The Best Friend's Contract novel Chapter 50

''Right . . . but why are you here in Dallas?'' She asks, wanting to know.

''My parents want to celebrate their anniversary here. They're throwing a party tomorrow night. Feel free to come,'' He replies.

''I'd love to come but I have a date, tomorrow. It's kind of like a first date so, I'm pretty excited about it but we'll see, if I can make it, I'll be sure to see you there.'' She smiles, placing her hand on his shoulder while I look like I'm third-wheeling but as she turns to smile at me, ''It was nice meeting you, Kenna.''

''Likewise,'' I reply as she walks away.

''Let me guess, she has two sisters named June and July?'' I raise an eyebrow at Aidan as he bursts out laughing; immediately grabbing people's attention but he doesn't seem to mind that, much.

''No . . . she's an only child but sure, why not if they're named June and July? Might as well take August with,'' He smirks, wrapping his arm around my shoulder as we walk side to side, heading towards the different aisle.

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We place the groceries in the truck before walking towards the nearest café, the smell of coffee and butter overwhelming my senses. My eyes wander around to see people having their breakfast here, chatting away rather than being busy with their smartphones like in New York; everyone would be holding their phones and communicate through there which is a lil' bit rude, if you ask me.

You ask someone out for breakfast, lunch, brunch or dinner but you end up playing with your phone; then, what's the point?

''There's an empty table,'' Aidan gestures for me to follow behind him as he grabs onto my hand, passing through the amount of people.

''May I take your order?'' A woman walks by as she looks down on her notepad before gazing up to Aidan and I but as soon as she does, her eyes widen in surprise at the sight of him, ''You're Aidan Ashton!'' She exclaims, causing the whole café to grow silent.

Aidan clears his throat, ''Excuse me?''

''I'm so sorry but I notice you from the internet. I also follow you on Instagram, you are by far the most successful man in New York; I mean, the youngest man to be as successful as you. You're actually my inspiration,'' She smiles, widely.

''That's good to hear,'' He looks at me with a confused look, not really knowing what to say. ''I'm just handling my family business . . . it's not like I'm the founder or anything,''

''But you have made it more successful than before. By the way, my name is Rosie. Can I take a picture with you? If you don't mind,'' Her cheeks are slowly turning red as she tries to calm herself down while I stare at them as if I'm not even here.

''Sure,'' Aidan replies with a smile as she takes out her phone, giving it to me. ''By the way, this is my wife, Kenna.'' He introduces me, trying to cheer me up than just faking a wide smile with wide eyes, hard not to burst into sarcastic explosions.

''Cool. So, can you take our picture?'' She continues to urge me on taking their picture so I grab onto her phone, slowly zooming in to her face before clicking a couple of times.