Enrico turned the cell phone in his hand and looked at her thoughtfully with a sideways glance, his thin lips moving.
Seeing this, Paige stared at him a little sharply, waiting for him to speak, but Enrico was putting the words out of his mouth with an I’m-thinking-for-you gesture, “Forget it, you’d better not know.”
“Enrico.”
Paige got a little annoyed and turned her eyes to Gabriel, who was still nestled in the swing drinking his juice, ready to ask him about it, then thought, Gabriel always went to bed early, surely he didn’t know what was going on.
She had to give up and racked her brain to try and pick out some clues from the depths of her memory.
Holding the juice, Gabriel carefully scooted his ass off the swing, ran between Paige and Enrico, took a big, hard swig of the juice, and handed it high.
Paige took it and put the juice on the table and couldn’t help but say when she saw the little guy grinning, “What’s wrong with you today, you’re smiling all the time.”
“I’m happy.” Gabriel’s smile got bigger, “I’m happiest when I come to Mommy and Daddy!”
How happy to not have early morning classes every day.
Hearing this, Paige’s heart sank, reaching out to squeeze his little face, “Don’t worry, we’ll always be by your side from now on, we won’t leave you again.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah.” Gabriel raised his little hand to grab both of their hands, grabbed both palms and pressed them to his little face, shaking his little head from side to side, joyfully, “Gabriel’s Mommy and Daddy are the best Mommy and Daddy in the world, I like Mommy and Daddy the most!”
Enrico and Paige looked at each other.
Paige bent down closer to Gabriel and smiled, “Our Gabriel is the best Gabriel too.”
“Boo…”
Gabriel stood on his tiptoes and hugged her neck for a kiss, turning his head to look at Enrico again.
Enrico pushed his little head away without even thinking, “Go away, I don’t want to see your drool.”
“Daddy give me a kiss, Gabriel is so cute.” Gabriel tugged on his sleeve and tried to kiss him.
Enrico wouldn’t let him, so Gabriel crawled on his hands and knees into his lap.
“Gabriel, stop it!” Enrico stood up and left and the little one rushed after him, not stopping until he kissed Enrico.
It was chaos in the garden for a while.
Paige sat back and watched, the smile in her eyes unabated.
The rebuilding of the slums was moving forward exceptionally well, the trees on Wind Island were alive, and she could enjoy this every day for the rest of her life.
Blue skies, white clouds, Enrico, Gabriel.
It couldn’t get much better than that.
But before that, she had to figure out what the hell had happened last night.
…
The Sanctuary Hotel, the top floor forest-style restaurant, floor-to-ceiling glass with a view of the gorgeous buildings beyond, the sunlight falling as if they stood on top of a pinnacle.
Paige was sitting in a booth by the window when she heard the sound of a crisp step.
She turned her head and saw Carrie, dressed in a high-end branded solid-colored sweatshirt, walking towards her, unable to hide the smile on her face even with her sunglasses on.
“Sister Paige.” Carrie greeted her joyfully, with none of the cold beauty look from the TV news.
“Coming.” Paige smiled lightly, her eyes falling on something resembling a lunchbox in her hand, “What’s this?”
“Recently I’ve been very laid back and idle in the Presidential Palace, so I learned a few dishes from the online tutorials, Sister Paige the time of your appointment happened to be at noon, so I brought it here, let’s eat while we chat.”
Carrie said as she opened the large lunch box in her hand, the sealing and insulation were done extremely well.
As soon as it was opened, all the aroma and heat poured out from the inside.
“Eight Treasure Duck, Baked Lobster in Superior Soup, Bao Juice Buckle Liao Cucumber, Hundred Flowers Fish Maw, and Salted Pancake.”
Carrie took off her sunglasses and reported the names of the dishes as she brought them out, “And, the barley tea to relieve fatigue.”
Paige looked at the table of food that was instantly set out and was a bit shocked, “You made all of these yourself?”
“Yes, I thought you must be tired from running around for a while, and now you finally have some time to savor the food.”
Carrie sat down across from her and said in a self-effacing manner, “However, what I’ve made isn’t exactly gourmet food, so feel free to try some of it, Sister Paige.”
Paige didn’t have the courtesy to pick up the chopsticks on the side and put a piece of shrimp into her mouth, the thick juice covered the fresh shrimp, thrilling her taste buds at once.
Paige was amazed, “This is still casual? You’re as good as those private chefs at Enrico’s.”
“Really?”
Carrie’s eyes lit up as she gave her another piece of the filling from the Eight Treasure Duck, “I’m glad you like it, Paige, I’m afraid it won’t suit your taste.”
“It’s especially delicious.” Paige happily tasted all the dishes over.
Carrie sits there, moodily watching her eat for a while before asking, “By the way, Sister Paige, is there something you want to ask me out privately today?”
“Two things.”
Paige set aside her chopsticks to look at her, her eyes black and white, “First thing, how are you doing in the Presidential Palace?”
Carrie thought for a moment and replied seriously, “President Rafael is not bad as a boss, he doesn’t lack me to eat, he doesn’t lack me to wear, there are some occasions that he thinks I don’t have to attend that he’ll take the initiative to help me put off, sometimes I’m accompanied by a visitor, and when he sees that I’m tired, he’ll take the initiative to let me go and rest.”
At the end, Carrie added, “It’s just that when I think of what he did to Paige at Gangnam Hall, I can’t help thinking about it.”
How much Sister Paige suffered back then …
“What’s so twisted about it?”
“President Rafael did things too hard back then, and if the details here were to be known to Sister Paige, I’m afraid they wouldn’t even be friends, and Sister Paige wouldn’t necessarily let him continue to be this president.” Carrie said.
Upon hearing this, Paige’s gaze cooled slightly, she picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip, her voice line was clear and cold, “Carrie, you’d better erase this memory, and in the future this kind of words should never be mentioned again.”
Seeing Paige’s face cold, Carrie was stunned and subconsciously sat up straight.
As it was back then in school.
“Carrie, although I am disgusted by the system of this country where the plutocrat is the king, and the fate that the president must be manipulated by the consortium, but this is the rule of the game for hundreds of years in country A, and it is impossible to overthrow it easily, so with all the conditions, I am more willing to support Rafael to be the president of this country, because he is at least a person who has the country and the people in his heart. ” Paige continued indifferently.
“…”
Carrie listens quietly for a while before asking, “Sister Paige you really don’t hate President Rafael at all?”
“I wasn’t right or wrong with Rafael on the Gangnam Hall incident, just different positions.”
She wanted class equality, Rafael wanted the situation to be peaceful, and there were a lot of things that he couldn’t help and couldn’t do anything about in that position of his.
It’s good enough that he ended up standing firm and choosing to be on Enrico’s team.
“…”
Carrie listened and nodded.
“You must say nothing about all the details of the punishment I suffered at Gangnam Hall.”
Paige looked at her with cool eyes and said, word for word, “The pattern is fine as it is, I don’t want it to change, and Enrico, he’s not about that.”