Ezra felt much better thanks to Maisie.
He said genuinely, "Thank you, Maisie."
"You should sleep in the bed."
He did not speak. As a man, how could he let a woman sleep on a couch?
Maisie sensed he was keen on his decision, so she simply dropped the subject. As her son was babbling for no one was playing with him, she walked in his direction, held him in her arms, and was about to go downstairs.
Ezra took the little guy over like he ought to do that, and they went down together.
He said to the little boy, "Your mom's magnificent now. She can even do massage. No wonder she's increasingly disdaining me."
Maisie could not help interjecting, "Oh, shut up."
What was the bull shitting? Did she disdain him?
Ezra did as she told, while the corner of his mouth curved upward, which indicated he was in a good mood.
Maisie's other emotions, except coolness, could always delight him. They made him feel like she was not so ruthless toward him.
When they were downstairs, the breakfast was already done, which, according to Daisy, was all prepared by Nancy.
Maisie felt she shouldn't have let her guest do that, but Nancy smiled, "At this age, one tends to get up really early. So I made some simple breakfast."
Though she said simple, the dishes on the table were nothing simple.
Nancy changed the subject and asked Ezra, "Were you howling upstairs?"
Ezra explained, "Maisie was giving me rubbing."
"That's a good thing. I thought someone was slaughtering pigs." Nancy commented.
Ezra had once heard Arthur complaining about his mother. Arthur said he felt he was not her real son because his mother was so nice to Jean. She would agree with everything Jean said. And as for Arthur, even his breathing was wrong.
Now Ezra felt exactly what Arthur had felt. But, despite the fact that his mother was taking Maisie's side, his heart was as sweet as honey.
It was just like the smiley face Arthur had every time he complained.
While they were having breakfast, Nancy asked, "What are you guys going to do today?"
Ezra said, "I'm going to the Canuli."
Maisie let out a long relieving sigh. Finally. She had this idea that Ezra should go to the company for a long time. Ever since he knew the existence of his son, Ezra went to Grafstin. Though he went to deal with the suicide incident of the manager for some time, he went back to Grafstin again to spend time with her and his son.
In spite of the fact that he was working remotely on his phone and computer, Maisie still worried something bad might happen if he was absent from the company for too long a time.
But now that Mrs. Cantillo was not here, and Ruth was in a mess, they probably would not have time to make any trouble for him. Besides, Roman had made a public statement. Everyone in Canuli should admit Ezra now.
Maisie had once heard Julian say that in fact, most people in Canuli supported Ezra. After all, it was Ezra who led the company forward. As a member of the company, of course, they hoped Canuli well.
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