He goes to Eula's room since he gets used to it every now and then since Eula frequently has nightmares she can just sleep on her own and she also has sudden movements that are to protect herself from harm. Eula has tried to drink sleeping inducers and other medicine that can calm her down when she was triggered to force out the repressed memories.
He climbed to Eula's bed and hugged her before he fell asleep. He prayed that Eula would have another peaceful sleep tonight. His presence helps Eula to cope.
Eula wakes up with Equinox still tightly attached to her. She loves watching him sleeping and she doesn't mind if he continues to sleep with her in the same room.
It's like Equinox is really a good therapist that he calms her down in such a way that she was thankful for, he became her source of energy and life since through all this time.
Equinox is special to her heart. She admits that since their stay at the hotel, she felt safe whenever she was with him and she never used him to forget all of her pain. He eases her pain, he helps her to cope and faces it.
She was never this close and intimate with anyone since her mother died, she was always left out of the house with the butler, maids, and nannies. Her father was so busy with his own businesses and did not care for her. She usually went to the library where her mother and her spent days inside their home. They have a massive collection of books in different languages and now she can already read, write and speak those languages. She hoped that her mother would be proud of her.
She can't help to have those sudden flashbacks like it was just yesterday her mother was her pillar and losing her makes her feel how the world is so cold and ruthless.
She's not an orphan, she still has her father but it doesn't feel like that when her mother left this world all that was left with Eula is the inheritance that she will get from her mother, everyone else moved on with their lives and she felt that she needs to stand up on her own.
She moved forward by studying hard and attending every class that her mother enrolled her to maximized her potential.
She attended arts classes,music classes, sports clinics,language classes, cooking and baking classes and a lot of other training, she even learned how to sign language. It makes her more active and helps her to focus on living rather than continuing to just stay at home.
All her emotions were just stocked in her head; she just kept it there and some of it fades through the years.
She became quite successful through time and hard work that she put in. She even received tons of awards in different fields but she felt there is still something lacking in her. She just doesn't know what it is.
She was always looking forward to another day, but at that time when she was drunk in the bar she felt that her life was just a trivial one. The world won't stop moving in its own time even if she feels miserable only her time stops but for others it's moving fast or slow. It depends on the pace of their own movements.
She never thought that time had already passed by. Now she notices the changing ripples of dropping water from the leaves to a pond filled with life.
Now she goes back to knowing her own worth, she was needed by a lot of people, her employees and their families that she cannot let them down and now she looks back she also have good and real friends that can tell her off at any time.
Equinox made her realize that her world should not stop because of the painful experience. You have to be strong to cope and face it without overthinking about the pain that you will receive in the process.
Pain is the most normal emotion humans feel but it should not stop us from moving forward and face another day with new determination or new resolve.
She just smiles while looking at Equinox's face. This man is really a treasure.
She got up and moved slowly and cautiously so she wouldn't wake Equinox and she planned to cook breakfast for him.
She freshens herself up and after going downstairs and going to the massive kitchen of Nox to cook breakfast it's still early for the maids and chefs to wake up so she can really prepare the food first, she gets used to her surroundings that she knows where the needed ingredients are.
She started with the the soup it the the soup she will be making soupe à l'oignon (french onion soup) with french bread now she's looking at the refrigerator but there is no beef stock or even other meat stock and she remember her marinated beef roast but it's not cook yet so she started to put the marinated beef in the oven with the marinate and added more of the marinated ingredients and started to cooked rice, she also peeled and slice fruits.
She also boiled some potatoes to make mashed potatoes and blanch some vegetables and added some condiments and spices. She also prepared Garlic Balsamic Mushrooms with onions.
After the marinated beef was cook she already prepare water to boil the some of the roasted beef and get a stock for her french onion soup and she even prepare a gravy to much the marinated roasted beef
She is really into tears while chopping the onions but the end product will be delicious. She just can't stop craving it. She also baked some cheesecake with blueberries and also strawberries.
By the time everyone wakes up Eula finishes the plating and garnishing, Equinox is running down the staircase like a kid running not to be late at school.
Eula cooked a lot so that it can be eaten until dinner, she purposely did that since she will bring food to Claudius and Aquila as well. They have too much fast food and restaurant food already so they should eat home cooked food as well.
The maids and chefs were all surprised by the time that they arrived at the kitchen and checked the dining area. Everything was well prepared and even the oven pan,pot, and kitchen tools are already washed, cleaned, and perfectly stocked together.
The Young Master found a good wife. They are happy, they even received a note to eat the breakfast she cooked and tell her what needs to be improved. She even left 2 whole cakes! 1 blueberry cheesecake and 1 strawberry cheesecake. The mansion's Butlers,Maids, Chefs, and the other staff eat with such admiration for Eula's cooking and baking skills.
They don't even care if they will be scolded that Eula cooked for everyone since Eula herself said to Equinox that she wanted to cook. Equinox ordered them to let Eula use the kitchen entirely.
So now they are enjoying the food that the Young Lady delicious food, what an employee could ask for their Young Master Equinox is nice to all employees, their pay and bonuses are top notch, and the rest day is also great even you won't be paid on the rest day.
The house was lively when Solstice woke up, and everyone is really optimistic that this day will be good.
