novelraw Chapter 2791 - 2799: Besides him, no one else is worthy!
Chapter 2791 - 2799: Besides him, no one else is worthy!
The little boy pushed her away, crying out loud, "I don’t want you to be my mommy, wu wu wu, I want my own mommy. I don’t want to be here, I want to go home, I want to go home..."
Annie Lawrence didn’t expect the little boy to push her away.
So even though he’s a four-year-old child, his push nearly knocked her to the ground.
Her face changed instantly.
She wanted to lash out, but remembering they were recording a show, she had to suppress her anger.
But she was fuming inside.
Damn it.
What kind of rotten child was assigned to her? He’s not well-behaved at all.
This damn crying voice annoyed her terribly, she really wanted to shove something in his mouth to stop it.
Edward Cooper also didn’t expect such a reaction from the little boy. Seeing the little boy crying so sadly, he quickly squatted down to comfort him, "Lucus, why are you crying? No one bullied you. Didn’t you promise your parents before you came on the show that you’d behave, and not cry readily? "
"Mr. Cooper, I want to go home." The little boy’s eyes were still filled with tears, sobbing.
Edward Cooper was a little overwhelmed, "Baby, you’re here to participate in our show. We have to wait until the show is over and then Mr. Cooper can take you home. Didn’t we make it clear before you came, and you agreed, why do you want to go home now?"
"Don’t be afraid."
Edward Cooper pulled the little boy out of his arms, pointed at Annie Lawrence and said, "This is your new mother, for the next half month you will be living with her, she will take good care of you."
"Yes, Lucus, will you come with Mommy?" Annie Lawrence pretended to be gentle, reached out to touch the little boy’s head, trying to regain her lost face, "Lucus, don’t be afraid, Mommy is not a bad person, Mommy will love you."
Who knew.
Her hand had just reached out, and before it touched the little boy’s head, he dodged it.
The little boy, as if avoiding something terrifying, squirmed into Edward Cooper’s arms, "No, I don’t want to. Mr. Cooper, I don’t want her to be my mother, I don’t want to go with her, I don’t want to!"
Being rejected again, Annie Lawrence’s smile began to fade.
Even Edward Cooper began to feel a bit awkward.
None of the previous child guests were as problematic as Lucus, demanding to go home.
And Lucus had always been obedient.
Why was he throwing a tantrum now?
After all, he’s just a child. Other than comforting, what else can they do?
Edward Cooper patiently asked, "Lucus, aren’t you the most obedient and well-behaved? Can you tell Mr. Cooper why you don’t want to go with your new mom? Don’t you like her?"
The little boy timidly looked at Annie Lawrence, just as he saw a flicker of shadow in her eyes, he got frightened and buried his head back into Edward’s arms, clinging to him and started crying once more.
Edward Cooper was completely flustered.
He could handle many other matters, but comforting a child was another ball game entirely.
He didn’t know what was wrong with Lucus. He was usually very well behaved, but today he was just so out of character.
The live stream viewers could not help but start discussing.
"This Lucus is really hard to handle, it seems even Edward Cooper is a bit overwhelmed."
"The other two children are very well behaved, Lucus is not the youngest, why is he so unreasonable? He’s so timid, if he didn’t want to participate in the show, he shouldn’t have been allowed to."
"Lucus is just a four-year-old child, isn’t it normal for him to miss his parents and wanting to go home? Those who criticize him are expecting too much. Besides, wasn’t he fine when the staff led him out of the elevator? He only started making a fuss after seeing Omega Huntley, right?"
"I also noticed that, Lucus didn’t cry or make a fuss at first. But as soon as he saw Omega Huntley, he seemed to be frightened and start crying and making a fuss. He said he didn’t want Omega Huntley to be his mother, which indicates that he doesn’t like Omega Huntley."
"Children are very sensitive and can feel whether other people are friendly or hostile. I think... Lucus might have sensed something, that’s why he’s behaving like this."
