[Nea's POV]

I cough a little as I feel a sudden cold in my chest. Leia quickly gets out of Sara's dressing room to check up on me who's currently sitting on Sara's bed. Yes, we're in Sara's room after both of them dragged me here, mumbling to each other about what should I wear to dinner tonight.

"Have you taken your meds today?" Leia stands in front of me and put her hand on my forehead measuring my temperature.

"I don't think I did. Forgot to, sorry." I said as Leia turns around typing on her iPhone.

"We're all forgot that you're still sick. Your fever came back, but a bit lower, still you need to take meds and some rest, considering a lot happened today."

Sara walks out of her dressing room towards us. "Nea got sick again?"

Leia nods äs she looks at her watch, "Her fever hiked up again. She needs rest and meds, besides we still have a few hours till dinner."

"Let's get you to the room then." Sara helps me get up but Leia stops us.

"I've already called an assistant."

Sara and I tilt our head looking confused as Leia smirks playfully. I heard someone run upstairs and he comes inside panting. Adam looks worried as he walks towards me fast.

"You got a fever again??" His voice sounds urgent as he still panting from running upstairs.

He put a hand to my forehead and another to a side of my neck. I shiver a bit to his touch, his hand is cold.

"Take Nea to your room, give her meds and put her to bed. She needs rest." Leia gives instructions as she looks at us.

Adam holds a hand out to me as I look at him and his hand simultaneously. "Let's go."

I put my hand in his and he smiles as he leads me upstairs. I saw Sara and Leia smiling widely, almost grinning when we both walk out. I shake my head amusingly at their expression.

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Adam gives me my medicine and then he put me on my side of the bed. He casually releases my tied hair and tucks me in. He fixed the blanket as he turns on the heater using a remote.

"It seems like you've done this a lot." I look at him through the blanket which covers my body till my nose, revealing only my eyes and upper.

He laughs a bit, showing his teeth, kind of cute to me. I try not to stare at him, avoiding his gaze. He takes a seat next to me, covering his position a little bit on the edge of the bed.

"Yeah, Sara is not a very healthy kid when we were little. Mum and Dad literally busy at that time, so it's up to me, the healthy one to take care of her. I got to know later that one of the twins sometimes gets lesser antibody than the other one, and that explains why she often get sick, also how I got these skills."

"Only Sara? How about Emily? Haven't you attended to her?" I slowly gasp when I say the words in my head out loud and Adam totally heard it, as he's making a questionable face.

Oh my god! why did I ask this? I'm getting a bit ahead of myself now. Stupid Nea!

"Sorry, forget it." I turn to the other side, hoping this conversation ends right now.

Adam stands up and walks away.

He must've thought I'm a busy body.

To my dismay, Adam didn't walk out of the room, instead, he lay next to me on his side of the bed. He's looking straight at me, eye to eye.

Is his eye brown all this time? I never notice it before.

"I've never attended to Emily before. She's never sick if I remember correctly."

Adam's voice sounds low and soft when he talks.

"I see." I let out a little sigh that makes Adam smile, of course, he heard it, we are only a few inches from each other.

I didn't remember when did I fall asleep, but it was quick, maybe because I'm tired or because of Adam's presence. But one thing for sure, I felt safe and warm.

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I wake up two hours later and the spot next to me is vacant. I sit up and look outside, the sun is setting as the world turns darker. The almost dried towel on my forehead fall to my lap, I smile softly.

I heard a few knocks on the door before it opens slowly revealing Sara and Leia.

"You're up!"

Both of them walk inside and shut the door. Sara takes a seat next to me as Leia checks my temperature.

"It's better now." Leia smiles softly, her smile is beautiful.

"Thank you, Leia. By the way, what are you holding Sara?" I point to something she has held for a while.

"This? It's your dress." Sara put it on the bed next to me.

"A dress? For what?" Till then I notice that both of them are wearing a dress. "Isn't this supposed to be only a dinner?"

"Yeah, we decided to make it a bit fancier," Leia said as she pulls me out of the bed towards the bathroom.

She pushes me slowly inside "We'll wait for you out here. Don't take too much time, dinner starts at 8. Uncle and Auntie on their way here with the boys."

I nod and close the door. I take only about 10-15 minutes to wash up and wrap myself with a towel. Sara and Leia help me with my hair and makeup that I originally don't want any but was forced onto. I'm wearing a simple dark red dress with a black brogue (since I've never worn high heels). My hair is tied up in a low pony style and my make up is done a bit lighter. About half an hour later, they are done with me and we all go downstairs to the dining room.

The maids are preparing the dinner table in a rush since Mr. and Mrs. Clark are about to arrive in a few minutes. I decide to help the maids, although they decline, because I'm still weak (apparently), I still help them. Leia and Sara are also helping in the kitchen.

A few minutes later, I heard the front door opened and the boy's laughter echoes through the corridor to the dining room. Mr. and Mrs. Clark walk in the room first as they both saw me and smile widely.

"Oh my god! You look beautiful Nea! Isn't she honey?" Mrs. Meg aka Mrs. Clark, my mother-in-law asking my father-in-law, Mr. Clark.

"She is." Mr. Clark smile when he saw me.

"Mum! Dad! You've arrived!" Sara and Leia appear from the kitchen and hugs both of them.

"How's everything? Settle? How's your flight?" Sara bombarded them with questions, making them smile at their daughter.

"One question at a time Sara." Leia pats her back. I look at them, smile as they make me remember my family.

What are they doing now? I miss you guys!

"Woah!" The guys exclaim when they emerge from the corridor, all looking smart and handsome according to the dinner theme. All of them are looking at me, wide eye except for Alex of course. Alex smiles and puts a thumbs up to me before he makes his way to Leia, kissing her cheek lovingly. Noah, Lucas, and William surround me in a second, complimenting me making me blush. Sara comes fast to my aid as she pushed them all for teasing me.

"What are you guys doing?"

Adam's voice totally makes me whip my head towards his direction. I saw him walking forward dashingly. He's wearing a white shirt underneath a dark red sweater with blue-black jeans. His hair is pushed to the back, only a few strands dangling in front. He stops mid-track when the boys decided to hide me behind them, which they are totally towering over me.

"You need to take a big breath." Noah said seriously making me chuckle behind them.

"What for?"

"Oh, you'll see, but first take a breath." Lucas continues making me chuckle a bit louder.

"Is Nea behind you guys?" Adam asks when he heard my laughter.

"Take a breath, Adam," William said before Adam pushed through them.

His eyes widen and he gasps a bit, making all of them laugh at his reaction. I believe I'm getting redder by then, a blush crept to my neck and my face.

"We told you to take a breath first didn't we?" Lucas shakes his head along with William and Noah.

Sara cut off our moment by patting my shoulders "Isn't she beautiful?"

Adam nod shyly as he scratches the back of his head. All pair of eyes in the room are watching us with a smile.

"Let's stop staring and have dinner, ladies, and gentleman"

Mr. Clark said as he takes his seat at the end of the long dinner table while Mrs. Clark sits on his right. Adam pulls a seat on the second row on the left side while looking at me and signals for me to sit there which is next to him.

All through the night, I can feel there's a difference air between us compared to the days before. We are getting closer, although I don't know if this is a good thing or bad. But what do I know, that this feels great, we smiling, laughing and talking together. Seeing him smiling makes my heart warm and make me unconsciously smiling too.

Whatever is happening now, I hope it stays. I love this.

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