4: The Morning And The Man

It was a beautiful morning. The sun had just shown his face to the world, asking people to leave their lazy beds and snap off their sweet tooth dreams to face reality. Some were still behind the curtains, not wanting to let the sun's rays pass across their window and disturb one of the most precious moments. Feeling rejected, the sunrays travelled back to their origin and kissed the lonely sky to open its spectrum of beautiful colours. The crimson sky was now looking like an artwork on a canvas to be sold for millions of dollars. The different shades of colour will perhaps give you a complex mixture of nature's beauty, hypnotizing you at the gigantic depth it held in the wide field of its magical craft of blending colours.

Across the east of an exquisite mansion, a young lady was sitting on the balcony with an infant on her lap to appreciate the playfulness of the sun and the sky. The baby in her embrace was wrapped in a warm piece of feathery clothing while he rested his back on the torso of the newlywed mother.

"Like what you see baby?" Lilian asked Aiden who looked quite busy picking the features of each shade of different colours of the sky. His big doe eyes didn't even blink that often, maybe he didn't want to miss even a second of this scenery. He looked so calm and focused with this behaviour, looking much more mature than his actual age.

The young woman chuckled at the expensive moment as she caressed his globular soft head gently with her hand. 

Aiden was a morning person, unlike Lilian. He wouldn't keep calm in the early morning hours which always woke her up from her beloved sleep. She discovered that this cute little human over here loved to watch the sunrise and sunset. He would sit so calm in those moments of nature that anyone would wonder if this was the same naughty baby who liked to play with anything in his reach.

Two weeks had passed already since she moved into this mansion. The whole wedding thing and stuff was way back in the past and her present overlapped with the new responsibilities of being a mother. This child had found some unknown origin of motherly feelings inside her heart which she felt hard to ignore. His feeds, his bath, sometimes his cranky behaviour which settled down after a stroll in the garden, always wanting to be carried in his arms, him particularly disliking his nanny for some hidden reasons, and so many things. Her whole day revolved around him. Though he was a quiet handful sometimes, she loved taking care of him. 

As the sky started gaining its true colours, Lilian noticed Aiden wiggling at his place as he moved his limbs in the air. 

"Oh my, are you hungry?" She cooed and picked him up in her arms. She got up and walked out of the balcony while rubbing his back so he wouldn't cry. 

The mother walked to the kitchen, some maids already working there as usual. Looking at the madam around the space, one of the girls approached her to seek her requirements.

"Can you get his milk ready?" Lilian asked as she started rocking the slightly irritable baby.

The maid nodded and went to follow the instructions while the woman with her yellow pyjama marched her feet towards the swimming pool area. The soft skin of her baby was seeking some nutritious Vitamin D and the warmth he needed to be provided to be protected against hypothermia, the sun was a giver she appreciated.

A loud wail left the little mouth, Lilian rocked the baby steadily with small pats on his back.

"It's okay Aid, your milk is almost ready. It's okay, stop crying," she talked to him while entering a big open space. There was a medium-sized swimming pool in the centre and two chairs were placed to bask. The adjacent area where she was standing had a set of sofas and a table placed in the middle with a roof created to protect against the heat. A little left on the sofa, there were two big German shepherds tied to the pole who seemed to wiggle their tails after catching a glimpse of her.

"Aid look, Charlie and Cooper! They are calling you. Say hi," she made an effort to distract the infant but he only cried out more. Maybe his stomach was in the utmost need of calories, she sighed as she thought.

"Okay, I get that you are very hungry. Let's go and see if your milk is ready, okay?" She turned intending to visit the kitchen again but thanks to the lord, the maid was already there.

"Thank you." Lilian smiled before taking the bottle in her hand, waving to her that she could go back to her work.

Seeing a pink-capped familiar bottle, Aiden calmed down a little. His teary eyes watched the white fluid attentively which was probably looking appetizing to his little tummy. Aiming for the target, his arms danced in the air as he tried to get a grip on his food.

"Calm down, give me a minute," the mother ordered the hyperactive baby while squeezing out some milk on the back of her hand to make sure it had the adequate temperature to be fed. After getting a green signal, she put the nipple of the milk bottle in his mouth which the hungry creature started sucking like he hadn't eaten anything in ages. 

Lilian chuckled, holding the bottle against his mouth and walked towards the sofa to take a comfortable seat. The tot was busy in his feed and her eyes were directed to the same place as usual. 

Straight across the other end, there was this room which had glass walls, maybe to let the person inside enjoy the scenery of the high hills and mountains. It was a gym room which had various equipment and currently, there was her anticipated man doing barbell squats with his side profile displayed at her. It was not that close enough to point out every single detail but she could appreciate his flushed face and tensed muscle with her focused binocular vision. 

Richard never missed his schedule and this foolish woman unconsciously found herself sitting at the same place, staring at him as she added an uncertain thing to her routine. Her heart always skipped a beat at his appearance, his intimidating look giving her chill and spark at the same time. Why was she so tempted by him? Richard Tucker, what were you doing to her fragile heart?

The azure eyes caught her stolen gazes. Lilian averted her eyes instantly like a kid caught eating candy. Her heart thumped loudly as her extremities turned cold while she eyed the baby with her mind still in the gym room, watching Richard staring at her.

'Calm down,' she ordered her crazy heart.

"Madam."

She looked towards the sound, a maid standing there. 

"Your mother-in-law is here. Please come to the living area," the maid said.