Chapter 150 - Bribing A Child

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Seeing that it was a rare occasion for his girlfriend to make a trip to see him at work, the thought of wanting her to stay longer with him crossed his mind. 

"Why don't you two stay around? I'll finish my work quickly, and later, let's go out and have early dinner together."

Edith glanced at the piling documents on the desk, and then back at the man's expecting gaze. "It seemed that you have a lot of documents to look at. Hazel and I should go back first. Lest we were disturbing you."

Neil walked over to Edith, standing close enough that he could smell the scent of her shampoo. His throat rolled up and down, thinking that this woman was like a fragrant cake and he really wanted to take a bite. However, his niece was still in the office and he needed to hold back.

"That's more reason for you to stay." Neil bend down slightly and spoke in a low voice, "They said that women find a hard-working man very attractive."

Her head tilted sideways, pondering the meaning of his words. "What are you implying?"

"That's why you have to stay and watch me at work."

Edith found herself dumbstruck for a few seconds. The corner of her lips twitched as soon as she understood his meaning. "President Mo, why are you so childish today? If any of your staff heard this, they would think that someone had changed you with an impostor."

"Stay?"

Looking at the face that was trying to imitate Hazel's puppy dog eyes, Edith could not help to laugh. "Let's ask Hazel first. If she's not too tired, then we will stay."

Neil turned around to the little girl who was immersed in her drawing. "Hazel?" He watched the girl lifted her head and asked, "Do you want to stay at my office with Teacher Qian until I finished my work and head back together?"

Hazel blinked. "Will it take a long time?" She seemed to remember that these few days, her uncle would arrive home later than usual and missed dinner together. 

Before Teacher Qian came to live with them, she would often accompany her uncle at his office until he finished his work. Hazel could still remember how long it would take her uncle to finish his work. In the end, she even fell sick because she was too tired of waiting.

"No. If you're around, your Uncle Shawn will let me go home on time."

Edith, who heard those words suddenly wondered whether Assistant Shawn was the boss instead.

"Later, let's have your favorite chicken wings for dinner," Neil continued.

The little girl frowned slightly as she thought over the generous offer seriously. "What's the occasion?" She still remembered that her mother had told her eating fast food is not that good and she should only eat them on a certain occasion.

"A compensation," Neil said. "Because I ate your fruits earlier."

The frown on Hazel's face disappeared and was replaced with a very bright smile. "Alright." She turned to her teacher and said, "Teacher Qian, let's stay and accompany my uncle."

Edith snorted as she watched the proud smile on Neil's face.

President Mo, do you think it's good to bribe a child like this?

A few minutes later, Neil went back to his desk to settle his work while Edith walked over to Hazel's corner and accompanied her to draw. Looking at the colorful drawings, Edith seemed to find that recently, Hazel's drawing had started to change.

Hazel loved to draw her favorite bunny plush going on an adventure. In the past, this bunny in the drawing would be accompanied by a small cat. However, these days, that bunny plush would be accompanied by a robot… It was quite strange.

One creature was soft and fluffy, and another one was hard and steely. They were both fighting monsters in the forest.

Edith immediately thought of Alex, who seemed to love dragging this little girl to help him with his Gundam model each time Edith took her to Lily's place. 

Seeing how this robot had made its way into Hazel's drawing showed how much Hazel liked them.

After drawing for a while longer, Hazel finally grew sleepy. 

Edith carried the little girl to the sofa and covered her with a blanket. Seeing that the girl was sleeping beside her, Edith turned her head towards the hardworking man. His gaze was on his computer and his fingers danced as he typed something. 

Looking at the man's serious face, her heart skipped a beat. Un. Definitely attractive.

The cold air from the AC was blowing gently, and the clacking sound of Neil's typing on the keyboard slowly lulled her to sleep. Soon, Edith fell asleep with her head rested on the backrest.

Feeling something on her body, Edith jolted from her sleep. Checking at her surrounding, Edith found a thick blanket was covering her body. She tilted her head up and her gaze met with Neil's.

"Sorry, did I wake you up?" Neil touched the tip of his nose. He was too focused on his work, wanting to finish everything soon so that he could accompany his girlfriend and niece soon. He realized that the surrounding was too quiet and look out to find that both girls were sleeping on the sofa. 

Suddenly, he felt a bit guilty for his selfishness. He wanted to be able to look at his girlfriend whenever he looked up from the numbers and words in the documents and therefore, decided to hold them both in his office. Looking at how the two girls were sleeping, Neil was regretting his decision.

"Are you done with your work?" Edith asked. 

"Just a little bit more." Neil flashed a helpless smile. "Are you tired?"

"I'm fine." Edith flashed him a smile. "Get back to work so I can continue to admire an attractive man at work."

Neil chuckled at her words. Just as he was about to turn to his desk again, Neil heard Edith called his name in a soft voice. Turning around, he found that the woman stood behind him. Before he figured out what she was about to do, Edith had tugged at his necktie, pulling him forward before her lips met his in a short kiss.

The kiss ended before he was able to savor them, but there was still a smile in Neil's eyes as he looked at his girlfriend.

"An encouragement. So that you will finish your work faster."

A playful smile curved on his lips before Neil bent down to recapture that lips again. Seconds later, the kiss broke again. This time, they were interrupted by the sound of something heavy fall down on the floor.

Turning around, they both saw the surprised look on Assistant Shawn's face as he stared at them.. A few documents scattered at his feet.

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