
Egbert's eyes stared inside the little boy in front of him. Paying attention to the beautiful little face, it depicts the figure of the bravery of the great—at least there is no trace of a coward. His hateful gaze, too unassuming for his child-age character and the accompanying dark aura, was too terrifying for a child of his age who should be brighter and cheerful.
The more he looked at the boy, the more Egbert remembered his figure first.
"Micha"
"Yes master" Micah who was speechless in the corner, raised his head answering Egbert's call.
"Take the boy to the back garden"
"Good sir"
Annette momentarily looked in surprise at Egbert. Why did Egbert tell Micah to take Aldrich to the back garden?
When he was intending to descend again, Egbert instead tightened his small arms and pulled his thin body closer to his chest.
"Egbert, let me go!" Annette rebelled a little, but Egbert clutched her thin body tightly. Makes it look like a little cat supported in the owner's cradle.
"Don't touch me!" Grouser Aldrich. His hand rejected Micah's hand which had just come towards him to take him away to the back garden.
"Little sister, obey ya. Come with me to the back garden?" Micah tried to persuade. In his heart he wondered, who was that child? Why is it so stubborn and so hard to manage?
"Sister?" Aldrich's little lips twitched, "When did I become your little sister?" The lips are cold.
Micah blinked his eyes and sighed heavily. For a moment he felt so depressed by that one boy.
'Really, whose son is he really?'
"Adik—" Not yet finished Micah spoke, he was immediately rewarded with a sharp shot of the boy who immediately made him shudder in horror.
'When it was clear he was still a boy, but why was his aura that frightening?'
"Fuck man*n, didn't you hear what I just said, huh?" Aldrich folded his hands in front of his chest and snapped at Egbert with his little charisma that needed to be thumbs up for his courage.
The servants who heard it, were almost dazed and fell from their standing position. Some of them quickly held the edge of the table and others leaned against the wall. They stared in disbelief at the boy who had just said...
'This kid just Lotus tuan— 'fucking man*n?'
'Really, exactly where this kid came from'
Secretly they glanced at Egbert, seeing their master as very dark and ugly. Clearly his mood was not good after getting such humiliation from a little boy.
"Hurry up and let go of my mom!"
That sentence was probably the second time he had spoken. But it was the first time the servants were aware...
'What?'
'So this very brave little boy is their Annette—nyonya child?'
They are waiting for that fact.
"Egbert, what exactly are you trying to do?" Annette frowned, "Hurry down on me!"
"..."
Looking at Egbert who had not responded to her at all, Annette could only sigh for it.
"If you still don't let go of my mama, don't blame me for setting this place on fire" Aldrich stared intently at Egbert. There was clearly no joking word from his tone of voice.
"Just do it if you dare"
"..."
"But don't expect you to see your mama again"
"Kau—" Aldrich's little hand clenched, dampening the vehement anger.
"Let's talk in the back garden"
"..." - ".Aldrich was bluffing his teeth, unhappy.
"Don't be stubborn!" Said Egbert, who was still quite calm facing the boy in front of him, "I can't take down your mama right now. This mess you're making is only gonna hurt her. I'm sure you'll most definitely be how careless your mama is"
Annette wants to say something. Obviously he did not accept himself being said to be careless. But lastly, he chose not to say anything.
Aldrich looked at the floor where almost every place was filled with broken glass and ceramics. He thought what the man said was true. His careless mother, could easily be injured due to the chaos of this place. With that in mind, Aldrich turned to Micah, "Quickly take me to the back garden!"
Micah was about to cry, seeing how arrogant and authoritarian the boy was, "Good"
In the back garden, Egbert finally took down Annette. Soon Annette ran and bent her knees on the grassland, to clutch her little son tightly.
"My son, you know how worried Mama has been these past three days because you've been lying in bed and not making out.." Saying that, Annette shed her tears.
Aldrich did not dissolve in the melancholy atmosphere that his mother brought. He knew the woman was worried about him. But he was more worried about the naive woman. That's why he didn't linger in his mother's tight arms. He slowly came out from both of his mother's hands which hugged him tightly.
"Aldrich..?"
Annette who was sad again, continued to be surprised to find the behavior of her son. Suddenly the little hand stretched out toward him and his big, adorable round eyes, staring at every inch of his body meticulously.
Aldrich saw two deep black dots in his mother's collarbone. Not only on the left side, but also on the right side. Looking up at her bare arms, because of the dress her mother wore was short-sleeved. He could see a tear wound in one of his mother's dry arms, and found two similar black spots around his thin elbow. One look, he clearly knew what it was.
His eyes continued to darken with a murderous aura.
Annette had never seen her son look like that, it was brightly shaking and scared, "Aldrich?"
Aldrich. Sensing his mother who was starting to get scared, Aldrich immediately pulled both corners of his lips to smile, "Ma, you don't have to worry. Look.." The little hand held onto Annette's soft shoulder, "I've been standing in front of you and you can see for yourself that I'm perfectly healthy"
The little boy's smile immediately stimulated Annette to smile full of relief, "Mama knows. But still mama was worried.."
"Mama's clothes are very thin and it's cold out here. Mama comes in first and puts on something warm" Aldrich said, his very mature stature in protecting his mother, leaving Annette's heart deeply moved.
"Not cold. Mama's fine with this.."
"Yes.." Little Aldrich looked at Annette inside, "Obbed, huh?"
Annette just kept laughing. Then he helplessly nodded, "Well, then mama will come in and wear something warm like you said" Annette said, taking a gnarly look at Aldrich's small, pointed nose.
Egbert who saw how obedient Annette was in the power of her own son, silently laughed at her inwardly.
'You really let your son control you?'
Just as Annette had already stepped away, for a moment she realized something.
'Is it okay to let the two people be left alone?'
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