That was what Valeria wanted to do at the moment, and that was what she did. She grabbed her son, Alex, by her side and turned around to leave without wanting to stay for another second.


    Jepson panicked a little and grabbed her slender wrist. "Hey... Valeria, what''s wrong? Didn''t we agree that you would take over this case at thest minute?"


    "If you had told me earlier that it was the James Group, I definitely wouldn''t have taken it," Valeria replied,


    Jepson had only mentioned that a big client wanted to changewyers temporarily, but Jepson hadn''t told her it was the James Group


    Just standing there made Valeria feel ufortable all over.


    Valeria pulled her son and was about to leave when Jepson suddenly stopped her. "My goodness! Are you forcing me to kneel for you right now? This is a task given to me by the boss. If I can''t even handle this small matter, how am I supposed to go back?" As he spoke, Jepson, such a tall man, really seemed like he was about to kneel.


    Many employees had already cast strange looks at them.


    Valeria grabbed him and said, "Have some dignity, will you? Why do you have to kneel?"


    Alex looked at Jepson pitifully and said childishly. "Mr. Lever, men only kneel when they''ve done something wrong."


    Jepson was speechless.


    Valeria felt a little helpless. "Is the person we''re meeting with that guy?"


    "Who?" Jepson looked confused.


    It had been four years, and Valeria didn''t want to mention the name "Hackett'' even once. Just thinking about it made her feel nauseous and disgusted. She just wanted to draw a clear line with that name forever.


    The heir of James Group! Is he the one we''re meeting with?" If it were that scumbag, she would turn around and leave. regardless of the consequences.


    "You''re talking about the magnate, Hackett James? No, he''s busy with his daily affairs. It''s the Vice President of thepany who will meet with us," Jepson exined.


    Valeria finally breathed a sigh of relief. But hearing the name "Hackett," she felt a lump in her throat, and a ripple of disgust surged in her beautiful eyes.


    "Then let''s go. But I can only stay for half an hour, not a minute more


    After saying that, she grabbed Alex and walked toward the elevator.


    Jepson looked at Valeria and Alex''s backs and breathed a sigh of relief. At least he managed to stop them. Otherwise, his job would be in jeopardy.


    The three of them arrived at the conference room on the sixteenth floor.


    Suddenly. Alex said, "Mommy, I need to pee! I can''t hold it anymore!"


    "I''ll take Alex to the restroom. You go in and talk to them. You''ve been urging me for so long, please Jepson picked up Alex- from the ground and hraded straight for the restrooms


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    Valeria shook her head helplessly and then turned around to enter the conference room. She didn''t expect that in the four years she had been away. Aara had undergone earth-shattering changes, and even the James Group had relocated. Half an hour meant half an hour, not a second more.


    Valeria walked out of the conference room. Her face was initially cold, but a gentle smile appeared when she saw her son. "Let''s go. Mommy will take you to eat something delicious. "Yeah! Mommy is the best!"


    A chubby little hand held onto hers, and she held it tightly.


    In these years. Valeria''s only pir of support was Alex, who had helped her through endless darkness. She was grateful that she didn''t abort the baby. She had made the right choice to keep him. "Alex, what do you want to eat?


    Well... I want pasta..."


    At the same time, at a corner of the corridor, a group of people surrounded Hackett as they walked toward the conference room, seemingly reporting their work to the man.


    Valeria listened to her son speaking with a gentle smile and then walked to the corner. The smile on her face froze, her eyes filled with shock.


    "It''s him." she yelled inwardly. "Hackett James!"


    It had been four years. However, the thing she feared the most still happened!


    Valeria immediately stepped back, hiding herself, and took the sunsses from her bag to put on.


    Jepson looked puzzled. "What''s wrong?"


    "Let''s take the stairs"


    Valeria bent down and picked up her son, turning toward the direction of the staircase. Even though she was wearing eight- inch high heels, she still carried Alex and walked away.


    "Why take the stairs when there''s an elevator? And you''re wearing heels. Aren''t you tired?" Jepson really couldn''t understand why Valeria was doing this. He followed along, somewhat helpless.


    "I want to take the elevator, Mommy. Taking the stairs is tiring"


    "Don''t worry. Mommy will carry you." She was determined not to let Hackett discover the existence of this child.


    At that moment, Hackett arrived with thepany executives. He was dressed in a perfectly tailored ck suit, still elegant and handsome, with a touch of maturity in his eyes.


    Suddenly, a soft cry came from ahead. "Mommy!"


    The word "Mommy caught Hackett''s attention. He looked up, and a hint of surprise shed in his dark eyes.


    Like a dazzling sh of light, a woman''s figure rushed into his sight. A woman was nothing special, but why did her back look so familiar? That figure seemed so familiar that it ovepped with his ex-wife, Valeria, whom he hadn''t seen in four years! Valeria?


    The woman seemed hesitant and nced back, but her face was covered mainly by sunsses, making it difficult to see anything clearly.  ti G.


    However, Hackett inexplicably tookrge strides to catch up, creating distance between himself and the group behind him.


    "Mr. James! The conference room is this way!" the secretary shouted from behind, but Hackett seemed not to have heard. Hackett followed the familiar figure to the staircase but found nothing.


    His brows furrowed.


    "Could it be that I have been mistaken?" he wondered. He stared at the empty staircase for a few seconds, then turned around and left.


    It was ridiculous to think about it. That woman had disappeared for four years. How could she possibly appear in the James Group:


    In these four years, he had also tried to find out Valeria''s whereabouts, but she seemed to have evaporated from the face of the Earth, leaving no trace.


    Because of this, his grandfather, Barron, almost severed their grandfather-grandson rtionship.


    However, at that moment, Valeria was covering Alex''s mouth, hiding behind the door in the staircase. Even Jepson had to obediently stay silent on the side.


    It was just a hair''s breadth away just now. Hackett would have discovered her and Alex if he had taken two more steps.


    Alex blinked his big, round eyes, his face looking adorable.


    After hearing the sound of the heavy footsteps moving away. Valeria released her hold on Alex''s mouth, feeling somewhat guilty. "Im sorry, Alex. Mommy didn''t mean to. Did I hurt you?"


    Like a little gentleman, Alex hugged her and said, "It''s okay, Mommy. I will always forgive you."


    Upon hearing this, Valeria was momentarily stunned, then smiled. Indeed, he was her good and grown-up son.


    Jepson didn''t even understand why he had to hide just now. "Valeria, why did we have to hide? Even if we ran into Hackett,


    we could just say hello, right? Do you have social anxiety or something?"Content is property of N?velDrama.Org.


    Valeria couldn''t be bothered to exin. "Just think of it that way


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