Triumph Above All Novel

Chapter 30

“If you call her sister, she’ll call me uncle, and I don’t want to feel so old.”

The little girl thought about it again, and nodded her head, “Okay daddy, I’ll call her aunty.”

Once they made their agreement, Skylar heaved a sigh of relief.

Yulia was in a better mood after seeing how Skylar dealt with two quarreling girls. It seemed that he knew how to take care of children.

“Go ahead and carry on what you were doing, Miss Shepard. We’re just looking around. We don’t need someone to keep us company.” Said Skylar as he walked forward and picked Lola up.

He did not know Judy well, so he did not know what they knew.

If he let this young lady follow them, who knows what she would say if they bumped into another person?

Yulia was a little suspicious of Skylar’s identity from the beginning. If she had said anything about it, she would be in trouble.

Skylar led them all the way, looking at the dazzling jewels on both sides. Until they stopped in front of a huge crystal display cabinet, both of them could not help but exclaim at the same time.

“Wow! Is this the necklace mommy likes? It’s so beautiful.”

It was women’s nature to like jewelry.

Yulia felt her soul trembling.

There were many other women at the scene. It did not matter if they were young or old. All of them were looking at the necklaces in obsession, imagining themselves wearing the jewelry.

The expensive prize also made it the center of attention.

However, after a while, two beauties in uniform wearing white gloves came over, followed by a dozen of security personnel.

“Sorry everyone, the jewelry in showcase number 8 will be replaced shortly. A mysterious man had already bought The Heart of South Africa and A Grain of Red Sand, Please enjoy the rest of the exhibition has to offer.” One of the beauties announced. Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

Everyone felt reluctant as they did not get to appreciate their beauty enough.

Yulia retracted her gaze and said to Skylar. “Let’s go, I can’t afford it anyway.”

Lola was throwing a fit.

“Daddy, someone else bought the necklace that mommy likes! What are we supposed to do? That was mommy’s desire…”

Skylar smiled and said, “Don’t worry Lola, I’ll make mommy’s dreams come true when her birthday comes. I promise”

“Daddy? Mommy’s birthday is the day after tomorrow. Can you steal the necklace back?” Lola asked in excitement.

“Uh… We can’t steal things from other people, Lola. That’s wrong. Daddy has money, I can buy it back.”

Skylar patted Lola’d head with affection.

Yulia laughed as well.

She thought that Skylar was comforting Lola, so she did not take it seriously. She even bet that Lola would forget about the necklace by then. As she would buy the 30 thousand necklaces and Lola would not even know.

The three of them looked around but no other jewelry was able to capture Yulia’s heart no matter how beautifully crafted they were after The Heart of South Africa was no longer on display.

It was almost five o’clock and Skylar suggested that they head back.

“Then let me bring you to dinner first.” Yulia said.

Skylar waved his hand. “I’ll just cook at home, Lola doesn’t really eat much in restaurants

anyway.”

“No way! The kitchen will explode as soon as she cooks!”

Yulia shook her head and shouted. Her face was flushed red.

“Don’t talk about it Lola, all I did was break a pot!”

Lola hid in Skylar’s arm and whispered to him, “Mommy burns the food every time, it’s not

yummy…

Skylar could not hold it anymore and burst out in laughter

Yulia’s cooking skills were scary enough to frighten a child.

Yulia rolled her eyes and defended herself. “I’m just inexperienced. I’m usually busy at the company. Every time I tried to get better at cooking in my free time, it always ends up bad.”

Skylar laughed even louder when he saw Yulia this embarrassed.

What happened to the cold and emotionless female president?

Yulia frowned and turned away. She did not want to pay any attention to them.

“Skylar ignored Yulia and said gently to Lola, “Lola, mommy’s cooking isn’t yummy, but I can assure you that daddy’s cooking is better.”

“Do you want to try daddy’s cooking?”

“Really? Does daddy make yummy food? I wanna try, I wanna try!” Lola danced with joy.

“Okay, let’s go get groceries!”

It felt like a 100-meter sprint to Skylar as he carried Lola in his arms.

Listening to Lola’s laughter, Skylar thought to himself that as long as he played his role as a father and a husband perfectly, Yulia and Lola would be used to his company. Then they would ́not drive him away if Yulia Knew his identity.

After buying groceries, they went back home. Skylar told Yulia to watch cartoons with Lola as he got busy in the kitchen.

However, as soon as he was washing the vegetables, Yulia walked into the kitchen.

“I can guarantee that I’ll be able to prepare a meal within half an hour without your help.” Skylar smiled.

Yulia remained silent. She looked at him quietly and had a complicated expression on her face.

Skylar’s heart was pounding, but he still had something to do.

After a moment, Yulia spoke in sotto voce.

“Just… Who are you, Skylar?”