Chapter 184

“She so happy. I really wonder where she got it from.” I smiled as I looked at the smile on her face.

She seemed so cheerful and peaceful.

“She has it from you.”

“Me?”.

I was anything but cheerful and peaceful. If anything, I was a bit annoying at times and wasn’t ashamed to admit it. “Yes, you might not realize it-but the two of you are so much alike.”

“Are we?”

“Yes,” Christian spoke. “Now go and take a shower.”

He got up from the bed and walked away as he held Siena in his arms. “Come on, move it!”

“Yes, yes.” I rolled my eyes. Sometimes his demands were getting on my last nerves. “And don’t come down until I come and get you!”

He slammed the door shut and left me behind, flustered. I was really curious about what this surprise was going to be, but felt grateful enough to know that I was even getting one.

I followed Christian’s instructions and took a shower before I put on the outfit he prepared for me.

Whatever he planned seemed to be serious, because it was so hot I was almost dying of the heat.

One thing was for sure. He wasn’t taking me to a fancy place. It had to be outdoors. Would he take us on a picnic? I smiled at the idea of going on a picnic as a family and took my time to do my hair and makeup.

Looking presentable was the least I could do.

It took me about an hour, and I was already finished, but Christian was still out of sight. Did he forget about me?

My eyes moved to his phone on the nightstand, and even if it was just for a second, my heart had stopped beating.

Did he see the way I looked at Dario?

Was he testing me?

Would he take me to a lie detector test center? Was that my gift?

Why would he even leave his phone on the nightstand?

Should I take a look?

No, Serena-you are not that kind of person, I told myself as I closed my eyes, so I did not have to face the phone.

It was time to stop lying to myself. I was that kind of person.

I opened my eyes and took a deep breath as I made my way to the nightstand and grabbed Christian’s phone. He gave me free access to look through it, and I would make good use out of it.

Unlocking his phone was not that difficult because I figured his password must’ve been something basic like Siena’s birth date, and I was correct. I had no time to waste and went through his search history.

Why is my baby laughing at nothing?”

“Why is my baby pooping so much?”

“When do babies start talking!

“When do babies say mama and dada?” When “Can babies crawl at five months?”

15 Bonus I couldn’t hold back my laughter and cracked up at his search history. It was definitely different from what I had imagined but innocent and cute.

I moved over to his messages and automatically went to the name on the top, which was Dario’s.

Christian Are you on your way?

Dario Yes Be there soon!

So Dario was coming over today? I ignored the feeling of my beating heart and quickly moved on to the following conversation, which was with Beau.

Beau So I looked into Carmen’s little friend Christian Did you?

Just let them be Beau I can’t Christian Idiot Just don’t forget about tomorrow Beau How can I?

It’s all Isobel’s been talking about “What’s going on today?” I whispered to myself. I thought today would be ‘Serena day and that Christian and I would do something together, but apparently not. Perhaps it was a double date, just like the last time?

I let a sigh escape from my mouth and moved on to the following chat. I did not know what I expected to find on why I was so insecure, but there wasn’t much going on.

Gio I love you, little brother Christian ?

Gio When can you and Serena watch the kids?

I laughed out loud at Gio’s bold question and didn’t notice any footsteps. The door suddenly opened, and I did not know how fast to hide the phone behind my back. “I’m back-” Christian stopped in his steps. His eyes shifted from the nightstand to my hands which were behind my back.

“Were you going through my phone?” He asked. He could probably read the worry on my face as I thought of several ways to deny his accusation, but I couldn’t do it. “Yes?”

“Okay?” Christian responded. I stared at him with a fearful look in my eyes, but all those feelings disappeared when he laughed at me. I let out a relieved sigh and joined him. “I’m so sorry. It was there and-

Christian ignored my words and pulled me into a hug. “I don’t care. I have nothing to hide from you, and whatever’s mine is also yours-now let’s go.”

I was shocked by his sudden words, but before I could say anything, he covered my eyes with a blindfold. “What’s the meaning of this?” I nervously laughed. “What are you doing?”

“What do you mean?” Christian spoke, sarcastic. “As you can see, I’m blindfolding you?”

“Blindfolding?”

“Yes, blindfolding?” I heard Christian’s voice near my ear. “I didn’t know you were into that kind of stuff.” 1 teased him, but Christian took my words seriously and leaned his head over my shoulder.

“Are you into that kind of stuff?”

“I don’t know, am I?” I spoke, confused. It was something I hadn’t even figured out yet. “Come on, let’s go.”

Christian placed his hand behind my back and led me out of the room while I was scared for my life.

“I’m not going to push you down the stairs. Stop overreacting.” Christian sighed, annoyed.

“I don’t like the dark!” I reminded Christian. “You know that!”

You know, you’re worse than Siena.” Christian complained before he threw me over his shoulder with ease. “What are you doing?”

“I’m carrying you.”

“Please be careful, please don’t drop me!” I spoke, afraid. “Where are we going?” I asked while Christian carried me down the stairs, but I got no answer in return. By the looks of it, it seemed as if he had earned me to the living room.

“Are you ready for your surprise?” Christian spoke as he finally put me back on my two feet. He grabbed me by my shoulders to turn me around and slowly removed the blindfold from my eyes.

I opened my eyes and frowned at the suitcase in front of me. It was definitely for me because it was in my favorite color, pink-but I did not know what what was going on. “Wow…a suitcases?” I spoke, surprised How could Christian plan a vacation when we still had so much to handle? His crazy uncle was still MIA and was probably thinking of ways to contact Luca. We had to look for the key to get Siena’s money-so how could Christian plan a vacation?

“Are we leaving?” I asked him as I turned around. I felt bad after seeing the sad look in his eyes and I didn’t want to seem ungrateful, so I forced a smile onto my face and pulled him into a hug. “I mean, I won’t mind having our first vacation together-”

“I’m not going anywhere. You are.” Christian pulled me away. “I am?”

“Yes, you’re going to Panama,” Christian spoke. “Aren’t you happy? You don’t look happy?”

Happy?

I thought he bought me gifts because he wanted to spoil me, but the last thing I expected was for him to send me away. “W-what?”

“It’s just for two days!” Christian spoke with a nervous smile on my face. “Aren’t you happy?”

“I-1..” I stuttered but stopped mid-sentence when another sad frown appeared on his face. “Of course I’m happy…I mean, it’s Panama!” I smiled at him. “But what about the baby and Carmen’s party?”

“What about the key?” I whispered the last part. It was really kind, but I was in no position to go on a vacation.

“The baby is staying with me,” Christian spoke. My eyes grew big as I immediately shook my head.

“Absolutely not.”

“I can’t do that. What kind of mom would that make me?”

A chuckle escaped from Christian’s mouth as he ruffled my hair with his hands. “Don’t do that. I just straightened it!” I nagged him “I had a feeling you were going to use Siena to talk me out of it, but I have a secret weapon,”

Christian announced while he opened his arms. I observed the smirk on his face and turned around to see what he was looking at, and I almost couldn’t believe my eyes.

“Surprise!” Three all too familiar voices yelled out. I slammed my hand in front of my mouth and turned around to look at Christian, who shrugged his shoulders.

This couldn’t be true?

How did he even manage to do it?

I turned around again to see whether I was dreaming, but I wasn’t. It was real, and the people right in from of me were real.

My three best friends.