Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 526

Ryan's eyes had lost their brightness long before, but today, they even lost the little trace of light that had remained.

Arwen's resoluteness not just hurt him —it broke him.

He knew he had only himself to blame. He had lost her because of the choices he made.

But still … somewhere deep inside, he wished he could turn the things back.

He craved to have a chance to make things right …

"Mr. Foster," Emyr's voice came from the side, snapping Ryan out of his spiralling thoughts. He gestured toward the door, polite but firm. "Please!"

Ryan stared at him for a moment before his fingers curled into fists at his sides. He didn't say a word.

Without a backward glance, he turned and walked to the door.

But just as he reached it, Arwen's voice rang out again, "I hope this is the last time you dared to overstep your place."

He paused.

"From the next time," she continued, each word deliberate and laced with frost, "I hope not to see you anywhere around my husband. He has become my bottom line. And I am never in favor of getting my bottom line challenged. Keep this clear, hereafter."

Ryan gritted at her words, feeling wretched inside.

Without saying another word or staying another second, he left, pacing away as fast as her could.

Emyr also gave a polite bow to them and left the room, closing the door after him and leaving Arwen and Aiden alone in the room.

"Bottom line!" Aiden echoed, breaking the silence that had settled in the room. "When did I become one?"

Arwen had her back to him. When she heard him question that, she closed her eyes for a moment as if to anchor all her emotions and fears that she had felt in just the last few minutes of the time.

Then, turning to him, she pushed him back with all her force. Her hand pressed against his clavicles.

She didn't see what was behind …

She didn't care for them to fall hard on the floor.

She just acted on the pure instinct that she felt inside. The instinct and need to feel and confirm everything was still alright. Perfect and beautiful as before.

Aiden hadn't seen that coming. So, when it happened, he was momentarily caught off guard. His pupils dilated, and the first reflex was his arm wrapping around her waist, making sure she remained in his arms.

Even if they fell, he would take it on himself to keep her safe … unharmed.

But fortunately, they didn't fall on the floor, or hit any uneven surface.

The force of Arwen made Aiden fall back on the plush couch —with him at the bottom and her, flushed against him on the top. Their faces mere inches apart.

He didn't understand her reaction for the first time. His gaze stared at her, trying to search for anything that would explain, but she didn't give him any time for that.

Her lips came crashing down onto his as if to claim and confirm something through it.

And he felt it then.

Her anxiety.

He paused for a moment, but then, without thinking about it much, he let her take what she was desperately seeking from him.