A lovely pet

Aaric quickly made a cold coffee for her and handed the mug to her. She glanced at the mug in her hand and spoke in a soft tone.

"Thank you."

"Why are you thanking me for? It is my duty to serve my wife. You don't have to be so polite and formal with me. Take your time, it's alright"

Sasha did not say anything, she just nodded her head and uttered a sound, "Mmm."

She had just taken a sip, when she saw the golden retriever which she saw earlier running towards her. She placed the mug on the side table as she held on Aaric's hand tightly. He could actually feel her body shivering in fright. He stood in front of her and warned the running dog coldly who slowed down in front of him.

"Behave."

As he saw his master hiding his dear mommy behind him, he hung up his head and started acting pitifully. Aaric understood how he must be feeling. He bent down and rubbed his head lovingly. Although he did not know whether his pet dog would be able to understand everything that he was going to say, he still spoke.

"She just recovered, so you cannot pound on her. She is weak right now."

As Aaric was speaking to him, it seemed that the latter understood what his master said. So he quickly moved forward and rested near Sasha's leg. Looking at the harmless pet in front of her, the fright inside her had long dissipated. She looked towards Aaric asking if he wanted to say something.

Sensing her gaze, he lifted his eyes to meet hers. He smiled and introduced Sasha to the golden retriever.

"His name is Leo. He was excited to see you after such a long time, so he was running towards you earlier. Don't be afraid. He will never harm you."

Sasha glanced at Leo, and hesitantly lifted her right hand to caress his head. As soon as her hand touched his head he lifted his neck to look at her. The sudden movement made her frightened.

"Ahh..!" Sasha realised that Leo was just looking at her and he did not bite her. Since he did not harm her and was very warm towards her, she thought that she must have loved him earlier, so that's why he must be very loving towards her.

She was not reluctant the second time when she started caressing his head and back. She started to get a liking towards this pet. 'Such a lovely pet he is.'

Suddenly she remembered something and lifted her head to look at the man who was sitting beside her and observing them carefully. She hesitated for once then later voiced out her question.

"Your friend has not reached yet, I guess. Right?"

"Yeah I called them earlier. They said that they will only reach around four in the evening. It seems that they are planning to surprise you with something."

"Surprise…? What surprise?"

"Don't worry. If their gift will not be expensive and generous, I will ask them to get another one."

Looking at his haughty reply, Sasha burst out into laughter. Upon hearing that, Aaric felt that finally he was able to hear her heart warming laughing voice. Even Leo could not help but wag his tail happily as he saw how much Sasha was happy just now. Though he was a bit jealous that the master was the reason behind her happiness, still he was happy for her.

Even Aunt Bell who was not standing too far could not help but tear up as she saw her little girl laughing out happily. Her voice was so warm that it immediately filled everyone's heart with warmth.

"You are really going to ask them straight away?"

"Of Course. The gift should match my wife's standards."

"Is Alleyn your best friend?"

"Yeah sort of. We all are childhood friends including Elijah and George. We all have grown up together."

"Ohh. So the others are not coming?"

"They don't live here. They might be back before spring. Then we can have a gathering at that time."

Sasha suddenly remembered that she was supposed to discuss a few things with Aaric.

"Aaric… I wanted to talk to you regarding certain things."

Before Aaric could ask her to continue, Sasha's gaze diverted towards another direction. He turned his head to look at the direction where she was looking. Aunt Bell was running towards them and panting heavily

"Master… master… Mr. and Mrs. Walker has arrived."

"Is everything alright?" Aaric frowned and questioned her when he noticed how much she was panting just now.

"They…" Before Aunt Bell could finish what she wanted to, Aaric had already rushed inside the mansion with Sasha following him from behind.