Grumpy-Pants

"Are you free?" Lianne asked, looking up at her mother.

Kyle turned to Beatrice, saying, "Cancel all my appointments today and reschedule them. I'm going out."

Kyle knew that the rest of the meetings could wait and he figured that they're more than happy to have it postponed. 

He turned back to face Lianne and said, "I am now."

Lianne smiled at him and to everyone's utter amazement, he smiled back - transforming that ice-cold block into the most amazing vision ever. 

Beatrice's eye twitched.

Ever since Kyle came back, his cold persona became worse. All those smiles she had named all those years ago became obsolete. 

He had new ones. Well, okay. Only two, but it was still something. Only two types of smiles that Beatrice had seen Kyle give since he became the CEO.