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“If no one eats it, the earth will, dear.” He winked at me.
“Sarah! The children...”
“They haven't even arrived...” She didn't even have time to finish her sentence because our children began to invade the corridor, running toward their classrooms. “We'll continue this subject later.” She grabbed one of the students and stopped him before he fell and hurt himself.
I opened the door to the room, and soon, my student appeared, followed by the twins Mary and Anne, who came towards me. They wrapped their arms around my waist, and I stroked their shoulder-length hair.
“It's good to see you both.” I crouched down so that my eyes were level with theirs. “How are you feeling today, Mary?”
“I'mfine.”
“I'm very happy to hear that.” I stroked her chubby cheek, and she smiled at me.
Those two were very cute, and I loved being able to see them every day, as well as my other pupils. I had a class of ten children, and I dedicated myself to them as if I had total responsibility for what they would become one day.
“Plofesora...” Anne tugged at the hem of my blouse.
“What is it, little one?”
“Why isn't my father a king?”
I widened my eyes in surprise at his question. Sometimes, those little minds got me into a few tight spots, and I had to think for a while to understand the situation.
“Because his father is not the son of another king.”
“Ah!” She squinted, thinking about it, but seemed to accept my answer.
“Ishe handsome?” Mary asked me, and I didn't react again.
“Yes, he's handsome.” It was inevitable that my mind wouldn't be filled with images of the man I'd seen the day before. The haughty bearing, the perfectly-cut goatee, and the expensive, well-tailored suit. Surely, he was snobbish and rich like the fathers of the other children at that school. Under no circumstances should I have been thinking about his beauty, but I couldn't help it. He was a widower who was at least ten years older than me, in addition to the other strong discrepancies. “Because you're both beautiful.” I put my finger on the tip of each of their noses to reverse the situation. “Only someone beautiful could make twins like that.”
They looked at each other and giggled, surely happy with my answer, and at least for the time being, they didn't ask me any more questions.
“Let's go into the living room.” I put my hands on each of their backs. “I've prepared several activities for today.”
They nodded and went to their seats, joining the other students.
Chapter five
I walked through the glass doors of the law firm that belonged to my family and were I had become chairman after my father's retirement. Some of the staff, who were distracted, stopped to look at me but quickly returned to their work when they saw my serious expression.
I only stopped walking when I reached the desk of my secretary, who stood up quickly and shook her head as she looked at me.
“Good morning, Mr. Lennox.”
“Violet, I need you to schedule a meeting with the president of Atlatics now, if possible in the morning. I have a proposal that I want to discuss with him before presenting it to the class action lawyers. Tell him it's very important that we getaround the situation and prevent it from going to trial. None of us wants to attract even more negative media to the case.”
“Yes, sir...”
“If there is any news, please let me know immediately.”
“If...” She didn't even finish speaking before I opened the door and walked into my living room.
I wasn't expecting to find anyone there, but soon I saw a woman in an impeccable suit, as well as her dark hair. She placed her heels on the floor and stood up as soon as she saw me enter.
I turned to Violet with a scolding expression.
“You should have told me she was here.”