Bella was also looking forward to seeing her father, but she felt that Derek was not reliable.
Derek opened his arms, waiting for Bella run to him as Chelsea did. But Bella didn’t move.
Chelsea patted Derek on his shoulder. “Daddy, Bella is a little shy.”
Serina felt a little embarrassed. “Bella needs some time. It will be fine after a few days.”
Derek wanted to try again but his phone rang.
As he read the number, Derek frowned. He looked at Bella, then at Serina and immediately got up and walked out of the room.
“You guys stay here. Mommy goes to see Daddy, alright” Serina touched Bella’s head gently.
The Serina walked off.
In the living room, Derek was calling. It was Zoe!
Zoe was roaring, “Derek! Give me a reason. A reasonable one! What is going on with your press conference? How can Serina be involved?”
Zoe was in a berserk state. She didn’t know what was going on. She thought that Derek no longer cared about Serina, but found out that Derek asked Serina to be the spokesperson. Derek even prepared to kiss Serina at the scene.
“I have nothing to say,” Derek said calmly.
“What did you say? Are you messing with me? I want to see you now! Right now!” Zoe was screaming.
“Sorry, I don’t have time today.” Derek hung up.
Turning around, he saw Serina standing behind him.
“Was it Zoe?” Serina asked first.
“Yes.” Derek didn’t look good. He only wanted to be with Serina right now and did not want to be disturbed by anyone.
“Serina, Zoe and I, I gotta things to do. But I hope you can trust me. Once I’m done with it, I will never see her again.”
Derek grabbed Serina’s hand and looked at Serina sincerely.
Serina was in a mess. She couldn’t think. What happened today was a lot.
She did not know what to do now.
“Are you leaving?”
“Why should I? I haven’t seen you for more than four years, and the twins. I’ll and I want to stay with you and our daughters.”
Derek pinched Serina’s chin. “Don’t you miss me?”
Serina slapped Derek’s hand away and glanced at him.
Derek took the opportunity to hold Serina in his arms. “Tomorrow, the Dark Empire is going to be listed in the United States. Could you be my companion for the ceremony?”
“To the United States?” Serina was surprised.
“Yes, I planned to come to see you today. It was your birthday and I want you to be with me tomorrow.”
“What about the twins?” Serina looked at Derek worriedly.
Derek lowered his eyes, “I wanted to bring the girls with us. I want us to pretend as a family. But, I don’t want the public to know about them.”
If the world knew them, it could be dangerous. They might be kidnapped. Those kinds of things happened a lot in their world.
“I understand. I want Bella and Chelsea to have a normal life like the other kids.”
“I will ask the servants to take care of them. It would only take three days. What about you? Are you okay leaving the child for three days?”
Serina looked sad, “Truth? I want a rest! I want to have a rest for a year or at least a half year.”
Derek laughed.
And Serina.
“It is hard to take care of them. When they are babies, I hope that they could grow up quickly. But when they can walk and talk, it gets more work to do. Now they are in kindergarten, and they go home with homework. I don’t know if they are for the kids or me?”
Serina was exhausted.
“I’ll do it from now on. I’ll take care of them and I’ll do the homework. You can go shopping, traveling, or anything else you want to do.”
“Are you sure? Do you mean it?”
“Sure.”
Just as Serina was about to say something, the phone rang again.
Both of them felt a little awkward. Derek picked up. “You better have a reason. Otherwise, you won’t have to go to work tomorrow!”
“Mr. Derek, there are some details need you to come to check.”
“Why can’t you handle them?”
“Mr. Derek, you told me to remind you.”
Derek closed his eyes. He almost forgot. He had planned to have a romantic ending with Serina at the press conference. But things were out of his plan.
He wanted to bring Serina back to the company and prepare the listing together before going to the United States.
“Okay, I’ll go back now.”
Derek hung up and turned around to Serina.
“You should go.”
“Some preparations for tomorrow. Serina, sleep soundly. We will fly to the United States tomorrow.”
Serina nodded. “Get some sleep when you finish.”
“Don’t worry. It’s usual. Take care of my girls.”
Serina nodded.
Derek reluctantly left.
Serina sighed and looked at the door for a long time. She still felt unreal.
It felt like she caught a ball of air, intangible and dreamy.
Suddenly, Serina felt someone tugging at her clothes. Serina looked down to see Bella.
“Mommy, why stand here?”
Serina squatted down. “Nothing. Let’s go to sleep.”
“Is he that good-looking?” Bella tilted her head and asked.
“Bella, don’t you think Daddy is very handsome?” Back then, she was obsessed with him!
Although it was more than four years, he seemed to be more handsome than before.