Aaron is taken aback by Katrina's question. He becomes nervous when he sees her face turn serious. How am I supposed to tell her that I know because I'm the man who raped her that night? No, I can't tell her right now!
From Katrina's silence, he feels that he is on thin ice. She must hate that man a lot. Who knows what damage I caused her all those years ago? But I didn't have any choice at that time, and if I didn't take her as an antidote, I might die immediately. I feel helpless that night and leave me with no option.
Something occurs to him. She must have changed careers because of what happened. Why else did she turn white when I mentioned it? Was my conclusion right? I caused big damage to her life, and I can't bear the guilt of seeing her like this.
Although Katrina doesn't look angry while she watches him intently, Aaron feels guilty and finds himself unable to look at her directly.
As the CEO of an international company, Aaron is used to facing all sorts of stressful situations with a calm attitude. But for the first time in his life, he panics.
No, I can never let her know the truth! After all my efforts, it took me risking my life for her to finally warm up to me! She'll hate me if she finds out!
After four years of bottling up her hatred, there's no way she'll ever forgive me! She'll never look at me or talk to me ever again! Everything I did will all be in vain!
I can never let her know! I am not prepared to face her anger. One day I will tell her the truth, but I should make her my wife. It sounds so selfish and unfair, but I love her so much.
Aaron struggles to cool his expression. Pretending to be unconcerned, he folds his arms and says in a casual tone, ""When you were in Hadley, I had your background investigated. Why are you so nervous? Are you hiding something from me?""
Katrina looks down and shakes her head slightly. ""No, it's nothing,"" she mutters.
With Aaron's resources, he's definitely capable of investigating my background. It's not surprising for him to know I was a nurse from that.
I'm thinking too much. When he mentioned I was a nurse, I thought he knew that I was raped four years ago. Fortunately, he doesn't know anything.
The only ones who know are me, that bastard, and his subordinate. I never even told Farrah. I'm sure no one else knows. I can't let other people know the tragic moment that happened to me four years ago.
As if drained of all her strength, Katrina suddenly feels exhausted. I feel so alone. I can't talk about this to anyone and vent out my feelings. No one can comfort me with my pain. I feel so helpless, and I hate this… I hate this kind of guilt.
She says in a weary tone, ""Aaron, I'm tired, I need to sleep. Please go home now. I know you are also exhausted with your whole day's activities,"" A sound of dismissal envelops Katrina's voice.
When seeing Katrina so dejected makes Aaron sad, if I hadn't done that to her, she would be suffering so much. I'm