LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 349: Don't want a sister!
Scarlet sobbed and prayed her mother, returning presentable only when they reached their room. She made sure Nate wasn't there and sighed in relief. Then, she returned to begging her mommy not to tell Nate.
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Jaden observed her with a frown, but he also knew his sister would get away with anything sooner or later. Nate wouldn't be mad at them. Except when they hurt Lara, maybe.
He found her scene pointless, so he focused on his puzzles and left her to despair while following their mommy around. If he wasn't in a hurry to finish a new puzzle he had started for the first time a few days before, he would have watched her and laughed. His sister knew how to act strange sometimes.
Also, she wasn't scared for real, nor did she feel pain. Hers was just a tantrum. Wasn't it the case, he would have known it since they were twins.
He had made a piece of artwork for his mommy, so it was time to make something for Nate. Even though smaller, because he didn't like him as much. But he would have shown him the puzzle he had just finished and used it as a present. What use did he have of a finished puzzle, either way? Doing the same twice is boring.
He had just a few pieces to place, and he was almost done...
«Hey, help me convince mommy!» Scarlet exclaimed, appearing by his side. Her eyes were dry; she was taking a break from crying.
«I don't have time,» Jaden murmured. «And, also, it's not like Nate will do anything to you. He won't even get too angry.»
«But I don't want him to know!»
«Why?»
«Because.»
«Oh, just let me finish this...» he murmured. Maybe, he could distract Nate so that he forgot about Scarlet and stopped being angry or whatever his sister feared.
«Jadeen, heelp mee,» she whined.
Seeing her brother was lost in his thoughts, she pursed her lips and observed that puzzle. It wasn't that good, either. Why was he ignoring her for that?
She reached out to the corner and pulled until some pieces detached. She ruined part of Jaden's hard work.
«Now, will you listen to me?» she asked.
Too bad that Jaden collected the parts she had thrown around and sat next to the incomplete pictures. He was so close... He had almost finished, and now... Now he had to redo part of the work.
It would have been boring, but he needed to. But he also couldn't show it to Nate yet.
He started crying, his little heart aching because of the ruined work.
«I don't want a sister,» he exclaimed, squeezing the pieces against his chest as if Scarlet wanted to take those away from him. «I don't want a sister anymore!»
Since Scarlet didn't react, he turned her back to her and cried alone until Lara appeared a few seconds later.
«What happened?» she asked.
«Nothing,» Scarlet murmured, shrugging.
«She destroyed my puzzle,» Jaden explained.
Lara sat down next to him and made sure no piece was torn. Also, Jaden seemed to have collected them all. It wasn't as dark as it seemed.
«You can just make it again,» Lara said.
Instead of calming the pup down, her words made him cry again. He felt alone, and not even his mommy took his part...
«Come here,» she said, offering a hug. «It's okay, Jaden. I can help you...»
«Yes?» he moaned, hiding in her arms. He glanced back at the pouting Scarlet.
She was sitting there, her arms crossed and her lips pouting.
«You shouldn't ruin your brother's toys, Scarlet,» she said while rubbing Jaden's back. «He doesn't touch yours, does he? Also, why have you done this?»
«He didn't want to listen.»
«Oh...» Lara sighed. «So what if he didn't want to listen? You can't always have all the attention.»
When Scarlet started sobbing like Jaden, she just rolled her eyes. She wasn't going to play Scarlet's game and comfort her like him.
«Come here. We can finish this together,» she said instead, patting Jaden's shoulder and seeing how he had stopped crying and was just leaning on her, his head on her chest and his arms around her waist.
That is how Nate found them. One pup clinging to his mate, and the other crying helplessly but ignored.
His first instinct was to run to Scarlet. Only after patting her head did he realise there must have been a reason if she was there alone and Lara was comforting only Jaden. Had the twins fought? For him, it would have been a novelty.
«What happened?» he inquired.
He was looking at Scarlet, and the girl just shrugged, pretending not to know what the matter was. Thankfully, Lara updated him about the tantrums in school and how she had ruined Jaden's puzzle out of... Spite? Just because she didn't want to be the only one crying? It wasn't clear.
«What's going on, Scarlet?» Nate asked, offering a hug. The little girl crawled to him and hid in his arms.
Nate got up and walked to the kitchen. His daughter observed his shoulder and even opened her mouth to bite. But, at the last moment, she changed her mind. Maybe, it wasn't the best moment for that.
«What happened?» he repeated.
«I don't know,» she said.
«Why did you make so much trouble? What has Jaden done to you?»
«He didn't want to help me!»
«Help you with what?»
«Oh...»
She bowed her head, suddenly shy. There was no way she would tell Nate about what happened... Even though it was too late and he already knew everything.
«Why are you acting like this, Scarlet? It's not good to ruin other people's work. Or monopolising the pencils so that only you can draw. Especially if you aren't using them!»
«No?»
«No. Other people's work is also important. They should finish their job too. They also have a mommy they want to please.»
«But then, why did they want my mommy? Why?» she replied.