She's My Sleeping Pill

Tuesday, the sun was up but it was only peeking through the fluffy balls of clouds. It wasn't so hot because of the shade that the clouds provided.

Cayenne was up early and was drawing lines on the ground of her back yard. She was wearing her jogging pants, loose t-shirt and a baseball cap to cover her face.

"Young miss, these are the seedlings that you asked me to get last night." Erwin, the driver that Reuben gave her, came and handed her a small paper bag which contains different packets of seedlings. "I also bought some fertilizer that you might need later on. I placed inside the tools shed."

"Thank you, Erwin. You can go back and rest."

"Don't you need my help in making the plant beds?"

"No, thank you. I can do this on my own."

"Okay. If you need my help, just give me a call. Sir Reuben would get mad at me if something happens to you."

"Don't worry about me. I'm not a fragile and delicate princess." Cayenne grinned at him and even showed her non-existent muscle to him. "Just go. I'll be fine."

Erwin gave her one last look before turning around to go back to the house. During the day, he would only stay in his room or go to the kitchen to get some food. He would only come to find her if Cayenne asked him to. But most of the time, she does things on her own. Just like now; she decided to make a vegetable garden in her backyard. If it were someone else, they'd probably plant flowers on it.

There were gardening tools inside the toolshed at the backyard. Obviously, it was used for the flower garden in the front yard but Cayenne lost her interest with flowers. She'd rather plant something worthy of her labor in the back yard.

With a hoe in hand, she started making canals for six plant beds, following the lines that she made. She was part of the agriculture team when she was in elementary and high school so she had background knowledge in gardening. Also, she was very studious when it comes to plants during her younger days because of Arthur. She never thought that she'd be using her knowledge this time just to distract herself from thinking of Stefan.

After an hour or work, she managed to make one garden bed. She was drenched in sweat and she felt tired but she felt happy at the same time. She wiped her face and neck before starting to make another garden bed.

"Let me do it." Erwin softly said behind her which startled Cayenne.

"Why are you sneaking behind me?!" Cayenne exclaimed and glared at him.

"I wasn't sneaking behind you. You were just too distracted to notice my presence. Anyway, I'll make the garden bed. You go and make the seedbed and let them germinate."

Cayenne looked at him with a deep frown but since someone was willing to help her, she didn't refuse him anymore. It will make her work lighter and she won't be alone as well.

"Okay. I'll go over there to make the seedbed." Cayenne picked up the paper bag that she left on the ground and used a small shovel to create a small seedbed right below the willow tree.

At the end of the day, they successfully created the vegetable garden although, there weren't any plants yet. She needed to wait for several days for the seedlings to sprout before she can transfer them to the flower bed. For the meantime, she was planning to make organic fertilizer from manures.

During the day, she's busy as a bee. But during at night, she'd toss and turn on her bed. Tears still falling on the side of her face every time she remembers Stefan. Sometimes, she'd even wake up from a nightmare of Stefan leaving her alone. And then, she'd wake up to the reality that he already gave up on her.

Her days passed like this with no one beside her.

In City A, Seiji threw everything on his desk on the floor. He had asked his men to look for Cayenne but they still couldn't find her. It feels like she just disappeared to nowhere. Her siblings were staying in the dormitory and when they were asked about their sister, no one says anything.

He had been trying his best to distract Stefan from finding Cayenne. He attacked his businesses, bought shares, caused damage and whatever problem he could think of to make him stop looking for her. But Stefan didn't care. He handled his problems efficiently and those deemed traitors in his field were dismissed.

And still, he looked for Cayenne personally during his spare time. He asked helped from the police to help him find Cayenne. He even reported her missing.

"Kyle! Kyle look at this." Luiz ran to his brother and showed him an online news. Kyle's eyes widened in shock and the corner of his lips was pulled up into a smile. "Why are you smiling? This is not funny. We have to go back home and check on Yen."

"Don't." Kyle stopped his brother. "The moment you step out of this school and go to her, you will only lead Stefan to her."

"But –"

"Let him find her without our help. Let's just call her to check on her but let's not go to her for the mean time. I am sure that Erwin won't let anything happen to her."

"By the way, do you remember the man named Seiji?"

"If that man appears again, don't talk to him. Avoid him as much as possible. Arthur told me that he's not a nice person and he had been eyeing Cayenne for a long time."

"I thought you don't trust Arthur?"

"I don't. But when it comes to Cayenne's safety, I'd trust him on that. Hopefully, I am not wrong to trust him."

Luiz nodded his head and continued to listen to the news. "Cayenne Ardolf- Dumrique, the wife of the famous businessman Stefan Dumrique had been missing after her mother's burial. She – " Luiz turned off his phone and went back to his bed. "I hope Stefan can find her soon before anyone else."