"How is it?" Ava asked as Allicia stepped out of the children's room. "Zia got jetlag, she is not used to traveling by air yet. She is sleeping already while Zayn is okay, he is playing games. He does not like to be disturbed" Allicia answered with a smile as she closed the door gently behind her. Ava nodded slightly and the two ladies walked away from the door. "What about you then?" Ava questioned, she knew a side glance at Allicia and cocked her brows. "Huh? Me?" Allicia paused, confusion written over her face as she pointed a finger at herself. "Yeah. I mean, are you not going to rest too? Just look at those hideous dark circles and bags under your eyes!" Ava exclaimed. Allicia was instantly taken aback, her eyes widened and she immediately touched her face here and there subconsciously. "Okay, okay… don't be silly, that was a joke. You don't have dark circles or whatnot. I am just saying that you should also rest. Did you not say you are resuming work as soon as you return
Meanwhile, while the adults were having their discussion, the kids were also engrossed in their own little world and having their own serious deliberations. "Big brother, are you sure that we can do this?" Little Zia popped her head and looked at the scribbling and drawings that was made on the page of a drawing book, although she barely understood the entire point of the drawing, she knew that it was a draft that her brother had made for them to find their daddy. "You have to trust your brother, Zia" Zayn uttered expressionlessly, he stared at the draft he made and could not be anymore satisfied with himself. He knew that he had come up with the best plan ever."Yes, I trust you!" Zia bobbed her head seriously and expressed immediately. Zayn nodded and rubbed her head. "You are a good girl" Zayn did not waste time in praising his sister. The little girl blushed immediately. She knew that her big brother liked her the best! He always reveal a stony expression and spoke very little
Allicia carried little Zia in her arms and brought her to the living room. It was as though Ava shared telepathy with the mother and child as she had already arranged a big bowl of mixed flavor ice-cream on the table. The three sat cross-legged around the table and picked a scooping spoon for the ice-cream. Just like her mother, little Zia had a sweet tooth. They enjoyed anything sweet, especially ice-cream. "It is just the two of you?" Ava asked and before Allicia answered, Zia spoke first. "Big brother Zayn does not like ice-cream" she said and dug into the ice-cream bowl immediately. Ava looked at Allicia and she nodded while wiping the corner of her daughter's mouth that was smeared with Ice-cream. "Zayn is intolerant of anything sweet," she told her friend. Ava's eyes were filled with disbelief, she looked at Allicia and her eyes were practically screaming, what exactly did you give birth to?! In her opinion, she thought all kids like sweet things.Allicia laughed, shook her
"Zayn, it is Uncle" The man's voice came through the speaker and reached the little boy's ear. "Mm, I know" Zayn answered coldly. Without giving the man a chance to react, he questioned. "Why did you call?" "Ha!" A short chuckle rang across the speaker causing the little boy to frown slightly. The man on the other side laughed but, the boy did not thing he had said anything funny. However, he was only cold and did not bother about the man's unusual behaviour. "Zayn, Uncle called because he missed you kids, okay?" The man uttered. His words reached Zayn's ears but he gave no response in return. He simply waited patiently across the phone. His cool expression remained as it was. "When are you kids returning?" The man asked. There was a flicker of change in Zayn's cold facial feature, the little boy's lips pressed to form a thin line before he answered the man. "Zia already told you that we won't be returning, right?" He asked and the man only laughed. It was not so easy to deal wi
Allicia stood up from bed and immediately walked into the bathroom. It was her first day at her new workplace that morning, she did not want to be late. She did not know much about the place she was resuming but she knew that it was one of the listed and established companies in the country and even the company had a place in the international space. Allicia could tell that she was not going to just any place. She had gotten the work on recommendation by her boss at her previous workplace. Although her hard work paid out, she could not also ignore the fact that it was also sheer luck that she got recommended. There were people who were better than her and went to reputable institutions but she was picked out in the end. She would have even suspected that someone opened the backdoor on her before because she lacked most of the qualities that the job required. Whichever way, she was grateful for the job. Allicia had a quick bath before returning to the room. She picked out a black for
Allicia arrived in front of company, it was unsurprisingly situated in the business district of the country. Every well known company in the entire country had its headquarters in that area. One look at the solid structure before her eyes, Allicia could tell that the company was at the centre of other business in the country. It occupied the best space in the district. The forlorn construction attracted ones attention easily. Allicia paid her fare and stepped out of the car.A small smile lit up her face as she walked into the company. She stopped at the front desk and showed her identification. The lady at the front desk input her information into the system, after a while, she glanced at Allicia and opened her mouth. "Please, wait a moment" The front desk lady expressed politely. She picked up the telephone on the table and made a call. After dropping the call, the lady looked back at Allicia and spoke to her. "Please take the elevator to the third floor, someone will receive you
In an office at the top floor of the company, the office would have appeared to be cold and spaciously boring, if it were not for the ray of sunlight that poured into the office through the glass french window that showed the overview of the bustling city from a single glance. The furniture in the room was wood-paneled and exquisite, it has a deep artistic touch and rimmed with pure gold. A glass shelf at one corner of the room was cluttered with the detritus of awards and books.Behind a properly spaced desk made out of mahogany wood sat a man. He was dressed in a six piece black suit, his head was crowned with sleek fine black hair that was perfectly styled to fit his stoic demeanor. He slowly flipped through the document before him. The office was eeringly silent aside for the notice of the document he flipped. One glance at him and it would be noticed that the man lacked social instinct clues. Another man stood in front of the desk of the man, the young man with his black rimmed
The working hours quickly came to an end and before Allicia knew it, it was evening already. She looked at the looked through the glass demarcation of her office and saw the almost empty cubicles. The members of each group had left the office after the day work. Allicia looked at the work in front of her, as much as she would love to still keep working, she remembered her babies back at home and a faint smile lit up her face. She could no longer wait to see them again. She decided to pack up first and finish up what she was doing at home. She could not wait to see her cuties. She packed up her bag and carried the documents that she needed, she stepped out of the office with only a slight look of exhaustion on her face. She walked down the hallway and just as she turned into a corner, she saw an elevator closing. She quickened her pace and waved her hand indicating that the people in the elevator should hold up for her. But she noticed that no one stopped the elevator instead, the do