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Like I need your approval I said in my head and internally rolled my eyes. Lance and Rain led me to my seat which was beside Destine and across from Damon. Sebastian is sitting at the head of the table with me in the seat closest to him with Damon.

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IRENE P.O.V

We've been sitting in such tense silence that whoever came in knew that they should turn around and walk out. All you hear is utensils hitting the plate and some tapping their foot on the marble floor. I nudged Sebastian's leg with my knee signalling to break the silence but instead, he just stopped what he was doing and just gave me a questioning like it wasn't so obvious. I narrowed my eyes at him and he just returned back with a sigh before clearing his thought.

"Do any of you have any idea why I have called you here?"

He said as his eyes roamed the room making eye contact with each and every person.

"I'm guessing it's related to that woman?" One man said. Sebastian nodded in response.

"She's my fiance," He said without looking at anyone, just continued eating like he didn't just drop the bomb.

"My name is Irene Rei for your reference because I know at least one of you are going to do a background check on me and I'm just gonna make this easy for you," I said just before looking at everyone intensively.

"Oh and just call me Ren" I added.

After chatting with everyone, I met Lincoln my future nephew and went back to my room. I wore my usual PJ attire with just an oversized shirt with cotton underwear and no bra.

Today went well, I think to myself. The men in the house all started calling me 'boss lady Ren' since I don't want them to call me with such formal Ms or such. Tomorrow I'm going to start taking care of Lincoln since Destine and Taylor are leaving for 4-5 days. That's when sleep took over.

SEBASTIAN P.O.V

"The shipment was securely delivered?" I ask my men in our daily meeting.

"That's correct boss, there were some complications with the fishermen who had their boats besides ours but nothing we couldn't handle. We used our usual cover-up story." I gave a nod and dismissed everyone.

As I and Rain walked out, I see my sister and her husband rushing things into the car. "Where's Lincoln?" I ask since I know that haven't and will never hire a babysitter.

"He's with sleeping Ren, I dropped him off 15 minutes ago to her room. Wake her up and tell her that Lincoln needs to be fed." I gave her a nod before heading upstairs towards Irene's room. I knocked on her door and just heard a quiet 'come in'.

Once I walked in, I met with a sight of a half-awake Lincoln in one of the arms of Irene who you can obviously notice she just woke up. Her untamed hair and her just rubbing her eyes is just... Adorable? She gets up swiftly with Lincoln in one arm and her phone in the other like she's done this a thousand times. She comes over to me and makes me hold my Nephew.

"He's so small," I say softly.

"Yup. I'm going to take a shower so feed him that bottle of milk over there, K?" I gave a nod in response before she walked off.

IRENE P.O.V

I took a shower and put on some concealer and a bit of blush. I don't do makeup since I've been taking care of my skin a lot recently. My eyelashes are already long thanks to my handsome late-father.



(the clothing and accessories she's wearing)

I exit my washroom to see Sebastian cleaning Lincoln's little fist with the baby handkerchief. "Done?" I ask.

"Yeah, I have a legal meeting today. Want to come? I know you're going to be bored"

"Should I change my outfit to be more formal? Where is the meeting going to happen? Your company?"

"No need, we'll be having the meeting at a law firm. I just need to hire a new lawyer since my previous one was leaking out our private contract information"

"No need," I say as I start packing Lincoln's bag for daily use.

"What?"

"No need, I said."

"Why?"

"Why do you need a lawyer when you fiance right her is one herself, and a good one at that. You can check what I did. Just search up Irene Rei on the internet." He immediately took out his phone and started typing on it.

"holy shit," He said so quietly that I wouldn't have heard him if I wasn't beside him.

"You're hired. That's it!" I laughed at his sudden reaction.

"So are we going to your company now?" He nodded his head eagerly. So I changed my outfit once again into a formal one.



Irene



Sebastian



Lincoln Outfit

I put on Lincoln's matching sweatpants and a jean jacket on top just in case he gets cold. I grab the baby bag and made my way downstairs with the LV heels clicking on the marble floor. We found Sebastian leaning on the car with a briefcase in his hand looking impatient.

He signals me to get in the car so I handed him Lincoln and he fastened him in his baby carrier while I hand the baby bag to the driver. I enter the Escalade and fastened my seatbelt.

"Am I going to have my own office?"

"Yes."

"What should I say to the co-workers why I'm bringing a baby that kind of looks like you in the office on my first day?"

"I'll handle that."

"How?"

"The truth"

"Telling them that I'm your fiance and that Lincoln's your nephew?"

"What else?"

"Also one thing, don't give me special treatment. I hate when bosses give special treatment to others."

"Wasn't going to give you any, anyways" He said while doing work on his iPad.

I played with Lincoln the whole way there, in end he got tired and fell asleep. The building is bigger and modern than the building he had when I first came to his company.

