Chapter 2 A Familiar Flavor

Five Years Later

Rose City International Airport...

A young man in a black turtleneck sweater, a black overcoat, and black sunglasses walked out of the VIP passage. He had handsome facial features. Many young girls in the airport couldn't help but stop to look at him and wanted to approach him. However, the cold aura around him was so strong that they didn't muster the courage to come close.

As the man walked, his assistant, Henry Wilson, rushed forward to carry his suitcase and said, "Mr. Collins, the little master hasn't eaten all day and locked himself in his room. He won't let anyone inside. Shall we head to the mansion first?"

The man stopped and looked coldly at his assistant as he said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? What are you waiting for?"

The coldness around the man increased, and Henry couldn't help but feel a chill in his body. Everyone in the Collins family knew how much Mr. Collins cared about the little master. He was the only person in front of whom Mr. Collins was always gentle and affectionate.

Henry felt guilty in his heart and braced himself to say, "Mr. Collins, you went to Italy for an important contract, so I didn't want to disturb you. But I didn't expect that the little master would lock himself in his room and not eat anything for the whole day..."

Zayden took off his sunglasses and looked at his assistant coldly. His deep brown eyes were filled with coldness...

Henry looked into those cold eyes and felt like his knees had gone soft. He could tell that Zayden was very angry...

"Oh, my God! Is he going to fine me?"

Thinking of this, Henry's body broke out in a cold sweat...

"Since when did I give you the right to make decisions for me?" Zayden looked at Henry and said coldly...

"I am sorry, Mr. Collins... I know I was wrong!"

Henry lowered his head and prepared himself for the worst...

However, at this moment, a pink ball rolled next to Zayden's shoes.

Zayden looked at the ball and frowned. He bent down and picked it up.

"Sir, that's my ball," a little girl ran over and said.

Zayden looked at the girl in front of him. The little girl was around 4 to 5 years old. She had big, beautiful round eyes. She was wearing a pink dress and holding a chocolate bar in one hand.

Even when Zayden squatted down, she had to look up at him.

Zayden was astonished by her cuteness and looked at her blankly. As he looked at the little girl, a very familiar feeling arose in his heart.

"How strange. It's the first time I've met her, but why do I feel so familiar with her? Like I have some strong connection with her," he thought.

Eliana Brown tilted her little head and extended her hand toward Zayden and said, "Sir, this is my ball."

Zayden looked at the little girl, gave her the ball, and rubbed her little head as he said, "Don't run around like this; it's not safe."

Even if the security inside the airport was good enough, it was still not safe for a child to run around like this.

However, Henry, who was standing beside them, looked at the scene in front of him, and his jaw almost dropped to the ground. He had never seen Mr. Collins talk to any other children so warmly except the little young master.

Zayden himself didn't know what happened to him, but when he saw this little girl, he just wanted to talk to her, so he looked at the chocolate in her hand and asked, "Do you like this brand of chocolate?"

Eliana looked at him and blinked her eyes, asking, "Do you also like it?"

"No, but my son likes it." As Zayden said this, he took out a box of chocolate from his bag and gave it to her. "You can also take one."

"Wow!"

Eliana looked at the man and the chocolate box in his hand, and her eyes lit up. But she thought of something and said, "Mommy said that you can't take things from strangers."

However, she also didn't want to give up the chocolate box, so she thought for a while and put down her ball on the ground, stepped forward, hugged Zayden, and kissed him on the cheek.

"Now you are not a stranger," Eliana said and took the chocolate box from his hands, smiling.

Zayden was shocked by her series of actions for a moment, then smiled.

Zayden looked at his watch and said, "Little girl, I have to go now! Goodbye!"

As he said this, Zayden put his sunglasses back on and left the airport.

"Bye-bye," Eliana waved at him.

"He is so handsome," she thought to herself.

***

"Elly."

As Eliana was waving, a woman wearing blue jeans and a white top walked over while holding her luggage.

"Elly, didn't I tell you not to run around? You don't listen to me, right?" As the woman spoke, she grabbed the little girl's ear.

"Mommy, ouch! It hurts! Please stop it. I just went over to pick up my ball," Eliana cried.

The woman let her ear go and wanted to hold the little girl's hand when her eyes fell on the chocolate box. She asked, "Where did you get this?"

Eliana looked at the box and smiled cutely, "That uncle gave it to me."

"You took things from a stranger? Didn't I tell you not to get anything from strangers?" Alice was angry and wanted to pull her ears again.

Alice took a deep breath and said, "For the next two weeks, you are not allowed to eat chocolate or watch your favorite program."

"Mommy..."

"Add one day..."

"It's so long..."

"Add two days..."

Eliana shut her mouth quickly and followed behind her, pouting her pink lips.

That day, after she found out she still had another child, Alice didn't think twice before leaving the country and going abroad. She even broke off all relations with her family, afraid that a man would find her and take her child away.

As she walked out of the airport, she felt that Rose City had changed a lot...

****

The next day...

Alice woke up and made breakfast and lunch for Eliana. After taking care of everything for her daughter, she went straight to the Dream High Groups Hotels. She had an interview there.

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Alice shouted as she saw the elevator door about to close.

As she was running, her focus was solely on the elevator, and she didn't notice the ball that came her way suddenly...

Because of this, Alice lost her balance and was about to fall flat on the ground. Out of instinct, she reached for something to regain her balance. However, what came into her hand was a man's tie. As she grabbed his tie, the man also lost his balance, and just like that, both of them fell to the ground.

"Ah... Sorry." Because of the man, Alice didn't get injured, as she fell on him.

For a moment, Alice didn't realize what was going on. After she calmed down and saw that she was lying on top of the man, her head pressed against his warm chest, she could hear his heartbeat.

The scent around the man's body made her feel very familiar.

"This scent smells very familiar. It's like I've smelled it before," she thought.

Suddenly, she recalled the night at that hotel five years ago. Although she could not see that man's face, she could feel the scent around him.

Alice couldn't remember where she had smelled this familiar scent before, and she tried to get closer to smell it again.

But soon...

"How long are you planning to lie on me?" a man's voice fell on her ears.