Nicole handed Lil Michael to Logan and went straight t o the conference room for a meeting.
When she came out again, Lil Michael was obediently waiting in her office doing a puzzle.
Nicole read documents for a while until her phone rang.
She picked it up and saw that it was from Clayton.
She answered it. "Mr. Sloan?”
"Ms. Stanton, is Michael behaving?”
Clayton's voice was gentle and calm with a seductive tenderness that could hook one’s soul.
Nicole paused for a moment before snapping back to her senses.
"He's very well-behaved. He's doing a puzzle now."
Clayton let out a low chuckle. "He colluded with the nanny and bodyguard to skip class and run away from home. I knew that he'd be with you."
Lil Michael seemed to realize who Nicole was on the phone with and ran over with wide eyes.
"Pretty Lady, is that Daddy?”
Nicole handed him the phone. "Yup. Do you want to talk to him?"
"NO!"
Lil Michael decisively hung up the phone!
He put in a lot of effort to run out so that he could be alone with the Pretty Lady. He would not let anyone disturb them!
Nicole looked at the disconnected call and smiled before sending a message to Clayton. [I'll send him back when he's done playing.]
Clayton replied. [I’ll pick him up.]
A few seconds later, another message came in. [I’ll be able to see you too.]
Nicole was stunned for a moment. She did not know how to reply, so she simply did not.
Lil Michael pulled her arm and pouted. "Pretty Lady, don’t let Daddy take me away..."
Nicole pinched him and smiled. "Okay!"
Nearly noon.
Logan knocked on the door and came in. "Mr. Sloan is here."
"Invite him in."
Clayton's warm and slender posture appeared in the doorway. He said with a gentle smile, "Am I disturbing you?"
Nicole said, "Of course not."
Clayton glanced at Lil Michael, who was playing with a ten-foot-long puzzle in an open space in the office. H e looked like he was having fun.
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