His Devious Rule

At Oasis mansion,

Losing to his little enemy, Alvin watched Zane sitting on Anya\'s lap and laughing with her while she pampered the little man. With a loving mother next to the little man, Alvin wondered what Zane must have experienced, that he avoids people and doesn\'t get close to anybody so easily.

Was he bullied for being fatherless?

Would it be worse than being called a bastard?

Shaking off his thoughts, Alvin grabbed his mobile to ask in the kitchen to send their breakfast. Nevertheless, a message took his attention. He went out of the bedroom, leaving the mother and son to have their time.

He instructed the maid when he went downstairs, "Prepare breakfast for two." Then he faced Rob who looked unfazed whatsoever.

Rob passed the strip of medicine to Alvin. Then he reported the most important issue that needed Alvin\'s attention, "Miles Johnson is compromising with The Building People company."

By agreeing to terms and erasing every last bit of evidence about the lady,  Miles was settling the trouble with The Building People Company. That means Miles Johnson will target the couple soon.

Alvin knew Miles would manage to settle the dispute in one or the other way but he had expected it to take a longer time. It wasn\'t even two nights before everything started. He could imagine Miles had compromised a lot for the Building People Company to believe him. So Miles will definitely come back to vent his frustration and trouble them.

"How long will he need to deal with everything?" Alvin asked solemnly while his mind ran wild thinking of various things. Mindlessly handling Miles and Casper would be foolishness. So it was important to keep Miles at bay.

Rob roughly counted the number of processes and other small issues Miles will have to solve in the coming days. "Fifteen days," Approximately.

Fifteen days weren\'t enough. The case in the court, the national day coming closer and Anya\'s job at the Imperial University, Alvin didn\'t want to leave Anya alone despite knowing she could protect herself.

With the current workload and tension, they weren\'t in a position to bother much about Miles Johnson. "Keep an eye on him," Alvin instructed without rushing to make any plans.

Rob noted it and passed his iPad to Alvin. It was a video of Casper leaving the court and entering the company. There were speculations of Alvin having a hand in the raid at the company or Anya using her connections. There were a few articles who were arguing that Alvin wouldn\'t attack the company after investing billions of money.

Rob updated Alvin in the meanwhile, "The directors and shareholders of the Matthews Industries are furious when they got to know the company legal team is busy with Gianna\'s case."

Casper had no idea something could crop up at the company thus he ended up taking the wrong step, "Young Madam\'s move synced with the case is making a stronger impact." Rob mused. Casper was slowly losing the support of his shareholders.

Alvin knew it was a coincidence that worked in their favor. Oddly, everything in the past years felt too calm and boring. As soon as it turned enjoyable and fascinating, they weren\'t able to take a break.

Alvin saw the maid pushing the food trolley toward the elevator. "Anything else?" He asked Rob as he moved towards the elevator.

Rob: "…"

Rob couldn\'t believe Alvin was going back to Anya when there was so much work and planning to do. Well, he could only let Alvin go as Alvin was the boss who had pushed the Skylark to the back of his mind. "No, bo- President Matthews."

Alvin signaled the maid to leave. He took the food and went back to the bedroom. He wasn\'t disregarding the company, Ean was capable of handling it. He was focusing on his wife and the problems.

…

In the bedroom,

As soon as he stepped inside, he heard the adorable voice of Little Donut, "I\'m famished… My stomach monster is crying…"

He saw her jutting her lips making a cute face and her hands signaled him to go towards the bed but he left the trolley on the couch. Anya tried to make a pitiful face but Alvin didn\'t melt to her acts. He scooped her with the duvet.

Zane looked at his little hands and watched Alvin effortlessly carrying Anya to the couch. Could he grow tall and strong like his father? In a day?

Well, his parents were flirting, "What would you like to eat, Officer Owen?" Alvin suggestively asked if she wanted food or him.

Anya hid her mischievous smile and wrapped her hands around his neck. Brushing her eyes on his pink lips, "Something… Delicious." Her saccharine tone sounded, slowing down Alvin\'s speed.

How could he disappoint his Little Donut when she was so active? "And how do you like it to be served?"

Anya had thought to trick him by saying a delicious burrito bowl that was in the cart if he had tried to steal a kiss. She tried to be playful seeing him playing along. "Perhaps… Hot and spicy…"

Interesting. He wasn\'t expecting that. Looks like his wife was learning to tease and flirt with him. He left her on the couch and tucked her legs in the duvet. Facing her, he would have kissed her on the lips to his heart\'s content if his little enemy wasn\'t in the room.

Nevertheless, he kissed her on the cheek, blooming a smile on her face. "Your dinner will be served tonight, Officer Owen." His deep seductive voice made \'Officer Owen,\' sound tempting.

Zane saw his father kissing his mother who flushed for some reason. His mother fed him again while they had their late breakfast. "Momma, Jia invited me home to prepare for Christmas."

Anya had forgotten her son\'s holiday plans and was busy with other things. Jia and Zane were planning to make cookies with Jia\'s mother and decorate the Christmas tree. "Alright, Momma will drop you at Jia\'s home and pick you up in the evening."

Alvin interjected, "You guys can celebrate here." They had tall pine trees on the lawn. He could ask to decorate all the trees. And he will get the chance to meet his future daughter-in-law.

Anya could convince Jia and her mother but she wanted Zane to make the decision. "What do you think, Baby?"

Zane took some time before responding like the little gentleman that he was, "Next year, Momma. This year Aunt has made all the preparations." He didn\'t want to make it go to waste.

Alvin was amused and Anya was proud of her son. She was so busy in the past years that she never got a chance to celebrate at her place and invite his friends over.

Now that the workload was low, she wanted to make his little man a host at the home party, "How about we invite your friends for the new year to our place?" Either the Oasis mansion or the Nest villa.

Zane was visiting his friends\' places, seeing how parents celebrate with the kids. His friends were always gushing about their parents and asking him why he never invited them to anything. So he was undoubtedly excited to hear his mother.

He leaped on the couch with a wide grin and hugged her, "I love you, Momma." He jumped off the couch and ran out to get ready, excited to invite his friends to his home.

Anya chuckled, shaking her head in resignation. She hoped she could give him the normal life of a child with a father and mother by his side.

Alvin realized that just loving a kid wasn\'t enough. There were a lot of things that involved parenting.