novelxo Chapter 39
Chapter 39 Gifts From Heaven
Upon hearing the words “Ms. Shelley,” Colton instinctively turned his gaze toward the two female employees. It seemed that they also noticed. Colton’s presence as they nodded at him and quietly retreated to a corner.
When the elevator reached the eighth floor, they bolted out of it as fast as they could.
Colton casually withdrew his gaze.
Francesca only dared to contact Marcus after she was certain Colton had left. “Where are you guys?“”
“We’re at the IT department. You’d better come and take a look.”
Though it might just be Francesca’s misperception, Marcus sounded a little odd.
She hurried to the IT department. As soon as she entered, she saw a group of people gathered around a computer and pointing at it. Marcus and Luna were standing behind the crowd with looks of helplessness on their faces.
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Francesca cast a glance around and immediately tensed up. “Where’s Lukas?”
Luna ran over and hugged Francesca’s leg. She pointed to the mass of people huddled closely together and said, “Luke’s over there!”
As Francesca regarded the massive crowd, she was briefly stunned. “What happened?”
“When Lukas came in just now, he happened to see the IT department staff coding, and he… offered a few suggestions.” Marcus‘ expression was
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slightly ambiguous. From any perspective, the sight of a four–year–old child instructing an IT department staff with a straight face was quite amusing. Moreover, everything he said was actually correct.
Luna gave several nods. “Then, Luke started working on it himself! All those misters gathered around him and swamped him!”
Francesca did not expect that to be the reason, so she could not help but laugh.
It was at this moment that the head of the IT department became aware of Francesca’s presence.
He was usually shy and reserved when he saw Francesca, but for the first. time, he approached her enthusiastically. “Is this the child you brought? He is truly gifted! You must persist in nurturing his talent, as the future development of our nation’s technology depends on him!”
Francesca coughed lightly. “That’s going too far…”
“How could that be going too far?” The head of the IT department looked at her with frustration. “Just now, he approached coding from the perspective of DevOps. That’s impressive! You know…”
In the past, the head would only answer countless questions with a few. words, but now, he was elaborating on a single question for nearly ten. minutes. It was not until Marcus came over and led the man away that Francesca was able to recover from the countless professional terms.
At this point, Lukas had also finished his demonstration. With a composed expression, he ran over to Francesca and stood still beside her.
The members of the IT department all looked at him with smiles on their faces. One by one, they took out their treasured snacks and handed them.
to him.
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Upon witnessing this scene, Francesca was somewhat amused. Could this be considered a show of affection from the tech geeks?
On the way back to the CEO’s office, Luna was also fed quite a few snacks by the ladies in the secretary’s office. The young girl’s face was flushed with excitement as she chirped. “Cynthia, your company is just so much fun. I want to come here every day.”
Behind her, Lukas quietly straightened up.
Francesca bent down and tapped Luna’s nose. “You just want the snacks, don’t you? In a few days, you’ll be starting kindergarten, so you’ll only be able to come here occasionally.”
“What?” Luna whined in disappointment. This was already the second time she had heard the word “kindergarten.” “What’s so fun about that place? Is it even more fun than your company?”
“Of course. Many teachers and classmates will be there. You’ll definitely like it,” Francesca said, trying her best to be convincing.
After pondering for a moment, Luna reluctantly nodded. “All right then.”
Noticing that Lukas‘ face had somehow gotten dirty, Francesca hurriedly took out a wet wipe to clean it for him. As the two of them got closer, Lukas suddenly asked, “Is the man who came today him?”
Francesca’s movements paused for a moment, and she subconsciously squeezed the wet wipe in her hand.
Her gaze met Lukas. She couldn’t bring herself to lie while looking into the child’s clear and innocent eyes.
“Yes,” Francesca admitted with difficulty. She thought that the children would blame her for being selfish, for depriving them of the right to meet their biological father just for her own desires. But they didn’t.
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Lukas placed his soft hand against Francesca’s check and said, “Mommy, you weren’t happy when you saw that person. I’ll find you a perfect husband, so you won’t be sad anymore.”
Francesca stood frozen in place. She never expected Lukas to say things to her.
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“Do you not blame me?” She thought for a moment and added, “You might have had the chance to meet him originally.”
Lukas shook his head without hesitation. “I don’t want to see him.”
At that instant, Francesca did not know how to describe her emotions. All she could do was look at Lukas with mixed feelings and gently pat his head.
Luna ambled over, munching on her jelly. She asked, “What are you guys doing? Why do you look unhappy? Is it because Lukas is too dirty?”
Francesca suddenly burst into laughter, and she left a kiss on both Luna’s and Lukas‘ faces. “You two are the best gifts that heaven has given me.”
Meanwhile, when Colton arrived at the hospital ward, Elsa eagerly greeted him, “Colt, you’re here.”
Her face was rosy, and she was beaming. Nothing suggested the pitiful and miserable person she had been on the phone.
Colton’s face gradually darkened. “Is this what you meant by not feeling. well?”
The smile on Elsa’s face froze. She tried to hold onto Colton’s hand, but he skillfully avoided her grasp.
“I just…” Elsa looked at him with red, teary eyes. “You haven’t come to see me these past few days. I’ve been so scared staying in the hospital all by
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She lowered her head gently, her voice a little choked up.
Seeing Elsa in this state, Colton knew he should say something to comfort her, but he did not want to say a single word right now.
As if realizing Colton was genuinely upset, Elsa quickly wrapped her arms. around his waist. “I’m sorry. I just wanted to see you so badly. It’s not just me, but the baby in my belly too…”
The method that was usually effective did not work this time.
Colton merely shot her a look and said, “If you’re too bored, I can get someone to chat with you.”
Elsa stiffened.
Just as she was thinking about how to appease Colton’s anger, his next words sent chills down her spine.
“Eight years ago, on Charles‘ birthday, you took a call from Francesca for me. She clearly told you she was seriously injured, but you told me she only had a minor injury. Do you remember that?”
Elsa stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Colton quickly caught her with his swift reflexes.
Still shaken, Elsa looked at Colton and asked, “Did that really happen? I don’t seem to remember anything.”
As Colton watched Elsa pretend to be oblivious, he made no comment. His gaze fell on her lower abdomen.