The Best Friend's Contract

After the quick encounter with Mia, I make my way towards Aidan's office in a hurry-not wanting to miss out on him, Flynn told me that he has a meeting to attend in fifteen minutes and I need to be as quick as I can. Most of his employees begin to recognise me as soon as I step inside the building, seeing them smiling at me which causes me to smile back at them, "Mrs. Ashton, you're here to see Mr. Ashton?" One of the employees ask. "Yes, is he in his office?" I ask, stopping my steps.

She furrow her brows, "He's about to attend a meeting. I'm sure he's on his way down," She replies before gesturing for me to wait at where I am instead of heading up to his office.

Within seconds, I turn to find Aidan exiting the elevator, seeing him all suit up with both of his arms properly functioning which causes me to smile; reminded by when he had his cast on, he was groaning and complaining about how he missed wearing a proper suit and tie to work.

Now, he's back in his holy grail suit, respect and power screaming as his employees greet him. Both of his eyes meet mine as he smiles before making his way towards me, surprising me with a quick kiss on the lips-making me blink a few times, confusion written all over my face.

Yet, it doesn't take me long to realise that our act has just begun.

"You didn't call," He says, shoving one hand into his slacks' pocket as a couple of his unfamiliar colleagues stand behind him-watching his every movement as Flynn gestures for them to take a seat as Aidan and I talk.

I clear my throat, "Surprise?"

His brown eyes look down at the paper bag in my hand as he chuckles, revealing his perfectly straight teeth as he clenches his jaw, "Scones? My favourite," He replies before taking them from my hand, making me smile back at him. "Yeah... you kept on bugging me ever since you got the cast off and I'm sure this would stop the bugging," I respond.

He grins, "You rarely come to my office."

The two of us are standing in the middle of the lobby as everyone else is walking around but there's not much noise-which means that our conversation can easily be heard by others especially his employees but Aidan seems to be at ease, not worrying about it.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

I look around, seeing a few of his employees glancing at us, whispering something afterwards, making me tuck a strand of hair behind my ear, not acknowledging the fact that Aidan is still standing in front of me with his eyes pierced onto my face. "Is it wrong?" I finally look back up at him.

His eyes move down to my lips and up to my eyes, "No. I've always wanted to show my wife around," He replies with a serious expression plastered on his face as the tip of his lips curve up into a playful smirk but somehow, not quite a tease. I laugh, "Show me around your office? To who? Your employees?" My laughter seems to have caught his attention as he stares down at my lips while I shake my head, trying to focus at anything else but his eyes; why am I suddenly nervous? "Well... babe, my ex-flings would come here all the time and try to take me back. Don't you feel slightly worried about that? I might go running back into their arms," He leans closer towards me before winking as I feel my legs growing weaker just by the sound of his voice near my ear and the sight of his wink.

'Babe.' I recall it in my head.

"They can probably make you happy in bed but I can make you very, very, very happy in bed." I say without thinking as I proudly cross my arms, trying to make sure that our conversation wasn't heard and by far, it's working-but ruined by Aidan laughing, surprising almost half of his employee in the lobby, including Flynn.

"That's something for me to find out and for you to prove, sweetheart." He smiles down at my lips, making me look away, immediately.

I scoff, "Yeah... you don't believe me? Ask Noah, he knows that better than anyone."

"That's because you've never been with anyone but him," He whispers near my ear before leaning back, our faces are close to one another, "Maybe, we can start changing that by continuing where we left off, huh?" He kisses onto the side of my face, making my whole body freezes.

"W-we don't have anything left off

to continue, Aidan." I stutter but I regain my confidence by mentally slapping myself back into reality. Deep down, I begin to question myself on why is he acting differently? Why is he suddenly being all flirty around me? He has never been like this before and it worries me. Slightly worried. The other parts of my body is actually pretty overwhelmed by this.

"What about that night in Dallas? We can do more than just kissing and ripping our clothes off," He chuckles, taking a few steps back before clearing his throat. "See you tonight, wifey. Hubby has to go and make money," He grabs me by the waist near my butt before pulling me close and placing his lips on top of mine, softly.

My body overflows with an unknown amount of electricity which is also known as sparks as he pulls away, making me blink a few times at the sudden yet meaningful kiss.

"Take care," He pecks onto my cheek before walking away towards his colleagues, sparing a couple of seconds to glance back at me as I turn to look around as his employees immediately get back to work.

I turn on my heels and make my way towards the exit, ignoring Aidan's gaze as they burn on my back, leaving me with an uncertain amount of confusion-wanting to figure all of this out.

--

"He has been acting weird around me and it confuses me, Dimitri!" I exclaim before realising that my sudden outburst was heard by a couple of nurses as they walk away, shaking their heads as I slowly take a seat, sighing deeply. "Explain... 'weird'," He says from the other line.

"You know-weird as in, he gets really flirty around me, he called me sweetheart and babe earlier, he touches me anytime he wants and his actions are somehow... bothering me and it's confusing. Am I sick? Am I going to die?" I smack my own forehead, realising that a doctor is staring back at me in surprise as he walks away.

He laughs, "Oh boy... how can I have two fools at the same time?"

"What do you mean?" I raise an eyebrow, even though I know that he can't see me, no matter how many expressions are used to express how I feel.

"There's this thing that people go

through when they meet someone they're fond of. You'll start to feel butterflies in your stomach and before you know it, it's like the whole zoo is in there. You'll get nervous around him, you'll probably even

avoid making any eye net

you try to say something

challenge him but it'll end up quite sexual than usual. Still can't figure this out?" He asks, waiting for me to answer as I stare at my own feet-frowning. My head is beginning to ache as I continue to think of the possibilities of this, there has got to be symptoms of a certain illness but there's absolutely none for this kind.

I keep quiet, hesitating.

"For fuck's sake, Kenna. You're in love!" The way he said those words causes my heart to stop beating as they continue in a faster pace, making me swallow an invisible lump in my throat-holding onto the armrest before trying to control my breaths. "Love?" I close my eyes, clenching my fist.

He sighs, "Oh, come on. Love? The need to push him against the wall, kiss him, jump his bones-"

I cut him off, "-okay, okay! I think that's enough information, Dimitri. I know what love means, I've been in love... once and things didn't work out. What I feel towards Aidan, right I now is probably just something that

will pass and be forgotten, al

feelings have a chance of going away, right?" I bite onto my lower lip,

waiting for his answer.

"You and I have a lot in common with this one. We've been in love with different people and we stopped loving that person, I don't know if it's even possible for someone to alter their feelings like you said, but if what you and Aidan have is real, it's not going anywhere, love." He replies, his voice low and almost inaudible.