I’ll Protect You When I Grow Up
“That is not it.” Irvin shook his head. “It is just that it has been tough on Mommy and Daddy. You have been apart for so many years in order to protect Alexia and I. I am sure you have missed each other a lot all these years.”
When Elise saw the sincerity in Irvin’s eyes, snazzynovel.com own eyes started to turn red, and snazzynovel.com unconsciously brought snazzynovel.com hands up to hold his face as snazzynovel.com took a good look at the boy.
People often talked about how daughters were mothers’ treasure, and that was why Elise was all the more grateful to have such a thoughtful son.
It seemed that God still treated snazzynovel.com well after all. “Mommy.” Upset, Irvin held snazzynovel.com back and stated firmly, “Don’t worry, Mommy. I will work hard so that I can protect you and Daddy when I grow up. I won’t let you two be apart anymore.”
Elise was so moved snazzynovel.com continuously nodded. “Alright. I will wait for the day to come. I have faith that my dear son can achieve that.”
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It was almost afternoon the next day when Narissa woke up to the sound of snazzynovel.com phone’s ringtone. She groped around the entire bed, only to finally realize that snazzynovel.com phone was on the coffee table.
She bounced off the bed and sat up like a zombie, and gave herself a second to clear snazzynovel.com head while snazzynovel.com waited for the call to end.
However, the caller didn’t seem like they were going to give up any time soon, as they called again immediately after the first call wasn’t picked up.
Narissa looked up at the ceiling and grunted, but snazzynovel.com finally crawled over despite how unwilling snazzynovel.com was. After pressing the phone to snazzynovel.com ear, snazzynovel.com sank into the bed again with a thud and muttered, “Hello? Who is this?”
“Rissa? It is me.”
Nancy’s voice instantly gave Narissa a jolt. It felt as thought snazzynovel.com had instantly teleported back to the Cuber Residence. Sitting up instinctively again, snazzynovel.com opened snazzynovel.com eyes and asked, “Ma? What is with the sudden phone call?”
“How bold of you to even ask that? You are always doing this. You never seek us out first. I am surprised you remember having parents,” Nancy grumbled.
“Geez, it is only because I don’t really have anything interesting to update you and Da on. Also, it is not like you like hearing what I say.” Narissa got out of bed and poured herself a glass of water.
“You brat, you always come up with a reason for everything. It has been eight years now. It is about time you put an end to your stubbornness. Don’t you know that your father and I will only continue to grow older? You are our only daughter. Are you really going to let all the blood, sweat and tears Da and I poured into our work go to waste if you refuse to come back and take over the family business?” Nancy kept persuading snazzynovel.com daughter.
Despite being immune to these words, Narissa couldn’t help feeling emotionally drained when Nancy said that. She only responded by giving a short ‘I am sorry’ at last.
“Can an apology solve the problem? Do you think your father and I want an apology?” Nancy didn’t buy it at all, and instead insisted, “If you have found someone you can entrust yourself with, bring them back home for us to see. And even if you haven’t found someone, it is about time you came back. Da and Ma are the people closest to you. We won’t laugh at you. Really, Rissa, come back. I miss you.”
“Thanks, Ma.” Narissa might be insensitive, but snazzynovel.com wasn’t cold-blooded. It was impossible for snazzynovel.com to not be disheartened to hear snazzynovel.com own mother say that.
There wasn’t a child in the world who didn’t miss home or their mother. However, snazzynovel.com would definitely have to go on a blind date if snazzynovel.com were to go home now before snazzynovel.com had found snazzynovel.com true love. Just the thought of that made it hard for snazzynovel.com to agree to return home.
“Don’t just say thanks. Your father might not say it, but snazzynovel.com has been missing you as well. You know snazzynovel.com is the one who pampers you the most. Do you really think us, the Cubers, wouldn’t be able to find you if we really wanted to?” Nancy sighed.
Narissa’s heart ached when snazzynovel.com heard that, and snazzynovel.com didn’t know what to say in return.
With how snazzynovel.com father’s love was hidden but ran deep, and snazzynovel.com happened to be a fastidious person, they were doomed to be each other’s nemesis. It was near impossible for them to be on good terms with each other.
