Chapter 154

Aria POV I sat on the bed for a while, lost in thought, before finally sighing and grabbing my pajamas, ready to wash up and sleep. A proper wife should wait up for her husband to return from his business engagements. But tonight, I didn’t feel like being a proper wife. It wasn’t a real marriage anyway—just a convenient arrangement, each of us getting what we needed. Who cared? He didn’t like me! By exactly nine o’clock, I had already showered and buried myself in the soft bedding. My mood hadn’t improved much, but after two consecutive nights of insomnia, overwhelming drowsiness finally took over. Within ten minutes of turning off the lights, I was fast asleep. --- I woke up extremely early the next day—after all, I’d gone to bed so early the night before. A little past six, I got up, carefully applied my makeup, put on a cute dress and flats, and went straight downstairs to hail a cab to Lillian’s apartment. Hmph! I was deliberately avoiding Aiden. Since he was so guarded and drew su