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."

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

hurried upstairs and entered Layla's

had finished

Robert and turned it on to

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

to talk to her parents soon anyway. Since Ivy had told their parents

stared at Eric's message hesitantly

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

her phone down and headed toward the living

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

decide in

be more

want someone who gives me a sense of security and I don't care about the rest. If 'm Wrong, and I end up