Chapter 1004 - We should celebrate! (1/2)

When the first round of an excited chatter ended, Jeff exclaimed: ”We should celebrate!”

Sarah put her arms around Aiden protectively. ”Not yet. He is still weak, and we need to decide who will know that he is awake.”, Sarah explained.

Sophia agreed with this right away. ”When they find out that he is awake, Voronins will send another spy to watch him and Lebedevs will not be happy that their plan didn't work as expected. In public, Sarah holds her arm like it's not fixed and we should keep Aiden low key… for now.”

”Mom and dad would want to know that you are awake.”, Jeff told Aiden hoping that he can get an ally in this women-rejecting atmosphere when he saw JoAnna nod in agreement to Sophia's words.

”We will come up with a reason to invite them here.”, Sarah said. ”And we can celebrate on the weekend. By then, he should be able to eat normally.”

Aiden grimaced and rubbed his belly. He remembered that he is hungry, and those popsicles Sarah brought him are not helping much.

JoAnna swiftly wrote down a list of foods he can eat, order in which they should be introduced and few minutes later Jeff, JoAnna, Sophia and Felix went out to give them privacy.

Genie arrived with a tray filled with a variety of fruits.

”Master…”, she was unable to hide her surprise. ”It's good that you are awake. Light vegetable soup will be ready shortly.”

Sarah took the tray from Genie. ”You can tell the rest of the staff that Aiden is awake. But remind them that he needs to rest. When he feels better, he will come out and greet everyone.”

”I understand, Madam.”, Genie smiled and went out.

Aiden watched Sarah while she cut the apple into thin slices for him.

He thought that those are too thin slices. Does she think that he lost his teeth? He realized that she is probably concerned about his condition. ”Other than hungry, I feel fine.” Aiden stretched his arms to demonstrate his mobility before wrapping them around her waist.

Sarah threw him a side glance and smiled. ”I know. But just in case… I want you to take it easy.”

Aiden didn't miss Sophia's huge belly and he remembered that three months ago he suspected that Sarah is pregnant but… he can see that she is not. He did a math in his head. If she was pregnant at that time, it would be almost two months, and now three months later… there would definitely be something visible, and her tight top is showing that her toned abdomen is perfectly flat. Should he ask about it? He sighed… better not. At least not now because it can't be a positive outcome and he does not want to ruin this day.

Aiden reminded himself not to rush. Today he will let Sarah talk to him about whatever she wants. There must be a lot that happened in previous three months. Eve told him some things, but he wants to hear it from Sarah.

”Eat these before your soup arrives.”, Sarah placed a plate in front of Aiden with apples, kiwi and papaya. Cut, peeled and ready to eat.

”Tell me what have you been up to without me.” He found a comfortable position and placed a piece of apple in his mouth.

”Oh, where do I start? … Let's start from home… There is a new boy, Ron. He is with the kids…” Sarah told him about Ron and about Penny… and that Emma is staying at their place and that Charlie is a regular also.

The soup arrived and Aiden demanded that she feeds him. Sarah didn't object.

She fed him soup while continuing her talk: ”Jeff is currently facing some resistance due to Marcus. I went there with Jesse, Haru, Ade and Jamari to help out. Shawn is out of the picture. That is where I met Ron…”

By the time Aiden finished his soup, Sarah was on the topic of Evalina being held captive.

”No matter what I went through, the hardest part was that you are not with me. I wanted her to suffer at least as long as I am. I don't know if you want to see her or not…”

Aiden listened to Sarah and he was not sure if he wants to see Evalina either. No matter how much he tried, he could not remember Sarah and him walking back after the company meeting, or when Evalina attacked.