Chapter 88: 88

"Mommy, I’m going to school", Ayla said as she saw the school bus.

Yeah, I’m already done with her admission to a good school after asking lots of people. But that’s not what my worry is as she will handle it very well. I know my little girl.

I didn’t think much and went toward the Morris king’s room.

But when I saw the stairs I also started to stop but all of sudden a maid came and held my hand as if she was helping me knowing my weakness. She didn’t utter a single word but I know everyone here is kind of sympathetic toward me. Still, I don’t like it.

"Thank you", I said when I reached in front of his room but she again didn’t say but left the place.

I gathered my strength and knocked on his study room.

"Come in", he let me in but I’m still trembling to see his cold face.

I don’t know why he is always so gloomy as Ayla says that he kind of looks as if he is constipated.

"So what do you need from me?" He instantly came to a point but it took me time to utter my wishes.

I was still staring here and there when our eyes met again.

"Sit, and say what you need", he said and I did as he said.

"I wanted to know the reason you decided to keep Ayla here?" I asked.

"What do you mean? She is my granddaughter so of course, I will keep her here with me as my heir", as he said I asked another question.

"Granddaughter? But the way I know all mentioned that at first, no one mentioned to you who she is still you behaved as if you already aware of her relationship with you? How?"

"Why are you asking questions when you know yourself?" He said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Don’t you know she looks just like Aaron?" As he said, I wandered for a bit. I know I can say with a simple glimpse that she looks a lot like him but how when all clearly aware Mr. king doesn’t even spare a single eye on him. So why?

"You get your answer?" He asked.

"Still... no", I said.

"What more do you need?"

"Are you forgetting that you two don’t have a good relationship?" As I said his eye corner flinched a bit.

"I’m aware of that", he said.

"Then I’m sure you weren’t even aware of how he looks and how he behaves, which is clearly needed to know between a person’s similarities. Don’t you think so?" I feel like I’m acting like a detective but as a psychology student, I couldn’t help but observe one’s facial expression.

He stayed silent.

"Tell me the real reason", I kind of forced him to say.

I saw him clenching his fist but then he said, "she looks just like my dead wife."

As he said I kind of felt as if whatever I heard till now was false. All the person who lived in this mansion says that he never ever loved Aaron’s mother but he always loved a woman who gave birth to James but how could he say about the person he didn’t even love?

How?

What’s the mystery behind all of these painful relationships?

"Wife? Is she the one who gave birth to James?" I still ask for confirmation.

He shook his head as no.

"Then?"

"It’s Aaron’s mother Tiara", he said with a gentle yet painful smile on his face.

"You loved her?" I unconsciously asked.

He didn’t say anything again but his eyes kept staring at a particular photograph frame placed on his table as if it was so precious.

I couldn’t help but stand and walk toward the table and find a dazzling smile blooming through the frame as if the person is still alive and giving him hope.

"Is she?" I asked.

"Yeah, my wife", he said but I don’t know why my eyes are getting watery as well as my throat trembling.

"Then why did you do this to Aaron", I asked, which I was longing to ask.

"I didn’t hate him."

"I just ...

He stopped again.

"After his birth Tiara fell sick. She couldn’t get up from bed nor would she even walk out on her own. That’s how her body was fragile. But I unconsciously blamed him for her situation."

"Then what are the rumours?" I asked.

"That’s all a rumour. Yeah James was my child too but it was all before my marriage so I couldn’t abandon him for my mistake but whenever I saw Aaron I couldn’t help but hope Tiara to help so I made the distance.

James’s mother often comes to the mansion but I pushed her away and she disappeared soon later Tiara died too leaving me with these two."

"I tried to keep loving both but he somehow left out until that day I slapped him because he started beating James for a girl he fell in love with in school but she chose James instead and he left home."

"I tried to keep him as much as I can but until the day I found out about James’s situation I let out all my anger on him as if I don’t care if he died but later I found out it was all my misunderstanding so I couldn’t even look at him after that."

After listening to all this I can feel his feelings toward him but I couldn’t ignore the fact that he understood James but not Aaron even though he said Tiara was the one he loved and loved till now still how he could let go of his blood to wander around. Even I heard many things regarding her how she felt neglected and used.

I have no idea why this is happening around me but it is kinda affecting me as well.

"So is there anything you want to know?" He asked.

"Yes"

"What is it?"

"I don’t want to engage with James," I said.

"Why?"

"I don’t love him."

"But you agreed that day?"

"I did but it was all my anger but I don’t want to hold on to my anger which is sure going to affect my child as well," I said.

"But Aaron is...

He stopped.

"I don’t know about that. About this he will come here and tell you himself." I said while he agreed.

That was the entire conversation between him and me. I never spoke to him at all this time as if he didn’t even stay here but that day I talked to a robot operated by him.

I left his room and walked out of his room and walked toward my room but I stopped in front of Chloe’s room as I heard someone talking? It’s not like I was eavesdropping but I unconsciously did it.

"Ma’am are you ok?" Maid said, patting her back.

"Yeah I m." Chloe replied while she was having trouble breathing.

"Should I call the doctor?" She asked.

"No, it’s ok. I know what is wrong with me", Chloe replied but somehow my insides are telling me something is wrong.

"What is it?" She asked.

"I’m pregnant", she said with a smile.

As she said I felt as if someone removed the surface under my feet and I keep falling down.

I don’t know how this happened then the day he was saying he wanted another child and made sure James would wait to play with lots of kids. Was he talking about this? Why? Why is this happening to me?

I thought he loved me right? Then why did he betray me like this?

Why?

I couldn’t realise how my tears kept on falling down but soon I walked out from the room and went to his room. But I couldn’t calm myself . I let out my luggage and packed my dresses but somehow my eyes fell on Ayla’s dress which made me stop but I again started packing and walked out of the room.

"Ma’am, where are you going?" The butler asked but I didn’t reply.

"Ma’am, tell me", he kept asking me but I didn’t stop but as I reached outside I saw Ayla running toward me but I didn’t hug her.

"Mom?" She called me with a shocked tone.

"Are you going somewhere?"

"Wait then I will go and come quickly", she said and ran inside but I didn’t stop but I stopped a cab and left the place.

I heard Ayla’s crying voice calling out to me but still I didn’t even turn to look at her even though my heart was aching a lot . My heart was in so much pain that I couldn’t even breath nor speak but ran away again.

Yeah I need to run away so that no one could reach me again nor touch me nor even bother to hold on to me again and hurt me again . Because I will never be able to handle my heart break again after hoping .

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