Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion 18 novel Chapter 229

Either they want the portrait to look very realistic, capturing reality as accurately as possible or they would want the portrait to be a slightly better-looking version of themselves. If I’m to leave the customers to choose then I’ll probably end up with both types of requests and that meant that I had to be comfortable in delivering both types as well.

“I think a man can be beautiful. It’s not strange. You were very pretty too as a kid…” I said before smiling brightly at him.

The blond boy I saw in the photo looked like a little angel. I didn’t know what his character was like back then just from a photo, but I couldn’t say that his character right now matches his face.

“I got teased for looking like a girl a lot when I was younger. Although Harvey was always the one with longer hair, I was the one who was teased…” Hayden said calmly as he seemed to recall some old memories.

“Sounds tough…” I comment with a smile.

“Not really. Harvey would hit anyone who said that, so I just found it funny,” Hayden said as he laughed along.

There was a knock on the door and Auntie popped her head into the studio. I wondered what she wanted but one glance down at the puppy in her arms gave me the answer that I was looking for.

“I’m here to deliver this little guy. He finished his business in the garden already and should be full from breakfast,” Auntie reported with a smile.

Little Hayden had been very successful in amassing his fanbase in the mansion. Auntie and all the maids were already his big and loyal fans. Finding someone to volunteer to look after him was a breeze. The puppy’s easy-going attitude and cheerful personality was probably the main reason behind his popularity.

“Thank you. Welcome back, Little Hayden,” I said as I stretched out my arm.

Auntie placed Little Hayden carefully into my arms and I cuddled him close to my chest. Little Hayden was growing up fast and I was sure that he gained quite a big of weight. He felt heavier in my arms, but he was still as cute as ever. Auntie excused herself and I placed Little Hayden down on the floor.

“He’s so spoiled…” Hayden muttered.

“Don’t say that…he’s just very popular…” I replied as I reached down to stroke Little Hayden’s head.

Hayden rolled his eyes at me but refused to comment anymore. I started working on sketching Hayden focusing only on his face down to his chest area. To practice both versions, I outline two sketches. Personally, I found the realistic version easier than the other one. I mean, how am I supposed to make Hayden look better than he already does?

Surprisingly, Hayden was very cooperative, and I made a lot of progress in the span of almost two hours. I was afraid that Hayden would get bored, so I tried to keep a conversation going while I worked on the sketches. If he was really my client, I would probably need to entertain the client through some type of conversation as well. Otherwise, the session would be boring and very awkward.

“How is the sketch coming along?” Hayden asked.

“Better than I thought. Thanks to your help,” I replied cheerfully.

“Really? Will you be done soon?” he asked.