Chapter 21 - Leaving

Kathy's Pov

"So your leaving?" My cutest baby Eros frowned at me, making my heart break into pieces.

"I'm not leaving, Honey. I mean... I am because of my work but I'll be back, don't worry. I'll contact you whenever I can and bring you lots of presents and toys when I get back." I said while caressing his head.

I always hated the idea of leaving my son because of my work, events like this never happened before and it's gonna be hard for me to deal with it. I've never been far away from him and I'll be in the other side of world for months and I still don't know when I'll be back. I want him to be with me all the time but I'm afraid Jack won't like it, it'll be a distraction and our work is very risky too. We'll be dealing with big people.

Seeing my son frowning makes me want to disagree on this plan but I'm the CEO of our company, I have to prove everyone that I can be an outstanding Leader. I can't risk having our company in bankruptcy.

Eros started to sob and I feel so sad seeing him like this, "We've never been separated, I always follow wherever you go, Mommy. Can I please come? I don't have anyone in here. Our h-house is gonna be empty without you, I d-don't have anybody to join me when I watch movies or play games and nobody will read me books when I sleep or t-t-tuck me in. Mommy please can I come, please?" His voice croaked.

My stomach drop seeing him like this, I don't have any choice but to leave and fix our company problem. I kissed his forehead multiple times, hoping it would calmed him down. "I'm sorry, Eros. If I can, I would bring you, Honey. It's very risky to bring you with me, we will be dealing with a lot of people and big companies. I promise when I get there, I'll call you right away. If I have a free time at night, I'll let you know so we can watch movie together while in a video call. Would you like that?"

He wiped his eyes and sobbed hardly, "Y-yes, I l-like that Mommy."

I gave him my sweetest hug and kissed the top of his head, "Okay, I'll try my best to stay in contact with you okay? Please stop crying, I don't want to leave you frowning. Alice will stay here while I'm gone so please be good to her and answer your homeworks, if you need any help please ask Alice okay?" He nodded and I tightened our hug.

I'm gonna miss my stress pill...

"When are you leaving?" He mumbled, still hugging me.

"Maybe tomorrow, Honey. I still don't know, we haven't decided yet but I'll be packing my things today, just in case." I said and Eros started crying again, I can feel my eyes starting to water and the hard lump on my throat gave me rough time to swallow but I have to be tough. I don't want him to see me crying and besides I'll be back.

I'll be back...

"Shh..." I rubbed his back and swing him into my arms, calming him down. I sang a little melody to help him sleep and he did. I carried him to his room, "I'm going to miss you so much." I whispered and placed him on to his bed.

"You should have told him that you'll be gone for months, you know."

Alice voice startled me, making me jumped, I look back at the door. "Alice, shh!" I placed a finger between my lips telling her to shut up, "You might wake him up."

"You don't want your child to expect you to come home every month, you know? It's gonna be hard for Eros. I know he'll miss you, you're the only one he values in his life." Alice said as she leaned on the door frame, making me look at Eros. "And he's gonna call you every night, which is gonna difficult because of the time differences in Japan and China."

"I know..." I said lowly, "I'm gonna miss him too. This is the first time that I'll leave my son for a while. I wish I could bring him."

"Yeah..." Alice said and sigh, "But you're going to leave him somehow when he grows up. Like when he reach 18 and he's gonna find a new house and start his life and —"

I glared at Alice and said, "He's 5."

She raised both of her hands in surrender and walks away. I looked at Eros again and gently caress his head, I gave him one last kiss and went to my bedroom.

I opened my door and release a heavy sigh. "Why are you in my bed, Alice?"

"Girl, why not?" She said while chewing her gum at me. "I promise to take care of Eros and will call you when emergency happens. I don't want you to get panicked or anything, so I'm gonna have a separate phone and number for Eros and I saved it on your phone already so everytime he misses you, he can call you." She jumped on my bed and showed me loads of books, "And I got these books for him too. I bet he'll love it."

A chuckled escaped my lips and I said, "You always spoil him with books, I bet he got it from his father."

Alice leaned back on my bed and chewed loudly like a donkey, "Yeah, you are not that fond of books." She said while squinting her eyes at me. "I have always wondered where he got it."

I ignored Alice on my beed and started packing my luggage. I grabbed my shirts and shorts, all my office outfit, my toiletries, personal necessities and more. All of my laptops and phones are ready, I grab a big journal from my bottom drawer and sigh.

"Am I going to be a secretary again?" I looked at Alice who's head was hanging down on my bed and her legs where up in the air, "What the hell are you doing?"

"Haha!" She said, her face is turning red due to her position. "Yup, you're going to be a secretary again and I'm gonna manage the company while your... gone..." She said lowly, "It's gonna be scary though," She sat on my bed and looked at me, "I find it very scary to handle such thing, I know I'm not gonna literally handle it because Jack's gonna look at the company for us too but... I hate sitting at that damn office."

I gave her sly smile and stood up from the floor and gave her a big hug, "I know you can do it, for the sake of the company and to the promise you gave to your father." Alice smiled and hugged me back.

I heard my phone vibrated and I broke our hug, "Excuse me, Alice." I went to my table where my phone was charging, it was an unknown number.

"See you tomorrow, Ms. Hutton.

- Mr. Jack Bonneville."