You're ambitious, Layla
"What? A trip?" Alekis's brows shot up, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"Yes, Father," Layla replied with a bright smile, gently pushing a saucer with a steaming cup of tea toward him. "You, me, and Lucius will go to this place I've carefully chosen for us. That's the birthday gift I want to give you, Father."
Alekis accepted the cup, his gaze fixed on her as his glasses slipped slightly down the bridge of his nose. Her statement delighted him because out of all, she came up with such a beautiful idea of spending time with the old man while including his son too, a man who always would stay away from such things.
However, a thought also occured in his mind at the same time. "Hmm. And why didn't you include Fiona and Roderick in this plan?" he asked, his tone inquisitive.