《Breaking the Guardian's Curse 》Chapter Ten
Phoebe was in Chadd's room while he went to get the first aid box. She was inspecting her wound, she didn't expect it would hurt this much. After waiting for a while, Chadd came with the first aid box and brought out the methylated spirit and cotton wool. He added a little spirit to the cotton wool and was about to clean her wound when she pulled her arm away.
"How am I sure you know what you are doing?" Phoebe asked.
Chase forcefully grabbed her arm and used the cotton wool to clean the edges of the wound. "Mom and Gwen taught me everything I knew besides this is not the first time I am cleaning your wound, why are you scared?"
"Well, you always clean my wound with Gwen around. She tells you what to do." Chadd notices that there was a little sadness in her tone so he decided not to say anymore.
After he was done cleaning the wound, he applied bandages on the wound. He looked up at her and her eyes were gradually closing. She was dozing off. Chadd couldn't keep his eyes off her. He stared into her eyes and studied her features; her dark curly hair, her crystalline glass eyes, her V-shaped pink lips which he stared at for a few seconds before looking away. He placed his hand on his chest and it was a surprise to him that his heart was beating fast. She's the only girl who could make his heart beat this way.
How was he going to tell her he likes her? Is that even something he's supposed to say? Maybe spending time with her after so long made him have feelings for her. He thought.
He brought himself closer to her as his eyes stared at her lips, he was this close to kissing her when her head fell on the pillow. Chadd smiled. He stroked her hair and pulled the strand of hair on her face behind her ear so he could get a clearer view of her face. He has never seen someone as beautiful as Phoebe. "Maybe I need to get out of the house more often," he whispered to himself with a smile on his face. He stood up to return the first aid kit and came back to put her legs on the bed before pecking her forehead. Just then, the door closed and Chadd turned and he sighted the person's dress so he knew who it was which made him feel more relaxed. He used the bed cover to cover Phoebe before going out to meet the person.
The figure was running away but Chadd ran to catch up with her as he held her wrist and turned her to face him only to find out she was crying. "Gwen," he called. He was surprised to see her crying that he became speechless.
"let me go, Chadd." she tried to pull her wrist from his grip but he held her tighter.
"Gwen, it's not what you think..."
"I saw you kissing her, Chadd." She cuts in.
"I..."
"You are in love with her, aren't you?"
Chadd fumbled with his words that he didn't even know what to say. "It's not what you think..."
"Answer me, Chadd, do you love her?"
Chadd was speechless. He knew he'd be in trouble if anyone finds out he had feelings for her so he decided to play smart, "Of course, I love her. She is my sister." he smiled
"Don't play smart with me Chadd, you know exactly what I am talking about." She wiped her tears while glaring at him.
"I don't know what other love you are talking about. I love Phoebe and I love you, you girls are my sisters, or do you want me to hate her?"
Gwen knew he was hiding something but she decided not to dig deeper into the matter. She chose to use the opportunity to tell him how she felt about him hoping that he has a string of attraction for her. Chadd was about to leave when she held him back.
"Anything you want to say?" Chadd asked.
Gwen moved closer to him and stared into his eyes and within the next split seconds, she kissed him. She intended to say everything in words but she felt action speaks louder than words is she decided to kiss him instead.
