Natasha remained silent.
Kenneth watched the scene with a complicated glint in his eyes.
Right then, Dave could no longer stand it and chimed in, “It's only an emerald piece. Do I have to worry about upsetting you with this gift? Or are you implying you won't prepare any gift for me once I have a kid?”
Hearing that, Kenneth curled his lips and looked at Denise. “Since Mr. Dave gave you that, why don't you keep it? But then, Denise, you must remember not to lose it.” Kenneth emphasized the last part of his sentence.
Denise nodded fervently at that. “I understand!”
Then, she turned around and looked at Dave, smiling brightly. “Thank you, Mr. Dave.”
Seeing her bright smile, Dave also smiled in return. His heart softened at her adorable face. At that moment, he figured having a daughter seemed to be a great idea.
At that moment, Anthony and Benjamin walked over to them with a bunch of skewers. They saw everything that happened earlier and leaned closer to ask, “Mr. Dave, did you only bring one gift?”
“What's the matter? Do you boys want a gift too?” Dave asked and raised a brow.
“There are three of us. How could you prepare only one gift?” Anthony refuted. He clearly found this unfair.
Dave laughed upon hearing that. He glanced at Kenneth and Natasha. The two were seated together without him noticing and leaning against each other. Natasha had a shawl wrapped around her. Her long hair draped around her shoulders, making her look lovely. Meanwhile, Kenneth was seated on the side, leaning very close to Natasha. The two looked great together and were rather intimate.
That scene startled Dave a little. He quickly shifted his gaze away and looked at Anthony and Benjamin again. Then, with a mischievous glint in his eyes, he asked, “Who told you I only prepared one gift today?”
Anthony arched a brow. “What else did you prepare?”
Dave nodded pointedly. “I did prepare something else, but I have no idea if you boys will want it or not!”
“Of course we do! Since you already prepared it, we wouldn't refuse the gift.” Anthony was a little excited.
“Really?” Dave was amused.
Anthony nodded. “Of course! We are certain about that!”
The little fellow knew someone like Dave would not prepare an ordinary gift. There must be something meaningful behind each gift he prepared.
Kenneth and Natasha smiled and watched them from aside instead of interrupting their conversation.
Dave looked at Anthony. “You'd better think twice before answering that. I don't want you to refuse the gift once I hand it over to you!”
“Mr. Dave, why do I feel like... there's something weird waiting for me?” Anthony raised a question.
“No way. I have prepared something priceless for you and Benjamin!” Dave said.
“What is it?” Anthony asked.
Benjamin also widened his eyes in curiosity and looked at Dave.
Dave smiled. “What about the absolute power to manage DX Group? That's priceless!”
Anthony was rendered speechless.
He knew Dave would not prepare an ordinary gift for them.
It was not that Anthony looked down on DX group. He had joined Darknetz first, and it would be inappropriate if he took over the power to manage DX Group too. Moreover, he had yet to find a way to explain to Kyle his connections to DX Group.
After serious consideration, Anthony smiled. “Mr. Dave, let's just pretend this conversation had never happened—”
“How could we pretend it never happened? It's the best gift I can offer,” Dave said.
“Mr. Dave, you're still young. It's way too early for you to make such an arrangement.” Anthony tried to come up with a solid excuse.
“I have to invest in a successor, and I should do that as early as possible,” Dave argued.
Anthony responded to that with an awkward smile instead of saying anything else.
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