Josie shook her head helplessly. “Wasn’t the plane delayed? Why did you still come?”

“What are you talking about?” Lachlan walked straight into the mansion, speaking as he did so. “I missed Grape. Can’t I come and see her? And as for you, you’re being absolutely ridiculous. How could you take a child to such a place?”

“What should I do then, leave her at home? Wouldn’t that be a disservice to your efforts in setting the venue of the final in Sumanthova?” Josie half-jokingly said, trailing behind him.

Lachlan casually took the bag from her. “What nasty things have those little rascals been saying again?”

Josie didn’t tease him further. Instead, she pushed open the door to be greeted by Grape’s toys everywhere, among which the multiplication table hanging on the wall was particularly noticeable.

“Whose backpack is this?”

“Do you really think it’s mine?” Josie asked with a mix of helplessness and pride in her tone.

Grape proudly proclaimed, “It’s mine, Mr. Lachlan!”

“Can you not get carried away? She’s barely over a year old and hasn’t even been weaned off formula yet, and here you are, wanting her to recite multiplication tables?” Lachlan was incredulous, gently pinching Grape’s cheek.

against the edge of the table, Josie poured a glass of water to soothe her parched throat. “She’s interested in

also quite surprised by Grape’s natural talent in mathematics. Grape’s

him. They played together for an hour, but in the end, she was still a child and couldn’t resist the urge to

up a blanket and carefully walked over. Just as he was about to cover her with it, she suddenly opened

sat up. “I’m sorry. I was a bit

down, letting out a snort. “I thought after

realize it. “Has it been

and three months,”

said to me when I arrived in Sumanthova.” Josie squinted

accomplished it in just a year and a

about the chaos from that period, she couldn’t help but sigh. Back then, every day was exhausting, but she had

Keller Group wouldn’t be where it is

During my most challenging times, you assigned me the toughest tasks,

that time, she had just arrived in Sumanthova when she received a call from Lachlan, “Ms. Warren, you’re quite the diva, aren’t you? Postponing your start date for so many

brows. “I’m sorry. I’m already in

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