Chapter 19 I hate her

Eve was asleep for just an hour when Grace’s cry woke her up. She got up almost immediately to check why she was crying.

Grace was crying beside her. She looked here and there to check who put her there but didn’t find anyone.

She put her up and caressed her back.

“What happened, my sweet little girl? Stop crying, Gracie. Are you hungry? Should I take you to your mother?” She said while cradling the little baby in her arms.

“You’re even better than me. She stops crying whenever she is with you.” Freya walked towards her. Eve looked at her, she was so busy with Grace that she didn’t see her coming.

“I think she is hungry.” With this, she put Grace gently in Freya’s arms.

Eve placed her hand on her head. Her head was spinning and it hurt. She didn’t get a proper sleep and after what Ayden did to her, she was even more tired.

Freya started feeding her. All she did was feed her and then left her crying. She didn’t even look at her after feeding her.

“I hate her.” Freya confessed.

Eve, who was smiling looking at the little baby, raised her head to look at Freya.

“I hated her from the time she came into my life. She reminds me of failure and nothing else. All I do is to feed her because that’s all I can do without looking at her face.”

“What are you saying, Freya? Maybe you’re shocked because you became a mother at such a young age. But she is a little baby. And everyone loves her.” She said and then took a pause.

“Also, you feed her because you care for her. You just need some time.” Eve said.

Freya looked at her with a smile on her face. It wasn’t a comforting smile but rather a mysterious one.

“How naïve of you to think that I feed her because I love her, Eve! No, you are wrong here. If I stop feeding her today, her dad would arrange someone else for that. I feed her so as to continue living here.”

Eve was shocked by the revelation. She didn’t know what else to say. How could she hate her own daughter? Maybe she was naïve so that she couldn’t understand the reason.

Thinking that she will be fine after some time, she dropped the topic. But nothing changed. Some days passed by and she was still the same.

It was as If Eve was the mother of Grace. With passing days, Freya grew even more negligent towards the baby. She used to forget feeding her and many times, even said no to that.

Mom and Eve both tried to make her understand but she didn’t. Eve has now acknowledged the fact that she hated Grace with her heart.

The time Eve spent with Grace, she felt happy. After Grace came, living in that hellhole was much more tolerable. Day by day, she grew very close to Grace.

Ayden was just the same. Sometimes, he behaves as if he loves her so much and the next day, he turns out to be a heartless monster. But with Grace, she forgot her sufferings.

Today she turned 1 month old and there was a celebration party for that. It was a party within close family members. The Blacks were also going to come.

Eve dressed up Grace in a beautiful teal coloured frock. She looked like a little princess.

“Awww… you look so beautiful just like a real princess. My Gracie turned 1 month old.” Eve said while kissing Grace all over her face.

“She is so lucky to have two mothers.” Mom said while looking at Eve and Freya.

“Why don’t you become her sole mother, Eve? I’ve no problem with that either.” Freya said with a smile. Bryan walked towards her but Ayden stopped him.

“Please, Freya… not today at least.” Eve begged. Mom was about to say something when Eve stopped her too in order to not spoil the mood.

Eve put the tiara on Grace’s head and she smiled at her, making her smile too. Ayden saw her smiling. She looked breathtakingly beautiful. She never smiled whenever she was with him. But with Grace, she couldn’t stop smiling.

“My princess is all ready.” Saying this, she kissed her forehead and then gave her to Bryan. He thanked her while she just smiled.

She walked towards Ayden and stood next to him. Offending him was the last thing on her mind. Ayden leaned down to match her level and then whispered in her ear.

“My queen is also ready. And she looks hot!”

Eve glared at him for a few seconds and then ignored his statement. Whatever he said, mattered the least to her.

All of them came outside, dressed beautifully for the occasion. Ayden pulled Eve closer to him and took her to meet some of the guests in the party.

Eve was ready to extract as much information as she could. After the party, all the men went inside a room. Now, this was the chance to sneak and dig up some useful information.

But first, she has to find Freya as Grace was crying. She hasn’t eaten anything for a long time. So, she walked towards mom and asked her where Freya was.

She found Freya who was sitting with her friend. She was about to give her the baby but she resisted.

“Don’t give her to me. If you are bored of her, pass her to someone else.” She said without any shame.

“I’m not BORED of her, Freya. She is hungry. Please, feed her.” Eve tried to control her emotions. Sometimes, she just couldn’t believe how heartless she could be.

“I’m not in the mood. She will not die if I don’t feed her now.” She replied harshly. Now this was the end of patience for Eve.

“Just shut up, Freya. You don’t deserve to be a mother.” And saying this, she walked out of the room.

“Trust me, I don’t want to either.” Freya screamed and then laughed. Even her friend joined her.

Eve was so angry that she wanted to slap her hard on the face. Grace was crying and she was being so insensitive.

She walked towards mom to ask her to talk to Freya but then stopped. Suddenly, an idea came to her mind. Although she felt guilty for using Grace into it, the plan will not harm her in any way.

According to her plan, all she had to do was to go to Bryan instead of going to mom. She just needed a reason to enter the room where all the men were and now she got one.

She entered the room. It was quite crowded. People were talking continuously. She started looking for Bryan while hiding from Ayden. But to her bad luck, Ayden found her first. He was talking to some of his men but once he saw her, walked towards her.

“Hey, what are you doing here?” He asked.

“Looking for Bryan.” She replied.

“And why are you looking for my brother?”

“Freya isn’t feeding her. See, how she is crying. Please help me find Bryan so that he can persuade her.”

He looked at her for a second and then both of them started searching for Bryan. Ayden found him and told him everything. He took Grace with her and walked towards his room.