The little boy clung to Edward Cooper and refused to let go. After some unsuccessful attempts at comforting, Edward didn’t know what to do next. Just then, Porter Rushbrook, who had been standing silently watching for a while, suddenly spoke up, "Lucus, would you like to play a game with me?"
As soon as Porter’s words fell, the sobbing little boy in Edward’s arms suddenly stopped.
Porter calmly took out his phone and opened the game King of Glory, "If you stop crying, do as I say, I’ll let you play one round. How about it, do you want to play, do you want to listen to me?"
After Porter finished speaking, he shook the phone in front of the little boy.
The little boy, who was still crying a second ago, looked at his phone, his eyes lit up.
Porter hooked his lips, walked leisurely over to him, squatted down, "Lucus, do you want to play the game?"The little boy blinked his eyes, immediately stopped crying and making a fuss, his eager eyes staring at his phone. "I do!"
"Alright, if you listen to me, I’ll let you play." Porter reached out to scoop up the little boy from Edward’s arms, gently lifting the boy into his own. "Now, no more crying. I know you have a dad, but for now, I’m your dad, and you’re going to have to live with me. Whether you like me or not, we’ll muddle through the next two weeks as a father-son duo, okay?"
"Once these two weeks pass, no one can dictate whether you want to go home or what you want to do. But before that, you must obey me, your dad, understand?" Porter handed the phone to the little boy, cradling him as he turned to walk towards the room behind him.
The crowd behind watched in amazement as the little boy, who had just been in tears and in a tantrum, was pacified by Porter in a few words.
The little boy, wrapped in Porter’s embrace, quieted down, obediently allowing Porter to carry him away.
Edward stared for a moment, then praise Porter: "Who would have guessed that Porter, a young lad, is actually not bad at soothing children."
A nearby crew member nodded in agreement, "Yeah, little Lucus immediately behaved himself in his presence."
Annie, overhearing their conversation, found her facial expression increasingly gloomy.
She believed that Edward and the others were subtly taunting her inability to soothe children.
And that damned Porter, what was he up to?
They were supposed to be a team.
He just hugged that damn child and left, without uttering a single word to her from start to finish!
What was he trying to imply!
Was he deliberately snubbing her because of that slut, Joanna?
The little slut really hasn’t changed.
Wherever she goes, she always manages to attract men.
Wasn’t a man as superior as Ashton Heath enough for her?
She had already bagged the most excellent man in the world. A man that has made countless women envious and jealous, a man that has brightened her life enough already.
Yet her greed was insatiable.
She couldn’t stop herself from flirting with other men.
A woman as fickle and promiscuous as she would have been drowned in a pig cage in the old days.
Annie genuinely couldn’t understand.
Why would such a flighty woman attract so many men, hook, line, and sinker? Ashton Heath, such an intelligent man, for instance, why couldn’t he see through her true colors? And now, Porter...
He knew very well that Joanna was married, yet he still defended a married woman like this.
Joanna, that shameless slut!
She was determined to expose her hypocritical mask and show everyone how promiscuous she really was!
*
After Joanna and Kelvin returned to the room with their "daughter", Joanna asked Kelvin to look after Olivia, "Stay with Olivia. I’m going to check what we have in the fridge. For the three of us, I think four dishes and one soup will do."
Kelvin had no objections and agreed, "Fine. If you need my help with anything, just let me know. I’m not that great at cooking, but I’d be more than willing to lend you hand."
"Sure, if I need your help, I won’t hesitate to ask." Joanna walked over, pinched Olivia’s chubby cheeks, and softly said, "Olivia, can mom go and cook while dad plays with you?"
"Is there anything you want to eat? Tell mom."
Olivia, her cute little face rosy, answered in her sweet, childish voice, "Mom, Olivia wants ice cream. Is that okay?"
"Ice cream?" Joanna faltered.
While she had not raised a child before, she knew that children shouldn’t frequently consume sweet treats.
