Lady Rose, His Lover
Persuading Bervan

The next day, the,

“Mama! Mama! But I want to come with mama!” A little boy whines at a young woman who is his aunt. Bervan, he puffed his already round cheeks and looked to be even more adorable.

“Honey!” Rose knelt down to align herself with her niece while caressing her head affectionately.

“Bervan! Yesterday you told Auntie you wanted to have a sister, didn't you?” The young lady spoke softly starting her persuasion.

Behind them were three grown men who had raised their hands to persuade the little boy not to whine anymore. Ben, Relly and Baz are now standing by the door to be spectators of the object of their failure. Now they were curious, wanting to know how Rose would succeed in persuading the little boy.

The three of them had been tortured since the morning. All kinds of ways they have done from starting to persuade subtly, to buy this and that so that Bervan wants to forget the problem of his mother and father who will leave for the honeymoon this afternoon.

As they all try to persuade the little boy, Bella and Victor are cleaning up the clothes and necessities they will bring later. For the affairs of Bervan, Rose did take the initiative to take responsibility along with others. Although in the shadows the three men looked objected.

They're all trying to understand Victor and Bella's situation. Two people who love each other but are separated for a very long time must require a special time for them to spend alone. Six years they've been apart, it's not a short time.

Besides, Rose was also impatient to hold the little niece away from the two of them. Seeing other mini versions of Bervan must be very fun.

“Iya!” Bervan nodded innocently while wiping his tears that were still welling in the eye pelupuk.

The boy had never separated from his mother. They both always stick like glue. So, this was the first moment for Bervan to have that distance with his mother. That's why he's so sad. Even Baz who was his uncle and had lived with him since birth could not calm the little boy. So right now, they were all pinning their hopes on Rose.

“I want to have a sister! Just like my other friends, many of them already have younger siblings. I want to be just like them!” the little boy added still with his pouting face.

“Then let mom go with papa. Mom and Dad will make you a cute little sister. You want to, right?” Rose again rubbed the little boy's head while giving a subtle understanding. Not to forget he pinned his sweetest smile of love to his beloved nephew.

“Rose!” exclaim Ben protest. The woman could have said something undue to a child. Baz and Relly nodded in agreement beside him.

Rose did not say to respond to the warning. It was just that he turned his head quickly while showing the piercing look of his eyes. Know what you guys are?! Though none of them are good at taking care of small problems like this alone. See if he succeeds!

Then the three men quickly pulled their disapproving expressions. Why did they suddenly feel that Rose was so creepy just now?! The three men were thinning their lips together. They know they have failed.

“Mau!” Bervan nodded back. His lips no longer frowned. He looked at Rose's eyeballs deeply with the innocence he possessed.

“Smart boy! Mom and Dad won't be gone for long. And you still have us here. There's Aunt Rose and the other uncles. We will play with you every day. Then the day after tomorrow we will take a walk to the place you most want to visit. Hows it? Agree?” Rose opened her eyes so that her shining eyeballs were clear and her spirit was showing interesting things to Bervan.

“Agree!” He nodded quickly. Bervan seemed to be imagining the things Rose had said to him just now.

“Then you don't mind anymore, right, if mama and papa go?” Rose hit her main target when the boy was already looking happy. He did not forget to keep developing his cheerful smile.

“Yes, it's okay! As long as mom and dad make a baby sister for me, I'll be a good kid here with Uncle and Auntie!” Then the little boy nodded obediently and lost his sorrow earlier.

Rose turned her head briefly towards the door to show her success. He won against three burly men who did not cajole a small child. Glad to feel his heart at this moment!

As soon as his head turned, everyone was nowhere to go. There was not a single shadow in the doorway, where the three men were lined up earlier. What was heard was even the sound of footsteps descending the stairs quickly.

Rose's upset! He narrowed his eyes. They ran away apparently!

Currently, Bervan was deliberately taken to Rose's room upstairs. Because Rose wanted to distract Bervan as well from her parents who were packing in the lower room.

“Alright, then promise Auntie if you will be a good boy as long as Mama and Papa go later!” Rose gave her pinkie to Bervan's face.

“Hem... promise!” Poking his pinky onto his aunt's finger, Bervan nodded with confidence.

“Come down! We help mom and dad pack!” Rose stood up as she grabbed Bervan's hand for him to hold.

“Come!” The two of them came out of the room while humming cheerfully together.

***

Just as the three men reached the bottom floor, Bella and Victor came out of their room. The two of them had just finished preparing all their needs. The newlywed couple's face looked worried because the last time, all they knew was if their son could not be persuaded as well.

“Where to Van?” ask Victor to the three of them at once.

“Or we just take Bervan with us!” While walking Bella touched Victor's arm with worry.

He had to admit that it was not just Bervan who felt hard to part. Bella who as a mother also felt sad for the first time they were not together this.

Therefore he thought, if his son still could not be persuaded as well, they better take him alone. Fear of people left to care for Bervan will be troubled when the little boy began to fuss later.

“Just think about your honeymoon!” Baz spoke first with his wise face.

“Everything is in order!” Relly nodded as Ben spoke in the same tone.

“Bervan has been successfully persuaded? Didn't that kid still not stop whining earlier?” Bella repeated in disbelief.

He exchanged glances with Victor. Finally they feel relieved because they can leave without being too burdened with their feelings for their son.

“Of course! We've managed to persuade him!” timpal Ben straight with his snob style. Baz and Relly on the right and left do the same. The two nodded with their chins swooping upwards.

“Who has managed to persuade him?” Then there was a loud voice from the top of the stairs. Looking back, the three men were immediately pale-faced. The three of them were like they had just been doused in cold water.