From Betrayal to Brilliance Her Rise to a New Life novel Chapter 167

Chapter 167 I Can’t Sleep

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It was only then that Athena realized how suggestive her words sounded.

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She quickly explained, “No, that’s not what I meant. I just want to know if you could stay until I fall asleep before leaving. I … I’m a little scared.”

Athena was completely exhausted, but what had happened with Lewis kept her nerves on edge, and she couldn’t relax enough to sleep.

She found that she only felt safe when Zaden was close by.

That was the only reason she made such a strange request.

Zaden walked over and sat down beside her bed. He said to her, “Okay, I’ll stay. Go ahead and sleep.”

Feeling reassured, Athena finally closed her eyes.

With Zaden by her side, she felt much safer. But unfortunately, Athena quickly realized she couldn’t fall asleep at all.

Frustrated, she opened her eyes again.

Zaden saw her looking at him and asked in surprise, “What’s wrong? Can’t sleep?”

“Yeah.”

Zaden gave a resigned little laugh. “Want me to tell you a story?”

Athena was at a loss for words. Is he trying to put me to bed like I’m Teri?

There was no way she could accept something so childish. Zaden’s voice was nice, but listening to him would only make it harder for her to fall asleep,

She shook her head and said, “Why don’t we just talk for a bit? Maybe that’ll help me fall asleep.”

“All right. What do you want to talk about?”

Athena frowned in thought, unable to come up with a topic right away.

Then, suddenly, she remembered what Lewis had said about Zaden waiting for someone, and she gave him a curious look.

Zaden noticed Athena’s gaze and looked a little confused.

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Just then, Athena blurted out, “Zaden, are you waiting for someone?”

Zaden’s brow furrowed at her question.

“What do you mean?”

“Um… never mind, I wasn’t thinking straight.” Athena didn’t dare press further, so she awkwardly changed the subject.

Zaden thought for a moment, then asked, “Did Harriet tell you something?”

“Huh? Harriet didn’t say anything.”

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Athena looked at him, puzzled, thinking back to see if Harriet had ever mentioned anything, but she couldn’t recall a thing.

As far as she could remember, Harriet had never said anything about Zaden waiting for a woman. Athena had even asked Zaden once before about Teri’s mother, but he’d told her he didn’t know who that woman was.

So who was the woman Zaden was waiting for?

Zaden sighed, then looked at Athena with sincere eyes and said softly, “I had a girlfriend a long time ago. She left Vlephia and married someone else.”

Athena’s eyes

flew wide open when she heard that.

She married someone else?

It sounded like Zaden’s ex–girlfriend had left him behind.

Zaden saw Athena’s surprised expression and let out a self–deprecating laugh. “Yeah, she dumped me.”

What?

Athena’s eyes grew even wider in disbelief, like she couldn’t wrap her head around it.

Zaden got dumped?

Seriously?

That woman must have been out of her mind!

Seeing the look on Zaden’s face, Athena realized she’d brought up a painful subject and quickly tried to comfort him. “You’re a great person. If she dumped you, it’s her loss, not yours. Don’t

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feel bad about it.”

Hearing Athena’s praise, Zaden couldn’t help but smile.

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