A Beautiful Catastrophe - Book 1

Chapter 49 - Dinner With The Twins

Dad paused. I was sure he was gonna ask something weird like Are you my daughter's boyfriend? Or something along those lines. To my surprise, he stopped. Maybe he didn't want to embarrass me in front of these VVVIPs. Yes, triple the V's.

A moment of silence passed by with dad just staring to Kaiden and Kaiden in turn, lowered his eyes, not returning dad's gaze as if he was guilty of something. Either that, or he's not used to being stared at.

"If it's you..." dad said in a soft whisper. "Thank you."

Thank you? Why was he thanking him? Oh! Because he carried me to the clinic!

"I... didn't do much. It was only natural," Kaiden replied in a murmur, with a light blush on his cheeks and a slightly knitted brow. Oh my goodness! That looked so cute! I wanted to take a picture of him so badly if only dad wasn't there.

Click! Click! Click!

Sudden shuttering sounds disturbed the silence. It came from behind and as I guessed, it was his sister, Crystal. Good job there, sis! Now if you could just give me a copy of that, too.

Kaiden's blush was gone in an instant and replaced by annoyance instead.

"Did you just—" he blurted out to Crystal. He probably wanted to say more but dad was there so it would be something else to argue in front of him.

He went to Crystal quickly and tried to grab her phone but Crystal ran towards me and hid behind my back. Seeing me used as a shield, Kaiden sighed and shook his head. Yielding, he walked towards a couch which was a few meters away from where I sat.

Dad talked to the doctor a bit, consulting about my sprain and the doctor told him everything that needs to be done, and what medicine I could use to relieve the pain, and all that doctor stuff. Meanwhile, I was stuck with Crystal on my back, tapping her phone.

"Don't worry. I'm sending these to you," Crystal leaned over my shoulders and whispered to my ears. My eyes widened and twinkled the moment I heard that. My opinion about her just took a 180 degrees turn in an instant.

I smiled at her in the most normal manner I could pull off or else my over excitement would show on my face.

"T-thank you," I whispered back to her.

Then, she gave me her phone and told me to type in my number and email. I did as she said since it was faster than sharing contacts via infrared or bluetooth. I never thought twin sisters could be this cool. You're one of my idols now, Crystal. Just make sure to adjust your bossy attitude a bit and we could definitely get along.

After treating my sprain, dad and I went back to our hotel room, accompanied by the twins. Once we're back, Crystal got hungry so she ordered food for us via room service. Actually, I didn't notice my hunger until she pointed it out. The servers arrived a few minutes after, with tons of food and drinks of different varieties carried on a trolley.

Did she just order the whole menu? For real? I wondered to myself. Sneaking a peek at dad, he probably thought the same. Ugh... rich kids.

Seeing the unnecessary amount of food, Kaiden opened his mouth, probably wanting to reprimand Crystal, but he stopped and sighed instead. It was indeed a lot of food. Good thing I had a great appetite so I managed to taste a little of everything—a trait which I seemed to have shared with Crystal seeing how she was able to eat a lot, too. Well, the food was really delicious so it was hard to say no. Dad and Kaiden, in contrast, ate normal portions.

After filling ourselves, we all chatted in the living room. It was mainly doing a proper introduction since earlier was done in a haste. Then, we talked about reputable colleges within the country since I might need to study here. Dad was really curious about that area and asked a bunch of questions which the twins carefully explained. They were mostly questions about security rather than education.

"Hmm... if you're worried about security in the dorms," Crystal said as she deliberated on dad's questions, "then Senara could just stay with us. Our home is really secure. In fact, it's one of the most secure places there is."

I was about to put my coffee down on the table but the moment she said that, I spilled my drink in an instant. Dad was surprised too but he turned to me to help me dry the coffee on the table. I peeked at Kaiden to see what his reaction was and voilà, he looked as if it was the most normal of things to do.

"But I'll be going with my friend, Hora. We shouldn't impose too much."

"Is Hora a girl?" she asked.

"Ah... Yes, she is."

"Then that's fine. You can both stay in the east wing—my area. Dad divided the mansion into four sections so Kaiden, mother, and I wouldn't meet much or else... well, I'm sure Kaiden told you."

Right. He told me about that.

"I'm on the east wing, Kaiden's on the west, mother's on the north, and dad's in the middle. South wing is the common area, mostly for visitors. Amazing, right?"

"I see... But still, that's too much. We can't possibly—"

"It's fine. You're my brother's girlfriend after all. You're basically family."

"Wait, what?" dad asked, appalled.

"No, we're not! I've been trying to correct you since earlier. We're just friends."

Oh my goodness. I couldn't sound any more defensive. If only Kaiden would help me explain. I turned to him and widened my eyes, hinting him to help me clarify the situation. Seriously, he should have just clarified that from the get go.

"About that..." finally, Kaiden talked.

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