Her Chosen Mate

Chapter Four

Finley took Hazel with him to an ice cream store and decided to buy her ice cream, " Do you want Ice Cream," Finley asked Hazel who was already jumping excitedly seeing that her daddy had taken her to a*****e selling different flavours of Ice cream

" Yes, Hazel wants ice cream Daddy," She responded while waiting for Finley to get her one.

Finley knew Hazel heard what they discussed and needed to reassure her that she was still loved.

" What flavour do you want," Finley asks because she was always the one who chose the flavour of her choice, they brought her up to be self-independent and not impose on her.

" Hazel wants a banana flavour," She said excitedly.

Finley gave money to the storekeeper to sell a banana flavour ice cream to her at the store. After ten minutes, he brought out the banana flavour ice cream and gave it to Finley, who collected it from the storekeeper and went to a quiet place where he could sit while Hazel consumed the ice cream.

While she was busy, taking the ice cream, Finley decided to speak with her, " Hazel, you know mummy loves you, don't you?"

" Hazel loves mummy too but mummy wants Hazel to leave," She said with tears in her eyes.

" No, mummy does not want you to leave, she is merely stressed out and doesn't know how to handle it but I want you to know that you will not leave us because I will not allow it," Says Finley to her while patting her on the head.

" Daddy, Hazel loves you, and Hazel doesn't want to leave," Hazel said while looking at Finley to reassure her.

Finley was sad when he heard her question, he was not happy that his mate was rejecting Hazel because she now had her babies. He knew how she showed her love for Hazel when she didn't have any child of her own and now she was turning her against Hazel.

" You will always be daddy" 's princess, and you will not leave the house because you are my daughter," He says, giving her a peck on her forehead.

The twins were named Authur and Leo, and as they grew up, Eva continued to insist that Hazel should be returned to her Parents. But to her surprise, Finley stood his ground and refused to look for Hazel's parents and continued to treat her as his daughter, while Eva was not happy that he insisted on keeping Hazel as his daughter.

This continues to make her argue with Finley every time because Finley refuses to listen to her.

Eva started maltreatment Hazel; she would not give food or allow her to play with her children. Eva would constantly beat her when Finley was not at home and would refuse to bother herself about Hazel's health. Even when Hazel cried that she was hungry, Eva would refuse to give her.

She did not hide her bad treatment from Finley and was not bothered that it always caused them to have arguments all the time. The house became a battleground for them.

Eva was angrily flogging Hazel when Finley came home one day and met her using a wipe to flog Hazel, who was just five years of age; she knew he would be shocked to see this, but she. She wanted to do all in her power to make him send Hazel to leave the house. Her mate, she knew, would never expect to see her doing this to Hazel, but she just had to make him take the child away from the house, as she did not want her with them again. She saw his distaste for the fact that she could raise her hands to beat a child with a wipe. She knew they had both showered her with love when they had no child but he needed to understand that there was a reason behind her changing her mind and no longer wanting her in the house. She remembered making a promise to him that she would always love Hazel as if she were her child. She knew he would be wondering why I had turned myself into a child beater, but it was never my intention; I realized keeping her would cause lots of problems for us.

Hazel crying brought Finley out of his shocked state. Eva knew Hazel would be confused that her once loving mother has bad, and doesn't love her again. Eva refuses to let her emotion gets in the way as she is adamant that Hazel has to leave the house. Eva looked at Hazel and saw that she had succeeded in putting fear in her and she could not explain to Finley when he asked her what she had done, the little child did not in any way offend me, I just don't want her in my home again because I was afraid of her and beating her was my way of taming her, and this has worked great because Hazel always looks for a way to hide away from me. Today, it was Authur who came to play with her, and Hazel was playing with Authur when I came and started beating her and warned her not to touch or play with my children. I do not want my children to grow up with the belief that Hazel is related to them and get attached to her. I believe I do not have to continue to care for someone else child. So I try to create a bridge between Hazel and my children.

Finley rushed inside and collected the wipe from me; I saw the look of disbelief on his face; he was shocked to see me beating Hazel, and so an argument ensued between us.

" Eva, what is this you are doing?" He yelled at me.

" She is a thief and a spoilt brat, she ate the cake I kept on the table without asking for my permission to eat it," I lied to Finley in an attempt to defend my wicked action. I knew I had been caught in her wicked act and needed to look for a justified reason for this.

He could not believe I would beat Hazel because she eats cake; we have both thought Hazel never took anything without asking for permission first before doing so, and she has always been an obedient child, which is part of the reasons Finley and I loved her, she was always honest. " She probably was hungry and maybe you were busy with Authur and Leo, so she decided to eat some since you don't bother to give her food anymore,"

Hazel, who has sat down in a corner crying, tries to defend herself when she hears me accuse her of stealing, " Daddy, I didn't steal mummy's cake. There was no cake on the table,"

I was angry that Hazel dared to refute my complaint to my mate and expose my lies, so she charged forward in an attempt to hit Hazel but Finley stopped me in my tracks.