Chapter 315 - Little Reuben met the baby Veronica...

Caressing the red cheeks of Veronica which were looking nothing less than a ripe apple, he started their journey of the most amazing and heartwarming love story, "It had started exactly twenty six years and nine months ago…"

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Around twenty six years ago…

A small boy of two years age was playing in the garden of their beautifully decorated mansion.

His full body was covered with mud and water as he was sitting on the ground stretching both of his legs out on the green grass..

His eyes were dark grey and his light brown hair was falling on his forehead continuously and his small lips kept pouting from time to time as he was trying to plant the little tree in the garden area where many other beautiful flower plants were placed.

He had a round face with perfect eyebrows, long ears and sharp nose. His hands were small like his legs. 

The little boy was puffing his soft spongy cheeks time to time which was making him look the most innocent and cutest child of the world..

"Reuben.. My dear baby.. Where are you?" A sweet voice of a woman in her mid twenties reached to the boy's ears as he lifted his face to look at his front.

Seeing her mother walking towards him, he gave a very sweet smile to her and said in the softest baby voice, "I'm here Mamma.."

"Oh!! So you naughty boy is here and I was searching for you from nearly half an hour. And what is this baby? Why are you covered in mud? You'll catch cold nah, my baby…" Victoria Smith, Reuben's mother said as she picked up her son from the ground.

Small Reuben gave her a cute toothy smile and said, "Sorry Mamma.. Ben.. no more.. naughty.."

Victoria laughed at her cute son who was speaking in monosyllable words as he was still so much small that he could not speak properly. So instead of talking in a full sentence, he used to express his feelings in broken words.

"Aww!! My baby… Why are you so sweet?? Now come on. Let me get you freshen up. We have to visit Jessica aunt's house.." Victoria said and took Reuben to his washroom.

Hearing that he was going to visit Lopez Mansion after almost one month, he became really excited and exclaimed in joy, "Yayyyyy!! Ben going Aunt's home.."

Victoria chuckled and asked him, "My baby is getting excited to meet aunt Jessica? Did he miss her?"

Reuben nodded his head with a smile and said, "Yeshhhh…"

Laughing at his cuteness, Victoria washed him completely and wiped his little body with a towel before taking him into his bedroom and placing him on his small cradle like bed..

While dressing Reuben into a pair of t-shirt and short pants, she said, "You know what baby… Today you'll not only meet aunt Jessica but also a little baby too.."

"Baby??" Reuben asked in confusion with his big eyes widened.

"Yes.. A baby. Aunt Jessica's and uncle Jame's daughter. She is very small like a teddy bear and beautiful like a doll." Victoria said.

"Really? Can Ben play her?" Reuben asked in amazement.

"Hmm…Really.. And yes. Ben can play with her. Now let's get ready fast." Victoria replied with a smile.

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After forty five minutes…

Lopez Mansion…

It was Reuben's first time there after the little princess' birth. Jessica Lopez had given birth to their daughter one month ago.

Though Victoria had visited many times after her birth to see the little angel but she never brought Reuben with her.

She was well aware that her son was very much careful about everything but still she still couldn't take risk with kids..

Moreover the first few days were the most important days for a child after his or her birth. Any kind of carelessness and baby could get infected by different kinds of viruses which she didn't want...

Although, Jessica asked Victoria to bring Reuben with her as she also missed that cute little boy very much but everytime she got rejected by Victoria as she used to say, "No… I'll bring him after our angel completed one month. Ensuring a child's safety is the most important for now.."

So finally the day had arrived and Victoria entered Jessica's room with Reuben in her arms, only to witness Jessica cradling the little angle in her arms while she was softly smiling at her mother.

The scene was so beautiful that it brought back a beautiful smile on Victoria's face whereas Reuben had his eyebrows furrowed seeing it...

"Aunty…" Reuben called in a very soft voice.

Jessica looked up and her face brightened with a smile the moment her eyes fell on the small figure of Reuben who was calling her with his hands raised in the air as if asking her to carry him..

Victoria placed Reuben on the bed and took the little angel in her arms. Reuben immediately crawled into Jessica's lap and she wrapped him into her motherly arms and kissed his whole face adoringly...

Reuben giggled at the love he was getting from his aunt who was also a mother figure for him. He also pecked Jessica on both of her cheeks which made her smile at him lovingly.

"Aww!! I missed my baby so much. Did my little champ miss me too?" Jessica asked as she pinched his cheeks.

Giggling at her, Reuben answered, "Yeshhhhhh… Ben missed aunt too…"

He then turned his face towards the small girl in his mother's arms who was wrapped in a light pink baby blanket and asked Jessica pointing his index finger towards the little angel, "Baby??"

"Yes.. She is a small baby. Your new friend.." Jessica said smilingly.

Reuben quietly observed the baby's face with his big doe like eyes. His lips parted in amazement seeing the small figure who was looking at his mother's face with her dark brown eyes...

Her cheeks were chubby and red with a small pointed nose. Her small lips were dark pink in colour and her head was filled with soft light brown hair...

She was truly looking like an angel made in heaven...

Reuben kept staring at her, being mesmerized by her beauty and asked Jessica, "Baby's name?"

Jessica softly smiled at him and ruffled his hair before pronouncing, "Veronica… Her name is Veronica Lopez."