"Yes, I know it's a bit urgent, but I need it now. If you can't make it, just say so that I can find someone else right away." Kate hung up the phone and made a click. Then she took two big breaths and pinched her finger to calm down. She was obviously in a bad mood.
"Where's my breakfast, mom?" Lily asked, poking her head out of the kitchen.
"Oh I'm sorry, honey. I forgot. " Realizing what she had left behind, Kate hurried to the kitchen and began to look for it.
Although she did not completely move to Adrian's mansion, the villa she had lived in was basically in a state of semi-stop use. She came to live for two or three days a month, so the things here were not very complete, and only an ordinary servant was responsible for the plot work, so everything seemed a bit chaotic.
"For the time being, honey, you know..." After pouring a bowl of doughnuts and milk for her daughter, Kate said with a wry smile of apology, "it'll be all right in a few days, I promise."
"All right." Lily shrugged, neither complaining nor being coquettish, as if the three days after leaving her father's house were normal.
"By the way, lily, I I'm going to see the house today. Can I have you sent to school? " Looking at your breakfast daughter, Kate said after hesitation.
She doesn't plan to stay here for a long time. Adrian lived in this villa, and then handed it to her. Everything here will let her It's very, very uncomfortable.
"Mom." The daughter sighed at this time, "do you forget, I told you last night that today's school is temporarily off, I don't have to go to school."
"Yes Is it? " Kate was a little surprised. She turned her head and thought about it. Then she gave a wry smile again. "I'm sorry, lily. I think I forgot. After all, mom has been It's a mess. "
Then she covered her forehead and sighed, "sorry" said too much. She felt bad at all and didn't know him Aware that her thoughts are about to shift to Adrian, Kate quickly rubbed her head.
"Well," said lily, looking at her mother. She pushed the bowl in front of her and put her arms together on the table, making her look like a little adult. "Tell me about it. Why did you and dad quarrel?"
"Lily?" Kate frowned.
"It's been three days since I left home. Can you tell me what happened?" Lily pursed her mouth and was not very happy. "Don't tell me anything. It's an adult's business. I'm nine years old. Mom, you will hurt me if you hide the truth like this - tell me, what's the matter? I have a new aunt again? Or a new sister? "
At the end of the sentence, the corners of her mouth curled. With a smile and curiosity on her small face, she seemed to find it very interesting. But Kate is a little stunned, after all, usually her daughter is a lovely and lovely appearance in front of her. When did she see such a mature appearance? It's not that she doesn't care about lily, it's just that the clever side of the little guy is left to his father as a mother. Instinctively, they think that their children are obedient and perfect. Even if they see the pranks she did to their father, they will ignore them with the psychological "this is to vent their anger on themselves". No wonder they look like this.
"No, no," sighed Kate, shaking her head. "Me and Between you and me There are irreconcilable contradictions, so... "
"It's not likely. Mom. " Lily narrowed her eyes, held her face and looked at her mother with a scrutinizing look. "After so many years, you should be used to whatever you have. What kind of irreconcilable contradiction can there be?"
Kate was a little speechless. Once again, she learned the maturity of her daughter. She pinched the bridge of her nose for several seconds before she said, "no, lily, forgive me for not telling you. Believe me, this thing It's not very suitable for you
Just then, the only servant of the villa came to the kitchen door: "Ma'am, there's a miss Emma Watson looking for you."
"Emma?" Kate showed a surprised expression, and after a long time in her seat, she got up and went out. She quickly came to the door, opened it and saw little Emma outside counting her fingers.
"Hi, Kate. Good morning." The girl said to her naturally, "I thought you had to wait a few more minutes to open the door."
"I I didn't expect you to come here... " Kate looked at her suspiciously and stammered. "You should go back to England, don't you go to school?"
"I asked for leave," Emma shrugged. "It happened, and of course I'll stay and see what happened."
Kate frowned, but before she spoke, Lily ran out of the back happily: "Emma
She jumped up very affectionately and gave little Emma a big hug. Little Emma also hugged Lily and pressed her face with a smile, while Kate couldn't help frowning deeper.
