Vendetta: Mysteries that surround it

Chapter 38

At night after taking a break from her work, which she busied herself with the entire evening, Alexa walked to the kitchen to grab some water. Only to run into Maria who was busy looking for something in the fridge.

"Maria, can you move? I need to get water." Alexa suddenly spoke in the coldest voice she could master, startling Maria in the process.

"Oh My god!! When did you get here? You scared me." She placed a hand on her chest while letting out a shaky breath.

Letting out a frustrated sigh Alexa said again," Can you move now?" She did not want to be with her aunt for too long.

Blinking a few times, Maria got out of the way giving Alexa access to the fridge.

She quickly took out her water bottle from the fridge and was ready to leave, when Maria's hesitant voice stopped her.

"Umm... Alexa?"

"What?"

"About that boy, Noah..."

"What about him?" Alexa asked her aunt with an annoyed tone.

"I gave him dinner and prepared his room..."

"So what should I do? What do you want?"

"No, No. I don't want anything, it's just I wanted to ask you is there something else that he would need?"

Furrowing her eyebrows, Alexa turned to look at Maria, "How am I supposed to know that? Ask him."

"Oh Okay. But if he does ask you for something don't hesitate to tell me."

Alexa blinked a few times and tilted her head in confusion, "Okay...?"And slowly turned around to go back to her room.

What is up with her? Why is she acting like this?

She entered her room and looked at the clock, it was almost ten.

"I will just take a bath and finish my work in the bed," Alexa mumbled to herself as she entered inside her washroom.

About half an hour later, Alexa exited the bathroom only to find Noah standing by her bedroom door fidgeting with his t-shirt, while looking down.

Did he do something?

"Kiddo?"

Hearing her voice, Noah's head snapped to look at Alexa, "Oh, you are out."

"You want something?"

"Um... I..."

He looked hesitant, still fidgeting with his t-shirt.

"Is something wrong?" Alexa made her way to her nightstand to look for her moisturizer while talking to him.

"I can't sleep..."

"Why? Do you not like the bed? Or is there some other problem in the room?" She asked him with her eyebrows furrowed while applying the cream on her hands.

"No! No! The room is very nice. It's just... Alexa? Can you tell me a bedtime story?"

Her hands froze. She froze.

Bedtime story? She didn't know any.

Biting her lips, Alexa turned to look at him, "Umm... Should I buy you books?"

"No. I want you to tell me one."

" But I-I don't know any," Alexa looked away embarrassed.

"WHAT?! You are a liar."

"I am not."

"Liar! Liar! Liar! If you don't want to tell me a story just say that! Why are you lying?"