The Best Friend's Contract novel Chapter 70

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.

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.