Miss Ordinary: I Was Reborn To Love You! - Chapter 70

11 AM, three days after the discussion…

“Miss, Young Master Ryan has just finished his lesson for the day. He requested to meet you, so I carried him here. Sorry, for disturbing your work,” a maid approached a beautiful young lady who was reading and scribbling something on a piece of paper. Behind her was a cute little boy who ran towards the pretty lady without hesitation.

“Big sis! Big sis! What are you reading?” the little boy went left and right trying to get the lady’s attention. When the maid saw this, she tried to hold on to the little boy only to fail. The maid miserable situation caught the lady’s eyes as she reprimanded the little boy from running around.

“Little pumpkin, stop running now,” she said and looked at the maid with apologetic eyes.

“Sorry for that and thank you for bringing him here,” she spoke in a humble voice. The maid simply smiled as she shook her head.

“It’s my pŀėȧsurė. I’ll be off now. I’ll send someone to bring beverages and snacks for the two of you,” the maid curtsied before leaving the room. As she closed the door, she took one last glance at the people inside the room. A warm smile was on her face when she saw the grown-up woman and her little brother teased each other. Since the two came to the villa, her work as a maid had increased a little and so were the other workers. Not that they resented it, but more to gratefulness. Working in the villa… well… if she needed to summarise it, working here was boring. The reason because they only served one person which was the Master of their clan and the villa’s owner.

Perhaps to others, it was a wonderful working environment, but to them who generations by generations worked with the goal of helping the Master of Wu clan by any means possible, doing nothing was like torture. Although Master Eric was the best master they had ever served, his organized life left them with nothing extra to do. Besides, his intimidating aura forced them to stick with their daily chores, afraid to ask for more tasks.

However, things got livelier since the pair of siblings came to the villa. Not only their jobs increased, but they also get the chance to witness their aloof Master playing around with the little boy. It wasn’t only a one-time occurrence, but many times. Plus, it was rare to see someone picking a fight with their Master. The woman who day by day was getting prettier was the only one capable of doing that. She seemed timid at first, but when meeting with their Master’s constant provocation, she became the tigress that could match with their Master’s lioness.

The maid entered the kitchen and requested the chef to prepare the snacks and drinks she spoke of earlier.

“Madam Clair, can I bring the foods to Miss Bella and Young Master Ryan?” a woman approached the maid who just entered the kitchen. She was the youngest maid in the villa, although her age wasn’t considered to be young. This maid was already twenty-nine years old.

“I want to ask Miss Bella for her beauty secret. Her skin is so supple. She might be small, but she looked like an angel with her long curly hair,” the young maid continued by a series of complement for Bella Lim. She only stopped when Madam Clair shoved the tray with foods to her hands.

“Aye… thank you Madam Clair!” the young maid almost jumped in joy. She left the room in a hurry, slowing down only when scolded by Madam Clair.

“Don’t ask too much. Remember, we work for the people in this villa, disturbing their daily life isn’t our jobs,” Madam Clair reminded the young maid.

“Sure, but Miss Bella is kind,” the young maid halted as she looked around. Admiration was in her eyes when she talked about Bella Lim.

“Still, just leave the tray there. Better yet, don’t ask anything. Miss Bella seems a bit down nowadays,” Madam Clair insisted. She was old enough to see through people and the past three days were obviously a difficult phase for Miss Bella. Even though she appeared cheerful and often laughed, when she was alone, she often caught her looking sad and angry.

“S-sure…” the young maid uttered after seeing the serious look on Madam Clair. Yet, she still left the room excitedly.

Madam Clair could only shake her head in resignation. Almost all maids wanted to serve Miss Bella because she wasn’t just pretty but kind as well. Moreover, she had little pumpkin by her side who often made them laughed their heart out with his mischievousness.

‘Ahh, the Master is changing as well,’ Madam Clair thought as she resumed her work per normal.

Inside the writing studio, Bella Lim; the pretty lady described earlier was explaining to little pumpkin the thing she was reading. Since Eric Wu had permitted her to tell little pumpkin about her job, she didn’t hesitate to talk about the new gem of Enlai Gong. Besides, little pumpkin was already old enough to understand the meaning of secret. He was determined to keep Enlai Gong’s true identity even to his grave… so he said.

“Woah… big brother Eric really wrote this?” little pumpkin was holding the manuscript Bella Lim was reading earlier. He flipped through the pages without speaking anything. Suddenly he laughed with his whole body shaking.

“What’s so funny?” Bella Lim frowned, wondering if there was a comedic scene written in the manuscript.

“Big sis, what with this scribbles?” little pumpkin showed the paper he was reading. Bella Lim tilted her head to have a look. When she saw her own writing, she gave a gentle twist on little pumpkin’s left ear.

“Oh, little pumpkin knows how to tease big sis now?” with a stern voice, she rose her voice. Little pumpkin pursed his lips and vigorously shook his head.

