The Gray Autumn's

Lemon Meringue Pie's

Benjamin smiled gently as he kissed the little girl's cheek. "You fit in and will look pretty wearing anything. You're so adorable, just like your mother," the man kissed the copper-haired girl on the cheek, and made the middle-aged woman nearby smile broadly, touching Benjamin's shoulder.

Autumn who watched it silently, instantly felt nauseous. How disgusting a Benjamin Royce was to him. The man was in a relationship with many women, even with a woman more suitable to be his mother, and Autumn was convinced that she must be a widow. Yeah, God. How sorry the girl was, for having allowed herself to fall into the charm of the basket-eyed man. Autumn chose to leave the place immediately.

The wind was not very strong. However, it felt so cold that it pierced to the bone. The brown coat that Autumn wears, is not able to make the body feel warm. Autumn also walked rather quickly and occasionally crossed both hands on the chest, and rubbed his arms.

The streets of Paris that afternoon. The mood of many people was not ignored. Autumn was back in a mess. I don't know what made him feel so bad. The girl had never been as troubled as she was now, after she had known a Benjamin Royce. The influence of the gray-eyed man turned out to be enormous. The charming smile of his beautiful face had greatly disturbed the concentration of Autumn. In addition, of course, the warmth that has made the long-haired girl, so lulled and unable to forget the events of the night in the city of Marseille.

I don't know how far Autumn has gone with the handsome shadow of Benjamin Royce. It didn't feel like he was almost at his residence. Autumn immediately woke up. The girl was stunned for a moment. "Geez!" murmured the gray-eyed girl. He stared at the short ankle boots he was wearing at the time. Autumn then reached into a sling bag, took the phone and checked it. A call from an unknown number. Doubtful, Autumn answered the question. However, he felt sure that the number that appeared on the phone screen was not the number that Leon yesterday used to contact him.

"Good afternoon, Miss Hillaire. Sorry to interrupt her time for a moment" a woman's voice sounded, with her speech style so friendly on the other end of the phone.

"Sorry, who is this?" ask Autumn to doubt.

"This is from the personnel section of The Royal Royce. We would like to inform you that the internship proposal you submitted has been approved. The results of the interview were also very good, so we decided to accept your internship application here. Please prepare yourself as best you can, because tomorrow you can start."

Autumn was stunned to hear the information she had just received. His pair of beautifully curved eyebrows intertwined, signifying a sense of wonder he did not express. Autumn believes there must have been Benjamin's interference in this. If that's true, then it's very unpleasant. "Ah, yes. Thank you very much for the information. I will prepare myself and come on time tomorrow" Autumn said. After a short chat, the call ended. Autumn continued her steps towards her residence, which was only a few meters away.

Upon arrival at home, Autumn immediately headed for the kitchen to pick up a fresh drink. There he finds Arumi who just finished making the cake. A lemon meringue pie is presented on the table and looks appetizing. "Good afternoon, ma'am," said Autumn warmly. He opened the fridge and picked up his favorite fruit yoghurt drink.

"Good afternoon, dear. How was your interview today?" reply Arumi softly. He took off the apron and hung it neatly.

"Very surprisingly," Autumn replied as she stood half-leaning on the marble-lined table. The girl enjoyed her yogurt quietly.

"How surprising?" ask Arumi again. He looked over and smiled softly at his eldest daughter. Arumi then stood next to Autumn who was then silent for a moment.

"Is this not too much, Mom?"

"You mean?"

"I just submitted a proposal and did an interview this afternoon, and then a few minutes ago the personnel contacted me and said that I was accepted for an internship there. Ah, what a tremendous influence Mr. Hillaire," said Autumn who ended with a complaint of subtle satire.

"Yes, I think so. One more, of course, for the intervention of the master of the owner of the magnificent hotel. I'm sure and very sure, ma'am," Autumn is back to enjoying her yogurt.

"How can you be so sure, son? I think there's a lot of consideration they're doing to accept you. Hopefully not because of the name Hillaire," said Arumi. He responded to Autumn's complaint calmly.

"I hope so. I'm sure there must be many who put forward proposals other than myself. I know for myself that I haven't had any experience with that."

"You need to be sure of yourself, honey. You may not have the experience, but that doesn't mean you don't have the ability. In your body flows Edgar Hillaire's blood. You don't know what your father's like. He is a very extraordinary man" Arumi said slowly. Autumn just listened quietly.

"Your father is someone with an amazing life story. He fought and survived alone to conquer a hard life. His character is exactly the same as your late grandfather. They are both my idols. They were very handsome as well as hardworking," Arumi ended her words with a wide smile wrapped in immeasurable pride.

While Autumn's mind suddenly returned to Benjamin. "Did you have many lovers before you met, Mom?" the question just slid off Autumn's lips. Something that made Arumi a little confused to answer.

"Why do you suddenly want to know about it?" search Arumi. He turned his head and looked at Autumn's beautiful face which was a genuine duplicate of her. "Say something to me, son. Are you in a relationship with someone?"

"Ah, why did you ask me that?" Autumn tries to evade.

"Is he a man who deserves your love?" asked Arumi again, making Autumn complain slowly.

"Come on, ma'am," Autumn replied slowly.

"That guy gave you a red mark on the neck?" goda Arumi while giggling amusedly.

"Come, Mom! Don't discuss it anymore," Autumn's face immediately flushed in embarrassment.

"You still want to hide it from Mom?"

"Not only from Mom, but also from everyone" Autumn replied. He threw the empty yogurt container into the trash. He kissed Arumi's right cheek warmly. "I go to the room first" she said.