Chapter 29

Carla

I was in the kitchen cutting the apple. Isabelle was making some seafood and Paolina was in some room cleaning.

“Why do you think Aeden is so into me?” I asked her as I turned around and leaned against the counter and took a bite from the piece of the apple.

She just smiled not understanding anything I just asked her. I wouldn’t blame her. Isabelle was like a motherly figure who was old school and didn’t try and learn different things. Paolina had slipped that her father worked for Aeden and that’s how the duo got the job here as housekeeping. But when Paolina’s father passed away, Aeden didn’t fire them and kept them as they were loyal.

“Doesn’t he love Pearl?” I asked more to myself.

Aeden had been confusing. Wonder what Perl must be thinking. Me being in a different land, overseas, without any form of communication, didn’t help because I couldn’t even