Chapter 58

Lucinda's POV

Luckily by the time we made it back to the Xortis Lakehouse, three quarters of the list was finished since the rest had to be done at the house. It's was about three in the afternoon when we arrived with all the materials.

Currently we're sitting in the living room receiving impromptu origami classes... Courtesy of Diego. He apparently wants the plate ornaments to be in the shape of a swan and refused to have them store bought.

While in town, one of the things on the list was to pick up three large boxes from a warehouse. I hadn't asked what was inside but I wish I had.

The - about 2 meters high - boxes were filled to the brim with squares of blue litmus paper. The ENTIRE three boxes, which Dee wanted folded into paper swans in the next two hours. And we've only gotten through a quarter of the first box!

I feigned a sob and collapsed on the ground dramatically from my chair. Tia, along with Diego and Mathias' two aunts laughed at me and continued folding the paper.

"Hey babe... You good?"

Suddenly an idea sparked in my brain I whined from the ground and Chase came and squatted in front of me.

"Are you tired?"

I nodded and pouted.

"Do you wanna take a break?"

"Diego will kill me if I leave"

"How about if I take over for you?"

I slowly sat up from the ground and looked at him with puppy dog eyes.

"Would you?"

His brown eyes flickered with amusement.

Is he buying this?

"Of course I would. I care about you bae. Just go to the kitchen and get something to eat, take a small walk y'know, refresh your mind and I'll do the rest."

Yes!

He bought it!

"You sure?"

"I'm sure. When else am I going to show off my origami skills?"

"Thank you so much!"

I got up from the ground faster than lightning could strike and gave him a quick hug and peck before running out of the room.

I could hear Tia saying something and everyone else laughing along. Wait a second...

Did he say origami skills?

I ended up laughing to myself while walking down the corridor and turned the corner into the kitchen and grabbed a sandwich and a bottle of juice.

I sat by the lake and opened my sandwich and began to eat. Honestly I had been so busy that I hadn't had to time to eat anything.

After taking my first bite I closed my eyes and leaned back in pleasure from how good the sandwich was.

"Damn, this is really is good."

I pop my eyes open to see that Donny had taken a huge bite out of my sandwich.

"Donavan Xavier Christopher McConaughey!"

He groaned and rubbed his face before he opened my juice and took a huge gulp, then proceeded to grab the sandwich out of my hands, sit next to me and continue eating.

"You know..."

He starts talking between each chew.

"... I kind of regret telling you my full name... Now everytime you're mad or some shit you gon' pull out the government name."

Government name?

This motherfucker just came here and took my sandwich. Now he over here telling me about a government name?!

I was about to voice my protest when Lucian suddenly showed up out of nowhere and sat on my left side. Donny was on my right.

He leaned really close into my ear and whispered.

"Talk about the devil on your left shoulder huh?"

He chuckled and a retort popped up in my brain.

"Not gonna happen junior."

He immediately lost his smirk and frowned before yanking my juice from Donny's grasp.

Donny, not expecting Lucian to take his juice from him is startled but then decided to fight for his juice back which resulted in me getting a face full of sticky liquid.

Taking deep breaths to stop myself from lashing out I get up from the floor and march to the house. My poor jumpsuit was drenched in juice and was sticking to my chest.

I need a shower.

Storming into the house I ran into Chase who tried to start a conversation with me but I brushed past him and speed-walked to my room.

Once showered and not sticky anymore I decided it was a good idea to finally get something to eat. My stomach grumbled in agreement and I laughed to myself then opened my door to the most surprising sight.

Lucian, looking down at his shoes like he was guilty about something while Donavan looked equally as guilty, but unlike Lucian, he was leaning against the wall. Typical Donny behaviour.

They didn't notice that I had opened my door until I cleared my throat and they both looked.

"Uh... Lucy. Hey."

I raised a brow at Lucian's odd greeting. He, seemingly surprised by it too lost his whole 'I'm guilty' bravado and returned to his ever smirking personality.

"What are you two doing here?"

"Ah y'know. Just to checking to see if you missed me."

I scoffed at his reply and I began to close my door in preparation to leave.

"If that's your idea of an apology then I suggest you think again."

I began to walk past them but before I could get far I felt someone grab my wrist which made me stop. I looked behind me to see Donny holding my wrist and staring me directly in the eyes.

"What the idiot means to say is... We're sorry."

For a moment I was taken by the entrancing look of his forest green eyes that seemed to go on forever. Like I was trapped in never-ending limbo and I was somehow okay with that.

Lucian cleared his throat and I snapped out of the trance before looking at my wrist and Donny let go. Lucian gave me and a weird looked before I mumbled an 'apology accepted' and walked away.

What the hell was that?

I swear that it's been happening more times than once and its really freaking me out. I could hear Lucian start a small argument with Donny before I was too far to to listen.

My legs automatically took me where I needed to go. When I finally found Dami I grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him outside to a secluded place before saying.

"We need to talk."

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