Tears clung to Mia's lashes as she knelt by the bed, gently dabbing her son's eyes with a soft cloth. The little guy fussed and squirmed on the mattress. "Hold still, sweetie, let Mommy clean your eyes so you can see Daddy clearly."

Once she finished, Mia gave his diaper a light pat. "Cry all you want, let Andre see just how loud you can be."

After scolding her son, Mia settled back on her heels and video-called her husband from a distance. "I shouldn't have spoiled him so much. Now he pouts at the slightest thing. I'm thinking of dropping him off at Dad's tonight. He's been spoiling him rotten lately; let Dad handle him."

Andre's face lit up on the screen, and their son, as if full of grievances, started babbling nonstop upon seeing his dad.

"Honey, are you in the car? Where are you headed?"

"Just wrapped up some work, heading back to the hotel now."

Mia sighed, "When are you coming back? Your boy and I are missing you."

"If all goes well, I'll catch tomorrow night's flight, and you two can see me the day after tomorrow when you wake up." "Ah, ah."

Mia lifted her bundle of joy, now smelling sweetly of baby lotion. "What's with the 'ah, ah' now?"

"Ah, ah, ah, ah."

Mia rolled her eyes, "Communication breakdown, and he's doubling down on it!"

"Honey, spanking our son doesn't count as domestic violence, right?"

as it's not severe, it doesn't

through the video call. "Don't

playfully spanked the

her son. "Off to Grandpa's you go, let you

she left the room with her son, only to return shortly after, alone and ready for some alone time with

sensed something off with Andre lately. After sending their son off, she gently broached more intimate topics,

depths, invisible and grim, their calls brought a glimmer of warmth to

a lengthy conversation, and as Andre prepared to shower, he found himself still caught up in their chat. He finally chuckled, "Mia, why don't you grab a glass of water downstairs? Let

her cheeks.

tired of me again. I wonder who Andre's been seeing outside, getting impatient

his shower, when he tried calling Mia

message from a colleague, "Boss, Old Walker

we'll make him come

got

Andre's team leaders, eager for a

stock trend of Walker Corporation displayed on his laptop, casually responded, "Let the stock drop another 10%, then we'll

leader with calls and messages, even sending people to

the team leader

Andre's lips curved into a cold smile, closing his laptop and taking

meeting with Andre? I'd like to invite him to dinner, as a token of goodwill," Old Walker tried to suppress his anger, sounding somewhat more humble than usual. "Didn't Mr. Walker just decline my invitation yesterday?" Andre's voice, cool and compelling, made Old

Walker shifted his tone. "Andre, there was an emergency at home yesterday, which is why I declined. Today, I hope you'll grace me with your presence and allow

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