We Meet Again

As soon as Valentina got home, she immediately threw herself on her bed and got comfortable. When she glanced at her phone, she saw that she had a lot of missed calls and messages.

Starting from the most important ones she started responding. She assured Director Sarah Lee, Rio, and the rest of the staff that she had gotten home safely. She assured them that she had misplaced her charger which is why it took so long to respond, and nothing had happened. She browsed entertainment news and didn't really see anything that caught her eye.

Since she was technically free of both filming roles. She planned to relax today and rest up. Although she had slept well at the Grayson mansion, she had been working hard the past couple of days, so she wanted to rest all day.

Valentina cuddled her pillow and thought that her bed wasn't as comfortable as the one at the Grayson mansion.

No. No Valentina. Don't think about them! As she shook away her bad thoughts and wrapped her body around her pillow, Valentina fell into a deep slumber.

"What's your verdict?" Kaiser sat in his home office and stared at the psychiatrist sitting across from him. Luca had just finished his individual consultation with Dr. Leo Howard and had unwillingly gone to take a nap. His son had been clamoring for Valentina once she left and he had a budding headache from dealing with it.

"It seems he's formed an attachment to her and is superimposing his want for a mother onto her who protected him from his bullies." Leo Howard responded. He gazed at Kaiser and noted that the usually cool and unperturbed man had a slight frown on his face.

"How do we fix it?" Kaiser asked with a sigh.

"Are you ready to get married?" Leo Howard asked sarcastically. Seeing Kaiser's vicious glare, he continued speaking casually.

"I'm serious. If you have no plans to get married and provide a mother figure for your son, then consider a live-in nanny of some kind. The affection needs to be transferred onto someone else and it's clear Luca wants a mother."

"There are children who grow up successfully without a mother." Kaiser coolly replied. He had no intention of getting married anytime soon even though his parents and now his son's psychiatrist were pushing for it. Growing up in the type of circle he grew up in, people never married for love. It was always a marriage for the family's interest. The women in his circle were always looking for the richest, flashiest man or a man who would raise their family up or a man who could provide for them so they could brag and suppress others. There was never any sincerity between man and woman, and he had no interest in pursuing that.

The only person he knew who had broken that stereotype was his elder sister. And that had ended horribly for everyone involved.

"I have no plans to marry, and Luca is resistant to having a nanny so think of a different solution." Kaiser ruthlessly ordered Leo Howard.

"Sighhhhh." Leo Howard leaned back in his chair after releasing a huge sigh.

"Kaiser truly, I don't know what to tell you then. Obviously, you can ignore the issue and although it would leave more psychological scars on Luca, it would eventually resolve itself. But you're aware that this is a mental weak spot for Luca and the people in your circle are vicious. They will keep bringing it up and continue to hurt your child in this manner. Or you can let him have more interaction with Valentina. Not as a mother mind you, but maybe a fun aunt/babysitter role? Have him interact with her a few times and when he mentally stabilizes you can begin to wean him from her." Leo decided to give him the cold hard truth. It might be uncomfortable to hear but that's my professional advice."

Seeing the unwilling expression on Kaiser's face Leo Howard wanted to sigh again. He had been working with Kaiser Grayson and Luca Grayson for the past two years. Due to the young boy's trauma, he had been trying to help the child become more normal. Well as normal as he could be due to the family circumstances. However, there was just a general lack of emotional understanding in the Grayson family and especially in Kaiser. Maybe his time in the military made the man colder, but Kaiser didn't express his emotions at all.

Deciding to take a step back, he advised Kaiser, "It's your choice at the end of the day. How about seeing how Luca behaves for the next couple of days? If he's fine, then forget about it. I understand your hesitation to bring in an unrelated third party into your family, but based on my interaction with Valentina today, I think she's relatively trustworthy. Still, if things go downhill or Luca relapses, give me a call and we'll deal with it then."

At Kaiser's nod, Leo Howard got up, "I'll see myself out."

After Leo Howard left, Kaiser let out a deep sigh. He felt as if he were doing that a lot. He read through Valentina's report one last time before putting it away. He didn't need her to help Luca's mental state. Luca would be fine.

Time proved that Luca was not fine. Once Luca woke up he immediately began crying for Valentina. He continued crying even when the maids tried to reason with him he continued throwing a tantrum and refused to eat dinner.

As the butler Matteo reported his sons' actions to him in the office, Kaiser coldly ordered.

"If he doesn't want to dinner, allow him. Missing one meal won't kill him. Make sure to remove all breakable objects from his room as well as anything he can hurt himself with." Kaiser coldly ordered. He refused to coddle or tolerate bad behavior. When Luca tired himself out, he would fall asleep and eat when he woke up.

Kaiser continued focusing on his work late into the night. When it was about 2 am he went in to check on Luca in his room.

Looking in, he saw that everything that could be flipped over had been flipped. The bedding was torn, clothes and toys were spread all over the floor and in the middle of the room, Luca was collapsed on the floor.

His face was flushed red, and tears leaked out of his eyes. Kaiser gently picked up the young boy who looked so similar to him and carried him to his bedroom. He lay the boy on his bed and tucked him in. Hopefully, tomorrow would be a better day.