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Chapter 40 Despised

"Hi!" Olivia rose up as she saw Greg approaching.
Greg greets her with a kiss.
"To whom should I thanked for this treat?" He asked as he sat on the opposite side of the table.
A dinner for two that Olivia planned.
After talking nonsense with the nonsense airhead Sylvia, she decided to asked Greg to have dinner outside.
"No need for that, darling." She smiled at him. " I just realize we don't get much time to have our private matters since Siren left. The house has been chaotic and we are both busy to even deal with eating dinner outside."
Greg's facial expression soften as he realized that what she said is true.
"I'm sorry about that, darling."
"That's nothing. At least, we can have time now. Since you found Siren, Sylvia won't be bothering you anymore."
In her heart, she want nothing else but to drive Sylvia away from their lives. But she knows that she was powerless to do that. 
Sylvia isn't just a simple woman. She doesn't even got swayed by her words. What more of a threat from her?
"We can't blame her though. She's still my daughter's mother. Of course she will give such fuss about Siren running away."
"I just don't like the idea of her doing things like that. Of course there's something to blame on her too. If she just didn't leave her daughter like that, Siren will grow as a well-mannered lady."
"Are you saying that she shouldn't be staying with us since we already found Siren?"
"No. But isn't it the right thing to do? After all, I'm already your wife. Any woman would feel the same if her husband's ex-wife was staying under the same roof with them."
"But Sylvia and I are nothing more than friend's now. We are just business partners. And we are both parents to our daughter."
"But I'm not comfortable with her." She insist. "Can't you see how much she belittling me? She's always looking at me like I was just a dump cloth around the corner. Even the house helpers are treating her still as the mistress of the house. While me? They are just looking at me like a mere guest." She looked at him with a teary eyes.
For a moment, Greg fell into silence. As if he was weighing what words he must say.
"Okay, I'll talk to her about this matter. Don't worry, okay?"
Olivia gave him a small smile. Not really feeling grateful for his affection.
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Siren was busy watching music videos when she got a message from Todd.
She rolled her eyes as she read the message.
'Dinner with the family at seven. I'll come and pick you up.'
Seriously, she didn't get his point why he's doing things he shouldn't.
They are just parents to a yet unborn child, why he's acting like he's a total husband to her?
Even if it's against her will, she realized she still have to go with the flow. Besides, it's just a simple dinner after all. It's not like she's going to a company meeting.
Todd came at exactly six-thirty and picked her up.
"We didn't talk about this before." She breaks the silence while they are on the road.
"Yeah. But I guess it's just right to let my parents get to know you. I'm afraid they will refuse to accept their grandchild if they don't know who the mother is."
"But it's not like we should get closer to each other right?"
"That is beyond my control. It's all up to the both parties if you want to be close to each or not. I'm not forcing you. It's just for the child's sake."
She shut her mouth after that. Still didn't seeing his point.
To her surprise, Todd took her to the Black Diamond Hotel. Of all places, why he would chose the place for such dinner?
"Why did you bring me here?"  Asking him with a frown.
Todd shrugged his shoulders.
"Chad chose this place for Dad's birthday dinner. We reserved tables for families and friend."
She fell into silence.
True to his words, they got few tables inside the Hotel's restaurant. A big table for  the family and for their friends.
When she meet his parents, they doesn't seem to know who she was in Todd's life. They even ignore her presence at first.
"We only got six chairs here. Maybe your friend here can sit on the other tables with your other friends." His Dad obviously pointing her as he was looking at her while talking to his son.
She looked around. There's Todd's mom and dad, his twin brother Chad and Chad's girlfriend named - Siren tries to remember her name in brief seconds - Alexandrea. And the other familiar face. Sam. Right, she was Sam.
"Sam should be sitting along with others since she's not family." Todd seriously said. Holding her hand tightly.
For the first time, she felt a warm hand touching her heart when she heard him say those words.
He became her hero accidentally at this point.
"Sam is my goddaughter so she's a family." Todd's mom says.
Siren felt an awkward feeling, seeing how the two elders seems not liking her at first sight.
"Siren is my girlfriend, isn't she a family too?" Todd look at her for few seconds.
She felt that everybody's eyes looked at her  in an instant.
"What?" His dad.
"Uhm, Todd is right. Maybe I should sit with others since there's no seat for his girlfriend." Sam, all of a sudden come in between the conversation.
Siren smirked. Obviously, she knew this girl's act instantly.
For a moment, she wants to sit down and grab some chips as she watched the scene. Knowing that there will be a show going to happen later. 
When the woman left, she occupied the seat she had taken earlier.
"I didn't know that you already had a girlfriend." His father starts to speak.
"I thought that you are getting back with Sam." His mom.
Siren twitched her lips. So it has more behind the scenes than what the actual act was.
"So, why don't you tell us your name? Todd's a bit naughty. He didn't even mentioned you before." His dad looked at her.
Siren, who feel like she had watched this scene before, feels like enjoying it more. As if she was in a drama. And she was the villain of the story.
"I'm Siren Mendez. I'm pleased to meet you, Sir." She's in-character.
"Where did you met our son?"
Alexandrea, who excitedly sneaked under her spotlight took the chance to speak. She then starts her story-telling.
After hearing their story, the two elders looks not so pleased. They even glared at her for a moment. But nonetheless, they never say a word.
Chad, who feels the awkward scene with their parents, suddenly called the waiter to start their dinner.
Alexandrea, and Sam excuse themselves and gone to the restroom for a moment.
The food already being served before they came back.
"I heard that this Hotel hires the finest French chef in the world. His recipes are the most sought-after cuisines ever." Todd's mom commented while looking at the food on their plates.
"No wonder they can do that. This is one of the most famous Hotel in the country. Owned by the largest group of companies too." His dad.
But to Siren, no matter how appealing the food is, as long as she smells it and feels the wave on her stomach, she still loses the appetite to taste it.
She excuse herself when she feels like throwing up again.
She go straight to one of the cubicles and released the unpleasant thing inside her stomach.
As she was about to come out she heard two people talking outside.
"Sie ist so böse. Ich habe den Mann und das Mädchen gesehen, über die sie sprechen." (She is so bad, I've seen the guy and girl they're talking about.)
"Ja, ich habe sie auch gesehen. Das Mädchen sieht so jung aus, um schwanger zu sein. Wie kann sie das tun?" (Yeah, I saw them too. The girl looks so young to be pregnant. How can she do that?).
Siren raised her brows. The two were talking in German, and she actually understand them. But the thing is, she's confused about their topic.
"Das Mädchen tat mir leid. Sie wusste nicht, dass sie von dieser bösen Hexe unter Drogen gesetzt wurde. Und jetzt plant sie, den Freund zu schnappen!" (I felt sorry for the girl. Little did she know that this wicked witch drugged her. And now she's planning to catch the boyfriend!)
On the cubicle, Siren had the strong sense that she was the one they are talking about.
She didn't know where the idea came from, but her guts was telling her that it somewhat related to her.
The two ladies, whose wearing the hotel staff uniform were shocked when she come out from her cubicle.

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    It's a wonderful story 😁

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    it's super duper good

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