Concealed Love

Chapter- 54 " Unstable and uncertain"

At Al's parent's place, they had prepared a delicious meal for them, there was no servant in the big house, Aster served them all herself.

Ella and Al thanked her and started their meal, Ella said, " This is really delicious, especially the mushrooms, I love it."

Aster laughed and said, " Hehe, that's my speciality and I specially made it for you. Enjoy it my dear. "

Seeing her eat happily Al smiled and said, " Now I regret never learning how to make it. Here have all of mine too. " He picked out the mushroom from his and gave it to her.

Ella refused at first saying, " No it's fine, this is enough. "

But Al insisted saying, " I can't make it so the least I can do is give you what mom makes. "

Ella laughed, " Thank you then, I'll enjoy it. "

Aster looked at them acting lovey dovey and with a satisfied and teasing smile she turned to Richard saying through her eyes, ' aren't they so cute. '

And Richard gave her the stern eye that said, ' Don't bother them, eat your food. ' Aster disappointedly moved her lips to the side and enjoy the play in front of her.

After dinner the two father and son sat on the couch while Ella and Aster wash the dishes.

While cleaning Aster said, " Thank you, I usually clean the house by myself because I have nothing to do and sit home by myself all day. Hiring a maid will just make me fat and lazier. "

Ella laughed and said, " It's great that you can take care of this big house by yourself. "

Aster looked out sneakily than whisper to Ella, " I don't always clean it alone, I force him to help me around the house when he is at home. He is retired so he doesn't have much work anymore, perfect for me. "

She smiled and Ella thought in her mind, ' he must have loved her so much that he retired early to stay with her. ' then she said to Aster, " It's so good to see you and your husband going along so well. "

Aster brushed her of shyly as she say, " Oh, we're old now, we have nothing to fight for anymore so we just look like we get along. "

She went on, " Anyway forget about us old people, how is it going with you and my son? Is he treating you well. Tell me if he does anything mean to you, I'll discipline that child all over again. "

" It's okay, he's treating me better than anyone can. In fact he's treating me too well I feel like I have nothing to give back to him. " Ella smile with a melancholic face.

Aster who was wiping the plates dry pat her on the back and said, " You don't have to think too much about it and as far as I understand, my motherly instincts understand that he loves you and having you by his side is changing him a lot, in a good way. "

She smiled reminiscing of some memories and said, " Before he met you he was a good kid, he was but there was this thing about him that made him feel so distant from everyone. He didn't wanted anything in particular, he talked with everyone as any child would but there was something about him that just felt incomplete. I thought it was because he was a single child and as us, his parents are often busy with our work we leave him alone a lot so he must have gotten used to being lonely. But now I know that was not the case. "

Ella kept moving her hands working and listening to Aster silently and Aster does her's as well and went on speaking, " I realise his loneliness and about his missing piece too late for me to fill the void so I thought that if he finds a woman and get a life and a family of his own then maybe he can feel fulfilled but now I know I was wrong. "

She turned to look at Ella with a loving smile and said, " It was not a thing any girl could have done. It was because it is you that now he seem and is more complete like he has found a goal in his life. It is the first time I see that child looks at someone like a kid that got the candy he likes best. "

Aster laugh at her own words, " He didn't even ask or cry for candies when he was a kid but I can someone picture him cry if it is for you. I really thank you Ella, you did for him what I could never do even as his own mother. "

She got a bit teary at the end of it, Ella saw it and said, " I don't think he feels that way, that you don't care for him enough. The last time, after you left our place he told me not to take what you said to heart too much. "

Ella laughed a bit and said, " He was so flustered when he told me that, ' my mom may say a lot of things but she is not a bad person. ' he told me not to think bad of you and that I'll be sure to like you if I really got to know you. "

Aster was happy on the inside but she acting proudly on the surface and said, " Hmp... He must have said that to make you like him more, no way he will talk good about me. He always complains how I always talk too much. "

Ella laughed and Al came in, " What are you guys talking about? "

Aster asked him, " Just some girls stuff, why are you here? Can't wait without Ella even for some few minutes? Don't bother her too much okay? "

Al shrugged and said, " I just came in to check up on you two because you guys were taking some time and you always talk too much that I was worried you might be the one bothering her. "

Aster scowled at him teasingly and said to Ella, " See? That's exactly what I was talking about. "

Al asked 'what? ' and Aster shrugged him off not answering him. Ella laughed looking at the two of them quarreling over little stuff like kids.