Solstice is not that much of a morning person, she is still sleepy when she wakes up from her bedroom and didn't even freshen up herself she even rubs her eyes when she going down the stairs, she really looks like Equinox if not for her long light brown hair she would not notice the difference.
Solstice looks like a kid who is not in the mood to go to school and just got scolded by her mom to have breakfast and wash herself after all. The twin's are not alike at all.
Solstice was really a tall woman her height is the same with Aquila which is 5'11 or 5'12 in height but Eula and Equinox height was the same as well they are much taller than Solstice and Aquila they can really be called giants since they have towering height and are both 6'2.
As Solstice goes slowly to the dining table she hears Equinox saying things to Solstice. Currently she is walking towards the dining table holding the fresh lemonade that she made.
Solstice you never change, still untidy in the morning. If Mom and Dad were here you would definitely be scolded and reprimanded again, you didn't even change your clothes! Equinox really is the one who follows simple rules and hates to say things to his twin.
I know! I know! annoyed replied by Solstice
Who cooks these dishes? It smells wonderful. Solstice is now feeling her mouth is watering, and she wanted to eat already but she looked at Equinox who looked so proud.
Did you cooked all of these?, it might not taste good at all, it just smells good and looks good, teased Solstice.
I am not the one who cooks these dishes, It's Eula! Equinox looks defensive of his cooking.
Well, I remember you burning the grill since you wanted to cook steak for Dinner back then it's really traumatic and you were scolded by Dad since you burned the grill he used for years or even a decade already, Solstice responds.
I remember him saying that were not even born in that year when he buys that grill with his hard earned money and you just destroy it in one day. Solstice tries to annoy Equinox more.
Well it has already done its purpose, and Mom buys him a much better grill after that, says Equinox who is now guarded and red in embarrassment of that memory.
He tried to cook that time for his parents' wedding anniversary and it was a disaster but their Mom sees how much he wanted to learn so he was enrolled in cooking classes wherein Solstice declined.
He almost cried since his father punished him but later said sorry since he wanted to make an effort to surprise them on their wedding anniversary, but the meat was black as charcoal. He also got scolded since the fire can burn the entire house and its surroundings.
But his Dad appreciates his effort and let him know that he was just mad since he takes care of his things/belongings so it lasts for a longer time and that grill holds a lot of memories far back when he was not even born.
He tells them stories about how that grill was important when their Mother and him got married. He even shared that when their mom was pregnant with them and had cravings she always ate grilled corn, sweet potatoes and others.
He just smiled bitterly when he remembered how his father looked on that day. He hurriedly rushed out of the car and put out the fire with a water hose or a bucket of water,he cannot remember which was used by his father. At that time he looked worried and had an angry look on his face.
His father even dropped the flowers and a cake he bought for her mother at that time. Equinox was the only one left at home at that time since Solstice and their Mother forgot to buy something at the grocery store and went back to buy it before their father went home from work. His parents still celebrate their wedding anniversary and even hug Equinox on that day.
The first person who tasted his grill cooking was his Dad, from then on he became more careful in the kitchen and his own belongings too. He was not aware that he looked like he's thinking deeply.
Eula didn't know and remembers that he and her are cooking mates in the same class.
He remembers vibrantly how Eula is outstanding among their peers; she is always given gifts by their classmates, but he never goes near her or even talks to her since he was a really shy and introverted kid. He says one word and that's it. But he always shares Eula's stories to his parents and sister after every class they have together.
There is one point that his parents give Eula a box of Dark Chocolate and an Ice Cream flavored in Cookies and Cream, and she says thank you and smiles back, his parents called her little angel and compared to his twin Solstice who has more boyish attitudes than him.
They all started to eat together and Solstice asked Eula how she started to learn how to cook.
Eula, simply replied that she enjoys cooking her own food, little did they know Eula had trauma eating her stepmother's food and the new maids inside the mansion that her mother owned his father sell the Fleurette Family Mansion before he and her mother got married which is the cause of fights among other Fluerette family relatives.
They eat quietly after the conversations they have and let the maids clean the table.
Equinox requested to have lunch boxes done because he will bring one to the office and the other to the hospital for Claudius and Aquila.
Solstice and Eula also grab their own laptops, and check the companies to do and have several meetings. They are too focused on their work. They didn't know it's almost night time already and they just grabbed a little snack. Eula made Roasted Beef with a vegetable sandwich and the strawberry and blueberry cheesecake and some fresh kiwi juice.
Sister in Law, "Would you want to go to the shopping mall tomorrow?". asked Solstice
Yes we can I have a lot of time tomorrow I don't think I have meeting Eula replied
Thank you! I just need to buy few things while I am staying here and I also love to see what changes in the city, It's been a long time since I go home, so I wanted to buy a thing or a two excited Solstice replies
The to will be much closer after this outing so Equinox will have much more harder time since her sister have a big open mouth so she can tell informations to Eu
Meanwhile, Claudius and Aquila received the food and started tasting every dish. They are full enough these days since they sometimes forget to eat due to work, deadlines, submission of papers or new contracts and others.
Young Master is really Lucky. This is superb! While munching the rice with roast beef.
Boss deserves to have her but he is super blessed and loved by the heavens so good while having the french onion soup with Baguette aquila is totally enjoying the food.
When Aquila Laptops started to have pop up screens he worked immediately on it.
Is it a blessing in disguise that the kidnapping happens with Claudius or is it the start of new trouble that awaits for them.