(On Hold) My Mysterious Boyfriend(Read Description)

Chapter 25

Third Person P.O.V
"But if you really want it, I can give it to you. How about that, Mother Dearest?" Neo told her as he smiled at her mischievously. "Really?" Parish asked him with a look of surprise. Neo on the other had scoff as he smiled at her. "You're really bad at hiding your motive. Say, how did you know the earring was special? Everyone else thought it was my ability." Neo asked her leaning on his hand. "Do I look that stupid to you? Your earring was glowing when those object appeared. I was standing right behind you. It wasn't that hard to notice." Parish said staring at him.

"Why yes, of course. I feel bad for thinking so lowly of your intelligence, mother dearest! I see you can be pretty observant too." Neo said as he clapped his hand once feigning an Innocent expression. Mira covered her mouth laughing silently at Neo. 'This... fucking... brat.' Parish thought annoyed as she glared at Neo. "I didn't say I wanted to take it. I just didn't think that a child like you could keep such an important item safe..." Parish told him as Mira glared at her slightly.

"Even if someone took it from me, it's not like they could use it anyway." Neo told her as Mira pat Hail who leaned into her. "Why us that?" Parish asked wanting to know what he was getting at. "Why... I was joking at first... but now that I think about it... I'm actually curious..." Neo spoke as he tapped Mira who took up from his lap holding Hail. "The basic blood contact can be fickle. In theory, as my mother, you should be able to use it. So how about it. Want to give it a try?" Neo asked his mother as he walked towards the edge of the table where she sat.

'Why... is he insisting on me having it? I doubt he could be that nice... Is it some kind of trap?' Parish thought glancing at him considering her options. "No... It's quite alright. If Noah gave it to you, then I'm sure he knows what he's doing." she told him as she looked straight ahead after seeing Mira hug Neo after putting Hail down. "Are you afraid that he would be displeased seeing your with the earring instead of me? I thought he hated me, even more than he hated you." Neo said as he pat Mira's head.

"Don't say that. Your father would never hate you." Parish told him glancing off to the side. "Pretty words. If you don't want the earring, then I'll take my leave. A shame. I actually was curious about the extent of a blood contract with an artifact." Neo told her as he got up to leave. "W-Wait... I want to ask... Did something happen between you and Noah?" Parish asked her son curious about what was going on between them. "Why don't you ask him yourself?" Neo replied as he glanced at her before turning around to leave the house. Parish gripped her hand in response not getting the reply she wanted to hear.

"Now that I think about it... it's pretty sad. This was probably the first time me and her ever got to talk one on one like that. She's always been the non-confrontational type... always running away from the real problems. In a way... she and Noah are a surprisingly good match for each other. There sure have been a lot of differences thia time around. Is it because of him, I wonder..." Neo spoke to Hail as he stared at Mira acting like a kid following a butterfly. Hail noticed someone walking to words them as he looked in that direction happily.

"Cousin Neo! Good morning!" Iva said as Neo glanced down at the box in her hand. "Need a hand?" Neo asked her as Mira finally caught the butterfly. "No need! I wanna be useful and help out on my own! Hey Hail! How are you this morning!" Iva said as she glanced down at Hail who looked happy to see her. "Oh yeah! Uncle Noah is fine now. Did you get a chance to see him?" Iva said as Neo turned away from her. "What's with that face? You seemed even more worried than me last night! Why are you so insisting on acting so cold towards Uncle? He's so nice." Iva asked Neo as Mira came towards them.

"It's complicated. You'll understand once you get older." Neo told her as he pat her head. "You sound like an old man." Iva asked narrowing her eyes at Neo. "Maybe I am." Neo responded as he turned to look at Mira who stood in front of them. "Neo! Look what I caught! A pretty blue butterfly!" Mira said before she looked down at Iva with a smile. "Iva! Good morning! How are you?" Mira asked with a smile as the butterfly flew around her head. "I'm good, Mira. Are you going to help with the preps?" Iva asked after answering Mira, looking back at Neo.