All Chapters of Grimaldi's Blood and Vows: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

[ARIETTA’S POV]I leaned against the locker door when I decided to rest for a moment. I needed to calm myself down. I had to remove thoughts of Pierce from my mind, because if I didn't, it would affect my performance.Once I convinced myself that I was okay, I left the locker room. I ran into Corinne, who looked flustered."Hey! Where have you been? I've been looking for you. Can you please serve the table for Sir Pierce’s friends? Two more people joined, but I’ve already taken their order. Just wait for it to be cooked in the kitchen. I have to attend to some other customers." Corinne was in a hurry, so she didn’t wait for me to say anything.I just sighed. There was nothing I could do. This was my job, and I couldn’t refuse.It was too late when I realized who had joined Pierce's group at the table. I cleared my throat and adjusted my posture before deciding to go back and serve breakfast to the two newcomers.Pierce stopped laughing when he noticed me. His gaze never left me. No ma

[ARIETTA’S POV]"I'm fine," I replied calmly. Somehow, I had already managed to calm myself down. It was nothing like earlier when I was so overwhelmed with emotions.Pierce didn’t add anything further. My eyes stayed fixed on my feet. I couldn’t look at him. I’d explode where I stood if I looked at him again."Get some rest." He walked past me after saying that.I sighed and held my chest as I made my way back to the dorm. I followed his advice, even though I felt like I should go back to the party since I still had work to do.I was in a daze for a while after lying down on my bed, but I soon heard my friends’ voices. Afraid of being bombarded with questions about what happened earlier, I pretended to be asleep."Ari!" I felt the bed shift.I kept my eyes closed and ignored my friends calling me."She’s probably asleep. Let her rest," Blaire’s voice said.The three of them kept chatting, and even though I wasn’t really asleep, I couldn’t follow their conversation. I just let myself

[ARIETTA’S POV]Only a few people knew about it. Probably just the senior staff and the head crew. As for the interns, aside from me, no one else knew.Blaire and I both clocked out at the same time. She kept complaining to me about rude customers who were sometimes too demanding, but she had to endure it. I couldn’t listen to her properly, though, because my mind kept returning to the fact that Pierce was sick and possibly alone where he was.I stopped walking and looked at the private villa, not far from where we were. Blaire noticed and stopped too, glancing at me."What's wrong?""You go ahead, Blaire," I said to my friend. I looked at her, "I forgot something in my locker, I’ll get it quickly." I didn’t give her a chance to argue or protest. I left and pretended to head back to the restaurant, but in reality, I took a different route toward Pierce's private villa.When I reached the door, it was only then that I realized the door might be locked, and I might not be able to get i

[ARIETTA’S POV]I fixed his blanket when he lay down on the bed. I also checked to see if he had taken his medicine, which, of course, he had."I’ll sleep on the sofa outside.""You can sleep beside me. You won’t catch anything from me." I froze at what he said. I looked at his hand holding mine, and it broke the train of thought I had been trying to follow."Even when you’re sick, all you think about is nonsense!" I pretended to be annoyed to hide the emotions that were about to explode from his words."I won't do anything to you, just sleep here with me. I won’t let you sleep on the couch. I insisted that you stay here because I want you by my side, so sleep here on the bed, not in a place where you won’t be comfortable." His eyes were almost closed, but you could still see the resistance to sleep.I pouted. The problem is, I wouldn’t be able to handle lying next to him in one bed.I dragged the chair I had been sitting on earlier with my foot because I couldn’t move my hand properl

[ARIETTA’S POV]I was silent, unable to speak because I was overwhelmed with so many emotions from what Pierce was saying."If you don’t know what to do with me in this condition, you should take responsibility."I looked up and met his serious, sharp gaze, locking eyes with him."Wh-what responsibility are you talking about? And besides, I didn’t do anything wrong, okay?" I was so nervous that I was stumbling over my words."I don't know. Maybe stick with me all day long? So I don’t miss you too much." He laughed, but I could feel the seriousness behind his words.I struggled to swallow as I tried to process what Pierce had just said.What does he mean by that? Does he like me? No, maybe there’s something else he’s trying to say."I don’t want that. Your girlfriend might get jealous," I said, looking away. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him smile."I don’t have a girlfriend. You broke up with me, remember?" My gaze returned to him, and he greeted me with a sweet smile. "That’s wh