"Lest you forgot, I am talking about the robot that you gave me!"Shantal felt the need to remind Jodi when the other party started showing her the face that suggested she felt more conflicted than she actually was."I am just also equally frustrated just as much as how you are."Jodi said as she placed her left arm over the table and used it to support her head. The other party even had the audacity to shook her head and exhaled a deep sigh of lamentation as though she was the one who experienced receiving the shorter end of the stick.Meanwhile, when Shantal saw that expression on her face, she almost tried to erase her cousin's face right here, right there."You can't be more frustrated than I am."She started to argue with her and with a synchronized timing, the both of them turned their head in the direction where Alex was, almost at the same time.They observed Alex who happened to sit at the corner trying his best to pretend th

"Don't get me wrong, Aunt Mathilde, I am very grateful that you always sided with me when it came to making business decisions. But Ironscapes must choose between bankruptcy or a sale. This is purely business, nothing personal."Shantal already made herself clear and the more that her Aunt Mathilde was trying to persuade her, the more irritated she became.This was one of the reasons why Shantal hated talking to her relatives. She even refused to attend most of their family reunions due to that same reason.Because whenever they come to see her, they would always talk about their business with her.People always want to gain something from her and if not for their ulterior motive, they would not even think about asking Shantal how she was doing."Your late father chose to expand the company and was open to the idea of bending some of his ideals if needed. Don't you think you should do the same occasionally? I mean, there is no harm.""No, I'

One sunny day, while Alex was busy cleaning the room, Shantal suddenly approached him from behind."Get stripped"The other party issued such bold command without even batting an eyelid and Alex was taken aback when he heard that.He put his arms protectively across his body and looked at Shantal with wide eyes. Alex did not expect that Shantal was harboring such adult thoughts about him.Just the thought of Shantal wanting him to remove his clothes and get naked in front of her was enough to make his ear turned red.Shantal, on the other hand, has no idea why her robot was acting weird but she handed Alex a set of new clothes."Let me bring you out today. We are going somewhere so wear this."She added"Ahhh..."Alex, scratched the back of his head awkwardly when he realized what Shantal really meant by her words.'She should have made it clear from the start so that I did not end up putting another meaning b

"Hey, Alex! Who are you talking with?"Alex went stiff when he heard Shantal's voice from behind him.It turned out that just as when Harold cut their connection with Alex, Shantal, on the other hand, coincidentally walked to where Alex was.She saw him standing in front of her parents' portrait and for all she thought, her robot was only admiring the pictures.Little did she know that the party was actually planning about his escape."Hi, master. How long have you been there?"Alex asked as heAlex tried his best to keep a straight face and asked Shantal in order to gauge how much she heard if there was any."I just got here."Shantal answered without giving it much of a thought. Then she gave Alex a once over. She did not seem to notice anything out of ordinary from Alex so she added,"Anyway, I see that you are ready to go, so what are we waiting for? Come on!"She beckoned to the other party and headed

"I see that Arvin was not with you. Where is he?"Shantal asked Jodi as soon as she sat next to her."Oh, him. I asked him to go and fetched me some milk on the fridge but he has not come back yet. Perhaps he was having a hard time picking  which was the right one.""Hmmm???"Shantal raised an eyebrow when she heard that from Jodi.Just how hard could it be for a robot to identify milk???"Don't give me that look, Arvin is no fool. It is just that, I forgot to tell him the difference between the color-coded caps and I happened to place the milk bottle next to the rice wine. That farm that used to supply us those goods does not put labels on its container, remember?. So there is no way he could easily identify it.""Oh yeah, I was aware of that. I remember drinking a rice wine by mistake back when we were a child. That is why since then I never forget the red cap means milk and the yellow one goes to the wine."Sha