Filed to story: Healing My Disabled Husband Novel
Camdyn couldn’t wait for them to see his new bird as soon as he saw them.
Mikayla was completely in sync with Camdyn on this matter. They were like old friends who forgot their age difference. They excitedly discussed things while Ash looked around and asked, “Is Aimee not here?”
“She might be inside,” replied Casey nonchalantly. “She went back to her room after breakfast. Do you want me to go get her for you?”
Ash nodded his head in agreement saying, “Sure.”
Casey raised an eyebrow lightly before asking teasingly, “Aren’t you afraid of Aimee beating you up?”
“Aimee is usually very gentle,” Ash said.
“Unless I really get on her nerves, Aimee is always easy to talk to,” he added.
He didn’t think there was anything recently that had upset her.
Ash was feeling a bit uneasy after his encounter with Casey. He had no idea what he had done wrong.
Could it be because he had gone crazy with Mikayla and Aimee found out? But that couldn’t be the reason, right?
Aimee wouldn’t install cameras in his house, would she?
But when Ash saw Aimee again, his tense heart finally relaxed. She just casually asked about it and didn’t pry any further.
Mikayla and Camdyn walked in from outside as well. As soon as Mikayla saw Aimee, she ran over to her and hugged her neck tightly while being all clingy.
Aimee lightly patted Mikayla’s arm and said, “I thought Ash was bullying you when I saw you like this.”
Mikayla laughed when she heard this. She glanced at Ash before pouting pitifully and saying, “Aimee, he really did bully me.”
Ash didn’t defend himself but instead indulgently looked at Mikayla. He let the girl have her fun since she loved to play around.
Aimee felt a bit helpless seeing this situation unfold before her eyes. She regretted saying anything since it seemed like they were trying too hard to display their affection.
Even Casey couldn’t help but feel annoyed by their behavior as she said, “How could Ash bully you?”
Mikayla stuck out her tongue without commenting on Casey’s words one way or another.
Indeed, in her relationship with Ash, Mikayla was usually the one who bullied him. Ash’s indulgence towards her could be said to have reached an exaggerated level.
Mikayla smiled sweetly at Ash, feeling happy that she had met someone who cherished her so much.
Returning to reality, Mikayla turned her head and looked at Aimee. “Aimee, I’m going for military training next week. Will you miss me?” She didn’t know what to expect from the enclosed military training and just thinking about it made her feel scared.
Aimee asked teasingly, “Are you afraid of military training?”
Mikayla tilted her head and although she didn’t want to admit it, she couldn’t deny it either. She did have a strong aversion towards military training.
On this point, Casey had a lot of say. With a wave of her hand, she said reassuringly to Mikayla, “Don’t worry! Although our school’s military training sounds scary on paper, in reality there’s nothing much to fear about it. It’s all small stuff.”
Before experiencing it herself she too thought that it would be unbearable but after going through with it once, she realized how easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy it actually was!
She even won the award for best trainee, which was simply unbelievable!
Casey’s words really comforted Mikayla.
She said, “Casey, it’s really not that difficult, right?”
“Well, it depends on how you define ‘difficult.’ Personally, I don’t think it’s that hard. But if you’re someone who can’t handle hardship, then maybe it’ll be a bit challenging,” Casey replied.
Mikayla couldn’t forget that she was also a Read family child and had been pampered since childhood.
It was normal for her to have trouble handling hardship. Although their backgrounds were similar,
Casey had trained with Patrick since childhood and naturally had a better ability to handle hardship.
After a moment of silence, Mikayla said firmly, “It’s okay. I’m not afraid of hardships at all.”
“Okay then! Don’t scare yourself,” Aimee chimed in.
To Ash and Aimee, military training was just child’s play and not worth mentioning at all. They couldn’t understand why Mikayla was so anxious about it.
Since Aimee had spoken up already, Mikayla wouldn’t want to appear weak in front of them. She nodded vigorously and said, “I’ll do my best to come back as the top trainee.”
Knight’s Mansion
Since her last scolding from her brother, Beata had become incredibly obedient. Recently, she hadn’t caused any trouble by going to see Averi and instead spent all her time at home preparing for school.
