CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT
Liam called out to Ella, and he wasn’t surprised when she didn’t answer immediately. She was always fond of doing that. After calling her the fourth time, she finally answered and started running towards Liam. When she didn’t answer him, he had decided not to tell her anything at all because what he wanted to tell her, wasn’t really that important. He wanted to ask her to start being really mean and spiteful towards Alyssa, to make the whole house a living hell for her to live in.
After thinking about it for a few seconds, Liam just figured that Ella would be mean to her step-sister, Alyssa, without even being asked. She does that almost all the time.
“Good morning.” Ella said enthusiastically, and Liam just looked at her like she was going crazy. The fact that she was greeting him with that much enthusiasm was a little bit…. suspicious, and he had to ask her what was wrong.
She didn’t give a reasonable reply, she just said that she was so happy to see Liam. Liam knew that what she said was a lie, but he didn’t even have the time to prove her wrong. So, he just went on with what she was saying.
Ella was acting weird. Well, odder than she usually acts. He didn’t want to go with her reason for acting unusual, at the same time, he would rather not ask her any more questions. So, he just decided to tell her why he called her immediately.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
“I asked Alyssa to be Timothy’s personal maid.” Liam said and as he said that, he watched as her reaction went from normal to shocked, then it went to surprise and anger. It was a very funny five seconds moment, Liam couldn’t even hold the laughter in.
He let it out and Ella watched him like he was a crazy man. Well, Liam wasn’t sure if he was really going crazy, too.
“Are you serious?” Ella said, after seconds of showing odd reactions to what he said. He gave her a small nod, showing that he was earnest and almost immediately, Ella’s hand flew to her mouth.
It was almost as if he could hear what she was thinking about with the way her face was twisted in disgust. Liam knew that part of the reason why she wasn’t supporting the plan was because she had been telling Alyssa so many lies about their relationship. Now that Alyssa was about to start staying with them, she just knew that that was going to destroy her plan of showing her relationship off to her.
“I didn’t ask for your opinion or a suggestion. I was just telling you because when she comes here to start working, I want you to start acting really mean and spiteful to her. I want you to do it the way you usually do, but this time, it should be more painful and annoying.” Liam said to her, and without waiting for a reply, he left her to her thoughts. He could have sworn that he heard her mumbling something about ‘strangling her’ under her breath, and Liam inwardly hoped she wouldn’t do that.
Alyssa, on the other hand, was thrilled. She was still pacing around her room, while jubilating. The fact that she was going to see her son was so exciting for her. At the same time, it was a bit confusing. She didn’t understand why he wanted her to start working as a maid for her son to see him. It was confusing, but Alyssa didn’t want to overthink it, so she won’t be suddenly sad about it.
She got ready really fast, faster than she usually does, and she excitedly skipped out of her room. She started walking towards Liam’s house and stopped when she was about to get to the door. Furthermore, she was getting a little emotional because she couldn’t remember the last time that she actually did that. When she was about to enter, her mind casually wandered to the day her son came to see her. He had been acting really weird and distant, and Alyssa instantly made a mental note to ask him why he did that, since she would be spending most of her time with him anyway.
When she got into the house, she saw that the house was empty, nobody was in the living room. When she was about to start going into the rooms one after the other, a guard stopped her in her tracks and told her that she needed to go to the field which was at the back of the house.
He quickly added that Timothy was there, playing with Ella.
Alyssa was a bit annoyed by the fact that her mean step-sister was playing with her son. She hoped she wouldn’t influence him in some type of way or even turn the innocent boy against her.
She reluctantly changed the directions of her legs and she started walking to the field. The field was a bit far from the house, but she could hear Ella’s loud voice, screaming at Timothy to ‘throw the ball’.
The walk took about three minutes and thereafter, Alyssa was already tired of her new job. Things seemed like they were really weird in the house, and she didn’t know if she wanted to face that at all. Currently, she was still overwhelmed by everything that was happening with Liam and Ella and Timothy too, that she had no time for anything else, not something that would make her angry and sad at least.
When she got to the field, she really saw Timothy laughing and hugging Ella the way he usually does to her. Walking in on that, made her heart break a little bit and even though she was sure that Ella couldn’t see it, she still went on to eye her.
“Timothy! Mama is here!” Alyssa said at the top of her voice. When Timothy saw his mother, he was delighted, and he was about to start running to her, when he remembered what Liam said to him hours ago. Hence, he ignored his mother’s open arms and continued playing with Ella.
Seeing that happen right in front of her eyes made her heart break into so many pieces. Her son, her only happiness, didn’t want her any more. At first, it was Liam and now? It’s her son? Wow.
It felt like her legs were rooted to the ground because she couldn’t leave the place. She continued watching them with pain in her heart. When Ella smiled at Timothy and hugged him, the dream that she had some nights back flashed before her eyes and she silently hoped that it wasn’t her dream, no, nightmare, that was coming to reality right in front of her eyes.
She tried calling Timothy again, but just like the first time, he ignored her. She spent the day watching her son being chummy with her step-sister who went to so many lengths to rub her gloating in her face.
Hours later, Ella walked up to Alyssa and told her that she was going to marry Liam and become the official mother of Timothy. Alyssa couldn’t stand being in the same space as her, so she ran back to her room, voluntarily locking herself, so she’d be alone. She was unable to get the thought of how casually Tim looked and smiled at her, and it broke her heart.