Axel was tired of waiting for her to be calm, he held her hand and headed towards the exit of the building.
They got out of the building after a few minutes, Lily was still shaken about what happened.
They got into the car and Axel drove into the streets, this time, he didn’t drive so fast and he kept glancing at Lily.
She didn’t say anything, and neither did he.
The drive back home was silent, Lily’s thoughts were clouded with a lot. Axel drove into the mansion and slowed down then turned to Lily.
“I have got to go somewhere. You can go in, Nora is waiting.” He said and all Lily did was nod, she walked out of his car and walked into the house.
Axel watched her till she got into the house before he drove away.
Lily entered the house and met Nora in the living room.
“Lily.” Nora called happily and Lily put on a smile, Nora stood up from the couch and hugged her tightly.
“Oh my God, let go.” Lily chuckled and Nora smiled before letting go of her.
“I heard what happened at the ball, I hope you are okay?” Nora asked as he pulled Lily with her up the stairs.
“Oh, yeah. It was nothing. I didn’t see you at the party though.”
“Yeah, I had to run an errand for my parents.” She replied and Lily nodded.
“I heard the party went well too.”
“Did it?” Lily asked as they entered her room.
“Yeah, as long as it was the talk of the city in the morning then it went well.” Nora replied and Lily smiled a little.
She was still thinking about what happened a while ago and she wanted to forget about it so bad. She couldn’t share something like that with anyone, not even with his sister.
What would she think of him? She wouldn’t want to be the reason to ruin their family.
She sat on her bed and slowly took off her heels, she took them off and looked up to see Nora with a cigarette in her mouth and she was lighting it up.
“You smoke?” Lily asked, surprised.
“Who doesn’t?” Nora asked back with a chuckle as she took a puff.
“Me, I don’t.” Lily replied.
“Want to try?” Nora asked and she shook her head in response.
“Isn’t cigarettes bad?”
“Not if it is weed.” She replied and Lily furrowed her brows.
“Isn’t that worse?”
“Not really. It’s just that with weed, you would get high, be chill, and forget every worry you have.” Nora replied and walked to her, she sat next to her on the bed and Lily coughed immediately because of the smoke Nora puffed out.
“Really? Weed helps forget worries?” She asked and Nora stretched it to her.
“Here, why don’t you find out yourself?” She asked and Lily slowly took it from her, she took a drag and coughed immediately.
“Try again.” Nora said and she tried it again. She coughed less this time and Nora smiled.
“You are getting good at this so fast.” She said and Lily sighed.
“I am not enjoying it. I just want to forget my worries.”
The rest of the day went by, Nora left Axel’s mansion when it was already getting late.
Lily was seated in the dining room, as she ate her meal, she kept running her hands through her hair. She wasn’t comfortable, she was feeling restless and hot.
Axel walked into the house and saw the living room empty, Nora had already informed him earlier that she had left.
He knew it was dinner time already so he headed straight to the dining room. He got there and stood at the entrance when he saw Lily.
Her hair was down and she picked on her food. He watched her as she ran her hands through her hair repeatedly, she kept adjusting her position like she was in discomfort.
Axel found it weird and knew something was wrong with her.
“Lily.” He called and she turned to him, he raised his brow seeing her eyes red. He walked towards her and moved so close to her, that he leaned closer to her and stared at her eyes.
“What the fuck?” He muttered and Lily closed her eyes and opened it again. Her blue eyes weren’t so bright.
“You are as high as fuck.” Axel said and she looked away from him. He could tell, her pupils were dilated and she was restless.
Axel withdrew his phone from his pocket and placed a call to Nora. She picked up on the first ring and he placed the phone at his ear.
“What did you do?” He asked.
“What?”
“Lily is high.”
“Oh, it is just weed. She will be fine.”
“To her, it’s not just weed. She doesn’t know anything.”
“Well, I didn’t force her. She said she wanted to forget her worries and… ” Nora trailed off as Axel ended the call. He turned back to Lily to see her playing with her fingers.
He sighed and slowly pulled her up, she leaned on him and he helped her stand upright. The maids in the dining room kept staring at them.
“Axel.” Lily called softly and he ignored it. He held her hand firmly and pulled her out of the dining room. He helped her up the stairs and into her room.
She jerked her hand away from his as they got into her room, Axel watched her as she walked to the couch and sat on it.
She ran her hands through her hair and whimpered.
“Have you forgotten your worries?” He asked and she looked up at him.
“Answer the question. Have you forgotten that your father is dead?” Axel asked and Lily stared at him in disbelief.
“Have you forgotten your mother hates you? Have you forgotten that you are in a mess? Have you forgotten that everything you did went in vain?” He asked.
“Don’t say mean things to me.” She replied calmly as tears welled up in her eyes.
“I am not against you getting high or doing whatever you want. It’s one step at a time.”
“I couldn’t get what you did out of my head, you killed someone.” She replied and sniffed.
“My business is not your business, your business is being my wife.”
“What type of business involves killing someone?”
“It’s none of your business.” Axel replied.
“I… ” Lily paused as she suddenly felt disturbed.
“Axel, I don’t feel so… ” She couldn’t complete her statement as she felt the urge to puke, so she hurriedly stood up and rushed into the bathroom.
Axel sighed and sat on the couch, he didn’t go after her. She walked out of the restroom after a few minutes and lay on the bed. She was too weak to do anything.
Axel stayed in her room and went through his phone, he suddenly heard her soft snores after a few minutes and he walked out of her room.
His phone rang and he picked up the call.
“Sir, we found the Russian base and we were able to get it under our control.”
“Great, burn it.” He replied as he walked into his room.
“What?”
“Burn it all.”