Love You Can’t Say

I glanced at Dennis and saw how cautious he was. The big man, who was 5ft 10in, was holding Clarie Bear in a weird gesture as if he just got shot. He moved step by step, and his body was too stiff.

I was trying to hold back my laughter. Luis also pursed his lips, looked at me, and said, “Clarie doesn’t have many baby stuff. Alex and I will walk you guys out in a minute. Most of her crying at night is because she is hungry. Try and let her sleep by your side for a couple of days to help her settle in. That way, it’s also easier for you to just get up and feed her when she does cry for food.”

I nodded, looked at them, and said, “Guys, join us at the T Villas and have a New Year’s Eve dinner together – It’s a rare but great opportunity to hang out now that we are all in Newton Town.”

Luis took a look at Alex. He seemed to be checking if Alex was willing to go.

Alex nodded and spoke, “Sounds great. I am not going back to City P this new year. It’s going to be great to get together and spend our first new year with Clarie Bear.”

Luis agreed along, nodding. He then looked at me and said, “I will send you the time and location in a bit. My mom has been talking about it a few times – If you two feel awkward about going there by yourselves, bring Clarie Bear along with you too.”

I was a bit confused for a while. But then I realized Luis was referring to that Luna had been wanting to invite us to have dinner together.

So I said, “Clarie Bear’s too young to go with us. I will stay with her tonight. You guys should go ahead and enjoy dinner!”

Luis looked at Dennis with his two eyes of depth, “Are you going, Mr. George?”

I assumed that Dennis wouldn’t agree to have dinner with Luna. So I was surprised to see him nod his head, saying “Sure, let’s go!”

Then he walked out the door quietly, with Clarie Bear in his arms. Alex looked at Dennis and kept trying not to laugh.

If it wasn’t for Dennis’s cold and serious temper, I would have laughed out loud when I saw him acting like that.

I was having a headache. Besides, I really didn’t want to see Luna now.

I got into the car after Dennis. He seated Clarie Bear in the back seats and secured her cradle with the child safety seat. I went straight to sit in the back as well.

Alex and Luis loaded everything into the car. Luis told us they were going to rush back to work, and then they drove away.

Dennis started the car and we were out of the YT Community in a minute. I couldn’t help but ask, “I thought you would usually avoid going to dinner gatherings?”

He pursed his lips, kept driving the car, and said easily, “Do you notice that Luis has been very busy recently?”

I was stunned for a moment, followed his topic, and said, “Yeah, it seems like it.”

“Have you thought about why?” Perhaps it was because of Clarie Bear in the car, Dennis drove slower and more steadily than usual.

I thought about it and said, “Luis is a rich second-generation. He’s still the heir of the Collins family even though Luna is in charge of the family’s businesses. The credit lending business he runs now, on one hand, has been a way for him to gain operational experience. On the other hand, it is also something he’s been interested in. But it’s already the end of the year now, the credit annual review list should either have been done long before or should it have been delayed until after the new year’s celebrations. Besides, there are not as many audit firms open for services this time of the year. Why has he been so busy lately then? Is he short of money, or is there something wrong happening with him?”

He hummed, and his voice was light, “Look at you, being all analytical… You are not too stupid, after all.”

I…

Dennis George – What did that even mean?

Tickling Clarie Bear, I asked, “So did Luis run into some trouble?”

“Have you heard of the butterfly effect?”

I answered, “The flapping of the butterfly’s wings can cause a hurricane on the other side of the world?”

He responded with “Mhm-hmm”. His black eyes were concentrating on the road in the front. It was all because of Clarie Bear – Now Dennis was being extra careful and focused.

“Luna’s incident not only affects the development of the businesses and properties under her name but also everything related to her. The stagnation of most of Luna’s businesses has indirectly affected the Collins family as well, including the credit lending business under Luis’s name. the Holmes Real Estate is a huge company – The company’s capital and corporate structure should be able to hold it up for a while even under great pressure and challenges now.”

“But it’s not the same for Luis’s lending business. Credit-lending businesses came into being less than two years ago. The reputation and income of Luis’s company in the past two years have been good, however, it is still a small company. Once it is affected by huge external forces, the speed of its collapse is faster than you think. Many large companies have basically canceled their cooperation with credit lending businesses this year.”

Honestly, the facts hurt. I didn’t expect this would happen at all, so I couldn’t help but frown, “So, in order to help his company survive, Luis must find a way to convince several big companies to continue cooperation with him by the end of the year.”

Dennis nodded, “He must!”

“Has the George group stopped cooperation with Luis?” I spoke. Clarie grabbed me with four of her tiny little soft fingers, and her two big eyes were checking out everything around her.

“We have. But the contract we signed with him last year only includes business in Newton Town. I have moved the company headquarter to City P this year, so comparatively the funding has been cut half.”

“How about the Thomson group then?”

We drove into the T Villas. Dennis pursed his lips and said, “It’s the same with the Thomson group. Besides, let’s not forget – The Thomson group has partnered with AC already.”

Right – Andy Lee did me a favor that time.

I kept rubbing the area between my eyebrows. I felt bad inside my heart now.

Finally, we were back at the villa. It was already noon. After Dennis had settled Clarie Bear in the nursery room, he came back, looked at me, and said, “Go keep an eye on Clarie. I am going to move the baby stuff into her room from the car.”

I nodded. But after taking a few steps away from Dennis, I looked back at him and said to him when he was carrying things out of the trunk, “Dennis, honey – I’m starving.”

I didn’t eat anything in the morning, and neither did eat when we were over at Alex’s place. Of course, I was hungry now.

He was surprised for a moment, then smiled, “Are you blaming me for not serving you food? Where are the boiled eggs that I gave you in the morning on our way out?”

“I forgot about them and left them behind at Alex’s place!” I pursed my lips, with my face pouted, and looked at him innocently.

Dennis burst into laughter, “What do you want to eat? I will cook for you shortly!”

“Anything would do!” I said, with a smirk on my face. Watching him take everything out of the trunk, I couldn’t help but say, “Dennis, you kind of look like a stay-at-home dad now.”

He looked at me meaningfully and said, “Come here and close the door.”

I nodded, closed the car door, and followed behind him, saying childishly, “If you could give birth to a baby and breastfeed, I guess you would turn out well even without getting married, right?”

He looked back at me, pursed his lips, and raised his eyebrows, “What are you trying to say?”

“I am just trying to give you compliments.”

“Speak English!” He looked at me and said after putting everything into the nursery room.

Dennis was about 8 inches taller than me. I walked up to him, stood on tiptoe, raised my head, and kissed his face. I smiled and said, “How about this?”

He looked at me in a flirty way, “Wait until tonight.”

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Clarie was a well-behaved baby – After eating and sleeping, she looked around with a pair of big eyes.

She would reach out her tiny little hands to grab whatever she saw and liked now and then. Dennis was busy in the kitchen. And he had left his phone in Clarie’s room when he was moving the baby stuff.

When the phone vibrated, Clarie Bear just listened. Her round eyes were sparkling, yet she didn’t move at all, as if she was so curious.

I didn’t answer the call for Dennis though. I just yelled toward the kitchen, “Dennis, your phone is ringing.”

I heard the sound of water splashing from the kitchen, and Dennis answered me, “Answer it for me, babe!”

He didn’t say anything else.

I looked at the caller ID – It was Olivia Pearson calling.

I frowned upon her as usual and picked up the call. Before I could say anything, I could hear Olivia sobbing.