"Christ, Do you already go around the mall to monitor our stores? If there is a problem with our shops, you must inform me immediately!" A woman's voice was heard in this room.
"Of course, I've checked all our stores. Everything is going well. Don't worry about that, you just need to focus about your pregnancy. Because it won't take long for you to give birth to your baby." Christ talking on his phone.
Christ is looking at his laptop screen while talking to a woman via video call. Not long after, the man turned off his laptop screen. Finally the work is done. Now he began to focus on his cellphone screen which displayed the face of a pregnant woman.
"So, how about the Christmas trees in the mall? Don't you want to decorate the top of the tree this year?" The man chuckled as he stared at his phone screen.
"Do you think with my big belly like this, can I reach the top of the tree?" The pregnant woman pointed to her belly to her younger brother. She knew that her little brother was teasing her.
Someone entered the room after a knock was heard on the door.
"Ha ha ha. Of course you can't, even if you could your husband would definitely forbid you. Okay, then. I want to get ready to go home. Take care of your health and your future baby, Anna. Bye!" Christ smiled before ending the video call. He could see Anastasia waving her hand before the phone call ended.
Christ put his cell phone on his desk. He made sure that he had turned off the laptop on his desk. Then he started to stare at the face of the man who had been waiting in this room.
"Mr. Louise, it's time for you to go to Ms. Cassano's event." Said a young man entering the room.
The person called Mr. Louise immediately got up from his chair. He reached for his coat on the hanger. Then he immediately walked out followed by the young man. Actually he didn't want to attend the party. But his mother had already called him to attend the party. If Mrs. Louise had spoken up, then this man could not refuse her.
"Antonio, how about the Christmas tree here? Is it finished decorating?" Mr. Louise asked the young man named Antonio.
"As per your orders, Mr. Louise, the staff in charge of decorating the tree has added some Christmas accessories." Antonio replied as they entered the elevator.
Antonio pressed the button on the wall, instantly the elevator doors closed.
"Would you like to see it, Mr. Louise?" Antonio asked his boss.
"No need. Later after we get back from the party." Mr. Louise refused.
Today is Christmas Eve.Usually there are many events held in the middle of the mall. So there will definitely be a lot of visitors coming to the mall. Christ wants the Christmas tree in this mall to look luxurious, so that visitors can take photos under the Christmas tree.
"Okay. I'll take the car out. Please wait here for a moment." Antonio started walking towards the parking lot leaving Mr. Louise in the mall lobby.
Christ began to dig into the pockets of his coat. To kill his boredom, he thought of playing with his cellphone. It turned out he didn't find what he was looking for. The man remembered that his cell phone was still on his desk. Christ decided to go into the mall. After entering the elevator, he walked into his office. Then he reached for his cell phone. As he walked into the elevator, Christ noticed that his phone was almost out of power. After the elevator opened, Christ walked out.
"Hallo, I left my phone behind, so I went back to the office." Christ immediately spoke through his cellphone after he saw the phone call from Antonio.
"I didn't see you earlier, so I came out of the mall. Earlier, behind my car there were many cars that wanted to pass. So I'll turn the car around to go back inside the mall. You wait for my call, after I go into the mall, then I will call you back." Antonio explained while driving his car.
Christ wanted to say that his phone might die because it ran out of power. But Antonio had already hung up the phone. Christ wants to contact Antonio again. Because he was walking while looking at his cellphone, Christ didn't realize that he had stepped on something.
"Who put this thing here?" He said reflexively after seeing his shoes covered in cake cream.
"Why would someone put a cake in the middle of the road like this?" Christ tries to find the owner of the cake.
All the people in the mall who passed by just glanced at Christ.
Suddenly a little girl approached the destroyed cake box.
"Why did you destroy my cake?" The little girl started crying as she looked at her cake that was all over the floor and the man's shoes.
Christ was confused by this situation. He looked around. It turned out that he was in front of a shop selling accessories, which was one of his shops.
"Hey you. Please call the cleaners!" Christ called one of his shop staff.
Not long after, two cleaning staff came with cleaning equipment. Christ started cleaning his shoes using the cloth he took from the janitor. Meanwhile, the little girl was still squatting while looking sadly at her cake which was scattered on the floor.
"How about my cake?" The little girl started to whine as the janitor cleaned the floor that had been smeared with cake cream.
Christ looked at the little girl. For some reason he felt a strange feeling when he saw the girl sad. As if he could feel her sadness, he started to walk towards the girl.
"Hey, little girl, how long are you going to stare at that cake? Come on, stand up, you're blocking their work." Christ spoke to the girl.
"But, I've spent my savings to buy it. Now I can't eat cake with mom." The little girl said while looking at the floor.
"How about we buy a new one? There are several bakeries here that provide delicious cakes." Persuade Christ to the girl.
The little girl just stared at Christ silently. Without any intention of getting up from her place.
"Don't worry, I'll pay for it," Christ said, as if he understood what the little girl was thinking.
Immediately the little girl stood up. And then Christ told the girl to follow him. After arriving at a cake shop that sells various types of cakes, Christ asked the girl to choose.
"Do you want this one?" he asked just to be sure, seeing the little girl staring at a cake.
"Yeah. Can I have this one?" Asked the little girl when she saw such a beautiful cake.
Christ nodded his head in response. After finishing paying they immediately walked out of LOU's Bakery. Christ volunteered to take the little girl to meet her mother.
"So, what's your name, little girl?" Christ asked as the little girl walked beside him.
"My name is Abigail, sir. Thank you for this cake." The girl named Abigail stated her name while holding the cake high in the plastic package. The little girl was happy because she had a cake that was better than hers which had been ruined earlier.
"Wow, Abigail is a beautiful name. If I'm not mistaken it means 'my father is happy'." Christ explained.
"Yeah, my dad is happy with the angels in heaven," Abigail answered shortly.
"Oh, sorry." Christ said in a regretful tone.
"It's okay." Abigail answered.
Somehow he felt comfortable with Abigail. Previously, Christ could not chat with people he did not know well. He usually just chats with his family or Anthony, his assistant, who is actually his best friend. Moreover, Christ is not the type of person who really likes children. But his feelings were different when he was with this little girl he had just met. Suddenly Abigail stopped walking. The little girl's eyes were fixed on the Christmas tree. Under the Christmas tree, a woman wearing a Santarina costume was seen handing out presents. Abigail walked over to the woman and Christ followed Abigail. Maybe this little girl wanted a present too, he thought. Christ knew that the gift could not be given to mall visitors just like that. Later he would ask the Santarina to give a gift to the little girl. Without Christ expecting it, it turned out that the little girl called the woman.
"Mom." Call Abigail to Santarina.
The woman who was called looked at Abigail. As the saint looked at them, Christ felt like he had seen the woman's face before. Well, she was the woman who bumped into him this morning. For some reason, from the first time he met the woman, he felt something was strange. His heart beat faster like this morning. Now Christ felt a longing for the woman, he felt like pulling her into his arms. Christ did not understand what he was feeling. His heart was beating fast as the eyes of the woman wearing the Santarina costume looked at his face. How could he have such feelings, when he had just seen the woman this morning? Who exactly is this woman?
*Continued*