Chapter 96
Chapter 96
Alessia’s POV
Day two of me having dinner in the dining room and I have to say that it isn’t all that bad. As long as I
can ignore the stares and whispers that follow me everywhere I go.
The fact that Caden and Raphael are still sitting on either side of me isn’t helping the rumors to die
down and by this time, I’ve actually given up.
Let people say whatever it is they want. I’m done with trying to keep things on the low to pacify them.
They shoulde up with whatever tale it is that they desire.
Caden and Raphael have been sharing suspicious gazes with each other and it’s hard to not notice it
when they sitting down on either side of me or when they don’t even bother to hide it.
Tired of the secrecy, I groan out loud, drawing their attention.
“Is anyone of you going to tell me what this is about?” I ask exasperatedly, knowing that it’s something
that concerns me because I’m very sure that I heard Raphael whispering, “Tell her.’ to Caden.
I wouldn’t even call it a whisper because I’m sure that the people on the other side of the table also
heard it. He has a lousy whispering voice that he definitely needs to work on.
Caden shoots a re at Raphael before turning to face me. “I have something that I wanted to ask
you.”
I arch a brow in question when he suddenly goes quiet. I’m not a mind reader. I’m going to need him to
actually voice out this question.
“I’ll tell you about it after dinner,” he finally says and Raphael groans, dropping his head on the table,
causing half the people in the room to turn in our direction. This time he gets a re from both Caden
and me and has the nerve to smile sheepishly at us before muttering an apology under his breath.
I roll my eyes, turning my attention back on the te and suddenly losing my appetite. All I can think
about is what question Caden wants to ask him that has him looking unsure of himself.
Picking at the food on my te, I push it around, ready to end dinner, and find out what it’s that Caden
has to ask.
“Aren’t you hungry? Do you not like the food that was served?” Caden asks, worry evident on his face.
“I can have the chef make another meal for you if it’s not up to your liking.”
“No,” I rush out, blushing when a few people nce our way at my outburst. “Don’t do anything like
that,” I beg, this time in a much softer voice. I’ll legit kill myself if Caden goes to bother Mrs Smith
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all because of me. It will be a fate far worse than that. “The food is perfect.” I make a show of shoving a
fork full of the food into my mouth and smiling around a mouthful.
Caden smiles back but doesn’t lookpletely convinced. He spends half of his dinner by throwing
nces my way.
It’s something that he just recently started doing. He always looks at me as though he’s waiting for
something to happen. I’m not stup i d enough that I can’t piece the puzzle together.
This watching started after Jake’s death. Caden probably thinks that I’m going to do something stupi d.
I appreciate his concern but I sometimes wish that he wouldn’t watch me like I’m a dynamite that is
about to explode at any moment.
With him watching me like a hawk, I cat the food on my te, forcing the food that I don’t have an
appetite for down my throat just so that he doesn’t actually seek out poor Mrs Smith and have her
make another dinner for me.
I sigh happily as I ce thest piece of broli in my mouth, chew on it, and wash it down with the
ss of water beside my te.
Half of the people in the dining room had cleared away their tes and that’s when I realized that I
spent more than half an hour on my te.
Raphael is gone but Caden is still right beside me with his empty te in front of him. He waited for me
to be done with my dinner? That’s oddly…sweet of him.
“You’re done?” He asks with a raised brow and I nod in answer. He smiles at me, picking up his te
and mine as well, stacking them together.
I open my mind to tell him that I’m more than capable of taking my te to the kitchen but decid to
keep shut at thest moment. There are times that I have to pick my battles wisely and this isn’t one
that’s worth fighting.
I follow Caden silently into the kitchen and stand behind him as he dumps the dishes into the sink
“What did you want to tell me earlier?” I question, my curiositying back in tenfolds. I so badly want
to know what all those whispering was all about.
Caden turns around, leaning against the kitchen counter and taking a look around the kitchen. We’re
the only ones present, creating the perfect atmosphere for a private talk. That’s one of the reasons why
I brought up the conversation here.
He coughs and scratches behind his ears, looking almost…shy? Ok, now I’m really invested in finding
out what this is all about.
“You don’t have anything you’re doing tomorrow night, right?” He asks.
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I answer his question with a nk stare. Caden knows about my whereabouts twenty-four seven and
he definitely knows that I don’t have anything lined up for tomorrow evening. “I don’t,” I
answer anyway.
“How about going on a dinner date with me?” He swallows and lets out a nervousugh. “What do you
say? Will you go out on a date with me?”