The moment Naya disappeared outside the tent, an awkward silence settled between Aiden and the beautiful Bunny Folk woman sitting before him.
She remained frozen, one hand extended toward the entrance, her expression resembling that of someone who had just been abandoned by the person she trusted most.
"...My Lord."
Aiden tilted his head.
"Hm?"
"You sent my son away."
"I did."
"After telling him you wanted to become his father."
"That's right."
"And then you let him leave while he was calling you Daddy."
Aiden's lips curled into a smile.
"He seemed rather happy about it."
The woman stared at him, disbelieving.
*This man...!*
She had spent the day in a disaster. Then Aiden had rescued them, spoken to them kindly, and offered Naya a future she had scarcely dared to imagine.
And now, after all that, he was sitting in front of her with that handsome smile, behaving as though proposing to a woman was the most natural thing in the world.
