Sorry Sir I Don’t Want You Back by Little Angelic Devil

Cherise knew she should follow Julian's advice and ask Theo about his life, but she was too curious. It was easy for Theo or anyone else to lie, so she felt the need to do her own research. It was easy to find out everything about Theo. As Julian had told her, Theo's mom passed away while she gave birth to his sister, and his dad passed away when he was seventeen years old. Cherise tried to remember Theo's mother and found in her memory that his mom was heavily pregnant when she stayed with them.

Based on her calculation, his sister must be sixteen years old by now. Not even an adult yet, Cherise thought with sadness.

She kept reading and researching, finding how hard his father worked to rebuild the Kingston Group. There was no mention of her family helping them or their connection, but it was to be expected.

Cherise found the information about his sister, and as she saw the photo of the young girl, she became even more sympathetic toward Theo.

She couldn't imagine how hard his life must have been. His mom passed away when he was eight, and his dad worked hard to rebuild the Kingston Group. He needed to go to school, take care of his little sister, and learn the world of business. He then became their CEO at such a young age of seventeen years old, right after his dad died.

Cherise wondered how he could still be so gentle. Was it because of his sister? Julian was gentle because of her, and his cunningness only appeared when a business partner tried to take advantage of them. Maybe it was the same case for Theo, she thought.

She tried to find out about the cause of the internal struggle within their family except that his only uncle committed suicide after the struggle.

Cherise found it intriguing and tried to find out more about the death of his uncle, and the coroner's report ruled it out as suicide.

She leaned back against her chair and thought about internal struggles within wealthy families. She knew this kind of thing happened more often than people thought and she was thankful her uncles from both her parents’ sides were not greedy. But what really caused Theo's uncle to commit suicide?

As she pondered about it, a message popped on her laptop screen.

K: You are online.

She quickly typed in her response: Yes.

K: Can I ask for a bit of help?

As they were used to working together last time, Cherise didn't hesitate to reply: Sure.

K: Could you help me do a little digging about Theodore Kingston?

Cherise was surprised to see K's message and replied without thinking: You are also looking for his information?

At his penthouse, Hudson frowned as he looked at Q's reply. Was she also interested in him? So he typed in his own response: Were you doing the same?

Q: Yes. A client paid me to.

K: Mine, too. I'll send you the information I've gathered. Let's cross-checked them.

Q: Sending too.

Hudson sent his file to Q, and when he received her file, he scanned it to find that it was similar to everything he had found. Did Theodore have no skeletons in his closet?

K: Could you find out why his uncle killed himself?

Q: I was wondering about the same thing.

K: Let me know your theory.

Q: His uncle tried to seize power, but the shareholders heard of it and left the company, making the share plunge down the drain and causing the company to go under. He couldn't take being the CEO of a bankrupt company and committed suicide because of the stress. Hudson tapped his finger on his desk and contemplated Q's answer. His was more or less the same as it was the usual reason for fallen families who fell because of internal struggles. Shareholders did not like it when the companies they had shares in had internal struggles because they needed to take sides, so most of the time, they left the companies rather than stay and wait for the uncertain outcome.

Hudson rubbed his temple and didn't know how to feel. On one hand, he hated that Theodore had nothing he could use against, but on the other hand, he was glad because then Theodore would not be able to harm Cherise.

He typed in his thanks and shut down his laptop. He only hoped to meet Cherise soon and ask her about her and Theodore.

Cherise had also turned off her laptop and was lying on her bed. If you are not reading this novel on Jobni b.com, some sentences are incomplete. She wondered if she should ask Theo about it but decided against it. Nothing else mattered as long as she and K could not find anything weird about him or his current company.

While Hudson and Cherise were researching about him, Theo reached his villa and went to his study. He poured himself a glass of whiskey and walked toward one of the wood shelves.

He looked at the pictures one by one, a habit he always did before bed. There was a picture of him with his parents, a picture of him and his dad holding his sister while she was still a baby, and a few more family pictures.

But he always stopped the longest in front of a framed picture of a girl and a boy. The girl still looked pale, but she had a toothy grin on her face while the boy also had a bright smile as they held hands to pose for the camera.

He smiled and caressed the girl's face in the picture. It was a picture of him and Cherise taken by his mother after she was healthy enough to play with him.

Theo sat in his leather chair, and his mind wandered to the time he found Cherise. At that time, he was bored and wanted his dad to play with him, but his mom needed more attention, so his dad asked him to play by himself.

He didn’t mind it because he knew he would have a little sister soon and his dad needed to take care of his mom to make sure nothing bad would befall her.

They had stayed at the holiday villa for a few months, and Theo's favorite place to play was in the forest. His parents didn’t mind him playing there, as it wasn't dangerous.

So, he walked toward his hidden playground and was so scared when he saw a figure lying on the ground. He nearly ran back to his parents and told them he found a corpse, but then he heard the voice of a small child.

He moved cautiously toward the body, and when he saw it was indeed a small child, he rushed toward the child, and the child started babbling about being kidnapped, and an older brother needed saving before the child passed out.

He reluctantly left the child on the ground and ran back toward the villa as fast as his short legs could carry to call for his dad’s help.

He cried as he told his dad about what happened. His dad asked their maids to stay with his mom, and they moved quickly toward the child.

His dad carried the child, and because his mom was going to deliver a baby soon, there was a doctor on standby in the villa.

They checked the child and found out she was a girl. Theo told his dad about what the girl babbled before she fainted, and his father quickly called the police to investigate, but found no trace of any kidnappers.

Theo's parents had no choice but to wait until the girl woke up so she could tell them where she came from.

He didn’t know why, but he kept close to the girl. Maybe because the first time she opened her eyes, she tried to smile at his parents as if assuring them she was fine. And it happened every time she opened her eyes, no matter how briefly.

And so, Theo stayed by her side as much as he could to see that smile. When she was healthy enough to talk, the little girl was like a baby bird who couldn't stop chirping.

Theo could still remember Cherise’s cute face, her childish voice, and especially her bright smile.

Even though she left with her family, he kept the memory in his mind and was glad his father still kept in touch with Cherise’s family then, and he could meet her again now.

As he was reminiscing about his past with Cherise, his phone rang and he smiled tenderly when he saw the caller's name on his phone screen.

He swiped the screen to take the call and said in a gentle voice, “Erica, why are you still awake?”