Olivia was happy she'd be allowed to take part in the audition. She got home early and decided to take her daughter shopping. It had been a while since she went out with her daughter.
She dressed Elaine up and also wore a matching gown. They were both looking beautiful and pleasing to the eyes. Olivia was beautiful, and her daughter was too. It was just that Elaine had only little resemblance to Olivia.
When they were both ready, Olivia carried little Elaine in her arms, left the house, stopped a cab and they headed to Olivia's best shopping mall.
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JL Mall.
Olivia picked up nice things for her daughter. She was going to shop for a lot of things for Elaine now that she had the time. She'd be really busy once she gets a role in the film.
Elaine pointed at a few things she wanted and Olivia picked them all. It was fun shopping with her daughter. They went around the mall for a while buying things.
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Jaxon walked around the mall with his assistant and the mall manager, inspecting the activities and the behaviour of the mall's staffs towards the customers.
"Our sales increased by ten thousand and we are working towards more," the mall manager by the name Williams said.
"The sales alone isn't enough. The customers have to be satisfied," Ralph said.
"Yes, Yes. We make sure to welcome our customers warmly and that they leave here with smiles on their faces," Williams said hoping for a word from President Lee.
Jaxon said nothing as usual. He was only interested in knowing the way things were done and to tell Ralph the necessary improvement.
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Olivia was done shopping. Her hands were holding many bags and she couldn't hold Elaine. The little girl walked beside her mother obediently.
They were about to leave the section of the mall where they were, when Olivia stepped on something and suddenly slipped. All the bags in her hands dropped. Olivia was fully expecting to fall until an arm wrapped around her waist holding her fast. She was pulled securely against a body and her eyes met two dark spell binding eyes.
OMG! The person who caught her.., the person who saved her from falling was...was actually...THE ICE KING of the entertainment industry, the CEO of Lee corporations... PRESIDENT JAXON LEE.
The two stayed fixed on a spot and they and they both stared at each other. Olivia didn't know how to react as she had already been bewitched by those dark eyes that stared intently at her.
"Daddy," Elaine said as she tapped Jaxon.
It was the word from Elaine that brought Olivia back to reality. She stood up straight and released herself.
"I- I'm so sorry Mr. President," she said immediately. She looked around and saw what big of a mess she had made with her shopping bags scattered all over the place.
"Thank you sir, and I really apologise for making such a mess," she said and bent down to pick up the bags when a lady hurried to her and helped her with the bags.
"It was all my fault. The bangle you stepped on fell from my hand, I'm really sorry," the lady apologised and handed the bags to Olivia.
"Thanks," Olivia said.
"I'm so sorry sir," the lady apologised to Jaxon and left.
Olivia adjusted the bags and thanked Jaxon again. She wanted to leave with Elaine, when Elaine didn't move.
"Daddy," Elaine said again tapping Jaxon.
Not only were Williams, Ralph and Jaxon surprised, Olivia was shocked as well. Why was her daughter calling this man 'daddy'? Elaine must really need someone to call her daddy now.
"I'm so sorry," Olivia apologised to Jaxon again and turned to Elaine. "Little beauty, this is not your daddy okay?" She said but Elaine wouldn't bulge. She rarely did this, why was she doing this infront of President Lee now?
"Daddy," Elaine said again and Jaxon looked at her.
Olivia felt really embarassed at this point. She didn't know what to do. Her daughter rarely behaved stubborn, but once she was, it would be really difficult to talk her out of it. If Elaine had to do it to anybody, it didn't have to be President Lee.
She was still thinking of what to do when President Lee shocked her. He held her daughter by the hand. "Let's go," the words were cold, but Olivia was happy that Elaine would move now.
"Elaine, we can go now," Olivia said. With a smile, Elaine walked with her hand held by Jaxon.
"Thank you very much sir," Olivia bowed when they've stopped a cab.
"Mmm," was the only reply from Jaxon.
Olivia and Elaine got into the cab and Elaine waved to Jaxon. Surprisingly, President Lee waved back.