"I'm just kidding. How can I return the kiss of a man I don't love?"

"Don't think like that, honey," Anna added again with a smile and then turned and left, leaving Devan who seemed to be gawking alone.

Rubbing his ears, Devan thought he had a hearing problem.

Immediately the man chased Anna, "Hey wait!"

"What did you say?" asked Devan right in front of Anna, blocking the woman from going any further.

"What?"

"That was, what did you say?"

"What?"

"Come on honey, don't pretend you forgot it," Devan replied.

"What is it? Which one?"

"What did you say before you left?"

"Oh, that."

"Yes, it is. Can you repeat it one more time?" Devan looks excited.

"Don't think like that," replied Anna.

"Then?"

"What?"

"After that, what else did you say?" he asked.

"What? I didn't say anything else after that," Anna replied.

"Is that true?"

"Um, okay. I want to see Dave first," said Anna then started to leave from there, out of the room.

"I'm too," replied Devan grabbing Anna's arm, then leveling his position with the woman.

Walking out of the room, Anna and Devan headed to Dave's room. Seeing her son still fast asleep, Anna smiled.

"Do you want to go home?" Anna asked Devan.

"I just want to stay here," said Devan.

"No, what if Mrs. Seira and Byanca look for you?"

"I don't care, I just want to be here, with you and my son, honey."

Hearing Devan's words, Anna took a deep breath, "Before you finish your business with Byanca, you can't do this, Devan. You must still return to your home." said Anna.

"So what? I don't love Byanca. I even planned to take all my clothes and live here."

"DEVAN..."

"All right, all right. I'll do what you say, honey," Devan cut in immediately.

"But don't forbid me to come every day, I want to see you and my son," he added.

Anna nodded, "Just visit if you have free time. Don't skip work too often, Lidya's mother will be angry," replied Anna.

"Eh, don't worry, honey."

"Then you are here first, take care of Dave. I want to take a shower, my body is hot," said Anna.

"I'm too," said Devan.

Anna didn't respond and just glared sharply. "Stay here, I'm just a moment," finished saying that, she left Dave's room to her room.

It was night, and she was so hot, her skin was sticky with sweat from walking around the house earlier.

***

It only took a few minutes, Anna was done. Dressed in pajama shades of Navi blue, Anna left her room.

"Madam," suddenly a voice came from behind her, making her turn her head and find a maid standing with a slightly bent body.

"Are you calling me?" she asked.

"Yes, madam. Sorry if I startled you."

"No problem, what's wrong?" she asked again.

"Dinner is ready, madam," said the maid.

"Alright, I'll call the others first."

"No need madam, let me do it," replied the Maid.

Anna sighed, "I'm going to their room, so it doesn't matter if I do it. You come back," Anna said.

"O-okay madam. Sorry in advance if it bothered you."

"Then I'll excuse myself," said the maid bowing respectfully and then withdrawing from there.

Without waiting long, Anna immediately called the others.

Naila, who was talking to Leo in her room, was forced to stop because of Anna's invitation to dinner, while Devan, who was lying next to his son, slowly rose from his position, afraid to wake the boy.

"You didn't wake Dave up for dinner?" asked Devan as Anna started to leave the room.

"Later, when he wakes up," answered Anna.

Devan nodded in agreement, "Okay."

Coming out of the elevator on the first floor, Devan asked two maids to look after his son in the room.

"You like your room?" asked Anna when she was at the dinner table.

"Um, I like it," replied Naila.

"Thanks for the kindness," she added again turning to Devan.

"You're my son's babysitter, right? How much did your pay before?" Devan asked Naila without looking at the girl.

Hearing that, Naila glanced at Anna who was busy with the food on her plate. The girl then said her salary was a month.

"Okay, I'll pay you three times as much, on the condition that you have to take good care of Dave, don't let his mother get tired of taking care of him," said Devan, glancing at her briefly.

"Really? Three times over? Okay, I agree, and thank you again," replied Naila sounding very enthusiastic.

"Only triple, how about you take care of my apartment and I'll pay you quadruple?" Leo said.

Devan glared sharply at his cousin, "Five times," he said raising Naila's fee.

"Six times?" Leo didn't want to lose.

"Ten times," Devan replied, instantly creating silence, even Anna, who looked relaxed and normal before, was now gawking, especially Naila, who was already gaping at the place to hear the two men's conversation.

"What is ten times over?" Anna asked to be sure.

"I will pay Naila ten times if she stays here to be Dave's babysitter," Devan replied, if his view is not wrong, Anna likes Naila, and the woman doesn't seem to be able to stay away from the girl, therefore He does this all for the sake of Anna, he didn't want that woman sad just because Naila went away from her.

"Hah, aren't you overdoing it and wasting money?" said Anna as if in disbelief.

"Nothing too much if it's for you, dear," replied Devan making the woman blush again.

"Don't worry Anna, the money won't run out with just this small problem," Leo chimed in.

"But still…"

"Don't you like your friends getting high pay?" cut Devan.

"I-it's not like that, it's just….Ah it's up to you," said Anna sounding frustrated. Remembering her life which had been very miserable, sometimes starving and just save a piece of money, and the man in front of her easily squandered money like this.

Hearing that, Devan smiled, "Eat and stop talking. Don't you remember what my son said?"

"Your son? Hey, Dave's my son too," Anna protested.

"Okay, okay, I'm just kidding. Then eat, eat a lot," Devan said, and his attitude took Leo by surprise. Since when did Devan become this warm? Yes, for some reason after he noticed lately, the man's attitude looked very different from usual. "Devan," Leo called to his cousin.

"Shut up and eat or just get out of here," replied Devan in a cold and flat voice.

Leo laughed. "You are picky. You treat Anna and Naila very well, while I? You always kick me out."

"Do I have to change gender too to get the same treatment?'

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