Of course, there was also her novel writing. While school was still out, Beata dedicated herself to writing more drafts so that when school started again, she wouldn’t have to worry about having enough material.
When it came to updating her work, Beata didn’t take any shortcuts. Finally, after a month of writing and editing drafts, Beata mustered up the courage to venture into River’s study.
“River,” she said tentatively as she poked her head in the door. “Don’t you think I’ve been cooped up at home for too long?”
River looked up from his book and met Beata’s expectant gaze with a raised eyebrow.
“I haven’t stopped you from going out,” he replied simply.
Beata felt a pang of frustration and instantly became unhappy with his response. She pouted and sat across from him with a sulky expression on her face but didn’t say anything. She just stared at him intently.
River found himself confused by his sister’s behavior but put down his book nonetheless.
“What do you want then?” he asked finally. “Do you want me to take you out somewhere?”
Beata was now truly infuriated. How could he be so dense? She thought that what she wanted would be obvious!
But apparently not…
He still pretended to be innocent. Who was he trying to piss off?
Beata said, “I haven’t seen Averi in a long time.”
“Well, go see her then. I’m not stopping you,” River replied.
Beata hesitated for a moment before realizing that her brother was trying to get under her skin.
She rolled her eyes and said, “What I meant was, it’s been a while since you’ve seen Averi too, right?”
River smirked and replied, “Not really. I saw her last night.”
Beata was shocked beyond words. She jumped out of her chair and pointed at River with wide eyes and an open mouth.
After enjoying Beata’s reaction for a while longer, River finally spoke up.
But even after finding her voice again, Beata still trembled as she spoke.
“River, are you saying that… you and Averi…” Beata couldn’t contain her excitement.
She didn’t know how to explain her reaction. She wanted to calm down because her brother was so terrible that maybe he was just saying this to upset her and there was nothing between him and Averi.
But as soon as she thought about it, Beata felt like she wanted to fight this terrible guy with all her might.
However, Beata couldn’t help but feel a little hopeful in her heart. Maybe she could think about it for a moment. It wouldn’t hurt anything.
Beata looked at River, hoping that his answer wouldn’t disappoint her.
But in this world, things never go the way they want them to. The more they want something, the less likely they are to get it.
After half-heartedly getting excited over Beata’s reaction for a while, River finally discouraged her by saying, “Put away your fantasies. Averi and I just happened to meet.”
Beata deflated instantly. All of the energy drained from her body. She knew better than to have any expectations of such a lousy brother like hers.
She had been foolishly dreaming that they were secretly making great progress somewhere unknown to herself.
Beata had never felt so miserable before.
It was like being hit in the head with a bat. Now, she had no energy left at all.
Beata came out of River’s room looking completely dejected. She even forgot that she had come to see
River in the first place, hoping he would take her to find Averi.
But now, what was the point of finding Averi?
All she wanted was to lie down on her own bed and play the part of someone who had given up on life.
River knew without looking what kind of expression Beata had on her face right now.
He grabbed his phone and searched Averi’s Facebook, sending her a message.
At that moment, Averi was giving four cats a makeover.
When she received River’s message, she was momentarily taken aback. River never contacted her unless there was something important going on.
But when Averi opened the message and read its contents, she couldn’t help but laugh. River said,
“Beata misses you.”
It was a simple sentence that wouldn’t have meant much to Averi under normal circumstances. But after their confusing meeting last night, seeing this message from River made things more complicated for her.
Averi held onto her phone for a while longer before finally putting it away in her pocket. She wasn’t sure how to respond just yet.
Luckily, all of the cats were done with their makeovers by then so Averi loaded them into the car and headed home. She would think about how to reply to River’s message later.
However, what Averi didn’t expect was that as she drove into the parking garage, she saw a familiar car.
She even rubbed her eyes in uncertainty, wondering if the car she saw was really the one she knew.
But just to prove to her that she wasn’t mistaken, the car flashed its hazard lights.
Averi got out of her own car and for a moment didn’t know what to do – whether to walk over or pretend like she hadn’t seen anything.
But before she could make up her mind, River had already gotten out of his car and was striding towards her with purposeful steps.
Averi’s nerves instantly tightened as she watched him approach. Her mind raced as she tried to figure out how to explain herself – that it wasn’t intentional when it came to not responding to his message.
