The woman heard her son’s remarks but decided to play dumb. I’ll see what other funny ideas you can come up with!
“Mommy, Mommy…”
Clarissa remained silent.
That made the little boy upset, so he pretended to cry.
“Mommy has lost her soul… Mommy has lost her soul!”
Pfft! Clarissa couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
His acting was so exaggerated that it became comical.
Clarissa recalled that this was how Damian’s grandmother behaved when Damian was startled by the sound of firecrackers. I can’t believe that this little brat actually remembers it and uses this against me!
She smiled at Damian.
Surprised, Damian’s eyes widened as he exclaimed, “You’re awake, Mommy?”
“What do you mean I’ve lost my soul? Where did you learn that? I’m working, so stop spouting nonsense.”
“But Mommy, you ignored me…”
Earlier, Damian went to look for Clarissa to play. However, the latter was too busy to entertain him.
“I’ll be very busy with work recently. If you want to play, you can look for Mrs. Lawson or Mr. Nick. Otherwise, you can wait for your Daddy to come home and play with him.”
Damian pouted, looking extremely upset as he hung his head and continued eating.
Clarissa smiled resignedly and turned to Matthew. “Yael is admitted to the hospital. Perhaps, she has overworked herself. I’ll be putting more of my time in the studio for now. You’ll have to take care of Damian.”
He nodded and asked, “Should I bring him to my company?”
Clarissa shook her head at his question. “No, he has to go to school in the morning and take his afternoon nap once he’s home. It’d be tiring for him to travel to your company after that and return home again.”
“He can take his nap at the company. I know what you’re worried about; no one will see him.”
Clarissa pondered for a few seconds before replying, “All right.”
While the adults were discussing, Damian looked up and wondered if they were talking about him.
The woman wasn’t lying when she said that she was busy.
There was a lot of work to be done, so much so that she had to pull an all-nighter.
Luckily, Yael could guide her through the phone. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to do anything.
After her discussion with the publisher, she returned to the studio and heard the laughter of a little boy.
Clarissa followed the voice and saw a few of the staff gathered together. In the middle of the group, the voice of the little boy came. “Thank you, Ms. Mandy. You’re a nice person. I like you.”
“Don’t you like me, Damian?”
“Yes. I like all of you because you’re all pretty and nice to me…”
“Aww, you’re such a darling. Come here, Damian. Let me give you a kiss.”
Clarissa was at a loss for words. This little one came here to flirt.
“What are all of you doing?”
The group was startled by Clarissa’s sudden appearance. Looking excited, Mandy exclaimed, “Clarissa, look at this cutie. Damian, this is Ms. Clarissa. She’s a beauty. You—”
“Mommy!”
Before she could finish introducing them to each other, the boy hopped off from his seat and ran towards his mother.
Clarissa instantly bent down and hugged him.
“Why are you here, Darling?”
“Mr. Donnie sent me here. Mommy, I miss you. I love you so much.”
“I love you too. Did you come here with Daddy? What is he doing? Why did he let Mr. Donnie send you here?”
“Oh, how I miss you so, Mommy…”
He said nothing else besides, “I miss you.”
But Clarissa was suspicious as she stared at the pitiful look he put on.
“Did you do something bad, Darling? Did you get in trouble?”
A wicked smile instantly crept up his face. He grinned from ear to ear, revealing a row of white teeth.
The corner of her lips twitched, knowing that this brat must have gotten into trouble.
Nonetheless, she said nothing about it and picked him up instead. Only then did she notice the shocked faces of her colleagues.
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