Chapter 147 - Delivering Lunch

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Back in MH Headquarters…

Neil Mo was browsing through a few documents with his assistant stood beside him. 

The past few days, Neil was not at his office as he was accompanying his niece to see her grandparents. Although he was physically absent from the office, Neil had given a few instructions to Assistant Shawn and let him handle a few matters for him.

Now that he had returned to his office, several managers and directors were looking over for him in urgency. Suddenly, there was a pile of documents on his desk waiting to be check and signed.

From the moment he arrived in his office, it was as if he was glued to his seat, unable to stand up. If he made a sudden move, Assistant Shawn would flinch as if he was going to step forward and beg him to stay. It was such an amusing scene.

Fortunately, the company had hired a bunch of capable staff and Assistant Shawn was meticulous enough to check on every document he had left on his table. This way, Neil did not have to spend too much time with the documents.

It was past lunch hour and Assistant Shawn was still guarding him to discuss some work matters.

The phone on his desk started to chime and Neil's eyes brightened up upon seeing the name. He swiftly picked it up and waited for the other person to speak first.

"Neil?"

His gaze softened and Neil lowered his gaze so that his Assistant would not be able to detect anything. "Hmm."

Edith stiffened for a few seconds, finding that his silence was a bit too strange. After a few days of being together, Edith had started to accept that this man could speak a little bit more than usual, and sometimes, they were just honeyed words.

It took her a while to get used to it, but eventually, Edith thought that their relationship had just started and it was not strange if Neil wanted to be a little bit flirty.

"Why aren't you speaking?" Edith asked. "Are you alright?"

"Hold on." Neil turned at the assistant and saw the anxious look on his face. He seemed to recall that the assistant had mentioned that he needed him to check and sign a few documents so that they could pass deliver them to their business partner before the end of the day.

However, his girlfriend was on the line. After looking at those documents for a long time, Neil thought that he deserved a quick break.

He was about to ask Assistant Shawn to leave the room for a while when he heard the woman's voice again. 

"Is there someone else around you?"

His brow shot up, wondering what was in the silly woman's mind. "I was working in my office with Assistant Shawn all day." 

Edith laughed. 

Why does it sound like he was explaining himself to her?

"Have you had lunch yet?"

Neil glanced at the time and noticed for the first time that it has past lunch hours. "Not yet."

"I thought so." There was a helplessness in her tone. "I was showing Hazel how to make some dishes and we accidentally cook a little more. If you still haven't had your lunch, then we can send you something to eat." 

His eyes darkened and his face brightened up. "Are you coming to deliver them personally?"

He heard the woman's laugh from the other side and suddenly, Neil thought that his ear was a bit ticklish. Then, he heard her speak in a teasing tone.

"I was planning to ask Driver Tang to send it over to you. But, you... Do you want me to come?"

"You should come. I will be waiting for you. Tell me when you arrive. I will ask someone to bring you up."

Edith chuckled at his concise words.

Assistant Shawn, who was busy organizing the documents on the side looked up at his boss and wondered who was he on the phone with. From the way he talked and the tone he used, Assistant Shawn was sure that this call was not work-related.

Without warning, the voice on the phone changed to a childish tone.

"Uncle, are you still at your office?"

His expression softened upon hearing the little girl's voice. "Un. I'm still at the office." 

"Teacher Qian said we can come over and visit you at your office," Hazel spoke. "Just now, we made some crab cake. Uncle, they tasted really good."

Neil chuckled. After living together, Neil started to pay attention to Hazel and noticed that the little girl especially loved crabs.

"When you come over with Teacher Qian, you have to remember to stay close to her and don't talk to strangers, alright?" Neil reminded. "Listen to her words well."

"Un. I know. Uncle, I will hold on to Teacher Qian tightly."

Assistant Shawn, who was still at the side immediately guessed that President Mo was talking to the little miss. Sure enough, after the call ended, his boss immediately gave him an instruction to come down and personally receive the little miss and her teacher downstairs.

"Right," Neil spoke, stopping Assistant Shawn who was about to head out the door. "When you go downstairs, arrange it with the security personnel so that both of them will be allowed to come up anytime they come over,"

"Certainly," Assistant Shawn nodded. As if realizing that something was not right, Assistant Shawn stopped again and turned to his boss. "President Mo, if I was not mistaken, the contract with Teacher Qian should end next week."

"We are planning to resume the contract with Teacher Qian," Neil said. "Hazel was still traumatized over the incident from last time and I did not want to separate her with Teacher Qian at the moment."

"Then, do you need me to draft a new contract?"

"No need," Neil said quickly. "I will arrange this matter myself."

Anyway, once the contract ended, Edith was planning to continue and stay with him and Hazel. This time, not as Hazel's caretaker, but as his girlfriend.

As Neil thought of the woman again, his lips turned up into a smile. Teasing the silly woman was always amusing. He did not mind uttering a few more words with her just so he could see the exasperated look on her face. 

The slightly pout on her lips whenever he said something that made her speechless was just too cute and Neil could not resist teasing her again.

Neil thought that perhaps he was bewitched by that silly woman. It all began with that drunken kiss and confession. But he was unable to stop thinking about her from time to time.

He always wanted to be near her, tasting her lips over and over again while feeling the warmth of her skin on his fingertips. 

However, kissing her was no longer enough. He would always be reminded of that dream that turned his body hot. But at this stage, he could only choose to hold back.. Edith wanted their relationship to go slow and steady and he did not want to scare her.

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