Chapter 84 - Handsome Lad

Four days ago, when she saw him in the lobby, she thought about asking her father about him. But then she recalled what he had said the last time she had told him about Vito

Her father had strictly warned her not to ever talk about this man and his three friends in public ever. She had joked that he was a criminal. Her father had scolded her for the first time then. He only told her that his identity was very precious and if she ever saw him anywhere with anyone, she must not tell anyone that she knew him or knew of him. 

She had to pretend as if she didn't know him at all. And it was the most hurtful thing to do. 

As the sky was changing so was the atmosphere on the ground. It was getting warm down there but the temperature had nothing to do with it. 

Persephone was finding it hard to recognize the fluttering feeling in her stomach as Santiago grabbed her arm like a kid and rested his head on it. He forced her to feed him the dessert that everyone was having. 

"If I hadn't seen with my eyes, I wouldn't have known that this tough and handsome man can express such expressions," Tito said with a loud laugh. His laugh was so infectious that even Persephone couldn't help it. 

Santiago groaned as he heard her laugh. She was clearly laughing at him. 

"What?" Persephone retorted. "If you are so embarrassed, stop throwing a tantrum like a kid." 

"You have been treating me like a kid. so that's why I am behaving like one." Santiago was not embarrassed to behave like a kid. It wasn't every day when you could behave like this. He chose to blame it on his illness. 

Persephone couldn't believe her ear. The audacity of the man! Did he even know how serious his condition had been for the last four days? 

He just sleeps all night and when he suffers from fever, she is left to play nurse to him. 

Yes, yes, nobody had pointed a gun at her head and threatened to take care of him. It was just her frail heart that couldn't bear seeing anyone in pain. And yes, this man was no special. 

So, she had to spend all night looking after him. And this young man even forgets that he gets a fever at night. 

In the morning, he often blamed her as she was heartless and only fed him sick food, resulting in an argument every time. 

"Lara, it seems this handsome lad really liked your special dessert. Look at him, arguing with his wife about it." Maria laughed and so did all the other kids. She really liked these two. 

"After four days of eating nothing but bland food, I am shocked how he is not snatching the whole thing from Juliet," Lara said in an indifferent voice. She was curious to see what kind of man would keep this young woman awake at night. Every night, she would come to the kitchen asking for weird meals. No, she wasn't not suspecting her like Maria. She was just curious because the young Juliet seemed to love her husband a lot. It was evident from the way she cared about her husband and his needs. 

"Bland food?" Maria furrowed her brow. It didn't sit well with her. Turning her gaze at him, she asked, "Are you alright?" 

Before Persephone and Santiago could speak, Romeo said," Mr. Giovanni has been suffering from fever for the last few days. Julie has been taking care of him." 

[Oh shoot, big mouth Romeo.] 

"How do you know?" Santiago couldn't stop the words from escaping his mouth. Who told them that he was sick? Wasn't he just injured? 

Unknowingly, he grumbled, "It's all because of that sick food that everyone knows about my bad health." 

Persephone sighed but she chose to stay quiet. She didn't want Villain to feel uncomfortable after knowing that she had sleepless nights because of his fever, not because of her fear of kidnappers. 

She knew that if he somehow ended up knowing it, he wouldn't let her take care of him. He hates showing himself anything but strong and capable. 

Irene paused as she heard Romeo mentioning that Santiago had been sick. Her eyes shifted to him who was staring at his wife in a weird gaze and his wife was avoiding looking back at him. It was as if she had been caught doing something immoral. 

'Had she lied to him?'Irene wondered in her mind. 'Plus, why was Romeo talking as if he was suddenly so close to her? Just what was going on with this Plain Jane.' 

The girl who claimed to love Santiago was suspecting Persephone's relationship with anyone except for Santiago when she should have been worried about his health. 

She had been telling herself to stay away from Santiago as she was a noblewoman who would never commit the sin of stealing a man from a married woman but was it exactly how she had been telling herself? Or there was something else that she hadn't been acknowledging? 

Whatever, she was thinking it wouldn't affect our lovebirds as long as she didn't interfere directly. 

"Really?" Maria asked the couple. Her expressions were suddenly serious. It was as if she was suspecting them again. "How come you are sick and your wife didn't call the doctor? Juliet Darling, you should have informed us. We are acquainted with a doctor. He will be here anytime as long as we inform him." 

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