Valerie's Pov
I glanced at Mr. Ares and stood up immediately, my anger boiling over unexpectedly. "What if this is a trap?"
He frowned at the obvious tone of my voice and patted the boy's back in assurance.
"Please call over one of your secretaries to watch over him, Mr. Ares. We need to talk!" My voice was firm, and the tone pushed him away.
Mr. Ares? Since when did I call him that?
He nodded all the same and called in the head secretary to come and take the boy. The boy threw a huge tantrum as he held on tightly to me, and Ares frowned.
I managed to calm the boy down, and the instant the door was shut, I shot him a hard glare as I stood up.
"That was no way to behave in front of a child!" I scolded him because I didn't find it anywhere near amusing. Like, why was he asking me this? Couldn't he see the scared expression on the little boy's face?
"He's the enemy's child!"
"But still a child, okay?! He doesn't deserve that!" I was angry, really very angry.
He sighed as he stared at me,