Plus, she doubted the fridge had ice cream.
She thought for a bit and then patted Olivia’s little head, "Sweetheart, could we choose something else? If little kids eat too many sweets, they’ll get cavities. Our beautiful Olivia wouldn’t look as good with them."
Even little girls are vain.
Even three-year-old girls.
Hearing Joanna’s words about cavities and losing her good looks, Olivia immediately shook her head rapidly, "Then Olivia won’t eat ice cream anymore."
"Olivia, you’re such a good girl." Joanna squeezed her cheeks lightly and gave her a peck, "How about mom makes a steamed egg instead? Smart and pretty children all like eating steamed eggs."
The adorable little girl looked up, her large, spirited eyes filled with curiosity, "If Olivia eats steamed egg, will she become smarter and prettier?"
"Of course." Joanna replied with a smile, "Our Olivia is already very pretty and smart. Eating steamed eggs will make her even smarter and prettier, and more people — uncles, aunts, and kids — will like you.""Olivia wants to eat steamed eggs, Olivia wants to eat steamed eggs!"
Kids are indeed easy to please.
As long as you touch upon the aspects of pretty and smart, they hardly ever say no to anything you tell them.
This is a trick Aria Rowlett taught Joanna Lawrence.
She didn’t expect it to come in handy so soon.
After Joanna successfully calmed the children down and handed over their "daughter" to Kelvin Norman, she turned around and headed for the kitchen.
*
Inside the live streaming room of Joanna Lawrence and Kelvin Norman.
In front of the desk, the handsome man wore a frosty expression, his face darker as he watched the heartwarming scene inside the live stream.
Cody Aberton, who was reporting on the work, felt a great deal of pressure. Although he didn’t know why his boss had suddenly changed his expression, he dared not even breathe.
It had been a while since he last felt the wrath of President Ashton.
After all, President Ashton and Ms. Joanna got along so well and their relationship was so close, as long as they didn’t have a disagreement, President Ashton was never in a bad mood.
Work-related problems used to affect President Ashton in the past.
But now, the only person who could affect President Ashton was Ms. Joanna.
So...
Did President Ashton suddenly change his face because of something related to Ms. Joanna?
But isn’t Ms. Joanna off to attend some variety show?
Cody Aberton was full of little question marks in his heart, but he didn’t dare to say or ask anything.
Under the immense pressure from his boss, Cody nervously continued his report: "The Heath Group and the Pistachio Group have finalized our partnership. If everything goes smoothly, the collaboration agreement should be signed this week."
"Also regarding the establishment of the subsidiary in Duneside, the team in charge of the branch has been selected. President Ashton, I have sent the names of the proposed management team for the branch office to your email. If you have no objections, I will notify..."
The man, who had been emanating low pressure and keeping his head down, slowly lifted his head.
Revealing a face shrouded in gloom.
Cody felt as if he was choked at the sight of Ashton Heath’s gaze, he was immediately at a loss for words.
He felt as if his little heart was frozen solid by the cold intent in his boss’s eyes.
Couldn’t even beat anymore.
Oh my.
President Ashton looks...terrifying.
Did Ms. Joanna do something to upset him again?
"President Ashton, you..." Cody managed to say through great difficulty.
"I regret it," Ashton Heath suddenly said something that left him puzzled.
Cody Aberton:"???"
He was all confused: "President Ashton, what... what do you regret?"
The stunning and noble man pursed his thin lips, his eyes filled with anger. After a long silence, he said grumpily, "I shouldn’t have let her participate in that damned variety show."
He originally thought that this type of variety show without any intimate interactions would be relatively safe.
That’s why he let her participate without any worries.
But the moment he thought of the scenes he had just seen in the live streaming, he wished he could immediately bring her back.
This damned show made her share a room with another man?
It made her and another man play the roles of husband and wife?
Meaning they even got a daughter?
