FOUR

"So what is your name, sir?"

"Hmm, Zillion Malloy."

Caroline wrote Zillion's full name on the client's personal data paper which should have been filled in by Zillion himself. Even though this was troublesome, but she really had to if she didn't want him to act even more.

"Your date of birth and place where you were born sir?"

"I was born in Chicago, October fifteenth. When will we start the counseling session? Are you a civil registration officer?" asked Zillion sacarstic.

Caroline lifted her head towards Zillion and smiled slightly unwillingly at the man.

"I'm sorry sir, but this is a necessary procedure. You should have filled it in yourself to make it more valid."

Zillion seemed indifferent and leaned back in his aristocratic arrogant style.

"Next, can you state your full address and what is your job?"

"I live in Chicago, you don't need to know the place and my job is CEO at an airline company."

Without Zillion knowing it, Caroline was glaring in disgust while writing down Zillion's personal data. She really can't stop thinking with her client who is very magical this afternoon. It seemed that the man also had an acute personality disorder which caused him to act strangely like that. Plus his arrogant style which is very annoying, she really doesn't like this one client. Hopefully, the man's problem will be resolved in one counseling session because she doesn't want to see that annoying man anymore.

"What took you so long? Are you sleeping?" Zillion asked, glancing at the paper Caroline was working on. Caroline snarled under her breath while showing him what she had just finished writing.

"Sorry sir, I need a little time to write down your type of work," lied Caroline. Even though she had been busy cursing the man silently before.

"Next question, are you married?"

"Yes. I have one wife named Cassie Malloy, you must know her. She is a famous model who often becomes a model for luxurious brands."

Caroline grimaced behind her desk as she wrote down everything Zillion had said. In fact she was completely unfamiliar and did not want to know the wife of that annoying man, but why should that man mention her in such an arrogant manner? It was certain that the man was mentally ill or depressed because of the thorny problems that were piling up in his mind.

"The number of children and a history of illness that you may have had?"

“Tsk, you've been asking such nonsense since earlier, when are we going to start the counseling session you promised? I don't have much time, I still have a lot of work at the office," Zillion shouted irritably.

"This is the last one sir, after that you can tell the sources of the problems you are facing," said Caroline trying to be patient.

Actually, it's not just that man who still has a schedule, she's have it too. And she could have just left the man in an insane state. But because she upholds the professionalism of her job, she is willing to go home later than the supposed hour.

"I don't have children and I don't have a history of any serious illness."

"Well, now you can tell me what you were going through until you decided to come to this place."

After finishing writing down a series of self-data which was quite emotionally draining, Caroline could finally relieve herself a little because after this she wouldn't talk as much as before. All she needed to do was listen to Zillion's lamentation and give him some advice that could make him feel better.

"My problems are so many, where should I start?"

Caroline felt like screaming at the man and showering him with the curses she had been holding back.

"You can tell your daily life first, maybe among your stories, I can find some problems that bother you." Caroline folded her hands on the table, she seriously looked at Zillion's face which now looked very annoying in her eyes.

"Are you married?"

"Ah, me? I’m married." replied Caroline haltingly. She was now confused by her client who turned to interview her, instead of asking her the questions, not the man asking her.

"That's good, so I don't need to go into too much detail about my personal problems because I think you can understand it too if you are married."

"I'm married, so you don't have to worry about that problem."

"You have children?"

"Yes, I have it."

"Then how did you feel when you became a mother?"

Caroline frowned. She was completely confused by her client this evening. Now their positions are reversed, with her being the client and the man playing the role of a psychologist. What was the man's problem really? Caroline thought furiously.

“Sorry, that is my personal domain. You should tell me about your problem, not me," said Caroline firmly. This time she would not use her tenderness to serve the annoying man in front of her because that man didn't deserve it. She better be straightforward to be firm to avoid the direction of the conversation that goes off track like this.

"But my problem has to do with it. I wanted to have a child to carry on my line, but my wife didn't want to. More precisely, she wanted to postpone it again because she had just gotten a contract to become a Victoria Secret model. What do you think I should do? Maybe with you telling your experience when you had children, I can tell it to my wife later. "

"So your problem also has to do with your wife? Why don't you ask your wife along to come tomorrow, I think it will be better because if you and your wife come together, then I can give more maximum advice for your problem."

