Love At The Right Price

Chapter 28

It was 10:30PM when Frank returned to Springvale Place.

Tamara was sitting on the sofa in a silk nightgown while Tim was playing with his toys on the carpet, wearing a pair of pajamas. For some reason, he had woken up earlier in the middle of his sleep.

His reason was that he missed his father. Tamara gritted her teeth when she heard that-her son’s heart was completely bought over by that man in just a few days!

Tamara looked up and asked calmly, “Where’d you go? Why’re you home so late?” ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Frank lifted a brow. He loosened his tie as he made his way to Tamara. The words which came out of his sexy lips in a slow and soft manner rendered Tamara speechless in the next second. “I was working overtime.”

“Working overtime?” Tamara’s lips parted in surprise. “Did you really find yourself a job?”

No wonder… No wonder he went to Cloud Industries today.

“Yeah,” Frank replied nonchalantly. His words did contain some truth in them. “I asked Harold to find me a job, so I’m working at Cloud Industries now.”

That wasn’t entirely a lie; he was indeed working at Cloud Industries.

Tamara knew that he wasn’t lying. The doubt she initially had quickly dissipated.

“What kind of work do you do there?” she asked curiously.

Her question was a tough one to answer. He said after a moment of deep thought, “Just some simple tasks, really-operations management and such.”

Why did he have to dabble in his old trade if he’s capable enough for such a job? Tamara couldn’t really understand why, but she maintained an encouraging tone as she said, “You’ll have to work hard, then. I know that you’ll do well as long as you put in the effort. Just ask me if there’s anything you need help with.”

“Are you experienced in this field?”

“Of course! I was a pro back when I was a sales planner.”

“Yeah, the shop was in good business until you scared the customers so much that no one dared to

nth during the promotional period,” Tim said sarcastically from the side.

“Sure, but I was great as an operations manager too!” Tamara was a little unhappy to be exposed like that.

“Yeah, back when you fired more than ten people within a month, right? If that went on, the company would’ve become an empty shell in no time.” Tim nodded as he popped a potato chip into his mouth.

“Well done, Tim. It seems like you’re itching for a beating since you have your father backing you up these days!” Tamara stood up as she rubbed her palms together, and Tim was instantly terrified. He quickly tossed away the bag of chips and jumped down from the sofa, running to Frank and hiding behind him.

“Help, Dad!”

A small smile hung on the corners of Frank’s lips. He stood with Tim behind him and said, “Alright, alright. I’ve just found a new job, so why don’t I treat you two to a meal?”

Tamara shot a glare at Tim with a silent message written all over her face, I’ll let you go just this once. She then shrugged and looked at Frank with pity in her eyes, as though she was being sympathetic

since he wasn’t making a lot of money yet. “Forget it. I know it’s not easy to make money. Let’s celebrate after you get your first paycheck.”

“I’m taking Tim out to the theme park tomorrow. Why don’t you come with us, then?” Frank asked.

Tamara rejected him without even a second thought. “I’d rather not. I have a bunch of things to do in the office tomorrow, so you two just go ahead without me. Have fun!”

“Come with us, Mommy. We’ve never gone out to have fun as a family before.” The little boy looked at her with puppy eyes, which he rarely did. He blinked expectantly and pitifully.

Tamara would probably never get sick of seeing her son’s rare display of cuteness even after ten years. Indeed, she couldn’t find the words of rejection in the face of her adorable son’s request.

Tamara admitted defeat in the end. “Alright, then. Mommy will go with you.”

Since it was decided, she had to complete all her work by tonight.

It was 2:00AM in the morning, but Tamara was still typing on her keyboard at her desk with a tall stack of documents in front of her. A few of them were open with several scattered details which were circled in red.

The woman who had her full attention on her work didn’t notice that outside her door which was slightly ajar, Frank had been leaning against the frame and watching her for quite some time.

He stared fixedly at Tamara who was immersed in her work. Her beautiful face was filled with focus and nothing else as she looked at her computer screen. Her fingers flew across the keyboard rapidly while she mindlessly opened a few more documents which were filled with red ink.