Already Suffering

He turned back to Lily again and pulled her into his arms.

Lily got startled by his action but she didn't push him away. The moment his arms wrapped around her and her head landed on his chest, it reminded her of the day she kept crying in his arms and he never let go of her. She hugged him back as a sigh of relief mixed with uneasiness escaped Aaron’s mouth.

Aaron accompanied Lily as they came back at Zared’s mansion, his presence a silent reassurance. They arrived at the huge mansion where Lily had once lived, but all it looked like to her was plain black and white hellhole where she was hit, beaten to a pulp and left to rot all night long.

They looked at the mansion from inside the car.

“Lily.” Aaron called at her.

She turned around with raised eye brows.

“Are you sure you want to go back to him ?”

“I am certain." She nodded reluctantly opposing her words.

“Why?” Aaron asked in misery.

“Because I love him.”

Aaron’s breath hitched but he tried not to show that it affected him in an