“Not dare! Little pumpkin is sorry,” he denied, waving his hands. He understood that his big sis was just showing an angry facade so he decided to play along. “Ouch, ouch, ouch! big sis! Please spare me!” he screamed and began to cry. Seeing this, Bella Lim could no longer continue her act.

“Does it really hurt?!” she asked worriedly while rubbing little pumpkin’s left ear. She looked intently at his ear to see any mark. However, she didn’t see anything.

“Hehehe, got you, big sis!” little pumpkin put the manuscript on the table and ran away. Bella Lim finally saw what he was planning and chased for the little boy. She couldn’t believe that she just got played by her own little pumpkin.

“You little devil!” she yelled while pretending to chase the little boy with all her heart. At the same time, the door of the writing studio was opened by someone. The young maid who was holding a tray was shocked to see the scene in front of her. Little pumpkin was now on top of Bella Lim, tickling the poor big sister who had to yield to his antics.

“Erm.., M-miss Bella?” a nervous voice interrupted the pair of siblings who were laughing non-stopped.

Bella Lim heard the voice, so she quickly got up and fixed little pumpkin’s disheveled hair. The little boy was still giggling although she already asked him to stop. Shaking her head, Bella Lim looked at the door to see the person who entered the room. A maid was standing there with a tray in her hand.

“Sis Tiara, sorry to let you see the mess earlier,” Bella Lim walked to the maid that she was so familiar with and took the tray in her hand. “Thank you,” she thanked her.

The young maid called Tiara was startled as she finally woke up from the surprised she had earlier. She couldn’t believe that the beautiful woman would show such a fun side of her. That was something she had never seen before.

“Miss Bella, L-let me carry this. Young Master Ryan, the chef has prepared your favorite sweets,” Tiara took the tray from Bella Lim and walked towards the round table at the cozy area near the fireplace. She placed the tray on top of it and watched little pumpkin approached the table with pure joy in his eyes.

“Careful!” a nervous voice reminded the little boy to mind his steps. He slowed down and carefully crafted his way to the table. Tiara shifted her gaze to the owner of the voice and a gasp of adoration left her lips.

‘Miss Bella is small but honestly so pretty. With the proper attire, she will be stunning. It’s a pity, she loved this comfy attire,’ Tiara was immersed in her own thought.

‘But, she still the prettiest woman I’ve ever seen,’ she continued to be mesmerized by Bella Lim’s beauty, not realizing that the source of admiration was staring at her in amusement.

“Tiara, you’ve something to say?” the crispy voice of Bella Lim made the maid puffed in shock.

“M-miss Bella, I heard you’re a bit down nowadays. I-I… please cheer up!” Tiara closed her eyes as she tried her best to speak with Bella Lim. Then, she ran out of the room without looking back.

Bella Lim was flabbergasted as she didn’t expect to see someone tried so hard to cheer her up despite being so nervous. She had noticed long ago that the maid was always looking at her secretly from afar. When she smiled at her, she immediately cut their eye contact and ran away. Today was the first time she saw her up close. When she spoke, it reminded her of the time she used to panic when talking with Eric Wu. Somehow, she found her cute.

At the same time, she thought about the reason she cheered her up. It seemed that she was still affected by what had happened that even the maid could tell that she was depressed.

It had been three days since the night she had a very long discussion with Eric Wu and Lu Fei. It was a fruitful night but a frustrating one at the same time. In the end, they couldn’t find the reason why she, who was deemed to be dead was still alive. The riddle was still unsolved to this day…

However, she had a very strong instinct that one OF this day, the answer to the riddle would reveal itself.

Bella Lim admitted that since that night, she had changed. These past three days, she had come to terms with the fact that she and little pumpkin weren’t siblings by blood and that they were part of the greater conflict between the four major clans. There were moments she struggled with all of these, but rather than being beaten down, she had found a new purpose. To find the truth…

As of now, she could only wait until her memories returned. After going through two sessions of ȧssessment with Lu Fei, he told her that soon she would find the answer to who she truly was. She couldn’t recall the specific terms he used to describe the activity inside her brain as it was too complicated for her. However, she trusted him when he said that it would be soon…

“Big sis, your phone is ringing,” little pumpkin called for his big sis while munching the chocolate chip cookies he had on both hands . Bella Lim took a deep breath and nodded. She smiled while rubbing little pumpkin’s head before reaching for her phone on the table.

“Madam Olivia?” she read the dialer’s name aloud, attracting little pumpkin’s attention.

“Madam Olivia is calling?” he asked interestedly.

“Uhuh,” Bella Lim smiled at little pumpkin. It was understandable why he was interested in that name for Madam Olivia was like a mother figure to him. She too felt the same, the warm feeling she got while being with her was what she loved the most. Their meeting before was short but memorable.

Bella Lim wondered why she called her all of a sudden.