"I thought you were back in London. How was your home? Aunt Charley said that her father was very depressed about her mother's leaving, but her father said that nothing had happened and would soon pass away. But her mother said that there was an irreconcilable contradiction with her father just now. I really don't know what they are thinking Lily kept asking, but she didn't notice that her mother would look very ugly next to her."Lily..." Kate coughed and was about to say something, but Lily turned back and exclaimed in a discontented tone: "well, mom, I'm also my father's daughter anyway. I can't even call. If you want me to do this, please tell me the exact reason!"
Facing her serious daughter, Kate couldn't help but have a headache. Fortunately, little Emma interposed: "OK, lily, let's go in. I have something to tell Kate."
"What's the matter? May I know? " Lily, who led little Emma into the room, asked as she walked along. Her eyes lit up, "is it about fighting for mom and dad? Are you going to be a lobbyist
"No. Lily, no, "little Emma looked at Kate with a smile." I can't get involved in this kind of thing. I came to Kate to have a woman to woman conversation with her. "
"Women and women's conversations?" Lily blinked, looked at little Emma and looked at her mother. Even if she was precocious, she would be confused.
Little Emma looked up and looked at Kate with bright eyes: "are you free. kate? It won't take you long. "
Kate's eyes wandered back and forth between her daughter and little Emma, and her face was a little cloudy. After a long time, she said, "well, let's go upstairs to the study."
"Why not here?" Lily asked curiously, and then added, "may I sit in?"
"No, lily." Kate and little Emma said in unison. It was just like the rehearsal before. Not only did Lily open her mouth. Even Kate and little Emma were surprised.
"Wow, you didn't have an appointment, did you? I'm getting more and more curious. " Lily laughs and looks between her mother and little Emma.
"No, lily, it's a conversation between Kate and me. You can't eavesdrop," Emma, the little girl, snuffed out her thoughts for the first time. And raised his hand in front of her and said, "it's important, lily, so I hope you can swear."
"So serious," said the little one. But she stuck her fingers on little Emma's hand. "Well, I promise I'll never eavesdrop on your conversation."
Then she sat down on the sofa in the living room, watching her mother and little Emma go upstairs together.
"Lily Often eavesdrop on adults? " Kate asked, hesitating as she walked.
"No, she just wants to care what her parents think of her. I used to eavesdrop on ED talking to you or other people. Lily is much more mature than you think, Kate Said little Emma, chuckling.
Kate rolled her eyes and didn't speak any more. So they came to the study, closed the door and locked it. Then, in a pretentious tone, she asked, "what do you want to say, Emma? You volunteered? Nothing to do with him? You love him and you don't want to leave him. I don't want to see him and me like this, so I want me back? "
Speaking of this, she chuckled: "he is always like this, first let others approach you, lobby you, and when you slowly relax your guard, he will just right in, seize the softest piece of your heart, wantonly public relations, and let you fall into his hands again. It's ridiculous that he didn't even have the courage to face me... "
"Wait, Kate, wait," little Emma, sitting on the sofa, raised her hand with a smile. "You seem to have made a mistake. I'm not here to tell you about this. I'm here to --"
she's cocked up her legs and sat upright again, her hands propped up in front of her face, announcing in a proud tone, "I'm here to announce me Winning. "
"Your Victory? " Kate blinked and it took several seconds to digest the sentence.
"That's right, my victory," the girl nodded solemnly. "I've won this competition for nearly ten years. From now on, I'm the woman ed loves and cares about most."
"You are What are you talking about Kate frowned and became more confused.
Little Emma didn't care at all. She said to herself, "since I made up my mind, I knew you were my biggest obstacle. Ed himself admitted that you were the first woman he met after he decided to cheer up. You have a very unique position in his heart. Unfortunately, I can only rank behind you, so even if I become his woman, his position in his heart will be after you, and I have always been very reluctant to this point
"Wait Wait a minute, "Kate waved her hand involuntarily." what are you talking about, you You wanted to be Ed's woman a long time ago? "
"Remember?" Little Emma's smile deepened. "What did I say when you, ED and I ate ice cream at the amusement park in London? Although I was a little older at that time, I still remember what I said that day! Do you know, Kate, when I need ed's arms, I need him to sleep with me, I need him to lie beside me, I need him to coax me and tease me, but he has to leave me because of one of your eyes or a word, and then make love with you. Do you know how unwilling I am? ""I I You It's not the same at all Kate's mind was clearly confused.
