The question made so little sense that it caught Ryan off-guard. He needed a few seconds to digest it before he answered warily, "No! Aiden, why would I do that?"
Aiden took a deep breath.
"He said that... Izabella lost her worth as soon as she cheated on you, so I thought that..."
"Aiden, you didn't cheat on me," Ryan grabbed Aiden's shoulders hard.
"The results are the same," Aiden insisted. "Cheating or not, another man touched me. You would despise me, right?"
"NO!"
Ryan pulled Aiden into a tight hug.
"I will never."
"You say that because he did not get to rape me. If he did..."
"Aiden, stop it," Ryan growled. "I will never despise you no matter what happened. I will never let you go."
"You liar."
Aiden wailed out loud.
"It's all my fault," he said. "I kept forcing you to take me with you. I thought that I could be of help. I want to be useful to you, but look at what I did. I only bring shame to you and the entire Caldwell family."