Chapter 3

" Son when are you returning back?" A women with open wavy brown chestnut hair sitting on the sofa of her living room house with a phone in her hand

" within this week?" a response was said from the other side of the phone, but more like a question then a response

" I am not sure , the matter in L.A hasn't settled yet ."

" Don't overwork yourself baby and take care of yourself an-"

" Mom I know , don't worry "

"ok, but mak-"

the phone was hanged up before she could say anything further to her own son which made her mad as she flicked her tongue

" TSK, this brat!"

" What did he said Helen dear?" said a soft voice beside her eager to know the conversation .

" he hanged the phone mom" Helen pouted as she hugged the arms of the elderly and whine about her son's behavior to her mother-in law .

" Whenever I try to talk him about the marriage topic he would avoid it or just cut my call. I am his mother and am just worried that no one would want to marry him as he gets older and the only thing will be left is that he marry his work !" Helen complained with her arms folded near her chest while the elderly laughs .

" Well, even I was worried just like you for his father but you were daring enough to chase after him that I didn't need to be worried anymore . Everything takes time and you will see , a cute little fairy will come and mess his workaholic life " said the grandma with a chuckle assuring Helen who was blushing as she remembers how she was the one to chase down her husband and proposed to him.

" What are you ladies chattering about?" a voice questioned from the back and as they turned to see, it was the grandfather .

" nothing special, we were just talking about your precious grandson that rarely comes home because of the workload someone has passed to him, oh my poor grandson " responded the grandma exaggeratedly whilst the grandfather laughs nervously as he knows his wife is blaming him indirectly .

" ye-yeah , I guess the heredity passed down to him ", the grandfather tried to joke it off but it didn't work and instead got a smack on his forehead from his wife

" owww honey! "

" What's so proud about it? all they do is exhaust themselves! don't you remember how you got a high fever for 2 days because of overworking?! My God! I should've left you sick on the bed ! "

Though the words of his wife are harsh but he knows that she said it out of love and care.

" Then why did you cry while taking care of me at the time ?" mentioned the grandfather making his wife fluster.

" I- I was worried if something happened to you who will take care and feed your son and me. Yeah! I was only worried about that ! hmph! "

Helen laughed as she notices how the elderly still loves one another even though they are in a conversational sarcastic fight. It reminded her of her own married life when she and her husband lived together with the elderly and they use to have childish fight which at the end her husband always gave up to her.

Just like the elderly couple, Helen's marriage was also a love marriage but just as she thought she may also have a happy ending like the princesses in fairytales, unfortunately, her marriage didn't last long .

Helen's husband died due to lungs TB when their son son was only 9 years old, it was very hard for Helen to accept such thing but she knows she must stay strong for her own son and give him both the love of mother and father.

As years passed she became proud of her son being a successful person but it also worries her that he might over exhaust himself due to work and deteriorate his health which is why she wants his son to have a partner that could take care of him.

" ok ok, that's enough you two I know how much you both yearn from one another so you both can continue this later and let's go have our dinner!. " Helen declared while hugging the grandma from her back and secretly winking at the grandfather with a smile.

" yeah le-let's go have dinner dear" The grandfather said taking his wife and walking her to the dining room while whispered " thank you" at Helen.

Kenji Sohan Alexander , Helen's husband, was a famous tycoon in the business circle after his death , the business was taken care by his father until his grandson reaches the age to inherit it.

The business that they owned started to expand and reached every field that it became difficult for Kenji to handle alone and so Helen also became his business partner and the two ran the Alexander Empire together side by side.

But now the Empire is ran by Helen's son who is rarely home. The Alexander's Empire HQ is located at City Z and since the CEO is rarely at the HQ , either Helen or the grandfather takes care of it.

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With the rise of new day , Helen goes to the company and as she reached , her secretary was waiting for her to inform her of her schedule.

The secretary greeted her and told her of the meeting with the Han Corp. which's within 15 min and the rest of her agenda for the day.

" ok, get the meeting room ready and inform me"

" yes Mam"

As the secretary left to do his duty, Helen went to her cabin and got started busy with company's paperwork. Five minutes have passed and her phone has been vibrating with messages which distracted her work.

Putting her pen down to check on her phone , she knows who is it , as there is only one person that could disturb her whenever, so she dialed a phone number and waited for it to be answered.

" HEY WOMAN!!" an excited voice bursted out once the call was answered and even though it wasn't on speaker , it was loud enough to fill the cabin.

" well look who remembers to text me after 5 years!" Helen reminded while she jerked back on her chair and crossed her legs, excited to talk to her best friend.

" SOOORRYYY Bestieee! I was busy with my grandchild and the-"

" GRANDCHILD??!!" Helen cut her off with surprise, keeping her leg on the ground as she jerked front from her chair.

" When did Brooklyn gave birth??" Helen asked in astonishment as she asked about Brooklyn, her best friend's daughter pregnancy.

" LILY!!!!"

Lily groaned as she realized she didn't informed this news to Helen and now she is going to get an earful from her, just as she thought it Helen bawled through the phone " YOU BETTER GIVE ME AN EXPLANATION!!"

Lily whimpered and told her everything from A to Z .

" that's just all my queen and because of the excitement while taking care of her I forgot about it, I am sorry " Lily concluded.

They chatted for a while longer until Helen's secretary came to remind about the meeting and they paused their chit chats to continue it later.

As Helen finished her schedule for the day , on her way home her phone buzzed with messages from Lily . Lily was sending her photos of her grandchild and Helen can't help but be overwhelmed by how cute the baby girl is .

She sighed as she felt a bit of jealousy but also extremely happy for her friend that she got a grandchild and is complaining about when she would get one too.

As she was thinking an idea popped on her mind and a sly smirk appeared.

" let's see how you will avoid it now my dear son"