𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 ✓ (#1)

27. Care

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The sun shined on my face, waking me up from my comfortable sleep on the big bed.

Wait...

Didn't I fall asleep on the couch last night?

I gasped and sat up in panic. I turned my head to the side and saw Elias sleeping next to me. How? When? This was...suspicious!

Elias was deep in his sleep so I found this as a perfect moment to check if he's better. I didn't have a thermometer near me so I used this old metod that my mom practiced.

I put my lips on his forehead and relief washed over me, his skin wasn't that warm like yesterday. The moment I pulled away, Elias opened his eyes and looked at me as i panicked.

Shit! What if he thinks that I was kissing him?

"H- hey, I was just checking your temperature." I started twiddling with my thumbs since i was kinda emnarrassed. He just looked my way and didn't say anything, he looked pretty tired tho. "Did you rest well?" I asked and he nodded. "Good. Um by the way, why am i here? I mean I was sleeping downstairs on the couch and suddenly when I wo-"

"I brought you here Paris." Elias said, shutting me up.

"Oh."

I definitely have a bad vision since I saw a small smile forming on his lips.

"Are you feeling better?" I asked when he suddenly stood up from the bed. "Doctor Dalton said that-"

"Doctor Dalton?" Elias asked confusingly. "He was here?"

"Yeah, Tessa called him."

Elias furrowed his brows and looked like he was deep in his thoughts, I didn't understand why though.

"Is there something wro-"

"Did he ask you something?"

"N- no just for my name but," I stopped talking. "It- I don't know, his reaction was a little weird." I shrugged.

Elias looked like he was confused and kinda angry. I just told him what really happened, Doctor Dalton really acted somehow weird yesterday.

I sighed and laid down on my pillow again, turning to the side to look at Elias. "You're feeling better, right? You don't need any medicine or something else?"

"No."

"How about a soup?"

"I'm not hungry."

"I know but you must consume more liquid." I said and stood up. "I'll be back in a few minutes." He seemed like he didn't really care but I still notified him.

When I went into the kitchen, Tessa, Amelia and Olivia were already eating breakfast. I took a step back, kinda scared to walk in since I didn't want to make Olivia uncomfortable. I still didn't get what's her reason but I still followed Elias's order, and that was not to get close to his sister.

Tessa noticed me and made a sign for me to come in. "Good morning Paris, the breakfast is ready." She said as I still stood there awkwardly.

"Oh um...thanks." And I finally walked in.

I looked at Olivia who was shyly sitting in her chair, playing with the napkin. I guess Tessa saw the tension and awkwardness, so she was fast to make the situation better. "How about we go on a walk, Olivia?" Olivia just nodded and stood up from the chair, following Tessa.

Ah I was left alone with my favorite person in this house...Amelia.

I rolled my eyes mentally and made my way to the kitchen counter. I started making the soup while Amelia was eating her breakfast.