Sold to the Cruel Alpha King Arden のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 50

Erina obeyed it quietly. She wanted to complain about it, but knowing that he is the CEO, who has the right to order anything he wants from the employees in the company, would always make her remember that his ordering her anything he likes is not really something to be suspicious about.But to remember that he rejected her secretary—Mary Jane—would always drive her into confusion on why, out of all the women in the company, Aiden would rather order her.And he would rather eat with me. Those were just his usual orders to me, nothing more. Why doesn't he order someone else? What's in Mary Jane that he doesn't like?Out of curiosity, as they were waiting for the food, she just finished the order to request from the chef and would be brought personally into his office a few moments later. She cleared her throat to fire the question that was lingering on her mind."If you don't mind, sir, can I ask why...you don't like your secretary? Because I heard that...you send her to the other depa

"Who is that, mommy?" Draven asked as soon as I went back to the kitchen.Your father... Well, I cannot say that to him. I can't say it to Arden. Though I am not even one hundred percent sure if Aiden is Arden, introducing my son might be too dangerous, knowing the wrath they have for me—especially Celestia, his mother.It is better for Draven not to know the dark past than to put him in that situation."Oh, it's someone I know in the company," Erina said as she sat on her chair again. "He's going to be here to visit the land just for the survey.""Oh, I should bake a pie later!" Sancha said excitedly."Oh, it's alright, Sancha. We would be in the land the entire time. He won't be coming here.""You should let him in, at least, Erina. It's alright. We can manage; don't worry. We will prepare something for your visitor," Lorenzo said eagerly.Erina felt burdened knowing that Draven looked a lot like Arden from all angles and that he was his little version. Erina doesn't want to give t

Aiden took a few minutes before he came back. Erina doesn't know how to act after what she noticed—that even Lorenzo and Sancha thought he was Draven's father, but the two seemed still unconvinced that he wasn't the father, as they were just thinking Erina was just trying to hide it from them. "Do you want me to tour you around the land, sir?" Erina offered casually, as she didn't want to tackle what happened earlier because she knew that wasn't Aiden's business anymore.Other than that, she just doesn't want to point it out because she is afraid of what would be behind his reaction, and she doesn't really want to show Aiden that she's affected or that she was bothered by it.But at the same time, it's really making her curious."I'm fine with it. Are we going to ride some horses? The land is wide," Aiden said. He looked composed as well, but there was something in his eyes that Erina was scared to know."Yes, sir. We have some horses available on the ranch. We usually ride horses wh

Despite thinking that Aiden wasn't talking about her, that he wasn't talking about how she tried to fool him in the past—which she knew she wasn't pushing through, but then she knew that in the other's perspective, she did in the first place—made her almost forget how to breathe."If she disappeared, maybe she was guilty?""I hope so. But she hurt me so deeply that I don't think I could ever forgive her."Erina gulped again, as she could feel how heavily Aiden had said it like he was saying it on behalf of Arden because they have the same sentiments about the woman who hurt them."Then...why do you still want to find her despite what she has done to you? Isn't it more peaceful if you just move on and forget her?"Aiden stopped walking, and Erina stopped as well. The topic was so important that the trees weren't already enough to distract them from walking and admiring the trees.When Aiden faced her fully, like she was that woman whom he was talking about, she felt like she had seen t

After what happened yesterday, Erina slowly got comfortable with Aiden's presence without being anxious that it might be Arden, unlike in the past few days, when she was so bothered that someone had a resemblance to the man who impregnated her, the man who was mad at her, and the man who might be looking for her and wants her dead.She wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt because of Draven, as she didn't want to show that she hated him just because of her petty reason.Other than that, something about that interaction suddenly drew them closer, as she could slowly lower her boundary just to know Aiden himself.And she was so shameless that throughout the day in her office, she was already expecting lunchtime so that Aiden would call her again in his office.She was looking forward to it, but she couldn't concentrate on her own work because she was occupied with that matter.What's the fuss now, Erina? As far as I remember yesterday, you were thankful that it was your break time