"Are we having a party so early in the morning? You even traveled from so far, it must be quite an important event, right?"
James gulped and lowered his head.
Bryan cleared his throat and also looked away.
Caroline only raised an eyebrow at her.
"Sis, can we talk before you scold him?"
James sent her a grateful look.
Adriana sighed, and they went inside the bedroom to talk.
Aria nervously looked away too.
"Brother... I think we are in trouble…" she whispered.
"I think so too."
…..
"Do you want to change or put this on?"
Caroline placed a turtleneck shirt and some concealer in front of her.
Confused Adriana, stood up and walked towards a mirror. When she realized there were hickeys on her neck, she swallowed nervously. It seems it was only Caroline who noticed, so it relieved her a bit.
She gritted her teeth when she also concluded that Noah saw but never told her on purpose. She thought she had covered them with the collar of her blouse perfectly!
She took the turtle neck shirt from Caroline and frowned. "Where did you get this from? I never wear turtlenecks."
"It's one of your failed designs." She laughed. "I asked you to fix it up, remember?"
Adriana nodded and chose the concealer because the shirt is a gift for Caroline. She started applying it and was going to ask how she's feeling, but like always Caroline diverted the topic to something else.
"Anyway, I'm just wondering where those came from…. you didn't give them to yourself now did you…." She smirked while she faced the mirror from behind her.
"Shhh, we will not talk about that."
"No, we are. Tell me, how was it? Did makeup sex feel good?"
'Makeup sex?'
Adriana put the brush down and stood up.
"Stop spouting nonsense."
"So they got there by magic? I don't think so…."
"We did not DO IT okay?!"
Caroline arched an eyebrow, not believing her.
"So no makeup sex?"
Adriana let out a big frustrated sigh. "It was an accident, but we did nothing more than just a few minutes of making out... satisfied?"
"With who?"
"Gosh!" Adriana put on her jewelry while mumbled a few curses. Caroline already knew the answer to that, but she wanted her to admit it.
"So who's the lucky guy?"
"Noah….." She mumbled.
"You need to speak up I didn't get that."
"Noah!"
"…. hahaha, not Noah. I could have never guessed if you hadn't told me."
Adriana pursed her lips. She grabbed the brush and placed it on Caroline's nose until she started coughing because of the powder.
While she coughed she laughed hysterically. "I'm sorry but haha all that talk about staying as far away as you can from him, but now you are here still falling weak for his charms."
Adriana shook her head with a smile. She would rather have Caroline making fun of her than crying like last night.
"If I had let him continue, I probably wouldn't be here right now."
Caroline's laughter stopped, and her face burned red. "Sis, stop being so shameless. I get that you two are excellent in that department but... spare me." She pushed her away and dropped on the bed.
"Sigh* how did he take you to his bed, anyway?" She asked genuinely curious.
Adriana shrugged. "Is my repayment for his help last night? He has bad insomnia, so I had to help him sleep, but then it ended up like that."
"What a lame excuse. I knew you were whooped but I didn't imagine it was this bad." Caroline burst into another round of laughter.
"Yeah…. and like an idiot, I went for it."
"Yes, you are an idiot. Yet, I still admire you." Caroline sighed. "I thought I was ready to confront him, but I wasn't. I was just convincing myself that I was. Just look at how things turned out."
She took a deep breath before continuing. "The woman is 46 years old…. can you believe it? 46! This whole time it was an old woman he cheated on me with. But no, I had to do it for my family, right? I had to keep that marriage lasting for the sake of our family's reputation. My... our parents just pushed me into it."
"Anyway, never even try to meet our parents. Their…" She shuddered at the thought.
"I won't. They don't sound like fun at all."
"They aren't at all. I mean, can you believe they sent you away just because you weren't a male? And then they had me hoping I was a male too."
Adriana smiled sadly, and she also dropped on the bed next to Caroline. She hugged her and they closed their eyes for a few minutes. They sat in silence, just hugging.
"How are you feeling?"
"I'm doing fine."
It looked like Caroline was still not ready to talk about it properly, so she changed the topic.
"Well, James told me he came because you were having a fever and it worried him."
"Agh, this kid."
"Haha, just how naughty were you when you were a kid?"
"Tsk, I can't send him home again I don't have the heart. You will be in charge of keeping him home." Adriana told her.
"Yes, ma'am!"
"Well, I doubt anyone will recognize him. Your kid went blonde."
"He went what?"
"Since you are his mother, I guess you recognized him either way. But yes, he dyed his hair blonde."
Adriana facepalmed and stood up. She then walked outside to the living room and took a deep breath when she saw her son's hair color and a fresh haircut.
James looked away as soon as he saw her.
"Mommy, brother stills looks super handsome, and it suits him!" Aria grinned, trying to help her brother out.
Adriana sighed.
"Bryan, go with Ralf and take Aria to school."
Bryan nodded and since Aria was ready for school, they took off as soon as Adriana gave the orders.
Aria had also eaten cereal, so she wasn't hungry.
"Mommy, are you not sick anymore?" She asked before leaving.
"I'm not."
"Okay! Bye, mommy bye brother! Bye auntie!" She waved them all. She then turned to her brother and whispered, "Bro, that looks horrible on you. You look way more handsome with your natural hair!"
James rolled his eyes at her comment.
"I'll go Um..." Caroline looked around for an excuse.
"... take a nap." She hurriedly went inside the bedroom and locked the door.
Adriana crossed her arms and stared at her son.