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Aiden

It was a long time since I dropped Amara off here at Ontario. She was currently in the safe haven with my Parents. The place was bigger than mine; still it had a homey feel. Even though my father was the owner of a corporate giant, it was nothing fancy. Maybe it has something to do with my mother. She wanted it to be simple yet dignified.

It always made my eyes dance with curiosity of what might have happened behind those walls, mostly because of the Little Devil Knights. I wondered if they were to be seen at this hour of the day. It was late night and I wanted to see Ams.

I would be lying if I did not say So Badly. Before her I acted like a Total Monster. I couldn't take no for an answer. But after she came into my life, she just made me see that I could be more. I could do more. I must listen more. Maybe it was just the love for her that's speaking, but she made me realize that I was indeed a human and not some cruel bastard, at least not for her. A chuckle passed my lips as I drove past the gates and parked my Bugatti in the garage.

The rustling could be heard from living room. I even heard Mom yelling at Dad over something and everyone else laughing at his misery. Yeah it happened every time when he tried to cross my Mum, he never won any fight against her. One could tell that they were happily married for almost 30 years. I secretly prayed that they stay this way all their life, never losing sight of the other.

Everyone was at the kitchen and the table was being set for dessert. I was tired so I went straight to my room to get freshened up. After 10 minutes I joined everyone in the kitchen. When I saw Ams she shrieked in her child like voice and instantly bubbled up, "Aidy." She ran into me, motioning me to lift her up. I smiled at her happily and lifted her in the air. It always made her laugh.

I tickled her and she squealed, "Aidy stop," and hugged me tightly. I loved her with my life. I let her down and sat beside Zack, the youngest one of the Knights siblings. Ruffling his hairs I took his dessert away and ate half of it in one gulp. He looked pissed which made me erupt in an evil laugh. “Dude???” He huffed and tried to snatch the glass away from my grasp ""Go get your own Aid." Across the table Hazel and Julia started to tease him.

Zack was fifteen, where Julia was two years older than Hazel and was 25 years old. So that left me being the oldest present here. It was so easy to annoy the hell out of them. They all were like my kids and I loved them all.

“How was your day sweetheart?” Mother asked me, taking Zack’s dessert from my grasp easily and returning it to the grinning dumb hag. “It was nice Maa.” I used to call her Maa, because I had a Nanny who was from Indian origin. She taught me some Indian words. One of them was Maa which meant Mother.

She placed a kiss over my head and went to take out leftover food for me. “You almost missed dinner dear.” She made me realize how much hungry I was. “Some Fried Prawns and Spaghetti are still left. I guess that's going to be enough for you.” Ohh. Yes I wanted to eat something. I haven’t had anything since this afternoon and my stomach was grumbling like crazy. “Thanks Maa, that would be wonderful.” I took everything in my plate and started to eat.

I was enjoying the prawns; it had been ages since I had home cooked meal. I didn’t get enough time to take care of myself as I had to work constantly. I even skipped meals sometimes to attend back to back meetings. It made me remember the incident happened earlier today. The conference which was supposed to be the final meeting for the designs of the Pine Key Resort got postponed for the second time in the week!! With those thoughts those significantly astounding Sea Green eyes started haunting my brain.

She really had something in her which calls for trouble. Her face was petrified when she found out that her presentation was deleted from her laptop. It was hilarious and it made her look embarrassed in front of all the Board members again!! Thanks to that IT guy who came running down to the conference. He saved her by retrieving the said presentation from her laptop. I tried not to think of her but my mind took me to the events happened earlier today.

*Flashback*

Everyone in the Board Room was whispering. Many of them had disapproving look on their faces. Since 10 minutes everyone was sitting there without any visuals of the designs. Courtesy of Miss Red Hair here. She was frantically looking at the screen, typing and trying something on her laptop. I was starting to get agitated.

She was wasting time again, standing there in her off white jumpsuit, making nervous faces with furrowed brows and constantly chewing on her lower lip. Her teeth started to dig into her lower lip and it made me so focused on her that I even missed someone clearing their throat.

I came out of my trance and stared at Patrick who looked amused by my actions. “What’s taking her so long man?” He asked me in a teasing tone. “Maybe she is having trouble finding her file.” I fired back at him with my stern voice. He looked taken a back but still persisted, “I think you should take a look at it.” Why was he trying to encourage me to talk to her? After our last encounter I was sure that she might not want to get near my shadow.

I raised an eyebrow, “And what would that result into?” I asked with a blank face. “Maybe she will thank you and will know that you are not the Monster she thought you were after all.” His voice was honest. I realized that I had to apologize to her for my act the earlier day.

Deciding that I stood up to ask her what the hell was wrong with her laptop. Why wasn’t she able to start the presentation? When I was about to approach her, the entrance door of the Board room opened abruptly and in came Mr. Hart from IT department.

“Excuse me ladies and gentlemen, but I would like to come in.” He excused himself and came in to stand beside Miss Blossom. He was tall, but couldn’t reach my height. He had lean muscular body which could make any girl in this building drool. I couldn’t help but not like the idea of some red haired girl looking at him that way. What? Why? Since when did I start to give a damn about it? I dismissed the thought and focused on the problem at hand.

Mr. Hart typed some keys and turned the laptop to Miss Blossoms direction. “Here, all your files which were corrupted are now retrieved safely in your laptop. You might want to start the presentation now.” She had a look of disbelief on her face, “Thanks Jordan, how did you do that?” “I will explain that to you over lunch. See you Glo. I mean All the Best!!”

He cleared his throat and nodded at me. He left as if was in a hurry. I did not like it that they were on personal name basis now. I had no choice but to settle on my seat because enough time was wasted and I did not have any more to spare.

The conference ended after three and a half hours and everyone was so impressed by her efforts and designs she had in mind for the project. They were new and had a hint of freshness in them. I must say, she had an explicit taste in designs for the resort.

But throughout the presentation I couldn’t focus on what she was saying or the scrolling slides. All I could see was her angelic face, her sweet voice and those captivating sea green eyes. Every time she made contact with me she flinched and turned to other person or mostly avoided having any eye contact with me. It strangely pulled a string at my heart. It felt like something was sinking deep in my gut.

“The Designs you shared for the interior were…nice.” I admitted pausing at the end of the sentence. She looked almost surprised yet pissed. She was about to open her mouth when I beat her, “I need the resort to have the best and you have to make some changes to those. We will meet for the next one for the discussion of the budget of these designs. It will be the wrap up. Thank you everyone and have a good day.”

I nodded at everyone else except I didn’t look more into those riveting green eyes. Now the next conference had to be held because of Miss Red Hair couldn't get her Slides running. Thinking about dealing with her later, I left the room in haste as I had other important things to attend to.

“You better not screw up this time.” Patrick patted my back and ran up to catch the elevator. His words made me wonder what he was referring to, but deep down I knew that it made sense.

*End of Flashback*

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