Chapter 103
Alaria:
I stood, putting a index finger on my bottom lip as I processed the fact that I was just kissed by Enzo.
The way he looked at me, and the way the two of us were sitting together, the way we spoke. I couldn’t understand what he had on his mind, but I knew one thing, it was something that I shouldn’t have done. Not when I knew that everything that we’ve been through has been a mess as it was.
I looked at Ashton, who was sitting on his desk, tending to his homework. Having changed his clothes, I was thankful that it was done without a fuss.
He looked back at me as he felt my presence behind him, and I smiled, slowly walking toward him. I put my hands on his shoulders as I looked down at what he was doing.
“How is your homework going?” I asked, being the best that I could as his mother. Sometimes it was hard, but I knew that he needed that from me. He needed me to be strong for him. I knew that, despite Enzo trying to be there, I was the only family that he truly had.
“It is good, mama. I am doing my homework.” He said, and I smiled, kissing the crown of his head. He looked up at me for a moment, and I couldn’t help the small smile that formed on my lips before he looked down at his homework again.
“What homework are you doing now?” I asked, I knew that he was doing math, but I liked it whenever he spoke to me about what he was doing.
“I have a plus and minus lesson. We are now doing bigger number.” He said, and I nodded, running my finger over his shoulder gently, massaging it.
“Are you happy in school?” I asked, knowing that the two of us haven’t been speaking about it since Jacob and whatever has happened. I knew that it was something that I was worried about, but I also didn’t want him to feel like something was going on. It was at that moment that I realized how difficult it was to be a mother. To know that you didn’t want your child to be in danger and yet, you knew that you were going to have to deal with so many things that you might be against.
“Yes, mama. I am making many friends,” he said, and I nodded as a smile formed on my lips. “And
my teachers say that I am very good in class.”
“That’s my boy.” I said, straightening as I felt Enzo’s presence by the door. I nodded at the maid before turning to face him. His eyes met mine, and the smile on his face was one that would have mesmerized me in the past. However, now, it was one that I couldn’t help but find myself regretting looking at.
He frowned in confusion as I walked past him, not saying a word.
“Alaria…”
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I stopped, and he wrapped his hand around my arm, turning me to face him. “Is everything alright?”
“You kissed me, Enzo.” I said, and he shook his head in question.
“I’m sorry, what?” He asked, and I scoffed.
“You are with another woman, and you kissed me. Okay, you might have broken up with her, but
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