His Cure

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Baby mama?

A scoff found its way out of Beatrice’s plump lips.

“Baby mama?. I thought she is your legitimate mother.”she uttered.

“Woah;that sounds pretty hurtful. To dad, she might be not legitimate, but with us, she is. She did carried us for nine months, made us suck her breasts and more. She is legitimate to us.”Jared corrected.

“Oh, fine, all good, I’m sorry if I sounded a bit hurtful, that was not in my intention.”Beatrice apologized.

“It’s fine.”Jared smiled.

“See?. Goggle has it that 60% of men who smiles very much, to ladies especially are playboy.”Kiara pointed an accusing finger at him.

Jared sneered at her.

“And, I am a boy, not a man. I mean,”he paused and shrugged.

“What’s so wrong in smiling at her?”he frowned.

“Everything.”Kiara mouthed before taking her phone.

“Okay, kids, cool down. About him, doesn’t he have any relative?, like..”

“Ah. They are now enemies though, since one of them has to inherit their father’s property and even though Uncle already showed his lack of interest in that, but that Aunty?, she is super duper insecure.”Kiara said. She was typing something on her phone with her two thumbs.

Beatrice gave a slow nod.

“I think that’s because their father like him more?”Mirabel chipped in.

“That makes sense.”Jared added.

“Who is the..”

“The aunty!”Kiara cuts in. She looked up at Beatrice from her phone.

“She is the oldest.”and she sent her gaze back to whatever she is doing on her phone.

Beatrice spun around to check on what she is cooking.

She stirred the contents with a spoon. She scooped a little amount of it up with the spoon and blow some air on it.

She poured the contents on her hand and took it to her mouth.

“Almost done.”she munched on it.

“By the way, when are you guys going back?”she enquired.

“I don’t even wanna think about it. Tomorrow, in the afternoon. I will miss uncle.”Kiara moue her mouth.

“You must like him a lot.”Beatrice threw a quick glance at her.

“Oh, well. He is my type of man-when I grow up though, before these kids tear me open with their eyes.”Kiara chuckled.

“He is pretty nice?”she closed the pot.

“He is, extremely. I mean, we are not even related to him in any way but.. haha, he is… generous. He would pass as a good boss.”Kiara giggled.

“That dangerous man?”Beatrice muttered to herself.

“Hm?”Mirabel asked.

“Huh?”she looks at him.

“Nothing.”she said.

“Food is almost ready and I suggest you guys to go settle down in the dinning area while I dish it out.”

“Trust there is no pepper?. We good now, aren’t we?”Kiara asked her.

“Hehehe, no pepper.”she laughs.

“And, no salt?”she turned to Mirabel, mockingly.

“C’mon, baby girl. We’ve been together since she started cooking and I haven’t for once stood up.”he frowned.

“Don’t call me baby girl when we are of the same age.”She said childishly and jumped down from the chair.

“Oh, well, baby girl. I’m afraid I cannot give up on you yet.”Mirabel stepped down from his chair and smirk.

“Oh my God!, you sounded just like Tyler in that Once Again movie. I will tell dad to prohibit you from watching romance movies.”Jared said.

Beatrice smiled and shook her head at them.

“Go call your uncle for breakfast.”she ordered.

“He would be too shy to come down.”Kiara taunted.

*

The kids all went up to their room after telling her *good night.* as soon as they were done eating.

Beatrice cleared up their plates with her’s inclusive and went to wash the plates.

After she was done, she ascended the stairs up.

She stood in front of his room and released a sigh.

*Should I just go away?*she thoughts.

He would probably be fine.

She raised her hand, about to knock, but she suspended it in the air while shaking her head.

He is an adult, he should be able to sort himself out.

But, it’s not like he has any cooker or food in his room so why won’t he come down for dinner?

She shuts her eyes and moved her hand to the door but stopped again.

She drops her hand beside her and turned away.

Almost immediately, the door went opened.

She glanced back and saw him standing between the door.

“What do you want?”he doesn’t seem to be surprised to find her there.

“I?”Beatrice pointed at herself.

He tilts his head to the side.

“Oh, I.. I was just checking on the kids to make sure they are well tucked in to bed and.. oh, dinner?, you haven’t ate. We’ve finished the food though, but you could always.. I mean..”she stuttered while locking and unlocking her fingers nervously.

“So?”he pass a rude scoff.

“You came here, just to tell me that?, to rub it in my face?”

“Huh?, of course, no. I..”

“As far as I know, no clause in the contract stated that you should worry over me.”he cuts her off, abruptly.

Beatrice sighed and made to clear herself of the wrong accusations but cat suddenly seem to caught her tongue as she felt that is exactly the case.

She was worried over him.

“You..”he stopped and chuckled.

“You seem to forget the situation you’re in. It’s a win and live, lose and die. There is nothing as losing to learn here.”

She blinked rapidly and took her lips in.

She felt a cold sensation run down her spine.

She opened her mouth to talk but nothing came out.

He eyed her angrily and shuts the door in her face.

But, she just stood there, with regret – filled heart, with her watery hands and her watery eyes.

★★

In a big room, painted in cream and brown color, a woman is seated on a luxurious couch, twirling a glass of red wine in her right hand.

She is dressed in a red lingerie, and her skin glistens under the florescent lights.

A man sat across her, on the bed.

“Your brother doesn’t seem interested–”he tried to say, but she interrupted him in a brusque manner.

“He doesn’t seem interested?”she fumed and took a quick sip from the wine.

“Why is everyone saying that?. Well, his silence is killing me! Who knows what that kid is planning?. Is he trying to make a fool out of me?. He is acting all incompetent and you want me to be at ease?”she scoffed.

“Lia–”

“Do not Lia me, Brown. Why can’t you see the way I see things for once?. I am in this mess because of you. God knows that if you haven’t bewitched me with your good looks back then, I wouldn’t have got married to a penniless man like you. You think I’m doing this for me alone?. I’m doing this because of you and our future son!”she gritted her teeth.

“Oh, please, not a son but a daughter.”he snorted.

“And, i didn’t force you into this marriage, Amelia.”

“Oh, yeah?. I’m the dumb one here for falling for you and I will definitely birth a son, Incase we divorce in the future. Your good looks cannot just go down the drain. You should at least, be useful in one thing.”

“And, me?. You think I would just sit idle by and watch you slip out of my grip without your replica?”

Amelia slapped her forehead with a sigh.

“I see that you think you have a say now that I’ve brought you up to a wealthy family. Remember, you’re in this position because of me! I can’t just seem to understand you. You really think because your name is Brown, you can like everything in brown color. No more hiding under black and blue, Brown. It’s time to get all red.”

Brown sighed and relaxed back on the bed.

“What do you have in mind?”he asked, staring at the ceiling.

Amelia smirks and placed her mouth on the rim of the glass.

She emptied the drink and smiled.

“We do what he hate the most.”

“Which means?”

“We drag him out of his hiding.”