What a cute little girl. She looks like a pretty doll with her puffy cheeks. Look, her eyes are shining like stars.
Strangely, she feels familiar to me. I can feel myself softening up at the sight of her.
Faymo was circling in the car, shrieking, "Venus! Venus!"
"Come over here at once!" A frowning Venus stretched her hand out and demanded. "If you keep acting up, I'll get mad!"
Alas, Faymo didn't perch on her little hand. It landed on Zain's shoulder instead.
Zain's brows snapped together as he reached out to grab Faymo.
Faymo immediately struggled and pooped on Zain's blazer in fright. A few feathers floated around, accompanied by shocked silence.
Benard froze.
Even the bodyguards paled instantly. They kNew what a clean freak Zain was.
The bird's dead meat!
Indeed, Zain's expression darkened. His grip on little Faymo tightened.
Faymo's body stiffened from the increasing force. Its eyes rolled upward as it lolled its tongue out.
"Ah! Let go of Faymo!"
Venus leaped on the man and tried to pry his hands off Faymo. "Let go! Let go!"
"Kid." Benard tried to pull her away.
Staring at Venus's flushed face and doll-like eyes, the menace in Zain's gaze faded away. He slowly released his grip on the bird.
Faymo flapped its wings frantically and returned to Venus's embrace.
Venus caught the bird and glared at Zain angrily before escaping from his car.
"Hey, kid!" Benard yelled after her, but she merely ignored him. Worried, he told a bodyguard, "Go after her and make sure she reunites with her family safely."
"Yes!"
The vehicle then slowly drove away. Zain took off his blazer and patted the feathers away before wiping his hands with a piece of wet wipes.
Benard scanned his boss' expression. He still looks stern, but that murderous glint in his gaze is gone.
He couldn't help but lament, "What an adorable little girl."
"She has an innocent gaze, " Zain commented, which was rare of him.
"Yes. I wonder what kind of mother she has to give birth to such a lovely girl like her."
Venus was riding the escalator when she heard Carla calling her name. "Venus! Venus!"
"Mommy, I'm here!"
Venus ran over with Faymo in her arms. She launched herself into Carla's embrace like a rocket, causing the latter to stumble from her weight.
"You gave me a scare." Carla hugged Venus tightly and caressed her head anxiously. "Are you hurt? Did you meet any bad guys?"
"I'm not hurt, but.."
Venus recalled that man in the car. Is he a bad guy?
He looks like one!
But… Faymo pooped on his shoulder. He was angry, but he didn't kill Faymo. That means he's not a bad guy, right?
"But what?" Carla urged.
"Faymo pooped on a man, " explained Venus, gesturing with her chubby hands. "But that man didn't hurt Faymo."
"I'm glad you're both fine. Don't wander around next time, get it?"
"Okay."
Not far away, the bodyguard waited until the little girl left with her mother before he walked away.
As he was too far away, he only saw her back and her faded denim shirt.
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