Larissa missed Aster, so she took out her phone to see if there were any messages from her assistant. Gary thought she was busy with work and was very considerate about it. "You may leave earlier if you have business to attend to," he said.

"It's my son …" Larissa smiled apologetically. "He's waiting for me by himself upstairs and I'm quite worried."

"You have a son?" Gary widened his eyes in surprise. "I thought you were still very young!"

Regardless if he was just being courteous, Larissa took it as a compliment. "I'm already over thirty," she said.

"Over thirty?" Gary zoned out for a brief moment and his expression suddenly became sorrowful. "My daughter … should be around your age! But I don't know if she could be as successful as you are." His words gave a lot of details away.

Larissa was curious, but she was tactful enough not to pry. "She must be more successful than I am," she said.

Gary smiled and dropped the topic. "Go ahead. Don't keep your kid waiting." Larissa th