CHAPTER 849. MY LITTLE BELOVED. Dangerous Moments"No, no, no! Niko, not like that!" Gigi shouted, waving her hands frantically when she saw Niko punching the dough in the most disastrous way."Not like this?" he repeated, furrowing his brows in frustration. Gigi had been giving him instructions for half an hour, but nothing was turning out right. Now it seemed like he was the clumsy one! "But aren’t we supposed to soften it? Or not?!" he huffed.Gigi sighed with an affectionate smile."Well, yes, but you don’t have to soften it by hating it. It’s not your arch-enemy.""Speak for yourself!" Niko shot back. "This is between her and me... and one of us isn't making it out of here alive!"The girl couldn’t hold back her laughter, and Niko was melting faster than caramel just listening to her."Okay, listen to me. You don’t punch the dough," Gigi said, stepping closer to him. "You caress it, gently, slowly, with softness," she instructed, her tone as patient as a teacher’s, guiding one of
CHAPTER 850. MY LITTLE BELOVED. A Problem SolvedThere was no way to describe the scene other than tragicomic.Logan stared at everything, wide-eyed. Niko had dropped Gigi out of sheer shock. And Gigi winced in pain, having landed on her poor backside, with all her hard-earned money falling around her like some sort of surreal rain, while she still held a few bills in her hands."What the hell is this?" Logan snapped, crossing his arms, his tone a mix of reproach and confusion."It's not what it looks like!" Niko rushed to say, though he honestly had no idea how to explain the spectacle without making Gigi feel even more embarrassed.But apparently, Logan wasn’t done. He raised an accusing finger at his brother, silencing him."This is a scandal—indecent, humiliating…! Nothing like this has ever happened in this company!" he said, striding forward with firm steps and helping Gigi up from the floor, only to turn directly to her. "Gigi, sweetheart, you are a beautiful and perfect creatu
CHAPTER 851. MY LITTLE BELOVED. Arguments and DesiresGigi blinked, surprised by Niko’s question. Study pastry-making? She had never considered it. Could she even do that? But before she let herself get carried away by the excitement of the idea, she shook her head and answered firmly.“No, of course not… What are you talking about? That’s not for me.”“Why not?” Niko looked at her with a patient smile. “You’re too good not to take advantage of that talent, Gigi.”“I only know how to make sweets! It’s not a big deal…”“And Edison only knew how to make light bulbs, for God’s sake!” Niko exclaimed. “What matters is that you know how to do one thing well, and you are excellent at this because you’re intuitive. Just imagine if you actually studied it!”“Imagine how much pastry school would cost!” she exclaimed in frustration.“So what? We’ll find a way, but you have to think big! Gigi, you could have your own chain of stores one day! Not just selling at the office or among friends. I’m ta
CHAPTER 852. MY LITTLE BELOVED. The Perfect JobNiko frowned at his brother’s words."Excuse me?" he asked, getting up from his chair."Yeah, you heard me! You don’t know how to kiss! You probably kissed her like a dead fish, and now the poor girl is out there wondering what the hell she did to deserve this," Logan shot back, waving his hand dramatically."Oh, for God’s sake, don’t be ridiculous!" Niko looked at him as if he had grown a second head. "This isn’t about kissing well or not! That was perfect!"Logan raised an eyebrow, not even trying to hide the amusement on his face."Oh yeah? Then what the hell is the problem? Why are you making such a big deal out of it? Don’t you like Gigi?" Logan pressed, and Niko ran a frustrated hand through his hair with a sigh.There was no easy way to admit it."I don’t know…" he finally confessed. "Gigi is definitely different from any woman I’ve ever met, but I don’t know if she’s the right woman for me.""Oh! Right, because you could be her f
CHAPTER 853. MY LITTLE BELOVED. Some Imaginary UnderwearNiko was speechless at Gigi’s question.The world seemed to stop for a second as her words echoed in his head:"Do I also have to figure out… how to make you happy?"She already made him happy. That was the worst part of it all—knowing it for days now—but he couldn’t just blurt something like that out. Not at that moment, not with so much at stake. Because even though he couldn’t put all those feelings into words, he suddenly felt too old for her, too experienced, too mature, as if that somehow put her at a disadvantage.He cleared his throat and dodged the intensity of the moment."Well, first, we need to pick out an office for you," he said with a tense smile. "And talk to HR to set your new salary! That’s very important because then you’ll decide whether you want to study or not… of course, you can always study part-time and keep making your sweets… and I have no problem with you selling them in the cafeteria, though I think
CHAPTER 854. MY LITTLE BELOVED.. At Full SpeedNiko couldn’t hold back his laughter as Gigi stared at him, completely bewildered, still trying to process what had just happened."You… you're a demon!" she exclaimed, pointing her little finger at him as if she had just caught him committing a crime… completely forgetting that she wasn’t supposed to address him informally at work.He was her boss!The problem was that, at that moment, the boss had a dangerously charming grin stretching from ear to ear."That’s not true. I’m a sweet little angel, Gigi—one who knows a lot of math and has great control over his company," he said, shrugging with the utmost shamelessness. "Besides, you were the one who agreed to the 0.2%."Gigi frowned, resisting the urge to pinch him, but she knew that sometimes there was no winning against him. She crossed her arms and gave him the most serious look she could muster."I can't earn that much money, Niko. People will start talking…" she said, worried."And w
CHAPTER 855. MY LITTLE BELOVED.A Strange ProposalNiko wished the ground would swallow him whole as he locked his bedroom door and looked down at the circus tent in his pants.“Damn it! If this keeps up, I’m going to end up in the hospital,” he muttered, raising his right hand and staring at his palm. “At the end of the day, we only have each other, right?”And the funniest part was that it didn’t even cross his mind to go out and relieve his excess frustration with anyone else.Gigi, on the other hand, remained staring at the door Niko had disappeared through, her heart still racing. A meeting! How was she supposed to speak in front of everyone?! She collapsed onto her bed, clutching a pillow to her chest as her mind ran at full speed. She thought her idea for the celebration was great, but now, with the pressure of presenting it in front of a bunch of suited executives, everything started to crumble."I can't do this… I can't speak in a meeting!" she thought, her stomach twisting in
CHAPTER 856. MY LITTLE BELOVED. HALF A LIFETIME AHEADNiko kissed her with a desperation that seemed to hold all the tension between them since the moment they met. His body, firm against Gigi’s, kept her trapped between him and the cold boardroom wall as his tongue explored her mouth with raw desire. She didn’t resist for even a second; her arms, almost instinctively, wrapped around Niko’s neck, surrendering to the moment.There was something about those low growls escaping Niko’s chest, something about his hands gripping her hips so fiercely, something about his urgency...Gigi felt dizzy in an instant, her breath turning shallow and shaky as if all the air had been sucked from the room. But just when things threatened to become even more... tense, Niko stopped abruptly. Panting, he rested his forehead against hers, and both of them started laughing—a light, nervous, but genuine laugh.“I can’t believe that just happened,” Gigi whispered, her lips still brushing against Niko’s as sh