Even though he hadn’t noticed any intimate interactions so far, merely such an arrangement was enough to irritate him.
Had he known that this so-called parenting variety show was that intimate.Regardless of what he says, there is no way he’d allow Joanna Lawrence to participate.
"President Ashton, are you talking about... the variety show that Ms. Joanna is participating in?" Cody Aberton said, a look of realization on his face.
He knew that, if it weren’t for matters concerning Ms. Joanna, President Ashton would not be this enraged.
Only Ms. Joanna could incite such an emotion in him.
Ashton Heath said coldly, "She didn’t even tell me the nature of the show. Cody, I need you to do something immediately."
Cody quickly responded, "Please give me your instructions, President Ashton."
Ashton’s detached gaze fell once again on the laptop screen in front of him. The live broadcast was still showing a beautiful, warm and tender scene.
His wife, Ashton’s, was currently preparing a meal for another man in the kitchen.
And that man, Kelvin Norman, was holding their supposed "daughter", assisting Joanna in the kitchen.
The little girl would call Kelvin "Dad" one moment and then call Joanna "Mom" the next.
What infuriated Ashton even more was the multitude of comments from netizens in the live chat saying "What a heartwarming family of three" or "Such good-looking family of three". Some went as far as to say they thought Joanna and Kelvin made a good match.
They even said that if Joanna wasn’t already married, it would be great for her to be with Kelvin.
As Ashton saw those comments, his face darkened even more and a layer of frost seemed to form over his handsome face. He just wanted to close the live broadcast now.
These netizens were definitely blind.
Not just their eyes, their hearts too.
That’s why they thought Joanna and Kelvin were a good match.
The only person in this world who is a good match for Joanna is him and nobody else deserves her!
Joanna is destined to be his in this life.
Nobody can change that.
After reading the comments for a while, Ashton became increasingly agitated and annoyed. He took a deep breath, held back his rage and said, "Contact the Station Director of Vision Prime Channel and tell them that the Heath Group wants to invest in ’My Internship Parents’, $500 million dollars."
"We can consider adding more funds based on the situation in post-production."
Cody was taken aback.
’My Internship Parents’ is the variety show that Ms. Joanna is participating in, right?
Why is President Ashton suddenly investing in this show?
Given Ms. Joanna’s current popularity and fanbase, she had to be actively invited to participate in shows like these, there’s no need to invest to secure a spot for her.
Cody couldn’t help but blurt out, "President Ashton, are you talking about... the variety show that Ms. Joanna is partaking in?"
Ashton Heath lifted his head and shot a cold look at Cody, "Why ask what you already know?"
"Yes, President Ashton, I’ll take care of it immediately." Cody was startled by his gaze and didn’t dare to say another word.
It was clear that President Ashton was in a bad mood.
He figured if he said another unnecessary word, he was likely to be shipped off to Fronterra to mine coal.
"Tell the Station Director, some rules of this variety show that Ms. Joanna is participating in need to change." Ashton Heath’s deep black eyes were half-closed and he, after a moment of contemplation, said in a deep voice, "Forget it, tell the Station Director to contact me, I’ll talk to him personally."
"Also, clear up the entire day after tomorrow. I need to take care of something."
*
Using the ingredients provided by the program group, Joanna Lawrence effortlessly cooked lunch.
She prepared four dishes and a soup.
There was Steamed Egg with Shrimp Custard, mainly for Olivia.
It’s both nutritious and delicious, perfect for growing children.
She also made Meatballs in Tomato Sauce, steamed perch, stir-fried asparagus lettuce, and a soup with cabbage and tofu.
These are all common homemade dishes, nothing too difficult.
The preparation of four dishes and a soup took her only an hour.
The variety show she is participating in now is different from "The Meaning of Travel" which she participated in previously.
"The Meaning of Travel" was essentially torturing the guests from start to finish, the main selling point is how the glamorous celebrities leaving their privileged lives have to endure hardship for most of the time.