Taming A Billionaire

The third point of view:

If it had been awkward earlier, it intensified after their weird eye contact. Ailee didn't talk about it and Neon didn't either, thankfully. None of them said a word to each other till they got home.

"Hi mom," Ailee greeted as soon as she made it inside. But to her surprise, Reina was all dressed up and in a hurry to leave for somewhere. Work probably.

"Going somewhere?" She asked calmly when her mom didn't give any response, obviously distracted.

"Oh yeah," Reina finally heard her, "An emergency meeting came up and now, I need you guys to get the kids from school,"

"Oh no," Ailee didn't know when she groaned out. She had been so relieved to escape this awkwardness with Neon only to be thrown back into it - the errand was for the both of them. The triplets were so notorious that it took more than one person to keep a watch on them..

"I know it's hard," Reina misunderstood the reason for her groaning, thinking she was overwhelmed by the errand having known her children's reputation.

It was only Neon who narrowed his gaze at Ailee, noticing how wary she was of his presence already. He sneered inwardly, she would rather be with her darling Theodore, how convenient.

"Just do this for mommy, okay?" Reina already took it that her request was accepted even before Ailee conceded.

"Thank you, see you later," Reina kissed her on the forehead before moving to Neon and doing the same to him when something happened. 

After the kiss, Reina patted Neon on the shoulder and was about to walk past him when she halted in her step. She retraced her steps and came to stand before Neon who was confused as everyone else in the room by Reina's action. 

To Ailee's shock, her mother began to touch his chest before tilting her head in a contemplative manner.

"How did you become so muscular? Almost like Nik's in his prime?" Reina murmured under her breath but they all heard her. 

Neon went red in the face while Ailee nearly choked from her saliva. Weirdly, Ailee was a bit pissed off at her mother's actions - she didn't like her touching Neon. But she tried to look at the situation reasonably, mothers have the right to examine their sons, right? 

The other day, her mother had even commented at the tattoos on Allen's body and even stripped his chest, and she was not even bothered by that. Why was Neon's case different? Perhaps, because Neon was dear to her and she has been very protective of him from childhood. That must be it, right? 

Meanwhile, Reina was ignorant of her daughter's jealousy and was busy examining the product - at the moment Neon was one - in front of her. She glanced up with a shrewd smile - that her children never liked. That smile meant she was up to something that wasn't in their favor. 

"Neon dear," Their mother Reina said with a sweet voice that sent shivers down Ailee's spine. She didn't like that smile, her mother was up to something.

"Yes mother," Neon gulped, now affected by the woman's suspicious demeanor. 

"You wouldn't mind earning a few bucks in mommy's company, right?" Reina said. 

"A few bucks?" Neon was bewildered. 

"Not exactly a few bucks," Reina enticed, thinking he was more concerned about the money, "Quite a sumptuous amount of money,"

"By doing what?" He inquired.

Reina's eyes widened and so did the glint in her eyes brighten, "By using your body," she said. 

"No!" Ailee expressed her disapproval before Reina could even go into details of the offer.

"No what?" Reina was stunned.

"Neon wouldn't do that," Ailee stood her ground and she didn't even know why.

Reina pressed her temple, left for Neon alone, she was confident to win him over, but with Ailee in the mixture, it was going to be a tough one. Not to mention the fact that Neon answers to Ailee as if she's his maker. Moreover, why was Ailee getting involved with this? It was between her and Neon.

"Why wouldn't he do this?" Reina couldn't understand Ailee, "It's just to model my clothes," She explained.

"Don't you have models? You have enough money to hire millions of them, why Neon then?" asked Ailee. 

She didn't like the idea of Neon baring his body to the camera who would then put his body in a magazine that people would buy and ogle his body. Ailee shivered, she didn't even dare to think what the perverts would do while staring at his picture in private. She doesn't like it one bit.

"Why Neon?" Reina couldn't believe the question, she then gestured to Neon's body, "Why hire a model when I have a handsome son who can pull it off flawlessly. Have you even see his body?"

At the mention of body, Ailee went red in the face from embarrassment or shock or both - she couldn't tell.

"You have seen his body?"

Reina grinned, "I'm your mother and seen a lot in this life. I don't need to see..." her gaze scrutinized while she motioned to Neon as if he was an exhibition, "Just a glance and I know what's beneath those clothes,"

Neon turned sharply at Reina, that comment was a bit misleading. He shivered, wondering what else she could see. He was no longer at ease with where this conversation was headed to. Why were they even talking about him as if he wasn't standing before them? He had an opinion, you know. 

Reina cleared her throat, "A-hem," then smiled proudly, "Why do you think I agreed to your father in the first place?" she giggled sheepishly at the memory like a high-schooler who fell Iove for the first time.

The goosebumps climbed up Ailee's arm this term. Of all families, she had to be born into? Why this one? 

Why wouldn't her mother agree to her father when she was a sucker for gorgeous faces. But then, Neon was not falling into her mother's web which was why she suggested, 

"Why don't you ask Allen then," 

Reina gave her a deadpanned look. 

Ailee scratched the back of her head, did she say something wrong?