You More Than Anything In The World

The six children were all excited.

Gavin dragged Tim around the place to look at everything with wide, curious eyes. Among the children, he was the one who had seen the least of villages.

“This place is beautiful!”

“Agreed! It's even prettier than the last time we were here!”

Looking at the children's merry expressions, Arissa smiled. “Not only is this place pretty, but the air here is fresh too.”

“The place is especially pretty when there is mist in the morning. There's also a lake right in front that looks different depending on the season. It's a beautiful place. Do you all want to take a look at it?” Mary asked as she looked at Kingsley and the others.

“We don't have much time today. Let's go there another time.”

Kingsley could not simply agree to that, for there was a great chance that Benjamin would just leave him behind.

Meanwhile, the children had run into the courtyard.

“Grandaunt, let me take you in,” Arissa said to the elderly woman.

A brief glimpse at the courtyard told her that Bradley's car was not around—it seemed like he was out. Hence, she called him.

After all, they were quite far from the village, and it would be tiring to walk there.

Once Bradley found out that they had arrived, he let out a happy cry and quickly drove back.

“Give me a few minutes, Boss!”

“Sure!” Arissa giggled.

Benjamin then turned to look at her with furrowed brows.

A beat later, the man shot a glare at Ethen. “You didn't prepare a car for us?”

That was Ethen's mistake, so he bowed in apology.

“Mr. Graham, the cars are at Northstream. I didn't make arrangements because I thought it'll be fine with Bradley here.”

Benjamin's frown deepened. “I'll be deducting a month's bonus for that.”

When Arissa heard him berating the innocent Ethen, she interrupted, “Bradley is here. There's no need for him to make any transportation arrangements. There's no need for this much trouble. Bradley will be back in a while. I don't think Mr. Frank has done anything wrong. You don't need to deduct a month of his bonus, do you?”

Promptly, Benjamin turned to glare at her with a gloomy look on his face. He could not believe that she was defending Ethen.

“I'll deduct yours then!”

His words rendered her speechless for a while.

I barely worked. If that's what he wants, then I'll just let him do that.

“Deduct it then.”

With that said, she turned away from Benjamin.

On the other hand, Mary felt bad when she overheard their conversation.

“I've troubled all of you.”

“It's fine. He always says that. Don't take it to heart, Grandaunt.”

Right then Arissa stole a glance at Benjamin, but to her surprise, she ended up meeting his eyes. In the next second, she quickly averted her gaze.

“It isn't too far if we walk back either—it's only around a kilometer,” Mary lifted her head and said to Arissa, hoping to return home as soon as possible.

“Bradley is on his way back now. We just need to wait a few more minutes for him. We'll take more than just a few minutes if we walk back now,” Arissa explained to Mary.

Just as she finished speaking, Bradley, who was speeding the entire way, arrived.

When he saw the group of people, he quickly stopped his car.

“Boss, why are you all here?”

“Grandaunt wanted to come home, so we brought her back before going to Dellmoor,” Arissa informed him.

She then opened the car door, about to help Mary into the car.