Unpredictable Betrayal : A Sweet of Revenge

“Asher, haven’t you finished your work yet?”

In the evening, when it was time to leave work, Aurora deliberately approached her younger brother who was in the ER room. She wanted to make sure Asher had finished his work since it was time to go home.

Aurora asked for a reason. Considering after the incident with Savana, Asher insisted on escorting his sister, meaning she had to go home with him.

“I’m still checking the patient diagnoses. Some of them are in unstable condition.”

“So, should I wait for you?”

Before Asher could answer, several nurses ran over, asking Asher to move to provide medical treatment urgently.

“Doc, there’s an emergency in the VIP room. Dr. Alfredo tried to handle it. He’s asking for Dr. Asher to perform the surgery.”

Asher nodded. He quickly got ready.

“Let me check the patients first. You guys prepare the operating room.” Then Asher approached his sister again. “Aurora, you go home with the driver. I’ll call for pick-up later.”

Although Aurora had already agreed by nodding, Asher changed his mind.

“Wait a moment,” he said. He then grabbed Alden, who had just come out of the elevator. “Alden, your shift is over, right?”

Alden, who was surprised, nodded immediately.

“Yes. I’m about to leave. Why? Is there an emergency?”

Asher shook his head.

“No. Can you please take Aurora home?”

“Asher!” Aurora was about to protest. Weren’t they supposed to agree that she would be picked up by the driver? “But you said—”

“It seems fine with Alden,” Asher interrupted hurriedly. He prepared to leave. “He’s leaving anyway. Besides, your houses are in the same direction.”

“But—”

“Just come with me.” This time, Alden cut in. “I don’t mind at all.”

“In that case, please take care of Aurora,” Asher said again. “Make sure she gets home safely.”

Then Asher left. He didn’t care whether Aurora agreed or not. For him, the most important thing was that his sister got home with a man he trusted to ensure her safety.

“Let’s go, we’re heading home.”

Aurora reluctantly agreed. She followed Alden when he led her to the car.

For Aurora, even though she had known Alden for a long time and even had a relationship with him, moments like this, going home together alone, still felt awkward. Just like when they first met and went through the courtship process.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“By the way, did you eat the cake I gave you?”

To lighten the moment of silence, Alden took the initiative to ask, opening up a topic for Aurora to talk about.

“I did. I shared it with Velia. Thank you so much. It was just what I wanted.”

While driving, Alden smiled. He was glad his effort wasn’t in vain.

“You’re welcome. It just so happened that I wanted to give the cake as a reward to the ER team who have been busy taking care of the overwhelming number of patients these past three days. When I went to the bakery, I remembered that you liked that cake.”

“You remember everything.”

This time Alden laughed.

“I told you, anything related to you, how could I forget?”

Aurora sighed. She shook her head.

“Believe it or not. By the way, since we’re going in the same direction, can you please stop by the bakery in front? Amma and Asher’s wife want to visit our house. I want to buy them some cakes to take home later.”

Alden agreed. He slowed down the car as they approached the bakery where Aurora went in.

Alden got out too, accompanying Aurora who seemed busy choosing and buying cakes to give to her mother and sister-in-law.

“There are quite a few,” Alden commented as he saw the variety of cakes Aurora chose and bought.

“Yeah, Ciara, Asher’s daughter, really loves these cakes. So, I purposely bought a lot. I’m sure she’ll bring them to school for snacks tomorrow.”

Seeing Aurora struggling to carry so many cakes, Alden took the initiative to help move them into the shopping bag provided. At the same time, they heard someone suddenly speaking up.

“Oh, so this is the reason why you wanted a quick divorce?”

Aurora and Alden both turned around. They found Nicole, who was also in the bakery.

“Just a few weeks of being a widow and already have a new crush. Clearly shows who can’t stand being alone, right?”