Cayenne came home around 10:00 PM with her brother Kyle. The first thing she ever did was check the kitchen for any food, and sure enough there was a note for her plastered on the refrigerator. She read it mentally instead of saying it out loud.
[Let's eat together once you're back.] Even though she couldn't see the second floor from the kitchen, she instinctively looked up in the direction of the nursery room.
Cayenne took the small piece of paper with her and went upstairs.
Stefan had fallen asleep in the triplet's room. Jahzara and Zeki were inside the crib while Aziel slept on top of his father's chest. [Hmm, this little guy is taking over my place.] She thought and smiled while watching them from the door. Stefan heard the opening of the door and a moment later, he caught a whiff of his wife's perfume.
"Welcome home," he mumbled and slowly lifted his son with him as he sat up straight on the bed. "Did you just arrive?"
"Hn. I'll reheat the food. Come outside once you've transferred him to his crib."
"Okay. I'll be right there."
Cayenne went back to the kitchen, washed her hands, and reheated the food that Stefan prepared for her. When attending social events, Cayenne wasn't allowed to eat anything if it wasn't made by her husband or someone trusted by her husband. Sometimes, she would get some drink from the waiters passing by, but she wouldn't really drink it. It was just part of her props.
At most, she can only bring sliced fruits with her inside a tiny food keeper and hide them in her purse.
Silently, Stefan snaked his arms around her waist from behind and kissed the back of her ears. "I missed you so much. What took you so long?"
"I didn't expect to receive a lot of partnership offers from different companies and brands. Did you have a hard time with the kids?"
"Nope. They were amazing."
"Then, why are you sulking?"
Stefan felt like he had just fallen asleep next to his wife when the children started crying in the next room. He checked the time it was still five in the morning.
He got up to check on the kids when Cayenne held his arm to stop him. "Hon, the children are crying. Let me check on them first. I'll be right back. Just go to sleep. It's still early."
Cayenne nodded even though she wasn't really understanding most of the things that he said.
Stefan went to the nursery room and checked on the kids one after another. It turned out that Aziel needed a change of diapers and Jahzara cried after waking up because of her brother's loud wail. As for Zeki, he was just staring at his siblings.
After changing Aziel's diaper, he placed him back in the crib and slowly rocked it back and forth to put the babies back to sleep. In silence, Zeki just went back to his slumber while the other two took a little longer.
Stefan went back to his wife's arms and enjoyed her warm hug before falling back to sleep. He always felt at ease and secure whenever he could feel her close to him.
By the time Cayenne woke up around 10:00 AM, Stefan was no longer there. His space in the bed was already cold which means he had gone out for quite some time already. However, she found and white tulip flower on top of the bedside drawer next to her which made her smile.
She checked her phone for any messages and found a lot of them came from one of her employees – Addie, her makeup artist.
"Yen, please help me!"
"Miss Yen, please hide me!"
Cayenne frowned at these messages while wondering what the woman could have meant. She called her as soon as she could, but no one answered. She tried it again and it was to no avail. Since she could not get hold of her, she decided to contact Tristan right away.
Tristan was already in his office when Cayenne's call came, yet before he could say anything, he heard her urgent demand. "Find out where Addie is right now. Send someone to get her as soon as you locate her."
"Got it."