Married for about a decade!

*BANG*

Mr. Parker stood up as he shouted with equally loud voice, "You have no right to insult any of them! Neither Janet nor my mother. Absolutely not!"

Samartha just did not like to talk about her old friend, Janet and the lady who was now her late mother-in-law, but still, since she was the one who had brought them up, she decided to not talk more about it and stomped out of the study angrily.

....

"Father trust me... it is not what you think. Defiantly not! Please do not play this game anymore and-" Aiden was sitting besides his father's bed in the hospital. "And please get up soon." He was literally sobbing right now. "It's all my fault! Only if... only if I..."

"There is no need to blame yourself, see you can not even find an excuse to take the blame! It is because you did not do anything wrong!" Ethan comforted Aiden as he patted his back. "I told you he was already not feeling well since the last few days, this thing; him suddenly fainting, just coincidentally coincided with your news."

"Yes but-"

"This is not something new anyways. It has already been fifth time in these few months. Doctor said that he is just sleeping right now and would be waking up soon. Let's go out, do not disturb him."

Outside the hospital ward...

"So tell me about your situation first, and I want the truth, okay? I hope you know that we, as a family will always support you." Ethan started.

"No brother! I was not lying when previously I was talking to father. It is only a misunders-"

"I get it. Are you worried about father? In the beginning, he might be a bit reluctant to accept this fact, but I am telling you do not worry about that. He will be able to understand you."

"Wait! Ethan-" Aiden could not get a chance to say loudly, it was a hospital after all.

"Our father had already been trying to accept this fact for some while now, and now that you have confirmed it, I'm sure it won't be a problem!"

Aiden was about to raise his voice to tell Ethan about the truth, when both of them heard a female's voice.

"Dear? Is father alright? I am so sorry I couldn't come soon." It was Ethan's wife and Aiden's sister-in-law, Riely Smith.

"Sister- in- law!" "Riely!" Both Aiden and Ethan exclaimed together respectively.

"What are you doing here? It is a hospital, you should stay at home, it is not safe for you to roam around everywhere!" Ethan went forward to catch hold of Riley's hand.

"Don't talk like that! Yesterday father had fainted all of a sudden, both of you came here rushing even when you were not in the city and look at me... I could not visit him even when we are living in the same house, I feel so ashamed of myself!" Riely said with embarrassment.

"Don't blame yourself! I do not get it! Why is everyone in my family the first one to blame themselves for things that are not their fault! First it was Aiden and now you! It was my fault okay! I was the one who did not choose the employees for my company properly, which led to them being so bold and I was the one who stopped you from coming and visiting father yesterday night! Okay?" Ethan looked at both Aiden and Riely, "Now please don't blame yourselves and let's go to have some lunch." Ethan the walked forward holding Riley's hand.

She looked back at Aiden and said, "Come on Aiden! Let's go."

"Yes..."

Aiden looked at the pair. Ethan and Riely had been married for about ten years now and that was almost a decade! But still their love was evident like newlyweds.

Aiden was very young when his brother was already at the age of twenty- five. Both Riely and Ethan had been together since their college days. They were in a very happy relationship, some things happened and Riely got pregnant. Both sides of the families did not make a problem out of it and soon both of them got married. Everyone was so happy till-

"Aiden! What are you waiting for?! Hurry up and come! Do you not know that your sister-in -law won't budge until you come to join her!? Don't make her wait!" Ethan angrily looked at Aiden who was still standing in daze. His dear wife is hungry and his brother is making her wait!

"Ye-yes I am coming! Carry on!" Saying that they left for a good restaurant to have their lunch.

"I had asked my assistant to search for a good place, so I think that it would be safe for you to eat here. Let's find a seat. What do you want to eat?" Ethan continued talking with Riely. She could only nod to his over protectiveness.

It was a harmonious lunch, apart from Ethan who would always ask Riely for her opinions on different things, only the sound of cutlery could be heard.

"Aiden, stop looking at your phone and eat properly." Riely said as she looked at him.

For Aiden, Ethan had always been someone to look up to and Riely had been someone who was like a mother to him. He was only a young teenager when his brother got married. Since then, Riely had taken care of him.

It was because of his brother that Aiden always wanted to have a beautiful married life, he felt that whenever he finds a lady for himself, he would make her the happiest one in the world, just like how his brother treated his wife.

Aiden took a sip of the wine he was drinking, he was about to keep his phone back when he saw that he had gotten a message from Maya a few hours ago. He hurriedly opened the link that she had sent.

*Pftt! cough! cough! cough!*

He spilled some of his wine as he read the article.

"What are you doing!" Riely got a bit angry as she looked at Aiden. Although she sounded angry, she wasn't, she was just a bit surprised.

"I-I'm sorry! I just read something hilarious!! hahaha!" Aiden laughed.