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Chapter 39 - Subject: Athena

Rosa takes the manila envelope Magnus sent to the Andrei's villa.

She gradually rocks the swing while scanning their photographs of Athena. Rosa is delighted with it especially their photos together. Athena looked great. She got that natural flair in front of the camera lens. She scans one of it with her phone camera and sends it to Andrei. She messages him 'Let's talk about it later.'

She gets loss in her own world the whole afternoon, thinking how to make Graysen agree to her idea of exposing Athena.

Graysen sees Rosa caressing her stomach when he enters their room. He cleans himself and change into his pyjamas before moving towards the bed. He sits beside Rosa and takes her into his arm. He kisses her forehead and gives Rosa a peck on the lips.

He keeps his arms firmly around her and settles into a comfortable position stretching his legs and letting Rosa's head rest on his shoulders. Rosa keeps on caressing her stomach.

He opens the topic, "What do you want to discuss with me?"

She responds, "I am not sure if you are going to agree. I hope you can allow Athena to do some modeling."

"What do you mean?"

"She can start as a print model. I only sent you one of her pictures a while ago." She reaches for the envelope at the table beside her. "These are her other pictures we did in Magnus' photo studio. It can be part of her portfolio."

Graysen pulls out the contents of the envelope. He skims through each of it. His eyes beam looking at the pictures.

Rosa hugs on to Graysen's waist. She says looking up at him, "Actually, I hope you don't get mad, I took the initiative to let Madam Desta call Quaint Fashion if Athena can model for their tween collection. We specifically let Quaint know that Athena has autism. Do you remember the autism association I want you to help me with, I want to develop Athena to be a spokesperson for the organization. Would it be okay for you to expose Athena?"

Graysen considers the weight of Rosa's suggestion. He did not give Rosa a definite answer as of the moment but Rosa keeps her fingers cross. He suggests to Rosa that they discuss it first with his parents.

Rosa feels her stomach cramping. Graysen hears her grunt.

He anxiously asks, "What's the matter?"

Rosa just holds on to her stomach. He assists her to lie down. He fluffs her pillow and places her head down gently.

Bitor and Modena sit at the breakfast table as Graysen and Rosa start to eat. While eating Graysen opens the idea to his parents about Athena doing print modeling. Rosa shows them Athena's pictures. She justifies to them that Athena can be a good precedent to others that people with ASD or autism spectrum disorder also have unlimited potential and can also get into fashion modeling. She tells them that they already drop a hint for Quaint Fashion if they can let Athena be one of their model as part of their corporate social responsibility.

Bitor is a bit hesitant to expose Athena. Modena likes the idea and convinces her husband. He still contemplates on the repercussions of revealing Athena to the public.

Hearing it, Nana Amor bites her lip. She falters with the idea silently, fearing that it would not be good for Athena.