"Even!" Little Emma suddenly raised her voice. "I have to do everything I can to get to Ed's bed. God, I don't want any face, but he won't touch me. Knowing that I threatened him and he didn't want me, I went to play with enough men, and he had to compromise. I know, it's all because of you, because you're earlier than me. Because you watched me grow up, he had to take care of your feelings! "
She said so much, but also jumped up from the sofa, very excited, and then slowly controlled the mood.
"Although I've achieved my long-standing goal, I know it's not over, as long as ed doesn't tell you about me and him all day. I can't take him from you! " Although little Emma looked up at Kate, she gave people a feeling of condescending, "I have made a lot of preparations for this, including how I can show my tenderness if you are angry with ED, and if you have a cold war with ED. How can I show my tolerance. But I didn't think of it. In the end, it was wasted because You surrendered! Yeah, you didn't do anything and just left. That's ridiculous. Do you think you've shown your attitude? You are surrendering to me. "
"Why do you How can you... " Kate made several meaningless gestures and forced her anger and confusion down. Then she looked at the girl in front of her to breathe heavily. After several changes, she bit her teeth and asked, "so. You come to me and announce that you have won
"Yes, ed needs to think about your feelings. I don't need to," said little Emma, with an air of indifference, as if she didn't care at all. "Of course, there's something else I want to tell you about. Kate, now that you've made a decision, don't go back on it. It's good for everyone
"You Kate finally became angry and her hands subconsciously clenched into fists.
At this time, there was a knock on the door. Kate had to stare at the girl and walk to the door. When she opened it, she saw Lily outside. Kate's face turned pale.
"I didn't eavesdrop, mom!" Lily quickly raised her hand and said, "I came to knock because someone is coming."
"Hi, Kate. Are you ok?" Charlize then turned around and looked inside, and little Emma waved to her.
"Ed is absolutely right. If you don't want to go back to London, you have to stay here, just for now." Charlize said quietly.
"Of course," little Emma laughed and looked at Kate again. "Ed knows me as well as I know him."
After hearing this, Kate, who had calmed down because of the presence of her daughter and Charlize, suddenly felt angry. Unfortunately, Lily was right in front of her. Even if she had a fire, she could only glare at her.
Little Emma is still that pair of Hun does not care about the appearance, Shi Shi ran came out, patted Charlize's arm, and immediately picked up Lily: "Charlie and your mother must have something to say, let's go down first."
Lily obviously saw what she had ordered. She nodded and followed Emma downstairs.
"Are you all right?" After their backs disappeared, Charlize looked at Kate again. She was dressed in formal clothes and her hair was short and she looked very capable.
"Do I look bad?" As soon as the daughter and little Emma left, Kate leaned against the doorframe and put her hand over her forehead.
"It's much better now," Charlize looked at her carefully. "When you opened the door just now, you looked like you were going to punch someone."
Kate sighed. She didn't speak for a long time. Charlize didn't speak. She looked at her quietly.
"Are you not going to the company today?" A moment later, she asked weakly.
"I asked for leave, which was approved by the chairman of the head office." Charlize made a little joke.
Kate pulled the corners of her mouth and laughed. Then she thought of something. She straightened up and looked at the stairs: "she won't..."
"No," Charlize knew what she was saying. "Emma is not a nobody. Even if she is targeting you now, she will consider ed's feelings. Lily is also Ed's daughter after all."
Hearing this, Kate gave out a whimper, and her body began to cringe slightly. Finally, Charlize put out her hand and held her tightly.
"I know you're sad and confused, Kate. It's OK. So Sarah and I haven't called you for three days. We hope you can take some time to calm down. At the same time, we have asked ed to explain in detail, just I didn't expect Emma to come to you Charlize patted her on the back and gently kissed her on the cheek. "There's always something unexpected."
"Oh, no, Charley, I didn't expect that this would happen," Kate sobbed on Charlize's shoulder. "I thought it was Ed's problem, but Emma The girl I saw growing up with God, what the hell is going on... ""Yes, I was shocked at first. I don't know why ed wanted to..." Charlize sighed and looked at the deserted study with a complicated look. "Fortunately, Emma and I are not as close as you are, so I can barely look at the problem from an objective point of view after calming down. I have to admit that Emma is a smart, stubborn and restless girl, especially after talking to her alone for a few times, these three points are very obvious, so I know there are some things she can really do... "
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