Chris's POVI visited the robot exhibition to support one of the companies that had formed a partnership with my company. They gave me a special invitation so that I could attend the exhibition without having to go through the troublesome registration process.We are also developing robots that are useful for human housekeepers, so coming here is also a very good opportunity to find out a lot of things for the good of our company's upcoming business projects."Where are they?" I asked Nathan. In addition to being my secretary, he's currently accompanying me at the robot exhibition as an assistant who records reports of my visit here.Nathan looked at the tab he was holding before answering. "We have to go deeper, sir. They're on the left side, in the centre of the entrance."I nodded, walking back to the place Nathan had told me about without paying attention to the various types of robots or the crowds around me. To me, the business I'm running is far more important than enjoying a t
Chris's POV "Mr. Chris." I vaguely heard Nathan's voice calling out to me, but I was still thinking about something so serious that I could feel a hard tap on my shoulder. "Mr. Chris, can you hear my voice?" He asked, which I could hear well this time. I turned my head, looking at my secretary, who immediately breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that I had regained consciousness from my reverie, but I was being casual. "What's wrong?" "Are you alright, sir? You seemed to lose focus for quite a while earlier." He asked again, frowning when he noticed my condition, which had no problems. I turned away, uncomfortable with his expression. "I'm just realizing my current situation, Nathan." The little boy I thought was clueless was stating something I had never thought of before. I looked at the robot in front of me again with a serious gaze, the boy said that this robot was not waterproof and I only noticed the mistake he was talking about after taking a better look. It was a bit
Chris's POV I immediately brought Richard closer when I saw him walking back from the figure of the man, away from the sight of him that I didn't want to meet. I looked at my son quite sharply, barely controlling my emotions. "Richard, how could you do something like that? You almost made Mom's heart stop beating." I said, holding both of my son's arms tightly. "Mom, there's no need to be afraid. I'm fine." He answered calmly, looking confident despite his long chat with the man. "That man didn't recognize me at all and just thought of me as an ordinary child." I paused, not feeling like agreeing with Richard's words. My son was a genius. Although Chris didn't know my son's identity at the moment, he must have also felt that Richard was not an ordinary child. "Hm... in my opinion, he's not very smart either, ma'am. He didn't realize the shortcomings of the housekeeper robot prototype on display there." Richard snorted. Staring at the direction he came from earlier with a dismissi
Adeline's POVI had just arrived at the Martinez family home, feeling exhausted from my journey back from my home with that damn man I called a husband. The servants welcomed me home, and without so much a word, one of them accepted my bag and cardigan so I could transfer them to my room."Mom, I'm here!" I called out to my mother as the maid walked away while I flopped onto the sofa.The woman who resembled me and was older came over and sat next to me, an expectant look on her face."How was it? Have you made any progress in approaching Chris and winning his heart?" She asked, taking one of my hands in both of hers. "Tell me when you've made it, Adeline.""I can't do it yet, ma'am." I was annoyed, thinking back to how that heartless man had treated me during our married life.I received only a bad attitude, not the warm and loving greeting I had always imagined. "He's so annoying! He ignored me and said that we could get married only because of an arranged marriage, not because of h
Adeline's POV"How did something like this happen to our company, Father?" I asked, really not expecting that something like this could happen so quickly. "Our family situation is going to get even worse!"I hadn't finished imagining the various summer collections I could achieve with this family fortune if the situation were normal. Still, the reality of our situation was such that my hopes were shattered.Not only that, even though I wasn't directly involved in the business, I knew that paying for the losses and covering the abruptly severed cooperation would make the family's fortune even less. Even just covering daily expenses would be difficult.My mom also protested, having just discovered the same thing as me. "Honey, you're just scaring us, right? You said yourself that our business would still be able to survive for a while longer!"My mother and I protested to Smith. The man just sat there and held both sides of the sofa he was sitting on tightly but didn't say anything for
Adeline's POVI returned to the house I lived in with Chris at nightfall, carrying the things I had brought earlier, and walked in. I had so much to think about that I would rather go home than see my stepfather again.The servants welcomed me back, and one took my luggage swiftly to my room. I followed him and asked. "Is Chris home yet?"The maid in front of me didn't answer and just kept walking. I paused, feeling surprised that a servant who looked younger than me didn't answer my question as a lady of the house. I gritted my teeth."Hey, I was asking you a question!" I snapped at the woman until she flinched and hurriedly turned her head.The maid bowed politely. "My apologies, Madam. What did you ask me just now? I was carrying things so that I couldn't listen.""Are you making excuses to my face?" I asked, holding back the anger that was already on the tip of my tongue.I'm already in a bad condition with being forced to accept my stepfather's unfounded anger and considering tha
Adeline's POVI felt a huge prickle in my head when I woke up, and my eyes were closed. The sunlight coming through the skinny curtains made me feel uncomfortable, and I wanted to lie down again, but I couldn't do it.Chris is already getting ready at this hour, so I should try to get close to him again. Last night was a failure, but that didn't mean I immediately gave up on my plan to conquer that guy."Ugh." I touched my forehead again as I moved to the end of the bed, reaching for the drink and hangover cure that the maid had prepared.I checked my appearance in the mirror and grabbed my sleeping robe, hurrying downstairs and not seeing Chris anywhere. Neither outside nor in his room, nor was his car there. He had left early in the morning.I gritted my teeth. "What an asshole!" That guy completely ignored me this time.I didn't care if anyone else was listening to me in the house. After all, there were only servants in this house, and there shouldn't be anyone who would dare to div
Adeline's POVI drove home a little drunk, but I knew that I wouldn't want to go back to the house where I and that guy lived today. It didn't feel good after having such a good time. I directed the taxi driver, who drove me to the address of the Martinez Family home."Hm, hm, hm." I hummed softly as I climbed the stairs to my room, knowing that no one was up at dawn yet.I was content playing around at the party, exchanging hot kisses and drinking freely, which I hadn't done in a long time after living with Chris. The men weren't very handsome, but they satisfied a small part of my desire to be with someone for a long time.It felt so liberating that I was already missing him again, even though I had forced myself to go home first. If I had been there longer, I might have ended up in the arms of one of the guys to continue doing something other than kissing.I smiled wryly. "Until the end, I was like this for you, Chris Damn it."I now felt tired and happy all at once and quickly fel