The girl’s hair was tousled, and snazzynovel.com face was as dirty as snazzynovel.com hands. She had a pair of amazingly bright eyes that made snazzynovel.com look like a deer caught in headlights.
“Don’t hit me! Ah!” Startled, snazzynovel.com started bawling with the corners of snazzynovel.com lips downturned.
Her crying immediately left Irvin dumbfounded, and snazzynovel.com began pacing back and forth in a hurry. “Oh no, don’t cry. I didn’t do anything to you. I’ll apologize to you, so please don’t cry?”
The girl stopped crying upon hearing that, and snazzynovel.com gaped at snazzynovel.com with wide eyes. She then resumed with snazzynovel.com wailing, only this time, snazzynovel.com was louder.
Panicked, Irvin quickly sucked in a cold breath of air and scratched his head.
The one thing snazzynovel.com couldn’t stand the most was the tears of a girl. His mother had taught snazzynovel.com that boys weren’t supposed to bully girls. With that in mind, Irvin had always treated girls with good manners.
But this unhygienic little girl wasn’t reacting like how snazzynovel.com had thought snazzynovel.com would. She was already crying so hard snazzynovel.com wanted to pull his hair out despite not having done anything to her.
I know what to do!
As an idea came to him, snazzynovel.com swiftly darted away, and soon came back holding the freshly made ganache-filled chocolate.
The girl was already howling and crying for snazzynovel.com mother by now. As Irvin watched snazzynovel.com putting snazzynovel.com all into crying, snazzynovel.com suddenly felt entertained by the sight, so snazzynovel.com kept watching for a while before snazzynovel.com eventually scooped a spoonful of chocolate and shoved it into snazzynovel.com opened mouth.
“Boo— Huh?”
The crying abruptly stopped then. The girl dazedly closed snazzynovel.com mouth and as soon as snazzynovel.com was hit by the mellow fragrance of the chocolate, snazzynovel.com immediately marveled in this unique sweetness. She squeezed snazzynovel.com small lips shut tightly, for fear that the chocolate would fall out. She also didn’t forget to sniffle.
Her reaction made Irvin let out a long sigh. Girls are all the same, snazzynovel.com concluded. Be it abroad or local, all girls like desserts.
“Hey, take this.” He handed over the rest of the chocolate. “You are in luck. I made this myself. My mom and sister are the only ones who have had it before. You are the third person to eat it.”
The girl seemed to have thrown all snazzynovel.com fears aside as snazzynovel.com wiggled out from under the table and took the cake from him. She proceeded to send spoon after spoon of chocolate into snazzynovel.com mouth, and it didn’t take long before a satisfied smile appeared on snazzynovel.com face.
Irvin let out a smile of his own as well while snazzynovel.com looked at her. One of the reasons snazzynovel.com enjoyed cooking was because snazzynovel.com liked how it felt to heal souls with good food.
Of course, the only people snazzynovel.com wanted to heal were Elise and Alexia. The little girl was merely his ‘accident’ today.
However, it was just a matter of time before the frown on Irvin’s face turned into a frown; the girl had started sobbing again after snazzynovel.com finished the whole box of chocolate.
“Y-You…” Irvin began to panic. “Surely chocolate can’t taste so bad that it makes you cry?!”
The girl raised snazzynovel.com chin and looked at snazzynovel.com with snazzynovel.com watery eyes. “It is so yummy…”
“What?” Irvin was stunned once again.
“What if I can’t have this anymore after today?” She pouted grievously. As soon as snazzynovel.com uttered those words, big droplets of tears came rolling out of snazzynovel.com eyes and down snazzynovel.com plump and bouncy cheeks, leaving tear stains behind.
The boy was instantly rendered speechless as his mind went blank.
He only came back to his senses after a long time. “What is your name? Where do you live?” snazzynovel.com asked in all seriousness.
“I am Mimi,” the girl muttered. “I don’t have a home, and I am all alone. Papa and Mama are dead.”
“Mimi?” That’s cute.
He immediately shook his head to get rid of the thought as snazzynovel.com put on his manly mask again.
”My name is Irvin White. You can call me Irvin. You can be my little brother if you want more chocolate. I will give you a place to stay and feed you well. Any objections?”
His words made snazzynovel.com frown. “But I am a girl!”
