The Substitute Bride Is Reborn and Loves Her Husband No more - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Mommy there are ghost in the house

Tobi’s heart was horrified. He felt he was eating innocent little creatures.

Tobi started wailing, and Rose immediately hugged him, comforting him.

“Oh dear, sorry! I won’t make eggs for you again,” Rose said softly, gently rubbing his back to soothe him.

But instead of calming down, Tobi wailed louder.

He felt like a monster.

He had been eating innocent animals all this time.

He felt terrible—so guilty that he clung even tighter to Rose.

His mummy had been feeding him animals!

Even the beef!

Tobi’s eyes trembled.

So, even the beef he had been eating was from innocent animals that had been killed?

“Mummy, don’t kill birds again!” he cried, tears streaming down his cheeks.

He wanted his mummy to be a good person, not a bad one.

She shouldn’t eat animals anymore.

Awkward sweat had already broken out on Rose’s forehead.

What was she supposed to do now?

She didn’t know how to comfort Tobi anymore.

Should she become a vegetarian just for her son?

But she was used to beef and eggs.

Should they make her a monk instead?

“Dear… Mummy can’t stop eating eggs and meat. You know what? You can stop eating eggs if you want to, and Mummy won’t mind. Is that okay?” She said softly, blinking, hoping to hear his response.

Tobi nodded his little head, muttering, “Okay.”

But in his heart, he felt defeated.

His mummy had decided to be a bad guy.

She was still going to eat eggs and little animals.

What was he supposed to do?

She was his mummy, and she was eating eggs.

Tobi complained to Darius in his mind.

“Darius, how do we stop Mummy from eating the little birds and animals?”

He wouldn’t give up on his mummy.

If she wanted to eat animals, he would stop her.

Darius rolled his eyes inside Tobi’s mind, his voice sounding exasperated.

“Let her eat whatever she wants. If Mummy doesn’t eat those things, she will die.”

Darius’s words felt heavy, and Tobi’s little hand clutched Rose’s clothes tighter.

…

In the night, Rose felt like someone was shaking her body, trying to wake her.

She didn’t want to wake up. Instead of waking up, the little hands holding her nightdress shook her vigorously. She yawned instead of waking up and changed the position of her sleep.

Her locks covered her face, and her lips pouted, mumbling grumpily for whoever was trying to wake her to stay away. That person should leave her and go away. If that person was an adult trying to wake her up, she would have a serious fight with them. “Mummy, wake up. Mummy, else up,” she heard the tiny voice in her ear.

Rose muttered, “Huh?” processing if it was her son’s voice that she had really heard or if it was just someone pretending.

It was late; why would Tobi be waking her up? Rose did not believe that Tobi would disturb her. He was a good boy and didn’t like disturbing her when she was very tired and needed rest.

As she did not want to wake up, a tiny but serious voice in her head snapped her awake to pay attention to whoever was trying to get her up. So Rose furrowed her brows, deciding to wake up and see whoever it was.

“I’m finally awake. Why are you trying to wake me up? I’m trying to have a nice sleep here. You little devil or big devil, whoever is trying to wake me up,” Rose muttered half-asleep, rubbing her eyes. Her nightdress had somehow fallen off her shoulder, giving her a sloppy but pretty look.

One of her eyes opened, and then Rose saw Tobi staring at her with big brown eyes. What had happened to her baby, and why was he waking her up?

Rose quickly rubbed her eyes for the last time, wanting to make it clearer so she could see her son.

“Tobi, dear, why have you woken me so late?”

She rubbed his hair, her eyes staring at him seriously, asking the question. Her voice was soft, soothing to him, her actions and everything fitting for her child.

Tobi blinked, looking at her for a moment, then he opened his lips and said, “Mummy, I feel like there is someone watching us. Darius told me I feel like we are being watched.”

His eyes blinked at her seriously, and his expression looked like he was scared.

What sort of thing did Darius tell Tobi again? Rose gnashed her teeth. She would get that naughty wolf one day for always telling Tobi bad stuff.

The kid looked so scared, frightened, and there was sweat on his forehead.

Rose lifted him up, bringing him close to her. “Sleep with Mommy. Whoever is watching us can’t harm us. Let them do whatever they want.”

Her voice was soft, a whisper to her son’s ears, but it was audible for him to hear.

“Mummy, I’m really scared,” Tobi held her tighter and cried, his voice soft and small, less than what he had always sounded like.

Rose used her hands to hold him tighter too.

She looked at the time on the wall.

It was one AM. She knew that spirits walked by this time. Was it something like that that had scared her child? No, she couldn’t think it was that. Although those ugly things do walk, her child was a werewolf by birth. He was well-protected; if any spirits had wanted to harm her child, Darius would fight them. Werewolves do not sleep at night but only during the day.

“Come, let’s go get you a midnight snack. Would you like some?” Rose asked, rubbing Tobi’s head, requesting his concern. A little food could cheer him up and maybe stop the bad dream he had just had.

She wouldn’t want him sleeping without peace of mind.

Tobi looked up at her, blinking as if thinking of what she had said. His eyes looked back twice, glancing at the room. It was almost as if he wanted to sense if what he felt was still monitoring them.

Rose noticed his little action but did not say anything. She only cried in her heart.

Rose, stay calm, stay calm.

She wanted to act like a non-afraid adult to her kids.

The thoughts were getting into her head. Kids see things… Was Tobi actually right about everything and sensed something?

“Hey, honey, I’ll decide for you. Let’s go have a little midnight snack.”