Chapter 28: Adult Matters

Lily

After making sure Evan and Zoey entered the room, I thought Wade would as well isolate himself inside his room. But I was completely wrong when he stepped into the dining room and leaned by the wall near the table with his hand slid in his pockets.

His eyes were carefully watching me with his squinted eyes as if he was trying to read what was going inside my mind.

I was confused by his sudden action and was about to ask him what he was doing when the chair beside me made a creaking sound.

Aiden stood up from it with his eyes fixed on Wade intently. Meanwhile, Wade’s eyes, which were on me a while ago, were as well as Aiden’s now.

They were looking at each other with tension visible on their eyes. Aiden’s hand was clutched into a tight fist while Wade’s eyebrows were furrowed along with his clenching jaw.

I felt like they both just holding themselves back and could burst out any second by now. That’s why I held Aiden’s arm just to get his attention. Within a second, he turned back