Tormenting Her Innocence novel Chapter 7

Damien entered the room and saw Zia sitting on the bed. She was caressing Kaya's head who had fallen asleep. Her head was placed on Zia's lap.

Noticing his presence, Zia looked at him. With a sigh, he walked towards them. Sitting on the bed, Damien glanced at Kaya's face. Her tear stains were still clearly visible on her cheeks.

Exhaling sharply, he gently kneaded that kid's hair. He still couldn't believe his own son got so harsh on that girl who had saved his mother's life by putting her own life at risk.

"Did you scold him?" Zia asked, a bit worried. Damien huffed before nodding gently. He looked at his wife.

"I didn't want to, Zia, but he left me with no other option, mi vida," This time Damien sounded upset too. It was not like he loved scolding his son. He just wanted what was good for him.

"After the way he was talking to her and the things he said to her, I just couldn't make myself to ignore his behaviour anymore,"

Zia sighed. She placed her palm over his hand and clutched it.

"It's okay. Sometimes, we have to go a little hard on our children, so that we can make them strong enough to deal with the actual hardness of life," she uttered to him, gently. Zia knew her husband had turned restless after scolding their son. Damien loved his son more than his own self, but at the same time, he didn't want his son to take that path in his life which he had chosen in his past.

"She is beautiful, ain't she?" Zia said, smiling while looking at Kaya's peacefully sleeping face. Damien beamed at her words and nodded in agreement.

"We have to make Zian understand that she is not here for any bad intentions. In fact, she has no intentions at all," Damien spoke. Zia agreed to her husband.

"Give him some time. I am sure Zian will start understanding everything and will even accept her as a part of her family," Zia said, beaming amiably. With a soft sigh, Damien nodded gently before focusing his gaze on Kaya's serene face and uttering.

"Hope so, he will start understanding her soon,"

………

Understanding was far away, Zian couldn't even accept the fact that his own parents scolded him so badly just because of that mute. They prioritised her over their own son.

Zian clutched the railing of his room's balcony. He was gazing at the darkness of the night while recalling everything that had happened a little while ago. His sleep had long lost him. Now his whole being was screaming that only thing….throw that ugly rat out of his house before it started nibbling his relationship with his parents and ruined it completely.

Next morning, Zia and Damien were making breakfast for everyone. Like always, they still hadn't stopped cooking together. They would at least cook one meal of the day together and mostly it was breakfast.

They both were busy preparing breakfast when a knock on the kitchen's door grabbed their attention.

"Kaya," Zia flashed a warm smile to Kaya who was standing at the door. The little girl beamed back.

"Come here," she invited her in. Kaya walked towards the couple who offered her a warm grin.

"Why did you wake up so early, sweetheart? Didn't you sleep well?" Zia asked. Kaya shook her head. She made them understand through her signs that she slept well but she was habitual of waking up early and she didn't even need to tell them the reason behind it anymore.

The couple didn't let her mood turn bad. Holding a cupcake from the tray, he extended it towards Kaya.

"Will our Kaya do us the honour of tasting this cupcake which we have prepared for her?" He uttered, making her smile. Her heart filled with happiness. She nodded and took that cupcake from him.

Kaya ate it and the couple noticed her golden eyes twinkled in joy after eating it. She looked extremely happy. Kaya showed a thumbs up to the couple, making them chuckle.