Chapter 294 - Because Hazel Is Cute

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When the two of them arrived at Lily's place, Hazel looked around the house, expecting her friend, Alex to come out and play with her. After a few minutes have passed, the person she was waiting for had not come out. Suddenly, her shoulders slumped as Hazel was feeling a little disappointed.

Lily saw the look on Hazel's face and chuckled. "Alex is still at school at this time. In half an hour, his school session will end and his father will pick him up. Hazel, will you wait for Alex?"

The little girl's face brightened up a little bit upon hearing Lily's explanation. 

She had thought that Alex did not come out because he did not want to play with her. It turned out that he was still at school.

Hazel nodded obediently before she sat down and took out a few books from her bag. As the two adults were discussing something in a low voice, Hazel decided to do her homework.

Once in a while, Hazel would lift her head to look at the two women across from her.

After a while, Hazel raised her head to look at Lily. After staring at Alex's mother for a few seconds, Hazel tilted her head to another side. It seemed that there was something different about Alex's mother.

"Why are you looking at Auntie Lily like that?" Edith noticed the strange look on Hazel's face and could not help but ask. 

Hazel hesitated. She could still remember her mother's words that there are certain things that she should not speak out loud, for example, another person's weight. However, after looking at Alex's mother for a while, Hazel was very curious.

In the end, the little girl moved over to Edith and whispered a few words. Edith's face changed and a while later, Edith looked at Lily with a smile on her face.

Edith let out a cough and spoke, "Well, Auntie Lily… she had a baby in her tummy." 

After listening to Edith explaining about the baby, Hazel stared at Lily's stomach with an amazement look in her eyes. It turned out that Alex will have a younger sibling soon and Hazel thought that it was a little strange.

Hazel recalled the conversation with her grandmother not too long ago and turned her head to look at Edith's tummy. If she was going to have younger siblings, then, her Auntie Edith's tummy would grow as big as Alex's mother's?

As Hazel continued to ponder about this mysterious thing, the door swung open and a figure ran in. 

"Mummy!" Seconds later, Alex was hugging her mother tightly. 

"How was school?" Lily asked as she patted at the boy's hair.

"It's tiring. Mummy, I miss you." The little boy kissed his mother's on the cheek and rubbed his face on his mother's arms. His movement soon halted when Alex noticed that there were a few other people and they were all looking at him.

Alex's face turned pale when he noticed that Hazel was in his house. He covered his face with both hands, picked up his bag, and ran over to his room.

"What happened to Alex?" Ethan asked when the boy ran past him. 

Lily laughed before she waved a hand to her husband. "Don't worry about him. He's just a little embarrassed."

Ethan frowned. He turned to Edith, greeted her before he went upstairs to his room.

"You just like to see your son getting embarrassed like that." Edith clicked her tongue disapprovingly at her friend. 

"Alex will be fine. I'm going to check on him first," Lily said and stood up. 

A few minutes later, Alex returned to the living area. His eyes were staring at Hazel with uncertainty. "Hazel, why are you here today?"

"Auntie Edith said that she had something to discuss with your mother."

Seeing that Hazel had not mentioned anything about his action earlier, Alex stopped hiding behind his mother. "Do you want to play with me? Let's go and play outside. I will help and push you on the swings."

The little girl stared at her homework. She glanced at Edith as if asking for her opinion. Once she had seen Edith nodded to give her permission, Hazel closed her book and walked over to Alex.

Edith watched as Alex hold hands with Hazel and led her outside to play in the backyard. A sigh escaped her as Edith started to worry about Hazel.

Next year, Hazel will start going to school. Edith and Neil both were worried that the girl will be able to make friends and adapt well. Though Hazel had started to talk again, the little girl was still a little afraid of people.

Other than the people she was familiar with, Hazel had refused to talk or interact with anyone.

In the class, Hazel would rather sit alone than joining others who were the same age as her. If it was not a requirement, Hazel would not join anyone for anything.

Edith could only hope that by going interacting more with Alex, the little girl would slowly build up her courage to interact with other kids.

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Meanwhile, Alex took Hazel to the small playground and helped to push the little girl on the swings. Because he did not have too much strength, the swings only moved a little bit.

"Alex, I heard that you're going to be a big brother."

"Hmm…" a smile curled on his face. "Mummy said I'm going to be a big brother to a cute little sister." His movement halted when he thought of something. "Tyler has a little sister as well and he always said that his little sister is annoying and not cute at all. Hazel, do you think that my little sister will be cute?

Hazel stared at Alex's face and did not speak. A little frown appeared on her face as she pondered over the question, but Hazel found out that she did not know the answer.

"I think that if I have a little sister like you, I would be a relief."

"Why is that?"

Alex stopped and stared at Hazel for a long time until the swing stopped to move.

He had spent his time around girls and thought that Hazel was the most nicest and obedient among everyone else. After spending a lot of time together, they became closer and Alex thought that he did not mind playing with a girl if that girl is Hazel. 

Alex looked into Hazel's bright, round eyes and suddenly looked away with a little blush on his face. "Because Hazel is cute."

Alex felt her face burned. This was the first time he had said those words and he did not know why he was a little embarrassed. 

The little girl was a little stunned. However, she did not give too much reaction towards Alex's words. Growing up, Hazel was a little used to hear the people around her say those words to her.

Seeing that the girl did not react, Alex took a deep breath to hid his feeling. "Alright. Sit tight. I'm going to start pushing you again."

Hazel snapped out of her thoughts and nodded obediently.. "Oh."

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