Silent Cry

CH26 - Rare

3rd Person's POV

A week had passed after that vacation that turned nightmare. They returned home and returned to how they were. But the girl has become so restless for the whole week doing her proper jobs, or should she say slavery.

Every morning, she'd wake up at dawn to check the roses, wear the custom-made apron that Pauline made her in assisting in the kitchen, the apron was so cute anyway, she would also remove specks of dust in every corner of the lounge area, purify the pool water, and prepare Xander's bath. While Xander is in the bathroom, Gabbie would sneak to his walk-in closet to prepare his suit. The stylists sure taught her but she cannot possibly master that, so she matches Xander's outfit based on her taste.

The man sometimes changes some stuff such as the color of his necktie or watch. But whenever Xander goes down wearing the exact outfit that Gabbie prepared, she would feel very proud. She can become a stylist in this state.

When Xander finally leaves to work, Gabbie would go to his room to clean. There is not much to clean there anyway because the man is unexpectedly neat in his room, or maybe because there is not much stuff in there. The room is so plain and so boring at first glance.

The maids were busy too in guiding the hired event organizers that are constantly coming to the mansion. Gabbie knew that the birthday event will be celebrated in this mansion and that also scared her somehow. Many people would come in here and she doesn't know where she'd stand.

She became very busy with academics, too. Her time became so short to spend it mostly with her studies just like she was then. Now, there are lots of other things she needs to prioritize. But she has to graduate so even how sleep-deprived she was for the past week, she doesn't care.

Leia can sometimes see her getting spaced out during their review hours but Gabbie always makes up some alibis to divert the real case. Thankfully, Leia cannot be too nosy to extract more about her. She's a married woman so Leia draws her limit.

Her father has been receiving constant treatments. He has not woken up yet. Gabbie can sometimes show up at the hospital during her lunch breaks at school and dine with her Mom there. It must be very lonely for Gwyneth eating alone and seeing her husband lying there helpless.

However, Gabbie could not go there often because she's avoiding to have Gwyneth see her true situation. Her mother has a good hunch and is also very observant of Gabbie. Every time they're together, Gabbie will do her best to hide any sweat and would instead tell good stories about school activities just to avoid going into her feared topic.

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A night before the event, the whole outside landscape has been beautified already. A lot of chefs, organizers, and other helpers swarmed the place. Gabbie was spaced out again observing the blinking garden light under the balcony of her room. She was here, like on rare times. It is not because she ain't afraid anymore to run on Xander but because the chances of going there at the same time are too little.

But that little is still a chance.

The sliding door connecting to Xander's room opened. Gabbie's reveries were cut off the moment she heard that. They met eyes and the man continued walking towards her direction.

He sat on the chair behind Gabbie who is now standing by the rail. Gabbie could not see him unless she faced back but of course, she will not do so. She continued observing the night lights despite her getting a little distracted.

"Tomorrow you'll meet a lot of people," he verbalized but the girl knew that by now and was the sole reason why she has been spacing out these past days. "All those people have inner intentions, they're all greedy and wicked," he continued.