Chapter 107LESLIEBeing sick and almost at death's door must have changed her a lot. Even though she looked pale, she still had a bright smile on her face.It was a sight that I thought I would never get to see."Thank you Leslie, you are the best. You don't know how I have been craving for this but mom wouldn't agree to get it for me," Lauren said and pouted her lips at mom.Mom shrugged her shoulders and looked away."Feeling guilty?" Lauren teased me."Don't be silly. It was for your own good." Mom replied and we laughed.I handed mom and box of chocolates I got for her."But you know you already brought enough yesterday." Mom smiled at me."I'm not complaining, am I?" I asked and shrugged my shoulders."Thank you." Mom beamed at me while I smiled.I helped Lauren unbox the cake and placed it on the table that was with the hospital bed. I helped her sit on the bed properly. I put a pillow at her back to support her back and make her comfortable."Thank you Leslie.""You are alway
Chapter 108LAUREN"Do you love him?" I suddenly blurted out the question when I could not condone them anymore.Caden and Leslie both turned to me.I was really angry that I did not bother to hide it in both my face and my tone."Huh? Why would you ask that?" Leslie stuttered nervously avoiding my gaze."It's just a question. He is your husband right? And I'm your sister? Don't I deserve to know if you love your husband just as much as you love him?" I asked her daringly.She seemed to hesitate. She opened her mouth to say something but she closed them back without answering.Caden was looking at her expectantly as if he was expecting her to blurt out yes to me immediately.But I know Leslie and she knows what she has done.She would not dare say she loves him in front of me.I stood up from the bed and slowly walked up to her. I stood closer to her that there was just an inch of space between us."You should not covet something that isn't yours. I have told you before Leslie that Ca
Chapter 109 LAUREN Minutes after Caden left, I came with the realization that Caden might not come to me. It occurred to me that he wasn't just pretending to be playing the good husband but the fact that he actually really loves Leslie. If that wasn't going to be the case, it's best I tell him the truth. I left the hospital room and described Caden and with the help of a nurse, I was able to go upstairs to meet Caden. Even though the nurse tried to stop me from leaving, I disagreed. She ended up wheeling me in a wheelchair. I got there and saw Caden and Leslie hugging and it made my blood boil with so much anger. I moved up to them while the nurse excused herself. They disengaged from the hug as soon as they saw me. "I have something to tell you." I blurted out rudely to Caden. He looked at me with a not-so friendly look at me. "What is it that you have to say?" He asked. I smirked and took in a deep breath. "The truth is that..." As I tried to say something, Caden's phone
Chapter 110 LESLIE Mom got to where I stood and hit me several times at my back. "Ouch! Mom, that hurts!" I whined and rubbed where she hit me. "How could you let your sister move around carelessly in this state huh?" Mom asked me angrily. "First off, I did not let her leave and I did not know when she did either or I would have tried to disuade her. Second of all mom, is Lauren a kid? She should be able to take care of herself and besides, I'm the younger one here and she is the eldest. She should be looking out for me and not the other way round and I do understand that she is sick" I retorted angrily. Mom just stood and stared at me. She never would have thought that I would talk to her that way but she was being too much and I could not just hold it anymore. "You can leave. I will take care of your sister," Mom said. "I was just about leaving." I replied and angrily took my bag. "Make sure to remove that thought of telling Caden the truth from your head if you don't want
Chapter 111 LESLIE I yawned lightly and tried to turn but I noticed that I could not. I opened my eyes slowly and I discovered that I was in Caden’s arms. My face was on his chest while his arms were wrapped around me. We actually stayed in that position throughout the night. Then, I suddenly remembered what happened last night and my cheeks grew hot. I looked down at my body and I was naked under the sheets. I gasped and shut my eyes tightly. Caden was still sleeping. He suddenly stirred and my heart almost jumped out of my chest. But I breathed in a sigh of relief when he didn’t wake up. I removed his hand slowly from my body so I could quietly get up before he wakes up. I breathed out a sigh of relief as I successfully removed his hands from my body. I slowly made to come down from the bed but I was taken aback when Caden pulled me back to the bed. “Caden!” I squealed as I landed beside him on the bed. I tried to wrap the sheet up to my chest tightly. “Where are you goi
Chapter 112 CADEN I kissed Lauren goodbye and got into the back seat of the car since I hired a chauffeur. Lauren waved at me and I left. Jasmine, the director of CLARA'S Jewelry and I were going to meet and discuss about business because we didn't come to a conclusion the previous day. It was going to be a big deal so, I wanted to get extra careful. But seeing how cheerful Lauren was earlier when I told her about them, I wanted to sign the contract with them. I got to the fancy restaurant we agree to meet. I walked inside and she was already waiting for me. She waved lightly at me from where she sat. I nodded my head and walked up to her. "Hope I didn't keep you waiting?" I asked with a friendly smile. "No, I just got here. We would have bumped into each other outside," She said with a smile. I nodded my head and sat down opposite her. "So, let's get down to work." I told her. "Very well." She concurred with a smile. LAUREN "Mom?" I called out to mom weakly. Mom quickly
Chapter 113 LESLIE "I hope so too. So, what were you up to since?" He asked. He moved closer to me and wrapped his arms around my shoulders. I glared at him and removed his hand from my shoulders and moved a little. "I just watched TV and ate popcorn, just that." I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly. "Do you want to perhaps go out and have fun before you get ready to leave for the hospital?" Caden asked. "The elevator. I can't walk down the stairs." I replied. "I will give you a piggyback ride." He replied with a wink. "Forget it." I eyed him. "Anyway, I want to sleep. You can go out on your own." I told him and left to the bedroom. "Really babe? You want me to go on my own?" Caden laughed. I waved my hand at him and plonked myself hard on the bed. I felt movement on the bed and when I turned, Caden was lying beside me on the bed. He was under the duvet with me and our faces were so close that we were almost almost breathing thr same air. Our faces were just few inches apa
Chapter 114 LESLIE I got to the hospital and took the stairs to Lauren's room. On getting there, she did not look too pleased to see me but I did not care. "Hey Lauren, how are you?" I asked as I dropped the basket of fruits and flowers I bought on the way. "I thought you weren't going to come after speaking so rudely to me the previous day," Lauren said begrudgingly. "I won't be leaving until two days later. I think I have overstayed my welcome," I said and shrugged my shoulders. "Where is mom?" I asked as I looked around the room and noticed mom wasn't there. "She went to get coffee." Lauren replied. We both did not say anything while Lauren just went back to reading the novel she was reading before I came in. I just sat down close to the window. I climbed on the chair on my knees and looked outside the window. I smiled as I saw the beautiful view outside and the flowers that were planted. It was a place that would give people that felt like dying to live. I opened the w