Dark Revenge Of An Unwanted Wife The Twins Are Not Yours novel Chapter 266

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..."

"I think I can smell the food burning..." Athena immediately interjected, cutting Aiden off. The latter raised an eyebrow in incredulity, yet he got to his feet and sauntered toward the door.

"Don’t you dare go to sleep. We are not yet done talking."

Ten minutes and two bowls of 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 not going to work, Athena. What is going on?"

Athena sighed, abandoning the sheets and sitting up. She needed to talk to him about the CIA interference after all, and perhaps find out what had really gone wrong. He was the best man for that, including convincing the Boss to do some groundwork for them, that is, if the latter was even innocent in the ploy!

"Athena..."

"I have nightmares sometimes. I am not 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 me; they didn’t know I was having a nightmare. Well, I told Gianna about it, and she told Ewan. That’s why I bundled myself into her room to demand answers."

Silence reigned for a short while as Aiden tried to make sense of what he was hearing.

"Firstly, I can understand the children’s actions. They were just trying 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 her, wanting to know what was wrong, so that he could tackle it to prevent further tension with the children... you know that ex of yours doesn’t joke with duty. It’s how that sly snake had him tied for years..."

Athena gave no indication that she had heard Aiden’s last statement.

Aiden, 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 the dream?"

Athena shook her head, seeing reason after Aiden’s explanation.