She's My Sleeping Pill

"Yenyen, thank you for personally handling his funeral,"

"That's only natural, Grandpa. He was my father-in-law even when he didn't have a good relationship with Stefan. He tried to be good to me and it's only right that I should do the same."

Stefan remained silent beside her. She already tried her best to comfort him, but she knew that there would always be certain things that only one's self can solve.

The Madrigal family came as well along with their in-laws from both sides. Luna and Ali also arrived with flowers and pastries for the guests even though there wasn't really any need for them to do that. They just wanted to show support even in the smallest way they could.

Business partners came, friends and even Cayenne's staff came to express their condolences. Anyway, she didn't have many employees.

Not to Stefan's surprise, his auntie came as well.

"Dad," she whispered when she found Ferdinand in front of her brother's casket. "Dad, I returned home." Ferdinand looked at her with an empty gaze before shifting his attention back to Cayenne. "Dad, why won't you still forgive me when it was already proven that I never did anything bad to the company? Why do you still want me to stay in Tuscany?"

Ferdinand didn't say anything. It was his son's funeral, and he didn't want to make a scene. He could only swallow his anger and keep it tightly sealed from the bottom of his heart for now.

Celestine clenched her hands seeing how cold her father was to her. [Soon. Very soon. You will grovel on my feet for forgiveness. I will make sure that you will regret abandoning me in that awful place!]

Stefan watched his auntie and cousin play their act. If he didn't know the truth, he would think that they were truly mourning over his father's death. But now, he could only watch in silence while planning how to take them down.

"Hon, you must be tired. Why don't you take a rest with the kids?" Cayenne suggested when she noticed that Stefan was coldly staring at his auntie and cousin. She wasn't ignorant. She knew her husband more than anyone else and his gaze showed her a promise of vengeance. "I'll handle everything here."

"No, I want to stay with you. They might do something bad to you."

"I'll keep two or three bodyguards with me all the time. I will be fine. So, just take a rest with our children. I'm sure our daughter would look for you once she wakes up."

"Got it. I'll take a short nap upstairs. Be sure to call me if something comes up."

"Hn. I'll do that."

Kyle followed his brother-in-law upstairs and gave Zeki to him. Aziel started sobbing when he was placed on the bed, but Zeki just watched his father silently. Jahzara was peacefully sleeping in the foldable cot that Luiz told the bodyguards to bring. Among the triplets, she was the one who couldn't sleep on a bed that wasn't hers.

"Little one, are you hungry? Just give me a sec. Daddy will mix the formula right now." Stefan immediately rummaged through the bag that they brought from home to find the milk formula for the kids.

Aziel stopped crying and when he looked back, he saw Zeki holding his brother's hand.

[Zeki is very smart for a child or is it because he is a special case? Nonetheless, I will love you all the same.}

Meanwhile, when the Madrigal couple saw Celestine and her daughter, Julia, approach Cayenne, Travis signaled his wife to go and be there for Cayenne.

"Yen," Jillyanna hurriedly got to Cayenne's side and held her hand. "I offer my condolences to you and your in-laws. By the way, where is Stefan?"

"I told him to take a rest for now. He's been distraught since he learned about his father's death."

While chatting with her, Jillyanna glanced at Celestine several times and the woman stayed back and talked to other people who seemed to know her. Not long after, Ferdinand approached Cayenne and asked her to look after the funeral because his doctor reminded him to take plenty of rest for recovery.

"Rest assured Grandpa, nothing bad will happen here. You can rest upstairs."

"Don't worry, Dad. I will be staying here with Cayenne to look after the mourners," Celestine interjected into the conversation even though Ferdinand wasn't talking to her. In the end, she was ignored right in front of everyone.

"Hey. Is that woman the exiled daughter?"

"I didn't know she was allowed to set foot here in the city again."

"I was wondering who she was, but when I heard her call the senior of this household dad, I remembered about her. She is Celestine."

"Oh! I heard about the reason why she was kicked out."

"But it was clarified to be Clara's doing, right?"

People started to gossip on top of being ignored by her own father. Seeing how warm the people accept Cayenne who was only an in-law to the Dumrique family, Celestine got even angrier.

[Just wait! I will make sure you will beg me to help you in the future! I will not let any outside take over the family property! No!]

Travis was just observing everything in silence, taking note of Celestine's reactions no matter how small it was. After all, as someone who recognized Stefan as his brother, Travis won't let anyone destroy the happiness that his little brother worked so hard to get.