Chapter 370 - Three Hundred And Seventy: Find Your Happiness (1/2)
The third point of view:
”Mom?”
”Huh?” the woman was roused back to reality.
Pedro looked his mother over, ”Are you alright?”
”Of course, why wouldn't I be?” Cecil gave her son strange looks.
”You just seem out of it,” He scrutinized his mother.
”I was just thinking about something,” was her reply
”What is the problem?” the boy was disturbed for a slight moment before an idea struck him, ”Wait a minute, Let me guess? You're thinking about Emerald, right?” Pedro watched with delight as his mother's face heated up.
”What? No way!” Cecil denied it right away.
”You're not a great liar mother,” He pointed out the fact he could see through her.
”Fine, I was thinking of him...” she answered yet was quick to clarify, ”But not in the way you're thinking,”
”How did you know what I'm thinking? What am I thinking about? Mom, your mind is so dirty,” He teased her intentionally with a blank stare.
Cecil went red in the face, ”Stop putting words in my mouth,” she warned him still flustered.
”Just date him if you like him,” Pedro said to her out of nowhere, ”I like him, he seems to be a good man and you both already have my blessing,”
”Why don't you tell me you're in a hurry to get rid of me because you now got a girlfriend,” she slapped him at the back of his head.
”Ouch, mother!” Pedro whined while looking around to make sure nobody had seen that. It was so embarrassing.
Mother and son were outdoors taking a stroll on the lawn that cloudy afternoon. There wasn't much to do in the house; everything was taken care of by the maids. Sakuzi and Emerald had issued a warning to the workers to not let them do a thing: they were guests and were to be treated like one.
”Mother,” Pedro wrapped his hand around her shoulder, becoming a head taller than her with them standing so close to one another. One sight at them and a stranger might mistake them for siblings instead of mother and son. Cecil had a baby face and her son had grown so handsomely, hence the scene of them walking side by side was picturesque.
”No matter what, you're always my first love,” Pedro said to her.
However, Cecil snorted in disbelief, ”Why don't you declare that openly in front of Isabella?” she smirked.
Pedro gulped, confirming her assertion.
”Just as I thought,” she laughed when she saw her son's conflicted expression. She then pats him on the back, ”Don't be so serious, I was just teasing you,”
However, to her surprise, Pedro stepped out in front of her causing her to halt.
”What is it now? I've told you that I was just joking.....” She trailed off when Pedro took her hand.
”Mother,” he called, staring her straight in the eyes, ”You've done enough for me by not aborting me in the womb. You have done all you could ever do for me by taking care of and being patient with me for the past eighteen years of my life. But it's time for you to be happy,”
”Why are you speaking like this?” Cecil murmured, fighting against the tears that were battling to escape her eyelid.