“Icy, where have you been? You didn’t work overtime today. David had waited for you a long time.” Hosea relieved; he was worrying where to find Icy. Icy looked at her boss suspiciously; she originally didn’t need to work overtime, but someone sent her a document to handle; she thought it was from Mr. Lindley.

“What? Why looking at me like that? David phoned me and I came here.” He didn’t know at all that Icy received a document from “him”, and didn’t understand why she gazed at him strangely. “I was already on my way out, and then someone told me you wanted me to look after an important matter; and then I stayed for another few hours; it must have been a prank again.” Icy explained exhaustively.

“It wasn’t from me. I have my own secretary and assistant. Why would I want you to do something extra for me?” Hosea thought that this was an absolutely bad joke. Why would he or she want a designer to do some secretary’s jobs. Icy worked in his company but they were in different departments. Whoever he/she was, he/she must have his own clerks and secretaries to do paperworks; it made no sense to have Icy done that.

“They locked the door of my office and didn’t let me out until I finished that document. I thought it was urgent and I thought it was from you; that’s why I stayed. So you are saying someone played a prank on me?” Icy laughed and thought to herself that why was everything proceeding unfavourably.

“Uncle Lindley, many people in your company don’t like my mother, is that true?” David eyeballed Hosea, expecting an answer from him. Why did they always treat her badly? “David, don’t say anymore, we should go home now.” Icy gestured to Hosea to tell him that she was okay now; she hurried to finish that document and it turned out to be a prank. How would she feel?

“I will drive you home.” Hosea demanded. “I don’t think so,” Icy refused without thinking, she obviously didn’t want more troubles and her only concern was to see David growing up happily and healthily.

“I noticed that many of our associates don’t accept you and don’t agree with you. That’s why I want to give you more chances to prove yourself; I didn’t expect that would bring you more troubles.” Hosea began to consider himself ludicrous; Icy was the one he tried to protect, but she seemed to be receiving more sufferings and griefs because of him.

“Mr. Lindley, we are from different worlds. And I should never receive a better treatment and remuneration than other staffs. Please take back your new office.” Icy wasn’t stupid and she felt clearly that Hosea Lindley really liked her, but she also knew that she was a single mother, who had a boy. The chance of Hosea and her ending up together wasn’t optimistic.

“Nonono, mother, please don’t say that. Uncle Lindley is a good person, please don’t get mad with him because of some bad people from work.” David uttered and swollen his cheeks; the little boy really liked Hosea and he thought uncle Lindley and his mother matched pretty well.

“I am very sorry for what had happened at work, but Icy, I don’t want to lie to you, I really like you, everything I have done is about you. I wish I could give you and David a good and stable life.” Finally Hosea had expressed his true feelings. He didn’t anticipate that his efforts to look after or impress Icy had become her burdens and curses.

“Hey! Hosea. Long time no see! What the heck are you doing here? Hosea couldn’t believe that he was interrupted in the middle of his confession; while Icy was thankful for someone showing up, otherwise she wouldn’t know what to reply to him.

Hosea Lindley face grew onerous and murderous and he turned slowly to see Hoffman who was smiling and waving to him happily. What the heck was this idiot doing here? “Hey! Hoffman, how are you doing? Indeed a long time” Hosea kept telling himself to calm down and must not lose temper in front of him.

“Yea, I have recently come back from overseas. Didn’t expect to see you here. Oh, what have we here? A little boy. Hey kid! I have some candies here, do you want a candy?” Hoffman took out a lollipop from his jacket pocket and handed it to David. This was the boy who was mentioned by Paxon. Damn! He really looked like a Chevy.

“Who are you?” David didn’t accept the candy from the stranger. He was taught not to talk to or accept anything from strangers. A candy from unknown source could taste funny. “This guy is a friend of mine.” Hosea stretched his hand and touched the boy’s cheek gently.

“This boy really looked like Paxon Chevy. Are they related? Hoffman didn’t realize Hosea’s expression and continued to talk the ways he had been talking. He promised Paxon Chevy to investigate Icy and he came today to see how she looked like; Hosea and his confession wasn’t anticipated.

Hosea and Icy couldn’t be together until the boy was proved to have no relationship with Paxon Chevy. Things would be very complicated if this boy was Paxon’s. If Icy and Lindley got married, and the boy was Paxon’s, the Chevy family would not only lose face; it would be a unbearable humiliation or worse to both families.

As a good friend, family friend and business partner of Paxon Chevy whose friendship with him could date back to their childhood, Hoffman must not stand aside. but must do something about it. So his first mission was to separate Hosea and Icy.

“You must be gravely mistaken! David looked like me. How can he possibly look like Mr. Chevy?” Icy thought that this man could catch her meaning and acknowledgement and this conversation would end immediately. “Indeed, Hoffman, you are delusional, David Wilkinson is Icy’s son and had no relationship with Chevy. How can they look alike? In fact I don’t think they do.”

Hosea relaxed and adjusted his mood. Hoffman was a friend of Paxon and he was doing this on purpose, but he had picked the critical time to show up. “Are you really sure about that?” Hoffman muttered. “What are you trying to say? Icy was alarmed and cuddled David with both arms, gazing at Hoffman vigilantly.

“I was kidding only. Maybe I have been hanging out with Pax too much, and everyone is beginning to look like him.” Hoffman smirked and eyeballed at Icy, observing her behaviours and facial expression. Oh God! there would be a big discussion tonight. Wait! He must first find out what Paxon Chevy wanted to do with the mother and the boy.

“Are you drunk? This isn’t a funny joke at all. We must go now.” Icy was expressionless. Paxon Chevy always thought that Icy was a gold digger who could do anything for money. That’s why he never liked her and David. And Icy, in response to that, never divulged the identity of the boy’s father. If this conversation was conveyed to Paxon, he might believe that Icy was using the boy to strive for favour. The most scariest thought was that if Paxon found David was his son, he would take him from her at all costs.

“Please don’t feel offended. I really don’t mean any harm. Will you allow me to drive you home?” Hoffman raised his eyebrows. It seemed this woman really didn’t want her son to have anything to do with the Chevy. If she wasn’t acting, she definitely wasn't the kind of woman of vanity who Pax thought she was. If money was what she wanted, this boy was her biggest chip on hand.