My Crazy Housemate: What Makes You Happy - Chapter 251

Ellie knew something was wrong when she entered inside her brother’s room and saw him studying on the bed with an earphone on his ears. She had been knocking for a while and decided to enter when he didn’t give her any answer.

When he saw her, he pulled off the earphone, “Hey! Do you need something?”

Instead of answering, she hopped on his bed and sat down beside him before looking at all the books sprawled on his bed. Her brother didn’t like to study, so whenever he did like this, she knew it was because he wanted to get his mind off something.

“You aren’t going to work today too?” She asked, taking his hand with two of hers to massage it gently.

“No.”

“Something happened right?” She asked, looking worried.

“Nothing happened.” He gave her his best convincing smile. “Finals is coming up soon and I really need to do well. You know… I need to have good grades so I can get a good job and—”

“You know you don’t have to try so hard… right?” She asked softly.

“….” Jeremy didn’t answer.

“You are working too hard Jeremy.” Ellie’s eyes glistened with tears. “You can just accept your dad’s help and—”

“Stop it, Ellie!”

“WHY!?” She raised her voice as tears began to ran down her eyes.

“You are doing too much. You are always working and stressing yourself out because of me—”

“That is not correct!” He snapped, snatching his hand away from her.

“You are my sister and my responsibility. I will take care of you. That is final!” He said harshly.

“Do you think this is going to make me happy?” She jumped down from the bed to glare at him.

“You have a father rich enough to care for you yet—”

“You really want to part ways with me?” He asked, cutting her off angrily.

“Are you going to be okay living apart from me? Are you?” His tone was still harsh, making her scared.

He noticed she looked scared and closed his eyes after sighing.

He opened his eyes slowly, his gaze now soft, and saw her crying quietly while looking at him, “I can’t live without you Ellie. I…” He choked and looked away from her when he began to feel like crying too,

“You are the only one I have.”

“Jer—”

“I’ve been going through a lot lately and the last thing I want to do is quarrel with you. Please?”

Ellie used the back of her hand to clean off her tears before climbing beside him on the bed.

“I’m sorry.” She knelt on the bed and wrapped her hands around his neck while she placed her head on his shoulder. “I’m sorry.” She repeated with a broken voice.

Jeremy hugged her back. Maybe this was all he needed. He felt himself begin to cry. It was all too much for him to handle lately.

“I’m sorry.” Ellie repeated again.

“It’s fine. I’m sorry for yelling at you. I was wrong.” He said in between sobs.

When they broke the hug, he smiled at her and asked, “Do you want to go out with me tonight?”

“Really? Where?” She asked eagerly.

“A street dancing competition. Mia is dancing.”

“Really?” She asked with wide eyes. When he nodded, she became excited. “Sure! Let’s go together. It’s been long we went out.”

“Alright. So I’ll just wrap up and make lunch.”

“What about work?” She remembered to ask. “You no longer work at the mall? You returned early on Friday, you didn’t go yesterday and you are also skipping work today.” She pointed out with a frown.

“Do not lie to me. You quarrelled with Chloe right? Did she fire you?” Ellie asked, looking at him curiously.

“…”

“I’ve been trying to call her since two days ago but her number has been unreachable. Did something happen?”

Jeremy was affected by what she said but he didn’t show it.

“Well… I stopped working there. I wanted to focus on my final exams. I need enough time to read.” He lied.

“Are you sure everything is okay?” She asked, still looking worried.

“You worry too much. All is fine. Go read your books or do something and stop being so nosy.” He said and pushed her lightly.

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‘Do not cry Mia Lucas. I will hate you if you do.’ Mia said to herself over and over again as she left her room.

Leo was ready to leave. Two boxes were on the floor beside him and his hands were inside his pockets.

They locked gaze and just like her, he looked sad. Mia smiled at him and he managed to return it faintly.

“You will do well tonight. I trust you.” He said before moving closer to her.

She nodded.

“I will call you every hour.”

She nodded again and forced out a smile while some beads of tears escaped her eyes.

“If there is anything you want at all, just let me know.” He whispered and used his hands to clean off her tears.

She forced out a smile again and stepped away from him to fix her face, “I will be fine.” She said, surprised at how she was able to hide the sadness in her voice.

“Mia Lucas?” He called gently and touched her face. “You should never forget my feelings for you. Nothing should ever make you doubt that.”

She touched the hand on her face and looked up at him, “I will never forget it.”

He smiled once more. Leo leaned closer but the doorbell rang, stopping him from doing anything.

It was Louis who had come to say goodbye to his brother.

Mia excused them and went inside the room. As much as she tried, she could not hold it in and began to cry silently.

“The house has been crazy lately. With you leaving and Chloe missing, the parents aren’t in their best mood.”

“They’ve never been in their best mood.” Leo countered.

“What do you think is going to happen to Chloe? I have a feeling you know where she is hiding.” Louis said suspiciously.

“She will be fine. She just needs time.” Leo said casually and stood up when the doorbell rang again. It was most likely Richard who had come to drop him off at the airport.

“Take care of mum and dad. And Chloe too.” He said to Louis earnestly.

“And Mia?” Louis asked.

Leo turned to glare at him, “I’ll kill you if you go close to her.” He threatened and frowned when Louis smirked.