Chapter 266: Pained

"Let me guess... she sent you out... wouldn’t give you a listening ear..." Aiden started lazily as soon as Athena opened the door to the dimly lit room and trudged inside.

Athena paused, having not expected his presence, then snorted in annoyance before closing the door and taking a seat on the couch opposite him. "Shouldn’t you be in your own room?" She muttered, dropping the coat that had been resting on her arm to the floor, thoroughly famished.

"I am surprised she didn’t throw a shoe at you for disrupting her sleep..." Aiden continued, as if he hadn’t heard Athena’s statement.

"Aiden..." She growled softly.

Aiden chuckled, raising his hands in surrender. "Yeah, yeah, I should. But I just thought to warm up some food so that we can eat. Knowing you, you would rather sleep after such a tiring day than head to the kitchen and prepare something, no matter how hungry you are..."

Athena scoffed lightly, though a smile played on her lips. "I am just tired, Aiden. I am surprised you have the strength for kitchen duties..."

"Well, men are stronger than women, per se, no matter how you lot are bent out of shape arguing the opposite."

Athena didn’t bother giving Aiden the joy of engaging in this unreasonable banter. She threw her head back and took in sharp breaths, centering her core.

"I can’t believe Gianna would tell Ewan about the nightmare..." She whispered after a few seconds of comfortable silence, bringing her gaze back down to Aiden. "When did she get that comfortable with him?"

Aiden pursed his lips, contemplating this matter. He shook his head thereafter. "I don’t think she told him anything substantial. And what nightmare are we talking about here?"

Athena’s eyes widened as she realized that she had just outed her secret to Aiden. She almost slapped her mouth for always running freely around this man. Now, he wouldn’t let go until he got all the answers he wanted from her. Worse, she wasn’t exactly in the right state of mind and body to keep refusing him, should that happen.

Maybe she should have shut her mouth and gone to bed; that way, he would have left too.

"Athena..."

immediately interjected, cutting Aiden off. The latter raised an eyebrow in incredulity, yet he got to his feet and sauntered toward

go to sleep. We

food later, Aiden sat down to talk, not minding that Athena had hastened to the bed and burrowed into the sheets, as if that would stop him from getting the answers he wanted. "That’s

CIA interference after all, and perhaps find out what had really gone wrong. He was the best

"Athena..."

sure what triggers them, but they came around last night." She spoke, her hands fisted between her thighs. "Unfortunately for me, the kids had heard me whimpering, Gianna too, so they had troubled Ewan to know if he had hurt

tried to

to protect you; I am surprised that you are even surprised. And since Alfonso and his daughter have been properly dealt with, their next option had been Ewan. So, like I said, understandable. Secondly, I doubt Gianna would tell Ewan the details of the nightmare. Knowing Ewan this short while, he must have contacted

that she had heard Aiden’s last

seeing this, smiled thinly and continued. "She must have just told him that it was a nightmare, and that was that. Gianna wouldn’t go further than that. Or did Ewan mention any details regarding

seeing reason after Aiden’s

me about this nightmare, and why I am the last person to know about it... I didn’t even know you had nightmares in the first place..." Aiden said, crossing his legs and folding his arms

into the bed’s headboard, her eyes focused on the wall ahead of her, taking note of the

can’t recall what they were about, but whenever I woke up, I always seemed to

up then..." Aiden asked,

was in a coma, but I can’t remember what

Aiden’s forehead, shock and confusion fanning his face.

perfect doctor,

back to? Which memories can’t you

whenever I woke up."

even more. "Scarlett, what about her? Why would she be the

slowly, her lips tightening as the memories

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