"Oh nothing dear, I'm so sorry. I was just glad your grandfather gave you such a pleasant gift. Why don't you go and thank him for such a sweet present?" Don Samuelle teased her further and Willow only gave a resigned sigh knowing how utterly defeated she was at the moment. For why did her grandfather Zhanglou even give her such a childish gift?

"Thank you grandfather for the present," Willow turned to Zhanglou and bowed. Then in just a second, she turned back to Don Samuelle and gave him a very unpleasant look. It was very obvious from her expression that she didn't like the gift and all the media caught that.

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"C'mon and stop that look," Don Samuelle waved for her to come closer. He was done laughing and didn't want any more to ruin Willow's day, "I have a gift myself," the old man then asked someone to bring a big box of something. His present wasn't as big with what Zhanglou gave but he was confident Willow would like it. "Go on and open it,"

Willow, who was still mad, aggressively ruined the wrapper but when her eyes fell on the content of the box, her smile turned real big and her annoyance evaporated. She turned to Don Samuelle and hugged the man's legs. The latter in turn picked her up and Willow gave the old man a sweet kiss on the cheeks.

"Thank you grumpa. You're the best," Willow gasped very much thrilled for the big box of strawberries she received. It was by far the best present she had received as her dada and mommy always limits her strawberry intakes. Now, she had a box of it, there's no reason she can't have strawberries at every meal.

"You're welcome my dear," Don Samuelle smiled back and the room was filled with flashes of cameras again. This time, the media made sure to capture that pleasant sight of Willow and the elder of the Lagdameo's, with Director Zhanglou as a background.

***

Ziggy learned of Zhanglou's visit so he personally went to pick Willow up at her last day at L Empire. It was raining hard that afternoon and the traffic took him awhile to get to the building. When he reached the venue, the party was over and Willow was already in the parking lot with Don Samuelle, ready to be picked up by him. Soon, after a small conversation with the Lagdameo elder, Willow and Ziggy traversed the busy road again ready to go back home.

"Are we staying in the Golden Villa tonight Dada?" Willow confirmed because as she observed the weather was pretty bad and it might not be safe to fly back to the South.

"Yeah. You don't mind being away from Wolfe just for a night right?" Ziggy answered. Then since the conversation started already he inquired about what happened this afternoon. "I saw on the news that your grandfather went to pay a visit,"

"Well yes he did and he gave a present," It was obvious from Willow's expression that she wasn't frantic about it which came odd for Ziggy because when she picked her up, Willow had a big box with her that she was excited about. Currently the box was at the back of the car and Ziggy thought it was the present she was speaking about.

"Was it the one at the back?" Ziggy inquired.

"Nope. That one was from grumpy grandpa," Willow's eyes lightened up at the thought of it, "The one grandfather gave me was a bit bigger and so President Dee told me he'll have it delivered to the Golden Villa tomorrow."

"I see. What did he gave you—"

"Is that the third miss?" Willow hollered as her eyes were on the road. In just a minute, Ziggy realized she was talking about Dannah, who currently was on the side of the road, kicking the tire of her car annoyingly. She had an umbrella with her that the strong wind was trying to blow away.

"Dada stopped the car," Willow told which Ziggy immediately did so. Then Willow rolled down her side of the window and called for Dannah. "Third Miss, it's raining hard. Why don't you hop in here and we'll drive you home,"

Ziggy was surprised that Willow made the initiative. However, he had raised the child to be naturally helpful so she can't really blame her for something she did out of goodwill even with someone he was trying hard to avoid. Dannah on the other hand didn't see Ziggy and thought Willow was being driven by Ang as it was the latter who always picked him up so she grabbed her things right away and took shelter at the back of Ziggy's car.

"Thank you little Miss, the weather is so terrible and my car just stopped—"She cut her words halfway when she realized that Ziggy was there.

"Where are you headed? We'll drive you there," Ziggy casually spoke as if he didn't mind Dannah's presence at all when the truth was, he was deeply bothered by it.

"Well…" Dannah suddenly found it hard to reply.

"It's okay, third Miss, we are not in a hurry. You can tell where you are heading and my Dada will bring you safely there," Willow assured her and Dannah was just glad of the girl's presence because it made things a bit awkward than they were.

"Ahm, you can drop me off at the department store three blocks from here. I have someone waiting for me there," Dannah replied in an instant. If she knew that Ziggy was there, she would have never accepted Willow's help but it was too late for that. The only thing she could do right then was to act casually and be not bothered about anything just like how Ziggy wasn't bothered by her.

"There's some tissue at the back. You can use it," Ziggy said and fixed his eyes on the road again. However as soon as Dannah turned to look for the tissue then later busied herself drying her dress, Ziggy secretly looked at her through the front mirror. It had been a long time since she had seen the girl and although he was denying it, he missed her, a lot.

"Cough.cough.cough," To Ziggy's surprise the little girl beside her coughed and when he looked down to meet Willow's eyes, the girl raised a brow at him.