World Evolution! Awakening Limit Grade Talent!

Chapter 162: Stubborn

Ava tried to wriggle around and escape from his hug, but Aiden didn't let her go, and with his strong grip, she didn't even have a chance to escape.

Aiden rested her face on his chest; he could hear the silent sobbing sound coming from her. While he couldn't feel the wetness of her tears on his chest because of his armor, he knew she was crying.

He didn't understand what could be the reason for her to be like this. He had made a guess earlier, but he wasn't sure it was the actual reason. For now, he only caressed her back gently with his hands to make her feel better.

Seeing her crying only increased when he did that; he didn't think it was a problem because now she wasn't trying to escape from his grip and was only silently sobbing while being hugged. He had loosened the grip of the hug, but Ava didn't notice this, and if she had, she could have easily broken free.

'Looks like she's letting it all out. I have to wait until she calms down, then ask her what is happening with her.'

Minutes slowly started to pass while Aiden was still hugging Ava in his embrace, which didn't look forced at all. Ava hadn't wrapped her arms around him and only let her hands fall in the air, but she also wasn't trying to move.

Everyone was free now as they had no orders to follow, so all of them were witnessing this scene in front of them. They didn't shy away or hide, as this wasn't the first time seeing their leader being intimate, but seeing Alicia only standing next to him made them realize the one in the hug with him was their vice leader.

All of them praised their vice leader in their minds while also cursing at the same time because they were jealous of her. Still, seeing this scene reignited their lost hope when they came to understand the relationship between their leader and his sister.

As their vice leader could do so, why couldn't they? They just had to work hard and, most importantly, get some tips from her. They didn't care if it was polygamy or not; the world had changed, they realized, and only the powerful would reign supreme now.

They also thought their leader deserved more than one woman; otherwise, they would be shooting themselves in the foot and also the idea of a single woman hogging him pissed them off.

Isla was also surprised, a little happy, but mostly jealous of her own sister Ava as she had beaten her once again. She had thought of flaunting her achievement in front of him, but seeing her sister hugging Aiden in front of everyone, and even in front of the crazy sister-in-law, Isla couldn't help but praise her own sister.

'My sister is something else. I have to learn some things from her.'

Aiden didn't bother to even look at anyone to see if they were watching, as he didn't care about that. He could see that Ava's sobbing had almost stopped now, so he decided to ask her some questions as gently as possible.

"Ava, are you okay now?" Gentleness could be felt in his voice, which Ava also noticed.

She realized now what she had done and felt very embarrassed. A deep shade of red was present on her face, which no one could notice as her face was buried in his chest.

Hearing his gentle voice, she only gave him a weak hmm in response. After this, Ava realized something herself—that she had fallen in love with him from the first time he patted her head and said those nice words to her.

'I know I'm dumb to just fall for him with just this, but my dumb self can't help but fall in love.'

She didn't know what to think of what she had seen previously; even now, she didn't feel good about what she had witnessed because now it looked to her like the leader was a player.

'Such a hopeless woman I am. First I feel excitement when I see their immoral relationship and even want to become part of it, and now I have fallen in love with a playboy.'

'Such a hopeless woman I am.'

Now she didn't care who the "bitch" was earlier that she had seen with him because it didn't matter to her anymore. After realizing her own feelings, she only wanted to be with him, and she even realized how hypocritical she was, as to Alicia she would also look the same, so she had no right to complain over this.

But that didn't stop her from having these feelings of sadness.

'After I become part of his harem, I'll make sure that after getting my sister Isla inside, there's no place for any other bitches in his life.'

'We three alone are enough to make him happy.' She even started to fantasize about her lovely life together with them and now subconsciously wrapped both her hands around him to reciprocate the hug.

Aiden heard her humming response, and now, seeing she had also wrapped her arms around him, he could feel she was in a condition to answer his questions.

He didn't do anything when she wrapped her arms around him, as he had already decided to add her to his harem. However, he didn't know if she was really in love with him, unlike Isla, and seeing the hug made him a little bit sure, but still not completely sure if she was really in love with him or if, in a moment of vulnerability, she leaned on him.

His voice became a little stricter now, but there was still softness present in his tone. It sounded as if he was lecturing a child who had made a mistake.

"Now, Ava, you can't run. You have to explain everything to me—why you were crying earlier, and more importantly, why you're acting as if I'm the one who hurt you. So answer truthfully; otherwise, I'm not going to let you go."

Ava listened intently to what he said while her hands were still wrapped around him. When he said he wasn't going to let her go, she felt even more excited as she was also thinking the same and didn't want to let go of this warm hug.

Even after noticing she had wrapped her arms around him, she didn't take them away; instead, she held him even tighter.

'Aren't you the one who's a playboy, which is why it has come to this?'

She was going to tell him everything, even complain about it a little. Even if she wasn't his girlfriend officially, she still liked to complain to him about this.

As she slowly, in a meek voice, started to open up, she began to explain to him every single detail about how she was here right now, and as she explained more and more, the meekness in her voice faded away until it slowly sounded like that of a loving wife complaining to her husband.

Aiden listened intently to everything she was saying, and the more he listened to her, the more he wanted to facepalm himself as everything made it look like she was in the right, as his previous affections were just hollow actions intended to make her feel something about him.

'Why didn't she look twice to see who was with him at that time?'