Chapter 45 - Uncle (1/2)

The Hill family and Aiden just finished lunch when old butler came in the family room.

”Mr. Owen arrived”, he announced.

The friendly atmosphere in the room became heavy.

”Hello, my beautiful and only sister!”, voice with an Eastern European accent came from the hallway. A man entered family room. He is about 5'6” tall and has a short brown hair neatly combed back, with obvious large amount of hair product. His overall appearance is not striking in any way. His right arm is hooked around a waist of a young woman who looks to be in her early twenties. With model-like body, she is few inches taller than he is, with long blonde hair and a heavy makeup on her face. Owen let go of her waist and stepped forward to give a big hug to Stella, his sister.

”Merry Christmas, everyone! This is Lexi” Owen pointed at the young woman that came with him. She lightly nodded and glanced at Stella, then at three sisters. Her gaze stayed a bit longer on Edward and then rested on Aiden checking him out.

”Hi Lexi!” Stella pulled her hand. ”I'm Stella, Owen's sister.” Stella didn't show any warmth in her expression. She didn't like any of the young women that her brother brought over so far. But this one especially gave her a bad impression right from the start.

Lexi looked at Stella. ”Nice to meet you.”

Stella proceeded to be a good host and introduce everyone to Lexi.

Owen looked at Aiden. ”And this young man is?”

”This is Aiden, Sarah's classmate from University. He is our guest while airports are closed.” Edward responded.

”I see, nice to meet you.” Owen extended his arm for a handshake.

Aiden nodded as they shook hands.

Lexi approached Aiden and she looked at him seductively. ”I'm Lexi, nice to meet you.”

Aiden nodded without responding.

Sarah frowned. 'This Lexi is trouble'.

”How long do you plan to stay?” Stella asked Owen.

”I just arrived, and you are sending me away?” Owen laughed it off.

Stella frowned. ”Not sending you away. I'm asking so that we can make appropriate arrangements. Will you need two rooms or one?”

”One room.” Owen immediately responded. ”Not sure how long we will stay. Few days maybe?”

Stella exhaled. ”OK.” She turned to the old butler. ”Please make sure that guest bedroom is ready for Owen and Miss Lexi.”

”Yes, Madam”, Mr. Joe responded and left the room.

Lexi sat next to Owen on the sofa. She stuck her chest out and pouted her lips. Lexi held Owen's hand and kept staring around the room while throwing glances at Aiden. All three sisters were looking at Lexi with unpleasant expressions, and Sarah's patience was running short.

Sarah stood up and walked towards Aiden, while tilting her head gesturing him to follow her outside. He stood up and followed her.

”You are leaving?” Edward was disappointed that Aiden is leaving.

”I will show him project I'm working on. I believe that he can help me optimize my solution. We talked about this earlier, and he agreed to give me some time, after lunch today.” Sarah made up a story on the spot, and they left the room.

She led him to her room without a word. After the doors closed behind them, Sarah let out a sigh of frustration.

Aiden hugged her from behind. ”I'm here”, he whispered.

Sarah turned around and looked at him pouting. ”She was looking at you like she wants to eat you up.”

He raised his eyebrows, obviously amused. ”Jealous?”

Sarah squinted her eyes. ”Do I have a reason to be jealous?”

He shook his head vigorously. ”No.”

Sarah looked at his body like she wants to find something. ”But I have a feeling she dirtied you with her eyes. You should wash up.”