You're Out, Daddy novel (Natasha and Kenneth)
Chapter 580

Natasha remained silent.

Kenneth 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, Kenneth curled his lips and looked at Denise. "Since Mr. Dave gave you that, why don't you keep it? But then, Denise, you must remember not to lose it." Kenneth emphasized the last part of his sentence.

Denise nodded fervently at that. "I understand!"

Then, she turned around and looked at Dave, smiling brightly. "Thank you, Mr. 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, Anthony and Benjamin walked over to them with a bunch of skewers. They saw everything that happened earlier and leaned closer to ask, "Mr. 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?" Anthony refuted. He clearly found this unfair.

Dave laughed upon hearing that. He glanced at Kenneth and Natasha. The two were seated together without him noticing and leaning against each other. Natasha had a shawl wrapped around her. Her long hair draped around her shoulders, making her look lovely. Meanwhile, Kenneth was seated on the side, leaning very close to Natasha. The two looked great together and were rather intimate.

That scene startled Dave a little. He quickly shifted his gaze away and looked at Anthony and Benjamin again. Then, with a mischievous glint in his eyes, he asked, "Who told you I only prepared one gift today?"

Anthony 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." Anthony was a little excited.

"Really?" Dave was amused.

Anthony 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.

Kenneth and Natasha smiled and watched them from aside instead of interrupting their conversation.

Dave looked at Anthony. "You'd better think twice before answering that. I don't want you to refuse the gift once I hand it over to you!"

"Mr. Dave, why do I feel like... there's something weird waiting for me?" Anthony raised a question.

"No way. I have prepared something priceless for you and Benjamin!" Dave said.

"What is it?" Anthony asked.

Benjamin also widened his eyes in curiosity and looked at Dave.

Dave smiled. "What about the absolute power to manage DX Group? That's priceless!"

Anthony was rendered speechless.

He knew Dave would not prepare an ordinary gift for them.

It was not that Anthony 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 replace a way to explain to Kyle his connections to DX Group.

After serious consideration, Anthony smiled. "Mr. 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.

"Mr. Dave, you're still young. It's way too early for you to make such an arrangement." Anthony 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.

Anthony 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 Benjamin and asked, "Benjamin, what do you think?"

The latter did not expect to be asked for an opinion. He quickly flashed an innocent smile and said, "Anthony 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 Kenneth in disbelief. "Kenneth, 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, Kenneth stated, "That's because they're ungrateful!"

Dave nodded in agreement. "Yes, I agree with that."

Anthony immediately explained, "Mr. 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 replace a way to explain things to Kyle. Don't you think I'd anger Kyle 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, Anthony still was caught in a dilemma whenever he was reminded of Kenneth's feud with Darknetz.

All factors combined contributed to a tricky situation for Anthony.

He was helpless about that too.

"I'm afraid I'd be the one losing my mind soon," Anthony 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 replace another successor then!"

Anthony's eyes lit up when he heard that suggestion.

Since Dave had suggested that, Anthony 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 Anthony'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 Natasha'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.

Natasha 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, Natasha tossed the flash drive to Dave.

Dave caught it.

Staring at the tiny black flash drive in his hands, Dave could not help but narrow his eyes.

Seeing that, Anthony was shocked. "Nat, you actually did something without telling us. You didn't even bother teaching me that!"

"Do you still need me to teach you anything?" Natasha asked.

"Of course. I am inferior to you, and I definitely need more of your coaching!" Anthony said.

His flattery was certainly effective on Natasha, even though she had yet to replace out if he meant his words.

Still, Natasha knew what Anthony was capable of doing. Although his skills were not yet comparable to hers, she could tell he would surpass her in the near future. Natasha looked at him. "I have yet to verify if you're telling the truth, but don't worry, I'll verify it later."

Anthony raised his brows when he heard that.

Meanwhile, Dave's eyes dimmed a little when he stared at the flash drive in his hands and heard them talking.