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Arwen didn’t know what more to say. Pursing her lips, she tilted her head to look at him. “You are just finding excuses to annoy me. Or else, nobody looks adorable when annoyed.”
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“I can’t speak for others, but you do look adorable when teased,” Aiden replied, and Arwen just looked away, not bothering to argue about that anymore. Anyway, she doesn’t hate it when he teases her.
“Eat the apples,” Aiden instructed, gesturing her back to the plate he had handed her earlier. “By the time, I get back, I want this finished.”
Arwen glanced at the plate before again looking up at him, blinking, “Didn’t you say you weren’t going to work? Did you change your mind now?” she asked, then quickly realized how desperate her words sounded. Trying to cover it up, she added hastily, “I mean, you can go to work. I am just asking, nothing else.”
Aiden shook his head at her. “Moon, I would be more than happy if you demanded I stay by your side with
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all authority. I am your husband, and knowing you
need me would only boost my pride. Don’t ever
hesitate to do so.”
“But you also have work to attend to. I can’t be selfish to keep you all to myself,” Arwen replied. Her voice held a hesitance born of years of scoldings whenever
she had asked her mother for attention. Over time, she had grown cautious, unwilling to ask anyone to stay
with her -even when she was unwell.
Aiden leaned down and pressed his lips onto hers. It was so sudden that Arwen didn’t have time to register it until it was over. Only when it was gone, did she realize what he did. Her lips felt warm and she couldn’t control herself to reaching out to feel the warmth on the tips of her fingers.
“Being selfish for your husband’s attention isn’t wrong,” Aiden said, his voice filled with a gentleness she had come to realize was reserved only for her. “You have all the right and authority to be selfish for me.”
He then again motioned to her plate. “Now finish these before I return. And no, I am not leaving for work. I just need to discuss a few things with Jason.”
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Arwen nodded and picked up a slice of apple, taking a small bite. “Fine, go ahead. I will try to finish them.”
Aiden nodded and turned to leave. But as he took a
step away, Arwen called out, “Oh wait, husband!”
When he turned back, she hesitated before saying, “Can I borrow your phone? I forgot mine, and need to figure out how to get it back.” Then realizing something crucial, she quickly added, “You don’t have to be wary, I will be mindful of your privacy and won’t check something I should not.”
Aiden reached into his pocket, pulled his phone out, and walked back to hand it to her. “I have nothing that I need to hide from you, so there is no need to be cautious or scared. You won’t find anything on there that you wouldn’t want to see.”
“Who is scared?” Arwen asked, feigning indignation. She didn’t know how he had read her thoughts so easily, but she felt the need to deny it.
“I can see it all written in your eyes. Do you want to deny it?” Aiden asked, raising a brow.
Although she wanted to argue, Arwen wasn’t sure she could. How was it that he could read her eyes so easily,
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“It’s nice,” she muttered suddenly, almost to herself.
Aiden, who had just turned to look away, immediately looked back at her. “What?” he asked.
Arwen would have shaken her head and said it was
nothing. But realizing his gestures deserved
appreciation, she instead replied, “To be someone’s priority at times.”
“You are and always be my priority, Moon,” Aiden said,
his tone filled with conviction.
Arwen felt her eyes sting with unshed tears. “That’s why I said it’s nice,” she whispered, her voice soft but heartfelt.
Aiden shook his head at her understated response before leaning in to reach for an apple beside her. “Do you want some apples?” he asked.
Arwen hadn’t expected him to move so close, all of a
sudden. So when it happened, her breath eough. She instinctively tried to lean back, but the inclined pillow behind left her no room to scoot away. With no other option, she sat frozen, holding her breath.
“What happened?” he asked, noticing the blush rising
on her chaoke “Aro unu not fooling well2” His vnine
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was laced with concern, which only made Arwen feel guilty. Here he was worried about her, and she was caught up in unnecessary thoughts.
