Vol 5 Prologue (2/2)
“Yes sir.” Bill began the process without delay, at the same time exclaiming silently: so something had happened after all.
Ah! For the world to remain at peace, maybe they should just install a tracker and listening device in Daren’s body next time. Avery mused upon some awful ideas.
“Gege, Papa Avery, I’m back! I also bought some snacks! Why don’t we eat them together?”
Bill halted the task force mobilization.
Devon Solaris was dumbstruck.
In the end, it was Avery who showed some presence of mind, pressing the b.u.t.ton which connected to the living room and answering, “You’re back, Dar. Are you in the living room?”
“Yup...Ah, right! Papa Avery, why did you call my cellphone? I was just parking the car so I didn’t pick up.”
“So that’s what it was.” The corners of Avery’s mouth climbed higher and higher. This time the Solaris Emperor messed up big time.
Hearing Daren’s reply, Bill immediately typed ‘NO’ in the reply box of the Special Task Force’s inquiry as to whether they should deploy. He then turned and pretended to grab another file, all the while smiling secretly.
However, Devon Solaris did not mingle among economic circles for ten years for nothing. Having had his mettle tested many times, he instantly returned to normal, as if nothing at all just happened and spoke very naturally into the phone: “Oh, you’re back, Dar. Bring the snacks upstairs and we can eat them together. Avery just told me he wasn’t hungry anyway!”
I am very hungry! Avery wailed internally, yet he was too timid to speak the truth out loud. He could only grudgingly console himself with the thought of making some instant noodles later.
“Okay.”
It was only when Daren Solaris pushed open the study door and walked into the room that Devon truly let out the breath he had been holding. It wasn’t enough to just hear his voice; he needed to see his little brother safe and sound to finally relax.
“Was the opera good?” He smiled.
“Oh, Elian-ge and the others said it was pretty good, but I couldn’t tell…” Daren looked a little frustrated.
Devon hurried to rea.s.sure him. “Not a problem. I could never tell if they sounded good or not either. Only a few boring people like listening to that stuff anyway.”
“Really? Gege can’t tell either?”
Daren looked much more relaxed. Walking in front of big brother’s desk he put a bag on top of it and smiled, “Tonight’s snack is BBQ chicken skewers! Does gege like chicken?”
As long as it was Daren’s snack, it doesn’t matter if it were chicken or even human flesh, he’d eat it all with a smile, thought the secretary and the doctor on the other ends of the phone.
“I like it. Of course I like it.” Indeed, Devon immediately declared his love of chicken.
Daren grinned. “Then gege you eat first and I’ll go make some coffee for you.”
“Alright.”
Suddenly, Devon Solaris had a feeling that true happiness was no more than this, right here.
However, as Devon came to the doorway he paused for a bit, then turned back and said: “Does gege still drink black coffee? Could you not drink black coffee anymore?”
“Huh?” Devon, not expecting to hear this, was startled.
Daren, concerned, said, “I saw on the news that black coffee is not good for the body, so it’s better to add a bit of milk. Is that okay?”
Habits established for many years are difficult to change, so Devon finally frowned at his brother’s request. But his little brother promptly lowered his head. “If gege got sick, or if his body is not well, I would definitely be sad…” He said this in a low, worried voice.
“Oh...Alright!” Devon surrendered at once. When his most precious little brother was distressed, he would comply even if he drank only milk from then on, not to mention a bit of milky coffee.
“That’s great! Then I’ll go make gege’s coffee now!”
“Sure.” Devon smiled.
Avery stifled his laughter on the other end until Devon said coldly, “What are you laughing about?” He hurried to compose himself, then sighed with emotion, “Dar really has grown up, even looking after his brother now! You must be very touched, Emperor.”
It looked like the Solaris Emperor would definitely be bossed around in the future. If a mother were too strict one would call her a ‘tiger mom’. What, then, would a strict brother be called? Tiger brother? Hahaha! Ah, but these thoughts could only be laughed about in silence, since they can never be said aloud.
On the other end, Kyle’s tension eased. In the end, the Emperor was simply overthinking things. Maybe the Emperor and the young master stood a chance in living a normal family life...ah! Disregarding Devon Solaris’s extreme brother complex and the fact that Mr.Avery obviously could not be their father, these three could grudgingly pa.s.s for a normal family, right?
“Avery, come upstairs and have some snacks.”
Devon was a bit reluctant to offer. Although it would be great to eat the food with Dar, just the two of them, Dar would definitely be delighted if Avery were there.
Hearing this, Avery was overcome with grat.i.tude. Compared to chicken skewers, instant noodles were not fit for human consumption, especially since even pigs wouldn’t want to eat the noodles he made.
When Daren returned with coffee, Avery was already sitting in the study, staring bug-eyed at the skewers with his stomach growling. However, he didn’t dare raise a finger under Devon’s cold and watchful eyes.
“Dar, you’re back.” Avery pouted. “Your brother refuses to eat without you.”
Seeing this, Daren hurried to sit down. Smiling, he shouted with the others: “Let’s begin!”
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