Chapter 520 - Perfect date - day 3 (collapse)

It was evening, sun was dipping below the horizon. Sarah and Aiden are not paying attention to the sunset. They didn't leave the bedroom. They got food in the room and two of them would feed each other while cuddling between steamy sessions of love making. If this is a scene from cartoon, there would be pink hearts floating everywhere.

Aiden noticed that it's late for his romantic evening plans, but he will just move them to next day. Sarah is happy, and he is enjoying as well. That is all that counts.

Aiden frowned when he noticed that she is not wearing the engagement ring.

"Oh, I was afraid I will lose it in water…", Sarah casually said as she stretched to reach the nightstand and put the ring back on.

He relaxed a bit, but he was still displeased that she removed it already.

Aiden went to shower, and Sarah said she wants to be lazy in the bed for a bit longer before showering.

She used this rare 'me' time to look at the ring carefully. The band was of white gold and it had symbols Σ and Ω with yellow gold. Three diamonds were truly beautiful, reflecting the light perfectly. Sarah felt her heart race when she remembered his words while he proposed, and she giggled when she thought that he did it naked. He definitely gave her an experience she will never forget. And no matter how much Sarah thought that she is not ready, it came naturally, like it's supposed to be that way. It didn't feel strange at all to say that she wants to marry him. Because she does not see any other path she can take, except this one, with Aiden.

It didn't take long before Sarah heard persistent faint buzzing from her bag. She assumed it's her phone. When she checked, she saw that she is right, Sophia was calling. But she didn't want to pick up video call, she was naked!

She texted Sophia to have video conference in five minutes. Seeing that her phone's battery is low, Sarah kept her phone to charge and got her laptop. She swiftly pulled Aiden's t-shirt on top of her, it was large on her and it looked like a baggy mini dress. Sarah placed laptop on the desk, making sure that her lower half is not visible, and powered it up to connect to the video conference.

When she logged in, Sophia was online already.

"Hi big sis!", Sarah smiled.

"You are alive!", Sophia grimaced, obviously upset.

In an instant, Sarah realized that Sophia expected her to contact her. "Sorry, time flies in paradise and I forgot.", she grinned playfully.

Sophia exhaled. "Seriously. I don't need a report of what you are doing. Just a text 'I'm fine' would be enough. Or to answer when I call. You left to an unknown place. You are not letting me know you are fine. And you said you will keep in touch!", Sophia scolded her.

"Sorry, I know it's my fault…", Sarah said weakly.

"Sorry, sorry… that does not solve anything!", Sophia snapped.

"Don't get upset. It's just hormones.", Sarah tried to coax her.

Sophia's face became dark. "Don't go that route!", she warned her.

Sarah grinned. "I would say sorry, but you would just get angrier."

Sophia relaxed and laughed. "Fine. I'm glad you are fine. Since we are already talking, tell me… How are you? Is everything OK there? Did anything happen?"

Sarah rubbed the engagement ring under the desk and smiled while answering. "We are both fine. Everything is great. What can happen?"

Sophia nodded in approval. "OK. It must be late for you… I will not hold you up. Enjoy. See you when you get back, I will not expect you to contact me, since you are enjoying in paradise. But if you do send me a text telling me you are alive, I will not hate it."

Sarah waved to the camera, "Bye, take care…"

Sarah disconnected from the video conference.

Sarah closed the laptop and saw Aiden standing in front of her with an unreadable expression. His gaze fixed on her.

"Did something happen?", Sarah can see that his mood is off.

"Obviously nothing." Frown flashed over his face before his expression returned to unreadable.

Sarah saw that frown. She can't let it be. She needs to find out what caused him to be upset, and to fix it, if possible. "Don't give me that. Something happened. What is it?"

Aiden hesitated for a moment and spoke with pained expression. "How come you didn't tell her that we are engaged?"

"I don't know…" Sarah shrugged.

"You don't think it's important?" Her indifference made his heart ache.

"That's not what I said."

"When will you tell her? When will you tell Anna? Your parents?" His heart ache was getting replaced with anger.

Aiden feels that he is emotionally vested, and what about her? Does she not care about them being engaged? Both of her sisters screamed that they are engaged. He still remembers video chats full of cries, and then hours of gushing over rings and recollecting details of how it happened. Knowing Sarah's personality, he didn't expect her to have such a boisterous reaction, but to not even mention it…? That hurts.

"I didn't think about it. I don't know…" Sarah paused for few seconds while her brain scrambled for answers. She can tell that Aiden is upset, but she is not sure why. Is he in a rush to tell everyone they are engaged? It's not like they are getting married anytime soon. What is the problem with few days delay? "Everyone is busy with Sophia's wedding, maybe we can tell them together, after the wedding?"

Sarah could see that Aiden is suppressing his anger and there is even some disappointment visible. Still, she doesn't understand why. Is it because she didn't tell Sophia that they are engaged, or because she said to share their engagement news later? The wedding is less than two weeks away. Is he so upset because of two weeks delay?

Aiden's face showed that he is angry. "After Sophia's wedding, there will be another wedding. Jeff and Anna, did you forget? How about we wait after their wedding? Or maybe even after that you will find an excuse to hide this? I know that I'm not a match for you, and you are so much above me in every way. But until now I didn't realize that you are ashamed of me.", he squeezed through his teeth.

"Where did that come from?" Sarah still didn't understand reason for his anger. And it's obviously escalating. And why would he say that she is ashamed of him?

Aiden was trembling from rage. "From where? From where?! How about you think?!! You have such a brilliant mind why don't you use it? But let me remind you, because your brain tends to forget things you don't deem as relevant... We held each other in my apartment, but when I wanted to do it in front of others, you said 'not here'. We kissed, and you introduced me as a classmate to your sister. We slept together, and you introduced me as a friend. We live together, and at work you introduce me as a coworker. And now Sophia asked if something happened, and you forgot to mention that we are engaged!" In two quick steps he was next to the bedside table. He grabbed teal jewelry box and threw it at Sarah angrily. "And maybe you should keep the ring back in the box, so that no one sees it and accidentally thinks that you are engaged!"

Sarah held the teal box in her hand and stuttered, "But there was…"

"I know… I know…", Aiden interrupted her. His rage was swelling with every word. "There was a reason. There was ALWAYS, A VERY! VALID! REASON!!! But that does not change the fact that since we got together, I am the one who wants to shout from the rooftops that we are a couple, while you are doing your best to hide me in the closet! And you know... ", he shut his eyes and his hands were balled tightly into fists. He took a deep breath, trying to calm down. "Forget it... Just forget about all what I said!"

"Where are you going?!!", Sarah shouted in panic seeing that he is rushing to the door.

Aiden stopped while holding the doorknob and spoke to the door: "I need some time alone. If I stay here, I will say something that I will regret for the rest of my life." He stormed out without looking back.