Arwen, can you think normally for once? Every time he gets close, you don’t need to drag those silly novel–inspired imaginations here. She chided herself before clearing her throat to respond, “I am fine. I was just saying that it’s okay -I can have the apples later. You don’t have to trouble yourself with cutting them
now.”
Ignoring her protest, Aiden began peeling the apple with practiced ease, slicing it into perfect shapes. ‘When Arwen noticed what he was doing, she was
taken aback. “Wait… are you cutting them in rabbit shapes?”
Aiden’s movements paused as if frozen.
“My Granna used to cut them like this for me and since then I have always preferred it this way. I am just surprised that you know to cut them like this.” Arwen said with a smile. But then. finding something amiss, she paused and asked, “Wait a second, I never told you about my childish preference. How did you know?”
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Aiden didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he resumed
slicing the rest of the apple. “I learned it,” he said casually, and Arwen raised her brows at that.
“You learned it, specifically?” she asked, her tone tinged with a hint of jealousy.
Aiden hummed in acknowledgement before nodding. “I once met a stubborn young girl, who refused to eat apples unless they were cut like this,” he explained, handing her a slice before adding, “So, I had to learn how to cut them her way so she would eat.”
Arwen stared at the slice of the apple in her hand. A twinge of jealousy twisted in her chest, though she refused to acknowledge it. ‘A young girl…That must have been a kid,‘ she told herself. ‘After all, what grown woman would be so childish as to throw a tantrum
over apples?‘
Taking a bite of the slice, she chewed slowly, letting the sweetness of the apple melt on her tongue. Despite her attempt to brush off the pang of jealousy, it lingered like a shadow in the corner of her mind. She stole á glance at Aiden, who was not focused on slicing another apple with the same practiced precision.
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“Well, I never knew you could be this patient to someone else apart from me. Was that little girl special?” She could hold herself back from asking.
Aiden smiled at something that Arwen could understand. She would have asked him what was it, but before she could, she heard him say.
“My patience is only reserved for you, Moon. You have got it right,” he said with a small smile. “But I suppose stubborn, adorable kids -much like you would also
make the list.”
The tightness in Arwen’s chest eased when she heard ‚his answer. So it was truly some child and not a young
woman. Holding back her satisfied smile, she said, “Adorable kids are generally not stubborn, and stubborn kids are not usually adorable. Why do I feel like you are making up your own category here? Do you think you will find kids like that anywhere?”
“Maybe not now, but certainly in future,” he replied, nearly smirking.
It took a moment for her to understand what he meant. When realization dawned upon her, her face turned crimson. She glanced at Aiden, trying to
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confirm if he meant what she thought.
Aiden, noticing her reaction, leaned closer, his smirk deepening. “What’s wrong, Moon? Thinking too far
head?”
Flustered, Arwen quickly looked away, trying to hide her embarrassment. How did she not realize when he started flirting? “It’s not me, rather it’s you who is thinking far too ahead here.”
“Am I?” Aiden asked teasing her. “Tell me, what did I think far too ahead?”
“You” Arwen turned to look at him, ready to scold
him. But before e could, Aiden fed her another bite
of the apple, making her mouth go full.
“You are adorable when you are like this,” he said, his tone warm and teasing, making Arwen pout.
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Arwen didn’t know what more to say. Pursing her lips, she tilted her head to look at him. “You are just finding excuses to annoy me. Or else, nobody looks adorable when annoyed.”
“I can’t speak for others, but you do look adorable when teased,” Aiden replied, and Arwen just looked away, not bothering to argue about that anymore. Anyway, she doesn’t hate it when he teases her.
“Eat the apples,” Aiden instructed, gesturing her back to the plate he had handed her earlier. “By the time, I get back, I want this finished.”
Arwen glanced at the plate before again looking up at him, blinking, “Didn’t you say you weren’t going to work? Did you change your mind now?” she asked, then quickly realized how desperate her words sounded. Trying to cover it up, she added hastily, “I mean, you can go to work, I am just asking, nothing else.”
