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Just as Zayn was about to scold Danica, there was a loud knock on the door.
“Mr. Meyer, I.....” Bethany said as she pushed the door open. However, she stopped talking when she saw that there was someone else with Zayn in the room and even the atmosphere in the room was way too intense for further discussion.
“Oh! I didn't know that you have a visitor, I'll come back later” Bethany turned to leave.
Danica was boiling with anger when she saw her entering the office earlier, and she heaved a sigh of relief when she offered to leave. However, the expression of hatred returned to her face when she heard Zayn asking her to stay back.
“Bethany, you can say what you want ” Zayn called after her.
“It's not a big deal, Mr. Meyer, I'll come later when you're with Ms. Medina” she stole a disdainful glance at Danica.
“I ask you to stay back,” Zayn said.
“Hope Ms. Medina doesn't mind this at all?”.
Hearing her question, Zayn looked at Danica and said, “You can leave now, I'll let you know my answers”.
“Okay” Danica grudgingly dragged her wobbling legs out of the room.
As soon as Danica stepped out of the room, she clenched her fists tightly and hit her heels on the ground very hard.


Bent stood in front of the door and knocked loudly. Zayn who was still busy discussing with Bethany was instantly pissed off when he heard the loud knock on the door, he thought that Danica had still not left even after he asked her to go.
“What are you still doing here? Didn't I Zayn yelled before flinging the door open, however, he was shocked by the appearance of the person standing before him. It wasn't Danica at all.
"Woah! Watch out, man!" Bent shouted as he tried to dodge in a dramatic turn. "Were you expecting me perhaps? You should have told me earlier, Bent said as he straightened up his suit. His tone was filled with mockery.
“How could you target your innocent brother like that? I simply came around to visit you and you have other malicious codes waiting for me? I'm so hurt by this!” Bent pretended to be sad.
While mincing on his words, he silently pushed Zayn aside and sneaked into the room before Zayn could think of shutting him out.
“You.....” He was about to say something when a flippant voice could be heard coming from outside, "You could've asked me to do anything for you, you know? "Huh?"
Bethany turned her head puzzledly. Bent walked into the room casually while holding a document. He stood next to her
"Mr. Meyer." Bethany greeted him politely.
Bent first glanced at Zayn who had an emotionless face. He then looked at Bethany," heard you. You're looking for someone to go along with you to the Fair age” Zayn frowned but he did say anything. He stared at Bethany, wanting to see what she would say. Bethany didn't disappoint him. She bowed and apologized to Bent, “Thank you, Mr. Meyer. But you don't need to come. I'll manage ”
There was a hint of anger in Bent's eyes because Bethany rejected him cleanly. But the anger soon disappeared, "Why not me? I'm not that much different than Zayn.
“Well!" Bethany looked at Zayn, "My boss had a son who looked a bit like Mr. Meyer. If he agreed to come, the people wouldn't suspect if he was the real son or not.
It was true!
Zayn couldn't help but smile. His mood improved because of what she said. Bent didn't like hearing that. He lowered his eyes and tried to hide the sham in his eyes, he then chuckled, "So what if they looked similar? They would certainly play games during the family visit and right now it's not convenient for Zayn to participate in physical activities. It's no use if he goes!”
"Oh..." Bethany was taken aback.
What he said was true and she had completely forgotten about this. Bethany was slightly convinced by Bent. Seeing this, Zayn's eyes turned wintry. He stood up from his wheelchair, “I'll go with you on the weekend.“But you're still recovering, Mr. Meyer.."Bethany pursed her red lips.
She was happy that he agreed to it, but she was worried about his injury. Earlier she had deliberately made that call in front of Bent's men knowing that he would be ravaging this place in an attempt to convince her to let him go.
Knowing how Zayn is, he would seize the opportunity to keep him away by agreeing to come along instead with this done. Jenna would be able to have a complete family during the day out without even trying so hard.
Bent pushed his glasses and said, "Yeah, you should rest and recover, Zayn. If you went and your injury got worse, they would blame it on Bethany."
Zayn ignored him completely and looked at Bethany before he answered casually, "I'm fine as long as the activity isn't too vigorous. Okay, go back to work for now. I'll contact you later." He ordered and Bethany obeyed. She thanked him and left the room.
Bent stopped putting up an act after Bethany left. He showed his true colors and said maliciously, "Zayn, I didn't know that you care for her so much. You didn't even mind standing in as the son at the expense of your d. Say, what do you think Danica would do if she found out about this?"
