Chapter 165 Sleepover

Bella turned around to gaze at Brandon. “What a smart boy! You can use the hair dryer all by yourself!” she commented and ruffled his hair. The boy didn’t say anything, just smiled.

“Come over here, Brandon,” she said and put the hand on the mattress. “Tonight you’re going to sleep with me.” 

Charles climbed on the bed and lied next to her. A few minutes later, Bella closed the laptop and turned off the lamp.

“Do you need to go to school tomorrow?” she asked him in the dark.

“I don’t go to school.”

“Poor boy. If you are going to stay here, we need to enroll you in one. This may take a few days. Until then you can come with me to work or spend the day here.”

“I want to go wherever you go.”

“All right. Keep in mind that we’re going to wake up early.”

“That’s okay.”

“Good night then,” she said and turned her back to him.

The kid stared silently at the ceiling. He was unable to fall asleep next to her. He searched his mind for something to say.

“You didn’t answer my question,” he said.

“What question?”

“Remember when I asked you whether you’re in love with the Master of the house?”

He became furious when she ignored his comment.

“Bella?”

She turned around in her sleep and her leg touched his. Charles tried his best not to move. Gently, he put his hand over her thigh and closed his eyes.

Bella was in such deep sleep she did not hear the alarm in the morning. She just heard someone calling her name in her dream.

“Bella, Bella!”

She opened her eyes slightly and saw his face. She pushed him away and sat up, “Charles, when did you come back?”

Charles sat there with his cold face. He thought she would be happy to see him, but she was pushing him away! That was what this woman was like. The only thing she was good at was being a pain in the ass.

“I’ve been here for a while,” he said.

Bella stared at the boy carefully. It seemed that he somehow resembled Charles, the only difference being the eye color. Brandon’s eyes were grey.

“I'm totally f****d up! I mistook a child for Charles.”

Bella patted her chest to calm herself down and sighed in relief. She held the boy’s hand and apologized to him. She didn’t want him to think that she was too weird.

“Brandon, I’m so sorry. I just had a nightmare.”

Charles suddenly looked at her and asked coldly, “A nightmare?”

Bella nodded her head firmly, “I met a devil in my dream. Sorry, do I make you scared?”

Charles’s face changed color. If his ears were correct, she was calling him a “devil.” Was this how she viewed him?

He had paid such a high price to get back to her and in return he was being called a devil.

“Let’s get up and have some breakfast.” At the same moment, Roy’s voice came from outside.

“Lady, I have two sets of clothes for our little guest. Is it convenient to come in now?”

“Wait a moment,” replied Bella. She got up from bed and opened the door to Roy. She took the clothes and noticed that they were in the same style as Charles’s clothes.

“This is weird,” she commented but again, it made sense. Maybe Charles used to wear these clothes when he was small.  

“Let’s get dressed,” she said to Brandon.

“You must turn around,” he said. “I don’t want you to see me naked.”

The problem wasn’t that Charles felt shy. He just didn’t feel too comfortable in such a weak body. Being deprived of his masculinity was the worst thing that could happen.

Bella could not help but laugh. She turned round and said to him, “Don’t worry, you can have all the privacy you want. I need to go to the bathroom.”

She found him all dressed up when she came out of the bathroom, with his shirt tucked in his pants and the sleeves rolled up. Although only just a child, she found him quite handsome.

Bella gave him a big kiss on his face and nudged him to the bathroom.

“Time to wash your face,” she said. “We’ll be leaving in a minute.”

When they showed up at the dining hall, Roy forgot himself and almost addressed the child as “My Lord.”

“Lady, the breakfast is ready. Shall I serve it now?” he asked with his head lowered.

“Okay. Thank you.” Bella then pointed at Charles and said to Roy, “Can we allow this boy to stay here for a few days?”

“It’s up to you to decide, My Lady,” Roy had his head still lowered. He did not dare to look at the Lord with his own eyes in fear of the Lord. It was common knowledge that fifteen years ago, those who were unlucky enough to see the Lord as a child during his previous transformation, had been exiled to the bottom of the sea to take care of the Tree of Life. None of them were ever seen again.

The breakfast included fried eggs, bacon, sausages, and toast. It was not to Bella’s taste but Brandon seemed to enjoy it. After emptying his plate, he asked for one more egg, which Roy brought to him on a silver tray.

Charles took a bite of the egg and didn’t like it. This put Bella in a dilemma. She wanted to make him happy but didn’t want to waste more time.

“What’s wrong with the egg?” she asked.

“I want them with the sunny side up.”

“All right,” she said. “One more egg please with the sunny side up.”

“I’m sorry,” said Roy. “The cook has gone to the market to buy poultry.”

“Damn!”

Roy stared at her like an idiot. He was clueless as to what to do next.

“I’m going to make you that egg,” said Bella and headed to the kitchen. When she returned after five minutes, she was holding a dish with a fried egg-sunny side up.

“Yum-yum,” said Brandon while he ate his egg.

“I hope you like it.”

“It’s the best egg I’ve ever eaten. Will you cook for me in the future?”

“I’d love to cook for you for the rest of your life,” said Bella and she rubbed his hair with a smile.

“Hurry up now. I got to go to work.”