"Now, wasn't that fun?" Serena asked with a smile, to which Lex nodded back at her. The two of them moved back to the mansion, where they came upon his sisters, now wide awake with cute pouts filling their faces as they looked at him and his mother.
"Looks like someone is jealous~" Serena spoke with an indulging smile as she came forward and placed kisses on Lily's and Rose's cheeks while giving them a tight hug, not minding her dirty dress ruining their clothes. His sisters enjoyed it as they hugged their mother back.
"Now, why don't we all take a bath together?" His mother asked with a smile, and Lex just went with the flow, giving off the shy kid growing up, which his mother enjoyed. Soon after a bath, his family gathered together at the main hall as they all started to spend time lovingly, and Lex went along with it, for this had become the norm.
"So what did my little genius do today?" Lex's mother asked as she kept braiding Lily's hair while keeping Lily in her lap. By her side, Rose sat with her hair being done by Sandra.
"Oh... I just went to visit that girl, and I finally managed to make her my friend!" Lex replied in an excited tone, making his mother smile.
"It's about time. How can a commoner girl ignore my son's charm?" His mother asked back in a boastful tone, which earned a smile from him. His mind reeled at the thought of how his mother would react if she got to know the true identity of Tracy. Although that would just result in her trying to kill Tracy, which won't work out, not with her destiny still unfulfilled.
Thus, the talk became much warmer, completely focused on how the day went for him and his sisters, which soon turned towards his mother, leading to a discussion about business. He and his mother were quite passionate about it.
Being the 'genius' he is, he and his mother bonded a lot over the business world and the current flow of wealth and power. This quickly bored the girls, who soon fell asleep, hugging both sides of Serena.
"Shall I take them to their room?" Sandra asked in a professional voice, to which Serena nodded her head.
"Take them."
With that, she pulled Lex and placed him on her lap, hugging him tightly. Seeing so, Lex closed his eyes and placed his head on his mother's well-endowed bosom, his mind going through his plans for his mother.
'Sigh... there is a lot to do before I can hit the last barriers...'
For him to confront his mother's obsession, he needs to first discover his mother's obsession. In fact, the proof of it all exists in a very hidden room in the mansion, which he knows. The problem is that the door itself has security that only his mother can access.
So that's a dead end. He can't even try to get through it due to the fact that the security is a biometric scan of his mother's eyes. He can't very well take out his mother's eyes to surprise her, can he?
Though Lex is privy to some special hackers hidden within the world, they would easily be able to open the door for him. But he can't reach them, and it would be overkill to do so. This secret of his mother should only lie between him and his mother; it can never go beyond the two of them, as it can be taken as a weakness against his mother.
'But none of it will matter anymore when I become the only and greatest obsession and love of my mother...'
And for it to take place, he would have to catch his mother in the act, which is once again hard to achieve, for his mother isn't some weak damsel in distress. She herself is at the level of a Nano Blade Adept level 3. Her senses are sharp, and his mother is very careful when she goes to unleash her madness.
'There are only small intervals I can take advantage of, and even they will be quite tough...'
Thanks to his extensive knowledge of the future and his mother's mind and memories that he read in the past, Lex has a very good idea of the time his mother goes for her madness release. He also has a very good understanding of his mother's mind and psyche, much better than his mother herself.
In fact, he has a better understanding of the minds of all the important people around him, a knowledge he is using very effectively to gain their love and admiration and subtly exert control of their minds in ways they can't even detect.
'Tsk... this would have been much easier if I had my abilities...'
Sadly, he hasn't awakened his inherent gifts yet, and even with his soul being from the future, he still lost the past abilities that he gained. Just one among the losses he had to bear to get back on time. One is quite worth it, as he will be able to gain even more powerful weapons in his arsenal.
As his mind wandered, Lex's eyes turned towards his mother, who still tightly hugged him while closing her eyes in contentment. Right now, according to Lex's calculations, his mother's outburst isn't far off, and he would need to be at the perfect time to make sure his plans come to fruition.
'My timing, acting, and reactions should be impeccable...'
His mother isn't an idiot. In fact, she is a great genius, both in his mind and body. In the first moment of discovery, she might panic, and things might head his way. But later on, if even a single disconnection is found out, then it will bring a catastrophic reaction.
Everything Lex worked for might go down the drain because of a single mistake, and he has no plan to prevent that. His mother is a very important piece to him, and if she hadn't fallen due to the influence of destiny, Lex is sure that she would have been a force to be reckoned with in the new world that is to come.
'In the end, everything comes down to impeccable timing...'
...
The following few days, Lex spent his time between his mother and Tracy, slowly fostering a little brotherly feeling toward Tracy, who is slowly coming out of her shell as the strong-willed girl she is. Time will surely get her to be on his side.
But above all, his main focus lies with his mother, spending a lot of time with her, making her feel like she can never be lonely while displaying a bit of motherly-con-like behaviour. At the same time, he kept slowly perfecting his plan, which Lex will soon be starting, and today is the first day of that plan.
"Mother, can I ask you a question?" Lex asked with a hesitant look as he sat on Serena's lap, his face filled with fear yet determination. Right now, the two of them were at their own time, within the garden, sitting on the grass, feeling the wind hitting them.
"Sure, sweetie, you can ask me anything," Lex's mother spoke with an indulging smile as she booped his nose. His appearance gave him the edge as he asked with a slow, deliberate voice.
"Be-before dad died, that day in the car, dad was on the phone. Can you find out who it was?"
Lex's question quickly wiped the smile and happiness out of Serena, a cold atmosphere quickly filling the family fun.