Chapter forty

Alessia's POV

There is a common trait in the Winters household, the moment everyone has had dinner you wouldn't see any family member in sight any longer except for the workers. Everyone is either locked up in their room retired for the night or doing whatever it is that keeps them away from the large living room.

It's no surprise that everywhere was quiet when I walked down the stairs with Cara. What I saw in the kitchen was the last thing I expected to bump into. The moment Cara put on the light, Allen yelped from the kitchen island he sat on pouring the content of the glass he had in hand on himself.

"Shit! What the hell Cara?" Allen bellowed, sending death glares towards the both of us.

"Are you a child of the dark night? How can you stay in the dark all alone drinking." Cara rebuked, picking up a pea from the bowl near her and threw it at him. He did dodge it though.

I was more amused by the scene. It never occured to me that Allen drinks, seeing him refill his mini glass and gu