Sebastian carefully not waking up Lincoln, took him out of his car seat handing him over to me. Sebastian gave a nod to the security while entering the building with the car seat in one hand and a briefcase in the other. While I have a sleeping Lincoln in one arm and a baby bag in the other.

Many looked, even more stared while I was walking. Once we reached Sebastian's office, I started cradling Lincoln since he started stirring because of the many voices outside.

"Here's the contract, sign it and then Ria my secretary will show you to your office. It's a level below so take my elevator." Like on command. A knock was heard and the door opening, with that came a voice that wasn't so pleasing to my ears. I miss Sebastian's old secretary already. I covered Lincoln's ear before telling the lady to shut her ugly ass mouth before I cut it off. Which by the way was a mistake because she talked even more loudly. Thank god that Lincoln didn't wake up or I have to feed him.

I snapped my head towards Sebastian to tell the girl to shut up or I will actually cut her mouth off. He got the look before my words.

"Quite down Tania, do you want to wake my nephew up?" He said with annoyance laced in his voice like he's the one who has to deal with Lincoln when he wakes up. I'm the one who has to deal with him when he wakes up!

"Oh sir sorry, is this woman your sister?"

"Sister my ass" I mumble that clearly heard by both Tania and Sebastian.

"That's my nephew but she's my fiance and the new lawyer for our company."

The girl immediately straightened her posture. Sebastian explained to me and Tania some stuff before heading downstairs to my new office. It's quite large, almost as large as my bedroom back home but still large. I placed the car seat beside the couch and started making a secure bed for Lincoln to sleep more properly.

"Blacket here, pillow their and done!" I slowly placed Lincoln down and took off his sweatpants to make him more comfortable. I pulled the blanket on top of him and made my way to my desk. After reading the latest cases that the previous lawyer made, I read the history of the company a bit to know their style of working before signing the contract. I knock was heard against my office door. I checked Lincoln before letting the other person in.

"We have a company meeting in 25 minutes. Just ask the floor receptionist where the meeting is held and she will inform you where." Tania said. I gave her a nod and dismissed her. Lincoln finally started waking up so I played with him for a few minutes before feeding him his milk. He's still not fully awake but enough to be aware of his surroundings. It's not cold in the company so I didn't bother putting his sweatpants on but still brought them just in case with some toys and a blanket. All of that fitted in my purse so I didn't bring the baby bag.

My phone started ringing which showed Destine calling.

"Hello?"

"Is Lincoln okay? I feel so bad leaving you with him."

"He's perfectly fine. I'm at your brother's company and he didn't cry once so far. He took his milk and later I'm going to feed him with actual baby food."

"Ok good, I have to go. Bye!"

"Bye." I cut the call and put my phone into my purse.

I exited my office to ask the receptionist for directions. She gave me a sincere smile and even offered to take care of Lincoln while I was in the meeting but I know Destine will never forgive me if I gave her baby to someone else so I kindly declined.

I got so many weird looks but ignored them and entered the meeting room. I made my way to the seat closest to the head of the table but didn't sit down since no one else was either. I guess they're waiting for Sebastian first.

The devil himself finally made his grand appearance with Damon with him. My arms are killing me holding the baby for so long. Damon gave me a very exciting type of smile. We took our seats, Sebastian came closer to me and whispered in my ear.

"I know you're tired. You can give me Lincoln." He said and kissed right under my ear before pulling back. I sighed and gave him Lincoln and he happily made his way over to his uncle. Honestly! This looks so cute! A big man and a small baby that look alike but not so much. Lincoln only has his family's golden eyes. You can't see his hair but I know it's going to be dirty blonde like his father. I secretly took a picture and sent it to Destine.

I posted the picture on my Instagram tagging Destine and Sebastian. While one of the department managers was in the middle of presenting, Sebastian checked his phone probably seeing that he got a notification from me. He gave me a small smile before I got a notification saying he commented on my post. 'My nephew is already starting to participate in meetings'.

Now that's not what shocked me. The thing that shocked me was how many likes and comments I got on this post and still is growing rapidly. I usually get over 50K likes and over 30K comments but this... This is just. 3 million likes and over 500K comments! Wait. 4 million now! The hell is with his influence.

"Now, today we have a new lawyer for our company since Mr. Ronald wasn't so loyal. Ms. Irene Rei, my soon-to-be-wife"

He signalled me to stand up. "Hello everyone, I hope we will get along."

One man asked me where did I study. I told him I studied in the UK. After the meeting ended, we decided to head home. So I went upstairs to grab Lincoln's stuff. A group of 3 girls came towards me.

"Break your engagement off with him or else we'll make sure office days living hell." I literally don't give a shit with this cliché ass talk so I quickly gathered Lincoln's stuff and shoved past these so-called ladies and went downstairs.

"What took you so long?" Sebastian asked.

"oh nothing, just some annoying flies."