Robert sat across from Layla and sipped on a bowl of soup.

"You feel sick? Really? You look fine to me." She glanced at him.

"I... I am sick on the inside," he muttered.

"Oh!" she said. "You are staying home for the drama."

"Don't you want my help? If you don't want it, I can just go." Though she was not entirely wrong, he had mostly stayed to help her.

They grew up together, after all, and the bond between siblings was strong.

"You are not so heartless after all." She finished her pasta and felt as though her stomach was about to burst, so she poured herself a glass of water. "I will go up to my room to grab my phone." "Layla, are you sure you don't want to shower first?" Robert reminded her. "If you argue with Mom and Dad looking like this, they will think that you've gone mad."

washed her face or brushed her hair before heading downstairs, so she knew that she

Robert hurried upstairs and entered Layla's

phone, she had finished her water and

phone from Robert and turned

Mike was asking if she had reached home safely, and Ivy had texted to tell her how she had told

her parents soon anyway.

message and stared at

the extent of finding a fake girlfriend precisely because he did not wish to be in conflict with Avery and

and headed toward

I've thought things through these past few days." She sat down next to Avery since

days? What can you decide

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kind of man I'd like to marry ever since I went searching around the globe for a partner, "Layla corrected herself. "Mom, Dad, I want someone who gives me a sense of security and I don't care about the rest. If 'm Wrong, and I end up unhappy, I can always

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