Rubbing his throbbing head, Eugene said gently, “My relationship with Azalea isn’t as complicated as you think. I don’t like her, but I can’t just ignore the fact that she saved my life. The way you talked to her earlier was very rude, and you’re just embarrassing your mommy by doing that. She’s going to think that your mommy didn’t teach you well.”
The four children exchanged glances. Although North felt guilty, he still asked, “But if I don’t say anything, are you going to let her work at your company?”
Eugene frowned. “Didn’t I say that I made plans long ago? Besides, what’s the problem even if she works at my company? It’s not like I’m going to meet her in private.”
North pressed, “You might not want to meet her in private, but will she listen? If she can come to the school to see you, do you think she won’t go to your office to look for you?”
Carter piped up, “You will develop feelings for each other if you constantly see each other. The director said that this is because time brings love.” Blake said, “When Godmother finds out, she will be sad and jealous, and she’ll leave you in a fit of rage.”
Terry looked at him as well and added, “We will, too.” As soon as he spoke, the other three children nodded along in agreement.
Rendered speechless, Eugene leaned back on the couch languidly and looked at the children opposite him, feeling both infuriated and amused. He really was wrapped around their little fingers. “Then, do I just ignore her request for help?”
North suggested, “You can send her to one of the other companies under your name.” Eugene said, “That was what I was planning, but because of your interference, it’ll look like I’m avoiding her on purpose if I send her somewhere else.”
“I won’t let her pass Nolan Group’s interview,” North insisted. Carter said, “If she can’t pass herself, what’s the problem with you sending her to a different branch?”
Eugene kneaded his throbbing temples. “She’ll think that your godmother is being petty.” Blake retorted, “Don’t you think that you should flaunt it if your girlfriend gets jealous?” Terry spoke up breezily. “Do you want a girlfriend who doesn’t even get jealous?”
Eugene fell silent. What should he do? He couldn’t beat them in an argument at all. Not only that, he was even beginning to think that their words made sense.
Looking at him, North declared haughtily, “Reject her the way you rejected my mommy back then, or you can never come back again.” Carter nodded. “Let Godmother move over to our place.”
Blake joined in, “And we’ll rent another house.” Carter asked, “Can’t we live together?” Shortly after saying that, however, he frowned. “But the house is too small for all of us. Besides, there’s North, too.”
Terry declared, “We’ll change to a bigger one.” Satisfied by his decision, the four children then began to discuss where they should buy a house, how big it should be, and whether a villa or an upscale neighborhood would be better, completely ignoring Eugene, the person directly involved in this matter.
Seeing that, Eugene really wanted to pick each of them up and give them a good spanking. These sons of his really were born to annoy him. No, this won’t do. He had to quickly get married to Olivia and have a daughter with her to restore the balance in their household.
As he looked at the children who had already begun to talk about looking for a realtor, he felt his blood rushing to his head.
“All right, enough. What do you mean, change houses? I never said that I’ll allow Azalea to work at the company. Is this necessary?”
North refuted, “You said that you’ll tell Curtis to make arrangements.” Eugene explained, “I told him to make arrangements, but I didn’t say it would be at Nolan Group.” North raised an eyebrow nonchalantly before glancing at the three other children.
Eugene’s gaze swept across the children as he explained, ‘Actually, I’ve been thinking of telling you kids something. The reason I moved here is to pursue your mother, and if you want to live together, you can move back to the villa with me. I can send someone over to clean it up right now. That way, you can go to school together every day and live with your godmother and me. We won’t have to worry about you either.”
