Mummy, Daddy is on his knees

Aldrin stood next to Anita while she washed her hands covered with the cake’s icing, their little contest went too far this time..

His dad almost choked as a result of their childishness and zeal to outdo the other..

“Maybe it’s time we talk about your competitive spirit honey.. I mean everything happened in the past why don’t you let it go?”

Anita turned to him with a sigh, she wiped her hand with the brown colored towel he offered “Don’t you see? your dad clearly prefers her to me.. I’m just trying to please him…”

“You’re clearly overthinking things Anita.. I’m sure he likes you too if not he’d have sent us out of his house back to our home”

Anita smiled finally convinced not until her name rocked the entire building, jeez! he sure has the voice to scream..

“Anita!!”

Aldrin’s eyes widened “Okay.. maybe he’s just a little bit mad at you”

***

A frown appeared on Becky’s forehead as soon as she received another debit alert on her phone, she searched through her purse to find two cards..

One of it was missing, she has three cards which she carries everywhere with her whenever she leaves home..

Except yesterday when she had left without them, her room wasn’t even locked too..

Okay! maybe that was because, this was the Sterling’s house, no one can actually be a thief in here.. even the servants knew the implications of entering the rooms..

A beeping sound on her phone was heard again, this time, the amount that was taken out was twice than the first..

“What on earth?!..”

She placed her phone against her ear while she tapped her left foot impatiently..

“Hey bro.. um sorry to disturb your honeymoon, well I just discovered that my card has gone missing.. and I’ve received up to four debits alerts in the span of ten minutes”

Damien sighed massaging his forehead, he knew her card wasn’t stolen, it was taken by someone, someone who needed to shop so badly or they might have seizures..

“I’ll sought everything out..”

Meanwhile..

Alexa pointed to a silver gown on a mannequin a few metres away from her..

“I’ll take that.. and oh.. here’s my card” She uttered with a cheeky smile handing the card over to the sales assistant..

Going into Becky’s room the previous day turned out to be a lucky day for her, now she had a dress to wear for her Grand father’s birthday party..

“Ma’am the card has been declined”

Alexa sat up from the sofa when she heard what the sales manager just said..

“What do you mean by that? it was working fine just a moment ago.. try it again!” She bellowed in fury..

“Ok ma’am”

Her phone rang out which she hesitated for a while before picking it..

“Umm.. yeah?”

The other end was silent for a few seconds before a low deep voice growled out..

“I’ll give you twenty minutes from now to return Becky’s card back to her.. do you get that?!”

Alexa swallowed hard, she took a glance around checking to see if he was anywhere around her, before she could snap out of her daze and speak up, the call went dead..

“Big bro- darn it!”

“Ma’am.. the same thing happened, it was declined”

Alexa snatched the card off the lady’s grip “I suddenly dislike the dress!” She snarled..

She turned away walking with her two shopping bags feeling a bit embarrassed, on a normal day, her hands would have been hurting but today she just had two bags..

***

By the time Damien and Olivia arrived back in L. A, it was already noon and they were both tired..

Damien peeped at his wrist watch with a sigh, only a few hours to his grandfather’s birthday celebration..

He took a glance at Olivia when he felt her head resting on his shoulder, he stared at her eyes that were closed, it was really obvious that she was stressed out..

“Umm boss.. there’s been an accident up ahead.. and the road leading to ma’am’s apartment has been shut down”

Damien took a glance at her once more before he met his driver’s eyes in the rearview mirror..

“Turn around.. take us back to the villa”

Meanwhile…

Kelvin and Kiara took turns to sniff the red roses a young man at the door just handed to them which was meant for Bianca..

“Come in.. aunt has been talking about you all day”

Xander arched a brow, he doubted if that was the case, Bianca has been one of the toughest girls he has come across..

“Where is she?”

Kelvin and Kiara exchanged brief glances, they pointed to the stairs which led all the way up to her room..

“She’s up in her room… wait right here uncle.. we’ll go call her down for you”

They didn’t wait for his response before they bolted up to the stairs, they didn’t spend up to two minutes when they ran down screaming..

Xander was startled “What happened?”

Kiara sobbed pointing back to the stairs “Aunt is stuck in her bathroom.. and she’s very scared”

His brows creased in worry, he took a glance up at the stairs..

“Come show me her room”

The two little troubles tailed behind Xander whose strides was larger than their tiny steps..

He got to the door where a sign of ‘Do not disturb’ was hanging on a piece of cardboard dangling by a string..

He turned the knob and hurried into the room, he closed the door behind him totally oblivious to the pair of eyes staring at his back in shock..

Bianca closed the novel she was reading and gently pulled the duvet covering her feet off..

“What are you doing here?!” She yelled out causing Xander to freeze on the spot..

Kiara pulled out the key from its keyhole and handed it over to Kelvin..

“Now they won’t be able to get out..”

Kelvin chuckled and pulled Kiara along with him .. “Come on.. let’s go ride our bikes down the street before my grandma gets back home”

***

Damien stared down at the sleeping figure on his bed, he walked away from her taking off his cufflinks and tie..

His phone rang out, he took it out of his pocket and raised it up to his ear..

“Oh alright.. I’ll send someone over to handle it”

He placed his phone back on the dresser, Rihanna’s airplane just landed at the airport, it was a good thing that she wasn’t around to cause havoc yesterday..

That gave him enough time to bond with the lady on his bed..

A soft knock came on his door, he walked slowly but calmly to it and pulled it open..

The head maid came in view, she bowed her head staring down at her feet..

“Boss.. Old Mrs Sterling sent a few outfit that you can wear to the birthday tonight..”

Damien hummed in reply before he closed the door shut..

His grandmother was just a sweet soul, always considerate, but he was very sure that his mum would have picked something different for him to wear tonight..

One thing he knew about her, was her jealousy to every little thing..Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

The woman on his bed stirred a bit but she didn’t wake up, she grabbed the nearest pillow to herself clutching it to her chest..

Damien chuckled at her unconscious yet cute behavior..

“Trouble” he murmured..

Speaking of Trouble..

Xander was in for a big trouble after being tricked by the kids to come into Bianca’s room, he cursed himself for being stupid..

How could those little kids trick a full grown man like himself?

“Umm.. I can explain.. it’s actually a little bit funny but…”

Bianca stepped out of her bed, she reached her hands underneath her pillows to pull out a baseball stick..

Xander gulped down hard, does she always sleep with that stick underneath her bed every night?

Well, that wasn’t what he should be asking now because right now Bianca was walking towards him in slow steps hitting the stick softly against her palm..

“I’ll ask you one more time Xander Gray.. what are you doing in my room?”