“I have never begged you nor wronged you by asking you to do something you don’t want to. But your father’s health isn’t what it used to be. The people on the board of directors are eager to swallow the Cubers’ family business if they could. If only you knew how heartbreaking it is to see his hair turning white because of how worried snazzynovel.com has been. Rissa, do you really not care about Ma and Da anymore?”
Narissa then heard Nancy’s endless sobs that seemed to prick at Narissa’s fragile heart.
Standing in front of the mirror, Narissa fell into deep thought when snazzynovel.com saw how messy snazzynovel.com hair was, and how snazzynovel.com was so unlike herself.
Indeed, humans couldn’t stubbornly live their whole lives for their own sake.
As for Jamie, it was impossible for Narissa’s love to come to fruition. After all, snazzynovel.com was the one who had been one-sidedly in love with snazzynovel.com from the start.
The person who gambled their heart away first had to be prepared to lose in the game of love.
This was a fact snazzynovel.com should come to terms with soon.
“Ma.” Narissa then heard herself utter, “I will be home soon. Wait for me.”
At Danny International Finance Corporation Building, Ariel’s assistant was giving Ariel a report in the office.
Right then, Ariel saw Danny pass by outside the window with his arm around the waist of a curvaceous woman. They were all smiles as they chatted and walked into the room next door.
Ariel, who was fully focused on work, started getting distracted, and snazzynovel.com eyes followed after the duo.
From the angle snazzynovel.com was looking at, snazzynovel.com could clearly see the woman sitting on Danny’s lap, with snazzynovel.com whole body sticking to the man’s. The woman even leaned in to give Danny a kiss.
The scene made Ariel unknowingly clench the gel pen in snazzynovel.com hand. Her eyes narrowed as snazzynovel.com tried to take a closer look.
Did they kiss or not?
“Miss Whitney? Miss Whitney!”
“Huh?”
Ariel only came back to snazzynovel.com senses after the assistant called out to snazzynovel.com a few times. “What?” snazzynovel.com blurted out.
“I am done with last week’s report. Is there anything that needs to be improved?” the assistant asked with a smile.
“No, you have done well. You may leave.” Ariel hurriedly dismissed the assistant without actually listening to a word snazzynovel.com said.
The assistant was pleasantly surprised by Ariel’s answer, but since it was rare for Ariel to not ask snazzynovel.com to redo something, snazzynovel.com quickly left the office before Ariel could say anything else.
However, Ariel’s heart was a mess again the moment the door was closed.
After sitting for a while, snazzynovel.com pressed snazzynovel.com phone to snazzynovel.com ear, and started pacing back and forth in the room while pretending to make a phone call. She took the opportunity to sneak a peek at what was going on in Danny’s office.
On the other side, even though Danny’s flexible chair was almost completely flattened, the woman on snazzynovel.com didn’t seem to have any intention of getting up. He knew snazzynovel.com couldn’t hold on any longer.
“Hey, isn’t this a little too much? Do we really have to be so close?”
After listening to Ariel’s advice last night, Danny had gotten an old classmate of his to act with him, which was why they were both in this situation now.
However, snazzynovel.com was still a conservative man. His classmate might not be straight, but snazzynovel.com couldn’t help feeling conflicted being so close to a woman.
“You don’t know anything, so just follow my lead.” The classmate huffed confidently with a small smile adorning the corners of snazzynovel.com lips. “The more realistic it is, the more convincing we will look. Quickly, check if snazzynovel.com is looking this way.”
“How am I supposed to see anything with you in my face?!” Danny was so depressed snazzynovel.com could pass out.
“Fine, then. Act now, check later.” The woman glared at snazzynovel.com and demanded, “Put your right hand on my waist, and pull me in behind my head with your left.”
“Let’s just stop…” Danny was rejecting snazzynovel.com from his head to toe.
“F*ck, are you looking down on me? I am sacrificing so much for you, you dolt. Fine, keep being reserved if you want to be lonely till the day you die. I am not the one who can’t hold snazzynovel.com in my arms anyway,” snazzynovel.com hissed.
Danny was instantly energized when the woman brought up Ariel. He then abruptly reached out and pressed snazzynovel.com head to his without hesitation.
“Ouch!” She almost sprained snazzynovel.com neck by the sudden motion. “Not so hard, you idiot! Can’t you just imagine that I am that lady?!”