Chapter 49

"Ms. Jane?"

"Yes, Liam?"

"Mr. Rafael is coming back in a few days, right?"

"Mhm, he said that he only had two more branches to check up on and might even come back a day earlier than originally planned."

"Oh..." He fiddled with the corner of his page, making me look up from my book in curiosity.

"Why do you ask?"

"Um... There's something that I want to give him for Christmas, but I'm not sure if he would like it..."

I raised an eyebrow, having never seen him so unsure of himself before.

I knew that Achilles and Liam didn't exactly get off to the best start, but they had grown so close over the last few months that any passersby would've automatically assumed them to be a biologically related father-son pair. Liam rarely did anything without wondering about what Achilles would think of it nowadays.

I closed my book and walked over to him, wrapping my arms around him as I joined him in his cozy nest of a cushioned chair. Hugging his little body I reassured him, "I'm sure he would