Ghost of My Heart - Chapter 76

They looked so awkward walking side by side. One hot, handsome man was pulling on the hand of a cute little boy. Only a sour face was expressed on the dad’s face during their awkward walk.

Also, due to their difference in heights, Little Veen always stumbled on the paved floor as he couldn’t keep up to Hue’s long and big strides. This also made Hue seething in frustration. He mumbled non-stop beside the pitiful looking, cute boy.

“Can you not make me walk even slower than before?” Hue hissed at him, unhappily. “I’m going to leave you here.” He added, threatening the boy.

There was no space for pity in his tone because all that he could think of right now is to get to his wife as soon as possible.

Little Veen raised his head, blinking his eyes at his ‘father’, looking innocent but actually he was glaring at him. ‘You dare to treat me like this? Just wait and see how I get back at you!’

His heart burned but because he had always had a poker face on, Hue didn’t realise his anger.

Suddenly he burst into a hearty cry, “Daddy, don’t leave me! Veen will be a good boy! Don’t leave me!”

“You…!” Hue was speechless before the little boy. He looked around in alarmed.

Little Veen’s sudden outburst, made people around them turned their heads to have a look at what had happened. Few of them shook their heads as they passed by.

“Man, keep your son quiet in public.” Some even said to him.

Hue picked the little boy up as cold sweat appeared at the back of his neck. “Shush, shush, don’t cry!” He wiped the tears that rolled down Little Veen’s chubby cheeks.

Little Veen’s deep blue eyes, however, were smiling sneakily at the farce he did. ‘I’ll be an annoying kid and let’s see if you will still want to act high and mighty in this realm.’

Little Veen smiled inwardly. His desire to turn his master’s world upside down became even intense.

Then, he cried out even louder than the first one which made Hue lose his composure. The kid’s action had actually attracted more attention from the public. Also, at the same time, he kept calling for his mother which made some of the ladies shot him a glare for being an irresponsible parent.

An older woman approached them and patted the little boy’s head softly, comforting him.

“There, there little one. Don’t cry. Your daddy won’t dare to leave you alone. He was just teasing you, my dear.” Said the older woman

Little Veen stopped crying for a while and stared at the kind grandma with an innocent look. His red eyes and red nose plus his rosy chubby cheeks made him looked so adorable.

Every time he blinked his eyes, his long eyelashes that were wet, fluttered which made the older woman’s heart warmed up. Such a fine looking kid, if he grew older he would be the centre of attraction.

She looked up to the troubled looking Hue. “Young man, you shouldn’t be so harsh on your child. They are innocent little children. You should treat them with care. If you think they are a burden then why bother producing them in the first place?” She lectured him which left a huge blow on his pride.

Everyone who happened to eavesdrop immediately looked away. Her words left a pang to everyone’s heart.

Hue was speechless before her. His ears reddened. No one dares to lecture him before and right now, an elderly woman on a walking stick lectured him in the public about how he treated his child.

“I’m sorry.” Hue apologized to her. He didn’t want to make the day even harder and wanted it to end soon. His plans on going incognito just to monitor his wife’s whereabouts were a mess because of his little attendant who had ruined it all with his overacting.

“Apologize to your son.” Replied the woman again and gestured at the boy. “You should set an example to them while they grow up.” She added and patted Little Veen’s tiny hand, while at it.

Hue gazed at Little Veen’s sad-looking face. He knew very well, that innocent looking face was just a facade. Behind the crying face, a mischief face was hidden beneath it.

He knew exactly, that the little kid was trying to teach him a lesson and here in this human realm, Hue was powerless against the power of children when it comes to the society. Everyone will take good care of their children and their cuteness overpowered the adults.

Hue turned his hand into a fist by his side but he couldn’t tell the older woman that Little Veen is a being who had lived for thousands of years and knew very, very well how to swindle innocent people into believing their little tricks.

Their cute appearances as little kid always made people mistook them as little angels when they are actually the stone-cold attendants to the deities back in their realm, who at some time would be mischief to their masters.

