Babies' Secret: My Ex Wants Me Back!
Chapter 106: I’m a Baby

Chapter 106: I’m a Baby

Chapter 106 - I’m a baby

Katherine had been in and out of the hospital room, the new room Aaron was wheeled into to recuperate. She’d called Mathew that day to let the twins stay with him until Aaron got better and explained the shit that went down about Amanda.

Understanding Mathew was, he gently accepted to have the kids with him until everything went well.

Katherine couldn’t wait to get past this stage and take Mathew out for a moment as a thank-you for being there for her. That man deserves better. She knew Mathew had feelings for her, and he didn’t hide the fact. He had confessed to her once.

Katherine remembered that day so well. She had just gotten her degree certificate, and Mathew took her out to celebrate the achievement as usual. Mathew always celebrated every achievement of hers—when her first book was published, when she successfully finished a skill she picked up—Mathew was there.

And that very day, Mathew took her to a high-top restaurant. The moment was going well until Mathew confessed. And Katherine really cried because she couldn’t be the one to give Mathew what he wanted. She was too broken to share whatever remained of her broken heart with Mathew.

But they agreed to brush that confession off, but that didn’t stop Mathew from confessing once in a while, and Katherine just dismissed it.

That was why she would do everything in her capability to make him also be happy rather than being a grouchy old man in a young man’s body. The world didn’t deserve Mathew at all. Even her, as a person, she didn’t deserve him. She didn’t even understand what he saw in her to be able to put up with her and love her with everything and anything he had.

Such a sweet, charming man. Katherine sighed deeply, rubbing her temple as she opened the door and entered the room to find Aaron already up. His bed was reclined in a chair position, and the towel and bowl in her hand shook—the bowl she brought in to wipe his face and clean him up till he woke up.

All her thoughts of Mathew disappeared as the air she was breathing freely ceased, and she stared at his face in disbelief. Despite how his hair and face looked disheveled, even pale a little, Aaron was still beautiful.

Aaron, noticing the presence, raised his head up and smiled lightly and spread his arms open. Without wasting time, the bowl slipped from her hands, lukewarm water splashed around, and she didn’t even care about it as she ran and jumped on Aaron.

Aaron winced a little from the impact, and Katherine wanted to pull away when she noticed it and wanted to hit herself for jumping on him, but he didn’t allow it and hugged her tighter.

Fuck, Aaron breathed out.

Emotion clogged Katherine’s throat as tears rolled down her cheeks, burying her face in the crook of his neck, feeling the pulse of his neck on her cheek.

Thump!

Thud!

He was alive!

He was here!

Breathing in her arms.

Katherine inhaled deeply like a starved beast, trying to get his scent in her. She missed him—so much missed him that it hurt. Despite the doctor saying he was okay, Aaron didn’t wake up immediately, and he had to be put under ICU to check if something was wrong.

For forty-eight hours.

Katherine pulled away, her hand trembling as she caressed Aaron’s face gently and gingerly, maybe thinking if she used too much pressure he would break away from her.

He is here.

Her with him.

She trailed his face, trying to imprint his face in her head as she raised her eyes and their eyes clashed, and she felt an electric jolt in her body.

Aaron tilted his head, a small smile gracing his lips. "I’m okay, baby," he said softly, and Katherine’s nose tingled, a choked guttural sound escaping from her throat.

"Yes, you are okay, Aaron," she said softly, her voice shaky. "I thought I’d lose you, I thought—"

"Baby, you can’t lose me when I just got you back," he said, his hands caressing her hand gently.

A perfect silence descended between them. "Why did you do that, and how could you?" her lips wobbled.

"My body just moved," he responded. "I don’t want you hurt or in pain."

"But you hurt me so much when I saw you covered in blood," she said. "I thought—God," she face-palmed herself. "I don’t want to feel that anguish or wretched feeling again in my life. It was hard to breathe." Katherine’s body shook, tears rolling down her eyes. Tears of pain, hurt, anguish, and terror she was feeling since the moment Aaron was shot.

