The pent house was silent. If a pin would fall on the floor, the 'ring' of the metal could be perceived. The scion slept peacefully on the couch, noticing the marks of the leather imprinted on his cheek while he slept on his stomach , I decided to pick him up and take him to the guest bedroom.
I gently made him sit up and carried him like a baby to the bedroom, he quickly held onto me and laid his head on my shoulder and slept closely. As I laid him down and covered him up with the comforter , an adorable smile stretched on his lips as if his mind bore a beautiful dream. Looking at him, he was looked so much like kaden, his eyes, his face, his nose, the proportions, looked all like Kaden, but his face looked innocent and unknown of certain facts of immorallity. His pink-puffed cheeks looked so cute that it made me want to pull them. He was so adorable , i sat on my knees and adored the sleeping boy , and gently caressed his cheeks and forehead, his smile seemed to grow wider and he would instantly lean into my touch when i stroked his cheek. My heart was swollen at the sight, but at the same time I felt pity for this little lass because he had to be like Kaden; with no innocence whatsoever.

While i was busy adoring the scion, I hadn't noticed the figure standing on the threshold of the door noticing my every move.

Kaden watched as she hadn't noticed his presence, the way her hand caressed his brother, the way his brother unconsciously leaned into her larger hands while she stroked his cheeks gently , somehow made it Kaden happy. Kaison was always discomforted by his mother and maids touching him, he would immediately wake up if someone was touching him , but with her? He didn't, infact he liked her presence. And that surprised Kaden. Since she had been with him, Kaden would some or the other way have her in his mind, unconsciously, he tried to shake away  thoughts of her but failed miserably at certain times, though he was sure of his emotions and had all of them straddled to a pillar in his mind that he had carved for Céline, but right now he seemed to be questioning his own conscious, he felt for Céline, but still she wasn't enough. What he had figured out was the fact that Céline was just not the one and he had to end it soon with her.

He left without making his presence known when his phone vibrated against his pocket.

From the corner of the eyes, I had seen a shadow pass, which made turn my head and see to find someone , but there was no one. On queue, I got up and went to take a shower.

The warm shower was a relief against My stiff joints and limbs. It felt very relaxing but if it could involve my favorite vanilla essenced oil- .
My luxury were long loved until now, I had to start controlling my needs for the things I used to have. I picked up the conditioner and the shampoo and washed my hair, it almost immediately made me feel relaxed and after bathing , all I wanted to do was sleep.

With the thoughts of sleeping after bathing, I rubbed the towel on my skin , and wore the jeans and a white shirt that jinellia had bought for me. As I was about to sit on the bed, I hard the sound of someone opening the cabinets , and so cautiously, I walked to the kitchen only to find the little boy standing on the stole and opening and closing cabinets on the higher shelf. A smile erupted on my face.

"Are you hungry?"
My voice the calmest.

In a second the boy immediately climbed down from the stool and looked at me with fear, he thought I would punish. I smiled and immediately saw the boy relieved.

"Hm?"
I asked with a gentle smile.

He shyly bopped his head up and down and I walked to the fridge and picked up the items and started making food for him.
Fried chicken , bacon and chicken fried rice.
Kaison sat on the kitchen island and was eagerly looking at whatever I was doing
As I stir-fried the rice , I had already shallow fried some bacon and had served kaison 4 strips of bacon with a little pepper and salt and the fried rice, while I was deep frying the chicken, I saw the boy eating happily, and I asked,

" do you like it?"

He looked up from his plate, and nodded with a cute smile.

We both ate the fried chicken and fried rice together , I sat opposite to kaison, kaison was a very quiet and innocent boy, his aura almost felt very awkward , but I knew how it felt to be quiet and not being able to come up with anything to say, so I tried to make small talks with him, but he only replied with just nodding or shaking his head for yes or no. After were done, I put our plates and the pans in the sink, while I made kaison sit on the sofa and put some cartoons on the TV for him, he watched quietly while I washed the dishes,

Where did Kaden go? I'm worr-
I stopped myself from completing the sentence in my mind, I didn't want to accept it, something in me told me to not trust him too much and keep a distance. But on the other hand whatever Taylor had said meddled with my thoughts.

Soon it had come to be evening, for sometime I sat with kaison and watched some TV with him.

8pm and I decided to cook some more chicken tenders and fried rice for the dinner. 9pm , and we ate dinner.

"What is your bed time?"
I asked kaison gently, and he answered while rubbing his eyes, out of sleepiness.

"Late."

Ofcourse, mafia's do shit till late at night and for them the children have to keep waking up, but kaison looked pretty tired and children should sleep early. So I had made my mind to send kaison to bed early.

"Let's go to bed."
I said with a happy smile to cheer him up.

He immediately stopped his actions and replied with an abrupt 'no'.

"Okay, but you should atleast lay down , I'll tell you a story."
He seemed a little affirmative about this idea. So he gently nodded and I gave him my hand and we walked in the guest bedroom.

Again I laid him in the bed and covered him with the comforters, I sat at the corner of the bed,

"Which story do you want to listen to?"
I asked him.

"I... don't.... know about- a-any."
He said while stuttering.

I was almost surprised by his behavior, because these people didn't even treat a child like a child.
What surprised me more was the fact that would speak English instead of Italiano like his brother.
"Okay... I'll tell you about one."

His dull eyes immediately brightened a bit and he sat a little straighter.

I told him the story of David Copperfield in short.

As I had planned , within the middle of the story, kaison slept. And I had tucked him in the bed and put off the light and he slept soundly without a care. If Kaden would ask, I can explain it to him.

As I went to the kitchen to wash the dishes quietly as to not wake kaison.
Many things were revolving around my mind as I washed the plates.

I can't explain it, it's only because I haven't be so intimate with anyone but in those moments when he's close to me, I can't tame my heartbeat , I couldn't even tame my thoughts. I don't want to be someone who'll be head over heels to think they could be the love of his life and try to change him. I mean, I never would want to be a part of the 'construction crew', But this one thought; what if I was developing an attraction for him because my body seemed too tense up around him . I would feel faint electricity flowing through us , wanting to anchor at a certain intimacy.

To caught up in my thoughts, I suddenly flinched when I heard the elevator 'ting'.

Kaden?

My head was continuesly chanting him name, weird, I tried to put a stop to my thoughts but they were perpetual.

My expectations were spoken otherwise when he entered the room.

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