On Monday, Zac and Leila flew to France by the same flight. Essie set off after them.
For safety, she only brought Mili without bringing Dot with her. She couldn't draw faces for Dot every day. It would be terrible if Zac suddenly appeared and saw Dot without a painting face.
With these thoughts in her mind, Essie was in a very complicated and uneasy mood. Provence is a small city. Maybe one day when she went shopping, Leila would come across her. What's more, enemies were bound to meet in a narrow alley. The more people wanted to avoid, the more likely they would meet.
But he had his own ways.
He sent Leila to live in a villa in the north of Provence, and arranged Essie to live in a manor in the south. It was a two-hour drive from there, so it was almost impossible for them to meet each other.
When she saw the purple lavender field outside the window, Essie felt relieved. If she hadn't been bothered by the demon king for a whole week, she would have liked to go to a small town with Mili.
However, this wish could not be realized.
In the evening, Zac came.
"How did you sneak out?" she asked with a mixture of tease and surprise.
"I have my own ways," Zac shrugged and said lightly. With Ford, his double body, he could leave anytime and anywhere at night. Besides, he had prepared a lot of 'good stuff' for Leila, which could make her unable to go out of the villa for a week.
"You'd better not bring any trouble to me." Essie rolled her eyes at him. Leila was as vicious and evil as Valery. She didn't want to be harmed by them all the time.
"It's good to have a vacation. Don't think too much." Zac gently flicked her forehead to stop her messy thoughts.
Mili climbed onto his lap and sat down. "Daddy, where are we going tomorrow?"
"You go to town with mommy tomorrow. I'll come to you in the afternoon and have dinner with you." Stroking her head in a doting manner, Zac turned his eyes to look at Essie. "Why don't you bring Dot with you?"
"He caught a cold in the past few days. I didn't take him with me because I was afraid that he might have trouble with the new environment," Essie said lightly. She had come up with an excuse before.
Zac nodded and didn't ask any more. The climate in Europe was different from that in Dragon City. It was inevitable that children would be unaccustomed to local climate because of their weak body.
Mili stretched out her arms and wrapped them around his neck. "Daddy, are you on a honeymoon with a bad mistress or hanging out with us on a vacation?"
"What do you think?" Zac kissed her pink face.
"I don't want dad to spend a honeymoon with a bad mistress. I want you to spend a holiday with us," Mili said in a sweet voice as she rubbed his face with her chubby little face.
"Okay, I will listen to you, my little princess." Zac said with a smile. He came here with his wife and kids on holiday, Leila was just dragged in to avoid her making trouble.
He stayed one night and didn't go back until the next morning.
Essie took some Mili to town. It was their first visit to Provence, and they were very curious about everything around.
"I need to take many photos. Let's show them to Dot when we get home." Mili took the camera and took pictures wherever she went.
In front of an open-air dessert shop, she ordered two cups of juice, some desserts, then Essie and Mili to sit down for rest.
"Mommy, the cakes here are so delicious." Mili licked her lips while she was eating.
"If you like it, we can buy some more and take them home to eat," Essie said, stroking her head with love in her eyes.
"Okay. When daddy is here, I will have it with him." Mili gave her a sweet smile. But her smile froze suddenly. Her eyes were as big as two bells. She seemed to be startled.
"What's wrong, baby?" Essie was frightened by her expression as she asked hurriedly.
"Mommy, bad grandma... Bad grandma is also in Provence! " Mili said incoherently, pulling her sleeve in extreme fear.
"No way! You must have seen it wrong." Essie couldn't believe what she had heard and turned her head.
An elegant lady stood in front of a flower shop not far away, talking to the owner in French. Beside her, there was a woman with brown hair who dressed like her servant. The servant carried a basket in her hand. There was a bunch of forget me not. This should be what she just bought from the flower shop.
She couldn't be more familiar with this lady's appearance. It was really Mary! It was really Mary!
'Oh my God! Why is she here? Has she followed them all the way to here?'
She couldn't help but shiver and hurriedly asked four bodyguards to stand in front of her and Mili, so that she wouldn't notice them.
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