Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia) novel Chapter 1272

It was just a casual remark initially, and no one took it to heart. But things would land themselves like this sometimes; once it started, everything would eventually fall into place, becoming a no-brainer, ending with everyone looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

"Little miss, what's your daddy's name?"

"What a beautiful baby. Would you like some candy?"

"How did you get here? Do you know any of your family member's phone numbers? Aws, you're even holding a toy dog, how sweet and cute..."

The group huddled around her, talking one after another; some even tried to touch her face. Yvette suddenly burst into tears, holding onto the toy poodle plushie with dear life.

"Go away, don't look at me!"

"Look at me, and I'll have my daddy fire all of you! My daddy is the greatest here!"

"I can't see anyone anymore!"

"Don't take my dog! I'm going to tell Daddy to fire all of you!"

Yvette's cries got all of them spooked.

"Oh, please don't cry, little one. Don't cry. We're not going to take you toy!"

"We won't look at you anymore..."

While everyone panicked, at a loss for what to do, an authoritative voice came suddenly. "What are you all doing?"

As everyone stepped aside, they saw a supervisor in a suit standing behind them, and through the narrow path, he saw the little girl.

"Whose child is this? Why bring a child to work? Hurry up and take her to the back. Do you want the boss to see it and scold you?"

"But, Mr. Braken, look at this little girl. She's looking for her daddy. Don't you think she looks a little like Mr. Bowles?"

Following that, someone told him the brief story, rendering him stumped. "This little girl is honestly gorgeous, and her clothes don't look cheap." Mr. Braken thought.

He waved his hand, calling over a slightly older female assistant, who got down to Yvette's eye level, handing her a tissue, all smiles.

"Don't cry, little one. I'll help you find your daddy, okay? You want to sit on the highest chair, right? C'mon, I'll take you there."

Yvette nodded and wiped her tears away before muttering, "Thank you, lady!"

Seeing that the child had such good manners, the crowd sighed again. "Such a little girl yet she isn't shy, and has such good manners too!"

Mr. Braken ordered someone to find her a tall chair with an armrest and even instructed them to add a small cushion for protection. Worried that she'd run around, he prepared some snacks for her and even got an assistant to look after her.

After settling the little girl, Mr. Braken pulled the manager aside. "What in the world is up with the kid?"

"How did she get in?"

"Are you sure she's a family member of our employee?"

"Who knows? She's in the lobby. I went to send some receipts to finance and deliberately made a detour. That little girl sure is gorgeous! If you see her, I'm sure you'd want to eat her up like I do... Hehe... But I think she really looks a little like him!"

"But I didn't hear anything about Mr. Bowles having a fixed girlfriend. The kid must be at least

three, four years old, right?"

"Please, like he'd tell you even if he has one. I heard the little girl is quite hratty, and she's dressed in luxury brands from head to toe. Plus, she does have the condescending princess look. You can tell she's spoiled; she said to 'fire' us whenever she got upset! How cute! A lot of people went to check her out..."

"Could she really be Mr. Bowles's illegitimate daughter? I also want to check her out!"

Two women walked out with their cups. Though they weren't loud, they were obviously enthusiastic, face flushed. Willy's gaze was so piercing that it nearly pierced through the two women as he heard their words loud and clear.

Gossip during work hours? And about him at that?!

Looking up, the two women took a couple of steps back, scared out of their wits. "M- Mr. Bowles... good afternoon!"

"What were you two talking about?"

Mustering all her courage, one of the women stammered, "S-Sorry, Mr. Bowles. We shouldn't be spouting nonsense!" "I asked, what were you two talking about?"

"It's... There's a girl in the lobby. She said she's here to look for her father! Everyone was talking about it... I got curious, so I went to take a look. I'm sorry, Mr. Bowles. I shouldn't be spouting nonsense behind your back. It'll never happen again; please give me a chance!"

Confused, Willy couldn't put two and two together, giving them the side-eye. "What are you two still standing here for? Get back to work."