Veronica's POV
It seemed as though the only thing we needed for the bond between cade and I to finally click was just the meeting at his school.
I took him to the park the next day and there, I began to discover new traits about him that I did not know existed in the first place.
He was a jovial and lively child that enjoyed playing in the sand. His tough facade was just a way to keep out the people he felt insecure about and for the first few weeks, I was sure that things were perfect,just how they were.
Alpha Lloyd stayed away from me and would not talk to me if it did not involve cade and I was grateful. The last thing I wanted was another man in my life who would make me fall in love with him and then leave at the slightest whim.
When I arrived with Cade from school that evening to be met by a foreign woman, I had contemplated my next line of action.
In those two seconds that I spent staring at her, a billion thoughts had raced through my mind. Perhaps she was one of alpha Lloyd's exes. Or maybe she was the mother of cade, because I could see the resemblance between the dark haired boy and the brown haired woman.
" Aunty!" Cade had geleld, running into her arms and shocking me further.
In all the stories I had heard about alpha Lloyd, none told me he had a sister.
" I take it you must be his nanny? Then why are you just standing there, you should show him upstairs and take him out of his school clothes" the woman said ,her voice not harsh but having a slight twinge to it that made me feel lesser, lesser than her.
I have a small bow as I led him up, past her perfectly clipped eyebrows and away from her beautiful legs.
" That's my aunt. Monica. She probably came to take me to stay with her for the holiday" he said and I looked at him in surprise.
" You go to her place when you are on holidays?" I asked him as I scrubbed his body clean of the dust and grime he just have gathered from playing in school all day.
He nodded his head, splashing the water around, some getting into my eyes.
" Daddy likes it when she takes me with her, so he has the house to himself most of the times" he said.
I gave him a slight nod. That was fine by me. That would mean a vacation for me too, and that was what I needed right now.
We fell into silence even as I dried his hair and put on a new pair of clothes for him, and then suddenly he asked.
" Do you like my daddy Veronica?" He asked and if I had water in my mouth, I would have probably spat it out in shock.
" What?" I asked, wondering if somehow I had misheard him.
" I asked if you like my father?" He said again, this time, a small pout on his lips.
I thought for a while, my mind searching for an appropriate answer to give to the little boy.
" Well your father is a good man...but I don't like him more than that" I said to him.
He seemed to think for a while, his mouth parting to say something but I was quicker, dragging him down the stairs to have dinner and successfully shutting him up.
Monica still sat in the living room, eyeing me from the corner of her eyes as she gave cade a small pretend smile.
I did not want to read too much into it, but i knew she did not like me for some reasons I could not understand.
Cade was barely done eating when the door slammed open and that woman, the one I had seen the first day I came here walked in.
Just like that day, she was putting on an even shorter skirt with a shirt that did nothing to cover her breasts.
" Oh Emily! You look so good!" Monica yelled as she sprung up from the chair, pulling her into a hug, and basically crushing her body with hers.
" Oh thank you, it's been a while since I saw you, I swear you get prettier by the minute" the woman said and I tried to focus on the fish that I was filleting.
But somehow, I knew they would call me, and I was right.
" Don't you see a guest just walked in? Don't you have manners enough to get her a glass of water?" Monica said, her voice sounding like ice.
I looked up quickly, dropping my knife and washing my hands as I went to get a glass of water as she requested.
But the moment I got closer to her, she gasped, covering her nose instantly and looking at me with disgust.
" What is that disgusting smell! Is that you? Oh how does my brother cope with something like you taking care of his only child?" She asked and I tried not to roll my eyes.
" She was just cutting fish aunty, so maybe that is why" cade said from behind me in a bid to defend me but she shunned him quickly.
" Don't say that you beautiful boy, this is the elders business and you should finish eating quickly and get into bed, we have a long trip tomorrow " she said.
Cade opened his mouth to say something but then he stopped, turning back to the plate in front of him.
" Well I can't drink that water now, not when it has the smell of fish covering it" Emily said.
I turned back to go drop the glass and get another one, returning again with the new cup of water.
She took one sip of it and the next thing I felt was the cold water, being thrown at my face, dripping down my clothes and my hair.