Chapter 59
“Mommy’s right here, Lucian” Lorraine said to the boy the following afternoon. “Tli just watch you and Lur in play from here” She sat down on the
bench
“Okay, Mommy” Watch in while we fly the unmanned aircraft?” Lucian said excitedly before running over to Lucio on the large garden field.
The two boys were playing with a flying plane controlled by a remote,
“Hahaha! Look upu Lascio! Isn’t this awesome! I think we can fly higher than that tree?”
Lucio jumped up in excitement. Soom, he wanted to grab the remote from Lucian
“No! Wait for your tim!” Lasian protested, refusing to hand it over, moving to a different spot instead
“Ahh” Lucio complained and followed quickly, trying to snatch the seminte again
“I said no! You can have it after we fly past the top of the treef
Lorraine couldn’t help but laugh. No matter how brainy they were, kids would always he kiss.
The two boys kept tugging at the remote. Lucian, being stubborn, didn’t want to share and ran away from Lucio, while Lucio whined and poured. chasing his brother
sttack in a
in a tree branch.
Eventually, they both ended up rolling on the grass as they wrestled for control of the remote, while the plane wa
was now
Instead of scolding them. Lorraine just laughed. She let them wrestle, as did the three maids watching over them, who didn’t seem to care about the boys argument either.
When Lucio finally got his hands on the remote, he ran off, but since the plane was
Is stuck in
the tree, it couldn’t fly.
“Youuu! Give it back, Lucio! You’ll break it” Lucian shouted.
Lucio shook his head and ran, but before he could get far, he tripped and fell face–first into the grass,
“Oh my gosh!” Lorraine choked on her cookie and stood up in shock
“Oh no! Lucio
She hurried over to him. When she helped him up, he was quietly crying, holding his nose.
“Let me ser, Lorraine knelt to examine his face. Seeing that there were no cuts, she sighed in relief. “You’re so stubborn. You should’ve just waited for Lucian to finish. She then turned to Lucian. “And you could’ve just let him have a turn. Look what happened.”
Lucian pouted. “Sorry, Mommy”
Lorraine wiped Lucio’s tears and rubbed his back. “Oh dear! Look at you, your clothes are soaked with sweat!” She felt Lucian’s back as well, which was equally sweary. “You two are going to catch a chill! Come on, let’s head to the bench.”
She carried Lucio while holding Lucian’s hand and instructed one of the maids to fetch towels and undershirts for the boys.
“Take off your shirt, Lucian,” she ordered, and he quickly obeyed:
Since Lucio was still crying, Lorraine gave him some juice to calm him down before removing his sweaty shirt.
“Mommy!
Our toy is stuck in the tree!” Lucio cried out.
Lorraine sighed, going up at the big tree before making a decision.
“Oh no! Mommy, you might fall
A
“Ma’am, please come
downr
Lorraine was gripping the tree branch tightly, struggling to reach the toy plane stuck in the branches, while trying to keep her feet from slipping.
How did she end up in this situation? It was because none of the male gardeners listened to her when she asked them to retrieve the toy. Whenever she approached to ask for help, they quickly avoided her and ran off. She knew it was because Callisto had ordered that no one should assist her, or
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they’d lose their job.
She wouldn’t have climbed this tree if Lucian and Lucio hadn’t been whining so much. Now here she was, doing everything she could to get their plane bark
“Almost there!” she grunted, trying to reach the toy. When she couldn’t quite get it, she climbed onto a sturdier branch. This wasn’t the first time she’d clumbed a tree–back in the province, she had to climb to pick fruit from the neighbor’s trees to survive,
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“Mommy!” She could hear the boys crying below
She snorted in frustration. These little rascals!”
Up in the tree, Lorraine noticed large ants and other insects she found disgusting. Her skin was still sensitive to their bites, so while gripping the branch tightly, she tried to avoid them
Once she was securely positioned, she stretched her arm again. A smile formed on her face as she finally reached the toy plane. But it was wedged tightly between two branches, and tangled in leaves, making it difficult to pull free.
“Just a little more,” she muttered, careful not to force it too much and risk breaking the wings.
“Hey, you! What the heck do you think you’re doing?!”
Lorraine gasped at the loud, deep male voice from below.
“Oh, Callisto!! It’s
It’s your
“C–Callisto?” Her eyes widened as she glanced down in surprise. But the sudden movement made her feet slip. “Aaahh!! Her heart raced as she almost fell, but she quickly grabbed onto the branch, preventing herself from dropping-
“Мотиву!!”
“Heyyy!”
Clutching the tree, Lorraine looked down at the people below. The two boys were now crying harder, while Callisto stood with his arms crossed, his eyebrows furrowed in a deep frown.
“Get the hell down from there he commanded, glaring at her from a distance.
trying to get the toy, I don’t want to stay up here either, dulu??
“O–Okay, Callisto! I was just tr
“What?”
“Just wait!” she shouted back. She almost lost her balance again, thanks to him! What was the point of climbing if she couldn’t get the toy! it’d all be for nothing:
She repositioned herself and reached for the toy again.
“Do you not know how to listen! I said get down from there, woman” Callisto yelled, clearly irritated, which only annoyed her more.
“Such a nuisance!” she muttered. “I can’t concentrate because of him
“One!” Callisto began counting.
“Wait a minute” she called out.
“Two!
“Am I a child“?” she blurted out in frustration
Til send you back to your province if you don’t get d
down now! You’re scaring the boys!”
She froze. Send her back to the province! “Arghh!” In her panic, she lost her balance again. “I–I’m coming down! Here I–aaahhhhh??”
Time seemed to slow as she lost her grip on the branch and felt herself falling
“Kyaaaahhh–ouch
Her back throbbed as she landed hard on a strong arm. She could even feel the man’s hard watch pressing against her arm, mal
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For a moment, her eyes locked with Callisto’s. She hadn’t expected him to catch her from that high up, even though she still got hurt. Otherwise, she might’ve broken a bonet
But her sudden disdain registered on her face seeing Callisto smirked. “What are you doing here! It’s your fault I almost broke a bone! Let go of me
Callisto smiled gently. “Wife, I need to talk to you. Can I h
I have at least a minute with you?”
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