"Achoo!" Vera sneezed and dragged the cover to wrap herself even more. "Ma, I can’t take it anymore. That child has beco my nightmare." She cried
Madam Caroline stared at the girl holding a cup of piping hot tea with a big white duvet wrapped around her and asked; "What happened again?" She had been receiving calls from Vera reporting the happenings in the house to her. The problems were always about Jeslyn and she never sounded this upset and unwell.
"He refused to see as his mother and the worst part is that he’s very disrespectful to ." Teardrops left her eyes and fell on the duvet.
The cover was so tightly wrapped around her that one would fear for her getting suffocated.
"What new thing has my grandson done? This isn’t the first ti he has disrespected you, is it?.... And why are you wrapped so tightly?" She didn’t bother about Vera’s white face.
"No ma, it’s getting worse. Like two days ago when he was wheeled out of his room, I tried to touch him but he scread and hurled his phone at before calling nas. Yesterday I saw that his hair had grown too long and was blocking his view, so I tried to cut it short. Valen scread so loudly that Jeslyn and a few servants ran over. He explained maliciously to Jeslyn that I wanted to make him bald. I tried to explain but Jeslyn didn’t give a chance and directly slapped across the face!"
"Jeslyn did what?!" Madam Caroline frowned deeply.
"She slapped ." Vera wiped her tears.
"She slapped a pregnant woman?! Who gave Jeslyn such guts?!" She took a deep breath and asked further; "What did my son say?"
"Maverick doesn’t say anything. He behaves like he doesn’t see what is happening in the house."
Madam Caroline nodded and snorted. "Just like higrandfather... Go on," she waved her hand in annoyance.
"This morning, as I was sleeping..." she sniffed and forced herself to not sneeze again. It seems Madam Caroline doesn’t like it. "...an extrely cold water was doused on . When I opened my eyes, I saw a guard standing beside Valen with a 20 liter bucket. Valen was smiling and before I could talk, he told it was his paynt for what I did yesterday."
So that’s why she’s wrapped up like a bun. Madam Caroline smiled. ’That’s my loving grandson,’ she thought.
"Ahem..." She coughed. "Ehm, Valen is just a child, you know that. Whatever he’s doing is what was taught to him by the wench, Jeslyn. So you should know who your enemy is. Whoever stands in your way is my enemy as well and my enemies have never been able to live for long. I’ll get you sothing. Find a way to make Jeslyn either eat it or make it get in contact with her skin."
"Ma, what is it? Is it going to kill her?" She panicked.
Madam Caroline looked at her with angry eyes for a split second before she smiled. "No, it won’t. It will cause a severe allergic reaction to her body."
Vera breathed a sigh of relief, then asked; "does it have an antidote?"
"No," she shook her head. "It’s an unfinished product I got from the Yu family, so don’t waste it."
"Yes, Ma..."
anwhile, at the mansion, the servants and guards were running Helter skelter with buckets of water.
Jeslyn was outside the house looking angrily at Valen.
The child on the other hand had his lips flattened in a thin line with his head down while sitting in his White wheelchair.
Did he regret what he did? No!
"Valen!" Jeslyn called a little loudly.
"I’m sorry." He imdiately said and held Jeslyn’s hand. "I won’t do it again... I promise."
Yeah, he won’t do it again because this disaster should be enough to send Vera parking.
"I don’t feel you are genuine with your repentance." Jeslyn felt helpless but didn’t allow it to show on her appearance.
"She threatened to make bald..."
"You took your revenge this morning. You mixed all the canned water you took from the fridge and doused it all on her, forgetting she is your mother and also... she is pregnant with your sibling!"
"I..." he paused then yelled. "She deserved it! I don’t want a sibling from her!!"
Jeslyn took a deep breath before lowering herself to his level. She cupped his beautiful face and kissed him on his forehead.
"Son, she wronged you at first but then you retaliated in the wrong manner. The water was freezing cold. She could have been hospitalized. Secondly, she’s pregnant with your sibling! What if it’s a cute girl?"
Valen rolled his eyes. He hates cute girls.
"You already went overboard with that and now you burnt her room to the ground. Why would you think of doing that?! What if soone did that to ? What would you do?"
"I’d be angry." He said curtly.
"See? Because you know it’s wrong. So why do you feel it’s ok to do that to soone else? Your mother at that!?"
Valen sighed. "I’m sorry." He apologized even though he wasn’t truly sorry. He just wanted Jeslyn to not be angry at him.
"I’m not the one you should apologize to..."
"Ok. When she returns, I’ll apologize to her. Can we talk about sothing else now?" Valen understood now that he was wrong. However, he still feels Vera deserved it.
Jeslyn sighed deeply. Forget it. It’s enough that he knows he did the wrong thing and would apologize when she returns.
"Ok..."
Maverick, who had finally gone to the office today after so long, received a call from ho, telling him what Valen did. He massaged the bridge of his nose with his eyes closed.
The material he used in building that house is fire resistant. How did Valen set fire to Vera’s room?
His child was becoming more and more like him and Jeslyn would certainly get a migraine in the future.
How would he tell her to not bother herself teaching him morals anymore? Valen was just like him when he was also growing up.
It’s not that they (him and Valen) don’t know right from wrong. However, they choose to retaliate in the wrong way to set their image so no one would find trouble with them anymore.
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