My Beloved Has Risen from Death's Embrace novel Chapter 412

She bent down to pick him up and walked towards the bedroom.

"Listen here, kiddo, remember it's your face that looks like your uncle's that saved you!"

Even in his sleep, he was muttering away, and Xanthea couldn't help but laugh, both annoyed and fond. It took talent to tire both himself and a dog.

After settling both the child and the dog, she thought about calling back the dismissed servants to clean up the floor, only to find her phone dead. She accidentally stepped on a strawberry and slipped onto the carpet.

"Ouch."

Lying where she fell, Xanthea stared hopelessly at the crystal chandelier overhead. Taking care of kids was truly no easy feat. She vowed she'd never have such a mischievous child!

In the Crestwood CBD, within the Twin Towers' 22th floor conferences room.

"Mr. Lockwood, this is the contract we finalized after multiple discussions between our two groups. Please, take a look!"

The legal representative from MR Group handed over the contract.

Orion glanced down, meticulously reviewing each clause.

Leonard noticed the young vice president of MR Group, Ms. Thomas, who couldn’t take her eyes off Orion, filled with admiration and infatuation. He chuckled, "Ms. Thomas, you’re truly impressive. Becoming the VP of MR Group in just three years and representing the group in such a major collaboration is truly admirable."

"Oh, it's nothing. Mr. Marlowe, you're the real young talent here."

"Ms. Thomas, with your intelligence and beauty at such a young age, I have to ask—do you have a boyfriend?" Leonard suddenly ventured, a bit of gossip in his tone. Roxanne smiled, shaking her head, "Not yet, but," she said, shyly glancing at the man across from her, who was engrossed in the contract, his features strikingly handsome.

"I already have someone I like."

"Well, you better hurry up. Don’t let your career delay your personal life. Our Mr. Lockwood, who's five or six years younger than you, already has a girlfriend, or rather, is about to start a family!"