On her way out of the mansion, going through the front entrance and completely lost in her thoughts, Alia ran into Vera's pregnant daughter, Naomi Anderson Whyte.
Naomi was carrying little Sophia in her arms while holding the little sleeping angel's stuffed bunny in the other hand.
"Hello, umm...."
"Naomi..." The freckled face blonde beauty with hypnotic grey eyes smiled sweetly.
"Forgive , Naomi. I'm still trying to get acquainted with everyone's na." Alia forced a smile while stealing a glance at her cute baby bump.
"It's okay. It's always like that on your first day." Naomi said, beaming. "Do you want to touch it?"
"Excuse ?" Alia lifted her eyes to look at Naomi.
"My baby bump. Do you want to touch it?"
Alia's cheeks reddened. "Is it okay by you?"
"Of course!" Naomi adjusted her sleeping angel to expose more of her baby bump. "Touch it"
"Okay,"
Alia took in a deep breath as she moved closer to Naomi, her heart racing fast. She gently placed her right hand on the protruding baby bump, stroking it tenderly and making Naomi giggle.
"This is a miracle." Alia's eyes glistened with tears as she looked up to Naomi.
"It is and it could be yours soday." Naomi patted her on the shoulder.
Then all of a sudden, Alia jerked, moving backwards, while staring at Naomi in shock.
"What's wrong?" Naomi asked, lowering her gaze.
"It moved."
"Oh...you scared ."Naomi chuckled sweetly.
"I'm sorry but it moved." Alia cupped her mouth, tears falling from her widened eyes.
"He likes you."
"It's a he?" Alia asked staring at the baby bump, hoping to see so kind of distortion from the movent. But to her disappointnt, there was none.
"Yes, it's a boy."
"How do you know?" The words slipped out of Alia's mouth before she could take it back. She suddenly felt stupid as Naomi replied still beaming sweetly at her.
"Ultrasound scan. I can't wait to et him in the next two months."
"You already seven months down?" Alia was astounded as her gaze darted between Naomi's eyes and the baby bump. "But it doesn't look like it."
"Yeah, I get that a lot." Naomi's face was all flushed. "It runs in the family. We usually have small baby bumps."
"Wow!" Alia watched the sleeping little girl stir in her mother's arms as if complaining about the noisy aunty disturbing her peaceful nap.
"Where are my manners? Can I help you with your little girl?"
"I don't know... she's very selective. She won't even let her dad take her to bed." Naomi frowned, stroking her cute daughter's golden blonde hair.
"I could give her a try," Alia suggested, her eyes pleading.
Naomi shrugged. "Okay. But don't say I didn't warn you when she opens that little mouth of hers and starts wailing."
Alia laughed feverishly as she opened her hands, her heart pounding in her mouth.
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Up the stairs landing area, Vera and Maria, who were passing by stopped to watch the two young won, their eyes glimring with excitent and anticipation.
"Soone is going to be a grandmother really soon." Vera teased, nudging Maria in the arm.
"I can't wait," Maria whispered dabbing at her flowing tears. "I love that girl so much. But I'm so afraid my son might hurt his feelings. I don't think he loves her the way he should."
"Ugh! Don't talk negative, May." Vera encouraged her sister-in-law, stroking her tenderly on the arm. "Look on the bright side. She has a vibrant and compelling aura that could capture any man's heart. I strongly believe she would capture Blaze's heart in ti."
"I hope so." Maria dabbed at her tears.
"Look," Vera said in a hushed voice pointing downwards.
"Aww!" Maria bead sweetly. "She wants to help Naomi carry little Sophia."
"That's the problem. Sophia doesn't allow anyone to touch her, aside from , her mother, her grandma and sotis her father." Vera said in an anxious tone, worried that her cute grandchild might reject Alia.
"Don't be a pessimist. Keep an open heart and watch my daughter-in-law charm that little angel of yours." Maria said proudly, rooting for Alia.
"Fingers crossed."
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As if alerted by her mother's betrayal of trust, little Sophia slowly lifted her head from her mother's shoulder and tilted it backwards to look at the intruding aunty -who had dared to touch her arm. Her eyebrows ca together in the middle and her forehead wrinkled. She stuck out her cute pink lower lips, and how cute eyes moistened.
"Oh no..." Naomi sighed.
"What's her na?" Alia asked softly, without breaking eye contact with the beautiful angel.
"Sophia," Naomi whispered.
The little girl turned her scrunched face to look at her mother, sniffling a little, while communicating unspoken words of betrayal.
"I'm sorry, my cutie pie." Naomi apologized, nuzzling her baby on the cheek.
Alia stole one quick glance at the stuffed rabbit and kicked off her shoes, recalling one nursery rhys she recalled from a distant friend's child's birthday party."
"Jump jump jump, baby rabbits jumps,
Like mommy, like Daddy, baby rabbits jump..."
Alia's sonorous singing voice attracted Sophia's attention at once.
Sophia stared at Alia suspiciously, wondering how the strange aunty knew her favourite bunny rhys.
"...Jump jump, jump, baby rabbits jump..." Alia continued singing while hopping around Naomi who couldn't stop laughing. "...Baby rabbits jump, like brother, like sisters, baby rabbits jump. Run, run, run and jump..." Alia paused causing Sophia's eyes to brighten as she waited breathlessly for the next line.
"... higher."
"Higher!" Sophia chanted happily throwing her two little arms in the air.
"...higher to the blue, blue, sky." Alia stopped jumping and stretched her arm towards Sophia.
Without any hesitation, Sophia happily took Alia's hands and they both sang the rest of the rhy to the entertainnt of Naomi, the beaming mothers upstairs, Dylan and Jayden -who had secretly snuck out of their room, so of the mansion servants, and Henry, - who had co down on Blaze's request to spy on his mother's activities inside the mansion.
At the end of the song, everyone who was secretly hiding and watching Alia's performance ca out and started clapping and cheering for her. The excited little Sophia cheered the loudest, giggling as Alia tickled her.
"Sing it again, sing it again." Dylan and Jayden, though older wanted to be treated as toddlers as they gathered around Alia, pulling at her.
"No! No... She's mine!" Sophia scread possessively, wrapping her little arms around Alia's neck, with no intention of letting go.
"She's our auntie too," Jayden yelled back at his little selfish cousin wrapping his arms around Alia's leg.
"Let's not quarrel, my cutie pies. I'm everyone's auntie." Alia kissed Sophia on the cheek and ruffled Jayden and Dylan's hair, hugging them to herself.
"You are a magnet for children," Naomi whispered in Alia's ears clapping her for her.
"Thanks." Alia was completely overwheld, smiling and stroking all three children while appreciating the accolades that ca her way. She blew kisses at the mothers upstairs and waved at the maids, before focusing all her attention on playing with the children.
"Ahem!" Henry walked up to her, smiling.
Instantly Alia's smiles vanished.
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