The Lady Boss, You've Come to the Wrong Place (? ^? ? ?)?

The night was dark, moonless, and deep...

At the home of the domineering CEO Kate Grant, she was spending time with her adopted daughter, little Annie, and her younger son, Carter Grant. The family of three lounged cozily on the comfortable sofa in the living room, enjoying a TV show on the enormous LCD television inside the elegant TV cabinet.

"..."

Kate merely swirled the glass of deep red wine in her right hand. Resting her left elbow on the arm of the sofa, she propped her chin on her hand, looking bored. It seemed her gaze and attention weren't on the dull children's cartoons playing on the TV at all. And, of course, they weren't on the fine wine in her hand, either.

She seemed to be thinking about something important, or something that was bothering her. The frown that had been on her face for some time made that clear.

"Hm?"

∑(′△｀)?!

"Aunt Kate, are you unhappy today? Why do you look so down in the dumps?"

(,,.,,)

Little Annie had been munching on a big bag of potato chips when she suddenly turned to ask. She couldn't quite understand why the other woman had looked so miserable ever since she'd come home from work.

From what she could tell, the woman wasn't sick, and nothing else seemed to be wrong. She hadn't eaten anything bad and gotten a stomachache, either...

Besides, lately, thanks to her and Carter, there'd been no shortage of exclusive reports and sensational news! In fact, two days ago, the secret incident in the uninhabited desert had been broadcast first by Kak Media's TV station, and it seemed to have caused quite a stir.

So little Annie couldn't understand why the woman still looked so listless and strange.

Shouldn't she be full of energy