Chapter 30：Comfort (2/2)

”Where are you going?” Anya asked while feeding the food into her mouth. Now that the awkwardness had disappeared between them, they lightly chatted in the middle of dinner.

”I have some work to do.” Aiden replied.

”How long?” Anya asked.

”Three days…” He answered, but before Anya could ask anything else, he suddenly asked, ”Do you want me to stay at home? I can cancel it.”

Anya's hand stopped spooning her food when she heard Aiden's sudden question, ”Ah, no, no!” she answered while shaking her head, ”How could I prevent you from leaving. Your business must be very important.”

Aiden frowned upon hearing that answer. Anya didn't try to stop him from leaving. In fact, the woman seemed delighted to learn that he was leaving the house for a few days.

Anya did feel a little happy because she could be free. Her little heart felt a little guilty because the joy that rose in her heart. She shouldn't have felt this way. Aiden had always been good to her, so she should have done the same for that man too. However, that feeling of joy presented itself. She could not do anything about it.

When she saw the man frown, she decided to say something like a wife used to say to make him a little happy, ”I'll wait for you back home.” She said softly.

”Hmm…” Just as Anya thought, those words did make Aiden feel good. He was happy when he heard Anya would be waiting for him to return. Before this, he had always lived alone. He would only be greeted by his servants because they worked for and earned some salary from him.

Now, his life had changed. He had a wife awaiting his return at home. Even though his wife didn't love him, it was okay as long as she stayed by his side.

After dinner was over, they returned to the room. Anya immediately took a shower because previously she fell asleep and had not had time to clean her body. She felt her body itchy and was a little uncomfortable.

After she returned from the bathroom, she saw Aiden lying on the side of her bed. The man's eyes were closed, but Anya was not sure whether Aiden was asleep or not. She often saw Aiden close his eyes to rest his eyes when he wasn't working.

Anya immediately got ready to sleep. She walked over to the side of the bed and lay down slowly, trying not to make any noise. She didn't want to disturb Aiden's rest.

They laid on their sides, not touching at all. However, their warmth seemed to radiate from each other, making them feel at ease. They felt comfortable in each other's existence.

She didn't know since when did they start to develop such feelings, especially in her own heart.

Did this feeling arise because Aiden was someone she could rely on?

Or did she start falling for him?

Impossible!

There was no way she could love someone else so easily after...

Anya closed her eyes, letting sleep slowly envelop her and lead her to dreamland.