It'll Come Naturally

"Oh my god! Are you jealous of that? You are even more childish than Spencer. I thought he was the only baby in this family!" Standing opposite him, Belinda reached out to straighten his crooked tie. "Haven't you heard of the saying? Love makes people childish," Duke said and lowered his head. There were only a few inches between their faces. He could steal a kiss on her lips if he bent forward a bit more. "Yeah, you're right. You know something? Probably your IQ is even lower than Richard at this time." Belinda thought that her son Spencer was much smarter compared with Duke, Spencer's father at the moment. When it came to mental age, Duke was behind by a mile, seemingly much naiver than the little cute Richard who was just a toddler.

"Hey, honey. Don't you think that your metaphor is a bit unpleasant and out of place while we're enjoying a tender moment here?" Duke felt a bit frustrated. The romantic atmosphere he had tried hard to create had immediately dissolved into thin air, thanks to her withering sarcasm.

"The tender moment only applies to you, not to me. All right. Now that you are here, take the chair at the meeting for me, please. I'd like to go and see Leena so would you, please?" Belinda had grown more exhausted taking care of the company's affairs and activities. She especially hated those standard routines and time killers such as meetings. If she had her way, she would reduce the meetings to once a week. Duke's arrival would free her from that burdensome daily affair.

"I am so sorry but I am going to have to refuse that. There's a brutal reality you have to face, that I just came here for a particular file, not to save your ass from a task that you hate. So, I'm afraid you need to take care of the meeting yourself," Duke said and walked directly to the desk. He bent over to check the file he had left here a few days ago. As a matter of fact, he could have sent Janice to fetch it for him. But he eventually decided to come here in person in order to see his beloved wife even though it had to take a bit of driving. "No, please! Duke, you have to help me with this one!" Belinda began to be unreasonable. She stood right in front him, stopping him from running away. If he had not come here, she would have no choice but to hold the meeting. But now that he showed up, she would never let him go that easily.

"Hey! What are you doing? They are waiting for me back at my office." Duke smiled wryly when she started acting up. He now realized that his decision to come here in person might have been a mistake. He just threw himself into the fire.

"Humph! That's your excuse." Belinda rarely acted like a spoiled girl. She would scoff at that kind of behavior if she were the former Belinda. But ever since she married Duke, she always wanted to see him lose his coolness or get out of control because of her. He was such a cool man who never lost composure that it was a small victory whenever she got her way. She had developed a way of acting coquettishly and pretending to be angry.

"Be a good girl, honey. I have to go now. A critical meeting is waiting for me in the Leng Group." Duke lowered his head and kissed her slightly on her lips before he left hurriedly. He would not stay there anymore. Otherwise, Belinda might pull on all the stops to pester him until he gave in.Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

"Hey, Duke. Don't go away! Hey! Damn it!" Belinda stamped her foot and spluttered. But he had already gone and was nowhere to be seen. Disappointed and furious, she could do nothing but to start preparing the documents needed for her meeting.

Duke did not slow down until he was far enough from Belinda's office. This lady had become better at using ladylike techniques in order to manipulate him. He was almost deluded by her and was really close to accepting her order just now. He felt that it was necessary for him to work out a counter plan to avoid being on the receiving end of this manipulation, being passive in every round, and falling into her trap without realizing it.

In the afternoon, Rain made a call to Annie, claiming that he would pick Huey and Joyce up from the kindergarten and would drive them back to her place in the evening.

Although Annie did not think that it was a good idea, she still agreed and let him spend a bit of time with the kids. She had promised before that she would give him time to spend with them, so she could not be selfish now.

It was the first time for Rain and his two little kids to spend time alone and without their mother. He started off early enough in advance to avoid the possible waste of time brought by the traffic jams. When he arrived at the kindergarten school, it was still early. But he was not in a hurry, so he sat in the car quietly, closing his eyes for a rest. Soon enough, he heard the bell and knew that the kids were coming out from class.

Just like Edward, Rain was eye-catching no matter where he went. Standing in the crowd consisting of parents and guardians waiting for the kids, he was extraordinarily noticeable.

"Daddy, it's you! But why are you picking us up? Where's Mommy?" Huey's face lit up the moment he spotted his father. He forgot to keep his reserved character and sprang at Rain happily.

"Don't you like Daddy to come here and pick you up?" Rain bent over and held him in his arms.

"I do! I was just surprised." Huey couldn't stop smiling every time he was in his father's arms.

"Where's your sister? I haven't seen her." Rain craned his neck to see who else was coming out of the gate but did not find his little girl.

"She has short legs, so she walks slowly," Huey said in a sympathetic tone. Actually, that was not the case. The truth was that Joyce had made a few friends when she became a member of the class. She was saying goodbye to them now.

"Hey, Huey. Can I talk to you about something?" Suddenly, Rain looked at Huey with serious eyes.

"Sure, what's that, Daddy?" Huey became a bit uneasy. It seemed that his father was about to tell him something that he wasn't ready to talk about.

"I need you to do me a favor. In the future, wherever you go, you need to wait for your sister and stay with her at all times. You are the man between you two, right? You have the responsibility to take care of her as the stronger one. Don't you agree?" Rain explained gently and patiently, hoping that his son would come to know the responsibility as a young man.

"Yes, Daddy, you are right. I'll keep it in mind. Hey look, it's Joyce!" Huey felt it was a bit unfair that his father asked him to do that. He was a bit jealous of his sister because now, both their mom and dad told him to take care of her. He just didn't feel it was his job to babysit his annoying twin sister.00000000000