𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧

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CLARE DISEUZA BURTON PERSPECTIVE

We were having a party, of our new house. I bought a new house, a bedroom, a dinning room, a kitchen and a bathroom, as well as a living room. I bought this house with my savings of past six years. We used to stay in a rented house, where water leaks from the ceiling, and the broken furnitures, even Grace insisted me on staying with her, but I didn't want to be a burden to her and now after a while we bought this house. My own house where I will stay with my Lucas for lifelong. So there is a small party where Lucas's four friends were invited, also their parents as well, and Grace along with Noami is here too. I took a break from office today just to prepare all the arrangements, and to make my son happy.

Since the day, I left Lucifer, there haven't been a day where I haven't cried for him. It sounds so awkward, but I still love him, I still crave for his touches, still his smile is crystal clear to me, afterall I fell in love with someone who never loved me, pretended to love me. I was decorating the cupcakes with sprinkles while tears made from my eyes, but I wiped it off when I saw someone's presence behind me.

I turned around and saw Leo, it's my colleague, or I can say more than a colleague, because he was there with me all the time along and never left me. He helped me along with Grace and Naomi to be mentally healthy, motivated me and encouraged me all the years.

"Leo, you should enjoy the party." I smiled when he smiled and spoke wiping my stains of tears away and that made me feel awkward.

"How can I enjoy the party when someone close to me is crying?" He said and put his finger under my chin and caressed my face along with my hairs when I moved slightly away from him and spoke.

"Leo, I-" I stopped talking when he came closure to me, so closure to me that his breathe was fanning my lips when I tried to spoke.

"Leo" My whispers felt murmurs when he grabbed my hair lightly and spoke looking at my lips to my eyes.

"Clare, I swear to you. I will take care of you and Lucas life long, just agree to be with me." I pushed him a little harshly and spoke.

"I can't Leo, Though Lucifer didn't loved me, but my heart and soul will always crave for his name. Please understand it, I don't want to hurt you but I can't accept the offer." I went out after saying that and felt sorry for his feelings towards me but I know, I can never be his.

How can I? when I still love Lucifer. Even if I be with Leo, I can never give him any love because I still care and love him endlessly.
I was leaving through the kitchen when I saw Lucas as he spoke.

"Mommy, why Leo uncle was holding your hairs? did he hurted you?" he said with worry when I smiled and nodded as a 'no' as he hugged me and I hugged him back.

I don't know why but Lucas never get attached with Leo, he doesn't like him that much and I can say that by his eyes. The way he looks at Leo.

He looks like he is gonna eat him up. Even though Leo tried thousands of time to get along but Lucas never showed him any interest. There was a time when Leo told him that Lucas could tell him 'Dada' but he squinted his eyes together and you won't believe what he said after that.

"My dada is still alive, I don't need a substitute of him."

I myself doesn't know from where he learned the word 'substitute' but later I knew that his school teacher was explaining some difficult words along with the meanings of the letter 'S' and from there he learnt that.

He keeps his cold gaze to Leo always but when he sees Lucifer in television, his eyes glowed with a bloom with happiness and excitement.

He talks just like his father but inspite of everything, he still misses his father and prayed to every sunday in Church just to give back his father. I sometimes, feel pity.

When I ran away, at that time Alexander didn't try to find me which I am grateful. I knew he just tried to make Lucifer weak. I heard in news that Lucifer dropped Alexander's business with a thud, even my father died because he have a lot of illegal businesses which I was not aware of. I felt bad for my father's death but I never went back to the hell and till death, I won't step on that hell.

I just want to live a peaceful life with my Lucas in my embrace but I had a feeling, a feeling that something is not going to go well. I don't know whether I am hallucinating or is it going to happen real but I am scared of something that I don't even know.

It is eating me up, with the tension of the atmosphere when I felt someone tap my shoulder and I flinced as I saw Leo again.

"I know it's hard for you, but think about it. You really want Lucas to grow up without having a father's love? I am not forcing you, but as a friend can I take you on a date this coming sunday? It will be just a normal date between two friends not two lovers. Afterall, you haven't been somewhere quite a long time." He smiled at me while I don't know what to say but I just smiled and spoke.

"I will let you know, Leo." He nodded and went away while I was clouded with my own thoughts about Leo's words. I heared my phone ringed and I picked up immediately as it was in my pocket, when I saw its Boss, I quickly picked up and spoke.

"Good evening Mr. David." I heared a sign and spoke

"You too Ms. Clare. I just want to know, are you coming tomorrow?"

"Yes, I am."

"Great, actually we got a new business partner, who wants to collab with us and for that I need your support. I will let you know about the person soon, actually I also doesn't know about him completely as he keeps his identity very hideous, but we will have a meeting on upcoming Thursday so you know, we can meet him and discuss everything, but as he is very powerful and quite a cold aura, I want you to handle this as I think you are perfect for this."

"I won't dissapoint you sir." I replied as soon as he said those words when he hung up but who is this person?

Is he someone I know?

I feel something is wrong or not quite right.

I feel a storm is going to knock my door and will change my life upside down.

I don't know what is this feeling but my heart is throbbing in my ribcage, ready to burst off.

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