Mr. President: You Are The Daddy Of My Triplets - Chapter 418

Chapter 418: 418- Gross

“Hello! Anybody home?” Valerie called from the doorway when she entered the house. There was a strange kind of silence there.

“Aniya! Are you back?” She called again, “Alaric!”

Shouldn’t Aniya be home by now? She thought in irritation and went to the kitchen.

Oh, so she returned and must be sleeping in her room now. Thank God the kitchen is clean.

But where is Alaric?

She went to her bedroom, thinking that Alaric must have passed out after getting drunk but there he was sitting in the bed sucking something in his mouth.

“Alaric! Why didn’t you respond to me, honey?” she went to him and leaned down to kiss him, but he turned away his face to avoid the kiss.

Valerie stood there in confusion, “What’s the matter?” she ran a slow gaze around and found an ice tray on the nightstand.

Alaric picked up another cube and popped it into his mouth. Valerie caught the sight of his injured tongue, “My, my! What happened to your tongue?”

***

The creepy man had dropped her at Lisa’s apartment on her request, but the weird thing was, that Lisa wasn’t home.

“I’m not going back to my house. No way!” She mumbled and sat on the staircase near the apartment door.

Her mind wandered back to that man who didn’t tell her, his name, nor did she ask him.

He knew a lot about her and was standing outside her house as if he knew she might be in trouble.

But it was all unsettling a bit. She wasn’t getting those friendly vibes from him, though she decided to trust him.

With a sigh, she tilted her head to look at the apartment door and then leaned her cheek against the wall.

“Where’re you, Lisa,” she spoke to herself.

She had dozed off when the jangling nearby made her awake. Lisa was climbing the stairs with that cute guy tugging behind her.

“Aniya!” Lisa was stunned to find her on the stairs. The cute guy also had concern in his eyes. If it was some other time, she would have teased Lisa about him.

“I’m sorry for appearing like this but will you mind if I crash at your place for a few days? I’ve left my house for good, Lisa.”

***

“That asshole tried to…” Lisa gritted her teeth while dabbing at the small bumps on her back. There were angry red marks where she hit the edge of the stairs. Bruises had almost marred her skin. She winced every time Lisa’s fingers brushed against the tender spots.

“Stop poking it so hard, Lisa,” Aniya grumbled, “It hurts… ouch!”

Lisa huffed rolling her eyes, “Why? I told you not to be a superhero and stop going to that house.”

Aniya was lying face down, on her belly with her shirt pulled up to her head. Lisa had winced when she saw her back.

Aniya let out a weak laugh, muffled by the pillow, she had her face buried in, “I never thought it could be this bad.”

After a short knock, the cute guy whose name was Liam stepped inside, “I’ve brought the painkillers, Lisa. But I really urge you to visit a doctor, Aniya,” he placed the bag of the meds on a side table.

“Thanks, Liam. You’re a lifesaver!” Lisa didn’t want to discuss the doctor if Aniya wasn’t comfortable with the idea.

And Aniya wanted to see Liam’s face which must have been blushing by Lisa’s praise.

After a quick introduction, Lisa had sent him to buy some over-the-counter meds for Aniya. And the way there was worry on his face, Aniya thought he was sweet.

At last, a guy with good vibes!

“We can’t visit a doctor, Liam,” Lisa told him while putting a bandage piece on her back, “she is about to turn eighteen. Reporting to the police means she will be stuck here for longer. She wants to move to some other city.”

They kept talking about her as if she wasn’t there.

Aniya craned her neck to glance at him, “Thanks for helping me. And apologies for dragging you into this whole mess. You must be here to spend the night with her and her I’m ruining your plans.”

Liam’s eyes went wide with surprise while Lisa started coughing. Aniya twisted her neck some more and found her friend’s face turning crimson.

Uh-huh. So, Lisa is at last involved.

“We didn’t have any plans, Aniya. Relax. He… he was just here to… drop me.”

Aniya wanted to ask Lisa where she was but then she decided to keep her mouth shut.

Being Lisa’s friend didn’t mean; she needed to pry in her personal affairs.

“Yeah,” Liam’s brows furrowed a little, “I was… just here to drop her off. I should leave… I guess,” he started taking backward steps, but then his gaze met Aniya’s, “You shouldn’t let this slide. The man who tried to harm you can do it again. Either talk to the police or don’t go back.”

When Liam left, Lisa lay beside her.

“I’m sorry,” Aniya placed her cheek on her wrist, “I think it was the wrong timing to crash here and …”

“Aniya…” Lisa sat up, “Stop apologizing. Nothing is going on between us. I’m bringing a glass of milk for you. Don’t sleep before drinking it.”

Lisa was turning away to leave the bed when something glittering caught her eye, “What is this?” she asked Aniya whose eyes were closed now.

“What?” Aniya asked her in a hoarse whisper.

“On your finger, dummy. When did you buy this ring?”

Ring?

With a groan, Aniya raised her head to have a better look at her hand. Lisa was right. There was a ring on her finger.

A diamond ring.

“Wait a minute,” she bolted up, “how did this ring get to my finger?”

And then she realized that there was only one man who held her hand once when she was puking.

Like seriously? He slipped this ring on my finger when I was throwing up?

Gross!