They were done with their work so they went outside to the living room and sat there eating fruits while Aster peeled them one by one for them.

After some topics Richard spoke up, " So do you guys have any plans for marriage? "

Al nearly chocked on the Apple he was having and Ella stopped eating all together. Al sighed and said in a complaining tone, " Really? Dad, you too? "

Richard looked at them like it was a question they should have been readied themselves to answer.

Al said, " Not now, we'll do it after we think properly of how to settle down and when we are ready. Don't expect it soon. "

Aster said, " Why? You guys are a perfect fit and above all you love each other so much so what more do you have to think of and wait for. "

Ella spoke up, " I am sorry, it's because I told him I would like to have more time to adjust so he was being considerate of me. "

Aster and Richard both smiled at her and said, " Okay, then we won't rush you, you guys do what you youngsters think will be better, just make sure to tell us when you have decided. Okay? "

Ella nodded and Al said, " It's getting late, we better go back. "

They thanked his parents, got some side dishes from Aster and left the place.

It was a peaceful night and a smooth ride back home. Al asked Ella how was the evening and whether she finds it too bothersome but Ella assure him that she enjoyed it very much.

When they entered the room Jace was waiting in the living room for Al, and Ella decided to head back up first and she did.

Entering her room she closed it tight behind her and dragged herself to her room, walking towards a cabinet below her closet and opened it.

There were some wine and glasses. She pulled out a wine and a wine glass and went to sit at the table near the window. She thought to herself that it really had been a long time since she last drank wine by herself, she poured herself a glass and drank it in one gulp then pour again and hold in her hands.

She looked at the wine but her thoughts were somewhere else. Earlier when Richard said when they would get married and when Al said that it was not to be expected soon, it made her remember that she was not a normal person again.

It was a lie when she told them that she had told Al not to marry too soon as she wants to adjust. Ella thought to herself, ' No matter how much normal, how humane I wanna be iam still a demon and to further worsen it I am someone who's never gonna have a natural lifespan nor grow naturally. '

She looked outside the window taking a sip of the wine and talked to herself at her reflection I the mirror, " Forget marriage, at this rate you can't even stay with him for a decade at this rate. Was it really wrong of me to have approached him in this life. "

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Downstairs in the living room Al and Jace was having a talk and Jace said, " Your suspicion seems to have been right it really looks like there is some unnatural source mixed in with the place, I can't pin point exactly what it is for now but if I get a better chance I'll be sure to find out about it. "

Al nodded, " The place is dangerous, you should take care. Even for me it was hard to enter and I couldn't risk fighting them there so I couldn't get further in. But whatever it is I am sure that's their base. "

Jace said, " I agree with that considering the amount of demons guarding the place which looks to be an empty space on the outside. "

He continued, " But why can't we tell Ella about it? Won't it be better if she knows, maybe it she can enter since she is a pure blood, the place seem to have been built solely for them. "

Al said with a stern face, " That is exactly why I don't wanna tell her, if she knows, she will go and find out about it no matter what we tell her about the dangers of the place. It's too dangerous for her to go there and with the current situation we can no more guarantee that the demons won't hurt her anymore. "

Jace understood, " I guess that's true, then I will go and meet with the old man and his people again tomorrow and inform them of what we have found out, hopefully they have some information too. "

Al agreed, " Let's hope so, and remember not to let Ella know of it just yet. "

Jace nodded and they both went up, he entered his room and rest for the night but Al stood around the Hall for a while.

From the previous conversation at his house, he knew that Ella had something on her mind and he didn't want her to think too much into stuff.

Al didn't want to tell Ella anything about a guaranteed future together as he knew that their future was unstable and uncertain and her emotion was still wavering, she might back off with even just a light push. He thought, ' she is too selfless to be in an uncertain relationship with me. Why can't you be more selfish and just live the life you want. '

He didn't want to let her overthink about it the whole night and come to a dangerous decision by herself so he went in front of her room and knocked on her door.