Chapter 232 - Happy moments

"Awww! That is so sweet. I came at the right time." Sonya said, pulling at the little princess already pink cheeks.

Seems like the so called guy was so handsome for a little girl to be drooling over him so much.

She's eager to see who he was for herself.

"You will see him today." She said in a whispering tone.

"What are you two scheming?" Clara asked, raising her brow, as the two of them were exchanging words in each other's ears.

"It's ladies stuff." Sonya replied.

"I'm a female." Clara pulled a face and pouted her lips. Sonya had no idea how her assurance a while ago meant so much to her.

Her smile was genuine now. She wasn't feeling awkward anymore.

She finally believed that it's real. Her friend is back. They are friends again.

"Oops! We didn't notice." Sonya said, while the little princess burst into laughter, and Sonya joined in.

"You two are up to something. Tell me what you're whispering about." Clara said and both looked into each other's eyes. 

"Stop trying to poke in your nose. This is more mature for your ear." Sonya said and even though the sentence is too mature for Belle's understanding, she still nodded her head in approval.

"Okay, you two win." Clara gave up.

They all headed to the main house and unfortunately for Belle, Mick was just closing the book when they stepped in.

"Belle…." Clara turned to look at her and she looked down at her feet.

Mick only smiled and also recognized Sonya's face.

With a snap of her fingers, "IPad." Clara demanded and Belle pouted her lips, while she slowly gave the phone to her.

Her shoulders sagging in front of her and Sonya smiled. She couldn't help but imagine her own child growing up to be like this.

She would also get to be fed with these cute expressions. Her heart warmed and she patted Belle's hair and whispered into her ear.

"You don't want to look sad when that man would soon come, do you?" She reminded him and her eyes brightened up.

She doesn't seem to care anymore, since Clara will still return the iPad.

Mick walked closer and extended his arm towards Sonya. His expression looked as poker as always.

"It's been a while, miss Sonya. How have you been?" Mick shook Sonya's hand.

"Fine, thank you." Sonya replied with a stiff smile. It's still weird that Mick was acting friendly.

The man was practically a robot.

Mick later excused himself and left the three of them in the living room.

Immediately they are left alone, "show me around, babe. I can't wait now." Sonya said happily and they all made their way out of the living room to explore the mansion.

The little princess is so happy about it. At least It's not related to reading and doing assignments.

They stopped by the pool and Belle Informed them that there's a pond near the garden, which Clara and Sonya had no idea about, but Mick has shown Belle the in and out of the place.

They fed the fish and played in the small garden, picking a few flowers and tucking it in each other's hair.

Clara noticed the warmth in Sonya's gaze when she looked at Belle and realized how much Leo was right.

Sonya would have regretted aborting the child, especially when Belle is all so cute and would make one wish for a daughter like her.

She would have started imagining her child growing to be like her and she killed it.

Thank god they didn't make that mistake.

After showing Sonya around, they went to Clara's quarter to relax and had lunch, before Sonya insisted on knowing the romance story of Leo and Clara.

She said she's curious about how Clara who was all about 'I will never like any man' ended up with a boyfriend, who she seems so crazy about.

Clara smiled softly and without leaving anything out, she explained everything that transpired between her and Leo.

Some parts made Sonya gasp and hit her shoulder, claiming that she was so harsh, while she couldn't help but smile at some other parts.

"You two have quite a story." She commented.

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"We are a.d.u.l.ts okay? I don't understand why you want me to come to your place all of a sudden. Don't tell me you missed me or something or is it that you have a lot of free time on your hands and had no idea what to do with it?" Tim said to Leo who insisted that he should come and see him at his office and later said they should go to his house to have a proper chat.

Ever since Tim returned to the city, they haven't met and Leo was busy with Alex. Now that Alex's situation has been solved, he called to ask where Tim was and told him to come meet him or he will come find him.

Leo rolled his eyes at him.

"You have been avoiding me lately and I wouldn't take that from you." Leo said, as they stepped out from his car after parking it in his garage.

They began heading to the main house, while Tim replied to him.

"I wasn't avoiding you, Dumbo. I was avoiding your girlfriend. I lose to you after all, bro.

Can't I have some time to mend my heart?" Tim replied, hitting his chest dramatically.

"It really hurt you know. I always get the girls, how come I lose the one I truly love?" He added. He sighed and pouted his lips.

"Cut the crap! Enough with your acting." Leo retorted, knowing that Tim wouldn't be casually talking about it if he hadn't fully decided to let go.

"Yeah yeah, I'm over her now. I can't hit on your woman…. f*ck! My heart still breaks at the thought of it." Tim ranted, this time he wasn't entirely joking. It still hurt a little.

"I don't buy your lies. Don't tell me you are expecting something like, 'fine! I will leave her to you. If that's the case, then dream on." Leo said playfully, throwing a light punch at his shoulder.