He carried a scool over for me at

and I sat downL

The furnishings in the study were simple. Apart from a desk and two chairs, there was a bookshelf that displayed two rows of books

It was placed next to a wall that had no windows on it

Since I had nothing to do, I started looking at the books on the bookshelf.

"Most of the books here are about finance," Zane said while he switched off the computer. Then, he approached me and continued, "I can buy other books for you to read if you want."

"It's alright," I replied swiftly and turned to look at him

Even though Zane was at home, he still wore a suit, appearing rather reserved and aloof that night

I asked, "Have you decided how to solve the problem?"Property © of .

Instead of replying directly, Zane questioned, "What's your opinion?"

Meanwhile, I said, "You're asking for my opinion?"

"Yes." Zane wanted to know my stance. "After all, Zachary is your biological son."

After hearing that, I remained very calm. "Isn't he Jessica's child?"

My words shocked Zane. He thought that though I had given up on them, I would try to protect Zachary since I used to love him for

many years.

But he hadn't expect me to be so ruthless.

Zane stood at a spot while I remained seated.

Since he didn't reply, I looked up at him and asked, "Do you think I'm too ruthless?"

"No, I think you're great," Zane said.

He added, "I admire you for that."

After that, I questioned, "Now that you know what I think, how are you going to deal with this issue? "I'm going to go to the kindergarten tomorrow morning and get the teacher to call his parents over." Someone bullied Willow, and that made her condition worsen though sh getting better before that.

As such, Zane couldn't stand it because he was her father. "Let's see what Zachary's parents are going to say, though I hope they'll come up with a logical solution."

I couldn't think of a better plan, so I agreed. "Okay."

After finishing the discussion with Zane, I prepared to leave.

However, the latter stopped me. "Annalise."

When 1 heard that, I stopped and turned to look at him. "What's wrong?"

Suddenly, he asked, "Can you stay with me for a while?"

A high-ranking man like him had a lot of stress at work. Besides, his parents kept urging him to get married, and Willow's condition

was serious..

So, he needed the support of other people. Once I realized that, I returned to my

seat.

It seemed that Zane didn't want to waste my time, so he spoke immediately. "My company has an advertising department."

I looked at him as he continued, "If you don't mind, you can take a look around the advertising department and learn how to advertise your comics."

He saw my comics too.

Though they weren't polished or pretty enough compared to professionall artists, they were cute and heartwarming,

As a result, Zine felt that if I posted my comics online and promoted them well, many readers would read them

"Well... Okay."1 understood he cared about me, so I didn't reject his suggestion.

It seemed that Zane was worried that I would be too busy, because he said, "If you don't have enough time, I can hire someone else to help you advertise the comics." This made me look at him in confusion. After all, I had only drawn a few comics so far...