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Meanwhile, Freya continued to organize her materials. After Isabella had changed and came out of the bathroom, she pulled out a small rabbit lantern from her bag. “Mom, look, a little lantern!”
Freya glanced at it and paused. “This is—”
“Dad bought it for me! Isn’t it cute and beautiful?!”
Freya replied, “Mm.”
Then Isabella ran over to turn off the lights in the room, opened the lantern’s light, and excitedly shared, “Isn’t it more beautiful when the lights are off?!”
Freya replied, “Mm, it is more beautiful.” She paused and asked, “Do you like it a lot?”
“Yeah, I love it!” She finished speaking, then pulled out another one. “Dad bought two for me. Here, you can have the other one. Mom, do you want to take a walk with me downstairs holding the lantern?”
Freya said, “Mom already took a shower. Maybe tomorrow.” She then added, “You’ve changed clothes now, so it’s better not to get them dirty.”
Isabella’s enthusiasm seemed dampened by Freya’s response. Her excitement and happiness were somewhat affected: “Oh…”
However, she hadn’t seen Freya for a whole month. Noticing that Freya seemed uninterested in the lantern, she no longer tried to “sell” it to her. Instead, she put it down and ran over to hug her: “Mom…”
Freya put down the book she was holding and responded, “Mm, what’s wrong?”
But Isabella didn’t reply. She kicked off her shoes, climbed into Freya’s lap, and said, “I missed you so much.” Then, she kissed her face twice and laughed, “Mom, you smell so nice.”
Freya tightened her arms around her for a moment, then gently stroked her small face, but she didn’t say anything. She could tell that Isabella’s face had matured a little and had changed, looking even more like Matteo now.
Her gaze dropped, and seeing that she wasn’t wearing socks, Freya put her back on the bed, covering her feet with a blanket. She asked, “How many days will you be staying here this time?”
Isabella shook her head. “I don’t know. Dad didn’t say, just told me to wait for him to come back here.”
Freya quietly replied with an “Mm” and didn’t ask further. But Isabella suddenly remembered something else and ran to get her bag.
“Mom, I bought a little gift for you when I went abroad!”
She pulled out a crystal ball and handed it to Freya, looking at her eagerly. Since Isabella had become closer to Raven, she hadn’t remembered to buy her gifts for a long time.
Freya took it, feeling very calm, and said, “Thank you, Mom really likes it.”
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After breakfast, Freya went upstairs and found Isabella on a video call with Matteo. When she saw Freya return, Isabella looked up and called out, “Mom!”
“Mm.” Freya responded and opened her computer.
On the other end of the call, Matteo asked, “Do you have any plans today?”
Isabella lay on the bed happily and said, “I want to watch a movie, and Mom is going to take me to the movies for lunch!”
Freya was focused on reviewing the materials she had organized yesterday. A moment later, Isabella walked over holding the phone and said, “Mom, Dad said I should give the phone to you.”
Freya paused, took the phone, and glanced at Matteo on the screen. She didn’t want to video chat with him, so she placed the phone face down on the table, pointing the camera toward the ceiling, and asked, “What’s the matter?”
Matteo said, “It’s been hard on you with Isabella these past few days.”
Freya didn’t respond, her gaze still on her computer as she typed, adding the ideas she had missed yesterday, while asking, “Anything else?”
“No,” Matteo replied, then added, “Happy New Year.”
Freya said “Mm” in response and hung up the call, returning the phone to Isabella.
Around noon, just as Freya was about to take Isabella out, her phone rang. It was a call from Johnny. She smiled slightly and answered the call. Just as she picked it up, she heard Johnny’s voice, lowered and somewhat frustrated: “Damn, I ran into them again!”
Freya froze for a moment and immediately understood who he meant. Before she could say anything, Johnny saw Matteo and Raven, and they looked over at him.
Johnny: “… They’re coming over, I’ll hang up now.”
Freya replied calmly, “Okay.” She had just ended the call when Matteo and Raven walked up to Johnny.
Matteo asked, “Mr. Gray, where are you headed?”
Johnny didn’t answer; instead, he forced a smile and said, “Mr. Wilson, Miss Brown, we’re not that familiar, so if you run into me again, pretend you didn’t see me.”
Raven smiled and said, “Mr. Gray, you’re really funny.”
Johnny smirked, about to respond, when Raven noticed his suitcase and asked, “Mr. Gray, are you traveling abroad too?”
Johnny laughed and said, “Sorry, we’re not close, no comment.” Without waiting for Raven and Matteo to speak further, he grabbed his suitcase and walked out of the VIP lounge at the airport.
After walking a little further, Johnny called Freya again: “What are you doing?”
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Freya had just finished changing her clothes. Hearing his voice, she replied, “I’m about to go out to watch a movie.”
“Sounds like a good plan,” he responded, then asked, “Are you going by yourself?”
“With Isabella.”
Johnny: “… Weren’t you guys celebrating the New Year at the Wilson house this year? Why is she suddenly with you now?”
Freya was touching up her makeup and answered lightly, “She was brought over last night.”
Johnny hadn’t expected this and laughed sarcastically: “So Matteo is planning to go on a honeymoon with Raven, and since your daughter was in the way, he just sent her to you? Ha, they really have no shame!”
Freya didn’t react to his words. At that moment, Isabella, who had finished getting ready, came over, grabbed Freya’s hand, and said happily, “Mom, I’m ready, let’s go!”
Freya smiled, “Okay.” She then spoke to Johnny: “Don’t worry about them. Just enjoy yourself.”
Johnny: “… Got it.” He added, “I’ll be back soon, I won’t leave the company to you alone.”
Freya smiled, “Okay.”