Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 906

Tonight, Lena had stayed late at the hospital for surgery. When she returned, she didn't see Aaron's car and assumed he wasn't home.

Without having eaten dinner, she cooked some noodles and was chatting with Keira while eating. Out of nowhere, Aaron appeared. He was dressed in loungewear, his hair slightly damp as if he'd just showered-clearly, he had been home all along. "Uncle... you, you're home?" Lena stammered, hurriedly trying to turn off her phone. In her flustered state, she accidentally knocked over the bowl of noodles she had barely touched.

She was embarrassed, frustrated, and downright annoyed. What a mess-starving to death, and now the noodles were gone too.

Aaron, having clearly overheard Keira's voice message, seemed completely composed. He walked over and stopped her from grabbing at the spilled noodles. "Let me handle this. Did you burn yourself?"

"No burns, just scared by you," Lena replied as she finally managed to turn off the voice

message.

As Aaron cleaned up the spilled noodles, he said plainly, "Daring enough to tease me, but still afraid?"

His frankness left Lena with no reason to feel awkward. "What do you mean, tease? Everything she said was true. Look at you-middle-aged and still single. It's not just others who are suspicious; even I think there's something unusual about you." Aaron paused in his cleaning, his reserved eyes lifting to meet hers. The depth in his gaze sent an unexpected shiver through Lena.

directed at another

said

must've met them abroad, right? But wait didn't you say before that you didn't have

up the noodles, tossed the mess into the trash, and wiped down the table before heading to the fridge

eating anymore," Lena said, the sharp edge of her hunger having dulled after a

compensated," Aaron replied, making her

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unhurried elegance. "I don't have a girlfriend. That

sense. But if you like her, why not confess? Why aren't

stove, the blue flame flickering like a reflection of the fire in his heart. Turning his head slightly to

not some monster or ugly freak. If anyone's going

is it that she's not good enough for you? Maybe she's so far from your league

why would

and vegetables into it, the air filling with