Arwen was stunned for a mont, but she didn't make him wait long. Coughing a little to clear her stuck voice, she asked, "How did you know?" Her tone carried the hint of guilt she was definitely feeling inside.
While leaving he has asked her to remain careful. And she did as well. But who knew that even after being careful, they would end up going to the hospital just the next day he left? And he would co to know about it so soon.
"Didn't I ask you to stay careful?" Aiden asked, instead of answering her question. "How did you hurt yourself just the day after I left?"
"I didn't get hurt?" Arwen imdiately protested. "What gave you such a false information."
"False information?" he asked back. "Is it?"
"Of course, it is," she said firmly before elucidating. "I went to the hospital, but it wasn't who had gotten hurt. It's Anna. She sprained her ankle earlier in the afternoon. I just took her to the hospital. And then —"
"And then?" Aiden asked when she suddenly stopped in between her words.
Arwen's brows furrowed as she rembered what happened after. But then she found it unnecessary. Aiden was out on a business trip; she didn't want him to stay worried there. And anyway, nothing happened between her and Ryan. It was just a chance encounter where they even barely shared any words.
"And then nothing," she said, getting back to her usual tone. "After taking the instructions and dicines from the doctor, we ca back ho. We had dinner and just now we were about to sleep. That's all."
She didn't know why she was giving him all those explanations, but it felt good speaking to him about all these small, insignificant things.
And she liked how attentively he listened to her. It was as if he was listening to so great big deals.
"If you haven't gotten hurt, then it's alright," Aiden said, his voice as doting and gentle as ever. "Playing around is fine, but don't injure yourself."
"Yes, yes, I know," she affird, nodding her head obediently even though she knew that he couldn't see her.
"Good!"
Arwen smiled at his praise and then getting reminded of sothing, she said, "Oh yes, I wanted to say thank you to you."
"I haven't plucked off the stars from the sky for you up until now," he said, and Arwen almost imdiately rolled her eyes. "Which ans that I haven't done anything to deserve a 'thank you' from you yet. If you don't mind, you can save it for the future and give it to when I truly deserve it."
Arwen exactly understood what he ant by those words. If she hadn't known him, she would have thought he was trying to brag, but he wasn't.
What he was actually trying to do was not to make her feel burdened by the things he does for her even without her knowing.
She never had anyone who ever tried to do even the slightest for her. Now that she has him, how could she not appreciate him?
"You don't have to move the mountain, or pluck the stars off the sky to make feel cherished, Aiden," she said, her voice carrying hints of her vulnerability. "Just your little efforts that you make every now and then for is enough. So, sorry, but I cannot save it for your future. You have to accept my thank you whenever I feel like giving it to you."
"Moon, you —"
"Thank you for inviting Gianna ho for ," she said, interjecting him. "With her around, I don't feel lonely at all." It might not seem like a big deal, but understanding him in the recent few days, she has realized that he doesn't like to stay around people who remind him of the betrayal his mother received.
He might not hate Gianna, but he doesn't particularly like her as well. Yet, he asked Mr. Jones to invite her here, so that she doesn't feel lonely —that was quite a lot to do, yet, he did it for her without letting her feel burdened a bit.
Aiden didn't speak for a mont, but soon he humd and said, "I invited her to keep you accompanied. But if her presence makes you end up at the hospital the very first day, I think I sowhere missed so calculation which would further ask for to reconsider the things and her presence around you."
Arwen pressed her lips in a thin line. Of course, she knew he wasn't being serious saying that, but still since he said that, she didn't hesitate in making it clear to him. "I hope you have misunderstood anything, husband. Anna is my best friend —an important person, to —not a pawn that you can move as per your considerations."
"Are you sure?" Aiden asked, and narrowing her eyes, she replied.
"I am sure that you wouldn't want to test?"
Aiden liked the way her deanor shifted instantly. That was her proposition of uniqueness. She would be calm, kind and delicate for a mont, but the very next second, she would turn fierce to stir up destruction. She might have forgotten her true self, but the hint of it still surfaces often in her forgotten state.
He believed that soon or later, she would regain her real self once again. She might not recall her past, but he will surely help her regain her natural self.
"Indeed, I can dare test," Aiden replied. "But I can surely request you to be careful. Seeing you getting hurt is the last thing I could bear."
Arwen's heart lted again. Letting s small smile curl her lips, she humd in understanding, before asking, "Did you have your dinner?"
"Not yet," he replied.
"I will stay careful here, but can you promise not to skip als there?" she proposed, adding, "I want you to have three proper als a day, without skipping even a single ti. Can you do it? If you can, I will reward you when you co back."
"How are you going to reward ?" Aiden asked instantly, his voice showing his grown deep interest.
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