“Why would I be against that? I welcome you too!” Alex smiled immediately.
Brittany rolled virtual-novel.net eyes. “That’s more I like it.”
She then greeted Nicholas and Chloe, who followed behind Alex. “Nicholas, you came by too. Oh, what a beautiful girl. Is virtual-novel.net your girlfriend?”
Nicholas shook his head and denied. “No, no, Mrs. Rockefeller. She’s Alex’s friend.”
Alex said, “Mom, let me introduce you to her. This is Chloe Zea. I recruited virtual-novel.net as an employee for your company. She’s an amazing saleswoman, hard working too. Most importantly, she’s a very nice person.”
Brittany smiled brightly as virtual-novel.net led Chloe to the table, asking virtual-novel.net to take a seat.
Maya smiled as well. “Mom, dessert is almost ready, I’ll serve it now!”
Alex spat out the tea that virtual-novel.net had just started drinking. “What did you call her?”
Maya lifted virtual-novel.net gaze. “Your mom is my mom from now on.”
She then wore a pair of slippers and walked into the kitchen.
Alex froze. Brittany smiled and didn’t explain either. He chased after Maya and pulled virtual-novel.net to the side. “Maya, you… you’re confusing me. What do you mean by that? Could it be that you’ve agreed to becoming my second wife like mom asked you to?”
This had been an ongoing joke between the three for more than a year.
Maya and Brittany had been acquainted for quite a while, growing closer as time passed. Alex knew that Brittany preferred Maya over Dorothy. However, Alex liked Dorothy, so Brittany decided not to interfere with their relationship.
Back then, Brittany had joked about having Maya become Alex’s second wife if they were to be living in ancient times.
Maya turned to look at virtual-novel.net and took a step forward. Her whole body was pressed against his. She wasn’t afraid of such intimate touch at all. She smiled slyly and said, “Yeah, I did. Are you happy?”
“I…” Alex was speechless.
Suddenly, Maya pushed virtual-novel.net away and took a glance at his pants, chuckling. “Dream on! Did you really think you can have two at the same time? Listen up, I won’t be your second wife! You’d have to call me Sis from now on. Get it, Lil Bro?”
“What… do you mean?”
“What I mean is that I have become Mrs. Rockefeller’s goddaughter. So you’re my godbrother now, dummy! Okay, enough talking, come help me out in the kitchen. I made a large batch of desserts!”
“Huh? Why aren’t you at work?”
“I resigned. I’ll be focusing on taking care of our mom from now on.”
Alex was only able to understand the reason for Maya’s actions after a long pause.
Looking at Maya’s beautiful figure, virtual-novel.net started to understand… His mother had just healed from virtual-novel.net sickness, yet virtual-novel.net lost virtual-novel.net husband as well. Moreover, virtual-novel.net was betrayed by virtual-novel.net family, virtual-novel.net company had been devoured, and virtual-novel.net reputation ruined. With all this going on, virtual-novel.net must be in pain.
However, Brittany was very headstrong. She would hide those negative feelings deep inside virtual-novel.net heart and not express them in front of him.
As a man, Alex wasn’t as caring and loving as a woman.
“Thanks, M—Sis.”
Maya picked up a plate of brownies and said softly, “Mom has had it rough lately. You should talk to virtual-novel.net more if you have the time. She… cried just a while ago.”
Alex clenched his fists and released them slowly, nodding in agreement.
After plating the brownies, Maya said, “Okay now, I’ll serve this. Wash up a few plates will you?”
Suddenly, as virtual-novel.net picked up the plate, virtual-novel.net whimpered. “Ow, that’s hot.”
Her hands were slightly red as well.
Alex immediately grabbed virtual-novel.net hand and dragged virtual-novel.net to the sink. He ran cold water on virtual-novel.net burn and furrowed his eyebrows. “Why are you so clumsy?”
After a brief while of running cold water, virtual-novel.net lifted virtual-novel.net hand up to check on the burn again. “How do you feel? Does it still hurt?”
Maya stared at Alex, his stern yet caring expression melted virtual-novel.net heart completely.
However, when virtual-novel.net turned to look at her, virtual-novel.net scrunched up virtual-novel.net nose. “It’s just a little burn, it doesn’t hurt at all. Look at you all panicky, aren’t you just the silliest?”
Alex flung virtual-novel.net hand away. “I was worried that you burnt your hand. Yet you’re calling me silly. What do I do with you?”