"Mommy? Why do you call everyone you see mommy?" Roy glanced down at Emma.
Selina was shocked before she reacted. So, Roy hasn’t known who Emma actually is yet! She hurriedly blinked at Emma and asked tenderly, "Sweetie, where is your mommy?"
The amazing tacit understanding between mother and daughter helped Emma quickly raise her little face with an aggrieved look and cried to Selina, "I miss my mommy. You're my mommy! Woo woo..."
Roy was completely helpless in the face of the crying little girl and hurriedly said to Selina, "She fell into the water and I just happened to pick her up when I passed by. Take her to change the clothes."
Selina just breathed a sigh of relief, but she almost choked again after hearing these words. Only then did she realize Emma was wearing the T-shirt she had left here.
She tried her best to suppress her emotions. She pretended to said calmly, “I’ll take her to change clothes,” and then took Emma into the room.
"Emma, why did you fall into the water?" Selina nervously checked Emma's body to see if she had been injured anywhere else.
Emma had controlled her emotions, but as soon as she saw her closest mommy, her aggression and fear in her heart immediately poured out like a flood that broke the dam.
“Woo woo..." She cried again, "Mommy, why are you pretending not to know me?"
Selina hugged and kissed Emma, and it took Emma a long time to understand Selina’s plan, that is to cooperate with Selina's acting for the time being. After a while, Emma fell asleep, exhausted.
Selina carefully put her to bed, put a pillow on the side of the bed to protect her from falling to the floor, and set the air conditioning to a suitable temperature before slowly walking out of the room.
"I didn't think you were quite good at taking care of children." She heard Roy's voice as soon as she went out.
He was standing right outside the door!
Has he heard my conversation with Emma just now?
Selina forced herself to calm down, "Maybe I'm more patient."
Roy gave her a deep look and did not say anything else.
"Emma can't stay at your home forever, can she?" Selina felt that Roy's eyes were meaningful, so she hurriedly changed the topic.
Roy said, "I've arranged for someone to find her parents."
Selina could not let Roy know that Emma was her daughter, so she could not let anyone she knew come to pick Emma up.
She thought about the possibility to hire someone to impersonate Emma’s parents and take Emma back.
"Just in case, I'll have someone investigate everyone who comes here."
Roy punctured Selina's intentions with a single blow, making her wonder if he really did know anything.
Who was actually acting? She, Emma or Roy?
Emma did not sleep for long. She woke up half an hour later and started to look for Selina as soon as she opened her eyes.
Roy looked at Selina with a smirk, "She is so dependent on you that we may not be able to send her away later."
"Send me away? No, I won't leave!" Emma only heard the words “send her away”, but it was enough to make her panic. “I just want to stay with you, mommy!”
"Then you stay with her, and I'm going to the company." Roy stood up. He had been so busy today with catching the hacker and dueling and saving the little girl that he did not have time to take care of his business.
"I also want to go to the company with you, daddy!" Emma, who had been clinging to Selina one moment ago, ran to hug Roy's leg at this moment.
Roy looked at her with a meaningful expression, "Do you really want to go to the company with me?"
Emma nodded her head like a chick pecking the rice, "Yes, daddy!"
What on earth does she want to do?
Selina felt a headache, feeling that she could no longer control Emma, this "little actress".
"Then I'll take her to the company. I've made a reservation for dinner at the revolving restaurant at six o'clock tonight, so you can pick Emma up at my office then." Roy said and took Emma away.
Selina opened her mouth but did not say anything.
At least Roy won’t hurt Emma, so just let it go. Emma is getting too naughty to deal with.
In Wood Company.
When Roy walked into the office with a cute little girl in his arms, it scared all the employees. They were in doubt.
Roy did not care about others’ curious glances at him and Emma, carried Emma to his office, instructed his special assistant Carl Green to take good care of her and then went to a meeting. Carl brought some warm milk, cut some cupcakes and turned on the iPad to play the cartoon Peppa Pig, treating Emma as if she had been a royal princess.
Lucy Well, a secretary, could not sit still anymore when it was almost dinner time.
"Carl, I washed some fresh strawberries, and the little girl might like to eat them." Lucy did not wait for the people inside to agree, pushed the door in and placed a dish of watery strawberries in front of Emma.
