Bab 149: Chapter 149: The Splitting Headache

The moment Aiden grabbed Barnes by his arm, he was startled by a sense of familiarity with him just from a small touch, leaving him spellbound for a while. Without paying much heed to Barnes's question, Aiden found himself intensely gazing at his soft palm which had a few deep old scratches engraved in them, as if Barnes had gone through a series of old wounds. 

The second he touched his cold palm, Aiden also felt a stirring unusual ache deep inside his chest, as if he had mistakenly touched an old scar that might have been buried in his heart from the past memorylane. 

That unfamiliar sense urged Aiden to pressure his mind and reminisce something about the past, which might have been lost within the memories he was unable to retrieve since he was 7. 

But now, he was certain this wasn't the first time he had touched Barnes, and the way Aiden was holding onto him tight without answering made Barnes a little fretful as he urged, "Sir, is there something wrong?"