Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 333

The call went silent for a few seconds. And when Aiden didn’t hear her saying anything, he asked again.

"You said if I don’t skip my meals, you will reward me," he repeated, his voice low and teasing. "So, tell me how are you going to reward me? If the temptation you offer me is hard to resist, I will find every single way to get it down without a miss."

Arwen’s breath hitched and her face flushed red. She hadn’t given much thought when she mentioned about reward earlier. She just wanted him to agree to her request so she said whatever she thought would make him agree.

She used the trick that often worked on the kids, but she failed to remind herself that Aiden wasn’t a child.

"A r-reward will still be a reward. You don’t have to think about it now," she said, clearing her voice in an attempt to sound composed and natural. "Your only goal is to have three proper meals a day. As long as you achieve that, you will be rewarded."

The moment she finished speaking, she thought she had successfully evaded the situation. She was about to give herself an appreciative pat on the back when she heard his response.

"Sure, I will focus on the goal," Aiden said, his voice carrying a calculative edge. "I will make sure to finish all three meals of the day, every day. And when I am back, I will claim the reward."

"Perfect! You —"

"But Moon," he interjected, amusement lacing his tone, "since you haven’t revealed what the reward is, I won’t fall for any trickery. I will make sure that I am well rewarded."

Her brows furrowed in confusion. "What do you mean?"

He chuckled on the other end of the call.

"All I mean," he said smoothly, "is that your husband is a businessman. Making profitable deals is my forte. If I hold up my end of the bargain, I will take a reward that I deem fit. You won’t be able to refuse me."

Arwen blinked, processing his words. "You can’t do that," she said, already feeling the butterfly dancing in her stomach. "I will decide on the reward. It could be something as simple as a piece of candy or something as precious and expensive as an antique."

"I am not a child who can get appeased with a plain candy, Moon," he said with a tone of amusement. "And as for an expensive antique …well, I have much better ideas than that."

"That’s not up to you to decide," Arwen protested.

However, all her protest fell away when Aiden said, "Moon, if you are the one making the offer, and also deciding on the reward, wouldn’t that be too unfair to me?" His tone came laced with mischief, but anyway, he wasn’t waiting for an answer. "Wait for me to be back. I won’t take long."

With that, the call ended.

Arwen stared at her phone, still hearing the echo of the disconnection tone. That was when she realized —once again —she had walked straight into his trap.

She thought she was the one setting the rules of the game, but in the end, like always he managed to turn the tables on her.

Now, only Heaven knows what he will claim as the reward. The possibilities were simply keeping Arwen on her toes. She was both nervous and eager to know.