Chapter 118: Stay Here

Aaron could never picture himself being this kind. Three days of nursing a woman. A stranger. A pregnant stranger. No one in the family expected his compassion or sympathy. For all they knew, she was a runaway wife chased by her abusive husband. But her skin bore no marks. Not even a cut. Who was the husband? Who was the father? That was all he wanted to know. 

And on the fourth day, Aaron got his answer. As dusk melted into dawn, the sky still a pale navy, and dense clouds rolled over stars, Aaron woke up. He performed his morning duty without a servant, for he always found it odd that another had to wash his face and dress him when he had a perfectly working body. He left his room at the same time the butlers and maids began to bustle in the hallways. His parents were likely going to wake up soon.