“No matter what kind of scheme he is playing, I’d rather lose this deal than ask you to be involved with him. Anyway, even if I failed to secure the right to cooperate with Aneira this time, that doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t have the chance to take my baby out for a trip,” Eli Wayne said with certainty.
“Let’s take it one day at a time.”
They went home after dinner.
Natalie Wheeler went back to the room to sleep, and Eli was also ready to head back to the room to rest. She had been tortured by Sean the whole of last night and she was extremely tired.
As soon as she returned to the room, the butler stopped in front of her, “Madam, Sir asks you to head over to the lakeside right now.”
“What? Sean hasn’t left yet? Didn’t he return to A country?” Eli said straightforwardly.
The butler smiled and said, “Sir’s schedule is of his own accord. We don’t have the right to interfere.”
Eli shrugged her shoulders and thought about what Frederick Addington had said earlier. Perhaps she should talk to Sean about this.
She went to the lakeside to look for Sean Yaleman. Coincidentally, she saw Jasper Milton there too.
Either Jasper had never left since the morning, or he had made another trip back to the manor.
They were having a good time fishing leisurely by the lake. However, when she thought about how Frederick had provoked her earlier,
she became angry once again.
“Sean, the country is going to be destroyed soon if the president is lazy! You’ve been here for two days. Don’t you have to work?” Eli said bluntly.
Sean was not angry, but he smiled instead, “You just said that it’s work. I do have annual leaves too, you know.”
“Your annual leaves are surely aplenty. You’ve been on leave for 20 days this year, haven’t you?” Eli walked up to him.
“Weekends are my off days, and the business trip is also considered work. All in all, I have only spent three days of my annual leaves,” Sean replied seriously.
Eli noticed that there were a dozen of fish in his bucket. She said disdainfully, “Why don’t you think about ways to secure the cooperation rights with Aneira if you have the time to fish?”
Sean said with a smile, “This is also my strategy to accompany my rival to fish and help you figure out ways from the outside.”
Eli kicked Sean’s chair, “You have more than one rival. Natalie and I met Frederick in the mall today. He was very confident that he would be able to secure the deal. He also asked Natalie to be his woman.”
Jasper frowned and he pursed his lips.
“Oh, is Frederick very confident?” Sean pondered on this sentence and looked at Jasper, “What do you think?”
“There won’t be any mistakes,” Jasper said in a low voice, looking at the lake from a distance.
Eli felt as if they had become partners. She felt a chill run down her spine, “Hey, Jasper, why are you helping Sean?”
Jasper turned to look at Eli with his dark eyes, “The less you know, the better.”
Eli felt that he was patronizing her. She felt embarrassed. Her heart was suppressed by anger, but she didn’t know how to vent it.
“Sean, why were you looking for me?” Eli said unhappily.
“Do you want to fish?” Sean handed the fishing rod to Eli.
Eli pulled Sean up, “I do not. I have something to tell you.”
Sean stood up obediently, and was pulled far away by Eli.
Eli glanced at Jasper. Once she was sure that Jasper could not hear their conversation, she asked, “Why is he still here?”
“There are some military affairs that we were not done discussing yet.”
Eli pointed at Sean and said, “Don’t lie to me. Do you think I’m that stupid? You’re not talking about military affairs. You’re obviously fishing! You didn’t tell Jasper that Natalie is Stella, did you?”
Sean smiled and held Eli’s fingers, “We have finished our discussion. I just asked him to stay for fishing.”
Eli withdrew her hand, “Why did you ask him to stay?”
Sean touched her nose, “I’m helping you to complete the mission. Don’t you want to go for your trip?”
Eli looked at Sean’s face, observing his facial expression .
It seemed as though everyone she knew was smart. Sean, Jasper, Frederick, and Stella were all smart people. She felt that she was the only one who was very stupid. Those people always talked the talk but never walked the walk. It seemed that they were doing A, and the plan would suddenly become B. In the end, it turned out to be C.
“In any case, you must not bully Natalie,” Eli requested.
Sean smiled and he held her waist, “Come home with me tomorrow morning.”
“What? Tomorrow morning? Tomorrow night is Aneira’s daughter’s birthday and Stephen will introduce me to Aneira. I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to go back tomorrow morning,” Eli was puzzled.
“Is he introducing you or Natalie?” Sean asked all of a sudden.
Eli was a little embarrassed. She cleared her throat and said uneasily, “Isn’t it the same? Introducing Natalie means introducing me.”
“Only Natalie will attend tomorrow’s party. You will only make trouble if you go there.”
Eli pushed Sean’s hand away from her waist and sneered, “Sean, am I just a good-for-nothing in your eyes?”
“Well…” Sean thought about it seriously, “In fact, you only have to be good at… ”
“What?” Eli could not understand what he was trying to say.
“Giving birth to my children.”
“Ha.” Eli laughed and she looked at him coldly, “Any woman can give birth to a baby.”
“But you’re the only one who could be my son’s mother,” Sean said with certainty.
“What?” Eli stared at Sean.
Why did she feel that he was acting very strangely today? What did he mean when he said that she was the only one who could be his son’s mother? What about his wife then? Couldn’t she give birth to his children too?
“Well, come home with me. I don’t feel at ease if you continue staying in X Country. Be obedient,” Sean said with a smile, looking at her expectantly.
Eli shuddered, “What if I don’t want to go back? I want to go out and have fun after settling all the matters for the past few days.”
Sean’s face darkened, and there was a coldness in his eyes, “Eli, do you know why you could stay with me all the time?”
He said it as if it was a privilege given by him for her to stay by his side.
“Thank you but, I don’t care,” Eli said bluntly.
Sean pursed his lips and his eyes became colder. His tone became harsher, and he ordered, “Come home with me tomorrow. You don’t have a choice.”
Eli turned around and left. He picked her up forcefully and walked into the room…
Two hours later, Natalie woke up and went to find Eli.
She was stopped by the butler again.
The butler smiled ambiguously and said, “Sir and Madam are attending to some matters inside.”
Natalie was speechless.
When she turned around, she saw Jasper walking inside.
When Natalie saw him, she lowered her head and greeted him respectfully and distantly, “Mr. Milton.”
Jasper held Natalie’s arm and looked at the butler. He said in a low voice, “They’ve been busy for almost 2 hours. They should be done by now. Please inform them?”
“Uh… Okay.” The butler nodded and walked to the door of Eli’s room.
Natalie remained silent.
She noticed that the butler was obviously treating her differently.
She stood beside Jasper uneasily.
“You’ve lost a lot of weight recently,” Jasper said, scrutinizing her skinny face.
“I was too fat before, so I’m deliberately losing weight,” Natalie replied.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re fat or skinny, as long as you’re healthy, it will be fine. Just now, Sean and I caught a lot of fish by the lake. Let’s eat together at night. I noticed you could cook last time and I kinda miss it,” Jasper said naturally.