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.