Chapter 472
Patricia looked up with those innocent, helpless eyes that made you wanna shield her from the world, like a harmless little deer. “But..”
Haillie got up, rapped lightly on Ellinor’s desk, then crossed her arms and said in a haughty tone, Listen up, Ellinor! The kid’s asleep on the couch in Balfour’s office Patricia and I are stepping out for a bit, but we ll be back soon! If anything happens to the kid while we’re gone, it’s on you!”
Ellinor didn’t even bother to look up and was ready to refuse
But Haillie didn’t give her the chance and took Patricia’s hand ‘Let’s go, Patricia”
Ellinor frowned, looking up just in time to see Patricia and Haillie’s backs disappear into the elevator
Ellinor was dumbfounded
Haillie’s actions were understandable, but Patricia was a mother How could she just hand her child over to a stranger so easily?
Something about this just didn’t sit right
But whatever, it was none of Ellinors business what Patricia did
However, with Me Howard out and a kid alone in the office it was definitely not safe
After some thought, Ellinor took her laptop and headed to the CEOs office
The little boy just as Haillie had said was sound asleep on the couch covered with Patricia’s coat
Not wanting to wake him, Ellinor tiptoed over and placed her laptop on the table
Then she sneaked to Balfour’s desk, pulled out the mini high resolution camera shed brought along, and took a picture of the framed photo of a mother on the desk. After snapping the pic, she tucked the camera away
Ellinor returned to the couch, sat at a distance from the little boy, and continued her translation work, occasionally glancing at the boy to check if he was awake or if he’d fallen off
During this time, Balfour didn’t return, and in a blink, over an hour had passed, and Ellinor finally finished her translation task and stretched.
Seeing that the boy was still asleep, she decided to rest
for a bit too
Not long after, she heard the boy crying and immediately looked over
Patricia’s son had woken up and was sitting up looking around as if searching for his mother
When he saw Ellinor, he suddenly looked terrified and burst into tears
Ellinor was taken aback by his sudden crying and felt at a loss
Even though she was pregnant, she had no experience when it came to calming a child
“Uh… Your mom will be back soon, don’t cry!”
A one-year-old couldn’t really talk or understand adult words, so he didn’t stop crying
When Ellinor tried to get up to comfort him, he only cried harder at the sight of her approaching, as if she were some scary monster
Not knowing what else to do, Ellinor stopped in her tracks, “Okay, I won’t come any closer, can you stop crying now?”
He completely ignored her and climbed off the couch wobbling towards the door.
Ellinor couldn’t let a small child run out alone, so she quickly followed, “Wait..
