sooner than later.

Leo was cuddled up in his mother's arm but he couldn't miss the glances Matteo threw at his mother, making him confused. Was she admiring his mother? He thought, and grinned as a naughty thought invaded his head.

“Mom, did you know, Uncle Matt, said you're really beautiful.”