Memories Of The Night

The previous sweet atmosphere vanishes in an instant.

Keeping him at arm"s length, she demands, "Aaron, why are you here?"

She has never brought anyone to the cemetery before. How did Aaron know where she is?

Katrina"s sudden change makes Aaron feel upset.

Women can be so fickle. Earlier, she introduced him as her boyfriend. Now, she can"t wait to get off of him, keeping away from his touch.

Instead of answering her question, Aaron strides in the direction of his car.

After his morning meeting earlier, Aaron called Randy to ask if Katrina was awake.

But Randy told him that she had already left and that Katrina got off at a flower shop on J Road to buy a bouquet of white chrysanthemums.

From this, Aaron immediately figured out her whereabouts.

Last night, Katrina kept holding his hand and crying out, "Dad, don"t leave me."

She must have come to visit her late father in the cemetery.

Cemeteries are usually located in remote, spa.r.s.ely populated suburbs far from the city.

Katrina just broke up with her boyfriend yesterday. She drank alone in the middle of the night. He can"t trust her to go to such a remote place alone. What if something happens to her?

Without a second thought, Aaron left the office and drove all the way to the cemetery.

As he approached, he saw an elderly man drinking tea on a stone bench outside the cabin. Aaron went up to him and asked, "Did you see a young, beautiful girl around here?"

The elder looked up and saw a handsome young man in a suit.

At Aaron"s words, the elder immediately thought of Katrina, who had just entered the cemetery. "She arrived a while ago. She"s over there," he points to a direction, "You"re…"

"I..."

Before Aaron could speak, the elder suddenly said in delight, "Oh! You must be her boyfriend!"

Katrina has never brought anyone during her visits, but she had promised him that she would bring her boyfriend on her next visit. At Aaron"s appearance, the old man naturally a.s.sumes him to be Katrina"s boyfriend.

Aaron didn"t deny it and nodded his head instead. "Yes, I"m her boyfriend."

After finding out that Aaron was Katrina"s boyfriend, the elder"s face was full of joy.

The caretaker was happy that she found a tall and handsome guy to be her boyfriend. Such a sweet girl deserved a good-looking boyfriend.

Overjoyed, the elder asked curiously, "She said that you went on a business trip and couldn"t come with her. Why are you back all of a sudden?"

Aaron smoothly went along with Katrina"s lie. "I didn"t think I could come back in time. But things were handled ahead of schedule, so I changed my flight to come back."

The caretaker smiled more brightly and nodded his head in approval.

What a nice guy! he thought happily.

To get back as soon as possible, he even changed his flight. He must"ve gone straight to the cemetery after getting off the plane. He was willing to change his schedule for her. He must value her a lot.

Katrina will be surprised to see him, the elder thought.

Aaron didn"t venture to look for Katrina because he knew how much her father meant to her.

Her father was a hero to her. She wouldn"t take a stranger to see him.

Aaron sat on the bench in front of the cabin, chatting with the old man and answering all his questions.

Aaron was such a busy man that he only took appointments with a handful of big business owners in Abbe City. No one would expect that such a businessman would someday sit on a stone bench and chat with a grave keeper.

Twenty minutes later, Katrina walked away from her father"s grave to the cabin.

She didn"t know how Aaron knew where she was, or why he followed her, but his arrival solved a problem weighing on her mind.

Aaron"s cooperation made the old man believe that she had a good boyfriend. It rea.s.sured him enough to go back to his hometown without regrets.

For that alone, Katrina was grateful to Aaron.

Aaron gets into his car.

Katrina just follows him quietly, pulling the door of the pa.s.senger seat open and getting in.

They haven"t had a quiet moment like this for a long time.

For once, Katrina doesn"t pick a fight with Aaron. Usually, she would be glaring daggers at him by now. She would leave eagerly, slamming the car door in a huff.

Today, Katrina doesn"t lose her temper on Aaron. There is no reason to be angry with him.

In the closed s.p.a.ce, no-one utters a word. It"s so quiet, and they can almost hear each other"s breaths.

Katrina is the first to speak, "Aaron, thank you for that."

She is grateful to him for his willingness to play along with her lie. She is grateful that he acted like a good boyfriend in front of the old man, even promising him that he would take good care of her.

Because of this, the old caretaker can finally set his mind at ease and retire smoothly.

Katrina feels very grateful.

This is the first time that Katrina speaks kindly to Aaron since he arrived in Abbe City. Although it"s just a simple sentence, he feels like he is in cloud nine.

He grunts coldly in response. "You owe me for more than that."

For her, he investigated the truth behind Marcellus"s accident. Last night, he accompanied her while she drank all night and brought her home safely afterward. Despite being overcome with an intense desire for her, he ignored his urges and took a cold shower to restrain himself.

He has done so much for her than she knows.

A simple "thank you" is not enough to repay him.

Katrina is rendered speechless by Aaron"s words.

Aaron is right.

He had done so much for her. When he gave her evidence of Claire conspiring against her, she lost her temper and misunderstood his actions instead of believing him. She had thought the worst of him.