Garendra Health Center…
Tonight, little Shine looked gloomy when faced with him dinner. Sean and Troy noticed Shine's constant silence after Alice's departure this morning.
"Shine, why don't you finish your dinner? You have to eat a lot so that your body is healthy quickly!" Sean kept asking Shine, even though Sean already knew what caused Shine to be gloomy.
There was no reaction or response that Shine showed to his father that made Sean turn his gaze to Troy.
"Give me Alice's address!" Sean said.
"What do you mean, Bro? How do I know Alice's address do you think I'm too relaxed to have to investigate that woman?" Troy asked confused with his brother's intentions.
"You are useless!" Sean snapped at him.
"Don't you know that Alice came to your company earlier? Didn't I tell you to pay more attention to the new artist reception section, huh? Try asking your subordinates, maybe Alice is taking one of the auditions at Wing. Didn't Alice say before leaving that she would audition at Wing?" Sean explained.
"Wow, you've been stalking her, haven't you? I didn't know you were that interested in Alice!" Troy chirps non-stop. Instead of helping to find a solution this time, Troy was adding to Sean's mind.
"Could you shut up? Why don't you just find out what I told you?" Sean cut off his brother's ramblings before Troy continued his rant.
"Why do I have a useless brother like you?" muttered Sean again. He felt overwhelmed by Shine's gloom and Troy's current silliness.
Sean looked at Shine's gloomy face, who looked lazy by rummaging through his food like a toy. Though, it had been a long time since Shine had shown this attitude. And that made Sean sad.
While Sean was still watching Shine's gloomy mood, Troy's call snapped him out of his thoughts.
"Bro, I've got Alice's address. I'll send it to your cell phone!" said Troy after some time fiddling with his smartphone. And not waiting long, a short tone on Sean's phone sounded.
After seeing the contents of the short message from Troy, Sean immediately got up and hurriedly walked out of Shine's room.
"Dad!" called Shine who managed to stop Sean's steps and made Sean turn around and return to his son.
"You want to come?" Sean asked curtly.
Little Shine quickly nodded his head while putting on a happy smile.
"Then let's go!" said Sean while holding the little one and turning his head back to Troy again.
"Troy, please take care of Shine's return file!" don't forget Sean ordered Troy to take care of the administration of Shine's return from the hospital.
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"Mark, please peel the onion!" Alice called out to Mark.
"Ben, cut the beef into cubes and put it in the water that's already in the pot!" Alice also said to Ben who was waiting for orders to help her in the kitchen.
After that, Alice directed her gaze to the living room.
"Have you cleaned the whole room, Rick? I see you are too relaxed! Do I need to step in to help you too, huh?" asked Alice with a bit of a scream when she saw Rick relaxing, even though Alice had ordered him to clean the room where they were going to eat later.
"No Boss, don't bother! Let me finish everything. Take it easy, Boss!" replied Rick who immediately got up and rushed to tidy up where he was standing at this time. Rick lay back on the couch, after making sure his boss looked away from him.
Unbeknownst to Rick, Alice was watching him again when he returned to relax and lay on the sofa playing with his gadget.
Zrash!
There was the sound of a knife sticking into the cushion of the sofa, right beside Rick's head, which was leaning against it. Suddenly, Rick widened his eyes when he turned to the right and saw a knife that almost hit his ear.
Rick immediately jumped up and got up while holding a broom, and was seen again completing the task given to him. Rick prefers to be tired and bored of having to do such a trivial task, rather than having to get a surprise attack from his boss.
Mark and Ben who helped Alice in the kitchen just smiled and laughed with satisfaction, when their friend got a small gift from their boss.
Three silly young men who are always loyal to Alice's side, can turn serious when they carry out missions like the mafia. However, they could also be as silly as normal youths when they were with Alice in such a relaxed state of mind.
Alice, Ben, and Mark were almost finished cooking when they heard a special call from the communication device belonging to Alice's subordinates. Their sophisticated communication tool is in the form of a simple watch with a simple model and does not look flashy at all.
"What?" Rick answered the call from the same source.
