Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday - Chapter 173

Chapter 173: Grace’s Harem

Grace stared at her reflection in the mirror and immediately noticed the anxiety that was overwhelming her gaze despite her efforts of keeping it hidden beneath the calm facade she had mastered over the years.

“Maybe I’m still not too good at keeping a poker face.” She mumbled to herself while fixing the loose strands of her hair.

She was currently in the bathroom of her apartment, trying to calm herself down before the big talk she was about to do once returning to the kitchen where she left the men.

She invited all three of them – Dr. Kian, Davian, and Rune for dinner, with the plan to finally reveal her relationship with Dr. Kian to the other two and finally talk about her unclear relationship with them.

Everything was going perfect up until they finished dinner, but as the moment arrived for her to talk about the matter, the anxiety kicked in, forcing her to escape with a bathroom excuse.

“You are just afraid.” 2025 stated as a matter of fact through their shared mind-link, causing Grace’s hand to freeze on their way to fix another strand.

“What fear?” She asked while staring right into the reflection of her emerald orbs, realizing that she didn’t like the way 2025 sounded so sure about its analysis of her situation.

Despite the edge in her tone, 2025 didn’t hold itself back from slapping the truth right on her face. “You are afraid of losing Davian and Rune because you aren’t sure whether they will accept your idea of a harem.”

“It’s not my idea.” Grace tried to defend herself while doing her best to not focus on the term ‘harem’ that the little creature just used.

In response, she just received silence from 2025’s end. She would have loved to contradict its statement, to say that she wasn’t afraid, but she knew the truth very well deep down to actually deny it.

She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply, trying to calm down her racing nerves. It was another one of those situations where she was realizing just how much she could become bothered by these three men or things related to them. They were definitely not good for her heart, and yet, she was way past the point of keeping them at arm’s length anymore.

“Stop worrying too much and just keep Dr. Kian’s words in your mind. Both Davian and Rune deserves to know the truth about your and Dr. Kian’s relationship, and they also deserve to make their choices.” 2025 gave her the prep talk.

Grace nodded her head slightly as she took in a deep breath and opened her eyes. She was as ready to face the situation as she ever could.

With one last glance at herself in the mirror, she finally walked out of the bathroom and headed toward the kitchen where she left the trio as they offered to wash the dirty dishes and clean up the kitchen.

She might have taken her time in the bathroom because as she stepped into the kitchen, she found them almost done with their work.

“You are back.” Davian said as he noticed her first. She tried to gave him a smile but failed miserably as it came out too tight and fake. She knew that he had noticed the same and was about to speak when Dr. Kian came for her rescue.

“Want me to brew your favorite herbal tea?” Her boyfriend asked, giving her a warm smile. Either he knew exactly what was going on with her, or he was just perfectly on time. Either way, Grace was happy about his interruption.

“Yeah, sure. Let me help you.” She replied and moved past Davian to help Dr. Kian with the brewing of tea.

Fortunately for her, Davian didn’t try to press on the matter for the time being and gave her the space that she needed, just like he had always done without her needing to ask for it.

She and Dr. Kian prepared the tea while Davian and Rune headed to the living room. The former duo was almost done with their work and Grace was placing the cups in the tray to take it to the living room when she felt Dr. Kian taking hold of her wrist.

Her head turned to look at the man standing beside her and she found him looking at her with that gaze of his which said he knew exactly what was going on with her. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but didn’t when he gave a shook his head.

While it was an open kitchen joined with the dining area, a wall still separated it from the living room where Davian and Rune were at the moment. Hence, they had a little bit of privacy which Dr. Kian used as he inched closer and placed a kiss on her forehead before pulling away.

“I’m right here by your side. So go ahead and do what you are planning to do.” He whispered, giving her wrist a light squeeze, before he let go and stepped away.

A genuine smile finally stretched across her lips and she nodded her head, finding his support helping her in a way she didn’t even know she needed.

Dr. Kian returned her smile before he picked up the tray and headed out of the kitchen ahead of her.

Grace decided to not waste anymore time than she already had, and followed behind him, heading to the living room. The four of them settled down on the couches with a cup of the freshly brewed herbal tea in their hands.

For the next few minutes, they enjoyed the tea in silence. And Grace tried to think of a way to start the conversation. But as she ended up taking way too much time, Rune decided to break the silence.

His gaze was fixed on Grace as he asked, “So what is it that you want to talk about with us but haven’t been able to during the two hours we have spent her with you?”