I was Adam’s assistant before. I knew very well that it was impossible for him to be too busy to go home for an entire week.
As expected, Riley smiled bitterly in response.
“Forget it. Let him do whatever he needs to do.” After a while, she forced herself to cheer up.
“Debra, Luca’s friends will come over today. Can you help me entertain them?”
“Of course.”
At Riley’s suggestion, we prepared a lot of cupcakes for the children.
“I’ve heard from Anna that the children love this flavor. Fortunately,
Luca also Likes it.” As she set about preparing the house to receive
Luca and his friends, Riley seemed to be very happy.
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Seeing this, I couldn’t help but feel mixed feelings.
Adam and Luca-these two people made up Riley’s whole life.
She spent every hour of her day on her husband and kid, leaving no time to spare for herself.
Just as Riley and I finished decorating the Living room, Luca arrived with the other children. Colorful balloons filled the living room, and the coffee table was covered in toys and treats. The children all gasped in awe and kept squealing in excitement.
Suddenly, I noticed that Elena was one of the friends Luca brought home today.
Riley grinned and introduced me to the children.
“Kids, welcome to our home. This is my assistant, Debra. She’s the one who helped me decorate the place.”
The children all cheered for us.
“Wow! Awesome!”
Then, one by one, they each came to say hello to me. Only Elena was reluctant and stood in the back of the group awkwardly.
“Elena, don’t you like Debra?” Luca looked at her in confusion. “But she’s a very kind lady.”
However, Elena just shook her head and ran to the corner, looking very depressed.
Seeing her like this made me feel so guilty, but since Riley and the other kids were here, I couldn’t risk losing my cover to comfort Elena.
Just as I was about to give up in frustration, my eyes suddenly landed on the cupcakes in the kitchen.
Suddenly, a thought occurred to me.
I secretly piped a bear out of frosting on Elena’s cupcake.
