CHAPTER33

Dinner eventually sprung back to life after Aiden left and discussions buzzed through the air. My sole focus was on Carter throughout that time as worry etched onto my features. He looked so pale and tired which was so unlike him. If only he'd be more serious about this. I was brought back from my thoughts when Lexis took a seat beside me and snapped his fingers in my face "Princess, who's keeping that mind of yours busy?" He stretched his hand at the back of my chair. Oh, you don't want to know. "Nothing and why do you care?" I ask a lot of stupid questions. He chuckled "Oh, you don't want to know" Is he reading my mind or what? Carter cleared his throat "Amelia and I are heading out so don't miss me too much" "No one intends on doing such" Lexis states flatly. "Suit yourself lover boy" he looked from Lexis to me with a smile. Oh God. Totally ignoring him, Brooke asked "Why so early? Oh my God, you guys better not be doing dirty in my house because I will kill-" "Shut up and no, we aren't going to have sex, dummy. Carter's tired and I have some work to be done" Melia halts her. I looked up to meet Carter's gaze trying to figure him out. "Off we go, see you bitches later" Melia flaunts off with Carter trailing behind her. "Bye guys and Carter?" I called and he turned his face to me "Do have some rest" I said but he just shrugged off and I knew he wasn't going to. "Please" I begged. He eventually replied "I promise I will" smiled tight-lipped and went after Melia. I looked at his retreating figure until he left the room and that was when I noticed that everyone bore witness to our little conversation. I cleared my throat and smiled awkwardly "What? You can't have a confidential discussion with your best friend?" "Whatever, I could care less" Ryan spoke first then they all shrugged in agreement and resumed with their food. I'm so glad I have somewhat gullible friends. I let out a sigh of relief and hope that Carter will actually listen to me but I was still aware of Lexis lingering eyes on my face as I resumed eating. ***** I woke up with a jolt as my phone rung aloud pretty sure it was capable of waking the whole neighborhood up. I groaned as I picked up the phone without looking "What?" "I need your help" Aiden's voice croaked out. Now I'm awake. "What's wrong? You okay?" I rubbed my eyes as I made my way to the bathroom. "I can't get up and everything just hurts" he groaned in complaint. I dropped my phone on the table as I washed my face "That's fine, I'll be there in a jiffy" I say. "Thanks" he croaked before cutting off the phone. I freshened up and made my way downstairs just to see Lexis making pancakes with his shirt on. I was kind of hoping to see him shirtless. "Morning Princess" he smiled before tossing a plate of pancakes towards me. "Right back at you loner," I said before taking a bite of his heavenly pancakes. "You still can't get over that name huh?" He cocked his brow. "Na. So I have to go take care of a very sick Aiden" I said in between bites. "He left dinner unexpectedly four days ago and now he's sick?" "Yes Loner, he's only human" "Whatever. Go take care of Adrian, Nurse Lorraine" he pressed a tad dramatic and I saw a flicker of emotion pass through his eyes. "Don't be jealous" I teased him. "I am definitely not" he defended himself. "Whatever suits you" I called out as I made my way to Aiden's house. I got out the spare key I stole from him and unlocked the front door. I then made my way up to his room and there he was crawled up in his bed shirtless and very sick. "Aw you poor baby," I said before settling on the bed. "H-hi" he croaked. "Shut up and let me check your temperature" I hushed him before taking out the thermometer Leon kept in his room for things like this. I kept it into his mouth and when I checked his temperature, it was 39.3° which wasn't too good. I went on to give him some pain relievers, massaged him with a cold towel and I made chicken soup just like mom used to make for Leon and I. I checked his temperature at intervals to see the progress and I was glad that it was working. He eventually refused to sleep so we settled for binge-watching Netflix and we surprisingly watched a lot of shows but at some point, we fell asleep from too much tv. I stirred awake and took a quick look outside the window to see that it was already dawn. I then turned to check up on Aiden when I saw that he wasn't there. Before I could call out his name, he walked into the room looking healthier than he was yesterday. "Feeling good are we Mr. Stalker?" I smiled. "Thanks to you my lady" he took the back of my hand and kissed it before chuckling. "So, why exactly did you leave dinner so suddenly," I brought up as he went rigid but he recovered quickly and shrugged "Nothing, just some work thing. I need to freshen up so yeah" he said quickly before leaving for the bathroom. Tired of sitting, I decided to take a walk around the room. I noticed the only picture he had by his bedside. I picked it up to have a good look at it. It was a picture of him with a man and a woman, I'm guessing his parents. He looked so much like his Dad, the same face and features but he only got his mom's hair and well, her smile. They looked so happy together, all smiles. Genuine happy smiles as a happy family. This was what all I wanted, a genuinely happy and complete family. I smiled sadly to myself and placed the picture back by the bedside. I decided to go into his walk-in closet just to snoop around. His clothes were just filled with suits that I have never seen him wear and lots of formal clothing which was quite weird because he never wore them. I walked deeper to his casual clothing only to see them packed into a box. I etched my eyebrow in confusion as I looked around again just to find that all his casual clothes weren't hung like before. They were all packed up. I bent down to check the box and why he was packing. As I began peeking, my eyes fell on a passport that belonged to him and a paper in it. I opened it and gasped as I read the content of the paper in shock. "What are you doing there" Aiden's voice startled me as anger replaced my features. I stood up and turned to him "A flight to Toronto in two days and with no return ticket? What does this mean Aiden? Tell me" Anger pierced through my eyes. "U-uh I think I owe you an explanation" He mumbles. Of course you do.