Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)



It was just a casual remark initially, and no one took it to heart. But things would land themselves like this sometimes; once it started, everything would eventually fall into place, becoming a no-brainer, ending with everyone looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Little miss, what's your daddy's name?"

"What a beautiful baby. Would you like some candy?"

"How did you get here? Do you know any of your family member's phone numbers? Aws, you're even holding a toy dog, how sweet and cute..."

The group huddled around her, talking one after another; some even tried to touch her face. Yvette suddenly burst into tears, holding onto the toy poodle plushie with dear life.

"Go away, don't look at me!"

"Look at me, and I'll have my daddy fire all of you! My daddy is the greatest here!"

"I can't see anyone anymore!"

"Don't take my dog! I'm going to tell Daddy to fire all of you!"

Yvette's cries got all of them spooked.

"Oh, please don't cry, little one. Don't cry. We're not going to take you toy!"

"We won't look at you anymore..."

While everyone panicked, at a loss for what to do, an authoritative voice came suddenly. "What are you all doing?"

As everyone stepped aside, they saw a supervisor in a suit standing behind them, and through the narrow path, he saw the little girl.

"Whose child is this? Why bring a child to work? Hurry up and take her to the back. Do you want the boss to see it and scold you?"

"But, Mr. Braken, look at this little girl. She's looking for her daddy. Don't you think she looks a little like Mr. Bowles?"

Following that, someone told him the brief story, rendering him stumped. "This little girl is honestly gorgeous, and her clothes don't look cheap." Mr. Braken thought.

He waved his hand, calling over a slightly older female assistant, who got down to Yvette's eye level, handing her a tissue, all smiles.

"Don't cry, little one. I'll help you find your daddy, okay? You want to sit on the highest chair, right? C'mon, I'll take you there."

Yvette nodded and wiped her tears away before muttering, "Thank you, lady!"

Seeing that the child had such good manners, the crowd sighed again. "Such a little girl yet she isn't shy, and has such good manners too!"

Mr. Braken ordered someone to find her a tall chair with an armrest and even instructed them to add a small cushion for protection. Worried that she'd run around, he prepared some snacks for her and even got an assistant to look after her.

After settling the little girl, Mr. Braken pulled the manager aside. "What in the world is up with the kid?"

"How did she get in?"

"Are you sure she's a family member of our employee?"

Unable to answer any of the questions, the manager and Mr. Braken looked at each other. Sweating profusely from his stare, the manager suggested after some thought.

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"This girl surely isn't from some average family! And children don't really lie, don't they? Besides, looking closely, she genuinely resembles Mr. Bowles! We can't shoo her away. either. What if she is Mr. Bowles's somebody? Why don't we just ask?" "He's in a meeting right now You dare to go just like thi

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don't know the situation inside?" Was he not afraid of becoming a victim and not knowing how he died?

As he reprimanded, his gaze fell on the sweet little girl sitting quietly on the side, certain she resembled their CEO the more he looked.

"Then why don't we have Mr. Lopez

come down and take a look? We can't just chase an adorable, naive girl out to the streets or bring her to the police so simply, right? If

mess this up, ruining the comC IS

reputation aside, I'm sure you and I

won't be able to sleep with a clear conscience!"

"You've got a point!"

Two heads better than one, the two settled the matter at that.

After the meeting, Willy spoke quietly with Lexx as they walked out, still feeling a little dizzy, "Alright, we'll talk about this later. What's next?" "Didn't you say you want to inspect the administrative and finance department? Third and first floor!" A few executives followed behind them. "Mm." Willy nodded, taking a gander behind before he entered the elevator. He thought he should still make rounds even if it was just for formality lest those executives deceive everyone, slack off, and all dilly-dally.

The elevator first stopped on the third floor. As it was the company's administrative department, he only made a nominal round, checking the work environment. The person in charge walked in front and introduced as they turned into a corner.

"Mr. Bowles, in front is the archives room, copy room, equipment service room, and a temporary break room. The original break room is being refurbished because of the pipe problem and equipment upgrade."

In other words, there wasn't any significant work area up ahead.

Seeing that Willy nodded and hummed a response, the person in change heaved a sigh of relief. As they turned to the elevator, a series of women's laughter traveled to their ears, and everyone stopped, leading the person in charge's face blanched that instant.

"Shut up! Really? Mr. Bowles's illegitimate daughter?"

"Who knows? She's in the lobby. I went to send some receipts to finance and deliberately made a detour. That little girl sure is gorgeous! If you see her, I'm sure you'd want to eat her up like I do... Hehe... But I think she really looks a little like him!"

"But I didn't hear anything about Mr. Bowles having a fixed girlfriend. The kid must be at least

three, four years old, right?"

"Please, like he'd tell you even if he

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has one. I heard the little girl is quite

hratty, and she's dressed in luxury

brands from head to toe. Plus, she does have the condescending

princess look. You can tell el.ne

spoiled; she said to 'fire' us, whenever she got upset! How cute!

A lot of people went to check her

out..."

"Could she really be Mr. Bowles's illegitimate daughter? I also want to check her out!"

Two women walked out with their cups. Though they weren't loud, they were obviously enthusiastic, face flushed. Willy's gaze was so piercing that it nearly pierced through the two women as he heard their words loud and clear.

Gossip during work hours? And about him at that?!

Looking up, the two women took a couple of steps back, scared out of their wits. "M- Mr. Bowles... good afternoon!"

"What were you two talking about?"

Mustering all her courage, one of the women stammered, "S-Sorry, Mr. Bowles. We shouldn't be spouting nonsense!" "I asked, what were you two talking about?"

"It's... There's a girl in the lobby. She said she's here to look for her father! Everyone was talking about it... I got curious, so I went to take a look. I'm sorry, Mr. Bowles. I shouldn't be spouting nonsense behind your back. It'll never happen again; please give me a chance!"noveldrama

Confused, Willy couldn't put two and two together, giving them the side-eye. "What are you two still standing here for? Get back to work."