Chapter 138 Sleeplessness (One)

• That day, Sebastian did not come back home, and neither did he call Carol to inform her that he was not coming back home. When she called him to find out about his whereabouts and if he had any plans of coming back home, he did not take the call, and it went straight to voicemail. At first, she had been so scared that something might have happened to him, considering all that had been happening lately, but then, when she had gone downstairs to ask the drivers and security people if he had said anything about being late, they had given her the number of his new bodyguard so that she could call him. Carol supposed that she was overreacting a little, but then, she had just buried her very lively and vivacious younger sister to murder, which had still not been solved, so she guessed she was entitled to a little overreaction.
• Once she reached the man on the phone, he assured her that Sebastian was fine and was in a meeting, after which he would visit Jessica before coming back. She had been relieved and had asked the man to inform Sebastian that she had called and that he should return her call as soon as he was free. By the time it was past eleven in the night and he was not yet back, neither had he returned her calls, Carol knew that he had no plans of coming back that night. For some reason, she found it difficult to sleep, but she only had herself to blame for letting her stupid heart fall in love so much with Sebastian that she was finding it difficult to sleep just because he did not come home.
• Since they came back from the vacation a month ago, they had not had sex even once, and it was beginning to really grate on her nerves. All Sebastian seemed to want to do nowadays was to visit and sit with Jessica after work. It did not matter to him that she could not even talk to him, or do anything other than lay there and let the machines breathe for her. No, he did not care at all.