When Silvia said her name, she obviously felt that Jayden's body stiffened, as if her voice had ruined his beautiful dream.
The two of them were locked in a stalemate. After a long while, Jayden slowly pushed her aside and once again started sizing her up as if she was a stranger.
"You were having a nightmare." Being stared at by him, Silvia felt uneasy. Thus, she turned her face away and avoided his gaze. However, he didn't let her go. He wrapped his hand around her head and turned it to face him.
Silvia was angry that he was calling out another woman's name in his dream. "What are you doing?" she asked.
Jayden felt guilty as he wasn't sure what did Silvia hear him say. "What did you just hear?"
Silvia bit her lip and replied, "What do you think I heard?"
Jayden panicked. "I..."
"I... I didn't hear anything," added Silvia. She had really wanted to ask who he was shouting to in his dream, but she held back. Perhaps, the answer was not what she could bear. Therefore, she pretended to hear nothing.
"I just had a dream. In the dream, my sister was taken away by some bad people. She was crying for me to save her, but I couldn't move an inch. I couldn't save her. I could only watch her being taken away." Judging from Silvia's reaction, it was obvious that she had heard something. Jayden figured that if he didn't explain it clearly to her, it would make her misunderstand.
Indeed, Jayden had dreamed of Karen Joy, whom he had not dreamed of for a long time. He had no idea why he had suddenly dreamed of her.
In his dream, Karen Joy was still eighteen years old. She wore a sweet smile on her delicate and beautiful face while calling him, "Jayden..."
"Karen?" In Jayden's memory, Karen Joy had never called him in such a gentle way. Neither did she ever smile at him so gently, which left him in a daze for a moment.
Then, she began walking toward him. Just when he was still in a trance, a group of people suddenly rushed out and separated them.
"Jayden..." She reached her hand out to him for help. "Jayden, save me! Save me!"
"Don't be afraid, Karen. I'm here." He wanted to save her, but he realized that he was unable to move a muscle. He watched helplessly as Karen Joy was taken away by the bad guys and finally disappeared from his sight.
Silvia had not expected that the person he had been dreaming of was his sister.
She had thought that the girl was his exgirlfriend. She felt a sense of relief that he took the initiative to explain it to her. Otherwise, she would definitely have difficulty sleeping that night because of this matter.
In an instant, Silvia felt that the big stone that was pressing against her chest had been pushed away and her mood was lifted. Then, she climbed into Jayden's arms and said, "Your sister's name sounds really nice."
Karen!
It was such a sweet name!
When Silvia heard the name just now, she felt utterly appalled. Now that Jayden clarified that 'Karen' was his sister, Silvia suddenly felt that it was the loveliest name in the world.
"Do you know her name?" Jayden was confused. Did he tell Silvia his sister's name? Perhaps he did, but he could not remember it.
"Well, you screamed so loudly in your dream, so of course I heard it!" Silvia rubbed against his chest. "Karen. It's a nice name. Can I call her that too?"
"Well... She's a little older than you are."
"I know that, but I'm technically senior to her given I'm your wife! So I'll just call her casually as Karen then!"
Jayden nodded, "I'm fine with it."
After all, he had no control of the women in his family. He didn't really care how they addressed each other.
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