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“Victoria?”
Fiona searched almost every corner of the house but couldn’t find Victorial
anywhere.
“Where is she?”
In the end, Fiona had no choice but to return to the living room, where she saw.
ric standing, surveying the room. She hesitantlymented, “I’m sorry, Mr.
Cadogan. It seems like my friend isn’t home. I’m not sure if she went out.”
She then changed the subject. “How about you take a seat first? I’ll give her a call
and see what she’s up to.”
“Alright.”
Fiona thought he would decline, but to her surprise, ric sat down on the couch in
a manner that suggested he had all the time in the world to wait.
She immediately ran to the balcony to call Victoria.
“Victoria, where are you?”
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“Are you home?” Victoria, who received her call, instinctively asked in response.
“Yeah. I just got home, but I don’t see you here.”
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After hearing that her friend was already home, Victoria breathed a sigh of relief and
exined, “I had something to take care of. If you’re okay, just stay at home and wait
for me. I have something to talk to you about when I get back.”
“Sure, and I have something to tell you too. You-”
“Is it Fiona?” Bane’s voice suddenly came through from the other end of the line.
“Mhm. She’s home now.”
“That’s good.”
Fiona initially intended to tell Victoria that ric was currently at their ce to
apologize to Victoria and that they should have dinner together.
But after hearing Bane’s voice, Fiona immediately swallowed the words about to
leave her lips.
She wouldn’t be so ignorant as to not adapt now that she knew Victoria was with
Bane.
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And so, she quickly changed the topic.
“Be careful outside, both of you.”
Victoria must have been concerned as she reminded Fiona not to wander around.
before they finally ended the call.
Listening to the busy tone on her phone, Fiona took a deep breath as the corners of
her lips lifted into a smile. It seems like only Mr. Cadogan and I will be having lunch.
together.
With these thoughts in mind, she put away her phone and went back to find ric
still sitting in the same spot, maintaining his original posture.
As soon as she entered, his gaze fell straight on her.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Cadogan. My friend went out to deal with something. It looks like it
will only be you and me for lunch-”
“Where did she go?” ric’s cold voice interrupted her abruptly.
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Fiona hesitated for a moment. “I… I’m not sure. She only told me she had something
to take care of.”
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This can’t be a coincidence, right? Upset, ric pulled his eyebrows together. Did
she really leave right when I got here? Did she know wasing and deliberately
avoided me, or was it unintentional?
Considering this, ric asked in a cold tone, “Did she know I wasing?”
Fiona shook her head in confusion. “Nope. I was nning to tell her when she got
here.”
Since Victoria doesn’t know, it’s probably a misunderstanding.
Seeing him fall silent, Fiona asked, “Is something the matter, Mr. Cadogan?”
ric sneered upon hearing her question. “Nothing. I was just in a hurry to see her.”
Those words caused a slight change in Fiona’s expression and gaze.
“Mr. Cadogan, you…”
ric raised an eyebrow. “What? Is there a problem with wanting to apologize as
soon as possible?”
“No problem! Of course not,” she replied.
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That subtle hint of emotion vanished.
Mr. Cadogan sure is nice. As expected of the man I have my eyes on.
And so, Fiona became even more determined to win his heart.
After ending the call, Victoria put her phone back into her pocket. Nicole, who was
beside her, immediately took advantage of the opportunity to climb onto herp.
“Mommy, huggie!”
Before Victoria could react, Nicole was suddenly scooped up by a sturdy hand. Bane
had lifted her onto hisp.
Although Nicole didn’t end up in her mother’s embrace as she had wished, she didn’t
mind Bane’s familiar embrace. She even snuggled into his arms as she asked in her
incredibly tender voice, “Mr. Bane, can I sleep in your arms?”
Bane reached out and lightly tapped the girl’s small and delicate nose.
“Go ahead. When have lever refused you?”
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“Thank you, Mr. Bane.”
Something seemed toe to Bane’s mind when he turned his head and looked at
Nathan sitting beside him.
“Want toe over too, Nathan?”
Nathan sat there, looking somewhat reserved because he didn’t smile or whine like
a cute child would.
In response to Bane’s invitation, Nathan politely thanked him before declining.
“Thank you, Mr. Bane, but it’s not necessary.”
Banemented, “You are always so distant from me, Nathan.”
