Episode 17

Little Samuel went to his seat, buckling his own seatbelt, but he blushed a little at what had happened, then turned to his uncle, wanting to know who that man was.

"Uncle, is he your friend?"

Igor smiled and raised an eyebrow at the question, he was more than a friend, he had to play the role of Enrico's boyfriend and husband, when he was about to tease the little child, Enrico turned and pronounced each word seriously to him.

"He is family, he will live with us from now on."

Family? When Igor heard that word, his teasing smile disappeared, he heard that term that was unknown to him, since he couldn't refer to his relatives in that way.

Igor lowered his gaze to hide his expression, his hand inside his pants also hid the fact that his hands were clenched tightly.

"Why don't you get in the car?" Enrico called his attention, seeing him standing and looking down.

Igor quickly raised his eyes to meet the same expression as always, on Enrico's face, but he changed his own expression, putting on a smile.

"I think you got into character much faster than I did, on the first day and we are already treating each other like family."

Enrico still watched him for a while, while the other stood next to the door with that smile, although still well hidden, that smile still contained a little disappointment and surprise, from which he had not yet recovered. Enrico looked away pretending not to have noticed, and called him by name.

"Igor Rossi, get in the car and let's go home."

Those few words seemed like a magical spell, as soon as he heard them, his smile widened again, he felt sweeter and got in the car, watching those two with a serious expression, only that one seemed to be quite curious.

When they arrived back at the mansion, Enrico made it a point to talk to Igor about the wedding, even though they had agreed to something so instant, there were still formalities to be done, if they had a wedding banquet so hastily, it might seem fake to others, so they agreed to do it later, so it wouldn't be that night as he had said at the door of the Rossi family's house.

During dinner, Samuel absentmindedly played with his boneless fish with his spoon, while he couldn't stop looking at Igor, he also paid attention to the child's gaze in his direction and decided to break the silence.

"Little hamster, am I very handsome? Is that why you can't stop looking at me?"

The last words were spoken very slowly, with the intention of teasing Samuel, who felt embarrassed and blushed at the other's provocation.

"No, I'm not."

He replied immediately and lowered his head, looking at his plate, pretending that nothing had happened. Igor looked at his cheek and tried his best not to laugh, that child pretended to be a serious adult, but he was still a child and it was natural for him to be curious.

"Sir, is the food not to your liking?" Odette expressed her concern, seeing that Igor barely touched his food.

"It's not that, my appetite is not good."

Enrico, who was sitting in the main chair, heard the conversation, dropping his utensil and speaking up.

"Odette, is there any fish left in the kitchen?"

"Yes, as we know that Samuel really likes this dish, we made a little more."

"Serve some for Igor."

Igor's eyes unconsciously lit up, but he still tried not to admit it.

"There's no need to take the child's food to serve me."

Enrico, who had eyes filled with amusement behind those lenses, replied.

"Really? But I could see you looking at Samuel's fish with desire."

Igor felt a little embarrassed for being caught eyeing Samuel's food, and him feeling uncomfortable was indeed a rare sight. Odette smiled discreetly and went to prepare the order. Soon she returned with boiled fish with an egg cream, the fish was carefully chosen and only the fillet without the bones was used, since Samuel often choked on them, so they started preparing it that way.

Igor looked at the dish in front of him, he used to love eating fish, but after his mother died and no one else took care of him, he got some bones stuck in his throat a few times, after that he abandoned his favorite dish. He was taken out of his thoughts as he heard Enrico's voice talking to his nephew.

"Eat, you shouldn't waste food."

Samuel firmly held the spoon again and looked at Igor.

"You also have to eat, you can't waste."

"Who said I'm not going to eat? I don't plan on leaving a drop."

Igor replied, but the satisfaction in his eyes was evident, he looked at Enrico who was still watching him, but when he realized he had been caught in that gaze, he started eating again. Dinner went smoothly, the little hamster seemed encouraged and resumed eating, Odette looked at that scene and her lips couldn't help but curl into a smile, it had been a long time since the atmosphere had been so good in that house, she looked at Igor who was eating contentedly, thinking that was the best decision Enrico could have made.