But, Ahi's harsh words forcefully pulled him back to reality from his dream-like thoughts.
True. Her calmness startled him. And her words definitely hurt his conscience.
Everything made sense to him, when Ahi- probably for the first time opened up to him. Though for a very minute fraction, she showed her true self laying bare in the open, which is entirely different from her usual self.
That is when the dots finally connected to him, of Ahi's peculiar personality.
But that glimpse also made him fall head-over-heels for her. Be it men or women, Aja was always a good judge of one's character, which is how he excelled in both the businesses.
But Ahi turned out to be quite an impossible feat for him to understand, whom he always happened to misjudge somehow or other.
He tapped his fingers on his cheek in an ascending order, his lips slightly tilted upwards in a faint smile reminiscing his mother's words when he was small.