His Eagle Eyes on Me

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."

before heading downstairs,

Robert hurried upstairs and entered

her phone, she had finished her water and was feeling much

Robert and turned it on to find

if she had returned to Aryadelle, Mike was asking if she had reached home safely, and Ivy had texted to

parents soon anyway. Since Ivy had told their parents everything the night before, Avery and Elliot would

replied to Mike's message and stared at Eric's message hesitantly before deciding not

had gone to the extent of finding a fake girlfriend precisely because he did not wish to be in conflict with Avery and Elliot, so Layla decided that it would be best for her

set her phone down and headed toward the living

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

days? What can you decide in just a few days?" Elliot

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what 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