Chapter 238 - Year-End Holiday (1/2)

When Finland returned to the office on Monday, Ruth told her all the gossips she had missed during the Christmas party because she went home early.

”They really are match made in heaven. If only you were there,” Ruth said excitedly. ”Oh by the way, now the mystery is solved, why Mr. Schneider recently made many new policies in favor of families. He and his wife already have a child! And they are currently expecting their second child! Imagine that! We didn't even know that he is married!”

Finland just laughed at Ruth's enthusiasm. She was happy because her office mates seemed to appreciate their boss and encouraged him to be happy.

There were no significant events going on during the last week of work in December and Finland successfully completed her assessment on startup Trengginas.

She had gathered a lot of information on the project through research and interviews with similar industry players in Southeast Asia and resource persons from Indonesia. She was very happy because she gained new experience and successfully completed a project which she found very interesting.

Finally, the holidays arrived.

”Where are we going on vacation?” Caspar asked when he returned with Finland in the car on the last day of work. ”You just name the place, I'll make it happen.”

Finland seemed to think for a moment. There was one place that she liked so much, and she hadn't visited in three years.

”Uhm... what about F Island? It would be nice to escape for a moment from the winter in America. Besides, it's been a long time since we went to the beach...” she said.

Caspar nodded. He was very pleased with Finland's choice. He also really liked the island he bought as a wedding gift for her.

”Exactly... I bought the island as a wedding present, and we can spend time there later this year to celebrate our third wedding anniversary. What do you think?” he asked. ”This could be our second honeymoon or babymoon... or whatever you want to call it...”

Finland laughed.

”Uhmm... a very tempting offer,” but then she thought about Aleksis and Lauriel, ”Should we ask Lauriel to come along? Are you comfortable doing that to him? He is single and if we ask him to come to our babymoon, it would be like feeding him dog food.”

Caspar laughed. ”Nah... you didn't know how much dog food I had to take when he was dating Luna. I helped him make the first crop circle to profess his love for Luna, remember... If he came with us, I'm sure he would not care less if we were being intimate.”

Finland finally nodded, ”Well, go ahead ask him then. It's up to him. If he wants to come, he can join us to F Island, or he can choose to stay in Singapore with Aleksis - just the two of them.”

”Will you let Aleksis stay with him?” Caspar asked in surprise. ”Are you okay with that?”

”I think they will be happy to go on adventures together for a few days - without us, while we are vacationing on F Island. Later we can meet up in Bali or Thailand for a trip together, then head home to New York. What do you think?”

”All right, I'll do as you say.”