"Carla, which one do you like next?" Ike asked her while holding three DVD CDs.
Carla thought for a while then choose, "Wheck it walf!"
"I love Wreck-It-Ralph!" Irene exclaimed.
"Alrighty!" Ike opened the DVD player and put the CD inside.
Katrina went in with a big tray with a roller, full of snacks such as cakes, popcorn, and drinks.
She sat beside the toddlers and prepared the snacks on the table.
Just as the movie started, another one came inside the entertainment. Everyone inside looked at the person who came.
"Granny!" Carla stood up and went to hug her. "Flora, get ready!" She said in her mind and called a butterfly to stand by.
"Carla! I've been looking for you!" Esmeralda widens her hands and gave her a big hug.
Carla hugged her and slid on her right hand at her grandma's nape, "Trix!"
Success!
Carla gave her a big smile and brought her grandmother on the couch with others.
"Mom, be careful." Katrina helped her mother to sit beside her.
"Granny~" Irene gave her grandma one bite of cake, then kissed her on the cheek.
"Grandma," Ike stood up and formally greeted her, he took her hand and put the back of her hand to his forehead as a sign of respect.
Esmeralda was full of joy seeing her grandkids together as they greeted her. She kissed each one of them and watched the movie with them.
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In the garden, Annalisa stayed behind while Leila went back to the party and entertained the guests.
Annalisa looked up and watched the starry night and felt peaceful. She enjoyed watching the sky here when she strolled with Carla before.
Enjoying the night here wasn't a bad idea either. She closed her eyes and remember the days how she and Leila became friends, until now.
Just as she reminiscing the past, someone was looking at her back. She sensed it and looked back.
"Claude, aren't you supposed to be inside?" Annalisa asked.
Claude smiled, "I just took a walk for air for a moment. Didn't mean to disturb you here."
Annalisa walked towards him, "No no, you didn't disturb me. I'm done grabbing the air here, if I stay, you'll lose an air more." She chuckled.
He laughed at her joke, "Haha! Then, I gotta stay and take all the remaining air! I hope you enjoy the party." He took the glass he was holding and put it in the air.
She didn't say anything but gave him a toast before passing him and went back inside.
He looked at her back and continued to walk. "She is still a beauty. Miss Country P, as expected." He thought.
She stopped after walking for a while and looked back unconsciously to where he was. She looked at him with disgusts, then went back to the party.
"This guy doesn't deserve Lei. I really don't understand why Lei chose him. What a loser. Thankfully, he isn't my husband." She thought.
(A/N: Lol, Carla thought the same too, Anna. But, don't be thankful yet, you'll never know the future. 😼)
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The party was over earlier than before, after all, tomorrow was a busy day for everyone such as studies and work. Monday, the hell day.
Leila brought Carla to the hallway. "Carla, mom's gift this time is a room just for you! Do you want it?"
Carla blinked and thought why. She was only two years old, isn't it too young for her to separate her from her parents?
Leila didn't know what Carla was thinking but still explain, "Your father told me that everyone needs privacy, even you. And it'll be hard for you to separate rooms in the future if you didn't practice early."
She added, "Though, I was a little against it. But will respect your decision. If you don't like it, you can ignore that gift and I'll give you another gift tomorrow. What do you want?"
Carla made a weird face, "So this is father's idea? Mom, he just wanted to Pa Pa Pa you in the bed every night!"
Now that she thinks about it, they didn't do the censored thing around her. "Then, where do they do that? Hotel? Another vacant room at home? We are rich anyway."
"Maybe they rarely do it as mom was busy taking care of both of me and the company. Father couldn't handle his junior anymore?" Carla frowned with that thought.
Leila was stunned to see her daughter thought so deep just for this. Was it hard to answer? It's just a multiple choice. A or B. "Dear, just follow what you want. No pressure."
Carla looked at her and sigh, "If you've already given birth to my younger brother, maybe I would disagree. Fine! For the sake of my unborn, unmade brother!" She said in her thoughts.
Carla smiled sweetly in front of her mother and answer, "Room! Lotsh of toys! And no fader (father) to annoy me!"
(A/N: Carla didn't want to acknowledge Claude as her father, thus she used the formal word 'father'. Unlike the informal one, she always used it at her mother, 'mama'. Father/Mother, was too distant to call that. While Mama/ Mommy, Papa/ Daddy, it can see truly the closeness. Though, this is not everyone's perspective, not sure what others thought. That's why, Leila didn't bother with it as she didn't understand this side of Carla, yet.)
Leila was stupefied at the last sentence but still laughed. She didn't know how her husband annoys their daughter. "Alright! You choose which room!"
Carla chose the room at the end of the hallway instead of the room beside her parents' room.
Leila was a little worried but still accepted it. She told the head maid to clean and prepare that room tomorrow. Tonight, Carla would still sleep in their room.
In the past life, Carla actually slept in the room beside them. However, after Alicia came and became the favorite, Carla was tossed at the end of the hallway.
This time, Carla chose that room not because she didn't want to be humiliated later on or too lazy to move later. But because there was something in the room at the end of the hallway. She wanted to get it early.
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Written by KircheLeaf
Cover Designed by CxlxrGreg
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~End of Chapter 20~