Chapter 97: CHAPTER 97: LET'S HAVE OUR OWN BABY
" We were friends. . . a long time ago, " he muttered and looked straight ahead with a dark expression, not wanting to be reminded of the horrible thing he had done to his family.
Clara watched his reaction and sighed. Maybe something big had happened between them. She put on a smile and decided not to inquire further. She could ask Carl. He would probably tell her, right?
Her eyes darted to his side profile and noticing his clenched jaw, she sighed. Maybe it was not the right time to tell him about her relationship with Carl.
When they arrived at the company, she went directly to the private elevator and soon got to the office.
As she entered the door, her gaze landed on Carl who was sitting across the desk and deeply engrossed in his work. He had slept in the office last night and the slight dizziness in his eyes showed that he had worked throughout the night.
She sighed and sauntered toward him after dropping her bag on the couch.
Carl looked up with a smile as the girl wrapped her hands around his neck from behind. " Morning..." He greeted her back with a chuckle and twirled the chair to face her.
Clara gasped as she was suddenly shoved onto his lap and she chuckled. " Carl? " she said some minutes later as they watched the city through the large floor-to-ceiling window.
" Mm?" He made her face him then pecked her cheek which earned him a giggle from her.
" Have you heard from Zach, any progress.?" She inquired while gazing into his eyes. She had informed Mira about what really happened, who had told her later on that Mum Sara had held Zach back.
" Mm, he's trying his best. . .," he replied and watched as she suddenly got up from his lap and went toward the couch then took her bag and opened it.
After finding what she was looking for, she returned and sat back on his lap. " Carl, isn't she cute?" She held the small photo up and they both gazed at it.
Carl took the picture while staring at it then heaved a deep sigh. " Yeah, she is cute, " he said with a nod. The little girl reminded him so much of how Lucy looked like when she was born. His heart ached for his brother as he had lost his first child without even getting to know her.
" I hope they would return soon." She sighed, referring to Zach and Mira and Carl nodded after retaining his calm expression.
They remained like that for some minutes, staring at the bustling city below while listening to each other's breath silently. Then Carl looked down after a while and chuckled. " Clara?" He said and she turned her head toward him with a smile.
" If you want, we can also have our own baby, " he whispered then paused as he watched her pupils dilate. " Now " he added after leaning in closer to her ear and chuckled as he watched her mouth dropped.
" N..now?" she stammered and darted her eyes to everywhere but him.
" Mm." Carl nodded and held her tighter. " Now." He repeated while watching as her face turned to a shade of red then he laughed.
" Y..you. . . get away from me." She struggled out of his grip and ran toward the couch while covering her blushing face with both palms. And Carl laughed behind her while shaking his head.
She slowly rearranged her shirt which was crumpled slightly from his tight grip and huffed. Her gaze darted toward him and noticed that his eyes were still on her. Then he suddenly winked at her. 'Hmph, so shameless.' She quickly glanced away, while hiding her blushing face from him then took out her phone after some time.
She played with her phone for some minutes then got bored as she kept losing on the game. She turned her head toward the huge desk ahead and gawked at his face for some time. ' Wow, it's no wonder they say a man looks more handsome when he's working.' She chuckled and stared at him dreamily with both palms on her cheek then stood up and sauntered toward the bookshelf.
She picked up a novel from the many storybooks that were not there before which she knew he had put there because of her. She was about to walk back to the couch but suddenly paused and tilted her head then glanced back at the man who was still working tirelessly. ' Hmmm, I'm totally useless. as an assistant, I don't even lift a finger and lazy around all day.' She sighed. But the only thing she knew how to do was programming, not some complex charts that she couldn't even make out the figures.
She put back the novel then picked one of the commerce books with a bitter expression. She had to at least try and contribute something even though she doesn't know much.
Some hours later, Carl looked up from his work and chuckled at the girl whose eyes were fixed intently on a book. He stood up and wondered if she could even understand its words as her frown deepened with each second.
" What is that?" He asked as he went behind her on the couch and stared at the book's content.
" This..." Clara frowned and closed the pages to glance at the book cover again.
Carl chuckled and took the book from her hand after sitting beside her on the couch. " You want to learn it?" He asked while staring at the girl whose expression had suddenly brightened.
" Yes yes..." She snuggled closer to him and placed her head on his chest while staring up at the book in his hands.
" Mm." He nodded and started reading out the words. After some seconds He frowned slightly and glanced toward the girl then caught her gawking at him. " Focus," he ordered and shook his head with a chuckle then looked up at the book again.
Clara looked down quickly and facepalmed herself inside. ' this is so embarrassing'. She laid her head back on his chest while he played with her hair and started teaching her its contents again, starting from the complex words and statistics which she repeated after him.
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