"Boss, a luxury car just stopped in front of Boss Rose's apartment. The person who got out of the car looked like the Ceo of Garendra Corporation with a small child that Boss Mark helped yesterday!" said a subordinate of Mark who was in charge of snooping around the area of Alice's apartment.
The four of them exchanged glances. And Alice looks like a confused person.
"Please repeat the report he submitted! Did I just hear wrong, huh?" Alice who was confused spoke to the three men.
"Sean Garendra came here, Boss! Maybe he came because he had some business with the Boss!" Ben answered Alice's words and then glanced at Mark and Rick.
"Let's get out of here first, quick!" said Ben inviting his two colleagues to get out of there first.
"Boss, we'll be waiting outside!" said Ben. Then Ben is seen opening the patio door to the balcony of Alice's apartment.
"Be careful, Boss. Maybe the Ceo wants to propose to you again. Haha!" said Mark while smiling mockingly at Alice before following Ben in the same direction.
"Shit! I'm already hungry!" Rick pouted in annoyance as he clutched his stomach.
"Boss, please save some food for us, will you!" Rick said to Alice before he followed Mark and Ben's footsteps.
Alice was still unfocused when her three men said their goodbyes. She came to her senses when Rick came back in and took a few cans of coke from the kitchen and closed the door to the balcony with a loud banging on the door.
"Hey, you guys! If you guys go, what about me, hey?!" Alice shouted at the three of them.
"Just watch out. Don't expect you to be able to eat tonight!" Alice grumbled again.
While grumbling, Alice cleaned up the slightly messy kitchen made by Mark and Ben earlier. Before long, the doorbell rang in her ear.
Ting tong!
"Geez, what am I supposed to do? What else would this strange rich man want to come to my house?" Alice complained about herself because she was confused about what Sean meant by coming to her place. Remembering the many ridiculous lines Sean said to her with great ease.
Ting tong!
The doorbell rang again. And Alice couldn't help but open the door for him.
After the door opened, Alice was slightly surprised by the appearance of little Shine who was still wearing his hospital pajamas. And also, amazed when enjoying the good looks of Sean Garendra who was standing in front of her at this time.
"May we come in, Miss Alice?" asked Sean who immediately broke Alice's blank stare at Sean's figure.
"Ah, yes please come in, Sir. Please, sit there! Sorry, my house isn't big enough to welcome you all comfortably," Alice motioned for Sean to enter and directed them into the living room.
While Sean and Shine sat, Alice was preparing hot tea for Sean and a glass of chocolate milk for little Shine.
"Hi, My Little Hero, are you feeling better? Why are you still wearing hospital clothes?" Alice asked with her beautiful smile at little Shine. Unexpectedly, Shine got off Sean's lap and went straight to Alice to hug her.
"A-Auntie doesn't go," said Shine in a truncated and low voice. And it made Alice who was hugging him feel touched. Being warmly embraced like this by a small child made Alice's feelings soften.
'This is how it feels when I hug my child, God?' Alice thought in a voice. Feelings of pleasure and emotion fused when she felt a warm embrace like this that she had never felt in her life.
"Shine kept looking for you even though I explained that you were gone. And as you can see, he wants to be with you. We're also confused by how he behaves with people he's just met," Sean opened his voice and explained the purpose of their arrival.
"The little one is looking for me? Really?" Alice looks confused while stroking Shine's head who looks calm in her arms.
"I don't understand either. Try asking him yourself!" Sean reversed the question Alice had asked him.
"And sorry, if it's late at night we bother you by coming here. After Shine calms down enough, we will leave immediately. So, I hope you can understand it," said Sean again.
Little Shine, who heard Daddy say the word 'go', immediately turned to Sean with a protesting look. And then hugged Alice even more tightly.
"Hey, handsome Shine! You can't do that to older people. After all, he is your father. If you want, you can stay longer tonight," Alice's words made Shine look at Alice's face as if to confirm if Alice said that.
Shine's smile widened when he saw Alice who smiled back by nodding her head and then kissing Shine on the forehead before hugging him.