Chapter 529 - Perfect date - day 5 (2) (1/2)
Aiden carried Sarah to the bathroom, and they got in the shower together.
Her legs were shaky, so she clung onto him. He enjoyed the fact that she is in such a state because of him.
Aiden lathered her body gently, making sure no spot is left neglected before rinsing her carefully. He placed her in the tub full of warm water and bubbles and gave her a lingering kiss before going to shower himself.
Aiden got in the tub behind Sarah and pulled her to lean on him.
Sarah enjoyed feeling of his chest on her back. His arms covered hers and their fingers intertwined. 'Perfect', she thought.
”Why eight?”, she asked suddenly.
”Eight what?”
”Eight bedrooms, eight chairs in media room, eight chairs at the dining table, eight barstools at the poolside bar…”, Sarah explained.
Aiden smiled. ”You don't miss things…”
”I like to count, and sometimes I notice patterns.”
Aiden took his time before responding. ”Some time ago, I thought I had seven friends. When I started on this, my intention was to make a hangout place for us. Before this place was done, we were not friends. The end.”
He did his best to sound detached, but that only told Sarah that it was something unpleasant to talk about.
”Oh…” Sarah was not sure how to respond to this. She had more than plenty of broken friendships. It's never easy to go through that.
Sarah was surprised that he said more: ”You met two of them at Jeff's birthday party.”
Sarah craned her neck to look at him, showing that she does not understand and needs more information.
”Do you remember Noah and Liam?”, Aiden asked.
Sarah's brow furrowed when she remembered two guys who were hitting on Isabella and her, and they were not polite about it… it seems that there was some history behind that behavior. Sarah nodded in confirmation that she remembers. She forgot that she beat them up.
When she thinks about Noah and Liam, they were unpleasant toward Aiden and her, she can't imagine that they were on good terms previously. It seems that whatever happened between them was not a small thing. ”I'm sorry.”
”Don't be… It's not like I was the only one at a loss.” He didn't want her to feel sorry for him. He does not deserve it.
Aiden saw Sarah looking at him questionably for a second before she gave up and turned away, leaning her back on him.
Sarah wanted to know what happened, but then decided not to probe into the topic. It's probably an unpleasant memory for him regardless if he was the victim or not. And no matter what happened, it does not concern her. It's in the past. If he wants to talk about it, he will.
”Sarah, I'm not a good guy… You had your share of trials, and you stayed true to yourself. As for me… I gave in to my demons.”
Aiden sees her as someone who is so good that nothing can corrupt her. Everyone she touches can't help but look her way with an urge to improve themselves. And he is happy that she is by his side. He believes that her light made him change his ways.
Sarah knows how it is when you are in a dark place, everyone faces challenges through life. She also knows that she is lucky to have a loving family who was by her side all the time, supporting her and helping to fight off whatever came her way.
When she looks at Aiden, she can tell that he is not close to his family how she is with hers, and he tends to keep his thoughts and feelings bottled up. And that can only put him into a situation that even if someone is willing to help him out, they don't know that he is in a need of help.
When she thinks that he was in a need of someone to listen, to help out, and he was all alone with no one to turn to, makes her heart ache.
”That does not make you a bad guy. That only means that you were by yourself. But now you have me.”
Her words made his heart swell. He thought how it's astonishing that someone like Sarah can love him.
Sarah observed his expression and can tell that he is troubled. It seems that whatever happened in the past is haunting him. She can only hope that her words give him some comfort and that he knows that he is not alone anymore.