Eden's POV

I meant to tease her not strip before her, what even happened? One moment I had the towel on, the next it was on the floor.

Maya screamed, her hands flying to her face as she turned around immediately.

Flustered, I gripped the towel with lightning speed and covered the view. A hot flush started in my neck and worked upward while my heart beat a million miles an hour. I couldn't believe this, I just flashed my Peekaboo at Maya, seriously Eden?

I couldn't tell if she was just agitated or crying cause I could makeout whimpering noises from her.

Well, what's done is done, the only thing left to do was to salvage the rest of my crumpled image.

This time she didn't even dare to turn back even when I entered my walk-in closet and dressed up.

"Alright, you can look now. I'm decent"

But she shook her head, "How do I know you're not lying "

I rolled my eyes, "I'm not sexually deviant Maya "

"That's rich coming from someone who asked me to watch him dress up moments ago " She taunted.

"I did say that but that was just to mess with you. "

"Well congratulations, your wish came to pass " she attacked me.

"Hey, my towel wouldn't have fallen off if you hadn't hit it " I defended myself.

"I wouldn't have hit your towel if you hadn't tried to make a silly move on me in the first place "

"Fine" I sighed, "Look or not, that's up to you " the girl was quite difficult to convince.

I watched Maya turn around, her palm was still covering her face. Then she slowly peered between the space in her fingers before she finally glanced up at me.

I gave her a cheeky grin and even pirouetted for her to check me out fully, "I'm good, not even a wardrobe malfunction is bound to happen "

A faint flush spread across her features causing my expression to lit up, good to know that she was as affected as I was.

"By the way, what brought you to my room unannounced?" I asked, having a feeling that something must have happened for her to barge into my room like that.

"Yeah, that's right " Maya hit get head as if chiding herself for forgetting her purpose of coming here, "It's Isabella "

Oh, that brat. What did she do this time or was Maya still angry about the face drawing.

"If you're here to ask me for the right to discipline the girl, then you're at the wrong place. Adam talk more Niklaus has never -"

"No that's not it " She interrupted me.

My brow quirked up in confusion, "That's not it, then what's it? "

Maya took a deep breath and said, "I think Isabella might be down with chickenpox"

For a moment I didn't say anything, just stared hard at her which obviously made her uncomfortable.

"Why are you looking at me that way? Is there something on my face?" The mystified Maya scratched the back of her head awkwardly while checking herself all over for any sign of a disorder.

I burst into laughter, "That's impossible, Isabella can't have such disease. She's vaccinated and the Spencer's are known for their strong immune system " came my explanation but she gave me the look.

"Come and confirm it with your eyes then" She suggested, opened my door and walked out without closing it, obviously urging me to follow after her.

I trailed after Maya with a bit of anticipation, it was strange Izzy contacting such an infection; all Spencer kids have a boosted immune system than normal due to the number of resources spent on their health.

We walked into the little girl's room and I watched as Maya stripped Off Isabella's polo, exposing her back invaded by the telltale red blisters.

I checked for her temperature by placing the back of my palm on her forehead and scrunched up my face at the hotness.

"So? " Maya questioned with an I-told-you-so look.

I gave in, "Yeah, you're right, she's having the chickenpox infection"

I quickly took out my phone, about to place a call when Maya gave me strange looks

"What are you doing? " She asked.

"I need them to get the car ready, she has to be taken to the hospital" I answered.

She snorted with laughter, "Eden, Chickenpox is generally mild and common in children which can be home treated. Why create such a huge fuss? "

"What if there are complications?"

"Luckily, she's still a kid; infection is more severe in teen and adults that are not immune "

I glanced up at her shapely, "Are you immune then? Aren't you at risk of getting infected too? "

Maya was sitting on the girl's bed with their body touching causing a deep frown to appear on my face. If I could remember, chickenpox was clearly a contagious disease that spread through touch, so why wasn't Maya cautious?

"Yeah, you're right " She pursed her lips while rubbing her jaw thoughtfully," And Isabella happened to share the same bed with Anabelle and me last night"

My face paled when I recalled my daughter did share a bed with Maya and that brat. Though I trusted my daughter has a good immune system but I couldn't help but fear for her health a bit, what if my precious little pumpkin gets this horrible disease?

"I was exposed to the disease when I was a kid so my body can fight off another infection because I'm immune already. You should worry about your daughter and the boy… "

She regarded me slowly, "And yourself and the rest of the staff. You should probably call a healthcare provider over instead of moving Isabella and putting yourself at risk"

Maya was right, it was better calling our family doctor over than moving Nik's daughter and spreading the infection.

"You don't need to worry about me, I'm stronger than I look, " I told her but she probably didn't hear me since Isabella awoke and garnered her attention.

"Hey " She spoke softly to the brat who covered her face in permanent marker hours ago.

Tsk tsk, the girl was too kind for her own good. Perhaps, it was a good thing she didn't get to enter her household. Our household was full of liars, greedy, and backstabbing assholes who wouldn't hesitate to use her to satisfy their selfish needs. Yes, it was better that way.

"How do you feel?" Saint Maya asked, the worry lines on her forehead deepening.

"Like a truck ran me over till I was nothing but paste on the floor " Isabella exhaled roughly, "What in the world is happening to me, I feel horrible"

"Well," Maya went on, "I would call it karma paying you back in your own coins considering the fact you drew on my face, the next hour you're down with chickenpox "

Isabella sat up with a great momentum out of shock and just as my daughter would have done, I was expecting her to scream my head off but she calmly asked Maya.

"Did you just say I have chickenpox? "

"Yeah, you've been infected with chickenpox, and though it might be hard on you during the days ahead. But you should know that I'm always beside you and would help you pull through, alright? We can fight this together! "

Maya gave a motivational talk to the poker-faced Isabella who stared off into space for a few seconds till she asked the most outrageous question ever.

"Does this mean I won't go to school? " A smile broke out on her face, " No school " she jubilated and lay back on her leaving Maya and I dumbfounded.

What the hell? Niklaus' daughter was definitely abnormal. If that was Annabelle, she would be worried sick whether the blisters or scabs would leave large scars on her skin or not?

"Let's just hope you haven't transferred this miserable infection to my daughter "

"I wish she has it "

That statement from Izzy jerked my head up, " What?! "

"It would be boring combatting this sickness all alone, I need company "

I opened my mouth to rebuke her but I couldn't find the right speech without using offensive words so I closed it and pointed at her instead.

"You're going back to the city "

"What?! " She yelled and sat up abruptly but Maya pushed her back on the bed with a warning.

"Don't get agitated, you have a fever which would only worsen if you continue this way"

"I don't care! " The rude brat snapped at her caretaker and tried to sit up again but Maya was quick to tackle her.

"Aren't you scared, you might get infected too? " the smart young brat tried to threaten her.

But an evil smirk curled up Maya's mouth to the side, "Guess what? I'm immune to the infection, so it's just you and I throughout the days of your misery. And trust me when I sayI've got my eyes on you twenty-four hours, seven days "

She added, "Moreover, don't think I've forgotten about the face drawing incident, I'll going to see to your deceit during this period of taking absolute care of you " Maya laid more emphasis on " Taking absolute care of you"

For the first time ever, I saw genuine fear spread across Izzy's face. I couldn't blame her, even I could sense the cold and scary aura Maya was giving off.

Still held captive by Maya, Isabella turned her head towards me and asked with the meekest tone I've ever heard from her,

"Can I still go back to the city, please? "