“I am sorry,” Hue apologized to Little Veen and he smiled at him, forcefully. Blue veins popped on his temples. ‘Just bear with it, Hue. Once we’re back to the deities realm, I’ll hang this kid upside down outside my palace!’

Little Veen blinked his eyes again at him, looking as innocent and as pitiful like a little puppy that wants to be pampered.

“Daddy, don’t leave Veen alone.” He said and was about to burst into another hearty cry.

Hue smiled and gently took his hand, “Come here, my son. Daddy will bring you to the nearest ice cream stall for some ice cream.”

The older woman smiled upon hearing the father and son conversation. Then, she excused herself.

However, as soon as the older woman left, Little Veen cried again out of the blue. He rolled on the floor, creating even more scene while stomping both of his hands and feet, like a spoiled child.

Hue gaped in shock. What the heck?

“Man, what kind of a father are you to let you son crying like that.” Suddenly somebody poked at his shoulder from behind.

Hue turned his head around and found a smiling looking face, looking at him. The handsome man was also carrying a little boy in his arms.

“Yo,” the man said and saluted with two fingers at him.

Hue’s face turned sour. He immediately scooped Little Veen up from the floor and held him firmly in his arms.

Glaring at the man before him, Hue said, “Delton, what are you doing here?” He eyed the little boy in Delton’s arms, who had light yellow eyes colour. “Did your boss fired you and gave you a new job as a babysitter now?” He said harshly, mocking him all at the same time.

Delton smiled. He left humiliation raining down upon him over his harsh words. Oh, well, he will not wave any white flags just yet.

“Hue, same to you. Did your wife abandoned you and make you look after your son while she cheats behind you?” He snorted at Hue, mocking him as usual. They are picking a fight amongst them again.

The atmosphere around them went down and turned eerie. Two handsome men, both with their sons, were having an intense staring contest in the middle of the crowd. Onlookers can only see but couldn’t interfere with their murderous gaze among each other.

“Delton, you’re amazing to have found an instant son in this place. Who is the woman that you swoon to conceive your pitiful child?” Hue asked, poking even deeper into Delton’s pride with his unrestricted use of words.

Delton smirked back at him, unwilling to back away from their debate contest, “Oho, same to you again Hue. Your son looked so pitiful for having an unfaithful mother like your wife. She must have found you boring and decided to look for another man to please her.”

The two men were not paying any attention to the little children who had exchanged gaze among themselves.

Little Veen glanced at Little Viele, ‘Our stupid masters are unreliable as usual.’ He said in his mind.

‘Yes, you’re correct. Let’s find another way to avoid them from fighting.’ Replied Little Viele.

‘I’ll distract my master to look for his wife while you do your part.’

‘Good idea.’

Little Veen suddenly let out another loud cry in Hue’s arms. “Mommy, I wanna see mommy!”

Little Viele also cried and said, “Papa, I am hungry!”

Both of the men were speechless and now they had been looked at from every direction. Two hot dads were fighting like cat and dog in the middle of the crowd. They looked like two gangster men going out with their children but stumbled upon old nemesis on the way.

Most of the onlookers were sighing hard over their irresponsibility in managing their temper in front of their children.

Hue grunted and immediately stormed away with Little Veen in his arms. He rushed across the zebra crossing and disappeared behind a bus station.

Meanwhile, Felix, who happened to witness the uproar had a questioning look over his face. He was about to follow Luca but heard about the uproar and he just felt like wanting to stay and watch the commotion.

He spotted a very handsome man with a rare eyes colour as to how Luca had described. The height matched as in his description but he’s not a woman.

“It’s impossible for such a thing to happen.” He mumbled alone after thinking of the possibility of the man becoming a woman overnight like those in movies that he had watched.

“Sexy?” Felix thought and recalled the handsome’s face that he saw a few moments ago.

There was nothing sexy about that man. He had a well built, a body of a masculine man and nothing comes close to a woman’s body.

Felix shook his head, trying to dismiss his own wild imagination, “Must be there are a doppelganger.” He said, easing his mind.

He left the place shortly after making sure his mind was cleared from unnecessary worry.