1. Look who it is!

“Well, well, well,” Aiden sneers, and I feel my fists clenching on either side of me, “look who it is.”

“Aiden,” Coraline breathes next to me, and in the next moment, moves behind me. I feel so damn protective of her that I move my body right in front of hers yet again, just like the night at the restaurant.

“Hello, Coraline,” his voice is anything but pleasant when he voices her name, “I see you’re still shagging the cockroach.”

“He’s ten times, no, a thousand times the man you are,” surprising me, Coraline growls, “What the fuck are you doing here, Aiden? Are you stalking me?”

“Is that what you think this is?” he demands.

“What else am I supposed to think? We broke up, Aiden, don’t you remember? I left. You’re the last person. I expected to see here.”

“Well, I could say the same,” a gloating smile takes over his mouth, “Do you know why I’m here, Coraline?”

“Clearly, we don’t,” I find myself saying, “which is why we asked in the first place.”

He ignores me, his attention on Caroline, his eyes predatory, “I’m here because my father bought millions of dollars’ worth of investments in this company.”

I feel my blood run cold.

shareholder in the company, as well as a member of the board,” Aiden cannot contain his gloating grin,

grin vanishes. “You left me. I’m going to destroy you for that. And crush your

do that?” I inquire, partly awestruck at his sheer arrogance. One would think he was the one who bought the

an expression of disgust overwhelms his face, “The fuck are you here anyways, cockroach? Are you her new emotional support buddy? Lapping after my leftover like the dog you are.

to act a bit civilized. Coraline is

fast. “Well, let’s see about that. I give you one chance

not your decision to

again, this time almost murderously. “Yeah,

his phone from his pocket and

we got

to punch him in the face had never been higher, and I believe

would like that very much, no,

in the company, considering how new we are.” Aiden goes on to say, and I can’t help but

‘we’, isn’t it?

man, looking like a hurricane personified. Aiden cuts his call, his expression smug. Coraline shrinks

is happening here?” the man

Crane, this is the girl,” Aiden points at Coraline, who is now beet red from embarrassment.

the manager of this prestigious. company, and I don’t have time

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