"Uhh uncle Cliff, can I also call you, daddy?" The child giggled. Ingrids annoyance could no longer be hold back, her face reddened of embarra.s.sment and anger at the same time.

"Hmm it depends, ask your mommy first, okay?" Then Clifford winked to the child. They talked as if she were not around.

"Mom?"

"No!" She answered glaring at her son. "and no buts."

The trio then walked side by side and they looked so lovely together. As if they are already a family of three. The diners murmured among themselves and were amazed by the scenario. Some even smiled at the sight of them.

They looks so cute and their son is so charming, I think hes trying to reconcile his parents. a woman in her sixties commented and her companions feels giddy at what she said and they all giggled after.

Their walk was slow that seems forever because of the child. Cliff keeps on staring at the child, who is all smiles, and at the same time stole glances to the child's mother to see her expression. Despite Ingrids constant frowning, he still feels so warm in this setting as if he's certainly the child's father. The same s.h.i.+vers he felt the first time he saw Clark is still lingering in his system, and it intensified even more. He again stole a glance at Ingrid which happens that she also look at him at the same time and is bewildered and she squinted angrily on him.

"So this is what it feels like to have a daddy.." the child innocently remarked. "...mom, I no longer ignorant of what Tristan is feeling.." her child words were filled with so much contentment in his eyes.

Ingrid was struck by her child's words that it made her misty eyed. It sends daggers to her heart in ways she could not understand, she feels helpless. She's never been so vulnerable before in public, let alone before a man, as she always displayed a strong aura that makes her unapproachable.

While Clifford was in awe when he heard the child's remark. His heart squeeze because he knew what it feels like not to have a father when he was a kid.

Maybe because I could feel this childs longing thats why it seems like we are connected to each other. He thought to himself.

In a spur of the moment, the child's hand was taken away from her and in a flash, she only saw that Clark is already in the man's forearm, sitting on it. Clifford and Clark gaze at each other and they seem to be they are silently talking.

That was the moment that made Ingrid realized that the two has resemblance.

oh G.o.d! It cant be she sweats and feels numb all over.

...

"Gary, I was just curious, what's the relations.h.i.+p between Miss Howard and Mr. Briggs?" Vanessa Reiley asked curiously.

"Ahh, an employer and employee relations.h.i.+p only. Also their parents are friends since college. But who knows they might be lovers" Gary smiled at the thought of his boss and the EVP as a family.

"Hmm.." Vanessa's eyes glimmered with envy upon looking at the two.

She's been working so hard just to have a long conversation with Cliff only to be stolen abruptly by just an employee and mind you, a woman with a child! She is so irritated at the thought of it. But she wont allow it.

'Make your friends close and your rivals closer.' She then let out a sinister smile.