“My wife won't come. She was busy, so busy that she abandoned me alone." He looked sad.

Now Caroline turns to feel sorry for the man because it turns out that behind his annoying attitude, he is suffering terribly from his household conditions.

"Have you tried to discuss this with your wife?" asked Caroline softly.

Zillion looked up at Caroline and stared at Caroline's caramel bead earnestly with his sad eyes. The man was silent for a long time, until finally he nodded his head languidly.

“I even talked about it hundreds of times before I decided to come here. my wife is a woman who is tough and full of domination. She yesterday challenged me to divorce her if I dared stop her modeling career. Do you have any suggestions for that?”

Caroline thought for a moment, trying to dig deeper into the Zillion problem. Indeed, according to her, the most serious problem after marriage is the problem of adjusting to the partner. She herself didn't even get through it well, her household was destroyed twice. Is it appropriate now to give advice in that case? But not! She is a professional psychologist, she cannot mix her past with this sad problem of her client. Instead, she must provide advice and encouragement so that her client's household does not end up like her destroyed household.

“Actually this has to be done with your wife, but if your wife is unable to attend, then I think you will suffice yourself. So you see, from what you are telling me, I see that your wife is a woman who has a high temper and is also stubborn. If you want to communicate your desire to have children, you should use gentle and romantic methods. Doesn't every woman like romantic things? Try to do that to your wife, maybe your wife will melt."

She gave Zillion a sweet smile while waiting for the man's next reaction. But from what she saw it seemed like her suggestion didn't work. Zillion instead exhaled heavily while staring sadly at her.

"What romantic thing should I do with her? I've prepared a romantic dinner on top of the eiffel tower, I've given flowers, I've given expensive jewelery, and I've also given her a house so that she will bent to my knees. But the results are still the same, she still insists on a career in modeling and doesn't want to follow my wish to stay at home taking care of me."

Caroline was deep in thought again. It turned out that it was quite difficult to make the man in front of her satisfied with her answer. Moreover, she has not seen the figure of his wife for herself, if the man comes with his wife, maybe she can find out the real reason from her side why she insists on keeping a career even though her husband has everything.

"Have you ever tried to give something that is not related to the material? I don't think all women like the material, and maybe your wife is that kind of woman. Maybe as a first step, you should not put too much pressure on your wife to leave the modeling world that she likes. You can do it slowly.

“First you greet her when your wife comes home from her activities. Then you can give small attention, such as massaging her, making a cup of tea, or asking her to chat while watching your wife's favorite movie. Take a gentle approach at the beginning to get what you want, sir, and don't make your wife feel pressured or turn to challenge you as before. The key to your success is to be patient. You have to be patient and don't make your wife emotional with the demands that you give."

"Is it like that? I'll try later. I hope your suggestion will really work, because I'll sue you if it doesn't work."

Caroline chuckled silently as she looked at her client fiercely. How could that man still threaten her after what she had done so far. Did he think it was easy to provide a solution? In fact, every solution that she gave her clients always had its own question mark in her mind, would it really work or not? But that was better than not giving him any way out and kicking him out of her office because she should have arrived at Karen's house by now comfortably chattering with Aleyna.

“You can do the next counseling session if you are still not satisfied with our session today. Since you have found a temporary solution to your problem, I will declare today's counseling session over. Thank you for coming, and I hope your relationship with your wife will improve soon."

Caroline stretched out her hands politely while smiling sweetly at Zillion to end their emotionally draining counseling session. In her heart, Caroline hoped that the man would never come back another time because she was fed up with handling a client like him. Better to deal with another client with a more complex problem than to deal with an obnoxious annoying client like Zillion Malloy.

"Yes, thank you for the suggestions you give. But remember, I'm really going to sue you if all the advice you give doesn't work to make my wife melt."

Zillion shook Caroline's hand tightly and immediately walked away leaving Caroline's large counseling room. The man with an arrogant style walked out carrying the black coat he wore this evening.

