Chapter 836 Inquiring About Randall
Erik was puzzled. "Why are you asking about him?"
"Someone saw Randall getting into a Rolls-Royce at the company entrance the other day. Apparently, a lot of people saw Randall calling the driver 'Uncle.'"
Erik's mind flashed to the woman holding the baby earlier.
If his family background was that wealthy, it made sense that his relatives could afford to dine at the Rustic Hearth Cafe.
"A lot of people want to meet this hidden millionaire, and since Randall is also good-looking, our colleagues have been asking around about him."
"Has anyone asked Randall directly?"
Cody nodded. "Yeah, I did too. But since most people don't have a close relationship with Randall, he doesn't talk about his family."
Erik's eyes shifted slightly. "Come to my office, let's discuss this in detail."
At lunch, Teddy's clothes were stripped off by Vera.
He had gotten sauce all over his clothes, and Vera, annoyed, took off his little vest, leaving him bare-chested and completely unashamed.
After dropping Randall off downstairs, Vera also got out, ready to catch a cab to the Olteran Group.
Molly had to take an urgent call and drove herself back to the MS Group.
Vera asked Randall, "Why didn't you bring Susan back this time?"
Randall glanced at the unashamedly bare-chested Teddy. "She had something to take care of at home."
After answering, Randall said, "You two wait here. Susan bought me a blanket for winter naps to keep warm. You can wrap him in it to go to the Olteran Group. Showing up bare-chested won't help him become a future CEO, right, Teddy?"
Randall pinched his cheek and entered the elevator.
A moment later, he came back down with a thin blanket and wrapped it around the unclothed Teddy.
Susan's sense of consumerism was always ahead of the curve. This summer, she had already started preparing blankets for the winter. Anything she thought Randall might need, she bought.
So, having a thin blanket at Randall's place was quite normal.
It was almost two o'clock. Randall hugged Teddy. "I'll give you a kiss and then head back to work."
He gave Teddy a light kiss on the cheek, then helped the two into a cab. "You guys go ahead, I'm heading back up."
He ran back to the company.
Twenty minutes later, a wrapped-up Teddy appeared at the company.
He turned heads all the way.
People greeted him, "Hi, Mr. Teddy Olteran."
Teddy happily waved his arm out of the blanket to say goodbye.
Vera almost couldn't carry him.
They entered the executive elevator.
Teddy looked at himself in the mirror. "Mommy..."
Vera glanced at the security camera, then pulled off the blanket covering Teddy and lifted him up for the man on the other side of the camera to see. "Teddy got his clothes dirty while eating. Come and get him."
Teddy looked at the round camera lens, not knowing what it was.
In the office, the man's smile deepened. Watching Teddy's confused look and Vera's complaints on the monitor, he laughed, grabbed his light jacket, and headed to the elevator.
The secretarial staff had no idea why the CEO was suddenly standing at the elevator with a jacket.
Before the elevator doors even opened, they heard a clear voice calling out, "Dad... Daddy... Dad..."
Everyone knew Teddy had arrived.
When the elevator doors opened, mother and son were greeted by the smiling Mr. Olteran.
Patrick opened his jacket, stepped into the elevator, wrapped the unclothed Teddy, and handed the blanket to Vera. "Got dirty again and got scolded by Mommy?"
A naked Teddy was carried to Patrick's office, and Vera's first task was to put him in the sink for a good wash. "What did you do to get so dirty?"
Patrick was washing Teddy while Vera washed his clothes.
Vera said, "I hadn't seen Randall in a while, so Molly and I went to have lunch with him. You wouldn't believe it, he managed to spill all the sauce on himself and then cried because he wasn't full."
Ten minutes later, a clean and sweet-smelling Teddy was back.
Teddy propped himself up on the couch.
Vera had also finished washing Teddy's clothes.
In the mid-August heat, clothes dried in two hours of afternoon sun.
Vera, lazy and afraid of the sun, looked at Patrick. "Honey, go downstairs to the rooftop garden and hang Teddy's clothes. He can wear them after his nap."
Patrick agreed but needed to ask his wife about household matters. "There's no clothesline downstairs. Where should I hang them?"
Vera leaned out the window and pointed. "Just lay them out on the plants below. They'll dry quickly."
Patrick braved the heat, carrying Teddy's clothes outside. Along the way, colleagues glanced at the CEO's hands.
"Where are you going, sir?" Some senior managers, who could chat with Patrick, asked curiously.
Patrick indicated Teddy's clothes. "Hanging my son's clothes to dry."
Their CEO was increasingly looking like a father, his previously cold image completely gone.
Downstairs, Vera held Teddy, keeping an eye on the situation.
The rooftop garden occasionally had employees taking a break, strolling around.
But in the summer, there were fewer people, though some were still there.
Patrick looked around the flower beds with his phone, finding them all dirty. He called his wife upstairs. "Vera, these plants aren't clean."
Vera replied, "Just hang them anywhere. Teddy isn't that clean either."
Teddy turned his head, cutely sucking his lower lip, looking at his mom who was dissing him.
Vera met Teddy's gaze and said matter-of-factly, "You weren't that clean to begin with."
Mr. Olteran opened the clothes and pointed to a lush green plant. "How about here?"
Vera replied on the phone, "That's fine. Hurry back, it's too hot outside."
Patrick agreed, hung up, and turned to leave.
Seeing the employees still on the terrace, he advised, "It's too hot outside. Head back in if you don't have anything to do."
"Yes, sir."
Patrick returned to the office, greeted by Vera and Teddy at the door.
In the office, Vera lectured Teddy. "Your dad is so good to you. In this 108-degree heat, he went out to hang your clothes. Your dad is Patrick, you know. Give him a kiss when he comes back."
So when Patrick walked in, Teddy immediately jumped into his arms, hugging his face and giving him a kiss.
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