Before Nathan could think of an answer himself, Victoria spoke up on his behalf.
“You know that he’s more introverted.
“Also, you already have Nicole clinging to you. Is that not enough?”
Having one clingy child was already exhausting as it was.
To her surprise, Bane smiled upon hearing her words. “Definitely not. After all, you
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know that I hope all three of you will stick to me.”
While Victoria didn’t say anything, Nathan, who sat beside them, nced at hist
mother.
He then heard her say, “Only children cling to people.”
“Mhm. You can act like a child in front of me.”
Fine! I understand now, Victoria thought.
Bane hasn’t been able to control himself from talking more from the moment he
returned to the country. Just what is he afraid of? Does he think that I will turn back.
now when it has been five years since then?
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With these thoughts in mind, Victoria somewhat helplessly nced at Bane.
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She had initially wanted to ask the man if it was really necessary for him to speak to
her like this.
But thinking about how the two children were present, Victoria had to hold back her
words and ultimately said nothing.
Bane seemed to understand what she was thinking, and he changed to a different
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topic instead of continuing with what they were talking about.
“So, you are nning to live with Fiona over there?”
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“Yeap. She has been renting it for quite a long time. I’ll probably be staying there.”
“Will you still live there if thepany is going to be located somewhere far away?”
Victoria became somewhat conflicted upon hearing this.
Indeed, herpany’s location was quite far from Fiona’s ce.
Previously, Fiona only knew that Victoria was going to start apany without
knowing the specific location. Victoria also hadn’t expected Fiona to rent a house
for her.
“The beginning stage of starting apany is going to be hectic. Commuting will
be troublesome if it’s too far away.”
“Right. I know.” Victoria nodded.
However, since her busy schedule hadn’t started yet, she would figure out how to
handle the issue only after she got into it.
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Sane only passed her a set of keys. “Take this.”
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When Victoria didn’t take it, he added, “I prepared this from way back. It’s close to
the location where you’re going to open thepany, and someone will clean up
the ce regrly. You can stay there if you end up workingte.”
Seeing that Victoria still didn’t take the keys, Bane simply handed them to Nicole.
“Nicole, if you don’t want your Mommy to be tired, will you ept this set of keys
from me on her behalf?”
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cagain.
“Mr. Bane holds you and takes pictures of you to help you, no?”
Nicole blinked and countered, “But Mommy, I didn’t ask Mr. Bane to help me.
Besides, Mr. Bane likes you, right? I saw on TV that a boy has to show sincerity
when he is pursuing a girl. How can he win someone over otherwise?”
Even though Nicole was young, she had gone straight to the point and cleverly
exposed theplexities of rtionships between men and women.
Eventually, Victoria was also persuaded.
Even so, she decided that she would have to talk to Nicoleter when they returned
home after seeing the girl take the keys from Bane.
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After all, Victoria couldn’t possibly ept something as valuable as a house!
And if she had to take it, she would insist on paying for it.
She already owed Bane too much.
There was no further conversation in the car. When the driver arrived at their
destination, he turned his head and announced, “Mr. Morison, Miss Selwyn, we have
arrived,”
The car hade to a stop in front of a private school.
“This is the best private school in Jasea. If the young master and young miss wish
to go to a school, this is the optimal choice.”
“Alright. Thank you for bringing us here. We’ll get off and take a look.”
As they got out of the car, the two children warmly bid the driver farewell.
Victoria had originally nned to look for a school for the two children. In fact, shet
had previously researched this private school. Since it was close to herpany, it
would be convenient for her to pick up the children.
Bane also got out of the car with her.
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“Ethan has been working here for many years and is familiar with Jasea. He says
this school has the best reputation, so you can rest assured about letting Nicole and
Nathan study here.”
“Alright. Thank you.”
“Why are you thanking me?” Bane chuckled helplessly. “Wasn’t this school on your
list of considerations? If you want to thank me, you should be thanking me for
apanying you on this trip. I didn’t help with anything else.”
Bane tried his best to integrate himself into her life, but Victoria was too
independent.
She had already taken care of most things herself.
He used to admire how determined she was and how she never gave up, but over
time, he found himself wishing she would be softer and rely on him more.
That way, he could feel needed.
The school’s representative soon came to guide them around while introducing the
different ces to them along the way.
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