Neto’s face was dazed, and when he looked at the caller ID, his brow furrowed fiercely.
He took a deep breath, calmed his tone a little and said: “What’s wrong?
“I’m coming to Cloud Cit to take care of some business …”
Neto didn’t bother to listen to any more nonsense and asked directly: “I see, when is he coming?
“In a few days, depending on the exact schedule”.
“Let me know when it arrives.
Neto hung up the phone after saying that.
His mind, already a little disturbed, became even more disturbed.
…
On the other side, Allyce ended the call and sat motionless on the sofa.
Alonzo had finished looking at his cartoon and walked over to Allyce, looking at her curiously, “Mommy … Mum …”
He said the word “mum” in one word.
Allyce froze: “Honey, what did you call me?
“Mummy, Mummy.” Alonzo said it again.
Allyce almost cried with joy, “Alonzo is so good, so good!”
He lifted Alonzo up, sat him on his lap and kissed his face again.
She had taught Alonzo to call his mum and dad in the past few days, but he rarely did it on his own.
After Allyce’s happiness, her heart was beating again.
“Go play next to him for a while while Mummy calls Daddy and asks him when he’ll be back, okay?” said Allyce, grabbing his face and giving him a kiss.
Alonzo nodded in wonder, not quite understanding the sentence, but he did understand the words mum and dad.
She got off Allyce’s lap and started singing “mama and papa”.
Allyce told the maid to keep an eye on Alonzo and turned to find a place where Alonzo could be seen and called Severo.
The call was quickly answered.
Severo’s voice was a little soft and sounded unusually kind.
“What is it?”
Allyce heard his voice and only felt a tickle in her nose.
He cocked his head to one side and took a deep breath to calm himself, “When are you coming back?”
Severo spoke slowly: “I’m on my way back, later we’ll take Alonzo to Victorino’s to be checked, get ready and I’ll come back for you.
Go to Victorino?
That was good, Victorino knew about Severo anyway, she could ask Severo in person when she went and then seek out Victorino to ask him about Severo’s condition.
“Well, I’ll wait for you at home.
After hanging up the phone, Allyce took Alonzo upstairs to change and then filled Alonzo’s water bottle with water and brought a few other things, just waiting for Severo to come back to pick him up.
The truth is that he does not know how to take care of small children.
She had missed Alonzo’s baby years, so she had no experience. She had seen other people take care of the children, so she felt a bit overwhelmed when it was her turn to take care of them.
It was only after some older maids who had had children asked her for advice that Allyce was able to catch up, at least without major problems in her daily life.
…
Severo soon returned.
He had switched to a stretch Bentley as he didn’t drive himself, as it allowed more people to sit in it.
Allyce heard the sound of a car outside and got out, leading Alonzo.
A bodyguard was already with her and opened the door for Allyce.
Allyce turned short and asked, “Have you eaten yet?”.
“I ate at Kimdis. Severo reached out and smoothed her hair.
It was a simple and discreet gesture, but one that seemed unusually warm to him.
Allyce suddenly thought about how Alonzo hadn’t called Severo before when he’d been talking about his mum and dad at home, and how happy Severo must have been to hear Alonzo call him dad.
Allyce gently turned Alonzo to look at Severo and cupped his little hand to show him, “Alonzo, this is Papa”.
At Allyce’s expectant look, Alonzo shouted loudly: “Daddy!
Then Alonzo started chanting: “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy …”.
Severo’s face was filled with a joy he could not hide as he reached out and hugged Alonzo against him: “Say it again”.
“Daddy.” Alonzo seemed to be in a good mood today.
Severo couldn’t help but smile and gave Alonzo a kiss on the cheek before hugging him without saying a word.
Alonzo followed his example and went to kiss Severo as well.
But he was too small and Severo was too tall. He sat on Severo’s lap and could not kiss him at all.
He searched for Severo’s tie with a sharp look and his little paws reached out and tugged at Severo’s tie, wiggling to kiss Severo.
Allyce kept watching, not reaching out to help, thinking her son was as cute as could be.
Suddenly, there was a snap and something flew out.
Severo’s face went cold and he turned to Alonzo and said: “Let him go!
The boy could read faces and, seeing Severo’s expression, he struggled with fear.
Allyce hurriedly picked up Alonzo: “Give me that.
Severo looked at Allyce and tried to say something, but stopped hard and looked down to find something.
“President, are you looking for this?” The bodyguard sitting in the front row handed him a tie pin.
Severo reached out and took it, replying indifferently, “Hmm”.
Then he put it on as if nothing had happened.
Allyce, however, thought the tie clip looked familiar. …
After a pause, he said: “Didn’t you say you had lost this tie clip?
It was the tie pin she had bought for Severo, but he had told her earlier that he had lost it and asked her where he had bought it.
Severo turned his head to look the other way: “It only broke once by accident, but I had it repaired”.
Allyce asked again, “Who fixed it for you?”.
Severo pursed his lips, as if he didn’t want to say it, but he didn’t hide it either, and said: “Laurinda”.
Did she do it?
So that’s what it was.
Allyce understood a little.
He asked: “Did she fix your tie pin so you could go with her to the night market?
Severo blushed and finally nodded again.
“Stupid! Don’t you know you have to buy a new one when it breaks, and what are you doing accompanying her to the night market when you have a bad stomach! And let’s give her the house to live in, so she can bring in those strange people and dirty the house …”
At the end of the sentence, Allyce was a little speechless.
It was probably a kind of coincidence that Severo met Laurinda and she said she could help him fix his tie pin and that’s why Severo acted in those perverse ways.
It was just a tie pin, which was expensive for Allyce when he bought it, but for Severo it was a trifle.
But it was because he had bought it that he treasured it, and even if it broke accidentally, he would do his best to fix it.