Jealous

"Enzo... accompany me."

Enzo, who was originally about to go to his room, immediately stopped walking when Mia suddenly called him again after she dressed herself. Mia was starting to look sad as drowsiness began to take over her body.

Enzo knew that Mia seemed to be aware that his mood was bad and was trying to cheer him up by acting spoiled in front of him. Just thinking about it was enough to make Enzo's heart soft again. The man lovingly pinched Mia's sharp nose, shaking it a few times until Mia started to whine in annoyance.

"Do I have to read you a bedtime story too?" Enzo asked with amusement. Mia shook her head spoiledly as she led Enzo back into her room.

"I know you won't sleep if you start smoking for no reason like earlier. I will be your supervisor for today. You should sleep. Lack of sleep is not good for your health."

Enzo smiled when Mia started to lecture him. He shook his head slowly when Mia dragged him to sleep on the same bed as her. Mia's sense of alertness was extremely weak. The girl didn't even know yet that they shouldn't sleep together anymore at her age.

But Enzo had no intention of telling Mia the truth. He also forbade anyone from telling Mia about it. Mia was only his. Enzo intends to protect her innocence until the end.

"Enzo, sleep now."

"Okay. You got it, Mia."

Not wanting to delay Mia's rest time, Enzo finally climbed into bed before giving Mia a smile as a sign that he would listen to the girl. Mia also returned Enzo's smile with a wide smile. Her hands tightly hugged the big doll Enzo had given her to use as her pillow.

"Good night, Enzo. May you have beautiful dreams."

Enzo smiled in satisfaction when Mia said goodnight before her eyes closed. The girl still had a faint smile on her lips, as her eyes closed perfectly in a short time.

"Good night, Mia. I love you."

With a light kiss on Mia's forehead, Enzo finally closed his eyes to rest before starting a new day.

***

"Then, I'll go home first. Please have a good rest, Boss."

Victor nodded as Leon finally left his house. With a sigh, Victor turned to enter his room with calm steps. The man took a shower as usual, changed his clothes, and then checked his work for the day.

Victor was still holding the file he needed to check when his eyes accidentally saw his laptop. Victor stared at it for a long time before his feet stepped to approach the laptop.

While sitting on his leather chair, Victor started to turn on his laptop. The man looked hesitant when his laptop started to turn on. His actions looked hesitant when, in the end, he still typed the name that had been on his mind since he returned from dinner.

[Mia Caroline]

Various types of search results immediately came out as soon as he finished typing the name. However, just as Leon reported to him, there was no negative news whatsoever concerning the girl on any website. The media even only dared to call Enzo Mia's legal guardian, who was the owner of the largest pharmaceutical company, without mentioning anything about the underworld.

One link to Mia's music video caught the man's attention. Victor noticed Mia's smiling image in the video before his hand moved to press the play button on the video application.

Victor stared at the video without blinking as Mia's melodious voice entered his eardrums. Even though Mia was only covering someone's song, the number of views far exceeded the original songs. From the date of its creation, it was Mia's first video on her official account. In the video, Mia still looked very young, recording her video in a large room with her agency's name written on it as the background.

In the video, Mia still looked very shy, singing in front of the camera for the first time. At the end of the video, Mia finally smiled sweetly as her soft voice began to come out.

"Hello, my name is Mia Caroline. This is my first appearance in front of the camera. Soon, I will debut as a singer with my solo album. To all the viewers, please look forward to my other videos. Thank you for watching my video!"

The video ended after the girl waved her hand to the camera. Because he was curious, Victor also opened the comments column available in the video. He smiled faintly when he saw people leave positive comments on Mia's video.

One of the comments with the most likes succeeded in making Victor interested in reading it. Someone asked why Mia chose that song out of all the songs. Two years ago, Mia replied to him, but Victor's face returned to blank when he read the reply.

[I sing it for my cousin. I think this song can express my gratitude to him. He is the most important person I have.]

Victor immediately closed the comments when he finished reading Mia's answer. It was true. Many news showed how much Mia loved her cousin. They had always been together since Mia was adopted by Enzo's family. Even when Mia had an income, Enzo still allowed Mia to live with him rather than buy another house and start to live separately as adults.

Experiencing a down mood, Victor finally turned off his laptop rather than reading other comments. The man took a deep breath, not understanding why he should envy a man like Enzo at times like this.

Victor came out of his office and then walked to get a bottle of drink from the mini fridge in his bedroom. Victor took a sip of the alcoholic drink straight from the bottle, slightly hoping that he could forget the chaotic thoughts that suddenly came to him.

Maybe it was true that he felt jealous of someone like Enzo. The man still had someone to protect, while he had to watch the person he wanted to protect die right before his eyes.