Crises in Love (Zora and Jaylan)

The repairman was calm, after meticulously scanning the room with his equipment. He then turned to Zora, who had been shadowing him the whole time, and asked, "Miss, could you please flick off your circuit breaker for a minute? I need to test this location."

"Are you sure it's here?" Zora asked impatiently. "There's nothing wrong with my house."

"I need to cut the power to confirm," the repairman explained, "If we don't run these tests now, we might have to come back later. It's just precautionary. Regular tests like these can prevent sudden power outages that disrupt everyone's life. And you won't have to complain about us not doing our jobs."

"Fine, just hurry up. This is so annoying..." Zora's grumbled, her voice gradually fading away.

I quickly went to the bathroom, grabbed the "medicine sausage", and handed it to the repairman. He gave me a puzzled look before accepting it.

His expression made me feel awkward, but there wasn't much I could do. I was just trying to survive. If there had been any proper containers available, I wouldn't have had to use a condom. Super embarrassing.

Before I could dwell on it, I heard Zora's footsteps approaching. I quickly returned to my bed and barely had time to cover myself with the blanket before she entered the room.

The repairman finished his work, gave some last instructions, and finally left. Zora lingered for a while, watching me. She even nudged me with her hand to see if I was awake. Seeing no signs of consciousness, she muttered something under her breath and left, slamming the door behind her.

With everything back to normal, I let out a sigh of relief. I took out my phone and checked the surveillance footage. As soon as I got my hands on the phone, I had installed the surveillance app that connected to the house.

In the footage, I saw Zora enter Carl's room. It was his nap time. She seemed to be very caring towards Carl, not missing a beat.

Then I saw her leisurely close the door and leave the house. When she returned, her arms were full of groceries. She must have gone to the market.

I mentally noted the time she left the house. When she left for the market the next day, I turned off the surveillance and sneaked into Jaylan's study again. However, I couldn't find the key in the secret compartment.

This made me uneasy. Had Jaylan noticed that his key had been moved, or why else would he have taken it?

After searching in vain, I gave up. I went downstairs to test the front door lock, and sure enough, it was locked from outside. I was trapped inside.

Catherine was right, I was under house arrest, and to the outside world, I was out of the country getting medical treatment.

It seemed like they had everything planned out perfectly. Even if I died, no one would know.

On the fourth evening, Jaylan, who had been absent for days, finally showed up.

He came straight to my room and sat at the edge of my bed, staring at my 'sleeping' form for a long time.

It wasn't until Zora called him for dinner that he got up. I peeped through my half-closed eyes, and just as he reached the door, he turned back, giving me a sinister smile. That smile sent a chill down my spine.

At that moment, my hidden phone buzzed silently. I quickly took it out and swiped open a video call. On the screen, a puzzled Catherine was looking at me. "Aaliyah, the test results are in. The medicine... it's just a dietary supplement. It won't harm you."

"What?" I sat up in shock, murmuring, "That's impossible!"