Chapter 179

I let out a yawn and rubbed my eyes before I sat up straight to see whatever Christian was doing. It was early in the morning, and as always, he was pulling weird stuff again.

“Hey, pervert!” I yelled at him and threw a pillow to his back. Christian froze up and looked at me with guilty eyes.

“Give me a good reason why you’re holding my bikini top and my bra.”

“That’s because.” Christian stuttered. “W-well, you see-”

“Well?” I frowned. “Okay, you’ve got me.” Christian sighed. “I was looking for your size because I think your boobs shrunk.”

I burst out laughing and decided to ignore whatever he was doing. It was obvious it was because he planned on buying me some presents, so I decided to let it drop.

“What’s with the footsteps?” I asked Christian as I focused on the sound behind the closed door. “The nurses are leaving,” Christian explained. “We have no need for them anymore and they are moving away their equipment, so…”

The wrong question at the wrong time.

“I can’t stop thinking about Gina,” Christian confessed. I tried playing it cool and did not remove the smile from my face.

Relax, Serena, she’s already gone.

“How come?” I played along. Christian sighed and sat down on the bed. “She didn’t show me any signs of wanting to leave yesterday, and now she’s just…gone,” Christian spoke.

“Isn’t that a good thing?” I asked. “Maybe she’s ready to move on with her life an-

“Impossible.” Christian stopped me. “She went through something traumatic which you can’t move on from that quickly. That’s impossible.”

“I moved on,” I shrugged. If I could move on with my life, so could she. Her wounds turned into scars, and she could walk just perfectly fine. Christian smiled and caressed his hand through my hair. “Not everyone is as strong as you, Serena.”

I blushed and looked down as I took in Christian’s words. I wouldn’t say I liked bragging about myself, but Christian was absolutely right. I was a strong person.

“Well, Enzo said that she’s fine, and you should trust your brother,” I told Christian. I honestly couldn’t care less whether he would figure it out or not, but I had yet to thank Enzo. Knowing him, he probably bribed the nurses to keep their mouths shut.

“So, what are our plans for today?” I asked Christian. “Are we going to take care of that list? Look for the key? Sell some of that special flour-

“No, not today.” Christian stopped my imagination. “I want to spend some alone time with my cousins if that’s alright with you.” Christian smiled. “I want to visit Dana, and I want to introduce Dario to Gio.”

He seemed so suspicious, and my insecurities were getting the best of me. Why did he not want me around? What if he looked at my bra because he planned on buying some other girl stuff instead?

“Will, you at least send me

to get to the bottom of it. “Let me guess. Beau has suddenly turned into a cousin of yours?” I teased. Christian and Beau

“Maybe,” Christian mumbled.

question for you.” Christian teased back. “Have you ever got up early in the morning

I shook my head. “Not because I don’t want to, but because you won’t let me.” I chuckled. There was no need to get up in the middle of the night or lose any sleep in the morning because Christian was dedicated

there,” Christian spoke, embarrassed. “Although Carmen has been

grateful for her and could not explain in words how much

days?” I spoke, surprised. “Wow, she’s

Christian shrugged. Sometimes I wished I had the opportunities to go back in time so I could celebrate my youth as she did. “So are we staying here, or are we

mumbled and

suspicious, and what was he up to away from me.

It was surprising to see he was still in a

living room. Beau held Siena in his hands and seemed hopeless as he was desperately trying to pull back

placed his hand on his shoulder. “Yes, and he sucks at it.

Beau.” I sighed. “How are you

my face!” Beau spoke. “It’s not my fault

a child with Isobel,” I muttered under my breath before making my way to the kitchen. Carmen was on her laptop, and

and ran over to the laptop so I could see Luke’s face through the video chat. “Lukey, I miss

out a chair. “That’s enough Siena for the day, you take

come to mommy!” I cooed and stuck out my hands, but she

months old,

the same stupid games as her dad. “Any volunteers to stay here the night

“Won’t you look at that? Christian cares about

playing with you. I’ll be there to watch these kids.” Enzo smiled before

shook his head. “Sorry, I’ll have to pass.”

whoever you want to

means I

a second,” Beau furrowed

Carmen had a startled look on her face and didn’t know where

The best thing about growing up without brothers was that I

blushed. “Crush? You’re

asked, annoyed.

eyes. “Of course

I might join and

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