Page 18 of Light in Your Eyes (Romero Brothers #1)

Layla

I sit up in my bed as I wake up to another day.

My eyes dart to Kellan, who’s still sleeping soundly next to me.

He looks so peaceful when he’s sleeping, so different from the time he wakes up—he usually becomes irritated at every little thing.

I get up from the bed carefully so that I don’t wake him up.

After I grab my clothes, I walk toward the bathroom and close the door behind me. I take off my clothes, ready to take a shower.

My eyes land on the box sitting in the corner of the bathroom. It consists of new bath essentials that Zoe just gave me, and a smile touches my lips.

With excitement, I open the box and pick my new shampoo. I close my eyes, smelling the delicate scent. It smells so good, like a calming aromatherapy. Zoe has wonderful taste when it comes to these products.

I step into the shower, humming as I arrange the bath essentials in a container next to the sink. I glance at Kellan’s bath essentials. It’s about time that I stop using his shampoo and body wash .

I turn the water on. It pours down on my hair and body, causing me to sigh in contentment. I close my eyes, washing my hair gently with my new shampoo. It feels so good to finally use this product and smell like a girl after days of using a man’s bath essentials.

Happily, I sing Olivia Rodrigo’s song. I often sing in my bathroom, so I just can’t help it.

My mind wanders to Kellan and how I can befriend him. He surely is a difficult person, but he’s not cruel. Besides, with what Jaxon told me—about Kellan’s pain and childhood trauma—I just can’t leave him. I may have to ask Zoe more about him, since she knows him better than I do.

I wonder if I will ever return to my home. The contract stated that it’s a one-year period, but I have a feeling that it will only be done if Jaxon is contented enough with the results of his brother’s progress.

This place is dangerous, and I don’t know if I can survive one year. My body starts to shiver as I imagine that, so I shake that thought off.

I continue washing my hair and sing my favorite song to get my mind off all the horrible thoughts.

I just hope that I don’t wake up Kellan with this singing. With how soundly he’s sleeping, hopefully he won’t wake up.