The former Severo, while not necessarily endowed with much empathy, at least did not disagree or contradict Allyce on such issues.
Severo was a mature man, he had a bad temper, but he was not hard on those around him.
And now Severo gives him the impression of being very demanding.
Allyce thought about it and asked, “What’s wrong with you these days?
Severo’s body stiffened slightly and he said nothing, just walked out of the restaurant.
Allyce scowled at him as he left, but did not call out to her.
Alonzo sensed that something unpleasant seemed to be going on between the two adults, and whispered to Allyce.
“Mum”.
There was a hint of caution in the little milkmaid’s voice, obviously fearing that Allyce would be angry.
“Dad has an emergency to attend to first, so let’s have breakfast first. “Allyce turned her head and explained gently.
Allyce pushed the porridge away from Alonzo’s face and asked the maid to bring hot milk.
The porridge was no longer drinkable, but the other snacks were still edible.
Allyce joined Alonzo for breakfast and asked, “Who brushed Alonzo’s teeth this morning?
Alonzo, fresh from a sip of milk and with a milk moustache around his mouth, buzzed, “Papa”.
Severo had also brushed Alonzo’s teeth in the morning, which meant that nothing angry had happened to him in the morning?
And everything had been fine last night until they went to bed.
So where did Severo’s anger come from?
Allyce was puzzled.
He accompanied Alonzo to the study after breakfast to look for Severo, but when he opened the door, he found no one.
After a moment’s reflection, Allyce took out her mobile phone and called Severo.
The call was quickly answered.
Allyce immediately asked: “Have you been to the office?
“Well, I have something to do right now, I’ll talk to you later.” said Severo, and hung up the phone.
Allyce looked at the hung up phone and froze for a moment.
How long had it been since Severo had hung up on him like that?
Allyce wondered what was wrong with Severo, why he had become so grumpy, and for no reason at all, so grumpy.
Allyce didn’t understand why, but she was busy at the office and didn’t have time to go to Severo to ask him why, so she had to go to the office and wait for the evening.
Allyce was worried that Severo would be back before her in the afternoon and that it would be bad if his temper got the better of him and he lost his temper with Alonzo.
So he took Alonzo straight to the office as well.
…
As soon as Allyce brought Alonzo’s front foot to Moon Culture Media, the company exploded.
“Have you heard? The boss has brought the young prince to the company”.
“I’ve finally seen the real thing, it’s super nice.
“Haven’t you all seen the real thing, none of you went to such a lavish birthday party for the little prince yesterday?
As soon as the words came out, the others couldn’t help but roll their eyes – the birthday party for the LK Group’s little prince, was it something anyone could go to?
They were simple employees, they did not have a particularly powerful family background, nor were they close to someone with a higher status, how could they go to the birthday party of the LK Group’s little prince, wasn’t the person who said that really bragging?
Compared to other people in the company, Ester has more benefits due to the convenience of her position.
For example, at the moment.
As he finished briefing Allyce on the task at hand, he couldn’t help but drop his gaze to Alonzo, who sat dutifully beside Allyce playing with a puzzle.
I had heard that children are not always very unruly and naughty.
LK’s little prince was different, he was so well behaved, and his appearance almost identical to Severo’s made her heart melt.
Severo is cute, and his smaller version is also super cute.
Ester looked at him and looked at him again, and finally she couldn’t help but speak: “Boss, shall I get the young man something to eat?
When you see a beautiful child, everyone’s first reaction is basically to want to bring that child something to eat.
Allyce had noticed when Ester had been looking at Alonzo.
Most women, married or not, were not immune to children.
Allyce lost her smile and said: “You can ask him yourself.
Esther’s eyes lit up.
Allyce added: “His name is Alonzo”.
Then Esther softened her voice and asked, “Alonzo, do you want something to eat? A biscuit or fruit or something.
Alonzo looked up when he heard his name called.
Looking at the strange but kind aunt in front of her, she couldn’t help but turn her head to look at Allyce as if asking for help.
Allyce had to paraphrase again: “Auntie asked you if you wanted to eat and you said, do you want to eat?
Alonzo listened and nodded towards Esther: “Yes”.
“Then I’ll go find him now.” Esther smiled at that and narrowed her eyes.
Then he saw Allyce nod and turn to leave.
Soon Ester was back in the office, a tray full of food in her hands.
Water cheques, biscuits, milk, chocolate … all sorts of assorted things, including some expensive imported snacks.
Allyce looked around and understood what was happening.
“Just leave two fruits and a carton of milk, please.” Allyce spoke indifferently, blocking the words Esther was about to utter.
Seeing that Allyce had realised their intentions, Esther lowered her head slightly in embarrassment and whispered, “They just looked at Alonzo as cute and wanted to give him something to eat …”.
The workplace is full of people with eight faces.
So as soon as they hear that the young prince is coming to the office, there will be no shortage of people who will want to take advantage of the occasion to come and push around, although, of course, some people really like children.
Ester knew what some people wanted, but she was just an employee of the company, so sometimes it wasn’t wrong for her to make things easier for people.
Allyce nodded, “Well, just tell them I appreciate the sentiment, plus, Alonzo has eaten a lot, so go get busy.”
As soon as Esther heard her say that, she turned and prepared to leave.
Behind her came Allyce’s voice: “Alonzo, say thank you to Auntie”.
This was followed by Alonzo’s milky but articulate voice: “Thank you”.
“You’re welcome.” Esther looked at Alonzo with a smile, feeling healed by the sound of the little prince’s voice.
The office door had just closed when Allyce’s phone rang.
He picked it up and saw that it was an unknown number calling.