Chapter 76
Lyra walked over to Bruce as she tried cleaning off the dirt that had stuck to her wet clothes.
“Hello Lyra,” he said with Ryan in his arms.
“Hi, good evening” she greeted before looking at Ryan.
“Time to go home. Come, I’ll change your clothes to dry ones” she said as she moved ahead of them. They all followed into the house
“But I don’t have any clothes here. I don’t think daddy brought anyone for me or did you, daddy?”
Bruce shook his head but Miles spoke instead
“Don’t worry. My clothes should fit you perfectly well”
“You’ll give me your clothes?” Ryan asked with sparkling eyes. Miles nodded with a smile
“Of course. You’re family, remember?” This caused Ryan to blush so hard his ears turned red. He was so happy, they had even said it in the presence of his father. He hugged his father’s neck hiding his blushed face.
Bruce couldn’t say a word but only kept staring at his son. He is not sure he has ever seen his son this happy before. He didn’t know when he blurted out a thank you to Lyra when the children had gone up to change.
“It’s okay. He is like a son to me so it’s nothing” Lyra replied.
Bruce couldn’t stop staring at her. He couldn’t believe she was the same lady he had married and lived with for four good years. He never knew she was this playful, he never knew she could smile so beautiful and most of all, she was the best mother he has ever seen. He sighed as he thought about how wrong he had been to push her away for someone who never really loved him.
“I’m sorry” he blurted out as his eyes wandered everywhere but her.
Lyra, who was already on her way to her children’s room, halted on her step. She turned to look at Bruce with furrowed brows
“Why are you apologizing? What are you sorry for?” Lyra asked. Why was he apologizing for all of a sudden, she wondered but Bruce could only shake his head.
Even if he wants to start explaining, Lyra wouldn’t want that. She’ll start with I’ve forgiven you a long time ago. But he still felt pained for pushing her into her current boyfriend’s arms only for him to be betrayed by his lover.
Bruce could see now that Ella is the opposite of Lyra. While Lyra loved him for who he was, Ella loved him for his money. While Lyra fought for four good years for their marriage to work, Ella threw it away like it was nothing. While Lyra is the perfect mother, Ella was nothing but a slut. He made a mistake, a huge one that he knew can no longer be corrected.
Lyra had left him in the living room to check what her children were up to. She went up to help them dress up only to meet them already dressed in dry clothes. They had helped each other to dress, Lyra smiled before asking
“Shall we?”
The trio nodded, held hands together, and walked down the stairs with Lyra behind them.
When they got down, they met Bryan quietly sitting on one of the couches with Bruce on another. He was working on his phone. Lyra looked at the two men but didn’t say anything
“Hello, my love” Bryan stood up the moment he saw Lyra, forgetting the two kids he went over to Lyra.
“Hi, babe, why didn’t you come upstairs when you-” before Lyra completed her statement, Bryan had pulled her into a heated kiss. He kissed and sucked her lips
“Ewwwww” the children threw their faces away, Bruce included.
Lyra pulled away from the kiss to glare at Bryan, he was at it again. She could see jealousy written all over his face. They had talked about this before, she would never accept Bruce again but the man cannot help his jealousy.
She turned away from Bryan and asked no one in particular “Where is Tia?”
“Henri is around” Bruce replied and Lyra nodded understanding his words already. Tia was with Henri somewhere around. Lyra felt hands wrap around her waist, she turned to see Bryan behind her, and she sighed. He was acting like a kid again
“Ryan, when are we going to see you again?” she asked as she tried to get out of Bryan’s grip. He was now kissing her neck which she didn’t appreciate because she knew why he was doing all this.
“I’d love to come around again but I’ll ask my father about it first,” he replied. Lyra wanted to say something but Bryan interrupted
“It seems my wife is treating your son very well. He wants to come around some other time again” his words were directed to Bruce but the man didn’t say a word back to him and got a glare from Lyra instead.
“Yes, I’ll love to come again and again” Ryan jumped in excitedly oblivious to the heat amongst the adults.
“Let’s go, Ryan”
Ryan went first of all to hug the twins, Miles, and Miley before pulling away. Then he went over to hug Lyra
“Thank you for today, aunt Lyra”
“You’re welcome” Lyra replied with a smile before letting him go. With this, she has been able to pull Bryan away.
Ryan went over to his father and they both went out of the house.
“My Boss is here. I have to go now” Henri said when he sighted Bruce coming with Ryan.
Tia nodded before letting go of Henri and turned back to stare at the man coming.
She had seen Bryan enter early, she hoped Bryan didn’t act like he did the other time.
“Hello Mr. Bruce” Tia greeted and Bruce bobbed his head in response. She was observing the expression on his face if there was any anger but she saw none.
“You’ve not changed your clothes, Aunt Tia. You would catch a cold” Ryan retorted suddenly with a deep frown when he saw her still wearing her wet clothes.
“Well……” Tia scratched the back of her head as she thought of the right words to say.
“Do not mind her. I clearly stated for her to go and change her wet clothes but she refused”
Tia looked at Henri with an open mouth. Bruce could tell that Henri was lying just by Tia’s reaction, he chuckled softly
“Henri, when did you-” she was cut off by Henri
“Shhhh, what you are supposed to do now is run along and change that wet clothes of yours”
Ryan nodded in agreement
“Do you believe him?” Tia asked Ryan with puppy eyes. The boy instantly shook his head negatively
“Of course, I don’t. I believe aunt Tia more”
“Awwwwn,” Tia walked closer to him and hugged him. Ryan didn’t mind the wet clothes, he hugged her tightly. He received a lot of hugs today.
“You believe your aunt Tia and don’t believe me, your uncle?” Henri asked with a frown. Ryan chuckled when he saw the look on his uncle’s face
“Uncle Henri, I believe those that hug me and I can’t remember the last time you hugged me”
This caused both Bruce and Tia to laugh out loud at Henri.
“Is that so?” Henri asked before saying “Come here, come and take a hug from uncle”
“If I take a hug from you, I’ll have to take another one from aunt Tia and everyone back inside so there’s no need. Another time” he explained before opening the back of the car and entering.
Everyone kept staring at him till he closed the door
“What did he mean by that?” Shocked Henri turned to ask Tia. The lady was so happy she couldn’t help the grin that spread wide on her lips
“Oh, you’re excited about it, huh? Don’t worry, I’ll settle this matter with him at home” he turned to leave only to turn back to kiss her quickly on the lips before finally opening the driver’s seat, he slid in. Bruce also entered before Henri ignited the engine and drove off
Tia stood there and watched till the car disappeared out of sight.
“Did you enjoy your day that much?” Bruce couldn’t help but ask when he saw that the little boy had not stopped smiling since they entered the car.
“Yes, Daddy” Ryan giggled before he began to narrate all that happened there. He didn’t leave any detail out.
As he was saying this, his eyes sparkled, his face filled with excitement, and his white teeth displayed for everyone to see.
Bruce smiled as he caressed his hair, he was glad that Ryan could find happiness somewhere else. He didn’t know how to thank Lyra for this. If not for her, Ryan would have been as broken as he is but since she and her children were always there to support and love him, his mother’s decision didn’t affect him that much.
Unlike him that’s broken inside out, he finds it difficult to sleep. He is trying every possible way to stay away from her but hasn’t been able to stop thinking about her. Funny thing was, it is now he is receiving more information about Ella. She isn’t just cheating on him with Clinton, she is sleeping with every man who has a third leg.
He was bittered that he never sensed that earlier on, Ella was a slut.
Back at Lyra’s house, things wasn’t funny at all