I'm Sorry My Love Novel

Chapter 227

Aidan answered slowly and calmly, "No. I didn't do this."

Leanna chortled. She didn't believe him at all. She approached the boulders and shone her flashlight around to look for a way out.

At the same time, Aidan said, "We're on a mountain path. It's normal that boulders roll around and block the way. Someone will clean them up in the morning."

She ignored him. Leanna took her heels off and tried to climb over the boulders.

As Aidan watched her climb, he poked his teeth with his tongue and pinched his nose before going ahead.

There were a lot of stones around the boulder. Not only did Leanna fail to climb across, but her feet were also injured as well. She was going for another attempt, but someone suddenly picked her up and took her down from the boulders.

"I have no idea what you think sometimes."

She snarkily retorted, "And I have no idea how you can do something like this without feeling any shame."

Aidan put her down on the ground. "I didn't do this."

"Your words mean nothing to me."

He put a hand on his shoulders and stared down at her. "Suit yourself." He licked his lips. A few moments later, Aidan added, "There's no way out tonight, but there's a place to stay on the mountain. Wanna come?"

Without hesitation, she answered, "No." © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

"Sure. Stay here until sunrise, then. I'll be going now." He turned around and walked into the darkness.

She clenched her teeth and whipped her phone out to call someone, but there was no signal in the mountains. She tried calling someone a few times near the boulders but to no avail. In the end, she had no strength left, and her phone was nearly dead. Leanna sat down and teared up.

The winds stopped howling eventually. An eerie silence set in, and light snow started falling.

Leanna held her knees and cursed Aidan in her heart. He loves me? Yeah, right. He leaves me behind when I need him the most. His love means nothing but burden.

The more she thought about it, the more unfair this whole thing felt. The darkness around her amplified the fear she felt. Waves of terror crashed over her, and she had to bite her lip down to stop herself from crying.

Just when she thought she might die out here, she heard the sounds of footsteps coming closer. Leanna looked up and saw Aidan in front of her.

He pulled his pants up and knelt on one knee. The weak light from his cellphone's flashlight shone on her teary eyes. "Wanna come?" he asked slowly.

Leanna turned away and started sobbing. Eventually, the sobs turned into uncontrollable cries.

A little smile curled Aidan's lips. "Alright, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have left you behind. I didn't leave, you know. I was waiting for you to call me, but you just had to be so stubborn."

Leanna noticed the laughter in his voice, and it made her angrier. She picked a stone up and smacked it on his expensive suit. "I didn't call you. Wh did you come back?"

"But you did call me."

"I didn't!"

"I heard it."

"I said I didn't call you! I—"

He held her in his embrace and whispered, "But you've been calling out to me in your heart."

She sniffled. "I was cursing you!"

A chortle escaped Aidan's lips as he held her up. "Whatever you say."

She noticed him taking her up the mountain, and she refused, "I'm not going there!" There's a huge mansion there, and there's only two of us. He must be up to something!

He saw through her. "There's a landline in the mansion, and it's connected to the hotel. Do you want to stay here and die from the cold, or do you wanna go back?"

I see. "Are you sure the landline's still functioning?" He might tell me the landline's broken after we get there.

He said, "I told you, I didn't do this."

Leanna didn't believe him, and he didn't bother explaining. They went on in silence, and a moment later, Leanna's phone died. They were plunged into darkness.

Weirdly enough, she wasn't as scared as she had been. The sound of his heartbeat sang beside her ear, and she eased up eventually, but it was then she noticed something touching her lips for a brief moment. A long silence later, she asked, "What did you just do?"

"Holding you in my arms, obviously."

"You kissed me, didn't you?"

Aidan answered without missing a beat, "There are a lot of mosquitoes here. One of them must have bitten you."

Leanna sneered. You started this. A few moments later, a loud slap rang out in the air of the woods, and echoes bounced back from the trees.

Aidan stopped in his tracks. Even in his silence, Leanna could feel his fury. "The mosquitoes sure can

make a ruckus. Did you hear anything?"

Aidan clenched his teeth. "Leanna!"

She asked innocently, "What is it? Did a mosquito bite you too?"

Aidan pursed his lips. After all, he was the one who started this, so he went on ahead without saying anything else.

They reached the villa a few minutes later, and Leanna felt her world brighten up. "You can put me down now. I can go on my own."

"But the mosquitoes might come back."

"I don't think so. Bright lights aren't friendly to mosquitoes."

Aidan chortled. He didn't answer her, but he didn't let her down either. After they entered the villa, he put her down on the sofa and took the landline to call the hotel staff.

She perked up. When she heard him telling someone to clear the obstacle, Leanna finally felt relief in her heart. He's probably telling the truth. He didn't put the obstacles there.

Aidan approached her and broke her train of thought. As he took his coat off and tossed it on the sofa, Leanna's eyes went wide with shock. I knew it! He's still an animal! Finally showing me his true colors, huh?