The Apple Never Falls Far From The Tree

Velina stepped towards the man with a big smile plastered on her face.

"Miss…" one of the shop assistants tried to reach her, but she repulsed the staff with her left hand.

"Hello, Mr. Marcello, nice to meet you here!" Velina smiled naughtily at him.

Franco Marcello's eyes grew bigger, he was shocked, not a single bit expected to see Velina being there at all.

"Oh! Nana! Hahaha… what a coincidence!" Franco laughed as he nodded his head.

"I never thought that we had the same taste, mister!" Velina glanced at him flirtatiously.

"Hahaha! The apple never falls far from the tree! What do you want to buy, lass?" Franco asked, he felt happy to see his kids there.

"Hi, dad!" Nadine who previously also smiled at Franco, finally greeted him after she exchanged a few glanced with Jena.

She then approached her father and hugged him.

The staff there bit their lips, while the store manager started to have a cold sweat.

She certainly did not expect that these young people she had been suspected of turned out to have blood relations with their VVIP guests.

She even tried to drive them away!

Damn...

"Coincidentally, I want to buy something for Nadine! Well, dad, look, don't you think that Nadine looks perfect wearing this leather jacket?" Velina pointed her finger at Nadine who was trying on a black leather jacket.

Franco nodded his head in approval. "I want to buy a belt here. Coincidentally, I just finished a meeting with one of my clients" He said while looking around the belt collection that they had.

"What do you guys want to buy? Just choose everything you like! Dad will pay for it. Jun and Jena too, no need to be shy!"

Jun and Jena looked at each other, they smiled broadly.

"Yes!!!" They both said while they clenched their fists happily.

Velina glanced at the store manager who at the moment acted awry.

"I am.. I'm sorry, I did not know that you were the daughters of Mr. Franco Marcello at all…" she said softly, apologized while she bowed slightly.

"It's okay," Velina said while she waved her hand, and she then immediately busied herself choosing something at the shop.

Soon after, they all finished choosing what they wanted to buy and Franco immediately paid for it using his black card.

It was half-past two in the afternoon.

They finally decided to have lunch together because they were hungry after they shopped all day long.

They immediately headed to a fine-dining restaurant located on the top floor of Galerie La Fayette.

From the top of the building, they could see the view of Jet City.

"Wow… It must be more beautiful if we eat here at night! We can see the stars shining on the earth!" Velina exclaimed as she looked around the restaurant's interior design.

What Velina meant was the rays of city lights that shone at night, illuminated the earth.

Velina walked while she clung to Franco's arm shamelessly. While Franco was happy that his daughter was not being shy to spoil him in public.

All this time, he was only being accompanied by Marino and Nadine at home, while Velina decided to have a nomad life out there.

Marino could not act so childish to him while Nadine, just like himself, was a rigid person. Only Velina who could always remind him of his late wife, Valerie, who was always warm towards him when she was alive.

*****

"So, I want you to accompany me next week for a week to Japan. I need to meet my clients there, make sure you clear all of your schedules, okay! " A fat middle-aged man ate the food in front of him greedily.

He ate all of it in a hurry as if there was no tomorrow.

Meryl who felt disgusted at his behavior tried so hard not to curse the man in front of her.

The man was like a pig, he always sweated and looked dirty.

However, she must be patient not to be mean towards him. However, it was this man who gave her a television ad.

In her heart, she cursed Franco Marcello who seemed to have avoided her since he refused to take her as a date to attend Nico Marcello's birthday party.

It had been more than a month since the man disappeared from her life.

She had tried her best to look for him, however, it led to nothing.

It was not easy to meet a man as influential as Franco Marcello if the man did not want her.

"Of course, you can text me the details later," she answered briefly, while she put a piece of sushi in her mouth.

"Do not forget, later you have to serve them well! If you are lucky, one of them will sponsor you to act in a movie!" the man added.

Meryl stopped chewing sushi in her mouth.

Her hands trembled a little. However, she still kept a fake smile on her lips.

If only her relationship with Franco Marcello was going well, then she would not have to face this kind of insult!

She sighed heavily.

"I'm going to the toilet," She said, as she got up and immediately left the VIP room they were using.

As Meryl was heading to the women's toilet, her gaze focused on the only man she had been waiting for all this time.

She clearly saw Franco who was smiling happily being clung by a young woman who walked together beside him.

She noticed the woman, and for a moment, her eyes grew bigger.

"Isn't that woman… Nana?" She hid near the toilet, while she watched those people heading towards a VIP room, being led by a waiter.

"It seems that Franco is looking for fresh meat!" Meryl clenched her fists.

She became increasingly annoyed by the fact and she hated Nana, a young woman who since their first encounter had annoyed her so much.

This woman did not realize it at all, that behind Franco and Velina, there were also Nadine who was with them, followed by Jun and Jena and one of Franco Marcello's assistants who were carried their shopping bags.