Aiden’s gaze beca sharp as he turned and glared at Jason.
Under such threatening intensity of his gaze, for a mont, Jason was taken aback. He got doubtful of his own words as though thinking if he said sothing that wasn’t really right.
"What’s wrong? Why are you now giving that look like I said sothing that I did not exactly match what you believe?"
"You think pregnancy is that easy?" Aiden turned to him and asked as though he was challenging him to speak if he could.
Jason opened his mouth to respond to him, but then forced them shut, not very sure of his words. And his confusion at that mont felt nothing but embarrassnt. After all, he was a doctor —one of the top ones in the field, yet now he couldn’t even be confident about the basics.
"Aiden, pregnancy is definitely not easy. A woman has to go through a lot. I am just saying —"
"Dr. Clark," Arwen interrupted him. Her voice was soft yet firm. When Jason turned to her, she gave him a small smile. "I would like to talk to him for a mont. Can you tell where I can find so private space here?"
Jason’s brows quirked a little at first, but when he read her expression, he imdiately nodded, gesturing towards the door to say, "You can empty rooms in this corridor itself."
Arwen gave him a nod. Then, looking back at Aiden, she simply grabbed his hand and took him with her. She didn’t offer him any ti to refuse or resist.
Jacob stepped a step aside, giving them the way before watching them exit the room. Turning to Jason, he then asked, "Do you want to explain any legal terms or abbreviations from that court notice?"
"You —" Jason pointed his finger out, truly aggravated. "Did I kill your cat?"
Jacob casually smirked. His expression revealed nothing, but there was sothing in his gaze that seed like vengeance. "That’s sothing you should realize. What’s fun in telling you?"
Jason narrowed his gaze at him. Walking closer to him, he stood right in front of his friend as he studied his face. "I don’t know mind reading, brother, but I do know you. Given your attitude and the way you are looking at now, I feel like I offended you in a way that you cannot take, and now you want to hunt down."
Jacob stared back at him, matching his eyes. "Then be prepared to get hunted, because I have all the ways to hunt you. Either this way ..." he paused only to smirk, before adding, "or other."
"You —" Jason felt a sudden sense of speechlessness. He pointed his finger at him; however, Jacob gave him a nonchalant look before turning and exiting the room as well.
"O Lord! Why did I end up having two pain-in-as*es kind of friends? What did I do to deserve them?" Jason muttered slowly, pinching the space between his brows.
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anwhile, Arwen found an empty ward and pulled Aiden inside with her before locking it.
Turning around, she finally stared at Aiden. "Can you calm down a little now so that we can actually talk?" she said, and her words visibly made his brows furrow.
"I am already calm," he said, and Arwen shook her head, refusing to believe.
"No, you are not," she said, taking a step closer to him. "You don’t look like this when you are calm, husband. And when I say it, I want you to believe cause if anything I have beco confident about, it’s about reading your moods. And right now, you are definitely not in your best mood."
"Moon —"
Before he could speak or reason with her, Arwen cut in.
"Do you want to show you what you look like when you’re calm?" she asked, already stopping in front of him.
Aiden looked at her, and she smiled.
"Let show you."
And with that, she moved. She took his hand and placed it over her waist before placing hers over his shoulders to get the support enough to rise on her toes and reach up to his lips.
She didn’t act imdiately; instead, she let her lips ghost over his for a second to let their breaths mingle before finally pressing them together.
She felt his fingers digging into her flesh gently, a small smile lifted the corner of her lips, and she took it as a cue to deepen the kiss.
When they finally pulled away, Arwen moved her hand from his shoulders and let it rest against his chest, right over his heart. Her lips curled up, and she glanced at him, satisfied. "Now, that’s when you are actually calm."
Aiden didn’t respond. He just stared at her and held her close as though making himself feel her presence right in his embrace.
"Will you tell what exactly is making you anxious, for this doesn’t seem as simple as it looks."
Arwen could tell that sothing was pitching Aiden’s nerves. Since she had woken up, she hadn’t seen him at ease. Even though he had given her all the comfort she had needed, pretended to be alright —he wasn’t actually in the right state. And she could tell the way he was acting on his nerves over every single thing.
Aiden watched her, and for one second, she saw deep fear flicker in his eyes that slowly started looking like self-doubt.
Her expression imdiately changed, and her brows furrowed. She reached to cup his face earnestly, and was about to ask when she heard him confess.
"I was too scared, Moon. Too scared. I almost thought that I lost you again."
Arwen’s breath hitched. His words didn’t just carry so emotion; they carried his vulnerability. "I am still here with you, husband." Her fingers moved to caress his skin, letting him feel the sa warmth of reassurance that he had made her feel. "You haven’t lost . You saved just in the right ti."
"But what if I couldn’t have reached you in ti?" he asked, and just the way the shade of his eyes changed, she knew that the thought itself scared him worse than hell. "What if I had found you after they had given you that ominous drug? I would have lost you, right?"
Arwen shook her head, trying to deny him.
"Moon, I have lost you once and have survived. But if it had happened again, I wouldn’t have. Because I would have doubted my capability to have you in my life. I would have doubted myself if I truly deserved you in this world or not." He poured out the worst of his fears. "If I did, then how did I let you go through the sa pain and suffering again that has scarred you once?"
"Shh!" She pressed her fingers against his lips just to stop him from saying more. "Whatever happened wasn’t in your control, Aiden. If it had been, you would have allowed it. It wasn’t your fault. So, stop blaming yourself. You haven’t lost , and —"
"I would have if I hadn’t reached there in ti," he said, pressing on the possibility that existed so strongly. "I would have lost you again if they had injected that drug into you. You would have forgotten , and I would have lost you, Moon. I would have."
"No, you wouldn’t have," Arwen said more firmly this ti. Her tone carried an unwavering confidence that made Aiden stare up at her.
She shook her head at him and repeated. "You wouldn’t have lost . Not this ti. Not even if they had succeeded in giving the sa drug twice. Not even if I would have again forgotten everything and failed to even recognize myself. You wouldn’t have lost , Ide."
Aiden looked at her, and she nodded again. This ti with a soft smile —one that was reassuring.
"I forgot you once, Ide, and I couldn’t forgive myself for that. I wouldn’t have dared to make you suffer the sa thing over again. So, trust , even if they had succeeded, they wouldn’t have succeeded in erasing your existence from your life. Because as long as I would have survived, I would have found you back."
She said before rolling the sleeves of her left arm. She didn’t go all the way up, but rather kept it until the mid of her elbow.
Aiden watched her, not understanding what she was up to until he saw her removing her watch from her wrist.
"Moon, what —"
She turned her hand just in ti to make the rest of his words stick in his throat. His brows furrowed, tugging deeper at the sight that greeted him on the underside of her wrist.
"What’s this, Moon?" he asked, taking her hand in his to inspect it closely.
His na —engraved with ink in her skin deep enough not to get erased for life.
"When did you get this?" he asked, glancing back at her. His gaze carried an emotion that was hard to express.
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