Filed to story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
He stopped in front of his wife, “So far Fiona has done everything possible to get her hands on our son and all of it was an epic failure under our protection. And now, the only option she has…”
“Is to draw our son out of our safety net,” Emily figured it out, a sense of dread on her expression. May God help her son.
Meanwhile, at the same time, Akim successfully hid in the phone booth as Anika instructed. It was a good thing people hardly use this device nowadays else he would have been scolded for staying in there for a long time.
His heart was still pounding in his throat because he never thought he would escape his men without getting caught. Well, he exactly couldn’t blame them for failing to recognize him, after all, they had never seen him surrounded by women.
The only way Akim was able to leave successfully was because he had his arm around two women while two others surrounded him with his cap further lowered as they left through the gate while his guard there didn’t even glance at him, thinking it was one of the playboys with his harem.
But then for over thirty minutes, there was still no sign of Anika anyway. It was at that moment that he began to wonder if it had been a mistake to trust Anika. What if this was a trap and he was nothing but a lamb to the slaughter.
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Bless this shameless author with your golden ticket ????
The third point of view:
“Kristen, how is my son, Neon?” Reina asked as soon as her assistant came into her office. She had been busy with a meeting and had no time to come down and check on their progress.
“He’s fine,” Kristen replied curtly.
“And I believe everything went well?” she inquired, wanting more details.
“Neon is nice and everyone took a liking to him including your eccentric photographer, Micheal. Although….” She trailed off.
“Although what?” Reina arched her brows, sensing there was more to the story.
“Your daughter, Ailee tagged along and right now, she is going under a secret identity,” Kristen explained to her.
“Secret identity?” Reina was stunned. Her kids keep surprising her day after day, this shouldn’t be huge.
“She calls it gaining experience and asks you not to blow her cover,” Kristen added, “Please?”
“Well, she can do whatever she wants as long as it is not against the law,” Reina permitted without even blinking an eye. As someone from a common background at first, she wouldn’t stop her children from living humbly.
“Sure, I’ll relay that to her if they haven’t left yet,” Kristen said, ready to leave when she turned back as if she had something on her mind.
“What is it?” Reina asked her assistant, observing the way she bit on her lips nervously.
“It’s nothing,” She said quickly
“Kristen?” Reina pressed, knowing the woman can’t keep a secret from her.
Kristen shook her head, lips pressed tightly. There was no way on earth she was going to say that.
“Well?” Reina breathed, “It seems I might have to reconsider that trip to -“
“Fine!” Kristen gave in as Reina smiled, gesturing to her to go on that she was all ears.
“Well, the thing is that… I don’t know how to say it…”
“Then say something,” Reina demanded, tired of her beating around the bush.
“Don’t you think that Neon and Ailee’s relationship is a bit odd?”
“OOf course it’s strange,” Reina laughed it off only to truly comprehend what she suddenly said, “Huh?”
Reina narrowed her gaze at her, “What do you mean by that?” As a woman with sixth instinct, she sensed there was more than the eyes could tell.
“I understand that Neon is not your biological son?”
“And?”
“You treated him like a real son?”
“And?” Reina was trying to connect the dots here.
“Okay,” Kristen intertwined her fingers, “Here’s the deal, when I was with the both of them, I noticed something strange in their interaction,”
This time Reina readjusted in her seat knowing that this was the interesting part. She leaned closer to her desk asking, “What did you notice Kristen?”
“Intimacy,” Kristen announced. She took a deep breath and then rubbed her sweaty hand down her pencil skirt, “I’m not trying to insinuate anything here but I sense something between the both of them, ma’am. Their closeness was a bit too much,”
For a moment Reina didn’t say anything as she looked deep in thought, her face expressionless and that made Kristen uncomfortable. What if she said something wrong and the boss fired her for it?
However, to her greatest surprise, Reina burst into laughter. That was not what she expected, either way, that was good, right?
“Kristen,” Reina said to her with a hint of amusement, “I can assure you that Neon and Ailee have been inseparable since they were young. They were so close that if it hadn’t been for the differences in their appearance, they would have thought Neon was her twin instead of Allen. So you have nothing to worry about,” she explained to her.
However, Kristen still had a look of doubt on her face, “But I know what I saw, the look in Neon’s eyes was -“
“Kristen, get me a cup of coffee,” Reina interrupted her and Kristen knew at that moment that it was the cue to end this conversation.
“Sure, ma’am,” Kristen said and took her leave immediately.
As soon as the door to her office closed, the smile that had been on Reina’s face vanished at once. She had observed what Kristen talked about – the intimate relationship between Neon and Ailee – but had turned a blind eye to it because they had been that way from birth.
However, it suddenly crossed Reina’s mind that there were differences between being a kid and a grown-up. There was a strange glint in Reina’s eyes while her brows narrowed, contemplatively. As far as Neon had refused to bear the Sparks name, he was still that woman’s son – Jennifer – and Reina wasn’t exactly sure she would support any romance between Jennifer’s son and her daughter.
Reina sighed, rubbing her temple because her head was throbbing. Maybe she was thinking too much and Kristen must have misunderstood whatever she saw. Yeah, she just had to calm down – her work was already stressful enough.