First Attack!!

"I said get in, Lyyana!" Petra exclaimed, pulling Lyyana's body while bringing her back to awareness.

Lyyana jerked, quickly getting up while carrying the frightened Garret. "Sorry," Lyyana said with a trembling voice.

Lyyana hurriedly entered the car, coinciding with the presence of the people who had been chasing her. With a frightened expression, Lyyana tried to calm her heartbeat and normalize her breath. Petra did nothing but observe Lyyana's reaction and the people now standing in front of his car.

Petra honked his horn, as if giving a warning to the thugs standing in front of his car. Shortly after, they moved aside, allowing Petra's car to pass and leave the place. Petra tightly gripped the steering wheel, neutralizing the indescribable feeling within him.

"Is there something to report?" Petra asked Lyyana, who was laying Garret's body on the bed.

"Sorry, sir, my mistake. I was careless, but..." Lyyana's words stopped for a moment. She didn't dare to tell the reason why she fell on the asphalt with Garret. "But earlier, I ran because I was being chased by people who bought me."

"Enough. Do your task well!" Petra said as he walked past Lyyana.

"Yes, Sir." Lyyana still bowed, and even after the door closed, Lyyana continued to lower her head.

There was nothing Lyyana could do; she even ignored the wound on her elbow. Lyyana chose to sit on Garret's bedroom carpet and gaze at his innocent face.

It had been almost a week since Lyyana took on her role as Garret's new caretaker, and Garret's tantrums were starting to decrease. If he used to throw a fit once a day, now he only did it when Lyyana was out of his sight.

Like now, Garret woke up from his sleep and didn't find Lyyana by his side. Instead, he saw another babysitter inviting him to have breakfast. Garret rebelled, slamming anything in front of him. The tidy blue-themed room turned into chaos in an instant.

Not satisfied with the babysitter's explanation that Lyyana was outside, Garret ran out of the room, shouting, "Mommy! I want mommy! Where's my mommy!" Garret cried from his private room.

"Young master," pleaded another babysitter as she ran after Garret, who was causing a ruckus while carrying broken glass.

Garret ran while shouting "Mommy" until he almost fell on the last step if there hadn't been a gentle hand catching his body. "Hey, what's wrong?" Lyyana asked softly.

Garret cried, throwing broken glass in any direction. "Mommy, don't leave again," he said with a hoarse voice, mixed with his sobbing.

"Mommy isn't going anywhere; Mommy is preparing something for her little hero." Lyyana unwound her embrace. Lyyana reluctantly agreed to Garret calling her mom; a while ago, she called herself aunt or sister, and it ended with Garret throwing a tantrum because he didn't want to change his way of addressing her.

"A surprise?" Garret asked, wiping away the remaining tears.

Lyyana smiled gently, nodding. One of her hands also wiped away Garret's tears. "Come on," Lyyana said, lifting Garret's body and carrying him.

"Sorry," Lyyana murmured as she passed the other babysitter who looked tired because of her little boss's antics.

From a distance, a tall figure in sportswear looked at the interaction between Lyyana and Garret. He picked up the broken glass thrown by his own son. "Clean it up," he ordered the babysitter standing nearby. Petra then followed Lyyana's footsteps.

"Now, this is the surprise!" Lyyana exclaimed with a clearly printed smile on her face.

Garret turned back. "Wow, camping!" Garret cheered. "Are we going to camp, Mommy?" he asked, touching Lyyana's arm.

Lyyana nodded, guiding Garret towards the tent that she had set up painstakingly since dawn. "Today, we'll have breakfast here, okay? What do you think?"

"I want to!" Garret exclaimed.

Lyyana began her activity of feeding Garret the specially prepared breakfast. Garret looked enthusiastic and eager to finish his food. "Do you like it, Garret?"

"Like it, Mommy!" Garret exclaimed with a mouth full of food. Garret then looked towards the kitchen door, seeing his father standing there frozen with a paper-thin smile. "Dad, come!" Garret ran towards his father.

"Garret, be ca—" Lyyana's words were cut off as her ward fell right in front of Petra's feet. Garret looked up at Petra, who was still frozen in place. Lyyana sighed deeply, getting up and walking towards Garret.

"Hi, Mommy's boy, it's okay. Garret's hero doesn't cry when he falls. Come on, let's get up; Mommy will help." Lyyana reached out her hand, and Garret accepted it, trying to get up on his own.

"Mom, is Dad angry with Garret?" Garret asked, bowing his head as he looked at his father's motionless feet.

Lyyana smiled, bowing her body, and said, "Dad never gets angry with Garret. No parent gets angry or hates their child. Dad has to go to the office this morning, so he can't accompany us camping. But next time, Dad will join Garret camping, okay? Now, finish your breakfast first, and later, we'll play drawing again. How about that?"

"But Garret wants to be with Dad, Mom." Garret's voice began to tremble, and usually, he would throw a fit and destroy anything in front of him.

Petra was ready to move away from breakable objects, but the next moment, he was actually stunned and looked unbelieving. "Garret, remember the story Mommy read to you last night?"

Garret nodded, and he seemed to think for a moment before saying, "Okay, never mind. Because Mommy said a responsible person is someone who doesn't leave his duties. And Dad is responsible, so it's okay. Another time, let's go, Mom."

Before leaving, Garret glanced at Petra, the little boy smiled and raised his hand in the air. "Dad, cheer up! Garret is fine," Garret said with a slightly stuttering voice.

Petra was stunned by Garret's words and actions. Until now, Garret had always closed himself off to him. Let alone giving encouragement, Garret would immediately cry in fear if Petra was around. Since that night, Garret always said Petra was mean and angry because of him. But this time, Petra truly saw another side of Garret.

Lyyana grasped Garret's tiny fingers and distanced herself from Petra. Before leaving, Lyyana took a moment to nod her head as a sign of respect to her own boss. Petra was stunned by the change that had happened to Garret. Garret was truly docile when facing or being near Lyyana and would become wild when Lyyana was out of his sight.

"What have you done to Garret, actually?"