My Stepbrother's Bride

Episode 3: Confusion increases

Mia's POV

"Ding dong" "Ding dong". The doorbell rang loudly and woke me up from my sleep.

"yes, who is there?" I asked groggily

" The housekeeper," a lady replied from outside

" come in," I said, yawning as I sat up on my bed

The door was opened gently, and a young lady came in

" good morning, ma'am," she greeted me with a bright smile

" yeah, good morning, ma'am," I greeted back as I rubbed my hands over my face

"Hope you had a good night rest," she asked again, and I nodded

"Okay, please freshen up and come down. Breakfast would be served in 30 minutes. Your stepdad wants you all to have breakfast as a family, so I'll be coming back again in the next 30 minutes to escort you to the dining room," she said politely

" Okay, let me freshen up before 30 minutes. I'll be done," I replied

"Okay, ma'am, let me leave you to do that. I'd be back in the next 30 minutes," she said and made her way out of my room and closed the door gently behind her.

" gossh, their housekeepers are very polite and kind," I said to myself as I stepped down from my bed and made my way to the washroom.

"Oh my," I screamed when I saw my face as I walked past my dressing mirror. l rushed back to the mirror to get a better view of my face, and my goodness, my eyes were so puffy and swollen. I knew this was going to happen because I couldn't get a proper sleep last night, but I never knew it would be this much. I stayed up all night, no matter how much I tried to sleep. I just managed to catch a little sleep earlier this morning, maybe it was because I was in a new environment.

" oh no," I said as I pressed my hands on my eyes, trying to make them look normal again, but it didn't work. " what am I going to do now? Am I going to go to the dining room looking like this?" I said worriedly to myself

"ah, whatever," I concluded, "is not that I was going for my introduction or something. It's just breakfast. It is not like Mr. Pedro and his son would even care about my looks, and even if they show concern and ask me, I'd just tell them I couldn't get proper sleep last night because of the in change to environment, and that is it" I said to myself and hurried to the washroom to freshen up.

Dylan's POV

"ding dong" "ding dong," the doorbell rang loudly and interrupted my sleep

" what the heck?" I said grumpily as I used two pillows to cover my ears and tried to ignore the noise and continue sleeping

" ding dong," " ding dong." The doorbell rang again after a minute of silence, and I pressed the pillows tightly on my ears, still ignoring the noise

" ding dong" " ding dong," the doorbell rang again after another minute of silence, and I lost it

"Who the f*ck are you?" I yelled loudly at the person at the door as I moved the pillows away from my ears.

" The.. the housekeeper," a lady stuttered from outside, and I could feel her breath shaking

"housekeeper, come in!" I yelled again

" good morning, Master Dylan, please freshen up and come downstairs. Breakfast will be served in 30 minutes," she said hurriedly, not wanting to spend another second with me

" I don't have the appetite to eat this morning," I replied and laid down and continued sleeping again

" I'm sorry, sir, but your Dad said he wants you all to have breakfast as a family this morning," she insisted

"What? My dad said what?" I asked as I hastily sat up and turned to face her in surprise

"Your dad said he wants you all, that is, you, himself, your stepmom, and stepsister, to have breakfast together as a family," she repeated

" damn it," I said and sighed. "Okay, I've heard. I'm coming," I added and she went out and closed the door behind her.

"uurgghh" I screamed and started throwing my pillows against the wall.

" breakfast as a family, my foot!" I screamed again and continued throwing off my pillows. After throwing off all the pillows on my bed, I came down from my bed and made my way to the washroom to freshen up.

I got ready and was making my way downstairs when I saw one of the housekeeper escorting a young girl downstairs, and I knew immediately that she must be Mia, the daughter of that witch, because I saw her at the wedding yesterday. I stopped walking immediately and stared wickedly at her, wanting to go give her a piece of my mind, but I held myself back, but then a little opportunity came.

"good morning, Master Dylan," the housekeeper who was escorting her greeted me when she saw, and I could see the shock on Mia's face

" oh, so you are Dylan? Good morning," Mia greeted me with a smile, and this was my chance, I thought. I walked closer to them, turned to the housekeeper, and replied to her greeting with a smile. Then I turned to Mia, stared wickedly at her, scoffed at her, and said " disgusting little freak" to her face, and I could see the shock that appeared immediately on her face. Without waiting to hear a word from her, I turned around and continued my journey towards the dining room.

Mia's POV

I freshened up and got ready before the 30 minutes I was given and waited for the housekeeper in my room to come escort me to the dining room. The house was so big that someone like me, who did not know it so well, might get lost in it, and I guess that was why she wanted to escort me there.

At exactly 30 minutes, she came back to call me, and I followed her. While we were going downstairs, I saw a boy staring strangely at us.

"good morning, master Dylan." The housekeeper that was escorting me greeted him, and I was surprised. Wow, so he is Dylan. Wow, He looked so cute. I thought to myself. I greeted him warmly with a smile, but his actions and response left me dumbfounded.

He just scoffed at me and said, "Disgusting little freak," then he turned around and walked away. Like, how could he? I know we've never met each other before, but what? Disgusting little freak?

" huh? What an a*shole," I said out loud

"Is he always this rude?" I asked the housekeeper who was escorting me, but she didn't give me any response. She just bowed her head in silence. I guess maybe she was just being careful not to involve herself in family business. After a few seconds of silence, she asked me if we should continue, and I nodded, and we continued walking. When we got to the dining room, the housekeeper who was escorting me left me at the door and went back. I walked in, and I saw that snobbish boy already sitting at the dining table with my mom and Mr. Pedro.

"My dear, come join us, don't just stand there," Mr Pedro said to me when he noticed me. I took a deep breath, acted neutral, and walked towards them.

"good morning, sir," I greeted Mr. Pedro. "Good morning, Mom," I greeted my mom. "Good morning," I greeted that a*shole like nothing happened between us

"Good morning dear," Mr Pedro replied to my greeting

"good morning, my princess. Come sit close to mummy," my mom said, pointing at the seat next to her, acting all nice, but I didn't pay attention to what she was doing. I was just focused on how to carry out my revenge on that a*shole, Dylan, cause of course, I was going to get my revenge.