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."

lowered her gaze and noticed that her clothes were all wrinkled. She had not washed her face or brushed her hair before heading downstairs, so she knew that she looked like a mess. "I just don't want to keep them waiting," Layla whispered. "Go grab my phone for

upstairs and entered Layla's

with her phone, she had finished her water

Robert and turned it

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

she had planned to talk to her parents soon

and stared at Eric's message hesitantly

not wish to be in conflict with Avery and Elliot, so Layla decided that it would be best for her to discuss this matter with her parents on

set her phone down and headed

Dad, I've thought things through these past few days." She sat down next to Avery since she felt like Avery would not

What can you decide in just a few days?"

more precise,

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 leave. I won't become a resentful woman