Three Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 234

Exhaustion pulled at Aiken's features. Seeing how weighed down he was by everything, Bonnie knew he needed space. She packed up her drawing board and backpack, murmured her goodbyes, and slipped out of the room.

The hospital room down the hall was empty now, but standing in the doorway, she could almost still hear the echoing sobs.

Bonnie let out a quiet sigh. She could guess exactly what was running through Aiken's head. It was basic human nature to empathize with someone walking through a tragedy you'd already survived. Facing the fragile line between life and death was enough to shake anyone to their core.

Shaking off the heavy thoughts, she headed toward the elevators.

There was a patient transfer blocking the elevator bay, and since she wasn't too many floors up, she decided to take the stairs. But before she even made it halfway down the first flight, she heard voices.

It was Aiken's mother and sister.

She paused on the steps, taking a few quiet steps backward to wait for them to pass before making her exit.

She didn't expect them to stop on the landing to chat.

And she definitely didn't expect to be the topic of conversation.

Davina clearly didn't appreciate the criticism. "How many kids their age actually cook these days? You don't lift a finger to help around your own house, yet here you are judging her! Being married to a cop is an incredibly heavy burden. He's incredibly lucky to have found a girl who is stunning, highly educated, respectable, and from a good family. Stop trying to micromanage his life and focus on your own businesses. You've been a boss for two years, and suddenly you think you run the universe."

"Fine, I get it. The three of you are the intellectuals who speak the same language, and I'm just the uncultured outsider," Wendy snapped bitterly. "But let me give you a reality check—she might not be as innocent as she looks. I recognized her the second she walked in. You remember that massive cheating scandal that blew up online a while back? The girl at the center of it was named Bonnie. You even commented on it, saying how girls these days have no shame and run around destroying marriages..."

Feeling her blood pressure spike, Davina instantly cut her off. "That's enough! Your brother is a detective. Don't you think he knows how to look into someone's background better than you do? She doesn't look like that kind of girl to me. Drop the subject. And you'd better not breathe a word of this in front of him. He's always had a good head on his shoulders—far more reliable than you. I trust his judgment."

"I'm not trying to be malicious. I'm just pointing it out. Mom, you really need to think about this," Wendy pleaded, her tone turning serious. "Not just his love life, but his job. Can you really handle him ending up exactly like Dad...?"