"Good morning," Kim yawned as she strolled down the stairs in her pyjamas .

Rubbing her eyes, Bella turned towards her, "Morning . "

Kim was taken aback for a moment because her eye bags were blaring, "Couldn't sleep?"

She simply nodded in acknowledgement .

As she was too excited last night and she was also in an unfamiliar environment, she couldn't catch a wink of sleep .

She had even rushed out early so she could have an encounter with her crush but he seemingly wasn't awake .

Currently, Isabella was brooding . Her mission to impress her crush was ruined before it began .

In spite of the fact that she was tired, she wanted to talk to him . Her only fear was that if she rested a bit, she would fall asleep and may not have the chance to interact with Carl again…

So resting was not an option .

She was doing everything to keep her eyes from dropping .

She wasn't even aware of the state of her face, else she wouldn't be sitting in front of the TV, patiently waiting for his arrival .

"Why don't you go wash up, I'll make breakfast," Kim suggested, walking away .

You would think she would do as Kim said, yet she didn't budge .

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If only she knew she was in for a huge disappointment she would take a shower, have breakfast then have her beauty sleep .

Too bad that wasn't the case . As Carl was too busy, he didn't come out from the bas.e.m.e.nt until she left, leaving behind a sleep deprived, tired, disappointed girl .

…

"You still haven't showered?" Kim stared at Isabella who was in a daze .

Bella only glanced at her briefly before turning back to the TV .

Kim paused for a moment taking in the scene, "Breakfast is ready . . . I'll go call him, he should be awake by now . "

Her words woke Isabella from her daze, she hurriedly got up almost tripping in the process .

Kim facepalmed, "A friendly reminder, you look like a mess . "

With those words, she jogged up the stairs .

As soon as Bella heard her, without dilly-dallying, she ran into the washroom downstairs .

To her bewilderment, she had bird-nest hair, her appearance was anything short of impressive .

She quickly combed her hair with her fingers then did a quick messy bun before was.h.i.+ng her face .

Even though she looked more tidy than before, her eye bags could not be concealed .

She took a once-over of her reflection in the mirror before patting her cheeks and heading to the dinning .

…

Since Carl's room was empty, Kim found her way to the bas.e.m.e.nt .

Not surprising, he was sitting on his desk, working .

As she entered, he raised his head . Hesitantly, he greeted, "H-hey…"

"I made breakfast . "

Seeing she wasn't as dull as last night, he a.s.sumed she wasn't mad anymore .

He sighed, "Thank you, I'll be out real quick . "

"Ok . "

…

Kim's voice interrupted Bella who was trying to fix her self and also contemplating if she should go apply a little make up at least to conceal her eye bags . "You're acting really weird, you know?"

Isabella raised her head, "I just feel quite uncomfortable . "

"Given the fact you were under the rain but you chose not to shower and you didn't sleep last night, I'd say you ought to be . "

She quietly took a seat .

They chatted amicably while waiting for Carl, real quick turned into thirty minutes so she decided to start breakfast without him .

After eating, she dragged Isabella away to shower .

Coincidentally, while they were away, Carl came out, ate his breakfast, washed the dishes and returned to the bas.e.m.e.nt .

If Isabella didn't know better, she would a.s.sume he was avoiding her . Well, Kim who knew better still felt he was ghosting her .

After all, the reason she was back was to spend time with him and not to watch the empty house along with Bella .

When she saw he had eaten, she opted to watch movies with Bella .

Not long after, she got bored, they went to the garden to watch the fish .

Still, they remained unsatisfied as they weren't even paying attention .

Carl was on the back of their minds for the same reason .

Not wanting to make it too obvious, Kim excused herself and went to the bas.e.m.e.nt to check on him .

"Hey!" She announced her presence with much chagrin .

"Oh hey," he replied, not looking her way .

"You realize I returned home to spend time with you, right? And yet you couldn't even have breakfast with me?" She piped

Carl abruptly stopped typing .

"I'm sorry, I'm just busy . You know I've been working for those people, I really haven't had the time for my own company . " He diplomatically explained . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .

Then Carl suggested, "You could sit with me . "

She rolled her eyes, "I came with a friend, I obviously can't do that . "

"Right, I forgot . " He rubbed his eyes .

After staring at the computer screen for so long, his eyes ached a little .

*How about I make it up to you later?" He made another suggestion .

For some reason, she felt so impatient even though she knew he was busy, she could not help but want him to focus on her a little bit . "When exactly is later? I have to go back to school tomorrow . "

"I'm not really sure…" He sighed .

He wasn't sure how long it would take to go over the reports and so he did not want to make a promise he could not keep .

"As soon as I'm done, I'll come up . "