Chapter 015

15.

Samantha's eyes widened. She couldn't believe what just came out of this man's mouth. From what she had read about him, he was quite a decent man, so what's with him? Why was he being a pervert?

Aiden smirked at her flustered expression.

“Take your clothes off, you wish!” she huffed at him, but he only looked at her with a bemused expression on his face.

“You're so adorable when you're flustered, Samantha,” he teased, his warm breath sending shivers down her spine. “But don't worry, I won't take advantage of you… yet.” He winked at her, and Samantha's face turned beet red with rage and embarrassment.

She tried to squirm out of his grasp, but he held her firm. “Let me go now. It's not funny!”

Aiden chuckled, his teasing eyes set on her. “Oh, but it is, Samantha. You're so serious all the time. I'm

trying to lighten the mood,” He leaned in closer, his lips brushing against her ear again, causing goosebumps to rise all over her body. “But if you want me to let you go, you have to promise me one thing…"

Samantha's eyes narrowed, her mind racing with possibilities. What did he want her to promise? And why was she even considering it? “What do you want?”

“You have to promise me a dance at the ceremony tomorrow night,” Aiden whispered. “A waltz, to be precise. Just one dance, and I'll let you go.”

Samantha's eyes widened in surprise. A dance? That's all he wanted? She hesitated for a moment, considering his request. She didn't want to dance with him, but she was already red by being on his lap like this, so the best thing to do was to get out of this present situation first. After all, she had thought he was going to ask for something obnoxious and he didn't.

With a defeated sigh, she nodded. “Fine, deal. Now let me go.” she demanded.

Aiden grinned, his eyes sparkling with triumph. “I'll hold you to that, Samantha. And who knows, maybe by the end of the dance, you'll fall in love with me.” He winked at her, and Samantha's face flushed with anger.

She snorted as he let her go, and she moved away from him, then pointed to the door. “You can leave now.”

Aiden stood to his feet and gave her a small smile. “Bye, wifey.” he winked at her and strode out of the room, each step exuding elegance as he walked out.

Samantha facepalmed and turned to look around her room, different thoughts swirling through her head. She couldn't understand what she felt when she sat on his lap and he flirted with her. She felt like her heart was about to explode.

She walked to the hanger and took her bra and panties from there. She put them away as her thoughts drifted to Aiden again.

She tried to shake off the feeling of Aiden's warm breath on her ear and the way her heart raced when he whispered in her ear. She couldn't understand why she had reacted that way. She was supposed to be angry, not… fluttery.

She facepalmed again, trying to clear her head. She had to focus on the ceremony tomorrow and the fact that she was going to be the CEO of Salvador's company. She couldn't let Aiden's flirting get in the way of her goals. She won't be distracted by love this time. She concluded that all men were the same.

Aiden might be nice to her now, but she knew once he got what he wanted, he would turn into a devil. That was the same way Nathan had deceived her with a fake love life, and turned her into a slave after she got married to him. She couldn't dispute the fact that all men had the same blood running through their veins and there was no doubt that Aiden was the same. She had been burned by the first man in her life, she wasn't going to give another the chance to repeat the same thing.

She sat down as Aiden's words came back to her.

“Maybe by the end of the dance, you'll fall in love with me.”

She scoffed. There was no way she was going to let that happen. She dismissed the thoughts and returned to her work.

Meanwhile, Aiden was about to enter the car when he looked ahead and saw a petite redhead rushing to him. She approached him with a smile and stretched out her hand for a handshake.

“Nice meeting you, Mr. Callymore. I am Estella, Sam's senior sister.” she beamed at him.

Aiden stared at her hand. He knew her too well. She was the one his parents had always talked about and wanted him to marry. His parents believed Estella would be the one to take over the company, and so they did all they could to join them together, but he refused since his heart was for Samantha, and he was willing to wait for her.

He also thought the company would be given to Estella, but had no idea why Samantha was chosen. He had already concluded to be with Samantha whether she took over the company or not. His love for her was the most important.

He slowly took her hand and she used her second hand to cover their palms.

“I have to go now.” he quickly pulled his hand out of her grip and got into the car.

“Did you come to see Samantha?” she asked.

He gave her a nonchalantly look and with a curt nod, he turned on the car and drove out without saying another word to her.

Estella's fists tightened. She had no idea why Samantha was bent on taking everything away from her. Not only had Samantha taken her father's love and her position, she had also taken Aiden. She thought she would use Aiden as a form of solace, but the man loved Samantha and even she knew that.

She might not have wanted Aiden badly before, but now she does. As long as Samantha wanted to have him, she wanted to have him too, and she would do all it takes to steal him from Samantha.