Aliya lifted her head, leaning against Lin Yu'an's chest, her blue eyes sparkling with a hint of mischief and probing.
She asked softly, in a seemingly casual, conversational tone, "Darling, speaking of which… you and that Dr. MacKeez, you consider each other good friends now, right?"
Lin Yu'an's heart instinctively tightened slightly.
He hadn't expected Aliya to bring up that name suddenly, but he immediately thought of his unique family structure now, and the tension instantly relaxed.
He nodded calmly: "Yes, I guess so. She helped us a lot, she's a very… very special woman."
"Special?" Aliya grasped onto this keyword, her smile deepening at the corners of her mouth, "How special? Is it like Emily, making you feel that it's not just friendship, that kind of special?"
That question, like a precise feathered arrow, instantly struck the deepest part of Lin Yu'an's heart, a place he himself was deliberately avoiding.
