When the Contract Marriage Ended, He Stayed

Chapter 81

Chapter 81: Who’s Sleeping on the Sofa?

If Raina Lowell had arranged for my release before Aiden Xavier came to Freyburg, she wouldn’t have been exposed, and Aiden wouldn’t have known she was the one behind it. But what good would that have done her?

Hazel Hawthorne could never figure it out. She understood why Raina would desperately try to keep Aiden Xavier in Kenport, not wanting him to come looking for her. Hazel could sympathize with that; if the man she liked ran off late at night to find another woman so far away, she would have tried to stop him too.

Unless...

But that was completely impossible. Hazel Hawthorne subconsciously glanced at Aiden Xavier out of the corner of her eye. ’Is Raina Lowell trying to test something? Is she testing me, or is she testing Aiden?’

’Testing me makes even less sense. So she must be testing Aiden. But what is she testing him for?’ Hazel felt like her head was going to explode from overthinking it.

Hazel closed her eyes, once again trying to put herself in Raina Lowell’s shoes. ’If she was testing Aiden, what exactly was she hoping to find? A man worries about a woman because... he likes her.’

Hazel’s eyes flew open. ’Does Raina Lowell think Aiden Xavier likes me?’

’No, no, no. Why would Raina think that? There’s no reason. She knows better than anyone how well Aiden treats her. A suspicion like that is completely baseless. Besides, Aiden doesn’t even like me.’

’But... if Aiden doesn’t like me, then why did he rush all the way to Freyburg in such a panic when he heard I was in trouble? He didn’t even care about Raina.’

When she saw Aiden, she had hugged him excitedly and said he was worried about her. He hadn’t denied it. He didn’t deny it even when Holly Shaw said it, either.

Hazel felt if she kept thinking about it, her head really would explode.

Seeing Hazel lost in thought, Aiden Xavier got up and went into the bathroom. After a moment, the sound of running water pulled Hazel back to reality. She stared at the closed bathroom door and muttered, "Could it be... that Aiden Xavier really does like me?"

thing isn’t whether Aiden likes me or not. It’s the fact

wall. It was already three in the morning. He had rushed over from Kenport and definitely

out now, wouldn’t

the way to Freyburg

was completely torn. Her debate ended when Aiden Xavier walked out wrapped only in a bath towel. A few bright, transparent

around

his hair with

a casual movement, yet he made it look incredibly handsome—not at

stunned. ’He’s

just used on his

threw the towel aside. "You’re not actually

it’ll just let Holly

was the one who came to me. But now, listening

be the one who’s

eyes. "Fine. You can sleep on the

the whole night dealing with this mess, and you want me to sleep on

Aiden lay down on the bed. He wouldn’t even sleep on the sofa at home; why would

curious about how her brain

Aiden wasn’t sleeping on the sofa,

bed for only a few seconds, her exhaustion finally won out over her reluctance. She climbed into bed,

the hotel didn’t have a

covers, Aiden’s body heat was intense. Hazel felt inexplicably hot

through the window cast a faint glow in the room. Hazel gazed at the bright moon, her thoughts once again drifting to why Aiden had come

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