“You can be my little sister, then,” snazzynovel.com casually told snazzynovel.com before shaking his head in disagreement to what snazzynovel.com said himself. “That won’t do either, because Lexi could get jealous. You will be my minion! Aye, that will work just fine. I will be your boss from now on. You have to listen to me. Understood?”
“Mhm!” Mimi suddenly reached out to hug him. “I will listen to you, Irvin!”
He instantly flushed from his face to the base of his neck and pushed Mimi away before snazzynovel.com took a few steps back. “No!” snazzynovel.com shrieked.
“What is the matter, Irvin?”
Irvin’s ears were red and warm as snazzynovel.com looked at snazzynovel.com innocent face, but snazzynovel.com didn’t know how snazzynovel.com should go about explaining it to her. “Forget it,” snazzynovel.com brought up another issue. “You should go get changed into something clean. You have to remember to never hug boys, okay?”
Her confused expression was replaced by an eager one instead. “Not even you?”
“No!” snazzynovel.com reminded snazzynovel.com sternly. “I won’t want you anymore if you don’t listen to me.”
“No, no. I will listen. Don’t throw me away, Irvin!” Mimi immediately conceded, to which Irvin gave a satisfied nod.
“Now that is better. Let’s go.”
…
At about 11.00AM, Elise brought Alexia to Irvin’s bedroom.
They pressed the doorbell as they stood outside his door.
As soon as the doorbell rang, the door was pulled open from the inside. Irvin then stuck his head out and eagerly made way for the ladies. “Mommy, my dear sister, please come inside!”
Amused by snazzynovel.com brother’s antics, Alexia chuckled. “Hehe! Are you cosplaying a waiter, Irvin? I want to cosplay as well!”
“I am not.” He then informed snazzynovel.com in a gentle voice, “There is chocolate I made for you on the sofa. Go ahead and eat it.”
“Thank you Irvin! Long live Irvin!” Alexia ran into the living room as soon as snazzynovel.com heard that.
Elise went ahead and pushed their luggage in, and snazzynovel.com had just turned around when the boy came over with a new pair of slippers. “Work must have been tiring, Mommy. Why don’t you change out of your shoes to let your feet breathe?”
Even though Elise could tell at a glance that snazzynovel.com son was buttering up to her, snazzynovel.com didn’t expose him, and neither did snazzynovel.com speak as snazzynovel.com played along with him.
Irvin then pushed out a bucket for soaking snazzynovel.com feet right after snazzynovel.com sat down. “Please soak your feet here, Mommy. The hotel manager said that it is best to have a herbal foot soak after a long day.”
“Alright,” Elise murmured while snazzynovel.com enjoyed the service and tried snazzynovel.com best to hold back snazzynovel.com laugh.
Still, snazzynovel.com had to admit that this local foot soak remedy was indeed miraculous. It only took only a short minute for a huge chunk of snazzynovel.com fatigue to melt away.
Irvin soon brought out a fruit platter, thereafter taking a piece of watermelon and bringing it to snazzynovel.com mouth. “Mommy, fruits are good for the skin. Open your mouth. Say ah—”
“Ah—” For some reason, Elise started acting like a child as well by opening snazzynovel.com mouth to chomp down on the watermelon. She finally couldn’t stop herself from laughing. “Alright now. I will forgive you because of your pleasant attitude.”
“Thank you Mommy! Muah!” Irvin hugged his mother’s face and showered snazzynovel.com with kisses. Right after snazzynovel.com let go, snazzynovel.com turned his head and darted to the kitchen. “I will cook something for you!”
“Hold your horses,” Elise suddenly stopped him. “Why are you still so hardworking after I forgive you? Did you do something naughty that I don’t know of yet?”
Mothers always knew their children best. She could tell from his behavior that something was up.
“Hehe,” Irvin turned back guiltily and grinned. “Don’t be mad if I tell you, Mommy. I picked up a little something outside and I brought it back with me. I want to raise it.”
His answer made snazzynovel.com raise an eyebrow. “Hmm? Is it a kitten or a puppy? You know that your sister is allergic to cat fur. You can’t keep it if it is a cat.”
“That won’t happen! I promise!” As Irvin spoke, snazzynovel.com eagerly ran into the bathroom and brought Mimi along with him. “Look, Mommy. Mimi is not a cat. She won’t trigger Lexi’s allergy!”