The CEO's Mischievous Little Bride

Teddy yelled his lungs out, kicking and flailing in the water, finally catching Patrick and Vera's attention. Turned out, as long as it wasn't about money, he was Vera's little sweetheart.

With tear-streaked eyes, Vera rushed into the water to scoop up Teddy.

"Honey, I forgive you," Vera said to Patrick, holding a naked Teddy.

Theodore, still mad about being tossed earlier, let out an angry wail, clearly not ready to forgive Patrick!

Patrick, feeling relieved after being forgiven, finally had a moment to bathe Theodore.

He picked up Theodore again, flipped him over so he was lying on his arm, and started washing his back.

Struggling with one hand, Patrick said, "Theodore's too chubby. I need both hands to hold him, or he'll slip into the basin."

Vera, halfway through bathing Theodore, still had tears on her lashes when she suddenly froze, staring at Theodore.

She made a shocking discovery, "Honey, Theodore has no neck!"

Then she burst out laughing, pointing at Theodore, still in Patrick's arms, "He's so chubby."

Patrick was taken aback for a second, then turned Theodore around to face him. He looked down and, sure enough, it seemed like there was no neck.

Poor Teddy, who couldn't even bathe in peace, saw Vera laughing and Patrick examining him seriously, and cried out in frustration.

Theodore's angry tears flowed as Vera laughed and wiped them away at the same time.

"Look how upset you are. I didn't say anything wrong." After the bath, Vera dressed Theodore and held him, tilting her head to look at the adorable little guy. "You need to recognize your own flaws." Theodore shut his eyes, refusing to listen.

Patrick had already apologized, and Vera wasn't one to hold a grudge. She'd already given him the cold shoulder for a few days, and when she said she forgave him, she meant it. She handed Theodore to Patrick, "Honey, hold him, I'm going to take a bath."

Patrick held the grumpy Theodore with one arm, seriously examining his face, then moving his gaze down to his chin.

His rough hand pinched Theodore's chubby cheeks, lifting them slightly to find the missing neck. Finally, he barely found it.

To calm Theodore down, they reluctantly admitted, "Theodore has a neck, it's just well-hidden." Hearing this, Theodore finally stopped crying.

He didn't know that after he fell asleep, Vera and Patrick stayed up late, secretly studying him.

Vera even held her phone in the early morning, typing into the search engine, [Will a baby without a neck grow up to be ugly if both parents are good-looking?]

Later, Vera whispered to Patrick in bed, "Honey, we need to make money quickly. If Theodore grows up too ugly to get married, at least he'll be rich."

After making up, they moved the troublesome Theodore to sleep by the bed.

Molly had been laying low at the Chase family's place for a few days, and honestly, the days when Sebastian was too swamped to come home were the best.

After a few chill days, she tagged along with Ellie to the MS Group again.

"Everyone else is dying to take over my company, but you? I offer it to you, and you turn me down," Ellie said, giving Molly a hard time for her lack of ambition. Molly shrugged, "I want it, but I think I can still have fun for a few more years."

Ellie raised an eyebrow, "How long do you plan to play?"

"Until I'm 40," Molly replied.

That's almost twenty years! "You're going to the company right after you graduate!" Ellie laid down the law.

Back at the Chase family, Sebastian, who had been pulling night shifts, finally came home.

Molly instinctively went to sit next to him. Just as she was about to plop down cross-legged beside him, she remembered the incident a few days ago when Sebastian came looking for her at night, and she quickly moved to sit further away. Sebastian just gave her a quick glance and continued talking with Ellie and Timothy about visiting the Olteran family again. "Mom and Dad, the Olteran family must have calmed down by now. We shouldn't delay our visit any longer. I plan to go in the next few days."

Molly held her hand under her nose, pretending she wasn't the one Sebastian was marrying, and kept her mouth shut.

While the Chase family was busy discussing what gifts to bring, Molly was playing a mobile game on her phone. She asked Vera in the game world, "How's Shawn holding up?" "Since you left, we haven't received any packages for days," Vera replied.

With that one sentence, Molly got the picture. Shawn, who had a serious online shopping addiction, going almost a week without buying anything? He must be really upset.

At nine o'clock, Molly headed upstairs to rest.

Sebastian passed by her bedroom on his way up and knocked on the door, "Molly, you asleep?"

Molly didn't answer, so Sebastian tried the doorknob, but it was locked.

He called out, "I know you're not asleep, open the door."

Molly lay on the bed with her legs crossed, refusing to budge.

After a moment of silence, Sebastian's voice came again, "Christmas is coming. Are you buying new clothes? I'm free tomorrow." After a bit, the door unlocked, and Molly peeked out, "Did you get paid?"

"Yeah, and I got a year-end bonus," Sebastian replied.

Molly perked up, "How much did you get?"

Sebastian pulled out his phone and handed it over, "Quite a bit."

Molly looked at the string of numbers in the bank message on the phone and sweetly said, "Good night, see you tomorrow."

After all, she was going to spend Sebastian's money tomorrow, so she had to be a bit sweet.

Shawn's anger was something Molly couldn't dodge forever; she'd have to face it sooner or later. With Christmas coming, she had to go home. So, Molly picked a sunny day to head back.