At the dinner table
Lily Shaw picked up a piece of food with her chopsticks, intending to place it in Aiden Grant's bowl, but her hand suddenly froze midway. Neither retracting nor continuing felt right.
Aiden Grant glanced at his troubled young wife, then calmly passed his bowl over. Once Lily Shaw released the chopsticks, he took the bowl back without a word and continued eating with his head down.
Watching the man eat silently, Lily Shaw couldn't find the words to describe her current feelings. Though they were clearly still at odds, why couldn't she break her old habits?
She deeply felt trapped by Aiden Grant. His "boiling frog" method surely wielded immense power.
Through such a simple tactic, he quietly invaded her life, making her accustomed to his presence, to caring for and taking care of him.
