Chapter 283

"You should keep this jade pendant with you now more than ever!" However, Aiden shook his head, a faint softness tinging his brow, "I don't need it anymore." Because he had found something more valuable, something warmer. "I'd rather give it to the wife I'll have, as my mother intended." Willow bit her lip, hesitatingly saying, "Jason is also your mother's son, perhaps he wants it too." Aiden chuckled lowly, insistently tying the red string around the girl's slim, snow-white neck. He murmured, "Well, there's nothing to be done about that. Who can help it if he's not as old as me and doesn't have a wife yet?" === Time quietly slipped by, and soon Aiden had been on leave at home for over twenty days. One telegram after another was sent over from the Northwestern Military District. Finally, the day came when he could not avoid leaving any longer. Aiden was set to return to the barracks tomorrow, and Willow felt absent-minded for the entire day. When this dog of a man had first arrived, sh