"What do you think?" Aaron asked her back. In a cool manner, he sat up too and lowered his eyes to take a look at his suit, which had been ruined mainly because of Ximena pulling at it. As a tinge of disgust flashed across his eyes, he took it off and threw it to a chair by the side of the bed.
Hearing Aaron's words, Ximena tried to jog her memory. As far as she could remember, she had gone to the garden house as soon as she came back... But then she could not remember what she had done after that. However, she was sure that she had fallen asleep in the garden house.
Slowly, she turned her eyes to look at Aaron's suit, which had been put aside by him. Curling her lips, she said in an indifferent tone,"Well... I will make another suit for you later... Everything's gonna be okay!" While saying this, she intended to get out of bed, so she started turning to the bed's side and readied to stand up.
She didn't want to talk with him about anything on the bed, because whenever that happened, their talks always ended in the same way.
"Ouch!"
Ximena cried out as her arm was pulled all of a sudden. Immediately, she fell back on the bed. In an instant, she was trapped between Aaron's thick, strong arms.
"Well," Ximena started, struggling to get out of Aaron's arms. "I'm hungry, so could you please let me go!" Her mind was still filled with what that taxi driver had said to her. She was really not in the mood to deal with Aaron or to satisfy any of his desires.
Ximena's tone informed Aaron that she really meant to go. Staring down at her with his sharp eyes, as if he was going to see her through, he was confused. 'Why is she acting like this?' he thought, furrowing his eyebrows. In a questioning tone, he asked,"What happened?"
"Nothing," Ximena said, instantly denying everything by instinct. But the man gazed at her with a laser-sharp stare, and so she turned her head and avoided him completely.
Hearing that, Aaron's eyes turned dark. Instead of releasing her, he lowered his body towards her...
Ximena didn't have the energy to cater to him. Unconsciously, she attempted to push him away with her hands. To her surprise, she succeeded and Aaron let go of her.
Pursing her lips, she looked at Aaron and asked,"Can you let me off today?" Aaron just stared at Ximena with cold eyes. Sighing, she started, taking a deep breath,"See, this is not because of James. Nothing of this is because of him. It's just...something happened today that extremely upset me."
After hearing that, Aaron didn't do anything but stare at her. He knew clearly the reason why she refused him was not because of James, because a while ago in the garden house, she had kept calling for her parents in her sleep. Also, he understood why she wouldn't tell him the true reason of her mood nosediving. Therefore, he got out of the bed, put on his shoes and stood up by the side of the bed. "Okay then," he said, in his cheery voice. "Let's go to have dinner. Let's eat out today. Get ready. I'm going to wait for you outside." After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the bedroom, and closed the door behind him very gently. Ximena wasn't in the mood to think about why Aaron hadn't reacted angrily to her refusal, which would have easily provoked him. Taking deep breaths to pump herself up, Ximena got out of the bed, washed her face and changed her clothes. Then she walked out of the bedroom, intending to eat out together with Aaron, though she had no appetite at all.
Aaron drove the car by himself, passing the bustling streets and roads in QY Island and glancing at Ximena every now and again. Since she had gotten on the car, she had been looking out of the window as quietly as a meek cat, which was not like her at all.
"There will be a party in the council hall next week. You're going to accompany me," Aaron said, looking at the road.
"Hmm," Ximena answered. But then she remembered that Aaron had already told her this yesterday. Because of that, she turned her head to face Aaron, confused.
Feeling that Ximena was looking at her, Aaron took another glance at her. Seeing that she looked confused, he explained, in an apathetic tone,"I was just checking whether you have gotten it right or not."
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