Chapter 26

Ha, this baby really was something else. Mr. Hayes kept sending people over to check on her, and Dominic never left her alone, like he was scared she'd start a fire or something. He hadn’t shown up at the office for over a week, just stayed home working. After a bit of sun, Emilia started feeling bored. Seeing that the sun wasn’t too harsh, she asked a maid for a kite. "Miss Hart, you'd better not do anything too strenuous." "I'm just stretching my legs. Sitting around all day is exhausting," Emilia said as she rubbed her waist dramatically. "How about you fly it and I just hold the string and walk a little?" "...Well, okay then." Liam handed the documents he brought to Dominic for signing. After hesitating for a second, he said, “Mr. Hayes, Director Thompson and the others are asking when you’ll be back at the office…” Dominic kept signing without looking up. “In a few days." Liam didn’t say anything else. Honestly, he couldn’t figure out what Mr. Hayes was thinking. Why not just leav