just a piece of cake for me

Gulping hard, I turned to mom and then back at him. Just a minute ago, I had prepared a full truck of curses for Kristen but seeing him, all those faded away, making my mind go blind.

Then suddenly mom hugged me saying, “Oh my sweetheart, why didn’t you tell me you are going to participate in the event?”

‘What?’ I was awestruck. My gentle mom was back, surprising me.

I gestured to Aster what was going on but he blinked his eyes and assured me that everything was fine.

When mom pulled away, I asked her in a whispering tone, “When did he get here?”

“Just some while ago,” she replied and wrapping her hand around my shoulder, walked to Aster whispering, “You should have told me that you are having chocolate boy as your partner.”

“Mom!” I turned to her rolling my eyes but all I got was her chuckle.

“Since my work here is done, I will get going,” Aster said, preparing to leave.

“What? No!” my mom stopped him.

Narrowing my eyes, I glanced at her wondering why she was doing it.

“You should st