Chapter 221 - Causing Trouble

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Neil slid into his suit and turned around to looked at the woman who was lying lazily on the bed. His eyes narrowed and his throat rolled when he saw the way her legs crossed. At this time, his girlfriend was wearing a large T-shirt and her long, white legs were exposed as if tempting him to caress them.

Sensing that he was looking at her, Edith flashed him a seductive smile before she stood up and walked over. Once she stopped in front of him, Edith looked at the shirt Neil was wearing and recognized it as the one she hd bought for him previously. Edith tiptoed to adjust Neil's collar and patted at his shoulder when she was done.

She gave him a look over and smiled. "Very handsome."

Neil wrapped his arms around her waist and lowered his head. His eyes darkened as their nose touched. "Are you sure you didn't want to come with me?"

"What about Hazel?"

"We'll take her along."

Edith laughed. "President Mo, weren't you attending this banquet to discuss business? Why do you want to take your girlfriend and your five years old niece with you? Your business partners will laugh at you."

"I don't mind. Let them laugh."

Edith narrowed her eyes. "What are you trying to do?"

"Somebody has been trying to lit up the fire, and now, I can't take my eyes off her." Neil let out a sigh. "What if this person is going to cause trouble when I wasn't looking?"

"When did I ever cause trouble when you weren't looking?" Edith blinked her eyes innocently and whispered. "I only cause trouble when there's only two of us."

Neil leaned to bite at her lips. "You naughty girl."

"So now I'm a naughty girl and no longer a silly woman?"

With a long sigh, Neil finally released her from his embrace. "Are you going to have your dinner in the coffee house later?"

"Hmm… I'm planning to walk around the resort with Hazel after dinner. I heard that there's a playground on the west wing. We're going to take a look."

"Don't go too far. Call me if there's anything." Neil reminded.

"I know." Edith patted his chest and smiled. "Just go to your business banquet with ease. I'll look after Hazel." She took a step back to admire her boyfriend's good look and trailed her fingers on his chest area. "Don't get tempted by another woman."

Neil stared at her with an aggrieved expression. If only he did not have to show up early at the banquet, he would surely stay in the room and fool around.

When the two had started to date, Neil had never thought that Edith can be a temptress. However, she had this bad habit where she liked to play with fire and run away.

It was driving him crazy, but he could not do anything as Edith always came up with a good excuse to escape.

Neil took a deep breath, tugged at her wrist, and leaned in to give her a lingering kiss. Once he had thought that the kiss was satisfying enough to suppress his desire, Neil then turned around to leave. "I should go now."

Edith watched as he left the suite and went to check at Hazel.

…

In the evening, Edith took Hazel to walk around the resort and found a playground. Hazel played around for a while and the two of them headed straight to the restaurant. 

Because Neil had reserved a place for them, Edith and Hazel did not have to wait too long to get a place. The waiter greeted them politely at the entrance and brought them over to the seat beside the french window. Hazel sat down and looked out the window with excitement.

"Do you like it here?" Edith asked as the waiter left with their food order.

Hazel turned around and nodded. "Un. I like it. This place is very pretty." A thought came to her mind and suddenly, her expression grew somber. 

"What's wrong?"

Hazel pursed at her lips. "Mama said that once I was big enough, she was going to take me skiing."

The way Hazel was suppressing her tears from falling tugged at Edith's heart. Her expression softened, knowing that Hazel was missing her parents. Edith wanted to say something to ease her pain, but could not find the right word to say. Perhaps, for a child in Hazel's age, the thing she was looking forward to the most was to spend her time having fun with her parents.

"Maybe in a few weeks, this place will be full of snow," Edith said. "Do you want to come again?"

Hazel hesitated and nodded. 

"Then, we'll ask your uncle to bring us here again during your winter holiday. What do you think??"

"Alright." A small smile curled on her lips. "Auntie Edith, do you know how to ski?"

"I don't. But, we can learn together." 

"Do you think my uncle knows how to ski?"

Edith pondered over her question. "Your uncle seemed as if he would be good at anything. Maybe he would know how to ski."

The two of them chatted until the waiter returned with their food. Edith took a picture of their meal, send them over to Neil, and enjoyed their meal together.

At this time, someone walked past their table and headed further into a private area in the restaurant. 

Edith tilted her head in time to catch a glance at the group of men. Her expression froze when she recognized a few faces. Edith was not expecting her to see both Secretary Liu and Attorney General Leng at the resort.

A while ago, Aaron had accidentally mentioned that Secretary Liu was one of the suspects in that serial murder case. The man was reportedly dating Amanda Shen before she died, but Secretary Liu had denied that rumors. He was a married man and his relationship with Amanda was nothing but friends.

Seeing Secretary Liu's face at a place like this made Edith a little bit uncomfortable. The last time she had gone with Neil to that private kitchen, she had run into both Secretary Liu and Amanda Shen. From the way they acted, Edith did not think that they were merely friends.

"Auntie Edith."

Hazel's soft voice snapped her out of her thought. Edith turned to the little girl and saw that Hazel had her head lowered. 

"Can we return to our room now?"

"What's wrong? You're not feeling well?" 

"Un." Hazel nodded weakly.. "I don't feel very good."

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