Zayn squinted his eyes upon hearing Bent. His dark eyes turned frigid, "Bent, I'm warning you. You better not cause problems" Bent scoffed, "So what if I do anyways? What can you do about it?"
"I dare you to do anything stupid," zayn replied coldly and Bent stared at him for a while and laughed, "Look at you I'm just joking and you're taking it so seriously.
Whatever, here are the documents that you wanted.” Bent passed Zayn the documents. But Zayn didn't take it from him. Bent didn't mind, he shrugged his shoulders and placed them on the table. After that, he then left the room.
Soon after, Gael walked into the room. He was holding a thermos. Zayn sat in his wheelchair and looked at the thermos. He frowned slightly, "Why are you bringing that in?"
"Mr. Meyer, Ms. Quest passed this to me just now. She made you some herbal soup and she said that it's great for your recovery” Hearing this Zayn was stunned!
“Are you saying that Bethany prepared that for me? Zayn felt warm inside hearing Gael say that, he was delighted.
Gael placed the thermos in front of Zayn, "Mr. Meyer, would you like to have some right now”?” He asked looking toward Zayn. Zayn didn't answer Gael thought that Zayn didn't want any. Hence he reached out his hand and was going to take the thermos away. Zayn noticed and pursed his lips as he said, “What are you doing?”I'm bringing it back to Ms. Quest!" replied Gael innocently. Zayn glared at him coldly, "Nobody is telling you to do that. Put it in the kitchen for now and warm it up later for lunch.
"Okay" Gael's mouth twitched as he answered. The boss should have said so earlier if he wanted it. Not letting me guess wrong! Later in the day, during lunch, Zayn had herbal soup. It was warm and rich. He could tell that someone spent time and heart making it. Soon, Zayn finished everything. He then gave the thermos to Gael, telling him to pass it back to Bethany. Gael found Bethany in the office canteen. She was still eating. He gave her the thermos and said, "Ms. Quest
Mr. Meyer wanted me to thank you for the soup. He said that it was delicious.
"Really?" Bethany grabbed the thermos happily. She was afraid that he wouldn't like it but Zayn was happy with it. Not only did he drink it, but he also finished it. She probably could continue doing this. Bethany smiled. The way ugh indeed food, isn't it? She thought to herself with a sneaky smile under her bright eyes.
In the evening, Zayn had a meeting with some clients at Cafe blue.
He wasn't well enough to go on his own so Gael held him by the hand as they made their way into the spacious and luxurious cafe. As soon as they stepped into the open space, Zayn noticed a familiar figure sitting with her back turned toward him, while her hands were resting on the shoulders of a little child in a comforting way.
“Shush! Don't cry already, dad is not going to come around if you cry like this. Just listen to me, Jenna” Erica tried to comfort the child but she won't listen. Hearing the sound of a crying child and the familiar figure in front of him Zayn decided to go over and have a look at what the problem was.
“What's wrong with her? Why is she crying?” Zayn asked when he realized that the little bit was ica quickly stood up when she saw him standing there, “Mr. Meyer, what are you doing here?”




“I have a meeting with some business partners. Why is Jenna so upset?” He asked again, narrowing his eyes to look at Jenna who had refused to stop crying.
“It's nothing Mr. Meyer, I'll handle it” Erica smiled.
“There is a big problem, mommy, why don't you tell him. I want him to be my daddy”.
Jenna shouted amid crying. “What is Jenna talking about, Miss Burnett? You can tell me about it, I might be able to help you out with it” He urged.
“This is embarrassing, Mr. Meyer.” Erica pretended to be embarrassed.“ They have a family day out this weekend, well you know our situation, right? Well.....she wanted a dad and I can't provide her with one so she's upset and won't stop crying”. Erica explained with a flustered face.
After listening to her explanations, Zayn couldn't help but bring himself to squat in front of the little girl and took her hands into his.
“You want to go to the event, right? Is that why you are so upset?” He asked.
Jenna simply nodded her head and looked up at him with expectations written all over him.
“Okay, stop crying now, I'll come to your school as your dad. So you won't feel bad about anything ” Zayn assured.
“What? Are you going to be my dad?” Jenna was instantly thrown into a haven of joy as she leaped up with joy. However, the happiness on her face only lasted for a second as she suddenly recalled something.