CHAPTER 21

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"Zee, are you awake?", Mrs. Panich knocked on Zee's door.

"Yes, mom. I'm preparing for school.", Zee replied.

"Okay, come down fast. Let's have breakfast together.",

"Okay...", Mrs.Panich went down. Zee and her relationship changed. The two of them got closer, no arguments, it went so smooth that she couldn't ask for more. Though things between the engagement hasn't changed yet, as she know she couldn't do anything without her husband's presence. It's not an easy path to go, and she expected that another fight might happen again once her husband show up, she decided to stand with Zee by this time. She couldn't make her own son miserable. She sighed. Saint, Saint. Let me meet you sooner, Saint. She went down to the kitchen only to get suprise with Mr.Panich's presence.

"You... you're back?", Mrs. Panich remarked that made her husband frown.

"Yeah, why look so surprised?"

"Oh, I'm.. I'm..just not expecting that you'll be back soon especially it's a business deal.",

"Well, things changed.", Mr.Panich pulled a chair and sat. "Let's eat breakfast together..", Mrs.Panich looked to him even more surprised. It's been awhile since her husband invited her to eat. He's usually so busy that he couldn't even take time for them to eat together whether it's breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It hurt her to admit, but now she realized how lacking they became in regards of Zee.

"Why? Why are you just staring? Hurry, I'm hungry..", but he said it playfully. The woman even become suprised. Is she really seeing this? The man he thought most strict off all things, just acted playfully in front of her. What happened in Chiang Mai? She thought. She then pulled the chair on the corner next to Mr.Panich. "Where's Zee? Is he..",

"Mom..what's our...", Zee gasped soon as he saw his dad sitting, staring at him.

"Honey..", Zee's mom looked at Zee .

"I have to go.", Zee's about to leave when he was stopped by his father.

"Sit down", Zee shrivelled on his dad's cold voice.

"I'm late..I have a class in an hour so..",

"Let's have breakfast together", Mr.Panich words made Zee looked at him in surprise, Mr.Panich then let out a soft chuckled, that even made Mrs.Panich immediately turned to him. "What's wrong with you two. Let's eat, I'm hungry..",

"Honey..", Mrs.Panich now looked at Zee, then smiled. Zee soften and decided to just seat next to his mom.

"Mom? What happened?", Zee whispered soon as he came near to his mom.

"I don't know, he suddenly became like that.", his mom replied.

"You two, eat now.", Zee and his mom immediately took their utensils and had their breakfast. Zee's still stuck of thinking with the reason why his dad is acting differently from what he was before he left for business trip in Chiang Mai.

"How's things here for the past days?", Mr.Panich trailed that made Zee flinched.

"Good, things are fine", Mrs. Panich immediately replied.

"That's good..how about you, Zee? Are you going along well with Jennie?",

"No..", Zee replied and looked at his dad. "... I'm so busy to have time with Jennie.",

"Oh..you are?", Mr.Panich gazed icy on Zee, but Zee didn't backed down. He returned the eye contact, not wavering, then Mr.Panich chuckled. "Relax, I'm not going to eat you", he rolled his eyes off Saint. "Eat, you said you have class in a hour.", Zee then eaten.

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