"Sweetie, you look so lovely. What's your name?"
Emma looked at the red strawberries and said, "My name is Emma~"
"What a lovely name! As lovely as you are!" Lucy picked up a strawberry and held it in front of Emma's eyes, "Do you want to eat the strawberries? Tell me. Why did Mr. Wood bring you to the office?"
Carl wanted to interrupt Lucy’s words, but he did not say anything. After all, Lucy's father was also a director of the company, so others did not dare to anger her. What’s more, Carl was also a little curious about this little girl.
Emma looked at the strawberries eagerly and said, "Because he is my daddy!"
Daddy!
When Emma finished speaking, Lucy and Carl were both shocked. Does Mr. Wood have a daughter? Is it true what this little girl said? This is really explosive news!
Carl was still suppressing his emotions, but Lucy had already adjusted her mind: If it's true, so what? Roy has a daughter, but he is unmarried. Anyway, she wanted Roy!
Lucy thought of this and put on a flattering smile, "So you're Mr. Wood's daughter. No wonder you're so cute. I'll give you the strawberries to eat. Will you do me a favor?"
Emma took a strawberry from Lucy, took a bite and said, "Sure, but what can I do for you since I’m so young?"
Lucy was overjoyed to see how nice Emma was, "Of course you can. You're so cute. Why don't you ask your dad to have dinner with me tonight?"
"Lucy, how dare you try to use a child to get close to Mr. Wood!" Carl finally could not stand it anymore.
"It's none of your business if I ask Mr. Wood to dinner! It's not a great idea to get in the way of a relationship!" Lucy rolled her eyes, argued with Carl, and then turned her head to continue to bait Emma, "How about it, sweetie? Can you do me this favor? I can also take you with me~"
Emma remembered what Roy had said before he had left the house. She shook her head, put down the strawberry in her hand, and said with a serious face, "No, I can’t. Daddy has a dinner date with mommy tonight, so he can't go with you!"
"Mommy?!" Lucy immediately changed her face and questioned in a sharp voice.
Emma was shocked. However, Lucy did not restrain herself. She even tugged Emma's wrist, gnashing her teeth and asking, "Who is your mommy?"
Emma could not break free and cried out loudly, "Mommy! Mommy! Help me!"
Carl was about to pull Lucy away when a figure suddenly rushed in.
"Let go of Emma!"
Lucy turned her head at the sound of a clear and stern voice. But before she could see who was coming, there was a stinging pain in her face.
“Slap!”
She was slapped by someone on the face.
Lucy was caught off guard by the slap, and she looked at the person who had slapped her in disbelief, "You hit me? What do you think you are? How dare you hit me?"
"You even bullied a child. What do you think you are?" Selina curved her scarlet lips and showed a cold smile.
After Emma was released by Lucy, she realized that the person who had come in was Selina. She immediately pounced on Selina and yelled out aggressively, "Mommy..."
At home, both her mommy and her four brothers pampered her like she had been a little princess, and she had never suffered such aggravation.
"It's okay. It's okay, baby. I'm coming! Good girl, no one can bully you."
Selina gently stroked the little girl's head to express the comfort, and her voice was soft.
However, Lucy's eyes tightened, "So you're the vixen who want to have dinner with Mr. Wood, aren’t you?"
Selina did not answer her, squatted down, gently picked up the little girl, turned around and intended to walk out.
"Stop right there!" Behind her came Lucy's forceful hiss. "Who are you? Why do you take Emma away? Security, stop her for me!"
Selina slightly narrowed her cold eyes, and the next second several security guards rushed in from outside.
Lucy also caught up with her and said with a sneer, "She called you mommy, but are you really her mommy? Do you have any proof? Who do you think you are to Mr. Wood?"
Selina froze when she heard this series of questions.
What proof do I have? Can I prove it? Even if I can openly tell her the truth that I’m Emma’s mother right now, how should I explain it to Roy?
Lucy saw Selina fall into silence and rightfully thought that she had asked the key question and made Selina feel weak. She showed a smug look and was about to ask the security guards to take Selina to the police station when a cold and low male voice suddenly came from not far away, "What's going on?"