She's My Sleeping Pill

“I think not as of the moment but he will be busy later on. I just brought him coffee inside.”

“I see. Thanks for your help.”

“No worries. Excuse me for a while. Boss asked me to do something.” Elena left in a hurry and Cayenne stepped inside his office. Not wanting to be caught up in their lover’s world, Kyle decided to stay at the lobby and looked around the place. It was his first time visiting Stefan’s office and he was really awestruck with how big it was.

Inside the office, Cayenne placed the paper bag on the coffee table and walked towards her husband who hasn’t gotten any sleep since last night. “You look horrible. Why don’t you get some sleep for few hours?”

“I’ll sleep after talking with Tristan.”

“They’re coming back today?”

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“Then, you have to eat while waiting for them.”

Instead of standing up to eat the food that she brought, Stefan hugged his wife and pressed the side of his face on her flat stomach. “Let me stay like this for a while.” he mumbled, leaving Cayenne no other choice but to indulge him for few minutes. “Denise died.” Stefan started as Cayenne brushed his hair with her fingers. “She’s Monique’s mother. The person who was responsible for her death escape and he’s after you.”

“Is this related to Napoleone?”

“Yes.”

“I see. That’s why you were so worried earlier. Then, have you informed her family?”

“Not yet. We will release a news about this incident in case her mother would seek for information after we’d tell her about it. We can’t afford them to know the truth of her death. The child will be devastated.”

“You will be a great father, you know. You care so much about a child’s emotions.”

Stefan hugged her even tighter and buried his face on her flesh instead. He just wanted to feel her warmth so close to him. “Ayen, I will never be able to live without you.”

“I won’t go anywhere.”

“Right! I know what to do now.” Stefan stated which startled her a little. “I’ll eat while I tell you about it.” At once, Stefan stood up and walked to the coffee table to get the food that his wife brought for him. While eating, he told Cayenne about his plan in order to ensure her safety during the upcoming events which needed their presence.

Tristan dropped off Dr. Eliezer at Senyu Medical Hospital first before going to the company where Stefan and Elena waited for him. Despite having dark circles around his eyes from lack of sleep, Tristan still looked handsome.

“Lena!” He greeted loudly when he saw her at the lobby talking with Kyle about a painting. He was sure that her eyes lit up when she saw him but she suddenly looked annoyed at him. “Uh...aren’t you happy to see me?” he asked while walking towards her and gave Kyle a faint smile.

“I thought I saw a panda talking to me.” Elena responded and sighed. “Boss has been waiting for you. Go now so that you can rest later.”

Tristan chuckled as he opened his arms wide for her to throw herself in. “Don’t I get a welcome-back-hug?” Elena shifted her eyes to Kyle who pretended like he didn’t see anything. He was chatting with Kath to lessen the awkwardness that Elena would feel. “Come on. No one’s looking.”

Biting the bullet, she finally gave in and hugged him. She wanted to be honest with her feelings this time. “Welcome back.”

“There. It’s not so difficult, right?” He hugged her tight and kissed the top of her head and let her go. Even if he wanted to hug her for a little longer, he couldn’t do it because Stefan was still waiting for him. In any case, he will have a lot of time in the future with her. “I’ll go and see the boss first.”

When he left, Elena looked towards Kyle and smiled faintly. “I thought it would be fine to hug him once in a while.”

“I do that with my girlfriend, too.”

“Right. I forgot that you are also taken.”

“Are you guys in an official relationship now?”

“Not yet. I...I am still thinking about it.”

“I see. I think Tristan is a decent person and I can see that he cares about you. He’s actually a nice guy.”

Since it was just the two of them left at the lobby again, they talked about relationship and stuffs. Elena might be older than Kyle but Kyle had a longer relationship than her. She asked her for advice despite the seniority of her age.

Back in the office, Tristan reported his assignment to Stefan. Although they weren’t able to catch the mastermind, the President of P country promised to cooperate in case those men return. Since Tristan got hold of their identities, he gave the information to the President and it was up to him as to how he would punish these men if ever they’d catch them.

“Let’s release the news first.” Stefan told Tristan who was equally haggard to his employee. Cayenne felt really bad for both of them. “I’ll call her mother once it is released.”

“I’ll check with Shein if he’s done creating those sites that I asked him. We cannot publish the news to verified media sites because they will investigate this matter. I asked him earlier to make sites especially for this.”

Stefan nodded his head while also contacting David for the event at night. He needed someone who can help Cayenne before coming to the event.

“Luiz has a shooting at seven in the evening. I cannot leave him alone. How about you bring her to the shooting site? I’ll prepare everything that she’d need.” David responded thru a text message. He was busy with work as well.

“That’s fine with me. We’ll be there at five.” Stefan replied.

With the cooperation of Shein and Tristan, they released the fake news that involved Denise’s death. They used a different name for her because that was the name on her ‘ID’. If Mrs. Amir would check the identities of the victims, he wouldn’t see her daughter’s name but if she viewed their pictures, she’d be able to see her. That’s because she was using a different identity.

Stefan contacted Travis first and when he got the confirmation, Stefan contacted Brown. They needed to have someone on standby near the Amir home in case the old lady would collapse from shock. This problem isn’t something that he can deal on his own. Thankfully, he got friends who are willing to help him.

Brown was with Valkyrie and both of them were stationed outside the Amir house. Brown was eating lollipop while leaning on his car, pretending to wait for someone.

“I’ll call Mrs. Amir now.” Stefan expressed and dialed the number that he kept on his phone. The phone rang twice but the person who answered it was Monique. “Niknik, where’s your Nana?”

“Nana is currently cooking some snacks for me. Do you need anything from her?”

“Hn. Can you tell her to turn off the stove and answer the call. It’s something important.”

The little girl didn’t answer him but he could her hear voice from the background, calling for her Nana and said the words that Stefan told her earlier. “Hello? Mr. Dumrique?”

“Mrs. Amir...I...” Stefan took a deep breath and held Cayenne’s hand with his. He felt really nervous to tell this bad news to the old lady. “I’m sorry.” Stefan muttered. “I couldn’t keep my promise of completing her family. Denise – she’s gone.”

Stefan didn’t hear any response from the old lady. All he could hear was Monique’s loud screams and sobs.