Healing Slowly But Surely By R. Joseph novel Chapter 285

Chapter 285: Madness.

Zevran.

It is quite obvious that by now, you all must have grown tired of my constant sulking and the way I would constantly lament about losing Leilani forever.

Well, this Chapter isn’t one of those where you’d get to hear about how much I struggled with coming to terms with the fact that she would never be mine or my brothers’. If anything, it would go to show just the lengths I can go to get her to soften up to me.

How much I can do to make her like me.

As I watched her walk away with a mixture of sorrow and pain gnawing at my chest, I quietly made a firm resolve.

That I would have her.

But not just that, that she would have me too.

She disappeared up the flight of stairs, and it wasn’t until then that my brothers turned to look at me, their faces a blend of embarrassment and something else… something that looked like desire as we passed the next few seconds in utter silence.

“What do we do now?” That was Caelum breaking the ice.

And no, come to think of it, did I ever mention to you guys that Caelum, the well known callous brother has been growing up these past couple of days?

Do you know that for some reason, he’s softened both mentally and physically; and now, he avoided conflicts like it is a plague.

His eyes found mine in that moment— searching and hesitant. He hissed; “She’s mad at us and we simply cannot leave her like that.”

“But she wants us to leave.” Kael cut in, then in a smaller voice added; “I don’t want to though, but I want to respect her choices…”

If anyone had told me some months ago that my brothers would be… you know… like this. Soft and considerate especially towards Leilani of all people, then I would’ve argued. I would’ve branded them mad and deranged.

I guess I am the mad one now.

“Let’s leave her be.” I said softly, glancing briefly at the top of the stairs. “She’s fine… she’s safe…”

“But I still worry about her. Louis escaped!”

“You both shouldn’t be worried about Louis escaping or what he could do to her as she can take care of herself in that regard— to some extent…” Caelum drawled, frowning as he spat out the word ’herself’ as if it was something vile, then continued;

“You should be worried about her indifference towards us. Because how the fuck do we protect her if she wouldn’t even spare us a glance? How in purgatory do we keep her safe if she has refused to have anything to do with us… even friendship?”

“This is one of the moments where I wish I am Frostclaw,” I drawled without thinking, but as soon as those words left my mouth, I cringed and turned away, hating the way my cheeks then began to sting.

What made me even more embarrassed was the way my brothers laughed at me, patting my back like it was one of those times I’d just found out what a crush meant and I had snuck out after dinner to tell them I was having a crush as big as Madagascar on Penelope, our butler’s daughter.

Caelum smiled. “I wish so too.”

But that was all we said. That was all that had to be said before we settled into a comfortable silence one more time.

However, this time around, the couple of seconds of having nothing to hear or listen to but my thoughts made me completely lose my mind. It gave me an idea that was both golden and dope at the same time, and without thinking it through, I brightened up with a smile and blurted out;

“Let’s make her dinner!”

“Huh?” Both Kael’s and Caelum’s mouths hung open as they turned to stare at me, a flicker of uncertainty and unease crossing their features before one of them had the boldness to say;

“But we’ve never cooked before, Z.”

I nodded slowly. “I know that.”

“I’ve never even boiled water of all things before…” Kael spat,

“I have never done that either.” I added, feeling an intense heat creep up my face as I thought more about this bizarre idea I’d just come up with.

However, I was snapped out of my little bubble when Caelum shook his head and seethed; “So how the fuck do you expect us to make dinner for Leilani? Do you intend to make her suffer from food poisoning?”

“No, of course I do not.” I hissed in annoyance— partly because my brothers were beginning to make me think that I may have lost my mind, and partly because at this point, they were winning and I was also beginning to think that I may have indeed lost my mind.

“We can do it,” I hissed, even though I no longer had the courage and conviction I felt earlier anymore. “We would use YouTube or TikTok recipes.”

As soon as I said that, I had half expected my brothers to laugh at me. Goddess even at some point, I feared that they would walk out on me; But to my utmost surprise, they did not.

Instead, Caelum turned to face the kitchen and sighed, his voice quiet as he muttered; “Let me check what she has at home… her pantry to be precise.”

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