Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 294

"Don’t you also think I am dumb?" Arwen asked suddenly, noticing Aiden’s unwavering gaze on her even moments after she finished speaking.

"Dumb?" Aiden repeated, his brows arching slightly.

A disdainful smile curled Arwen’s lips and she nodded. "If I had said all that to Gianna, she would have told me I am dumb enough not to blame Ryan for anything. Especially after he left me to die there on the spot of accident," she said, her tone self-deprecating.

Aiden stared at her for a moment, before shaking his head. "You are not dumb," he said firmly.

She blinked at him in surprise. He continued, his voice steady yet gentle "Your attitude might be hard to understand, but not difficult enough to be blamed. You are just trying to erase him from your life —to make it as if he was never truly a part of it, neither in the past nor in the present. And that’s why you simply refuse to give him any sort of importance."

Arwen was taken aback. If someone had asked her why she acted the way she did, she wouldn’t have been able to explain it as c;larely as Aiden just had. Her response would have been tangled in philosophies that might not have made much sense.

Ye, he saw through her effortlessly, as if reading her every thought and action was second nature to him —like she was the back of his hand, something he was deeply familiar with.

How does he know her so well?

She doubted that even she knew herself the way he did.

Unable to suppress her curiosity, she studied him for a moment longer before asking, "How?"

Aiden met her gaze, the corners of his lips curling into a nonchalant smile. "I know you well enough to understand these simple things," he said simply and Arwen repeated after him.

"You know me?" as if she was testing his words.

"You have doubts about that?" he countered smoothly.

How could she have doubts, when everything was so clear?

Clearing her throat, she quickly shook her head, dismissing the thought. After a brief pause, she said, "I hope I have answered all your questions now." She looked at him, waiting for his confirmation.

Aiden held her gaze. Her current feelings for Ryan were evident in her demeanor —detached, indifferent. But the fact that she stayed with Ryan, enduring so much, unsettled him.

There must have been something —some hope, some lingering feeling —that kept her holding on for so long.

And he couldn’t ignore the weight of that thought. The possibility of her harbouring emotions even the slightest deep with another man made him blame himself. If only he hadn’t left her, no one would have gotten that chance.

When Arwen didn’t hear him replying back to her, she asked again, "What? Is there more that you want to hear from me?"

"No," Aiden said, shaking his head.