Nelly remained silent.
Alpha Kilian watched the scene with a complicated glint in his eyes.
Right then, Dave could no longer stand it and chimed in, “It's only an emerald piece. Do I have to worry about upsetting you with this gift? Or are you implying you won't prepare any gift for me once I have a kid?”
Hearing that, Alpha Kilian curled his lips and looked at Donna . “Since Alpha Dave gave you that, why don't you keep it? But then, Donna , you must remember not to lose it.” Alpha Kilian emphasized the last part of his sentence.
Donna nodded fervently at that. “I understand!”
Then, she turned around and looked at Dave, smiling brightly. “Thank you, Alpha Dave.”
Seeing her bright smile, Dave also smiled in return. His heart softened at her adorable face. At that moment, he figured having a daughter seemed to be a great idea.
At that moment, Tony and Ben walked over to them with a bunch of skewers. They saw
everything that happened earlier and leaned closer to ask, “Alpha Dave, did you only bring one gift?” “What's the matter? Do you boys want a gift too?” Dave asked and raised a brow.
“There are three of us. How could you prepare only one gift?” Tony refuted. He clearly found this unfair.
Dave laughed upon hearing that. He glanced at Alpha Kilian and Nelly . The two were seated together without him noticing and leaning against each other. Nelly had a shawl wrapped around her. Her long hair draped around her shoulders, making her look lovely. Meanwhile, Alpha Kilian was seated on the side, leaning very close to Nelly . The two looked great together and were rather intimate.
That scene startled Dave a little. He quickly shifted his gaze away and looked at Tony and Ben again. Then, with a mischievous glint in his eyes, he asked, “Who told you I only prepared one gift today?”
Tony arched a brow. “What else did you prepare?”
Dave nodded pointedly. “I did prepare something else, but I have no idea if you boys will want it or not!”
“Of course we do! Since you already prepared it, we wouldn't refuse the gift.” Tony was a little excited.
“Really?” Dave was amused.
Tony nodded. “Of course! We are certain about that!”
The little fellow knew someone like Dave would not prepare an ordinary gift. There must be something meaningful behind each gift he prepared.
Alpha Kilian and Nelly smiled and watched them from aside instead of interrupting their conversation.
Dave looked at Tony . “You'd better think twice before answering that. I don't want you to refuse the gift once I hand it over to you!”
Nelly remained silent.
Alpha Kilian watched the scene with a complicated glint in his eyes.
“Alpha Dave, why do I feel like... there's something weird waiting for me?” Tony raised a question. “No way. I have prepared something priceless for you and Ben !” Dave said.
“What is it?” Tony asked.
Ben also widened his eyes in curiosity and looked at Dave.
Dave smiled. “What about the absolute power to manage DX Group? That's priceless!” Tony was rendered speechless.
He knew Dave would not prepare an ordinary gift for them.
It was not that Tony looked down on DX group. He had joined Darknetz first, and it would be inappropriate if he took over the power to manage DX Group too. Moreover, he had yet to find a way to explain to Sam his connections to DX Group.
After serious consideration, Tony smiled. “Alpha Dave, let's just pretend this conversation had never happened—”
“How could we pretend it never happened? It's the best gift I can offer,” Dave said.
“Alpha Dave, you're still young. It's way too early for you to make such an arrangement.” Tony tried to come up with a solid excuse.
“I have to invest in a successor, and I should do that as early as possible,” Dave argued. Tony responded to that with an awkward smile instead of saying anything else.
His expression was enough to show his response to Dave's gift. Then, Dave looked at Ben and asked, “Ben , what do you think?”
The latter did not expect to be asked for an opinion. He quickly flashed an innocent smile and said, “Tony wanted the gift. I didn't. This has nothing to do with me.”
The two kids immediately denied their involvement in this matter.
Dave narrowed his eyes and looked at Alpha Kilian in disbelief. “Alpha Kilian , am I imagining things? I believe I have shown them my great sincerity through my gifts. Why did they refuse it so much?”
Hearing that, Alpha Kilian stated, “That's because they're ungrateful!” Dave nodded in agreement. “Yes, I agree with that.”
Tony immediately explained, “Alpha Dave, we are not refusing you because we look down on you. We don't have a choice. DX Group and Darknetz are on opposing ends. I've yet to find a way to explain
things to Sam . Don't you think I'd anger Sam even more if I accepted your offer to manage DX Group?” “Don't worry. Your friend won't lose his mind before your dad does,” responded Dave.
Although Dave's words were reasonable, Tony still was caught in a dilemma whenever he was reminded of Alpha Kilian 's feud with Darknetz.
All factors combined contributed to a tricky situation for Tony . He was helpless about that too.
“I'm afraid I'd be the one losing my mind soon,” Tony murmured. Everyone else laughed upon hearing that.
Dave said, “Don't worry. I won't force you, so you don't have to feel too burdened about it. I can give you two years to consider that offer. If you still don't feel like accepting the offer by then, I'll move on to find another successor then!”
Tony 's eyes lit up when he heard that suggestion.
Since Dave had suggested that, Tony knew it would be too pretentious for him to insist on rejecting the offer. He immediately nodded. “All right. We will decide after two years.”
“Deal,” said Dave.
Although the two verbally agreed on that suggestion, they were also secretly plotting different things.
Dave could read through Tony 's mind. He smiled and swirled the glass of red wine in his hand before finishing it in one gulp.
Right then, something flickered across Nelly 's eyes as she said in a low voice, “Actually, I have a gift
for you too, Dave.”
As soon as she said that, everyone else immediately shifted their gazes to her. Even Dave was a little startled.
Nelly pondered for a moment before taking out a flash drive. “This contains a system I created. It can prevent hackers from invading. Even expert hackers will need to spend some time hacking into this system, let alone ordinary hackers. The flash drive also contains tutorials to fix the system accordingly. I guess it can come in handy for you and DX Group.”
With that, Nelly tossed the flash drive to Dave. Dave caught it.