Like a knight in shining armor

SERENA

Not only me but Hayden also wanted to know more about each other. It made me a little happy as instead of forcing me like he used to do, he started to understand me. However, the expressions on his face didn’t match his words. No one would be so serious when looking at someone's childhood photos or belongings. Not the normal people, at least.

“Anything wrong?” I asked as he didn’t shift his gaze away from my ring.

“This ring…” he looked at me. “letter ‘M' is carved on it.” He didn’t seem to be questioning it but spoke as if he was surprised.

I shrugged my shoulders. “I used to wear it when I was a kid. Then I took it off when I grew up.” I took the little ring from his hands. “Even now I wonder why my family didn’t take it from me when they abandoned me. What’s more, the people at the orphanage were so good, otherwise, they would’ve taken it away from me. It even looks expensive, isn’t it?”

It became hard for me to read his expressions. There was concern, anger, and tiredness o