Arnav could only let out a soft exhale, followed by a quiet, helpless chuckle. Of all the possibilities she could have imagined, she thought it was work? Did she really believe that the only thing capable of dimming his expression was the endless stream of corporate matters?
“No,” he said simply, shaking his head.
“Then what is it? I saw the way your face turned somber. Something must have happened, right?” she pressed gently, tilting her head. “If I’ve been disturbing your sleep. If I keep waking you when you should have full rest for the next day, maybe I should move to another room. That way I won’t bother you.”
She said it lightly, almost playfully, the way she always did. Raellyn had a way of disarming tension with her blunt honesty, of offering solutions without hesitation, even b
