MY STEPBROTHER'S REPLACEMENT

Chapter #8

After dinner, Emma invites Henrietta to chat in the living room while watching a movie, while Elijah and Henry are in Henry's workspace.

"Where did you learn to cook?" asked Emma enthusiastically.

"My mother, she is very good at cooking, I even wrote her own recipes according to mommy's instructions," Henrietta replied with a beautiful smile.

He thought Henry's mother wouldn't like him, considering he was just Julia's replacement. He also thought that Henry's mother was the type of socialite woman who liked to hang out with other conglomerate wives, but she was wrong, Henry's mother was very kind and friendly.

"Your mother must be a good chef" Emma said.

"No, mommy is just a home-based woman who spends her time just at the restaurant and at home taking care of me" Henrietta replied.

"Your mother must have been a great woman" Emma said.

"I want to meet your mother, aren't you Marco's nephew? I remember Marco only having two younger sisters who didn't like being in the kitchen" Emma said.

As soon as Henrietta is nervous, she is confused as to what to answer to Emma.

"My mother is Marco's uncle's distant cousin, and my mother died four years ago" Henrietta said, leaving Emma to ask no questions about her mother's relationship with Marco.

"Oh baby, I'm sorry, I really don't know" Emma said in a guilty and regretful tone.

Emma approached Henrietta and held her hands together.

"I'm sorry mommy Rietta" Emma said.

"Mm, it's okay mom," Henrietta smiled at Emma so she wouldn't feel guilty.

"If you have time to play in Canada, if Henry's there mommy will tell him to take you too, we can cook together,"

"Do you like gardening?" asked Emma and was nodding her head back by Henrietta.

Emma clapped her hands and exclaimed cheerfully. "That's great, we'll spend some time together later,"

Henrietta also smiled happily at her father-in-law's words, she was happy that Emma treated her well when they had just met yesterday, even if only briefly.

"You're very different from Julia, if Henry had met you first and not Julia, you'd have been my daughter-in-law for a long time" Emma said.

Henrietta said nothing, because she was not very familiar and did not know how Julia was, she only met Julia once, even when her father brought her affair to their house.

"But I'm glad Henry's married to you now" Emma said.

"Mommy wouldn't be happy if Julia was Henry's wife?" Henrietta tried to ask her mother-in-law about all the words she had just said.

"I'm just not satisfied with Julia, we only met with Julia three times, the first time Henry brought Julia Canada, and not even in the mansion but in the restaurant, the second when determining their engagement and the third at their engagement, how much should we as parents present?" obviously Emma.

Henrietta nodded her head. "Maybe because Julia is busy" Henrietta said.

According to news that Henrietta saw on the internet Julia is the director and also the heir of SG CORP, the company owned by her unborn father, Marco Sergei.

"Mc ... Probably, too," said Emma twitching her shoulders indifferently.

"But, now that mommy is happy that you're Henry's wife, mommy hopes that your marriage will last and Henry will love you" Emma and Henrietta said, only to reply with a bitter smile.

Emma appears to be in complete support if Henrietta becomes Henry's wife forever.

Two men of different ages were chatting seriously.

It appears that the father was advising Henry about marriage. "Daddy wants you to be a good husband and take responsibility for Rietta as long as you're married, daddy doesn't know how your relationship will be going but, as long as Henrietta is your wife treat her well, treat her well, daddy's sure she's a good woman, if one day Julia comes to her senses and you want to go back to her talk to Henrietta and get it done, and if instead if someday you start loving Henrietta solve your problems with Julia, daddy doesn't want there to be a grudge between you" Elijah explained at length.

"Daddy also knew about Julia who could not have children because of the accident at that time" Elijah said

"Be wise in your decision, don't hurt any woman someday" Elijah patted his son on the shoulder and walked out of Henry's study.

He will meet his wife who is with their daughter-in-law.

While Henry has not moved a bit from his seat even though the father has left his room.

Henry looked pondering, and then standing up from his seat, he did not want to think of anything just yet for now.

'Even Julia can't be like that' Henry's inner self.

Henry walked up to them and sat down with the three men.

"When will daddy and mommy come home?" ask Henry.

"You drove out your own mommy?" Emma stared intently at that only son.

"No, I'm just asking" Henry explained.

Henrietta, seeing the interaction between the mother and the child, sees Henry as very different from his parents.

"After thinking about mommy and daddy going home tomorrow alone, mommy wants to spend a little time with Rietta, mommy already promised tomorrow will take Rietta for a walk, hasn't he lived in Switzerland all this time? surely she had forgotten the streets of New York so mommy would take her for a walk" Emma said at length with her passion.

"Daddy agreed?" henry asked his father.

"Of course, your mother's words are absolute and indisputable" Elijah replied smilingly.

"Mommy heard from Ely's aunt that you were at the office" Emma said.

"Mm ..." murmured Henry in response.

"Oh God, mommy told you to take your day off, you just got married and you just left your wife alone?" Emma's never minded about her workaholic son.

"Mom, here he is not alone, here are many servants who take care of him," said Henry.

Henrietta interrupts Emma's words that will nag Henry again.

"Mom, I'm fine" Henrietta said.

Emma looked at Henrietta and looked at her. "You don't get too soft on him, be harder on him, okay?" said Emma.

Henrietta smiled and answered her mother-in-law's words. "Yes mom,"

Henry seemed to squint his eyes at Henrietta who easily complied with her mommy.

"Our color is not going home, so daddy will see the company for a while tomorrow, it's a long time daddy is not there" said Elijah.

Until it did not feel the time had shown at 10 pm, the four of them decided to go into their respective rooms.

"Rietta, isn't Henry's room there? Why did you come in here" said Emma, who saw Henrietta open another door.

"You didn't sleep together?" emma asked Henrietta and Henry behind Henrietta.

Henrietta looked silent and said nothing.

"We didn't sleep with mom" Henry said.

Emma looked at her son with an indescribable look.

"Come into Henry's room, Rietta," Emma said.

Henrietta looked at Henry. "Come on Rietta" Henry told Rietta to go into Henry's room.

Henrietta decides to go into Henry's room.

"Never let Rietta sleep in another room alone, you are married now, and however you have to sleep one room" Emma said firmly.

"I know mom" said Henry.

"Come in son" Elijah told his son.

Henry went into his room because he didn't want to hear his mother's protest anymore.

"You're too much darling" Elijah told his wife after Henry left.

"If I wasn't like that, they'd keep sleeping apart, how would we have grandchildren then" Emma replied.