Maya's POV

"Finally, you decided to return. I thought you were planning on .... " The rest of her words dies off when she saw the woman beside me.

Izzy's eyes narrowed down suspiciously on the woman and there was an edge to her voice as she asked " Who is.... "

But her voice trails off again when her eyes rested on the boy who just emerged from behind his mother.

For the first time ever, I saw Izzy stare at someone for a good five minutes without blinking, not in an intimidating manner but in a shocked, curious way.

To my surprise, Pedro made his way towards Izzy and thrust out his hand for a handshake while introducing himself " Hi, I'm Pedro and you are? "

Izzy didn't reply for a few seconds but kept staring at the boy, regarding him intently. Suddenly, she snorted and turned around to leave but after a few meters, turned back again and approached the boy.

"Hi, I'm Isabelle Spencer " She said and though her face was stoic, her voice was much warmer than usual.

I had to like really wipe my eyes twice with the back of my hand to make sure I was seeing right.

When Izzy had turned away initially, I had thought in my mind ' Game over. Izzy has done it again ' but then when she turned around, I was totally dumbfounded.

Moreover, when did Izzy start introducing herself as ' Isabelle Spencer ' ? Even at class, no one dares call her ' Isabelle ' but 'Izzy '.

Now why ?

Suddenly, my eyes widened. Could it be...?

"Oh my God " Cecil squealed at my side with adoring eyes "They look so good together "

They indeed looked good together. too good together. - What the f*ck! Who are we deceiving here!

Izzy looks like a devil, a lion about to devour its prey while Pedro looks like an innocent lamb, a lamb to the slaughter.

Pedro had blonde hair that was slicked back, the palest of blue eyes I've ever seen with thick brows that framed his face perfectly and he was four or five inches taller than Izzy. Though his chiseled face was still hidden with a bit of baby fat but it was obvious Pedro was going to be drop-dead gorgeous when he grows up.

Yes, the both of them together were aesthetically pleasing to the eyes but then this innocent soul was not meant to be with Izzy, she would taint him beyond redemption .

"Yes, they do "I replied just to please Cecil but no matter what I was saying , Izzy definitely isn't smitten by this boy.

Suddenly Izzy asks an outrageous question ,

"Is he my new plaything? "

There was a shocked and awkward silence afterwards while the smile on Cecil's face remained stuck .

"Hahaha " I laughed nervously just to ease this awkward moment "I'm sure she means playmate, Izzy here has a weird sense of humour " I tried my best to remedy this situation while secretly sending warning gazes at Izzy.

I can't tell if she believes me but Cecil laughs along with me and to be sincere, it helped ease the tension.

"It must be a slip of tongue then " Cecil laughs and thankfully Izzy didn't say anything to aggravate the barely savaged situation.

"I'm Izzy " Isabelle introduces herself to Cecil but I couldn't help but groan inwardly.

The message was loud and clear making me wonder if Cecil gets its too. Izzy is clearly drawing the line here, her son only is permitted to call her 'Isabelle "

"Nice to meet you Izzy, I'm Cecil " She waves and smiles back at Izzy and yes, she did get the message.

"Nice to you meet too " Izzy acknowledges with less enthusiasm as Cecil had displayed. She then turned and grabbed Pedro's hand saying " Let's go to my room "

"No! " I shrieked scaring everybody in the room, Izzy excluded - the girl was so calm as always.

" Why? " Izzy asked with an innocent look that I knew would only fool Cecil and Pedro. As if she doesn't why.

"I want you where my eyes can see you, besides Pedro is new and you might make him uncomfortable if you rush him through things." Came my most reasonable excuse of the century but Izzy and I , whose eyes just met and held knew the truth.

I couldn't trust Izzy with the boy and yes, she wouldn't do anything evil to Pedro since his mom is here and she's quite taken by him , but it's Izzy we're talking here, one shouldn't lower their guard around her.

"Fine then " Izzy readily agreed surprising me.

I thought she was going to start another of her

undisruptable arguments but she simply led Pedro to the sofa and made him sit beside him.

Though Izzy didn't talk much and as excited as Pedro was , but she was sure to give him enough attention and responses like 'umm', 'yes' , ' no ' , 'lift eyebrow ' and 'shrugg shoulders ' - that was all.

Although Pedro being near Izzy seem like a good thing! Since she hadn't given him her evil eye or taunt him to tears, that means she accepts him, right?

Izzy might be tough and smart but it concerns me a lot with the fact she can't communicate with kids her own age normally. She has this twisted sense of humour and sometimes her aura alone scares off potential playmates.

The worst part is that she doesn't even desire what kids her own age want . while her mates are busy thinking of getting a pony, do their hair, feed well, hangout with friends and probably get a boyfriend - kids these days surprise me, but that's not the point.

The point is that Izzy's desire is to overthrow her father and make everyone around her miserable without even realizing she's hurting herself in the process.

I switched on the television for their entertainment and went into the kitchen to get them some refreshments.

Because it was sunny and they waited for long, I made Cecil a fruit Iced tea while I put some chilled strawberries on a plate, cut it in halves and served it to the boy.

Cecil was going through a business magazine Nik normally leaves around while Izzy was going through her phone with Pedro trying to get her attention every now and then.

The way Izzy stared at me when I walked into the living room made me uncomfortable, as if she wanted to say something to me but decided against it eventually, but I pushed it to the back of my mind, Izzy was always weird anyway.

"Your husband must be a businessman? " Cecil commented while going through the magazine.

I blushed " Not really my husband, we aren't married yet " I explained and she nodded.

"Thank you " Cecil said accepting the iced tea from me and took a sip. She closed her eyes and savoured it, releasing a sound of approval afterwards.

"Taste good " She complimented and I smiled down on her and sat beside her on the sofa.

"What made me you move here, anyway? " I asked curiously.

She pursed her lips " I've been living abroad with Pedro for years now, so I decided to bring him back to his country. Atlest for him to get to know his people and connect with his root " She explained and I nodded.

Speaking of Pedro.

He was enjoying his strawberry and then picked a piece with the fork and brought it to Izzy's face but the girl scowled at him.

Right, Izzy doesn't eat strawberry- Is not that she dislikes it or have an allergy or something but I haven't seen her eat it at all.

The boy frowned "You don't like it?"

But Izzy replies instead " Feed me "

Beside me Cecil chokes on her drink , sputtering and coughing in the process while I had no choice than to rub her back.

It was during this process of giving Cecil a good rub on the back that my eyes somehow flickered to the news on the television and I froze.