Yet,you love me

Chapter 35: Yet,you love me

*Ding*

His phone vibrated on the mahogany table, and with a glance, he could tell it was from home. He picked it up and answered, "Paulina, what is wrong?"

Aiden heard screaming and heavy breathing from the other end, and his heart squeezed at the thought of Elsie. She was home. Could she be hurt?

"Sir, it's your wife. She has burned down the kitchen," Paulina's panicked voice rang through the line.

Something moved in his chest; it was unappealing. "How is she?"

"The kitchen can't be saved. She ruined everything. If I had known she would do something so stupid, I would--"

Interrupting the old woman's ranting, he asked in a dangerously low tone, "How is my wife?"

Paulina shivered at his tone; it was rare for Aiden to get so angry. When he did, it had to be Elsie-related. Paulina swallowed hard, stammering in fear, "S-she is fine, only a little burned."

"Little burns? Take her to the hospital. I am coming." There was no