Chapter 1622 - Christmas 2020 (12)

On the way to their bedroom, Sarah and Aiden stopped to say goodnight to their fur-babies.

Hero, Luna, and Bella were sleeping. They are in their awkward teenage-pup stage where their legs are longer, and their ears look larger compared to the rest of their bodies. They are growing rapidly and Aiden is still their favorite human. 

Sarah and Aiden blew them air-kisses and moved to the next room which is now used for Kitty and her two cubs. The door of that room has an opening at the upper half so that Kitty can jump out, while her cubs stay inside.

Atlas and Vega look like two furballs and are mostly eating and sleeping, and Kitty is spending her time with them. With Matias (the cook) bringing fresh raw meat to her daily, Kitty has no need to get out other than for biological needs. Sarah and Aiden got her a big litter pan, but Kitty never adjusted to using it. She is not a small feline to poop in a bin.

Kitty was awake and she welcomed the head rubs happily. The commotion made Atlas and Vega stir from their nap, and they were asking for their next meal.

"It's OK, Kitty… Stay down and feed them. I can scratch your head like that…" Sarah was coaxing Kitty to stay in her Kitty-bed so that Atlas and Vega can get their much-desired access to milk. The two cubs are always hungry.

"Can we talk?" Stella's voice came from the door.

Sarah was not willing. It's late, and why is Stella here? Did she wait for her? "Can we leave it for the morning?"

Stella saw that Sarah is planning to avoid it, and she quickly responded: "It will not take long."

"I will finish with Kitty's head-rubs." Aiden said, indicating to Sarah to go and find out what Stella wants.

…

In the study…

"What is so important that it can't wait until morning?" Sarah asked grumpily.

"I am worried." Stella decided to go straight to the point. "Do you know who Hong is?"

"He is an old man who helped us more than once."

"Honey, he is dangerous."

Sarah looked at Stella in disbelief. "Is he more dangerous than you? Or more dangerous than Aiden's parents? Or Jarred and Charlie? Or how about Mathew and Angelo? Considering that your people are in Europe, you should know who those two are, right?"

Stella was not sure how to respond to this. She had so many questions. "How did you manage to get involved with them?"

Sarah would normally blow up at Stella when she assumes the attitude of how she is the one without a fault, while everyone else is either wrong or dangerous, but now it's different.

"Mom, they are our friends and when we need assistance, they are our allies. None of them would be here if they didn't go out of their way to help us when we needed. You have the people you trust, and I have mine."

"I have allies, but I don't bring them into my house like this." Stella said with concern in her voice. "I am not saying that they will betray you. I am confident that you have your reasons for trusting them. However, there are numerous forces keeping an eye on the Army of Chaos, your involvement with it is not a secret. At this point, they are only watching, but if they knew that you have all these people under the same roof, they will see you as a serious threat and they will move to eliminate you before you grow further."

Unexpectedly, Sarah hugged Stella. "Thanks, mom. I appreciate your concern."

Stella's fighting spirit diminished, but she still had to ask… "Are you and Aiden behind the attacks on the Voronin facilities in South America?"

Sarah's silence answered the question.

"Why are you doing reckless things?" Stella asked.

Sarah inched away from her mother and looked at her intently. "Do you know that they have their people deep within the White family?"

"They have people everywhere. Just like Lebedevs, and many others." Stella responded after some time. "There is a delicate balance between the forces which are in the light and the ones underground. Open wars are benefiting only the side which has an absolute advantage, and since no one has such power, everyone is relying on influencers."

"Influencers…" Sarah mumbled and narrowed her eyes before continuing: "You mean, spies. Like people who work for White corp. with a goal to get closer to Aiden so that they can secretly give reports on him to the Voronins."

"Yes. They are everywhere and they are much more than just spies. The best ones are undetectable, in high enough positions so that they can acquire necessary information, yet not high enough to invoke suspicion. They are observing, giving subtle hints that one deal is better than another, influencing their target to make one decision over others, and they are ready to strike when needed without regard for their own life..."

Sarah got goosebumps.

…

Sarah got into the master bedroom and found Aiden on the bed with a laptop. He was wearing his pajamas already.

"How was the chat with Stella?" He asked when he lifted his gaze from the screen.

"She has her concerns about Hong and about us attacking Voronins. I told her that we know what we are doing." Sarah responded.

"Do we know what we are doing?" Aiden echoed Stella's question. Considering that their attacks on Voronins are not having the effect they desired, he is wondering the same thing. It's not that he thinks that they should stop, but maybe that they should readjust their strategy.

Sarah shrugged. "We are doing the best we can and so far it's working. We are together, aren't we? And if this is not enough, we will hit them harder."

Aiden smiled. When Sarah puts it that way, it sounds simple. "True. Get in the bed, I can't sleep without my wife."

Sarah tilted her head and winked playfully. "There is one more Christmas thing I have for you… Give me a second!"

Aiden watched her dash into the closet and his gaze moved back to the laptop.

Two minutes later, Sarah cleared her throat, to get Aiden's attention.

His eyebrows shoot up when he saw her in a red Santa's coat, with a fake white beard and eyebrows, and a red hat on her head. She looked like Santa Claus, but with fewer wrinkles and much skinnier. A hot Santa Claus.

"Santa Claus costume?" He stated the obvious.

Sarah giggled. "How can we have a Christmas without Santa?"

Aiden looked at her hands and noticed absence of one crucial item. "Isn't Santa supposed to have a big sack full of presents?"

Sarah wiggled her white cotton-like eyebrows and slowly opened the coat. "Your present is right here…"

Aiden swallowed hard when he saw Sarah wearing a red super-sexy almost transparent lingerie.

When the coat slipped off Sarah's shoulders on the ground, she started moving slowly toward the bed toward Aiden who was completely frozen.

She removed her fake beard and eyebrows and other than the lingerie, only the hat remained on her.

"Do you like your present?" Sarah asked in a sultry voice when she climbed on the bed.

Aiden nodded. "Very much. I don't think that this Christmas can get any better."

"Hmm…" Sarah hummed and opened her palms for him to see.

Aiden was thrilled to see neckties in each of her hands. This Christmas just got better.

"So many bountiful presents... It seems that I was a good boy this year…" Aiden murmured as he pulled her closer to him.

Sarah's breath hitched as his devilish smile disarmed her. "You are the best…"

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