Mated to the Vampire

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In the dining room of the  Mansion, Adi watched Grette eat and felt nothing else in the world could make her happier.

‘Grette, is the food delicious?’ Adi asked.

‘It’s delicious,’ Grette said. She bit another chicken wing, and smiled at Adi ‘Aunty Adi why aren’t you eating?’

‘Because aunty loves watching Grette eat adorably and aunty forgot to eat,’ Adi said.

Adi picked up a napkin, and she helped wipe grease off Grette’s mouth and clothes.

Grette put a chicken wing in Adi’s bowl.

‘Aunty needs to eat too,’ Grette said. ‘Mummy said a person needs to eat breakfast if they want to be beautiful. Look how beautiful aunty is. If aunty doesn’t eat breakfast then aunty won’t be beautiful anymore.

Farol strode into the dining room. He was angry at Adi. Everything he said to his wife last night, went through one ear and out the other.

‘Good morning uncle ,’ Grette greeted sweetly.

‘Good morning husband,’Adi greeted. ‘Why… didn’t you sleep in?’

Farol walked to Adi.

‘Adi, your heart didn’t hear what I said to you last night,’ farol said.

‘I… didn’t,’ Adi said softly.

‘Adi, last night I said you can’t leave the bed before me,’ Farol. He stroked Adi’s long white hair. ‘If you do, you have to pay the price.’

‘Adi's face turned red in a instant and she warned him to keep quiet with her eyes because she doesn't want to corrupt Grette's innocent eyes.

‘Don’t worry darling Look at the hearty way Grette is eating. She can’t hear us.’

Farol was impressed with Grette’s eating skills.

Adi watched Grette’s chubby hands hold a bowl of vegetable soup, and Grette’s white teeth fought to chew on the vegetables.

Farol said. ‘What do you think your punishment is?’

‘Darling, I promise I won’t leave the bed before you again,’ Adi said. ‘I left the bed early because I was worried Grette was hungry.’

Farol scoffed, Adi hugged his arm and told 'sit down and eat with me'

Farol sighed!! , at how good his wife can be at acting to get what she wanted.

Farol sat next to his wife and he began eating breakfast.

Adi ate breakfast in between putting food into Grette's bowl and wiping Grette’s mouth.

Grette ate heartily, she didn’t know her parents were having nervous breakdowns because she was missing.

***

At the Precious Mansion, there was tension between Mitchell and Megan.

‘Where’s my Precious?’ Megan asked.

Mitchell silently rubbed his tensed temple.

‘I don’t care if you hate me and flaunt your women in my face, but you can’t hide my daughter from me. 

Mitchell didn’t know how to explain the situation to Megan.

‘Where are you hiding Grette?’ Megan asked. ‘If you hate me, why did you marry me and wanted to have children with me? I left to give back your freedom. If you hate me, why did you force me to come back?’

Mitchell screamed and cried she  always felt heartache for herself for loving him, now because of her wish to see him she didn't even know where is her daughter.

Mitchell avoided looking at Megan's eyes. He didn’t know what to say.

‘I’ve had enough,’ Megan said. ‘Grette will stay with you. I know you’ll treat her well. I’ll leave. This time don’t look for me. You can’t use her to blackmail me.’

Megan  wiped her tears, and  walked past him.

Mitchell captured Megan’s arm, and said ,‘You’re not allowed to leave,’ .

Megan asked him to kill her if that what takes her to be released.

Megan picked up the knife from the dining table to slit her wrist. Mitchell immediately disarmed her.

‘Megan, are you crazy?’ 

‘Being played by you made me crazy,’ ,

‘Are you happy? You can kill me. I don’t want to live like this.

 I’m tired of suffering. Why are you this cruel to me? Five years ago I loved you, but you pretended you couldn’t see. 

You’re always icy cold toward me. You’re a scar in my heart. For five years, Grette and I lived a happy life together but you forced us to come back here. Then you brought another woman here to pour salt onto my scar. Why are you treating me this way? What have I done wrong except love you? What do you want? Do you want me to die?’

Megan pounded on his chest and began to shed her bottled up tears for the past five years, she want a clean break with him.

Mitchell let her do whatever she wanted to do to him. he took every beating she gave him every insult she 

made of him and patiently waited for her to complete her tears, he is a cold and aloof person who doesn't know how to express his love to her .he want to love her cherish her and protect her all her life but she is yet to understand his heart.

Years ago, Mitchell didn’t know what to do with her who used to always smile at him. Even if he was cold toward her, she used to smile at him and stayed with him. He didn’t know why, but slowly he could only see her. If he couldn’t see her, he would feel lost. He thought she knew he cared about her, and they would always be together.