Aiden shook his head at her. “Moon, I would be more than happy if you demanded I stay by your side with
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all authority. I am your husband, and knowing you
need me would only boost my pride. Don’t ever
hesitate to do so.”
“But you also have work to attend to. I can’t be selfish to keep you all to myself,” Arwen replied. Her voice held a hesitance born of years of scoldings whenever she had asked her mother for attention. Over time, she had grown cautious, unwilling to ask anyone to stay with her -even when she was unwell.
Aiden leaned down and pressed his lips onto hers. It was so sudden that Arwen didn’t have time to register it until it was over. Only when it was gone, did she realize what he did. Her lips felt warm and she couldn’t control herself to reaching out to feel the warmth on the tips of her fingers.
“Being selfish for your husband’s attention isn’t wrong,” Aiden said, his voice filled with a gentleness she had come to realize was reserved only for her. “You have all the right and authority to be selfish for me.”
He then again motioned to her plate. “Now finish these before I return. And no, I am not leaving for work. I just need to discuss a few things with Jason.”
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Arwen nodded and picked up a slice of apple, taking a small bite. “Fine, go ahead. I will try to finish them.”
Aiden nodded and turned to leave. But as he took a step away, Arwen called out, “Oh wait, husband!”
When he turned back, she hesitated before saying, “Can I borrow your phone? I forgot mine, and need to figure out how to get it back.” Then realizing something crucial, she quickly added, “You don’t have to be wary, I will be mindful of your privacy and won’t check something I should not.”
Aiden reached into his pocket, pulled his phone out, and walked back to hand it to her. “I have nothing that I need to hide from you, so there is no need to be cautious or scared. You won’t find anything on there that you wouldn’t want to see.”
“Who is scared?” Arwen asked, feigning indignation. She didn’t know how he had read her thoughts so easily, but she felt the need to deny it.
“I can see it all written in your eyes. Do you want to deny it?” Aiden asked, raising a brow.
Although she wanted to argue, Arwen wasn’t sure she could. How was it that he could read her eyes so easily,
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while she couldn’t even decipher his actions?
“Didn’t you say you had something to discuss something with Dr. Clark?” She gestured him towards the door and added, “Go, before I decide to prove you
wrong.”
Aiden was intrigued, but before he could say anything, Arwen started having her apples, ignoring his presence as if he wasn’t there in the room. Shaking his head, he
turned and walked out of the room.
Once he was gone, Arwen turned to look at the door. She then reached for his phone, opening the camera app to look at her reflection. “How does he do that?” she muttered to herself, trying to read her own eyes but failing miserably. “Arwen, Arwen, you can’t even read your own eyes. How do you expect to read his.”
She shook her head before tapping on the back button to unlock his phone, only to realize it had a password. “Damn, I forgot to ask him for the four digits. Now what’s the use of taking his phone when I can’t even
unlock it.”
She sighed and was ready to set it aside, when she remembered something: hadn’t he once said all the
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passwords were based on her combinations? She recalled it and then taking a chance she entered the one combination that came into her mind. But it didn’t
match.
Shaking her head, she muttered, “He told that about the passwords around the house. Of course, his phone is more of a personal thing of course, he wouldn’t set it on our combination.” Thinking that, she was about to set it aside again, but then paused, reluctant to give up just like that.
“Fine one more try with my initials,” she said, moving her fingers to enter the digits slowly. She took a second to enter the fourth digit as if bracing herself to get denied again, but her pupils dilated, making her eyes widen in surprise when the password went smoothly, unlocking the phone with a click.
Arwen blinked her eyes, staring at the screen, trying to decipher it. The first attempt had been the date they got their marriage certificates, but the password wasn’t that but her initials. Wasn’t keeping her initials felt far more intimate?
However, what truly made her cheeks flush crimson wasn’t that, but the next thing she saw on his phone.
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Covering her face with her hand, she muttered, not knowing what she could say more, “Is he even serious? What was he thinking when did this?”
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