Meanwhile, Caroline was only able to scream in annoyance in her room while crumpling Zillion's personal data paper which she immediately threw into the dustbin. She doesn't want to keep the personal data of an extremely annoying client like Zillion. It would be better if she turned Zillion to another psychologist if the man came back for advice on his complicated personal problems.

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Caroline pressed Karen's doorbell impatiently as she continued to glance at her watch, which had shown the number seven. Today she came home very late because of her annoying client at work. Unfortunately, while on the road she was stuck in a traffic jam because there was a traffic accident that made her wait on the road impatiently for more than thirty minutes.

“Caroline! What are you doing? Don't ring my doorbell like that," Karen grumbled when the short-haired woman opened the door to her house.

Caroline smiled a little at Karen, then she immediately stepped inside while carrying a paper bag filled with Aleyna's favorite cheeseburger.

Where's Aleyna? I miss her."

It was unusual for Aleyna to disappear when she returned home. During this time Aleyna always ran to greet her every time she came home from work. Especially if she brings a portion of her favorite cheeseburger.

“She's working on her drawing assignment above. This afternoon she just went out with Aaron."

“Aaron? He didn't tell me he was going to take Aleyna out. But— let it be, Aaron is Aleyna's dad too. He has the right to take Aleyna having fun," said Caroline as she placed her briefcase on Karen's living room sofa.

The woman then walked to Karen's room and asked Karen to lend her shorts and a t-shirt.

"He said he called you, but you didn't pick up. Even this evening when bringing Aleyna here, he also called you, but again you didn't pick up. "

Caroline then thought hard, remembering what kept her from picking up Aaron's call. Then she remembered her annoying client today.

“Today I was so busy that I didn't have time to check my cellphone. You know, today is the most unlucky day I've ever had."

"So what?" Karen asked in surprise as she handed Caroline a set of t-shirts and shorts.

“I got a super annoying and very troublesome client. Even I came home late today because of that annoying client. He suddenly came and insisted on a counseling session at five to five minutes. It didn't stop there, he also made me hold my patience during the counseling session because he kept messing around with his annoying behavior.

“He didn't want to follow counseling procedures and made me have to write down his data as an archive. Huh, I don't want to face clients like that anymore. If he comes back, I will immediately shift him to another psychologist. Let him get the service of a more patient psychologist, because I really can't wait to face him!”

Karen just looked at Caroline amused as she imagined the look of the client that could make her friend become that angry. So far, Caroline has never had this frustration with her clients. No matter how troublesome the client is, Caroline always responds calmly. But this time Caroline looks very fiery to her client, it is certain that the person is very draining a Caroline Chauffer patience.

"So I want to meet your client," teased Karen.

Caroline immediately shook her head violently while crossing her arms over her chest.

“Don't ever meet him, you will be made to smoke with his annoying behavior. I'm sure his wife must have been embarrassed by his annoying attitude."

"So your client is a man?"

"Hmm, that's a man. He's a CEO at a company— I don't know, I forgot and his wife is a model. At the beginning of the counseling session he had become arrogant by introducing himself as the CEO and husband of a super model of pride in the Chicago community. Unfortunately I didn't know who his wife was and never saw her on television. " Caroline sneered with emotion.

Today she has kept too much emotion because of her client, Zillion Malloy. And this is her chance to get rid of all her frustration by telling Karen about it.

“How could you know that super model if you never watched gossip channels like VOA on tv. The only channel you watch often is the Disney channel when you accompany Aleyna to watch TV," Karen mocked Caroline with a funny face. Her tongue stuck out like a dog at Caroline as she began to stare fiercely at her annoying friend.

“Ahh, why am I watching useless things like that. Even our lives every day are full of problems, why should we watch other people's problems." Caroline replied still fiercely.

Karen then walked away from her room and let Caroline immediately change her clothes. Talking to Caroline tonight was actually driving her crazy. Caroline was too passionate about her day at the office. And she had given up on every word Caroline said.

"Clean yourself quickly. Aleyna and I are waiting for you at the dining table."