Thomas curled his lips into a smile and swept his glance over Nellie.
"I, too, hope to have a daughter of my own, but unfortunately, circumstances won't allow me to, so..."
He propped his chin up with one hand and fixed his gaze on Luna's face.
"I was hoping I could get to know Nellie better during our contract period, Ms.Luna.Don't worry; as soon
as our contract is over, I'll get out of both you and your daughter's lives, and I promise not to get in
touch again in the future."
Luna furrowed her brows upon hearing this.
She was unfamiliar with Thomas Howard's background, and if she had known that he wanted to work
with her because of Nellie, she would not have come to meet him! Even though having such a famous
celebrity become an ambassador for her products would truly be the honor of a lifetime, she would not
use her daughter as leverage! At the thought of this, Luna let out an exhale and stood up.
"I'm sorry, Mr.Howard, but my daughter is the apple of both me and my husband's eye.I'm sorry to say
that our relationship, Mr.Howard, is only that of business in nature, and I'll never use my daughter as a
bargaining chip for your cooperation."
With that, she grabbed hold of Nellie’s hand and turned to leave.
However, they had just taken two steps when all of a sudden, Nellie drew her hand out of Luna's grasp
and turned to stare at Thomas with wide, innocent eyes.
"Sir, you said you liked me, but can you tell me what it is that you like about me? Is there anything
particular that makes you want to get to know me better?"
Thomas' expression darkened at the sound of Nellie's sugary sweet voice.He looked back at her
through narrowed eyes but did not reply.
Luna was startled by Nellie's impulsive behavior.She quickly stormed forward to pull the little girl back
into her arms.
"Nellie!"
Nellie had already promised her before coming here that she would listen to her every command, so
why did she suddenly break free and say such things to Thomas Howard?
"Why can't you answer me, Mr.Howard?"
Nellie cocked her head innocently, blinking.
"The truth is, I wasn't the reason you wanted to work with my Mommy, am I right?
"That was just an excuse you came up with on the spot."
Even though her voice was soft childlike, the words that came out of her mouth were oddly sharp.
"When I entered the door just now, you had just glanced at me without even a hint of adoration in your
eyes.You claimed that you liked me and wished I could be your daughter, but when you were talking to
Mommy, you kept staring at her and didn't even glance at me.
"If you truly liked me and wanted to get to know me better, you would've been staring at me all this
while."
Finally, Nellie let out a sigh and added, "Therefore, you probably have other reasons for wanting to
work with my Mommy, but you didn't want to come clean with us, so you decided to use me as an
excuse!"
The entire room fell silent.
After a long time, the sound of clapping echoed through the air.
As he raised his slender, bony hands in applause, Thomas glanced impassively at Luna and said with a
sneer, "I never thought a seven-year-old would be more observant than you, Ms.Luna."
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