"I’m sorry," Aaron apologized, taking her hand to his lips and placing a kiss on it. "It seems I keep hurting and hurting you." He sighed, the pad of his thumb brushing her cheek.

Her cheeks looked sunken, her eyes hollow, the rim of her eyes were red and black, her lips were bruised from biting too much, and Aaron wanted to punch himself. He was the one who put her through this again. But if they were to reverse time or the incident happened again, he would put himself in the gunshot again.

He couldn’t watch her being shot while he was there and not be able to do anything.

"It’s okay," Katherine clutched the front of his hospital dress. "Don’t do that again," she muttered.

Aaron nodded, but he knew in his mind that he would do that again and again, but Katherine didn’t need to know about it.

After a while, Katherine pulled away, rubbing her nose to keep the mucus from drooling out, and smiled sheepishly, seeing the tear stains on Aaron’s dress.

She smiled and rubbed the back of her neck. "I’ll go call the doctor and tell them you are awake," she mumbled, and as she wanted to turn to leave, Aaron grabbed her hand, stopping her from moving.

"Don’t go," he mumbled softly and pulled her, which made her collide with him. He wrapped his arm around her waist and rested his head on her stomach. "I miss you." He pouted, rubbing his nose on her stomach.

Katherine’s heart jolted as she raked her fingers through his hair. "Stop being a baby, I just want to call the doctor and I’ll be back," she said softly, sounding like she was calming a child from throwing a tantrum.

"But I’ll miss you, baby," Aaron whined, raising his head to stare at Katherine.

Katherine’s hands stopped midair from caressing his hair, and she chuckled amusingly. "You are a grown-up adult, Aaron," she stretched his cheek gently.

"No, I’m a baby," he said cheekily.

Katherine laughed heartfully, her heart tingling. "I thought I’m the baby here, not you," she responded, then pecked his pouting lips once, twice, and thrice. "Don’t be a baby, let me go," Katherine mumbled.

"No," Aaron denied and hurled her up, making her fall on him as Katherine yelped from the abrupt pull, but her voice was swallowed by Aaron’s lips.

Aaron enveloped her lips in his, kissing her hungrily like a starved animal as he grinned into the kiss, seeing Katherine close her eyes and succumb into the kiss.

They pulled away, their breathing ragged, chests rising synchronized as Aaron’s eyes twinkled, looking at her swollen lips.

He smiled, pecked her lips, then her nose, which made her wrinkle it, and she giggled. And he dropped his forehead to hers and smiled. "Thank you for loving me and forgiving me, baby."

Katherine’s smile widened. "Thank you for coming back to me, Aaron."

They were still lost in each other’s breathing when the door opened, pulling them out of their moment.

"Mr. Knight should be..." the new voice stopped and stared at the scene in front of him.

Katherine looked like a deer caught in headlights, her face heating up as she jolted up and detached herself from Aaron in a flash.

Katherine was embarrassed as she turned away, her cheeks reddened from embarrassment. She was so engrossed within the embrace that she didn’t notice the new presence.

Aaron looked at his ripened tomato Katherine and tried to suppress a smile finding its way to his lips as he glared at the doctor and Raymond, who was grinning like a fool.

"Boss, you are awake."

Aaron rolled his eyes. "You always have bad timing," Aaron grumbled. He was enjoying his moment with Katherine.

The doctor shook his head and checked the IV, asking Aaron some health-related questions, which he answered, yet his eyes were on Katherine.

"By Wednesday, you’ll be fit for discharge," the doctor said and turned to leave but paused. "And avoid rigorous exercise..." The doctor’s eyes moved to Katherine then to Aaron. "It might open the stitches."

Ground, open up and swallow me! Katherine screamed in her head as she wanted to disappear yet shouted at the doctor that they weren’t doing anything like that!

While Aaron smirked slyly, and Raymond shook his head.