Thank you so very much @_Basia_ for the supergift! This chapter is dedicated to you.
Aron shut his eyes for a few seconds and breathed silently thinking on how he should answer her.
But before he could say anything, she continued speaking. “Sure, we are childhood friends. So I understand why you want to help me, but I don’t think –” Zary was so earnest as she spoke that she did not see how Aron’s face changed a little as she said that.
“Ah, you are still as dense as ever too.” He cut her off in a teasing voice. Then he sighed in surrender, shaking his head as he laughed soundlessly to himself.
