My Mommy Is A CEO

During dinner one afternoon, Eve noticed that Lauren seemed troubled and cautiously asked him, “Lauren, what’s wrong?”

Lauren shook his head and said, “Nothing. I’m just worried about your health.”

Eve blushed at his words. Even though she wasn’t feeling well, her heart was still filled with sweetness. Since their conversation in the car the other day, their relationship seemed to have become clearer. They were only a thin veil away from breaking through.

Usually Lauren would appreciate Eve’s shy demeanor but today he furrowed his brow and continued speaking, “Eve, when your sister wasn’t around a few years ago and didn’t give you blood transfusions, then did you continue taking the same medication as you are now?”

“Um,” Eve didn’t know why Lauren suddenly asked this but nodded anyway.

“How did you feel back then?”

“Just like now. My condition hasn’t progressed but it hasn’t gotten worse either,” Eve thought for a moment before answering.

Eve didn’t think too much about it since she had already been dealing with her illness for so many years that she had probably exhausted all of her energy long ago. She originally came to see her sister to be by her side during her last moments and make up for lost time between sisters, but at this moment, she met Lauren instead – for the first time ever – Eve felt unwilling to let go of life so easily.

Thinking of this made Eve say again, “Maybe after so many years of taking the same medication, I’ve developed resistance to it. Next time I’ll ask my doctor what to do.”

After hearing what Eve said, Lauren became even more determined in his thoughts that never left him alone.

While they were having dinner together, Stoffer returned from outside, quietly opening up Eve’s room and only staying inside less than five minutes before coming out again.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

After finishing dinner, they each went back to their own rooms to rest until Stoffer came over later on reporting back, “Young Master, I’ve done as instructed by you. If things turn out as suspected… should we tell Miss Davidson?”

“It doesn’t matter whether we tell or not, because regardless of the outcome, Nia won’t get away with anything anymore!” Without Eva around, Lauren’s eyes lost its softness, revealing an icy coldness which was truly his original self.

Days passed one after another while seasons changed continuously along with worldly affairs rotating endlessly.

Under the protection of Webbex Group, Stable Growth thrived under Kevin’s management. The market showed leniency towards Stable Growth. Even though StandHill saw it as an enemy and Casper openly expressed his hostility towards Nia in public, they couldn’t stop Kevin from breaking into high society.

Before this, Nia had attracted many wealthy socialites with her luxurious lifestyle and completed many deals that relied on connections. This caused a split in Athegate’s financial circle between those who were friendly with Nia and those who were friendly with Casper. Only those who remained neutral could maintain wisdom and rationality, including Webbex Group and Davonnis Corp.

In the afternoon, Lucia laughed while looking at the report that Kevin submitted based on his principles of fairness.

“I underestimated Kevin,” she said. “I thought he was just a lackey following orders from Casper but he has proven to have independent abilities.”

Kane also looked at the report before saying, “Kevin is now closely tied to Nia so he can’t afford to slack off. However, Stable Growth’s ability to quickly break away from Casper’s influence is also thanks to our company’s protection. Lucia, don’t you want to take care of it?”

“No need,” Lucia replied nonchalantly. “StandHill has already gathered Miles’ forces together so I was planning on dealing with them anyway. Now we can let Stable Growth handle it.”

“Miles loves his son dearly,” Kane said half-mockingly. “I heard he moved half his assets over to StandHill for development, which has raised some speculation about whether or not he wants to shift focus onto Athegate.”

Lucia became even more doubtful upon hearing this news and sighed, “Indeed, Miles is too fond of his son…”

“But Miles’ actions are too hasty,” Kane continued. “Just when StandHill started making progress here in our territory, he hastily transferred assets over for his son’s sake, which doesn’t seem like him at all.”

“What do you mean?” Lucia asked Kane curiously.

“Miles has been known for being stubbornly set in his ways for years now,” Kane explained. “He even joined forces with other Lepus merchants back then against the Davis family moving in here, but now such a territorial person would easily agree to his son’s request? It makes people feel like there must be something else going on behind.”

Lucia nodded in agreement. This was one of the things that helped prove Casper’s true identity, but the more she learned, the more restless she became. Over the past month, there had been several times when she wanted to grab Lauren by the collar to confirm her suspicions, but knowing that everything was connected, she ultimately held back.

“Lucia?” Kane called out to Lucia, who was lost in thought, with concern.

Lucia came to her senses and smiled gently, saying, “It’s okay.” When she returned home that evening, she told Arthur about what Kane had mentioned. Arthur was not surprised.

“Arthur, you’ve thought of this a long time ago, haven’t you?” Lucia knew in her heart that whatever Kane could think of, Arthur must have already thought of it.

“I did think of it, but I didn’t mention it to you because there was no need to worry,” Arthur said softly as he combed Lucia’s long hair.

“Why?” Lucia turned to ask Arthur, her long hair sliding through his fingers because of her movement, teasing his heart.

Arthur lowered his head and gave Lucia a light kiss on her forehead, answering,

“As Casper becomes more and more pushy, Miles becomes less and less patient. Although I’m not sure how Casper is threatening Miles, given his personality, it’s likely that he will explode soon.”

Lucia’s thoughts stirred slightly, and she had to admit,

“Indeed, the best way to uncover his identity is for Miles to take action personally.”

“So, hold on.” Arthur gently grasped the end of Lucia’s hair and gave her a soothing voice.

Lucia, immersed in Arthur’s gentle eyes, couldn’t help burying her face in his arms and muttering,

“Sometimes I really want to rush up to him and ask him directly. Holding it in like this, I’m afraid of getting sick!”

Arthur couldn’t help but laugh at Lucia’s childish behavior, but he also felt sorry for her restraint. As he gently stroked her back, Arthur’s eyes drooped slightly. It seemed that Miles needed a little catalyst.

Ever since Libby caught Leon playing the recording, she had been uneasy. She was not foolish enough to ask Casper why he did it, so after much thought, she tentatively probed her husband’s tone for the first time during a routine check-in call.