Chapitre 13: Chapter 8-2: A Wave That Changed the Silence
As his gaze swept the room, everyone adjusted their position and stood in a controlled greeting, unlike Becca.
"Commander!"
With a simple nod, he turned to Lucy and asked. "Where's Kristen?"
"Sleeping" she replied with a simple, direct hint, towards a certain room; while the rest of them sighed in relief and stopped fiddling with their chores with an interested look.
“I got it” He shook his head in understanding, then entered the female room without reservation.
When he opened the door, he saw a large silhouette of a hamster costume with cream-colored tips, buried among the warm, plush covers of the bed and he sighed, massaging the furrow between his eyebrows.
“Haah!” He looked really helpless.
She had turned twenty last year, not to mention wearing such things at home.
As a result, he leaned slightly and then nudged her gently.
“Get up, it’s late. Your day will be affected” he scolded, looking as careful as a good brother.
“Ann…n! I don’t want…” In return, her grumbling could be heard.
When she blinked her eyelashes and looked at him with almost closed eyelids, she murmured and then leaned on the other side as if it was an unrealistic fantasy.
“I don’t want… leave me!”
When Caiden saw this unintentional sloth wallpaper, he roared.
"Kristen"
The voice was familiar and the tone was overwhelming. He seemed impatient and tolerant.
When she realized the arrogant tone of the evil man in front of her, her limbs jumped and she fell off the bed in a pile of blankets and looked at him with a goofy expression.
“Why are you here?” she asked in reaction.
“This is my house. Anyway, I'm waiting for you outside” He snorted unconvinced, then shortened his stance and left.
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//7:30 PM//
Rachel and Daniel, who had gone shopping at the supermarket, finally returned with all sorts of bags and snacks, especially for Kristen.
Given the professional atmosphere inside, Lucy took the initiative to explain while helping them carry most of the bags and enter the kitchen.
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On the other side, inside the spacious room for the males; It consists of two single beds, a peaceful view and simple furniture.
The triplets sat on the sofa, near the rectangular window while Kayden monopolized the office chair.
Given his serious attitude, the atmosphere was quiet and subtly awkward.
That intense, dark look he gave under the lighting made someone uncomfortable.
“You know very well that your presence here and in the same spot on the map means threat and danger” He didn’t even beat around the bush.
“Keeping all the eggs in one basket, is definitely not a joke”
“…Since none of you want to talk or disclose why she insists on coming back and meeting here, I will start with the punishment” He resumed in a serious and firm tone, threatening.
“You, you. What do you mean? I just visited. Visit, take a look, check in. We are sisters after all, don’t say this is outrageous!” Christine, who felt an ominous feeling and some grievance, protested in frustration and in disbelief, waving.
This gesture of acknowledgment towards him was always the best way to avoid blame, or get into worse trouble and get into a dead end.
“Exactly. Since this is the case, then what is the reason to sneak out and avoid the taken-for-granted rules, Unless…”
Kayden, who patted his thigh in understanding, looked at her with gestures, insinuating, unconvinced.
“...You're not planning to do something secretly behind my back, are you?”
“Of course not!” She shook.
He ignored her completely.
From Kayden's point of view, she had only returned this morning from Italy's international airport, and she should be as tired as the rest of them.
But she had run away at the first opportunity to meet her sisters without even giving them advance notice, which in itself was suspicious.
“Kayden, I think you're just complicating things and thinking too much”
“...Kristen is an enthusiastic and fun person. Of course she’ll get used to rebelling, and it’s just a visit and nothing important has happened”
Becca, who had been silent the whole time and didn’t comment, took the initiative to explain the matter with an innocent look.
Although the tone was soft and sweet, the content seemed somewhat sarcastic and harsh.
‘Oh, come on!’
When he heard her flowery tone, his face instantly darkened as his realization increased and he snorted gloweringly.
“She could have waited and even told us in advance. But to move and insist on studying here periodically is a completely different matter”
“..So, I wonder.. what’s all the rush about?”
“..Well?” Becca, who sensed the alarm bell from his words, suddenly had her hair stand up, beneath the white dress mottled with dark circles and she fell silent.
However, her expression remained calm and she tried to flatter him with a shy blush, avoiding him.
“You. Were you spying on me?” Kristen, whose lips were drawn back in complexity with a reproachful look, trembled with anger.
This was shocking and unacceptable.
'Where is the trust here?'
“Of course not...” he rolled his eyes at her overthinking, then added.
“I'm just checking the security and discipline here” he added, knocking on the desktop with a random intonation and then scolding in warning.
“Don't act like fools, and give what you got!”
It was clear that he had realized something. But still, he insisted on hearing the confession.
“Why do you insist that there is something we might be hiding from you?” Kristen blinked with an innocent look, just like a child.
“Because you have no choice… and because you argue too much, and I know you!” He spat out his words without mercy, then straightened his seat and relaxed.
He didn't look like was enjoying it, at all!
"That's not a convincing argument," Becca tilted her head after thinking with a childish expression.
"My patience is running out" he grimaced.
"Then... what about Cadres?" “We...why are we gathered here again in your opinion?”
Caroline who had been observing the situation throughout the conversation finally spoke up.
“Well, it's getting too uncomfortable to discuss here?”
Becca, who was trying to lighten the mood and pass it by, immediately realized the spark between the two of them and was about to explode.
“It’s okay, it’s late anyway” he sighed with a meaningful look and then added.
“Cadres is missing too”
“Eeeeh "Kristen let out a stupid groan before she regained her composure, embarrassed.
'This guy... he always managed to make her look so petty. Argh!'
"Tsk, that explains a lot" Becca muttered with a slight realization.
Cadeaux
-- Cadeau
reçu État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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